It was spring in the Duchy of Carcassonne. Flowers were in full bloom, and life was blooming.
The Duchy was located in the southernmost part of Brittany. It was bordered by the Forest of San Lorenzo (also known as Esolorun) in the east and Estalia in the southeast. To the north, it was bordered by the Duke of Winford.
The Duke of Carcassonne was Hubert de Carcassonne, but he had recently begun preparing for his Holy Grail Trial. He had given all the authority to his advisor, a beautiful Lady of the Lake (also known as the Lady of the Lake).
The Duchy was probably the most sacred place in the entire kingdom. The Cathedral of the Lake was built in the Duchy. The 80-meter-tall statue of the Lake of the Lake could be seen from afar. It was a stunning sight to behold.
She was the patron saint of the Duchy.
Laing looked at the Cathedral of the Lake of the Lake in the guest room of the Castle of Carcassonne and sighed. The journey had taken a long time.
It had taken them nearly ten days to travel from the capital of Brittany, Carcassonne, to the southernmost Duchy of Carcassonne. This distance would have taken only a few hours in Laing's previous world, but in this world, it would have taken a lot of time. Suria had already arranged the fastest route for them. They would take a ship from the port of Carcassonne, bypass the Duchy of Lyonasser, then head south to the Duchy of Bordero, and then take the land route to the Duchy of Carcassonne.
In other words, since Laing had arrived in Brittany, he had basically done nothing for the past twenty days. He had spent all his time on the road, and this made him feel a little irritated.
It was the end of March. The fields were busy with farming, and the atmosphere was lively. The serfs were working for the knights, and it was obvious that they were not very enthusiastic.
After taking a few deep breaths, Laing calmed himself down and turned around. There was only Olica in his room. The dark elf was sitting on a chair beside him. She was wearing a snow-white dress with flower petals and a sky-blue wool coat. Her slender legs were wrapped in white stockings, and she was sitting quietly in the room.
The dark elf had slowly gotten into her role. She had nowhere to go and was deeply threatened. The human in front of her was her only shelter. After calming down, she obediently played the role of the human's maid.
This human was a man of his word. He really didn't do anything to her. At most, he hugged her. In order to protect her, the two of them usually slept in the same room at night. He treated her like a large, fragrant pillow.
"Olica? What's your hometown like? "Ryan stood in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside.
"Cold, barren, and withered." Olica had always only talked to Laing in Elvish. "Nagaros rarely sees the sun all year round. Our ancestors left us only coldness and killing. There is very little land that can be farmed, and we can only fight endlessly."
Laing nodded. This was what he had learned.
Then there was a knock on the door. A beautiful prophet of the Lake Goddess knocked on Laing's door. "Mr. Laing, the ceremony is ready. Her Highness Morgiana is in place."
"Okay!" Laing opened the door. The prophet of the Lake Goddess was standing at the door. Her hair was tied into an inverted triangle, and she was wearing a long dress that reached the ground. She was beautiful. Except for the hairstyle, which made Laing feel a little strange. He still preferred long hair that hung down.
These prophets of the Lake Goddess were the main members of the Church of the Lake Goddess — the Order of the Saintess. They could master powerful magic. During wartime, they were powerful mages. During peacetime, they were the advisers of the knights and lords, or the devout servants of the Lake Goddess. They were free, and the nobles had no right to control them. However, when they needed help, they would usually respond.
However, Laing's identity was different. He was a Holy Grail Knight and the Chosen Champion of the Lake Goddess. In terms of status, he still had a certain degree of restraint on these prophets and saintesses. He could also gain their respect.
…
Beside the sunny Fairy Lake, today, there were about two hundred Holy Grail Knights participating in this eye-catching ceremony. Laing, the "Sledgehammer" from Nord, would officially join them and become another lady's Holy Grail Knight.
In a solemn and solemn environment, Laing walked to the Fairy Lake alone. The beautiful Witch of the Lake Goddess, Morgiana, was already waiting for him. Her voice was like a dream, and her face made the dense sea of flowers pale in comparison.
The Witch of the Lake Goddess was holding a golden potion holy grail in her hand. She wore a tight white calico lace dress, revealing only her bare feet. A dazzling flower crown was on her head, and her long golden hair hung down from her shoulders. "It's an honor. Another great knight has joined our team."
"His name is Laing Macado."
"His story is long forgotten. His great feats are already known to everyone."
"Now, let us give him glory!"
Morgiana said to all the Holy Grail Knights in the Fairy Cathedral in the middle of the lake.
Then, thunderous applause and cheers completely drowned the air in the cathedral. Every Holy Grail Knight welcomed Laing's arrival. Every Holy Grail Knight offered their most sincere blessings. Their attitude was so sincere that even Laing himself felt a little ashamed.
There was no jealousy or rejection as imagined. All the Holy Grail Knights were really happy for him, even if he was not Brittany, even if he was young.
Everyone was just welcoming another noble person to join the team to fight against evil. Another great knight to pledge his loyalty to the Goddess. The power of justice in the world was strengthened, and the evil in the world would eventually be dispelled.
In the name of the Lady!
This was the Holy Grail Knight. This was the reason why Brittany had been standing for hundreds of years. In this dark age, the Holy Grail Knights were the last fortress against evil. As long as they firmly fulfilled their duties and destroyed evil in the name of the Lady, there was still hope for mankind.
Then, all the Holy Grail Knights pulled out the long swords at their waists and recited a sacred oath with Laing:
"So sacred! I swear to defend! "
"So noble! I swear to worship! "
"So treacherous! I swear to avenge! "
"My anger is like a torch! Never to stop! "
"For the Lady! For Brittany!!! "
Holy light filled the cathedral. Laing could feel that the divine power of the Fairy in the lake was constantly condensing and sending a signal to him, so he immediately connected to his psionic power supply.
"Next, let's invite the Holy Grail Knight Laing Macado to meet the Lady alone," Morgiana said loudly, then stepped aside and smiled at him.
The Witch of the Lake Goddess was the first chosen one of the Fairy in the main material world. However, the two were not the same. The Witch of the Lake Goddess had changed many people. Every time she reincarnated, she would change her name. The current Witch of the Lake Goddess had just reincarnated, but no matter how long she had been reincarnated, this chosen one would always look like a young girl.
Her attitude towards Laing was very clear. If the Lady liked him, she liked him. If the Lady disliked him, she disliked him. Laing was someone who was favored by the Lady, so her attitude towards him was also very warm.
Up ahead was the Fairy Lake.
In spring, the lush sea of flowers swayed in the spring breeze, and the warm wind blew across Laing's face. The Holy Grail Knight, the chosen one of the Fairy in the lake, was riding a horse step by step towards this legendary holy land.
The tall and sparse trees swayed slowly with the wind, and the leaves rustled. There were many broken walls in the middle of many trees. It could be vaguely seen that these were the buildings left behind by the elves. Brittany was a truly livable place. Before the rise of the human race, many elves had settled here.
Thick fog drifted over the lake. Even in the hottest summer or the coldest winter, the Fairy Lake was always covered in fog.
When he was a hundred meters away from the Fairy Lake, Laing dismounted and then walked step by step towards the Fairy Lake, following the footsteps of the former first Knight King Arthur.
A statue of the Fairy in the lake was by the lake, holding a golden Holy Grail in both hands and waiting quietly. For hundreds of years, this god had protected this country with her own power.
"I offer my sword, my body, and my heart to the Lady." Laing came gently to the Fairy Lake, knelt down on one knee, and said softly in front of the country's supreme holy land.
"This is not to ask for the Lady's help, nor to express my request to the Lady."
"Darkness is invading this continent, and the future of the world is bleak."
"But we still have courage, faith, and glory."
"I, Laing Macado, hereby swear that I will fight against evil, destroy the enemy, and expel the darkness from this world in the name of the Lady's champion!"
"Knights and hegemony, war and glory, this is the time!"
The statue gradually lit up with a golden light, and in the dazzling white light, the beautiful figure of the Fairy in the lake appeared.
"It's the Lady! The Lady has come! "
"Praise the Lady!"
"For the Lady! For Brittany! "
The Holy Grail Knights shouted and knelt down.
"You're finally here, my champion." The Fairy in the lake smiled at Laing, just like a hundred flowers blooming in spring.
No, it didn't just look like it. It was truly a hundred flowers blooming. Following the smile of the Fairy in the lake, flowers bloomed and trees sprouted their branches. Endless vitality spun around Leon, and the dark green life energy hovered above the Fairy Lake.
"My Lady." Laing reached out to the Fairy in the lake.
"My champion." The Fairy in the lake also reached out her hand to Laing.
He was getting closer and closer.
Until the Fairy in the lake's gentle fingertips touched Laing's fingers, and then the Fairy in the lake and her champion disappeared into the air together.
"The Lady has something to say to her champion." Morgiana, the Witch of the Lake, immediately received the Fairy in the lake's instructions, so she signaled for everyone to disperse.
It was a great honor to be able to receive the lady's instructions alone. However, Ryan was the champion of the lady's competition. Although it was great to receive such treatment, it was not as if the Knights of the Holy Grail had never seen such treatment before. They only discussed Ryan's luck and then dispersed.
The Aintree siblings who were present had a deeper understanding of Laing. This was a person who was favored by the Lady.
Laing felt like his whole body was shrinking into a very thin rubber tube, and he was desperately moving forward under the pressure from all sides. This feeling was very uncomfortable, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.
Until 30 seconds later, he landed on the ground.
"Where is this?" Laing got up from the ground and found that this was still the Fairy Lake, but the scenery was completely different. The bleak autumn wind, dead branches and leaves were swirling around here. Many trees had withered, and the blooming sea of flowers had withered.
There were many buildings on the lakeside, and they seemed to be the original appearance of the ruins.
"This is my God Kingdom. My champion." The Fairy in the lake was holding the Holy Grail. She approached Laing from behind. Her green eyes were full of Laing's shadow. The colorful iris that the geno prototype had given her was on her waist. She showed Laing her beautiful face and beautiful smile. She signaled for Laing to follow her. "You are the first guest in a few hundred years. The last guest was Arthur."
"I am very honored." Laing followed the Fairy in the lake. A man and a god started to walk around the lakeside.
"Your performance has exceeded my expectations, Laing. I can guess what you are." The Fairy in the lake looked at Laing and smiled. "You are a stranger from outside this world. You must be the son of some supreme being. Are you not?"
"Yes, my lady." Laing nodded. The relationship between him and the Fairy in the lake had reached this point, so there was no need to hide it.
Although the king did not say anything, Laing knew that his father supported him in choosing the Fairy in the lake. The Fairy in front of him was very righteous, and she was the enemy of chaos. If Laing chose her, the king would not worry about his son being led astray.
The Fairy in the lake was very pleased with Laing's honesty. She smiled and said, "You always surprise me. You did very well in the fight on the Collesen Plains. You are a model knight."
"Thank you, my lady." Ryan followed behind the Fairy in the Lake. The two of them walked along the Fairy Lake that was piled with fallen leaves for about two minutes before Ryan said, "The environment here looks just like the scenery by the Fairy Lake, but why is it so lonely?"
"The scenery here is the Fairy Lake from two thousand years ago." The Fairy in the lake nodded. "Before the elves left the old world, the Fairy Lake was like this. As for the scenery, the subspace and the material plane have the same ebb and flow, so the scenery will be different at different times."
"It's beautiful," Laing praised.
"Laing, my champion, come here." The Fairy in the lake gestured for Laing to follow her into a building made of pure white marble.
Opening the wooden door, Laing noticed that the inside of the building was like a simple elven house. The house was filled with all kinds of exquisite wooden furniture, but there was no sign of life in the house. It seemed that no one had lived here before.
After passing through a corridor with grapevines, Laing and the Fairy in the lake came to the courtyard. The Fairy in the lake sat on the main seat and gestured for Laing to sit beside her. A huge picture hung from the top of the balcony was displayed in front of the two.
In this painting, an elf wearing a high winged helmet was fighting against four terrifying demons.
The first demon was blood-red with huge bull horns. It held a chain and a giant axe. It looked angry and crazy.
The second demon had the head, claws, and wings of an eagle. It held a staff with eyes and was about to cast a spell.
The third demon was bloated and huge. Its body was festering everywhere. Its intestines and body fluids were leaking everywhere. It opened its bloody mouth and revealed a fat tongue full of lumps.
The fourth demon was slender and covered with strange purple patterns. It had four arms. The upper two were holding twin swords and the lower two were crab pincers. Its posture and appearance were strangely harmonious.
"It's time, Laing, my champion. I think it's time to tell you a part of history … and the truth of the subspace." The Fairy in the lake's face became serious.
"I'm willing to listen, my lady." Laing nodded.
"Then let's begin."
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