At this time, the knight finally turned his head slowly and looked at Martin and his group.
Seeing that they were all riding on giant dragons, clearly dragon knights, a gleam flashed in the old knight's eyes, and he asked with a hint of expectation, "Did Her Majesty, the Knight King Altria, send you here?"
Martin shook his head slightly upon hearing this. The old knight seemed to understand something instantly and smiled bitterly, "Indeed, your Majesty's philosophy of governing the country is very different from those old stubborn people in Sky City and is not recognized by them.
But in the hearts of us, the Twelve Knights of the Round Table, your Majesty's position is irreplaceable.
Your Majesty has devoted his entire life to protecting the country and its people, pursuing his ideal of justice and peace. Young man, what time is it now?
Martin thought for a moment and then said, "It has been more than a thousand years since the destruction of the three great empires."
The old knight was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then became agitated. "How dare they? How dare they?! Could it be that they can go back on their original agreement so casually?"
He kept repeating this sentence. At this moment, another velociraptor insect race jumped out of the black hole.
However, this time, the old knight did not swing the sword in his hand, but continued to mutter to himself without any defense.
Seeing this, Martin immediately signaled Betan to launch a dragon breath attack on the velociraptor.
Betan controlled the giant dragon to spit out hot dragon breath. The velociraptor didn't even have time to roar before it was thrown back by the black hole again.
The hot breath finally alarmed the old knight who had been muttering to himself, and he stopped.
"Young man, since you have come to this secret realm, it is a kind of fate. Then this responsibility is entrusted to you. It is time for me to have a good rest. The seal of this black hole relies on the energy supply of the core of the secret realm."
"There's a dimensional passage inside the black hole, but we don't know which dimension it leads to. Any knight who has ventured into that passage has never returned. The Knight King originally speculated that it connects to a higher dimension."
At this point, he looked around and continued, "The Knight King feels that since this secret realm appears within the Knight Empire, the Knight Empire should shoulder the responsibility of protecting its subjects."
"So, she led the Empire's sixty-five legions, the Dragon Riders, and twelve Knights of the Round Table to this secret realm and engaged in a protracted battle."
"In the end, we paid a heavy price of fifty-eight legions, eighty-nine dragon knights, and eleven Knights of the Round Table before we were able to break into the planar channel and seal it. You have to understand that a legion of the Knight Empire has twenty thousand men, and all fifty-eight legions were buried here."
"Of the original one hundred dragon knights of the Dragon Cavalry, only a dozen remain. After this battle, the Knight Empire was severely weakened. With no other choice, they had to compromise, cede territory, pay compensation, and sign a non-aggression treaty with the Dark Empire and the Elf Empire."
"Even so, we don't blame the Knight King. On the contrary, we consider it a blessing we've earned over several lifetimes to be able to follow such a monarch. However, we never expected that the Elf Empire and the Dark Empire would violate the contract."
Martin finally understood. No wonder ancient books recorded that the Knight Empire was the first to fall.
But he couldn't help wondering where the Knight King had gone. Martin asked this question.
Upon hearing this, the old knight's face suddenly became filled with intense anger. "We were attacked by a force in the sky called Sky Island. After signing the contract, the Knight King took the remaining dragon knights and the legion, intending to pursue the enemy and seal the passage directly to the other end."
"She knew that simply reinforcing the seal on her side wouldn't be enough to maintain stability in the long run, so she was determined to permanently seal this dimensional passage."
"However, just as she was leading her team towards the dimensional passage, the people from Sky Island launched a surprise attack."
"After their sneak attack was successful, the dragon knights, carrying the severely injured Knight King and the remaining legions, retreated to the opposite plane. If I hadn't known that the Knight King was still alive and hadn't obeyed his orders, I would have gone looking for her regardless of everything."
After hearing this, Martin couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Sky Island is the current Sky City?
Just as Martin was thinking, Xingchen beside him suddenly exclaimed.
Martin quickly looked up and saw that the old knight had already died. Martin's expression was solemn, and he immediately said to Betan, "Give this Knight of the Round Table a proper burial."
Afterwards, he came to the black hole, examined it carefully for a while, and then turned to ask Beitan: "Betan, do you think we can get this secret realm into the turbulent space?"
After a moment's thought, Betan replied, "Your Majesty, it is theoretically possible. However, doing so would likely expose the plane coordinates. I speculate that the Knight Empire didn't do this initially, partly out of consideration for the Knight King, and partly because they were worried about the plane coordinates being leaked."
"Previously, some small secret realms were thrown into spatial turbulence because they were not connected to other planes, so others could not know their specific plane coordinates. But the situation in this secret realm is different, so we can't act rashly."
After hearing this, Martin nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, he ordered the High Dragon Knight Lika to stay and guard the place, while he rode Hefna and left with the other dragon knights and Xingchen.
He planned to think carefully after returning and see how to maximize the benefits.
Since the old knight was so convinced that the Knight King was not dead, why didn't the Knight King return through this dimensional channel after more than a thousand years?
This problem was truly thorny, giving Martin a headache. For now, it seemed the only option was to let Lika continue to guard the secret realm.
After all, if the entire secret realm is sealed, those Zerg may still be able to break through the secret realm with their own strength. Once they come to this plane, they will inevitably cause a disaster that sweeps across the entire plane.
If the situation gets out of control, it will be beyond Martin's control. After returning to Yulong City, Martin was filled with worries and his head was about to hurt.
He originally just wanted to go out and relax, but ended up running into all these awful things. He already had enough troubles on hand, and now it was even worse.
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