Chapter 485 Damage Immunity Kiwi
In this way, Gervis's coronation ceremony came to a successful conclusion.
What followed was a grand banquet.
The nobles of both duchies were all on high alert during this period and had no time to relax.
This banquet gave them a great opportunity, and everyone indulged themselves to their heart's content.
As the protagonist of the night, Gervis danced with Alice in public again. Gervis left the banquet hall only after the song was over.
Since King Lawrence had given him such a huge benefit, Gervis had to pay tribute to him no matter what.
Due to health reasons and preparations for the coronation a few days ago, Gervis did not come to pay tribute to Lawrence.
Accompanied by Alice and the Lord of the North, Gervis came to a small hill behind the palace where King Lawrence was buried.
This was King Lawrence's own idea. He did not want to return to the capital, but wanted to watch the church being defeated in this city of glory and see how the Principality of Jean unified the entire continent.
Due to the time constraints, Lawrence's tomb was not luxurious. It only had a statue of Lawrence riding a horse and charging into battle, made of white marble, and there was no other decoration.
Gervis took the flowers and placed them under the statue, silently mourned for a few seconds, and the memorial ceremony was completed.
It is also worth mentioning that in addition to the eldest prince and the second prince, Lawrence actually has other children.
Lawrence had a total of four children, but the other two were girls.
The older of the two princesses has already married the heir to the title of the Stanley family.
The younger ones were only six or seven years old and were brought up in the palace by the queen.
Before Lawrence died, he asked the Lord of the North to convey a message to Gervis privately, hoping that after Gervis ascended the throne, he would confer a viscount title on his youngest daughter and grant her corresponding fiefdom to ensure that the bloodline of the Jean family could continue.
Of course, Gervais would satisfy Lawrence in this regard.
Moreover, in order to repay Lawrence for passing the throne to him, Gervis was going to confer on his youngest daughter not only the title of Viscount, but also the title of Earl.
However, Lawrence's youngest daughter and the queen are far away in the royal capital now, so Gervis naturally cannot enthrone them. Therefore, the enthronement can only be completed when they rush from the royal capital to pay tribute to Lawrence after some time.
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After paying tribute to Lawrence, Gervis went straight back to the manor in the palace.
Now that he has just completed his coronation, he is still overwhelmed by the various affairs of the principality. Fortunately, his cheap wife has rich experience in handling government affairs.
Fortunately, Gervis temporarily handed over the ordinary government affairs to her, while he focused on military affairs.
At this time, there were several registration books on Gervis' desk.
These registers are all the military forces of the two duchies currently in the City of Glory.
When Gervis opened the register and looked through it carefully, what he saw was simply shocking.
The Principality of Jean and the Principality of Alban originally had a total of 120,000 troops when they confronted each other, but because of the pursuit of the Principality of Xis and the Church, the army that finally returned safely to the City of Glory was less than 16,000.
All the remaining soldiers were either killed in battle or left in the Duchy of Alban because they had no horses and could not escape the pursuit of the church.
Originally, Gervis was just a small viscount. Although he knew that many soldiers would be abandoned or killed in this escape, he did not expect that there would be so many.
"One hundred thousand people! There are only this many people in the entire Winterfell!"
However, there is one thing that can be considered a blessing in disguise, that is, among the team that escaped back to the City of Glory, in addition to the team of several thousand vassal troops, there are 11,000 of the most elite soldiers from the two duchies.
There are about 4,000 elite cavalry and about 7,000 infantry, which allows Gervis and his men to temporarily rely on the City of Glory for defense.
However, these troops are definitely not enough to deal with the church. The church not only has many golden knights, but also many magicians.
The most important thing is the Pope himself. Gervis, the new king who dominated the battlefield with the black kiwi fruit, has now fallen back to his original form.
Although people from the two duchies believed that Gervis would be able to display his invincible god of war as long as a battle broke out.
But one's own family knows one's own business. If one were to meet Pope Longfellow again, he would be able to crush one to death with just a flick of his finger.
"No, we must find a way!"
The more Gervis thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and suddenly he thought of the system.
"By the way, I was just crowned king, and the system's reward has arrived. There is an additional reward that gives me a chance to draw a lottery."
He took action as soon as he thought of it. Gervis was not going to keep the chance to win the lottery, so he opened the system panel directly.
At this moment, the energy point value in the panel increased from 35 points to 45 points, and the last ten points were the rewards for completing the task.
Gervis didn't even bother to be happy and shifted his gaze to the right. He wanted to see if he could draw another kiwi fruit with incredible effects.
"The damn turntable! Start!"
As Gervis thought about it, he used the lottery opportunity rewarded by the system without hesitation.
He did not ask for help from Boss Rongguang as he had done before, nor did he complain about the system.
Because through so many experiences, Gervis already knew that his crappy system was completely unresponsive to any threats or persuasion, and it would be a waste of time to say anything more to it.
Soon, under Gervis's fixed gaze, the pointer of the cheating roulette wheel finally slowed down and finally stopped on the icon of a black kiwi fruit.
Gervis was not too disappointed about this because he had already tasted some sweetness from the black kiwi fruit.
Although the black kiwi fruit has no permanent effects, the effects after eating it are incredible.
Gervis couldn't wait to look up at the panel to check the effects of this black kiwi fruit.
"Black Kiwi: This is a powerful damage immunity kiwi! After eating it, you can be immune to any damage you suffer within an hour!"
"Note: The damage immunity will decrease as time goes by. From the moment the damage immunity takes effect, the effectiveness of the immunity will decrease by 1% every minute until the effect of the black kiwi fruit ends!"
"Damn, this is such a crappy system! The effectiveness of this immunity will be weakened!"
This damage-immune kiwi fruit could be called an invincible fruit. In Gervis's opinion, this lottery draw was not a loss, but a big profit.
Just seeing the notes, Gervis couldn't help cursing again. The effect would weaken over time, which means that the real invincibility time after taking it is only one minute. After one minute, the effect will be reduced by one percent, and after an hour, only 40% of the effect will remain.
"Ah, just one minute! In an emergency, it might really save your life!"
Finally, Gervis sighed helplessly. Although the effect would be weakened, at least he would be invincible within the one minute it took effect. It could be considered as an extra life-saving trump card.
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After reading the registration book in the study of the manor, Gervis rubbed his head, walked out of the study and came to the balcony.
Becoming king means that the burden of confronting the church falls on him, but in the current situation, the Pope's personal strength is too strong.
The black kiwi fruit that increased his strength by 50 times has been used up, and it will be extremely difficult to fight against the church from now on.
When Gervis walked out onto the balcony, he realized that it had already darkened. However, that was exactly what Gervis wanted; he wanted to enjoy the cool night breeze to relax his body and mind.
However, just as Gervis was enjoying the cool breeze, he suddenly discovered a figure hiding in a corner of the garden crying in the darkness in the distance. If he had not been standing on the balcony, it would have been impossible to discover her presence.
"Caroline?"
From the fiery red hair, Gervis could vaguely tell that the person crying was Caroline.
So Gervis hurried down the manor and headed over there.
(End of this chapter)
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