Zongman: Beginning with the Blade of Demon Slayer/A Zongman Beginning with the Blade of Demon Slayer

Chapter 210 IX. Gambling

"The fate of this Britain has many possibilities... One of the great possibilities is that the barbarians replaced the original people of this country and became the new masters of this country."

Fang Shuo said this fact very calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him, which made Artoria a little confused.

But in her impression, Brother Kai is basically like this at ordinary times, as if he hates everything, as if everything has nothing to do with him-except himself.

The barbarians mentioned by Fang Shuo cover a wide range, including Picts and Yanglo-Saxons.Leaving aside the alien-like Picts, the replacement of the Celts by the Yanglo-Saxons is the correct history—the content of pan-human history.

Thinking of this, Fang Shuo sneered. It would not be a problem to directly punch and kill the Yanglo-Saxons on the island with his strength, but he did not do so. On the one hand, he did not regard himself as a Celtic Humans don't need to bother with genocide.On the other hand, if he does this, maybe the quantum record fixed tape will directly determine that this is a wrong history and then cut it off.

After all, Britain is now an island itself, venting its dissatisfaction to the British islanders, that is, saying that every day should not be done, and that the land is not working.

Be it Merlin, or many goblins and gods who have the ability to see through the situation, they knew that this ending was bound to come, but they still played the trick of choosing the sword of the king, and let a girl come out and become a victim...

"There is no eternal empire in the world. Arturia, a country may perish, but it may also be reborn in another form..."

Seeing Artoria's dejected look, Fang Shuo sighed, and decided to enlighten Artoria a little.

"I understand that there is no eternal empire...but what do you mean by rebirth?"

Arturia looked at Fang Shuo puzzled, not knowing what he was referring to.

"There is a country far away overseas... The name of the country and the king have changed many times. However, its culture has always been passed down... Of course, the culture of the Celts did not reach that level.. .But I can leave something behind."

Fang Shuo pointed his sword at a tree beside the road. The tree was engraved with the pattern of the ancient and mysterious druid's three-curved figure, but it had lost its power due to the age: "After that, the land of Britain It will be replaced by barbarians and a new country dominated by barbarians will be established. But what about in the more distant future? Will new tribes come to this country?"

"Every time a country changes hands or a race changes, the original culture will be destroyed and abandoned, but in the end, there will be something left, just like this symbol, which will be passed on for a long time."

"Although the country has been cut off, the civilization has not been interrupted... and the end of Britain will take many forms. It may be a complete replacement of blood in a tragic war, but it may be completely replaced in a peaceful state. replaced by culture and ideas.”

As Fang Shuo was talking, he realized that he had said too much—it didn't fit his identity.However, what he said had already had a great impact on Artoria's world view, leaving him with no time to care about other things.

If the barbarians may replace the original residents of the island and Artoria understands but doesn't accept it, then the inheritance of civilization mentioned later is beyond her cognition.

But Fang Shuo also noticed this, so he turned to a relatively small area at the end of the topic.The demise of Britain may be doomed, but it may be a peaceful way, or it may be a violent way.

"I... hope that more people will smile. Brother Kai... Although I still don't fully understand it, I have decided that even if it can't continue, I need to make more people happy. But... try my best And for the sake of it."

Artoria's answer made Fang Shuo somewhat relieved, as if she was no longer so obsessed with the survival of Britain, and she was farther away from the original tragic fate.

Meanwhile, Gao Wen was eating roasted wild boar. Although he heard the conversation between the two people very close, he couldn't understand what they meant at all.

"In short, Knight Kay and Knight Artoria are discussing ways to save Britain, right? That's amazing, I can't work harder."

Soon after spending another night, the three of them embarked on the journey again. Apart from practicing swordsmanship, Artoria did not forget to practice the more important law of light. With the assistance of Fang Shuo, her strength increased rapidly Constantly growing, I am afraid that when they meet the previous giants, they can easily win.

Soon the three of them came to a walled city surrounded by brick and stone walls more than ten meters high, which seemed to be a relatively large stronghold in terms of scale.As Gao Wen mentioned, the three of them, who had spent several days in the wild, decided to enter the city for a rest and replenish their bags.

Because they were covered with some dust during the days of eating and sleeping in the open air, neither Artoria nor Gawain looked too dazzling, so they did not cause any sensation when they walked into the city.

When Gao Wen walked to the center of the town, he found that a large number of residents had gathered in front of him, making a lot of noise, so he took the initiative to inquire.

"Knight Kai, there seems to be a gambling duel ahead...I think it's better for us to avoid it, there is no need to join in the excitement."

Gawain frowned when he came back. Although he said that there was no strict prohibition of gambling in the knight's code, he didn't like the dirty place like the casino, and he didn't like fighting being reduced to gambling chips. He instinctively wanted to avoid it. .

"Gambling duel? That is to say, something similar to fighting in a ring? If you win, you will make money."

Fang Shuo asked Gao Wen back, and Gao Wen could only nod his head: "That's true...but many of the people who participated in the duel were rascals..."

"Sir Gawain, we don't have enough money...do you want more?"

Artoria looked at Gawain, but Gawain's face was reddish. He ran out of the house in a hurry, and indeed he didn't bring much money.

"But a real knight should stay away from such gambling places..."

"What's wrong with the casino! I think it's quite interesting, and you can see that many people also think it's very interesting, so they gather here!"

Fang Shuo didn't know why Artoria was suddenly interested in the word casino, but this is not a casino.

Chapter 220. Flaws

Such things as gambling and fighting are not uncommon no matter what era it is.

In the Age of Gods, people did not have as many means of entertainment as they do now, and the means of entertainment such as gambling and fighting became a rare entertainment for people in that era.

After a day's work, the people who returned to the Walled City were exhausted physically and mentally.

And at this time, if someone works hard in front of them and relaxes their hearts, of course they are very happy.

Gambling is just such a means of entertainment.

Those who have money take out some small money to press it, and those who don't have money can join in and watch the excitement nearby.

After the opening game, watching the two people on the ring beat their heads and blood, for the Celtics who had not retreated at the time, it was enough to make their blood boil.

The gambling fight that Fang Shuo and the others met at this time happened to be this kind of activity.

"Casino? No, this is not a casino."

After hearing that Artoria seemed to have misunderstood Gadou, Gawain said in a slightly confused way.

"To be precise, it should be a form of... fighting?"

Gao Wen, who didn't know how to explain this behavior, looked at the girl with glaring eyes, and a trace of cold sweat gradually oozes from the corner of his forehead.

In fact, as Artoria said, the three of them really didn't have much entanglement.

And although Sir Kay was the King of Britain in his eyes, Gawain was not stupid enough to think so, and others would think so too.

When Sir Kai was at the top of the limelight, if the news spread that the three of them were not enough, the knights who disdained Sir Kai would definitely look down on this titular King of Britain even more.

Compared to this matter, taking part in a gambling fight was not a big deal in Gao Wen's eyes.

"Since you find it so difficult, then step back, Gao Wen."

Seeing Gao Wen's tangled expression, Fang Shuo patted Gao Wen's shoulder and walked towards the noisy crowd.

"Sir Kay, but...!"

Watching Kai walk into the crowd, Gao Wen suddenly felt extremely regretful.

Although he had already decided to participate in the gambling fight in his heart, participating by himself and letting Wang participate were completely different things.

It is natural for a courtier to act for the king, but he, Gao Wen, was unable to share the king's worries in this matter, and instead let the king take action.

This is so remiss.

It's just a pity that Gao Wen, who was in a tangle, had no time to stop Fang Shuo's footsteps.

After stepping into the crowd, Fang Shuo naturally heard a louder voice than before.

In the center of the crowd, two swordsmen in leather armor happened to decide the winner.

After one person easily dodged the enemy's attack, he directly tapped the long sword in his hand and shot down the opponent's weapon on the spot.

"Winner, Frank."

After one person picked up the long sword in pain, the victorious swordsman looked around arrogantly.

The person in charge of sitting in the bank shouted to the surroundings after putting away the coins with a playful smile.

"Frank Swordsman has won four consecutive victories. Could it be that no one in our city can beat this warrior?"

Regarding the man's almost provocative remarks, a group of onlookers glared at him angrily, but they didn't stop shouting.

After all, most of the people watching here are ordinary people. Even if they are upset with the man's provocation, they know that they can't beat the swordsman in the ring.

"Oh, is there really no one?"

The man sighed helplessly when he saw that there seemed to be no stunned youth appearing in the crowd of onlookers.

From the original intention, he didn't want such a strong person to appear in the ring.

If people can see the hope of victory, then of course people will choose to fight for the sake of money.

But today, for some unknown reason, a swordsman appeared who easily defeated the four contestants.

After seeing his strength, almost no one would choose to come up to be beaten, so his gambling arena was naturally too embarrassing to continue to set up.

"Ah, let me try."

However, when the man was about to announce the end of today's gambling arena, he saw a young man in armor slowly walking out from the crowd.

"Oh? What's the name of this little brother?"

After seeing the new Lengtouqing appear, the man narrowed his eyes slightly, and walked quickly to Fang Shuo's side flatteringly.

"Kay."

After uttering the name of his own world, Fang Shuo strolled to the center of the ring.

After hearing this word, people immediately began to focus on the young knight.

"Sir Kay drew the sword in the stone and became the king of Britain" has already spread throughout Britain.

And the knight who appeared in the arena now, no matter the name or the age, happened to match the legendary young knight.

Even if the people didn't want to think about it, they couldn't control their curiosity and all focused their attention on Fang Shuo.

"Kai? I heard that our 'King' seems to be called by this name."

Frank, who had won four games in a row in the ring, raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Friend, although I don't like the rumored king. But since you chose to report this name, at least you have the strength to match this name."

"Try it and you'll know?"

Hearing Fang Shuo's calm words, Frank no longer hesitated, and directly stabbed out with his sword.

Different from the previous battles, the tactic he chose this time was not a defensive counterattack, but an active attack.

After all, they were different from the first four. Although the first four were defeated by Frank, at least they could cheer Frank up.

But the young man who appeared in front of Frank now, in Frank's eyes, was full of flaws all over his body.

It was as simple as if he could take off the opponent's head with just a light stroke of the sword.

And in this case, the opponent didn't even draw his sword.

Frank felt that he was really underestimated.

Although he is not a well-known knight, he is considered to have no opponents in this small village.

Feeling contempt for the first time, he decided to let this arrogant man see clearly the gap between the two.

"Then, be careful!"

After stabbing out with a sword, Frank was even afraid that the other party would not have time to react, so he gave a prompt at the same time.

"Be careful?"

Seeing the sword approaching his throat quickly, Fang Shuo raised his right hand slightly.

"When did you have the illusion that you can threaten me?"

"This……!"

In the blink of an eye, Frank's attack was interrupted.

If this blow was intercepted by the long sword, Frank would not say much.

But at this moment, his extremely shocked eyes were telling him a fact that he couldn't accept.

The weapon used by the opponent to stop this blow was not a long sword, but two fingers.

His blow, which was enough to kill the enemy, was caught by Fang Shuo with two fingers.

Chapter 220. Lancelot

When the sword strike was intercepted this time, all the audience fell into silence because of this.

Then, more intense discussions broke out again.

"Look, this knight actually caught this move with his fingers."

"Did Frank let the water go because he heard the name 'Kay'?"

"Maybe, that's the future King of Britain. Maybe his hands trembled after hearing this name."

Listening to the discussion of those civilians, Frank on the ring felt extremely funny.