"dawn?"
Isadella repeated the unfamiliar word in her mind.
"That's right."
A vague voice floated out from the vortex-shaped mask.
Through the pores of the vortex mask, one can see a pair of eyes as black as ink.
The masked man who called himself Cain, wearing a black robe with red clouds, had deep, flickering eyes as he glanced at the broken city wall in the distance.
There were also the refugees who were startled by the violent explosion and were watching the group of abyss monsters fleeing in all directions in confusion, not knowing what was happening, and not knowing whether they should continue to escape.
"This world is full of war, tragedy, and suffering..."
Cain's voice was long.
...
...
"And becoming the dawn that changes this world... is the essence of Akatsuki."
"That is also the original intention of my creation of Akatsuki - to create a peaceful world like the rising sun."
His eyes were fixed on Isadella.
"Of course, I know that with my own strength... I can save a village or a town... but I can't save a huge country."
"That's why I founded Akatsuki... Likewise, I'm also looking for like-minded companions."
"Whoever can pull out the sword in the stone will be the new king of Esgania."
"It's great that you can be a prophet, but what surprised me more was what you said."
"Whether you pull out the sword from the stone or not, you will remain committed to becoming a king...More important than your identity and bloodline is that you have a heart of a king."
Cain's gaze was far-reaching, as if it could see through the eternal years and directly reach the distant future.
"Although you are still young, I see the future in you."
“A bright future that is completely different from Vortigern and all the great knights and noble lords who are currently famous in this land.”
"Perhaps, you can really become the light that illuminates the troubled times of Esgania."
…
"The dawn that changes this world?"
Looking at Cain from "Akatsuki" in front of her, Isadella's eyes moved slightly.
If an ordinary person said this, she would probably just listen to it and not really believe it.
After all, everyone can talk about empty principles and ideals, but very few can actually do them.
As the future ruler of the Fresta Empire, if she could be convinced by just some random speaker making big promises, the empire would have been completely screwed.
However, the masked man in front of him who claimed to be from "Akatsuki" was different.
Obviously his rank was not very high, but when the tide of monsters came just now, he really used himself as bait to block the abyss monsters and protect the lives of thousands of refugees in this town.
Although it is not known how Cain protected himself from the aftermath of the huge explosion, no matter what, such behavior represents a huge risk.
He is not just an idealist who talks big, but he really risks his life to practice his idea of becoming the "dawn that changes the world".
Thinking of this, Isadella's eyes couldn't help but soften a little.
"Then I will refuse it disrespectfully."
She smiled and put the sword in the stone back into the scabbard of the sword that the knight had used for training.
Then he stretched out his hand toward Cain.
The other person's praise may seem a little exaggerated to others.
But Isadella already had the corresponding awareness in her heart.
Becoming a king and staying in a high position for a long time means that one must inevitably endure the attention and discussion of the people... Be it praise and applause or rumors and gossip, Isadella has long been accustomed to it.
"Come to think of it, I haven't even introduced myself yet."
"My name is—"
Isadella thought for a moment and said her alias in this world: "Artorius."
“If you, and the Akatsuki behind you, really want to become the dawn that illuminates this world. ”
"Then from now on, we may have to deal with each other."
However, as she silently repeated Xiao's name in her heart, Isadella began to feel some doubts.
In the later empire, there were eight sworn families and the Knights of the Round Table.
However, she had never heard of Xiao or the name Cain.
Such a pure organization, and a leader that he admired.
Since we met so early, it stands to reason that there should be traces left in the future.
Or is it because of the butterfly effect caused by my arrival that it went against history?
…
Char stretched out his hand and shook hands with the silver-haired knight in front of him.
The hand was not very strong, but it contained a power that gave Char a warning.
[The important character "Knight King"'s favorability towards you increases by 10 points. The current favorability is: 20 (acquaintance)]
"As expected of the strongest person who will establish the Foresta Empire and ascend to the throne in the future. It's not easy to gain some favorability."
Xia said secretly in his heart.
Just as the other party was sizing up Cain, the first generation of the Akatsuki organization, Char was also sizing up the young knight in front of him, the future Knight King, through the holes in the Uzumaki mask.
He has silver hair and red eyes, and his figure is not as burly as traditional knights. Instead, he is quite slender, even petite.
The beautiful facial features made Char subconsciously think of the second princess Isadela.
But this is not surprising. After all, the founding emperor of the Foresta Empire is Isadella's ancestor. They are related by blood, so it is reasonable that they look somewhat similar.
The other person was still wearing coarse clothes and looked young and immature, about the same age as Sylvia when Char first saw her in the Remnants of History.
But in stark contrast to the difficulty of the novice mission, Char sensed an extremely strong self-confidence from the words and actions of this silver-haired knight.
This is a natural born king, as if he had been the template of the "ideal king" since his birth. Even though he is still young and has just gained the recognition of the Sword in the Stone, his pride is difficult to conceal.
No wonder Char's performance just now did not earn him much favorability. He only just crossed the "strangers" stage and reached the "acquaintance" level.
"But the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish."
"The more difficult the task is to accomplish, the greater the reward will be."
At this moment, Xia felt himself getting excited.
He likes this kind of challenging things.
And most importantly, it is different from the historical echoes of the ancient country of Cang Ting.
In this historical remnant, Char had already fully understood that he did not have to worry about being hunted down like Sylvia did.
In other words, he can now show his talents to his heart's content.
"If one time is not enough, then try a hundred times, a thousand times."
"Although the historical details of the old era have long been difficult to verify, there are still traces of the Knight King's rise to power."
"Having acquired the intelligence of the prophet, I will make sure that every important node in this historical remnant will be inscribed with the name of Cain and Akatsuki."
“When necessary, you can also pretend to be a charlatan or a prophet to gain trust.”
With the advantage of intelligence, Char has already conceived many different ways to play.
"Moreover, I seem to have some kind of immortality..."
Char touched his robe.
Just now, he was in the center of the monster tide and detonated all the "explosive clay" prepared in Shiny's spatial pocket in one breath.
The equivalent of the explosion in one breath is almost as powerful as that of the original artist Patrick.
According to the explosion range, even if you use flash, you can't escape from the center of the explosion. After all, the use of flash is limited by the cooling time and maximum distance.
In fact, Char didn't even try to dodge, but was directly hit by the huge explosion at the center of the explosion, which consumed all the detonating clay.
He also wanted to test whether the extremely high temperature and impact at the center of the explosion could really kill him. Of course, before doing so, Char took off his Akatsuki black robe and red cloud robe.
That was something that Silver and Red spent a lot of effort to cut out. It's the only piece of it. If it was blown up, it would be a complete loss.
And it turns out.
Detonating clay can't kill Char.
Although at the moment of the explosion, the extremely high temperature sublimated most of his body into ashes and powder.
But Char could still clearly feel the ashes and powder as part of his body and could still transmit the touch.
Then, as his thought moved.
The ashes and powder reassembled in an instant and grew flesh and blood.
It's outrageous.
This is no longer high-speed self-healing or super-speed regeneration.
It's purely conceptual immortality.
"Simply in terms of pure power and destructiveness, the explosive clay just now has reached the legendary level."
"If this doesn't really kill me..."
"So, if you want to kill me, you have to rely on the throne?"
Char watched as the silver-haired knight in front of him said goodbye to him, then stood up and walked towards the town and the group of terrified refugees.
It must be said that this young Knight King is indeed worthy of the title of "Ideal King".
In a very short period of time, he quickly gained the trust of the refugees. Even some of the knights around him who were originally dissatisfied because they knew that he had pulled out the Sword in the Stone, expressed their approval of him after a brief exchange.
Some people even swore on the spot to become squires and knights and follow the new king who had pulled out the sword from the stone.
Soon, orders were issued one after another.
The refugees gathered together and began to migrate towards areas where abyss monsters were rare, while the knights patrolled and guarded on the side to prevent the abyss monsters from attacking again.
"I wonder if any of these people are future Knights of the Round Table or ancestors of the Eight Oathed Families..."
Xia looked at the people who were beginning to migrate, thoughtfully.
He must unlock the fourth soul contract, not only to have an extra spot for the contracted pet, but also to find out the truth. From the echoes of history that he traveled through coming true... to the strangeness of the fourth soul covenant, and his own immortality that was inexplicably triggered, there were too many abnormalities happening to him.
If he doesn't get to the bottom of all this, Char won't be able to rest easy. He's not the type of person who would sit there and wait for death after discovering something is wrong.
"A throne-level existence... I do know Sylvia in reality, but my wife would definitely not be willing to do anything to me."
"Also, the secret of immortality should not be known to others until I figure it out myself."
"So, if I want to experience a real death, I'm afraid I can only ask Artorius for help."
Looking at the slender back of the silver-haired knight, Char nodded.
He is the future Knight King, at least at the throne level, maybe even stronger than Sylvia.
As for the script, isn't that obvious?
The Akatsuki organization was originally established with the purpose of "the dawn that changes the world", but faced with the cruelty of war, it gradually deteriorated and began to turn evil... and eventually became the mastermind behind the war, which is reasonable.
Initially like-minded companions, due to fate, they took completely opposite paths.
Light and darkness, justice and evil... It is simply the most perfect and classic script, the kind that you never get tired of watching.
"But then again, as the mastermind behind the future villain, it would be too shabby for me to be the only founder."
Char's mind moved slightly, and he summoned the red ball in the form of a star spirit and held it in his arms.
"Red, go cut out a few uniforms for yourselves and put them on to help support our Akatsuki organization."
"Mimi~ (me?)"
The little silver spirit was also a little confused as to why their own beastmaster always came up with such genius ideas.
We are just pets, aren’t we taking on too much?
"It's okay. I'm just here to make up the numbers. I'll cover myself with a robe, put on a mask, use the silver element to support my body, and then use my mental power to block out any perception."
"Who knows whether there are humans or animals inside."
Char pinched the red ball and said, "It's decided. However, in order to prevent any books from being passed down and leaving clues for us to die in the real world, you all have to change your names."
"Red, if you say so—"
Xia thought about it.
"In this remnant of history, I will change my name to Shana from now on."
"Mimimi~ (Master, I like this name. It suits you very well)"
After being around Char for so long, even his pets have learned some popular words.
"Oh~"
In the soul-covenant space, Yin called out resentfully and put his head into his big furry tail.
Plastic sisters are indeed plastic sisters.
If there is a chance to sneak away, there will be no hesitation.
It's really infuriating.
…
Unlike the first novice mission, Char's range of activities was limited to the vicinity of the capital of the Cang Ting Principality.
This time, the official mission, the remnants of history, fully encompass the entire territory of Esgania.
Moreover, it seems that due to the fusion of the Sands of Time, Char's affinity with time and space has greatly increased.
Even though several months had passed, he did not feel the awkwardness of being excluded by the long river of time, and the time limit he could stay had been greatly increased.
But it was during these few months that the situation in the entire Esgania changed drastically.
Isadella, who went by the name Artorius, rose like a comet and made a name for herself in the chaotic land of Esgania.
With the bonus of being the child of prophecy of the Sword in the Stone, plus her own strength, she also has strong leadership.
In just less than a year, Isadella gained the support and support of the nobles and knights throughout Esgania.
The coalition of knights united with Isadela as the core. Perhaps because they had been suppressed for too long, the knight lords finally found their backbone and burst out with extremely amazing combat power.
Under the leadership of Isadella, several battles were won with great victories, the coalition forces of Vortigern and the abyss monsters were defeated, and a large amount of lost territory was recovered.
Along the way, they also cleared out the remaining abyss creatures in the wilderness, as well as the rampant bandits and horse bandits.
All this happened in just a few months. Because of the speed of news transmission in troubled times, when Vortigern and other parties such as the Dawn Church really began to pay attention to this emerging coalition of knights and nobles.
But they were shocked to find that they had actually rebuilt a land of order in the chaotic land.
Both in terms of scale and size, it is already able to compete with the forces of the Holy See and Vortigern, becoming the fourth pole in this chaotic land.
As the leader of the coalition and the prophesied existence, Isadella also gained a new title.
The ideal king, the knight among knights - "King of Knights".
However, as the title of Knight King rose like a comet.
Along with these, there are two other names that resound throughout the territory of Esgania.
The Black Knight - Cain.
And the Akatsuki organization.
There were countless powerful people and nobles gathered around Isadella, including some with six rings.
However, they all paled in comparison to the black-haired knight.
He was not Isadella's subordinate, but he was never absent from every crucial battle and always led the charge.
Even the strongest general had to admit that in front of the black knight, everyone's bravery was meaningless.
Every time they charge, they will be trapped in the enemy's camp and face a desperate situation with no chance of survival.
However, every time he walked out from the piles of corpses, he was always unharmed, and even the Akatsuki robe with a black background and red clouds was not stained with blood.
No one had ever seen what the Black Knight looked like when he was injured.
He has fought hundreds of battles without getting hurt or defeated, and some people even gave him a new title - "The Battle-Experienced King".
Then Cain himself stopped it with a dark look on his face and forcibly banned the title.
The Akatsuki organization behind him is also famous and has saved people from monster tides and wars in countless critical moments.
The connotation of "the dawn that changed the world" was also sung by countless refugees, and even wearing black robes with red clouds became a trend and fashion.
…
"Cain."
"You and your Akatsuki organization, don't you really need any reward?"
"A territory, a title, power second only to one person... or perhaps a beauty."
"Although the current conditions are still somewhat difficult, considering your achievements and those of the Akatsuki organization, these requests are reasonable."
On the city wall, he watched the black knight return unscathed from the sea of blood and corpses once again.
Isadella couldn't help but speak.
She is not a king who does not understand human nature.
Although Isadella, who is the "ideal king" and is expected by the people, is always demanding herself with the most stringent creed of integrity and honesty, both in the echoes of history and in reality.
But she also knew very well that this kind of integrity and honesty could only be used to restrain herself, but could never be used to restrain others.
Everyone is selfish, and honest saints are only a minority.
If you want to be truly popular among the people, then you must be clear about rewarding people according to their merits and bestowing rewards.
This is indeed the case. Under her system, the cohesion of the coalition forces of nobles and princes has become increasingly strong, and they can often exert far greater combat effectiveness than before in battle.
However, this is not the case with Cain and Xiao behind him.
Although the other party had never actually announced that they had joined her camp, Isadella was very clear that if it were not for Cain's fearless bravery and the Akatsuki organization's extremely terrifying intelligence gathering ability, which allowed her to anticipate the enemy's moves every time, she would never have been able to win battles one after another and gain a huge amount of military exploits in such a short period of time.
Although Cain had made great contributions to himself, he never asked for any compensation.
It seems that apart from realizing the original intention of "dawn", there is nothing else to ask for.
"If you must give me some, just give me some gold, silver and jewelry."
The black-haired knight in a black robe with red clouds smiled casually and spoke lazily.
Isadella was silent.
The so-called gold, silver, and jewelry are the least valuable things in this chaotic world.
After all, in this chaotic world, the commercial market has collapsed long ago and is far less attractive than tangible benefits like titles and fiefdoms.
Obviously, Cain just mentioned it casually because he saw that he was insisting, and he didn't really care about the money such as gold, silver, and jewelry.
He has no place to spend the money.
The next moment.
Isadella saw the black knight walk up to the city wall.
He used his dark eyes to scan the city walls through the holes in the vortex mask, where the residents were living and working in peace and contentment.
"You are the leaf basking in the sun, and I am the root buried deep inside."
"I don't care about power, status, territory, or anything like that."
Cain's words were still hazy, but they carried profound meaning.
"As long as, in the end, you can bring peace to this land."
"Then, I will be satisfied enough if I can create a new country of our dreams."
That was when Char finished speaking.
He saw the words appearing on the light screen in his mind.
[The important character "Knight King"'s favorability towards you increases by 5 points]
[Current favorability: 50 (Trust)]
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