Proof of the Sun King

When the group came to the ancient tomb belt of Couileau, two hundred knights led by Francois were already waiting here.

This is a large low-lying basin, which is covered with a large number of stone buildings. Judging from the patterns and markings on these stone buildings, there is no doubt that this place was once the ruins of the high elves, even after thousands of years. In the past, the buildings of the high elves still bloomed with moving art, but most of the buildings and towers collapsed and the walls were covered with vines.

Mixed in the middle of the high elf buildings are tombs, large groups of tombs. These tombs are surrounded by various skulls, and many stone chambers are opened, and the inside is full of cobwebs and dust. Looted.

There are hundreds of such stone chamber tombs in the entire basin. Under the blowing of the cold winter wind, the glory of mankind seems to be in the past, and the future of the world is only countless bones and endless desolation.

The entire army of knights passed by this ancient tomb belt, wearing a full set of mithril blue and white baseplate armor, with the Holy Grail cloak on his back, and the unicorn sword hanging from his waist. Looking at this ancient tomb belt, I was silent for a long time.

"The things left by the high elves are obviously not as strong as those made by dwarves." Bellegar looked at the tombs and the decaying scenery, and he felt very uncomfortable. The King of the Eight Peaks remembered the fallen Eight Peaks Mountain, where the ancestors were also placed. shrines and ancestral temples.

Bellegar was never willing to show weakness, he had to speak stubbornly.

"Here, it looks like a settlement? It was the town left over by the human beings who used the high elves to retreat from the old world, but why did it become a group of tombs?" Ryan felt the desolation and desolation of the whole area, and also There were those animals that were still extremely hostile to the outside world. Unexpectedly, Francois signaled the knights not to attack. He just sighed and let the army pass quickly.

"These animals are not enemies, they are all witnesses and defenders of the original Principality of Kuylewu. Ryan, Surya, Yuri, Jerod, you must have all heard that there were dozens of cloths at the time. The Breton tribes crossed the Grey Mountains to settle in Brittany, but when Arthur established the kingdom of knights, there were only fourteen duchies left, right?" Francois looked at the gloomy sky and said to the crowd.

"I would like to hear the details." Suria said in a low voice, she and Julius both knew the whole story, Francois wanted to tell the story to Ryan, and the female knight said understandingly.

"It was about a thousand years ago that the Bretons crossed the Grey Mountains. In the next two hundred years, small tribes were destroyed or annexed, and sixteen Breton tribes were divided in Brittany. Of the sixteen duchies, apart from the well-known Duchy of Artois and Duchy of Aquitaine, both of which were wiped out because of the vampire incident, there were actually two duchies before the founding of the kingdom by the first knight king Arthur. The history of these two duchies has already been Buried in ashes [m.] dust, few people know about it now."

"That's the Duchy of Kuilau and the Duchy of Grand Boyle."

Francois raised his hand and pointed to all the buildings and tombs in the entire low-lying area: "This is the original site of the Duchy of Kuilau."

"..." Everyone was speechless.

"Hundreds of years after coming to Brittany, these tribes, who produced the best riders of the Old World, fought with greenskins, beastmen, and the Estalians and Tyrells of the south, and then, A gigantic greenskin invasion came about a thousand years ago and the whole of Britannia was plunged into a great crisis, the greenskins roamed the Brittanian lands, destroying everything, burning villages, destroying All that was seen." Francois continued: "It was at that time that both the Duchy of Kuilau and the duchies of Granbeulle faced the attack of the Greenskin, and both duchies gathered all the knights. Resistance, the end...you can see it now."

"At that time, the entire territory of Brittany was a beacon of war between humans and greenskins and beasts, but all the principalities fought their own battles, and the empire on the opposite side of the mountain was in decline. The Letons provided support, and it was my ancestors at that time. The dukes of the Duchy of Winford and the Duchy of Beleon led a large army to come to support, but they saw the end of the Duchy of Kuilau, so the two ancestors decided to use The championship will decide who the land of this duchy belongs to." Francois had a refined smile on his face.

"Obviously, the Duke of Winford won." The result is not difficult to guess. Now the land belongs to the Duchy of Winford. Lane followed his father-in-law's words and said, "Then what?"

"Twenty years after the demise of the Principality of Kuilau, the crisis faced by the Bretons has become more and more serious. At this time, many duchies already have a few isolated cities left, and their populations have been greatly reduced. In the face of enemy attacks, many dukes can only sit in isolated cities and watch the greenskins and beastmen destroy the villages and people."

"At this time, the duke of Bastogne became famous in Brittany. He killed the huge red fire dragon alone and became the champion dragon slayer of the kingdom, and his name is..."

"Arthur." Gerald said: "The great first-generation knight king, the king of the Bretons himself, the real Breton, Arthur-le-Brittany."

"Not bad." Francois looked at the cloudy sky and the white forest and snowfield, and continued: "Arthur's rise made people see hope, but Brittany was still divided at that time, and that's it. Twenty-five years later, Brittany ushered in the largest invasion in its history, the Duchy of Granboyle was razed in the Greenskin attack, and at the call of Arthur, Brittany Nians unite for the first time, with Schirrof from Lyonnax and Randuin from Mousillon in Arthur's 'Anti-Greenskin Coalition', 'Fight for Britannia' For the first time, the slogan sounded on this land... After that, you all know."

Everyone nodded, and then Arthur fought the greenskin tribe but fell into despair, met the fairy in the lake by the fairy lake, and then followed the twelve greatest and greatest epic battles, the establishment and deployment of the "Holy Grail Companion Brotherhood" Birth of the Kingdom of Litania.

The Twelve Knights of the Holy Grail are the Dukes of the Twelve Principalities, and their great deeds will be remembered and celebrated forever until the end of the world.

Young people are all fascinated.

But Ryan felt that Francois was referring to something else, and he tried to continue to ask: "So, we must unite and resist the invasion together, otherwise the end will turn into ruins and tombs like the Principality of Kuilau, Only for the public to admire?"

"No, how could you not understand such a simple truth." Francois smiled, and he reached out and patted Ryan on the shoulder: "Think again! Ryan."

"Uh..." Ryan had to continue to think: "It's fame and strength. Arthur's huge fame and strength through dragon slaying gave the entire Brittanian reason and belief to unite."

"It's still not accurate enough, Ryan, you can't think of this." François was still laughing, the elegant duke just smiled at his son-in-law, and motioned the anxious Suria to be quiet: "Think about it. , why would it be Schirrof and Randuin to join first? Why not Agilgar of Palaon? Why not Balduin of Berleon? Why not Rumbard of Carcassonne? Why not Wen Ford's Duke at the time, Arthur's distant relative, Leedmond?"

"Because Sirruf, Duke of Leonasse, is the husband of Arthur's sister Rosalind, who is Arthur's brother-in-law, and Randuin is the battle that Arthur fought side by side for countless times, between these two people and Arthur Most familiar..." Ryan immediately caught something.

He began to understand.

The god-chosen champion of the fairy in the lake smiled, and François taught him another lesson: "No matter how big the strength is, no one knows it is useless, even if there is a common enemy, the combination of childhood playmates and marriage The resulting relationships were still decisive in the early days of Arthur's alliance."

"Very good." Francois smiled and stroked his beard again and again. He really liked his son-in-law more and more: "You can understand."

The meaning that my husband conveyed to Ryan can be summed up in two ways.

First, from the founding of Arthur to the present, the unwritten standard for promotion among the nobility is still to pick talented people among acquaintances, or pick acquaintances among able people, although this may not be fair, but since the founding of the country for thousands of years, this standard is still The most effective, even in Lane's view, was in past lives.

Second, two people who are not related must be able to trust each other. The easiest and most convenient way is to fight side by side many times in the war to establish a friendship, or through family marriage.

It's as if Francois has not only regarded Ryan as his family since Francois married Surya and Ryan, but Ryan also regarded Francois as a reliable elder and a staunch ally, starting from the marriage of Ryan and Surya. , the Earl of Glamorgan and the Duke of Wynford's family were both prosperous and devastated.

This is the power of marriage, and this is the means by which nobles form alliances through blood.

More importantly, the mutual benefit and trust brought about by this marriage are both needed by both parties.

Ryan's personal strength is strong, with the support of the fairies in the lake behind him, and it is shrouded in a mysterious veil. The Duke of Winford's family is a great noble family that has been passed down for thousands of years. The Duke's family needs to absorb the fresh blood of Ryan to develop and grow, and at the same time François, who was aware of the drawbacks of serfdom, also needed to use Lane's practice to observe how to make changes.

Ryan's foundation in the kingdom is still shallow. The god-chosen champion of the fairy in the lake knows how to fight and is outstanding in martial arts, but he does not particularly understand the rules of the court and nobles. He also needs the help of the Duke Winford family.

Therefore, Francois, who is shrewd, wise and far-sighted, has long been attracted to Ryan as his son-in-law, and has closely integrated the interests of both parties. After Ryan was promoted to earl, although there are some very good young knights in other big noble families in the kingdom, François has already identified Ryan, because the marriage between Ryan and Suria is beneficial to Ryan and the duke's family, and Su Leah is also very fond of Ryan.

Therefore, it can be seen from the expressions of son-in-law Ryan and daughter Suria that this marriage is very happy.

Francois is also telling Lane that not all marriages are boring, and the marriage between you and Suria is not. You don't need to carry such a big burden in your heart, just enjoy your married life.

Lane's head went round in circles, and it took him a long time to realize how much François conveyed from this story.

There is a lot of information. The earl and his wife looked at each other before nodding to show their understanding.

Lane wanted to say something, but Francois motioned to Lane to continue listening: "My story is not over yet."

"Okay." Ryan lowered his head and really listened to his father-in-law's teaching as his son-in-law.

"Thirty years after the founding of the Kingdom of Knights, the second year after the second-generation Knight King 'Reckless' Lewis took over the throne, and the sixth year after Arthur's death, Sirruf and Randuin engaged in a The championship matchup is said to have something to do with Schirrof's wife, Arthur's sister Rosalind and Landuin, and the long-term territorial dispute between the Principality of Leonasay and the Principality of Mousillon."

"In this duel, Landuin defeated Sirruf and left a horrific scar on Sirruf's face. Decades of camaraderie have since vanished, and the duel is over. Afterwards, the sad Landuin returned to Musillon to self-isolate and never left his castle. Forty-three years after the duel ended, Landuin was found dead in his sleep. The strength is still there. The Grand Knight of the Holy Grail above Arthur, Duke Mousillon, was not yet 150 years old when he died." Francois continued.

The Holy Grail Great Knight has a very long lifespan, and the other Holy Grail Great Knight Sirruf lived to be nearly three hundred and fifty years old before dying on the banks of the Sandnes River.

Speaking of this story, several people sighed ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Former human compatriots, close comrades of the Knight Road, Holy Grail partners, Schirruff and Randuin fought side by side and participated in the tenth anniversary of the founding of the country. In the two battles, they finally turned against each other for some reasons, which made the knights regret.

"...The enthusiasm brought by dreams will always cool down, but the desires are never-ending, even the Holy Grail Knight, presumably Lord Randuin must have been in pain when he defeated Sirruf." Lane whispered: " So he never left his castle, and he knew that it was not what he wanted to duel with Sirruf, but he was not only a Holy Grail Knight, he was also the Duke of Mousillon! When Mousillon's interests were affected When violated, when his reputation is violated, he must stand up and use all his strength to defeat Sirruf to end the dispute, otherwise this will be the greatest blasphemy on the way of knighthood!"

"This is the second lesson I'm going to teach you, Ryan." François's sea-blue eyes stared at Ryan, and he said softly, "A group gathered purely by dreams and personal prestige cannot last long. And if the harmony is maintained, only mature rules and regulations can ensure the operation of the kingdom and court. Since the duel, the second-generation knight king Lewis, who has been deeply guarded, began to formally draft the first draft of the rules of knighthood, and established the prototype of knighthood and It was improved, and a complete system of nobility and kingdom laws was established at the same time, and since then, no Holy Grail knights have ever fought due to differences."

"Thank you for your teaching!" Ryan bowed deeply again, and he was taught.

"Well." Francois accepted Lane's courtesy calmly, the duke hesitated for a moment, and finally said.

"Richard 'Tiger' is about to abdicate. The person he wants to designate to succeed the king is Duke 'Lionheart' Lawen. The king's abdication has been put on the agenda of the royal court. Ryan... What are you going to do?"