I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 122 The False Holy Sword

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Holy Sword Meliaduk
There is a story about this sword—

One day, a young lady came to Camelot to pay her respects to King Arthur. After bowing, she removed her outer garment, revealing a sword hanging at her waist.

The young lady explained that the sword hanging at her waist was a great burden, and she had tried countless methods to pull it out but could not, because the sword was enchanted and only a knight of great virtue and high moral character, who had never committed a crime in his life, could possibly pull it out.

She hoped that King Arthur could help her pull out the sword and free her.

Upon hearing of this strange event, King Arthur felt great sympathy for the woman, and thus, having once drawn the golden sword of victory, he decided to try it himself.

However, King Arthur was morally flawed, having committed adultery with his sister and fathering Mordred, thus committing a sin that prevented him from drawing the sword.

Then,

Other knights stepped forward to draw their swords, but neither Gawain, Euphias, Brix, nor Kai could pull the sword out.

The young woman was quite disappointed and was about to leave without saying a word.

A poor knight, who was sitting at the very end of the Camelot court, stood up. Seeing that everyone else had failed, he walked to the young woman's side, reached out and grasped the hilt of her sword, and gently pulled it outward—

And so the sword was pulled out.

The young woman gave a sweet and relieved smile, took the scabbard from her waist, and handed it to the poor knight.

however,
Only this poor knight knew:
His character was neither noble nor pure, and his heart was filled with evil.
He couldn't understand why the Holy Sword had chosen him.
Only after experiencing the trials and tribulations of being tormented by the fairy of the lake and forced to commit suicide after drawing the sword did he realize—

The Holy Sword is not holy, and the Lake Fairies are nothing more than a bunch of pitiful, wicked women.

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now,

The church street, which was under the cover of night, suddenly became as bright as day.

Suya had just sensed an immense danger about to befall him.

And the next instant
A pure white sword light slashed out from behind!

At first, it was as weak as the faint light of a firefly, but after it was slashed, it quickly gathered countless magical particles in the air. These particles flowed like holy water and transformed into a sword light that stripped everything in sight.

A silent, gentle flash of sword light swept past Suya from behind.
In an instant, it shot to the end of the Holy Church Street.

Everything enveloped by the sword light shone brightly!
The next moment,
"--boom!!!"

A tremendous roar mixed with the deafening shockwave!
The entire Holy Street was instantly reduced to ruins by this seemingly casual sword strike. The paladins who stood in front of Suya, as well as the paladin legion that came to their aid, were all melted away by this sword!
"This is the Sword in the Lake?"

Suya stared blankly at the scene, as if she were watching a spectacular light show.

And then,
"Pfft, cough, cough!"

Amidst a painful cough that sounded like someone was coughing up their lungs, the Baring knight staggered up from behind, patted Suya on the shoulder,

"go!"

"Time is short. The high priest of the church will call for help soon. Before that, you must get the round table."

Suya helped up the suddenly extremely weak Baring knight and asked, "How did this happen to you?"

"The old injuries from robbery years ago aren't serious. I can easily take on those good-for-nothings in the capital, as long as I don't run into those few—"

Speaking of which,

Baring abruptly stopped speaking, then abruptly raised his head to look in the direction to the right of Winchester Cathedral. As if sensing something, his pupils contracted slightly.
He pushed Suya aside and frowned as he instructed:
"You must go in immediately and find the round table."

"The round table is the fifth way."

Suya's heart skipped a beat. Although she didn't know what Baring had discovered, this was not the time to hesitate, and she immediately asked:

"Where is the round table? What does it look like?"

"I don't know," Baring shook his head.
"You only said it had 150 seats, and you'd save one for me." Suya was somewhat puzzled.

Just then, two figures rushed over from behind. It was Lucan and Dagonet who had suddenly appeared. They looked at Suya with concern, and then cautiously looked at the Baring Knight beside Suya.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Dagonet immediately jogged forward, squeezed between Sua and Baling, and asked,

“We received a message from Miss Meryl saying that you were on your way back. We were waiting for you at the tavern, but when we saw a group of bearded knights surrounding the tavern street, we felt something was wrong and came out to look for you.”

"what happened?"

After leaving the casino, Merry, having obtained the money and her formal attire, went to the clock tower in the second ring of the royal capital to retrieve her magician's certificate, while Knight Gawain returned to Knight Street, agreeing to meet again at noon the next day.

During the day, Lucan and Dagonet went out to gather intelligence on the capital. After the events of Morgan le Fay's coronation and the giant beast attack at night, they returned to the tavern to wait. After waiting for a long time without seeing anyone, they sensed something was wrong and went out to look for them.

At this moment, Lucan frowned. As a close advisor to King Uther, knowing countless secrets of the capital, he quickly recognized Baring's identity from the holy sword Meliaduk in Baring's hand.
Then, he looked at Suya, a knowing glint in his narrowed eyes.

At this time,

When Dagonet asked Sua what had happened, he didn't know where to begin. After all, so much had happened in just one night that he didn't know where to start.

He then pointed to Winchester Cathedral at the end of Cathedral Street and said:
"Anyway, I need to go to that church now and find a round table."

"A round table?" Dagonet and Lucan were both taken aback.
Suya did not answer the question, and had not yet thought of what to say, so she looked at Baring.

Baring nodded, giving clear instructions:

"Once you find the round table, someone should be able to help you escape. At that time, you can hand this sword over to him."

"After that, he should help you too."

As he spoke, Baring handed the Holy Sword Meliaduk to Suya.

Upon receiving the holy sword, Suya was taken aback and looked at Baring in astonishment.

No, this should be at least an A+ grade holy sword, right? Dude, you just gave it to me like that? Aren't you afraid I'll run away with it?
“Then, my king, my mission ends here.”

Baring gave Suya a weary smile.
His gaze pierced through Suya's skin, looking at the king he served, who slept beneath it.

At last,
He said nothing, simply fell silent, and staggered to the spot where the two treasured spears had clashed and broken apart.

He easily pulled out Vasak's Noble Phantasm spear, then grasped the [Unquenchable Glazed Flame] and threw it at Lukan.

"I'm buying you time, hurry up!"

The words fell,

A sudden gust of wind arose from the spot, and when Suya looked again, Baling was nowhere to be seen.

Suya looked down at the holy sword Meliaduk in her hand, which shone with pure white holy light.

Suddenly, I felt something was off.

The moment he grasped the sword with the hand of a knight who plunders the gods, he immediately sensed—

Aside from its appearance and materials being genuine, this holy sword has had its inner essence—that of being "armed with human imagination as its framework," and its true name composed of "faith"—completely stolen.

That is,

It does not qualify as a Noble Phantasm.

This is a fake holy sword, only the shell remains, the inside is empty!

(End of this chapter)