Druid’s Marvel Travels

Chapter 271 Inheriting the Ebony Sword

After burying his uncle Nathan Garrett in the family cemetery behind the castle, Dane looked at the dark night and bowed deeply to Oakes beside him:

"I'm sorry, President... I'm on behalf of uncle..."

"No, he has already paid the price."

Oakes stopped Dane, he patted the young man on the shoulder, feeling a little emotional:

"In the afternoon, I was even looking forward to the classical aristocratic tea party that your uncle told me before, but I didn't expect...

You can choose to avenge me, or you can choose to atone for your uncle, no matter what, I respect your choice. "

"I will not choose revenge, President."

Dane took a long breath and spoke firmly:

"Uncle told me everything, the crimes he committed...More than that."

"Um?"

Oakes was really surprised:

"What's the meaning?"

"Uncle, he failed to inherit the ebony sword of his ancestor Sir Percy, so he has been unwilling to—

But in fact, even if you didn't appear as president, uncle is already full of evil. "

Dane looked at Oakes' wide eyes, smiled wryly and shook his head:

"On the surface, he is a well-known genetics master in academia, but secretly, he is the super criminal 'Black Knight'——

This name began to suffer in England ten years ago, but with the Great War in New York, the activity of the Avengers has disappeared.

Uncle, he told me that it was because he saw your performance in the New York War, and he put all his energy on the ancient inheritance obtained from research. "

"..."

What else can Oakes say, this guy is a habitual offender!

"Uncle, the reason why he has a bad relationship with me is because of his extreme nationalism in private——

He considered the Anglo-Saxons, who were the enemies of King Arthur, now scattered all over the land of Britain, to be a blasphemy to the ancestors..."

Dane spread his hands helplessly:

"It's a helpless thought, right? But Uncle is just stubborn.

So the purpose of his doing these things is also to obtain extraordinary power and 'purify' Britain...

It wasn't until just now that he realized his mistake and left the matter of atonement to me. "

"..."

Oakes covered his forehead, is there such a thing in it? !

Garrett this guy, "cleansing" Britain?

Fortunately, he didn't keep him for Dane's sake!

"Now the British themselves don't care about this... After thousands of years of changes in the world, the legend of King Arthur has also been changed many times by the dynasties of each era for their own rule."

Oakes shrugged dumbfoundedly:

"The King of Britain in Celtic legend is known by the church as a devout believer in God. To put it this way, as a descendant of Gudruid, do I still have to flatten the Vatican and justify the name of King Arthur? "

"Uh... So, my uncle and I have always had a big conflict, and this is just one aspect of it."

Dane sighed:

"Then next, we have to look at the troublesome things he left..."

He scratched his head in distress:

"Uncle said, that sword is very evil, I don't know if I can pass its test."

"Try it."

Oakes patted him on the shoulder:

"At least you're much safer while I'm here—and even if you're not recognized like your uncle, at least this thing won't endanger your life."

"That's true."

Dane nodded and took Oakes back to the castle.

At least when Mr. President is here, he should be very safe.

So, after rummaging through boxes and cabinets for a while, Dane found a long old wooden box.

The wooden box is carved with exquisite relief, and the emblem of a red flying bird is in the center.

"This thing... just looks weird..."

Dane took a deep breath, took out the key left by his uncle and opened the lock, but gave up when he was about to open the box.

"I...I don't think I'm ready to..."

Dane took two steps back, rubbed his hands, his face was nervous and weird:

"A few hours ago, I was preparing to become a civil servant and manage the affairs of a continent in the society, but now I want to touch magic?"

He looked at Oakes for help:

"President, is this too sudden?"

"It's all come to this point, you don't care if it's sudden or not."

Oakes stroked his chin, and gave him a slap with his hand...

A slap-like imprint flashed across Dane's head, making him immediately feel that his physical fitness and spirit had improved in all aspects!

"Is this okay? Think about it, you have been trained to practice swordsmanship since you were a child. Do you think this day is normal?

Don't worry, it won't change that you should be the president of the branch and be a civilian. "

Oakes encouraged Dane with a smile:

"Hurry up, open it and have a look, you must know that this is made by the Archmage Merlin... Well, at least it is a magical weapon enchanted by him, there is no such good stuff in Avalon!"

"..."

Dane grinned, but Oakes' blessing of the wild gave him a lot of confidence.

So he gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, and slowly opened the wooden box——

"Death...is my reward..."

An ethereal voice came from the wooden box, causing Dane to take a few steps back with a look on his face.

"this……"

He stared at the ancient handwriting engraved on the back of the wooden box lid, and took a while to look away.

Inside the wooden box is a black velvet bottom cushion, on which is placed a black knight two-handed sword tightly wrapped with strips of rune cloth.

"This is... a magic seal?"

Oakes squinted his eyes, and he saw the function of these rune cloth strips. Although the magic power on them was very weak, it still played a role.

And that voice just now is very similar to some kind of...consciousness residing on the ebony sword.

"..."

Dane swallowed, this sword looks very exquisite, the body of the sword protruding from the rune strips seems to have fine lines.

His breathing gradually became heavy, and he slowly stretched out his hand, reaching for the part of the sword that was not entangled by the rune cloth——

As his fingers approached, the fine lines on the sword suddenly moved, surging towards his hand!

Oakes' eyes on the side became sharper, while Dane seemed to be attracted by something, his eyes shone with a strange light, and his right hand pressed hard on the ebony sword!

"Om—"

There was a strange buzzing sound, and the runecloth seal on the ebony sword exploded, and then the fine lines on the sword were like flowing water, covering Dane's whole body in the blink of an eye!

"This thing... what a powerful enchantment!"

Oakes frowned, Dane's life signs were stable, and he could be sure that this thing was not an evil weapon that could absorb life.

However, the powerful magic power on the ebony sword still made him secretly startled.

This thing is worthy of being produced by Merlin, who may be the supreme mage. Dane, who is an ordinary person, should have the ability to fight Steve with the addition of this sword!

The seal had disappeared, and Oakes could indeed perceive the breath of the soul on this sword.

This should be the origin of the voice on the ebony sword just now.

"Well……"

Dane, who was wrapped in black lines, seemed to be in some kind of mysterious "inheritance ceremony", and groaned unconsciously.

A moment later, the ebony sword burst into light——

Oakes suddenly discovered that the long sword suddenly disappeared in the wooden box, and then appeared in Dane's hand with the hilt held!

At the same time, the black lines on Dane's body suddenly disappeared, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Can it be automatically summoned... like Mjolnir?"

Oakes smiled, and was about to step forward to express his congratulations, but saw Dane growl and kneel down in pain on his face!

"ah!!"

He seemed to be unable to let go of one hand, still tightly grasping the hilt of the sword, and the other hand was painfully grasping the hair, his eyes were even bloodshot, and his breathing began to have a stroke!

"Kill...more..."

A deep and painful roar sounded from Dane's mouth, but the voice seemed to be a different person.

Oakes looked serious, and the magic in his hand hit Dane directly.

With Oakes' magical help, the blood in Dane's eyes faded slightly, and he struggled to make his original voice:

"President... this sword... is tempting me... to kill... ah...!!"

Green light lingered in Oakes' hand, and he mobilized the huge force of nature around him, turning it into soothing magic, trying to dispel the abnormal state on Dane's body.

However, this powerful dispelling effect can only make Dane awake for a few seconds at most, and then he will be swallowed by the bloodthirsty feeling again!

"This is a curse...a mighty curse from the Ebony Sword, the sword itself must be dealt with—

disperse! "

Oakes tried to cast dispelling magic on the ebony sword, but he suddenly discovered that this sword has a strong resistance to magic!

Dispel magic doesn't work!

Oakes snorted coldly, while maintaining the soothing spell on Dane, he directly opened Avalon's teleportation channel beside him.

A large pile of vines protruded from the passage, tied Dane tightly, and dragged him directly into the passage!

Oakes turned around and stepped into the passage, mobilizing all the forces of nature he could mobilize——

"disperse!"

After launching a more powerful dispel spell than when dispelling the holy oak tree before, the curse on the ebony sword finally failed to resist!

"Thank you...Druid..."

The soul fragments lodged on the sword dissipated into the air with a soft murmur, causing Oakes to squint his eyes.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."

Dane leaned on an ebony sword and knelt on the lawn in front of the holy oak tree, panting violently, and it took him a while to recover.

"Ancestor..."

The curse has been dispelled, and he has fully mastered this family heirloom weapon.

"The curse just now...was Sir Percy?"

When Oakes' voice came, Dane noticed that the environment he was in was completely different.

"It's the polluted soul of the ancestors..."

Dane slowly opened his mouth wide, he remembered that he was in the castle:

"This...here?!"

"Your uncle's dream, the ideal land of independence, Avalon."

Oakes patted him on the shoulder:

"The true headquarters of the Rende Society in the future!"