Can Arknights dream about the Knights of the Round Table?

To Paul's surprise, when the "comet" in his hand rested on the double swords created by Red Dragon Ice, what was fed back from the metal structure was not the cold or freezing caused by [frost], but the complete opposite. The hot feeling... was like the result of putting the sword into a forge or being roasted in a fire.

"Burning ice? Or some strange spell..."

Paul watched, but didn't pay much attention.After all, it is normal for tens of millions of people on Terra to have some weird Originium skills.What's more, this Drak had shown the power of thunder and lightning earlier; so the old knight said that these were all due to Drak's Origin Stone skills combined with some spells - but it didn't matter, they were all dangerous but not enough to decide the outcome of the battle. Level of attack.

Thinking about it, the old knight waved the "Comet" sword in his hand, and completed the last spell before his Origin Stone skills were blocked by the red dragon with super-standard spells, just like those in the sewers at that time.Let the flame tracks of the stars collide with the red dragon's fire, causing a violent explosion.

In the flash of the explosion, Red Dragon and Kuranta started a real hand-to-hand battle.

Frankly speaking, the two sides are not opponents of the same level.

Although only in terms of speed, Ozwald, who has been rigorously trained by Snitz for many years (ou), is in a sense a Pegasus with a race of Draco, which makes him no better than nothing. The "Comet", which reserved all its strength for fighting, was slow to gain speed.But compared to the old knight who has accumulated power for decades and is close to the level of Snitz Linguang; the red dragon who is still a young man has a decisive disadvantage in this regard, but after all, it is better to ask for it.

Therefore, whenever the Comet Knight, who does not need to worry about whether his identity is exposed or not, uses a accumulated burst to briefly break through the red dragon's spellcasting blockade, and then shows off his extremely powerful and impactful Origin Stone skills, These are Ozwald's most dangerous moments.The double swords created by the extremely cold flames are basically unable to withstand the attack of the "comet" and will shatter into pieces. The wounds to flesh and bones often occur at this moment.

——Perhaps the Comet Knight Paul is far from the strongest among the opponents Ozwald has fought in the past, but this battle is indeed the most dangerous and difficult battle that Ozwald has ever experienced; after all, this is Lanta really wielded the sword with murderous intent in order to literally take away the life of the red dragon.Because of this, Ozwald was on the verge of danger countless times, relying entirely on his magical advantages and his strong regenerative power as a drake in conjunction with the Origin Stone skills to survive in desperate situations.

Of course, while bringing countless light and heavy blows to the red dragon's body, the old knight who returned to fight as a comet also encountered big trouble.

As a weakling in spellcasting technology, Paul, whose Origin Stone skills were suppressed and found it extremely difficult to display, could not resist attacks from elements other than himself; and in the latter's extremely purposeful attacks, whether it was cutting open the crotch of the fire Thunder, or hand-to-hand contact... The temperature of the Comet Sword has been rising uncontrollably, and the entire sword has a golden-red color that is almost melting; even Kuranta's palm holding the sword's hilt is... The stench of burnt skin and muscles comes from the grill.

Especially with every collision of weapons, a large amount of molten iron will splash out, but it will dissipate before it hits the ground... The ingredients that make up the sword are evaporated bit by bit in the high temperature caused by the red dragon.

In the end, the red dragon's claws grabbed the broken sword, which had been permed golden, red and soft, from the tip to the bottom. It was snatched from the owner who could not hold it tightly in his hand, and was pushed backwards. When it was thrown away, only less than one kilogram of metal clumps were left, which was kneaded like plasticine, but whose inner components were purified to the extreme.

The "comet" fell here!

"Weapon destruction, as a knight, you have been defeated -"

Wiping away the blood dripping from his nose with the back of his hand, Ozwald, who had nearly a hundred broken bones and sword wounds on his body, including a broken horn, looked at the infected knight in front of him and declared boldly:

"——Victory belongs to Lord Artolis!!"

"...In terms of a knight's duel, yes. But for His Majesty's warriors, it's far from that." Paul looked at his hands, whose flesh and blood had been burnt from holding molten iron for a long time to the point where he could see the charred bones, as if He clenched his fist suddenly as if he didn't feel any pain.

"Drake's family education should have told you that the Originium crystals in the infected person's body can replace the spell-casting medium. The more serious the disease, the more powerful the infected person can be without using a wand to cast spells, and even gain amplification."

"I know! That's why I said it's over."

Ozwald should take it with him, and the pair of pupils that were twisted into blood during the furnace ceremony exuded an increasingly terrifying scarlet color in the night.His intuition told him that the Silver Spear Pegasus guarding Cyril in Linguang's mansion should have noticed the fighting on the edge of the territory and would soon launch a rapid attack after the handover procedure.

But the red dragon didn't want this incident to be exposed, so he had to use a "decisive skill" that could end it in the shortest possible time.

For warlocks, the release of Source Stone spells usually involves poetry, prayers or dances based on different habits. People use these actions as hints to weave spells and enhance power; study this way to achieve Masters of a certain level often have the [Silent Fa] technique of reducing time, omitting verbal words or body movements, and completing the spell in their minds - and the red dragon that has received the inheritance of the Witch King is more powerful than the normal [Silent Fa]. 】, the time to complete the hint weaving technique is even shorter!

The signal representing his thoughts turned into several electric arcs visible to the naked eye, slithering between the horns. The spell weaving was completed almost instantly, and then Ozwald released a witchcraft to the Comet Knight.

"Wh... uh!"

When the invisible spell wave passed through his body, the old knight immediately felt the familiar pain spreading crazily in his body.

As an infected person, Paul knew exactly what the pain was; every night when the disease was aggravated due to lack of medication, he would grit his teeth and endure the curse that would tear his soul apart. .But this time the pain of the disease was far greater than before, and he could even clearly feel the touch of those cold crystals flowing and multiplying in his body... and then tearing his muscles and skin apart.

In addition to the rapidly aggravating ore disease, the more serious crisis is that hundreds of lights like fireflies on a summer night in the village shine through his body, and even his clothes cannot stop it.There was also a lot of burning smell wafting out.

The Comet Knight was set on fire, and from within.

——Just like in the Forge City, the old winter spirit turned normal people into severely infected people with ore disease; in order to match the technology of casting spells with infected people, the Witch King faction has auxiliary spells that specifically catalyze the degree of ore disease.Ozwald used this to force the Comet Knight, which was originally in the middle stage, to expand into the late stage, and then used this increasingly "excellent staff" to carry out crude ignition regardless of load; all the energy was fully petrified by Paul's internal source. supply of cells.

[After all, the Source Stone is Terra’s most well-known and excellent source of energy]

"Is this the power left by the crazy King of Leitania..."

His body was no longer able to fight due to the double torture. The old knight suddenly fell to his knees like a fish out of water, frantically inhaling the air that was extremely cool compared to the hotness in his body.

Combined with the fact that the Red Dragon briefly stated before the war that it had been captured by the Witch King's remnants as a replacement king, Paul was not surprised that the Red Dragon used similar techniques at this moment.

"...Using our infected people as a spell-casting unit is really a vicious spell..."

“As an infected person, it doesn’t matter how you insult me ​​who used it to kill you.

Just to protect the lives of friends and reduce the damage of the incident, I don't think it is a mistake to use this power. "

Maintaining vigilance against Paul's dying counterattack.The red dragon said while using Origin Stone skills to speed up the healing of physical injuries.

"Besides, a spell is just a spell and has no position of its own; it is me, the caster, who decides whether it is black or white."

At this moment, Ozwald has released the spell blockade on him, but the old knight still cannot get rid of the curse on himself.

Because if he wants to suppress the burning in his body, he has to use Origin Stone skills to offset the spell, but casting the spell without a wand will cause a further increase in the concentration of Origin Stone in the body - perhaps under normal circumstances, this level of spell casting does not have much impact. However, at this moment, the source stone in the body that was abnormally generated by the compound witchcraft will cause more serious mineralization, increasing the destructive power of the internal combustion curse; and more powerful destructive power requires a higher intensity of spell casting, and then as the The increase in spell output will lead to more severe mineralization... thus forming an inescapable Möbius strip.

At least without the help of outsiders, it is absolutely impossible to do it on your own.

"...What do you want to do? Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to reshape me into a statue like the envoy from Gaul? That at least proves that I am still a person with half-aged bones..."

"Do not."

Faced with Paul's joyful inquiry, Red Dragon shook his head:

"I plan to burn you until you are reduced to ashes that no one can detect in any way, and then take you away."

In this way, Casimir could not confirm that the person who died here was an infected knight who wanted to prevent their plan to deal with the ore disease patients.

With the mastermind dead and no results from the investigation, the Supervisory Commission will eventually judge this incident to be the same as it has been for decades or hundreds of years. Ursus has done so many things to Casimir that it is no longer worth making a fuss about. .

Although those infected who were "used and incited" by Ursus will still be treated unequally, after all, they are still Casimir people, and they have to save some face, and they cannot be treated in extreme ways.

"In terms of treating us infected people, you are really on par with His Majesty... no, I should say you are better. After all, Your Majesty treated us equally according to our ability, but you will treat us even if you are weak and can't help you. tolerate……"

His nerves were becoming numb in the increasingly severe pain, and his body was covered with flame marks and ashes floating around like an undead man in a state of embers. Paul sighed softly:

"...Your Excellency, Captain, it would be great if you were not a Drac, but were born as His Majesty's heir."

"There is no difference; Ursus's problems cannot be solved by the kindness of an emperor."

In fact, the current phenomenon of constant fighting between various forces in Ursus can be said to be the result of the late emperor Uman Ivanovich, who was too talented and too outstanding. He led the army to rapidly increase the territory, but did not have time to digest the results of the war. The current situation resulted from an unexpected incident.

When each grand duke brought his own thoughts and began to obey and obey in various senses; even if the current Emperor of Ursus, Fyodor Ivanovich, wanted to treat the infected like his father, it would be difficult to delegate orders. Everywhere - now he is already struggling just to face an empire that has exhausted its war dividends and has internal disputes.

"It's time to wake up from your dream, knight." Red Dragon said pointedly.

"...Yeah, but...it was really painful."

Paul smiled wryly.

I don’t know if it’s because people like Emperor Ursus will never exist again, or because he tried to assassinate senior officials of Casimir to prevent the infected from being dealt with but failed.

I feel like it's mostly the latter...

He had long known that his actions were too individualistic;

After all, because I had seen the lives of infected people who were treated fairly under that emperor, I wanted to imitate His Majesty and do something for my compatriots, but I didn't look back and reflect on my abilities... The reason why I became a spy He is not a non-commissioned officer of the Ursus army. He really just lacks the ability to lead everyone well.

I really have no choice, no choice... With a dream-like obsession, I believe that Ursus still has a trace of the possibility when the late emperor was alive... even if he clearly knows the existence of the black sign... that's why he falls. Until now, it has ended up being burned to the ground.

However, in the end, it is much better to die in the hands of someone you approve of than to die in the hands of someone you hate.

"Hey, leader of the Knights of the Round Table!"

"Any last words?"

The red dragon asked after hearing Paul's voice.

But in fact, the old knight's eardrum at this moment has been burned, and even his vision has disappeared. The remaining light-sensing cells can only see the light and shadow of the flame.

However, he still threw something in the direction of the red dragon based on his own memory - this was the self that caused trouble for others, and the last reward he could leave to the [Hero] who had been taking care of their infected people.

"If...because I find you...just use it...the ring that engulfs cognition...is used like a self-harming magic storage device...no one...will be able to track you anymore..."

"If this is Victoria where you rule... there must be justice that can be reserved for infected people like us, right? So, you must go back... Your Majesty Ozwald..."

I left my last blessing in my heart

The comet that fell to the earth became ashes in the fire.

The Black Knight Wants to Obtain Arima Memorial 1: 39 Afterwards

Snitz received reports of fighting outside the family's territory.

Although the Silver Spear Pegasus who rushed to the scene could not find any other traces except some coke at the scene and the earth rolled up by the shock wave.But looking back before the incident, Ozwald came to the station and temporarily placed the Black Knight beside the old Pegasus... This was enough for the Linguang parents to guess that Drak's friend, who was very close to them, Unknown to them at night, they blocked the sharp blade that wanted to kill Cyril Linguang.

After that, less than 24 hours passed.The Usas personnel, who were causing trouble in various parts of the city, became more and more rampant, like fluttering beasts that had their necks strangled, and suddenly became silent; they even began to shrink and evacuate.

If it were said that this situation had nothing to do with Ozwald blocking and killing the assassin targeting Lao Linguang, then Snitz would never believe it.

So he wanted to send a reward to Ozwald - not only for the friend who came to help in times of crisis, but also for the "beneficiary" who saved his father's life.At this point, even Maena, who rarely participates in family matters, is the same.

However, after handing over the matters, the two Tianma brothers could not find anyone.

Even if he fully exerted his mobility and endurance as the Silver Spear Pegasus and searched every corner of Kavaleriaki City, he still could not find Ozwald and the Black Knight.The two of them seemed to have disappeared from the city.

This made Snitz a little uneasy.It is speculated that Oswald left Casimir overnight after his identity was exposed due to fighting with Ursus spies.After all, regarding the issue of Drake and Victoria, Snitz basically knew everything about it, whether it was from Red Dragon’s own mouth or his father Cyril’s private analysis.It would not be surprising that there was anything wrong with Oswald's behavior of leaving immediately after feeling that his identity was exposed - but if that turned out to be the case, Ma would only feel extremely guilty that day.I regret that I should never have implicated my friend in the incident, putting his personal safety at great risk.

Fortunately, when the bright moon hung in the sky, Linguang's parents, who were extremely upset, finally bumped into their friends who were full of fireworks at the door of the "Round Table". This made Pegasus breathe a sigh of relief... It's okay!

However, when he saw the visible fatigue on Oswald's face, Snitz hesitated for a moment, but couldn't bear it any longer and asked:

"...Oz, what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything."

Facing Pegasus' inquiry, Red Dragon lowered his head and replied weakly:

"——It's just that I went to attend the funeral of a person who was willing to sacrifice his life for his ideals."

After last night's battle, the red dragon quickly collected Paul's burned ashes and sent them back to his residence in the lower city. Then, together with the infected people around him who had been helped by the old knight, they sorted out the relics Then he went to the outside of the city for burial.

After all, the vast majority of infected people cannot afford a cemetery in the mobile city; therefore, when they die, their relatives and friends usually choose to keep their remains (if they do not explode in an advanced stage) with some of their living relatives. After sorting out the relics, make a simple grave on the ground near the mobile city for burial... Then these surface graves will be crushed to pieces by natural disasters or the crushing of the mobile city, and become countless dust particles that make up the earth. part of it.

——Although Ozwald can help to set up a cemetery in the city, considering that as an infected knight, he hates Casimir’s position; perhaps like his infected compatriots, returning to the earth is the best thing for Paul. destination.

During the funeral, as Red Dragon talked with acquaintances of the old knight, and gradually learned about what kind of person Paul was, he felt more and more sad and sighing.

"In this world...it turns out that there are still people who want to change and work hard for it..."

Unlike Ozwald's last episode, the world is already on a relatively correct path after completing changes.The history of Terra does not have examples of various changes and subsequent results like humans do for people to learn and verify.As a native of Terra, it is even more impossible for the Comet Knight to have corresponding knowledge... or even cognition.

He didn't know what the right thing to do was, and he didn't know if what he was doing would really be of any use... But he was at least using his own brain to think and try to change the world of infected people in whatever way he could. The painful current situation of unfair treatment... Even though he is young and immature, he is at least taking action.

Just like those early reformers in the last episode of the feudal dynasty who also wanted to assassinate high-ranking officials to guide the overall development in a good direction; you can accuse their actions of being excessive and reckless, but you should not criticize them for their actions. In a predicament where no one can point out the direction, let alone know where to go, the various attempts we continue to make are mistakes in themselves.

After all, not everyone can become a great man who creates an idea or a system.Compared with the kind of "savior" who can be said to be one in a million, the vast majority are ordinary people who can only see the direction of today, tomorrow, and at most the next month, and are running for a living. .Even with ideals and passion, what he can accomplish due to his abilities is extremely limited.

[No matter when a comet flies across the night sky, it can always attract people's attention; but it cannot become the sun that illuminates others]

"The Grand Knight Commander is preparing to hold a banquet in three days to celebrate another bankruptcy of the Ursus conspiracy and to thank everyone for their efforts in this incident."

Since Red Dragon clearly showed his irritability and did not want to talk too much in the process, as a friend who received his help, Snitz would naturally not continue to ask questions.Instead, he changed the topic directly and jumped to something relevant afterwards.

"Are you going to attend? Ozwald."

"If you want me to die, you can do it directly, instead of beating around the bush like this and it seems troublesome!" Red Dragon rolled his eyes and looked at the Linguang family leader as if he were an idiot; and raised an international friendly gesture .

Different from the private parties that he organized himself as the leader of the Knights of the Round Table, which could play a certain screening role; the celebration banquet that Ioletta Russell was going to host was not something that could be summarized by saying "too many people, too many eyes" By then, various celebrities, journalists, and maybe even diplomats from other countries... If Ozwald really dares to go to such a mixed place to eat, it will probably take him a few days. The photo will appear in front of the lion king who rules Victoria; and the pressured Casimir officials will soon give themselves an empty lunch box.

"Sorry, I made a mistake. Brother."

Snitz nodded.

However, considering that Ioletta Russell is very aware of the relationship between the Red Dragon and the Linguang family, if nothing else happens, she will sooner or later know about Ozwald's role in this incident, and then use money in addition to money. Other aspects of the Red Dragon were rewarded - there was a high probability that they would announce at the banquet that it was the Linguang family who had foiled Ursus's conspiracy. After commendation, the Linguang family would then transfer the things to Austria. Zward.

Of course, it is still impossible to allow the Red Dragon to form any armed force suspected of restoring the country in Casimir.Dingtian asks you to recruit two more knights to solve the problem of insufficient manpower during the team capture the flag competition in the knight competition... No more!

"What are your plans for the next few days? Our Linguang family can basically help."

"Then please organize a small relief organization with me to provide the infected with some jobs and a way to seek survival in other countries."

As someone who is still dependent on others, he has no ability to change the overall morbid atmosphere on this continent, but within the scope of his ability, he can still help the people in front of him a little.

"Other than that, I will probably be fully preparing for the next Casimir Knights Athletics Championship."

Looking at the glorious night view of Kavaleliaki City in the distance, the red dragon sighed softly.

"If possible, I don't want to get involved in any of Casimir's incidents anymore. It's very tiring."

[Even in the well-known country of knights in the mainland, there are only a few real knights]

The Black Knight wants to get Arima Memorial 1: 40 Maena

Xu was really bored with Casimir's internal problems after experiencing the comet incident, and Ozwald became restrained except when dealing with the problems of the infected.He put most of his energy into training himself, almost staying in the residence of Linguang family or Silver Spear Pegasus.In addition, Casimir has indeed had no troubles in recent years. In other words, even if there are some minor problems, they are mostly within the scope that the Supervisory Committee can easily solve.