The King of Knights in a Different World

no.28 Are the undead afraid of death? (Ask for tickets, ask for flowers)

At night, the highest tower of the fortress was shrouded in darkness, and the moonlight in the sky seemed to be the only embellishment at this moment. Here, Lucifer looked into the distance, the flames were flickering in France's camp.

The first raid failed, they did not retreat, but took the edge of the forest as a camp on the spot. Behind them is the road to retreat, even if they lose the battle later, they can retreat to White Rock Fortress.

You can attack if you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. If you want to completely defeat them, you must first cut off their retreat.

The breeze blew, and there was a trace of familiar breath behind him.

"Lia?" Lucifer said softly.

"Um."

The knight girl was dressed in casual attire, just like when they first met.

"Come and sit!" Said, Lucifer first sat on the bench next to him.

The space here is not too big. In order to save space, the bench is also built against the side railing.

Artoria sat down close to Lucifer, but she didn't speak.

"If you look carefully, the night view here is actually pretty good, and the air doesn't have that sticky smell. Of course, if there wasn't this war, maybe this moment would be even more beautiful." The air was a little silent, and Lucifer also I can only speak first. He picked up a topic at random.

When it comes to war, Leah seems to have some feelings.

"You... already know! I'm sorry, as your knight, I'm immature, and I don't have enough courage. Several times before, I was always worried that I would die in the war, and when I thought of death, my heart would speed up .” The girl hesitated to express the fragility in her heart. Her aunt is not here, and Lucifer is the only one she can confide to.

She is not immortal, nor is she the strongest knight like the Lion King. Seeing countless compatriots fall, she will inevitably think of herself. But as a knight, she also feels guilty because of her fear of death.

Am I really a qualified knight? Before coming here, she had been thinking this way.

"It is inevitable that there will be adverse stress reactions on the battlefield for the first time, which is normal. As human beings, we are afraid of death, which is also normal. You know, in this purgatory called war, there is a fear of death in our hearts. Man goes further than he who does not know what death is."

Lucifer couldn't help laughing in his heart, the knight Ji in front of him was not the heroic knight king in his impression, she didn't even draw her sword, so it was only natural that she would have the normal emotions of ordinary people.

In other words, she has always kept the feelings of normal people, but in that world, for the sake of kingship, she had to give up the extra feelings. Thinking about it this way, her aunt's evaluation of her was very pertinent.

"Is that so? But I often hear people say that fear of death will make one's sword dull, and eventually lead to death." Leah's face recovered a little.

"Out of awe of death, we can do our best to live. It is not death that makes your sword dull, but the hesitation and hesitation in your heart. The moment of hesitation is fatal, so you must not hesitate when you shoot .Set a starting point for yourself in your heart, whenever you feel confused and powerless, think about why you wield your sword.”

Suddenly, Lucifer thought of himself in the previous world. Awakened by the bell as an undead, as a fireless embers to seize the power of fire from King Xin. The Undead Squad of Farland, Eldridge who devoured the gods, Yum the king of giants, Pope Sullivan... and many more unworthy people fell under his sword.

However, the undead are not immortal. When humanity completely disappears, the undead will become living corpses. The undead who turn into living corpses are more tragic than death.

At that time, I was not fearless, but had something to do. It is precisely because of knowing this that he is reborn from the flames again and again.

"There is no hesitation in my heart, can I really do it? Wang, when I was fighting before, I was actually very scared. If I didn't see your figure, I would worry that I would be knocked down and never stand up again." , I can’t continue to be your knight.” Leah expressed the deepest fear in her heart.

"If you fall down, please get up again, Leah. Even if your body falls down, don't let your beliefs fall down. You can't die. This is an order, an absolute order I give you as a king." , Lucifer put his hand on Artoria's shoulder.

The girl in front of her didn't need to be persuaded, she just needed someone to support her reasons. Originally, that reason should be to protect this country as a king, but now Lucifer has made it his own order.

"Phil's orders are sometimes too embarrassing. I can't die, and I don't want to die, but..." Leah's voice gradually became weaker.

"You are my knight, a knight cannot refuse the master's order! Especially since I am still a king."

"I see."

"That's right. The heroic and determined knight Ji I knew before would not be confused by this kind of thing. Death may be terrible, so some people think that as long as they blindly ignore death, they are brave. But that is just not daring to face death. timid. I don’t think I want Leah to be like that.”

"Isn't it brave to ignore death?"

"In my opinion, their bravery is only due to their disregard for life. Because they don't care about their own life and death at all, they appear fearless. But they are also just fearless, not truly immortal." Speaking of this, Lucifer let go Girl, he stood up and spread his hands in front of her to continue talking.

"From the age of the gods to the age of man, all the wisdom honed by human beings is actually for one purpose, survival. In order to survive, live more safely, reunite with friends, reunite with family, and stay with lovers..., so We are what we are now. In other words, it is precisely because of our strong will that we have come to the present from the era when there were many gods in the past."

Compared with the gods of the past, there is no doubt that human beings are weak. But it is this kind of human beings who have lived until the end of the gods. Some people like to call it the curse written on the souls of all living beings before the gods died. But Lucifer prefers to call it the will to live. *

no.29 Wang Jian

Wang confided her heart, the girl Arturia stared blankly at Wang in front of her, her heart beat a little faster, she didn't know what was going on with the feeling in her heart, but undoubtedly, she wanted this moment to last forever.

"I... want to know Wang's past." In a trance, she subconsciously spoke out what was in her heart. She didn't even realize how rude it was.

"Are you curious about my past?" Lucifer said with a smile.

"Well, I want to know Wang, his past, present, and everything."

"No problem. When this battle is over, I'll tell you my story. But then, Leah, I'll also hear what happened to you."

"my story!"

"Yes, you can take it as an order." Lucifer room added.

Under normal circumstances, the girl might hesitate because of shyness. At this time, you have to be decisive. For the first time, Lucifer felt that his king's privilege was quite useful.

Um! Wait, if you think about it carefully, although I don't have a coat of arms on the back of my hand, doesn't this mean that I have an eternal Command Seal?

Thinking of this, Lucifer began to look forward to the future life more and more.

"Obey! Really, Wang, you are too unconscious to use orders in this kind of place." Artoria's words at the moment were somewhat complaining, but also shy.

"Just treat it as my petty willfulness. Before I became a king, I was still a human being, and people naturally have their own personality. I think this is very good, otherwise one day I will be called a king who doesn't understand people's hearts. It's not easy."

Lucifer's joke was refuted by Arturia in a decisive manner.

"No! Absolutely not!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Lucifer couldn't help smiling from the bottom of his heart. In my memory, the girl knight in front of me, and the foolish king in the future seem to be told by a certain knight that he doesn't understand people's hearts. At first Lucifer didn't really believe it, until he saw the card face of a certain mobile game.

Well, it's really ignorant. Compared to a certain village girl in France next door...

Facing Lucifer's friend and king's smile, Arturia lowered her head, not knowing how to face it. The fluttering hair on her head is expressing her mood at the moment.

After a while, Lucifer returned to Artoria's side, she was relieved, and then quickly found a topic.

"I have participated in the battle against thieves with my aunt before, but it is completely different from this time. I am the first to participate in the legion level battle. Although I have thought about it many times before, I will still be attracted by it after seeing it with my own eyes." Shock."

"As far as the first time is concerned, you performed much better than my first time."

"You know. I actually envy you."

Rather than envy, it is more accurate to use longing for the feelings in her heart. It's just that the girl at this time has not noticed this yet.

"Envy? Do you envy this?"

Lucifer moved his hands, and untied the holy sword around his waist. With the scabbard on, he put it on his lap.

"Ah! No, no! I'm sorry! I never thought about it. In my heart, you are my king. A king who is more suitable for this country than I am. I am your knight, I... "The girl looked a little flustered at this time, she was very worried that Lucifer would misunderstand that she was still looking forward to the throne of the king.

"Don't be nervous! Even though you look cute when you're nervous." Lucifer comforted her softly.

"..."

"Do you want to try it! It should belong to you in the first place."

Arturia originally wanted to touch this beautiful holy sword, but her hand stopped at the last moment.

"Is it okay... No, forget it. It would be bad if others saw it. I am a knight named Arturia now, your exclusive guardian knight. And the king of this country is you. "

The sword chooses the king, and the country does not need two kings. If other people see her draw her sword, it will undoubtedly have a bad influence, especially since she has the blood of the Wang family. It might become an excuse for rebellion.

"To you, the sword is the country. To me, it's just a sword."

"For you, it is just a sword. That's right, the king doesn't need this sword to shine. But I also have my persistence. The sword that symbolizes the king cannot be touched by knights." Leah retracted her hand , with relief in his eyes. It's true that she likes the holy sword, but if she can't move it, she can't move it. Having said that, she looked at Lucifer and continued.

"In fact, I have always envied your royal way. These days, the king I heard most in my army is very tolerant, but at the same time very strict. The knights follow the king's figure without feeling that they are too far away from the king. Far away. I..."

After hesitating for a moment, Lucifer grabbed her hand and gestured.

"I'm right in front of your eyes, within reach."

"It's very real, this feeling."

"Before that, what was the royal way in Liya's heart?"

"Compared to the king's current way, I always thought that I should be like my aunt. But I can't do both of the kingly ways, so I thought that if I become a king, I must protect this even if I give up everything personally. nation."

Her words are her ending in another world. There is nothing wrong with her kingly way, no, it should be said that there is no right or wrong thing about kingly way, it's just that different paths lead to different results, that's all.

"If you really do that, you will undoubtedly be praised as a noble king. But such a crown is just a bondage, and the road called king will become a curse for you."

"In the future that Merlin showed me at that time, my final ending was fixed on the blood-stained sword hill. I pierced a female knight who looked like me with a holy spear. I never understood why, why Will it become like that? But now, I seem to have some answers."

"Use me as a reference to witness this distorted future in your eyes."

"Well, I will always witness everything about the king. Knight Arturia, hereby offer my loyalty to the king. Even if the body is destroyed, before the soul disappears, no, even if the soul disappears here, I will still be your knight. By your side."

Under the moon, the maiden knight made her oath. She came before the king, knelt down on one knee, and offered everything she had with the highest courtesy. *

no.30 Thunder Gun Corps (ask for tickets, ask for flowers)

In the early morning of the next day, Lucifer was explaining to Artoria the part of strategy that interested her. After the candid announcement last night, she was much less restrained in front of Lucifer, and no longer concealed her nature.

Occasionally, because of the loyalty of the so-called knights, he will forcibly remind or even correct Lucifer's excessive jokes as the king. This extremely serious look made Lucifer think of her as a servant knight from time to time, not her as a king.

Of course, Lucifer accepted this very tolerantly, and would deliberately tease her from time to time.

There was a knock on the door, and Artoria put aside the discussion time with Lucifer for a while, and stood behind him respectfully.

"Come in!" Lucifer tidied up the documents on the desktop and said to the door.

The door was opened, and Gao Wen's figure walked in.

"King, the people you need have been assembled. There are 1,300 elite spear shooters that can be found so far. It's just... some of them are not knights." He came to Lucifer's table and put a Submit the list. At the same time, he reported what Lucifer asked him to do before.

"It doesn't matter! As I said, as long as they have outstanding talents in throwing spears, I don't mind their identities. I hope you are the same, Gao Wen." Lucifer said himself while reading the list. Attitude.

In this country, the status of knights is naturally much higher than that of ordinary infantry. Some gaps that may result from this. However, these are still within the scope of possible solutions.

"Follow the king's orders."

"Take me there. I'm going to give them a final test."

"Please follow me."

Under the leadership of Gawain, Lucifer and Artoria came to a huge circular training field. The diameter here is roughly estimated to be more than a kilometer, and it is also one of the main training grounds for this fortress.

After arriving at the high platform, Lucifer first explained his intention. He needs an army with accurate throws. This part has no identity boundaries, as long as you have the ability, you can join, whether it is a knight or an ordinary soldier. If you can't accept it, you can quit by yourself.

Originally, Lucifer thought that some people would not let go of his status as a knight, but unexpectedly, because of his prestige as a king, these people expressed their willingness to follow this rule.

Afterwards is the assessment time. Lucifer only needs an elite team of 600 people, which means that more than half of the people here will be eliminated.

The content of the assessment is also very straightforward. The magician controls the flying targets, flies to high altitude, and then let them aim at these targets to project. These soldiers have seen a lot of training against the ground, but this is the first time for them against the air. They were a little excited for a while.

Then the guys here start playing in groups of thirty. Just hit once to stay. Then conduct a possible second assessment.

The soldiers of the first group came out, and the magician also prepared the targets in the sky and let them fly freely. With the sound of Lancelot below, the javelin in his hand flew out into the sky.

However, the results were abysmal. Because none of the people hit. For a moment, the other people waiting beside couldn't help laughing. These people ended up disheveled, and when they passed by the second team, the second team gave them a look of 'it's time to show their real skills'.

It's a pity that they didn't look handsome for more than five seconds.

Then……

"Next team!" Lancelot continued to shout.

Looking at the assessment of the rows of soldiers below, Lucifer couldn't help feeling like he was watching a sports meeting. But if it is a sports meeting, the results of this event are really terrible.

However, with the passage of time, some people finally hit the target. They were sorted to the other side and waited, and those who missed were energized and ready to show their valor to the king.

Boosting morale, this is one of the reasons why Lucifer came here. After all, no one would originally let Wang see their embarrassing side.

More than 200 people have passed the following assessment, but there are only about 20 qualified candidates, and the ratio is only about one-tenth. This made Gao Wen who was watching the battle with Lucifer a little bit impatient.

He had just personally assured Wang that he was an excellent shooter, but now his grades couldn't be compared to excellent, and he felt his face a little swollen. If Wang felt that he was incompetent or selfish, that was something he never wanted to see.

"My lord! Please let me participate." Gawain came to Lucifer and expressed his request.

Lucifer naturally understood the reason why he said that.

"Calm down, Gao Wenqing. In your eyes, am I the kind of narrow-minded king who would take his anger out on others because of such a trivial matter." He said with a smile. The tone is not rhetorical, but affirmative.

"The king's tolerance Gao Wen has witnessed, but..."