Dragons: Reboot the New World

Chapter 104 King Arthur and the Sword in the Lake

"King Arthur, his full name is Arthur Pendragon..." Xia Mi thought and thought, and found that he couldn't remember it, so he had to stick out his tongue, "I can't remember it later."

"King Arthur is the most legendary and great king in ancient Britain. People know more about him from Celtic myths and legends and medieval unofficial historical documents." Nono added, "Legend has it that he is the leader of the Knights of the Round Table. An almost mythical legendary figure, known as the "Eternal King". "

"Yes, senior sister is so handsome!"

"According to Celtic legend, Arthur Pendragon is the son of the former king Uther and Igraine, the wife of the Duke of Cornwall." Nono ignored Lu Mingfei's interruption, "Arthur started from birth. He was entrusted by King Uther to the magician Merlin to raise him.”

"Merlin secretly took the infant Arthur out of Tintagel Castle and brought him up in a secret place."

"Here comes the key point." Lu Mingfei turned to Xia Mi and asked, "Junior sister, are there any more potato chips? I can't tell the story without potato chips."

"Give it to you!" Xia Mi took out a few bags of potato chips from his bag and threw them all to Lu Mingfei.

"Thank you." Lu Mingfei opened a pack with a smile and threw a few pieces into his mouth.

"So what is the key point?" Chu Zihang asked.

"King Arthur and Merlin have a very close relationship." Lu Mingfei said vaguely.

"That's it?" Xia Mi wrinkled his nose.

"That's it." Lu Mingfei expressed confirmation.

"Please, King Arthur and Merlin are closely related, everyone knows this, okay!" Xia Mi pouted.

"Don't worry, junior sister, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"If you don't finish what you say, it's just like your novel. Brother Lu, the eunuch, will die!"

"Um..." Lu Mingfei felt a chill in his lower body and crossed his legs, "I'm not a eunuch..."

"Then hurry up and say it!"

"Do you know about The Sword in the Stone?" Lu Mingfei looked around.

Natsumi muttered, "I know Saber's curry sticks."

Chu Zihang shook his head. He really didn't know much about Celtic mythology.

Instead, Nono replied, "Later, King Uther passed away, and the domestic situation began to be turbulent."

"The bishop followed Merlin's advice and summoned all the noble knights to choose the new king with a "Sword in the Stone" inserted in the stones in the church cemetery. The sword had this inscription: 'Pull out this sword'. He who finds the sword in the stone is the king of England. '"

"Attention, it was Merlin who suggested this method of selecting the king." Lu Mingfei reminded, "Sister, please continue."

Nuonuo rolled her eyes at him, "I don't want to talk about the twists and turns during this period. Anyway, in the end, King Arthur easily pulled out the sword in the stone, and everyone loved to see the ending."

"That's right." Lu Mingfei smiled mischievously at Nono, "Then Merlin appeared and told everyone Arthur's life experience, so Arthur became the new king of Britain."

"What are the similarities?" Lu Mingfei asked again.

"It's Merlin again." Chu Zihang said calmly.

"Senior brother is very kind." Lu Mingfei continued, "In the early days of Arthur's reign, the young king showed a strong dependence on Merlin. Britain ushered in unprecedented unity and strength. He helped the poor and the weak, established Create a prosperous kingdom.”

"What kind of Chinglish does "Very Bingo" mean? Xia Mi complained softly.

"Don't worry about the details. Have you ever heard of someone who achieves great things by not sticking to trivial details?" Lu Mingfei said disdainfully, "The sword in the stone that Arthur pulled out when he was young to choose the king was found to have violated the spirit of chivalry in the duel with King Perinore. After the battle, it broke, and King Arthur regretted losing the holy sword."

"Then there is a story that everyone knows. The fairy in the lake gave King Arthur the Sword in the Lake." Nono said, "The great magician Merlin guided him to the holy lake. The fairy in the lake held a sword in his hand and It’s lifted out of the water.”

"The king rowed a boat and came to the lake. He received the holy sword Excalibur, known as the "King's Sword" from the Lake Fairy. "

"This sword was made by elves in Avalon. The sword is made of gold, and the hilt is inlaid with gems. Its edge cuts iron like clay, so the Lady of the Lake named it "Excalibur". "

"It's still Merlin." This time, Lu Mingfei didn't need to ask, Chu Zihang had already learned to answer quickly, "It seems that behind every milestone success of King Arthur, there is Merlin's push."

"Yes, it's still Merlin." Lu Mingfei patted his palms in admiration.

"Wait a minute, I can't keep up with the brain circuits of the senior brothers." Xia Mi scratched his long chestnut hair, "It's normal for Merlin to be involved. He is the legendary great mage. There is always something like this in every story. Isn’t he an old man who helps the protagonist?”

"For example, in a novel I read before, the male protagonist is a loser, and then he picks up a ring, and the grandfather is hidden in the ring..."

"Junior sister, you are off topic..." Lu Mingfei coughed twice, "Do you really think Celtic mythology is like breaking the sky?"

"There must be some purpose behind the help." He said slowly, "There can be no free help in this world."

"But Brother Lu, you also said that this is a myth." Xia Mi blinked, "There are many examples of self-sacrifice in myths. You can't treat myths in the same way as humans."

"Don't worry, just listen to me." Lu Mingfei stood up and began to play two roles.

"Merlin once asked King Arthur, 'Which do you prefer, sword or scabbard?'"

"King Arthur answered, 'The blade, for it is exceedingly sharp.'"

"Merlin said, 'You must know that the scabbard is worth ten times the sword's body. The one who wears the scabbard of the King's Sword will never bleed, so protect the scabbard and carry it with you.'"

While talking, he kept changing his position, as if Merlin and King Arthur were really talking face to face, accompanied by his dancing.

Nuonuo looked at her boyfriend, with a few black lines falling on her forehead, "Why did I blindly fall in love with this kind of thing..."

"Oh oh oh!" Xia Mi clapped happily, "Great, great! Is Senior Brother Lu playing a schizophrenic patient?"

"Wrong." Lu Mingfei stopped and stood up straight, "Junior sister, you have to understand the meaning of these words."

"What's the point?"

"Let me answer your previous question first." Lu Mingfei narrowed his eyes, "Why is Merlin so kind to King Arthur and carrying him to the throne step by step? Is it really without any purpose?"

"What is the symbol of King Arthur in Celtic mythology?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"The Red Dragon of Britain"? "Chu Zihang replied, "In the legend, Merlin told King Otigern about the fight between the white dragon and the red dragon. The white dragon represents the Saxons, while the red dragon represents Wales. "

"In the end, the red dragon defeated the white dragon, which means that Wales is about to defeat the Saxons, which is consistent with King Arthur leading the Knights of the Round Table to defeat the Saxons."

"Yes, Britain has been under the oppression of the Roman Empire for a long time since the first century AD." Lu Mingfei nodded.

"Later, the Saxons, a branch of the Germanic people, invaded on a large scale, burning, killing and looting. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table led the British people to rise up in resistance."

"Through twelve battles, the Saxon invasion from the north was finally successfully repelled."

"In the end, the enemy was defeated in the Battle of Barton Hill and all foreign invaders were expelled from Britain. During this period, the Knights of the Round Table became an important part of the kingdom."

"Why is the red dragon used as the symbol of King Arthur?" Lu Mingfei asked again. "I know!" Xia Mi raised his hand, his eyes bright, "Because he is also a mixed race!"

"No, King Arthur, that holy king was once known as the "Red Dragon of Britain". It was not a nickname, but his hidden true identity. Lu Mingfei looked solemn, "He is a dragon through and through." "

The three of them were stunned by the bombshell dropped by Lu Mingfei.

"Don't be surprised, the more surprising thing is yet to come." Lu Mingfei shook his head, "He was once a mixed race."

The three of them were once again stunned by the bombshell dropped by Lu Mingfei.

"Why... is it a mixed race?" Xia Mi asked softly.

"Damn it, junior sister, you ask me?" Lu Mingfei shrugged, "Did you and senior brother discuss "Jade Jade Record" for so long in the hotel that day in vain?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, please use the knowledge you have learned from "Jade Record", quickly, quickly!" Lu Mingfei clapped his hands provocatively.

Chu Zihang and Xia Mi were silent, and they began to try to recall what they discussed that night in their minds.

"I remembered!" Xia Mi suddenly said loudly, "We came to an important conclusion that night. The author of "Jade Record" is not a pure-blood dragon!"

"I also remembered it," Chu Zihang said, "We guessed the identity of Hermes at that time..."

Xia Mi and Chu Zihang high-fived, "Yes! The identity of Hermes!"

"Hermes was an Egyptian pharaoh before he was called a god. It is just because there is no clear chronology in Egyptian history that it is impossible to determine when and where he served as pharaoh. He realized the truth after living in the form of the body for 300 years. Become a god.”

"Then another explanation is that Hermes is not a pure-blood dragon, but a hybrid."

"His long life is due to his bloodline. What he has learned in 300 years is not a truth, but a way to break through the differences in bloodline, so that he can purify his bloodline and become a pure-blooded dragon."

"So King Arthur is also..." Chu Zihang became rarely excited.

"Is this how you become a pure-blood dragon?" Xia Mi loudly answered Chu Zihang's words.

"You two should get married quickly..." Lu Mingfei complained in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, he raised an approving smile and said, "Yes."

"I still can't believe that a hybrid can become a pure-blood dragon..." Chu Zihang whispered.

"Yes, it was already there at that time." Lu Mingfei opened another bag of potato chips, "So let me ask you again, why did Merlin help King Arthur ascend to the throne?"

Everyone lowered their heads and started brainstorming. The silence lasted for a long time.

"I wanted to use him for experiments to see if this road would work." Nono, who had been silent, broke the deadlock.

"Bingdog!" Lu Mingfei snapped his fingers and moved his face close to Nono, "Senior sister is awesome! Come and give me a kiss... uh uh uh!"

Nuonuo mercilessly stretched out a hand to touch his Brother Pig's face, "Don't make trouble, let's get down to business."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei sat back disappointed.

"So Sister Nuonuo's guess is correct?" Xia Mi frowned.

"Yes, of course that's right. Merlin has mastered the method of becoming a pure-blood dragon and let King Arthur try it."

"The result was successful?" Chu Zihang asked.

"It's a pity..." Lu Mingfei shrugged, "If it had succeeded, King Arthur wouldn't have died."

"Here comes the key point I highlighted before."

"Why did King Arthur die?"

"It can't be because he lost the scabbard of the "Sword in the Lake", right? "Xia Mi muttered.

"Junior sister! You are really a genius!" Lu Mingfei applauded, "Yes, it's because King Arthur lost the scabbard of the "Sword in the Lake". "

"Why did Merlin warn Arthur at that time: 'Although the King's Sword is powerful, its scabbard is more valuable than the sword. The one who wears the scabbard of the King's Sword will never bleed, and you must not lose it'?"

"Because King Arthur didn't really complete that road." Lu Mingfei said softly, "It can only be said that he completed half of it, and he still lacked the most important thing."

"The "Sword in the Lake" and its scabbard are both legendary artifacts. The sword makes him invincible, and the scabbard can keep the human blood and dragon blood in his body stable, thus invincible. Being collapsed by the dragon bloodline is equivalent to a kind of stabilizer. "

"But then King Arthur still lost the scabbard, so even though he had a sword that could cut iron like clay, he was still killed by the traitor knight Mordred because in the final battle, his body was on the verge of collapse. ”

"The Sword of the King was finally thrown back into the lake by King Arthur's personal knight Bedivere at King Arthur's instruction, and returned to the elf country Avalon with King Arthur."

"Incredible..." Xia Mi muttered to himself.

"That method still exists..." Lu Mingfei said as if he didn't care, "Now its name is 'Blood Explosion'. "

When Chu Zihang heard these words, his golden pupils shrank suddenly, and then he lowered his head.

"Or, in other words, the road to becoming a god." Lu Mingfei stared at Chu Zihang, "Brother, you have already used Explosive Blood, right?"

"Yes." Chu Zihang did not deny it.

Lu Mingfei shrugged, "We all know that Principal Angers graduated from Cambridge, and the secret party's skills in blood explosion have been passed down from King Arthur."

"But I still have a doubt." Xia Mi is very studious and eager to ask questions. "Who is Merlin? What is his role in it? Is he just a guide?"

"Junior sister, didn't you ask me before why I related to Celtic mythology?" Lu Mingfei chewed potato chips, "I'm telling you now, Merlin, he is using King Arthur to find something."

"What?" Xia Mi tilted his head.

"arms."

“‘Sword in the Lake’? "Nono frowned, "But didn't King Arthur get it a long time ago? "

"Have you ever thought that Merlin and Odin are the same person, and he is looking for "Gungunir". "Lu Mingfei showed the correct answer.

"Odin's weapon!" Chu Zihang suddenly raised his head, "It was made by the legendary craftsman Dwarf King in Norse mythology. It is used as a throwing spear. When Odin throws it, it will emit bright light across the sky."

"This gun will definitely hit the target after being thrown. It can penetrate all objects and then automatically fly back to the owner's hand."

"But didn't Odin already have Kungunir? He also held Kungunir when he appeared that night."

"I never said what he was holding was genuine." Lu Mingfei shrugged, "The real Kungunir does not belong to Odin."

(End of this chapter)