I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 127, Fifth Path: Believers

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Hearing Suya's overly confident and earnest words, so infectious and almost childish,
Galahad paused for a moment, then looked at his back with an extremely unfamiliar gaze.

He had seen the Red Dragon King before.

He even served as an agent in the church's baptism of the Red Dragon King's body—a ritual that secretly transported magical flesh and blood to various parts of Britain to maintain the vitality of the spiritual veins and a false prosperity.

This former King of Britain, after his body was torn apart, his soul imprisoned, and his memories erased,
His demeanor was that of someone who appeared honest and simple on the surface, but was inwardly cold, shrewd, and full of scheming and calculation in his eyes.

This image deceived everyone, leading King Uther and Sir Hector to believe that it had truly been erased from memory and existed only as living material for Arthur's stand-in.

However, Galahad, who was born with divine abilities and could distinguish between good and evil, lies and truth, saw through its disguise.

At the same time, it was also observed that—

It doesn't trust anyone; all the humanity it once possessed had been killed after the dragon-slaying war!
It exists solely to achieve a certain goal, and with inhuman calmness, it has been mechanically plotting everything in the dark for over a decade.

Galahad had considered this as well.

Before the impending war of annihilation, help the Red Dragon King restore his power and quell his hatred and rage, so that at least Britain will not have to pay such a heavy price again.

But this is just Galahad's wishful thinking.
Although Galahad was not yet born when the Dragon War broke out, and he had nothing to do with the betrayal that night, it is undeniable that his grandfather was King Perinoa, who betrayed the Red Dragon.

He had neither the right nor the qualifications; he should have exposed the Red Dragon's conspiracy, but he shamefully harbored curiosity about this king.

He didn't tell anyone else the news, but simply observed everything quietly as an outsider.
Perhaps, as Suya said,
He was also vaguely expecting something, hoping for a king who could dispel his endless confusion!
Galahad believed that the Red Dragon King was plotting a revenge that would ignite the entire Britannia.

however,
at this moment,
Upon hearing Suya's declaration, Galahad immediately trembled, deeply realizing his own shallowness.

He stared at Suya in astonishment.

My heart felt like it was filled with a pot of freshly boiled water, and my blood was boiling so intensely it was almost overflowing.

"Don't you hate Britain?"

As a sinner who had betrayed the king, Galahad trembled, clutching the holy sword that had been thrown into his arms, and asked earnestly:
"King Perinoa betrayed you, Britain betrayed you, but now you must once again be the king of this land, and fight for this country once more."

And then,
Suya slowly turned her head, revealing a warm and welcoming smile, and calmly began to speak:

“Sir Galahad, let me say it one more time—”

"Even if my spine is broken, I'll crawl on my knees to the throne,"

"I too will live to the end, and lead this country and all my knights to the very end!"

He slightly turned his head, staring directly at Galahad with his blood-red vertical pupils, and said in a deep voice:

"This is my path to kingship!"

Galahad stared at Sua in disbelief.

What a broad mind and what a great will!
This king, who had endured hardship and bided his time for over a decade, was not planning a satisfying revenge by crucifying and boiling all his enemies alive, but rather—

Win the whole world!

And at this moment,
Galahad seemed to have made a tremendous decision.
He swung the holy sword in his hand and used the blade of Melia Duke to cut open his left wrist.

He stepped forward, walked to the furnace at the round table, and raised his bleeding wrist.
He flipped his wrist, letting the blood drip onto the surface of the lava table, his gaze fixed firmly on the pool of God's blood at the center of the table.

Then, he recited aloud:

"Declaration——"

"Pierce through mortal bodies with the holy sword."

Let the divine lava scorch your blood!
With the authority you have branded in my soul,
Awaken the dormant flame of creation!

Under Suya's solemn gaze, the pool of blood in the center of the round table suddenly began to emit a holy light at the call of Galahad's blood.

The light instantly spread out, affecting the several clearly defined modules within the furnace and initiating their fusion. The next instant...
The lava in the round table began to boil.
One by one, the various magical artifacts began to melt.
This ultimate creation, bearing the blood oath of the red dragon, gathering the power of ten thousand weapons, with divine blood as its core judgment, and elevating the spirit of chivalry,

Its final forging process has begun.

And at this moment,
Cluck, cluck, cluck!

A storm of dice-thumping sounds echoed across the skull, and lines of scarlet text silently floated before Suya's eyes:
[Talent: Legendary Heart, triggered.]

[Triggering a Legend: Follower (F)]

[Achieved F-rank class: Savior.]

【illustrate:???】

[You have obtained the divinely forged weapon: the Crimson Dragon Blood Oath Ring (Thirteen Restraints).]

[First Restraint (Divine Blood): You can simultaneously possess the abilities of 150 Knights of the Round Table loyal to you.]

[Second Restraint (Dragon Body): Unlocked. Requires defeating enemies and collecting their spirit essence. (0/100000)]

[Third Restraint (Island Power): ?]

[Fourth Restraint (Dragon Blood Forge Domain): ?]

[Fifth Restraint (Resonance of Ten Thousand Soldiers): ?]

[Sixth Restraint (Final Ruling): ?]

[Seventh Restraint (Immortal Regeneration): ?]

[Eighth Restraint (Spiritual Particle Transfer): ?]

[Ninth Restraint (Causal Interference): ?]

[Tenth Restraint (Absolute Protection): ?]

[Eleventh Restraint (Divinity): ?]

[Twelfth Restraint (Divine Position): ?]

[Thirteenth Restraint (Saving the World): ?]

You've taken another step on the path to legend!

[Current Legendary Path: 5/5.]

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at the same time,

the other side,
The area where the third and fourth ring roads of the capital city meet.

The three rings of the capital city are called the Guardian Rings. In addition to the passageway leading directly from the four city gates, there is a ring of iron walls more than ten meters high around the perimeter.

At this moment, on the west side of the intersection of the Third Ring Road and the Fourth Ring Road, countless streets from within the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads converge at the Iron Curtain Square area.

More than 30,000 paladins, church agents, and Mysticists stood ready here, their faces solemn as they gazed at the empty street within the Fourth Ring Road in front of Iron Curtain Square.

Behind them, hundreds of alchemical magic cannons, which had just been removed from the city walls, stood in a row, their fuselages spewing steam mixed with the smell of sulfur and rust.

The atmosphere was so heavy it was almost palpable.

Everyone knew who their opponent was, and only someone of that caliber would warrant such a show of force.

And at this moment,
At the end of the empty street in front of Iron Curtain Square,

A figure staggered out, carrying a gun in one hand, his expression indifferent.

(End of this chapter)