Under the divine light of the Lady of the Lake, Raymond gently walked to the front of the goddess. His face was dull, and he slowly walked forward under the cheers of the crowd. Then, he knelt down.
Under the gazes of tens of thousands of people, under the trembling and fearful gazes of the serfs, under the yearning and envious gazes of the freedmen, and under the sighing gazes of the Old Guard, the Lady of the Lake brought the golden Holy Grail inlaid with countless gems and diamonds to Raymond.
The thirty-year-old battalion commander knelt in front of the goddess. He slightly raised his head and saw the face of the Lady of the Lake was shrouded in a thick fog. He didn't dare to look at her. He just reached out his hand and took the Holy Grail that was filled with liquid. He gently took a sip from the Holy Grail.
This was the first time that someone had obtained the glory of the Holy Grail in front of tens of thousands of people. Everyone's eyes were focused on Raymond. They wanted to see how this famous veteran, the runaway slave of Lyonasser, the lucky one with an outstanding reputation among the Old Guard, and the battalion commander who had served His Majesty Laing for many years, obtained the Holy Grail and turned from a mortal to an attendant of the goddess.
Raymond drank the Holy Grail water in one gulp.
Under the gazes of tens of thousands of people, Raymond's body didn't have any reaction at first. He looked at his body doubtfully, as if he was checking his own changes. However, other than the slightly cold and sweet Holy Grail water sliding down his throat, Raymond's body didn't change at all.
What exactly was the Holy Grail water? Rokossovsky was very interested in this.
The former Marshal Kislöw had seen the Holy Grail Knights when he was fighting against the barbarians in the north. These living saints had outstanding virtues, bravery in battle, and good command. Most importantly, they didn't get tired. There was once a Holy Grail Knight who had single-handedly killed hundreds of barbarian raiders and retreated unscathed in the end.
What was the essence of the Holy Grail? How did the Lady of the Lake use the Holy Grail to strengthen a mortal into a peerless expert like the Holy Grail Knight? What were the criteria for choosing a Holy Grail Knight? Was it the virtues of a knight? Was it bravery? Or was it loyalty to the Lady? Or was it a belief in Order?
Rokossovsky did not believe in the Goddess of the Lake, so Ugor dared to think and test the power and standards of the Goddess of the Lake. As for Marshal Kislöw, he had experienced so much in Kislöw and was disappointed in the so-called faith and morality.
Any so-called value evaluation system would become the toys of the nobles after a long time. Any so-called military merit evaluation method would eventually become a method for the nobles to monopolize the entire promotion channel. The so-called morality was even more so. The Karim guards and the Qika secret police had good intentions at the beginning, but what had they become in the end?
Luo Shuai had learned to be silent, to compromise, and to obey during his many years of service.
However, things were completely different in Brittany. The military evaluation system was strictly controlled by Laing, and the moral evaluation system was even more powerful. This system was in the hands of the goddess and was not affected by any external influences. The only basis for becoming a Knight of the Holy Grail was the judgment of the goddess.
Hence, a Knight of the Holy Grail was a true good person, a saint, and a perfect moral. He could be trusted.
The Goddess of the Lake seemed to have noticed Rokossovsky's doubts. Her ethereal voice came from afar as she said, "It's virtue."
"Virtue?" Luo Shuai initiated a conversation with the goddess. He asked the Goddess of the Lake, "What virtue is that? Is it the virtue of a knight? Or is it a more specific virtue? "
"It's the eight virtues of a knight." The Goddess of the Lake calmly looked at Luo Shuai and said, "This is the only evaluation criterion. When Laing chose to use the Holy Grail to save Mjölden Haven from its fate of destruction, when Davu was attacked by an Orc tribe on his way home, he carried the flag alone to encourage the villagers to resist, and he stood up for the civilians after the war to uphold justice. When Raymond decided to sacrifice himself to buy time for the war, the spirit of a knight was promoted and promoted. Hence, this is the reward they deserve."
"But there's no distinction between nobility and lowliness. What if the other party was an ordinary serf? What if the other party was a villager upholding justice? What if the other party was a craftsman who sacrificed himself to protect his wife and daughter? Would they be qualified to obtain the Holy Grail? "Luo Shuai asked.
"A Knight of the Holy Grail. First, you have to be a knight." The Goddess of the Lake said calmly, "There are more than eight million people in Brittany. I can't watch over everyone. To gain my recognition, you have to become a knight first."
"Understood!" Luo Shuai was convinced as he lowered his head.
Fairness! Fairness! It was still fairness!
He already understood why Brittany was so powerful.
The Goddess of the Lake solved the fairness of the upper class, and Laing opened the way for the upper class. At the same time, he solved the fairness of the lower class.
"Oh!" At this time, Raymond suddenly made a painful sound. He knelt on one knee, and a gentle light suddenly emerged from his chest and spread to his whole body. Even the Old Guard's white uniform was covered by the light. His facial features and orifices all emitted the strong light of the Goddess of the Lake. Then, he fell to the ground in pain and fell silent.
A few seconds later, the Old Guard's battalion commander was covered in light. His eyes were red. He pulled out the long sword at his waist and roared at the sky, "Forthelady!"
The whole army exploded like boiling water. Everyone pulled out their weapons and pointed to the sky.
“Forthelady！”
The cheers lingered in the forest of Muxilon and did not stop for a long time.
… I am forthelady's section dividing line …
After the withdrawal of the army, Bertrand and the others wrote a detailed military report and sent an urgent message to Laing. The military report detailed three things: the specific process of the battle in the Arden Forest, the possible traces of the shadow devil Gul, and the news of Raymond's promotion to the Holy Grail Guard.
Out of honor, this message was personally delivered by the newly promoted Raymond. Under everyone's envious and jealous gazes, Raymond personally delivered the message to Leon.
After receiving the message, Laing received the second Old Guard of the Holy Grail with a very high standard banquet. After reading the military report, the Knight King nodded slightly. Sure enough, after following him for so many years, Brittany was now a bright star. There were more and more generals who could take charge of a battle. This was a good thing.
At the grand banquet, Queen Suria asked Raymond with great interest, "Sir Raymond, how did you come up with this' immovable mountain 'plan?"
"I once told someone about His Majesty's attack on Muxilon's Spire Palace. In the Spire Palace, His Majesty deliberately set up a formation to scare away the undead army," Raymond said seriously. "And His Majesty often said a sentence in front of us, 'swift as the wind, slow as the forest, invading like fire, immovable like a mountain' … I remember that there was an occasional sentence after that … 'Love is like rain'? I got the idea from 'immovable mountain'. "
"Pfft!" Laing almost spat out the wine in his mouth.
It was an unprecedented craze for Takeda Shingen!
But in the end, he could not escape the fate of being killed (sad).
"Congratulations, Raymond." Laing raised his glass and said to Raymond, "From today onwards, you are no longer the battalion commander of the Old Guard. I appoint you as the deputy commander of the Old Guard and give you two villages near Lyonnesse."
"Yes! Thank you very much! " Raymond bowed to express his gratitude, but he was still a little worried, "Then … what about Marshal Davu?"
"Marshal Davu will be the commander of Muxilon's army." Laing nodded, "This is a matter of course."
"Understood!" Raymond bowed his head again.
"Raise your head, Raymond. From today onwards, you are also a glorious Holy Grail Guard." Laing said in a rough voice. Knight King stood up and patted Raymond's shoulder, "Have confidence in yourself!"
Raymond scratched his head and smiled.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Berliat came over with a glass of wine. Ugor had a serious expression, "Your Majesty, should we mobilize the army and enter the Forest of Arden to exterminate the Shadow Devil and its horde of Orcs and Shadow Devils?"
"Mobilizing the army is not a problem …" Laing and Suria heard Berliat's words and also showed serious expressions. Laing fell into deep thought, "But we know almost nothing about Shakoor's whereabouts, and that is only the judgement of the wood elves. Without a doubt, the wood elves know Shakoor the best. We should send the news to the Woodland Lord's Council while we mobilize the army."
"But it's winter now. Is the Woodland Lord's Council running?" Suria asked worriedly.
"Yes." Laing nodded, "In winter, the King of the Wood Elves, Ao Laing, will walk into a bonfire and turn into ashes. Queen Alaier will stay in the depths of the Oak Tree and hibernate. But most of the Woodland Lords will still maintain order … or be wild. We only need to send the news to Aralos."
"Then let's do it." Suria suggested, "We should start mobilizing the army now. At the same time, we should move the palace to Muxilon and conduct a detailed search of the Forest of Arden. We must find Shakoor and kill him in one fell swoop!"
"Also, let Lady Veronica of the Sorceress Assembly join in." Morgiana also suggested, "We will need their help."
"Well, okay." Laing did not say anything else. At the end of the banquet, Knight King immediately ordered the mobilization of the three governorships of Brittany. An army of 30,000 knights was formed, led by Laing himself. Marshal Kalad, Marshal Bertrand, and Marshal Berchemund arrived one after another with their armies. They began a month-long search of the Forest of Arden. Davu stayed behind to guard Muxilon, and François was stationed at the edge of the Forest of Arden as the second-line army and the reserve team.
It was worth mentioning that after the order to recruit the army was issued, the whole of Brittany fell into a frenzy of war. Especially after hearing that Raymond had become the second Holy Grail Guard, the freedmen who came to apply for the army were simply a sea of people. Many of them were even willing to pay for the war themselves. The blacksmith workshop worked day and night to forge weapons and equipment.
Are they that energetic? Laing did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the news.
But since the freedmen were so enthusiastic, Knight King felt that it would not be good if he did not say anything.
The Knight King announced the expansion of Mu Xilong's Lengxi Guards Battalion. The 400 men Guards Battalion would be expanded into a legion of 1000 men, with three battalions under it.
Within a day, the Coldstream Guards were filled to the brim. Many freedmen bought their own equipment and wanted to join.
In the winter of Year 2518 of the Empire calendar, Laing led the Knight King's army to split into three groups and conducted a systematic search of the Forest of Arden.
After more than a month of searching, Laing was very disappointed. Not to mention Morgul, there was not even a large Orc group or a powerful Orc King. When the army swept through the forest, they only encountered a few small Orc groups.
How could these small Orc groups be a match for the Brittany army? They were effortlessly wiped out by the Knight King's army.
Then, the three groups of troops led by Laing, Kalad, and Berchemund searched the depths of the Forest of Arden for two weeks, but they did not find anything. All the signs pointed to one thing.
Morgul had disappeared. After gathering thousands of Orc tribes and Orc groups, he secretly left the Forest of Arden. His whereabouts were unknown, but it was highly likely that he had entered the Gray Mountains.
There were all sorts of ominous signs, the severely decayed forest, as well as the twisted and mutated stones under Archfiend's will. All of this pointed to a single problem. Archfiend had been resurrected, and his strength was growing stronger and more violent as the winds of chaos blew. He was planning his revenge and destruction, and the recently resurrected Archfiend was hiding in the dark, accumulating strength.
The Winter Festival of Year 2518 could only be spent in this oppressive environment. After searching for more than a month without any results, Laing had no choice but to use anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes. He led the army to the hiding place of the "Free Brittany" and surrounded the group of hiding men.
The leader of the hiding men, General Xiaer, was hesitant to surrender. He said, "How can we believe that you will keep your promise?"
Laing pulled Bertrand out and shouted to the people in the hiding place, "Look, who is he?"
"He's the Sixth Marshal, Marshal Bertrand," someone replied.
"What did he do before?" Laing asked, "Who knows? Tell me."
"He used to be the leader of the Bergerac Bandits," someone said hesitantly.
"How is he treated now?"
The moment Knight King said that, the hiding men no longer had any objections and surrendered. The ten thousand of them were arranged to live in the former territory of the dead Grail Knight, Baron Claude.
But it wasn't over yet. When Laing retreated from Arden Forest, news came from the north of Brittany.
While Ryan's attention was focused on Morgul, Prince Sigwald, the "Beauty", the champion of the God of Sin, launched a surprise attack on Castle Chalon in the northern part of Brittania. The whole castle was razed to the ground, and the reason was that "the wine here is not to my taste".
By the time Laing arrived with his army, Prince Sigwald had already fled, leaving behind hundreds of skinned corpses and a long string of words written in human blood.
"Can you keep up with my Spiders? My old enemy, Laing. "
Laing could only rage helplessly after being mobilized a few times. He chose to disband his army and calm down for the time being.
After that, the latest news came from the wood elves.
The wood elf emissary said arrogantly, "The Woodland Nobles' Council knows about you, but the wood elves don't have the energy to help Brittany for now.
That was because something big had happened in the Azeroth Forest. The branch spirit Teresa, who had planned to kidnap Morgiana, had destroyed an ancient temple in the Palawon Duchy and finally obtained the last Divine Artifact she had been searching for.
During that winter, Teresa snuck into Asolorin. The powerful dryad released the power of the holy artifact she stole and successfully defeated one of the three ancient dryads Aleil sent to guard the forest, Kodile's Woodland Guards who were against the wood elves' settlement. When the rangers and rangers arrived, the elder dryad had already been rescued.
Ryan felt a great deal of pressure about this.
Darkness was invading the world.
The end of the world was approaching.
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