I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 135 Making a decision
Upon hearing this intelligence,

Suya immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Morgan le Fay, the Church Knights, the Red Dragon Knight Baling, the Red Dragon King, Aristotle, and their group each had their own objectives.

But the final result was—

Their actions all contributed to King Perinoa's success, directly or indirectly helping him achieve his goals.

right now,

Perinoa seems to be able to immediately begin the ritual to forge the Holy Grail and refine the entire city alive, all if he finds a holy sword within the sealed-off capital!
And then,
Lucan, who revealed this information, was even more puzzled.

He boasts of being a local coach and local car driver with extensive connections and superb driving skills. He claims that if he can't lead Suya to become the king of the entire territory, he can easily gather faith and steal the limelight during the royal election and become the king of Britain.

But who could have imagined that after all these twists and turns, Wang Xuan suddenly started to escalate the stakes, from an ordinary kingship to the king of the entire realm, then to the king of the Holy Lance, and finally, even the king of the Holy Lance wasn't enough, he wanted to lock them all up and refine them into an unparalleled evil Holy Grail.

This is tantamount to making one of them, a local instructor, and the other, a student from out of town, drive a beat-up but reliable local car to take the driving school exam.

Then, someone suddenly comes along and tells you that the driving test has changed this year. You have to take your students to fly to Mars in this old, beat-up car, and then back into the sun from the side of Mars.

This is suicide!
Lukan immediately shook his head vigorously, looked at the others with some helplessness, and said:

“Yesterday, Dagonet and I split up to investigate.”

"Many nobles and officials have already been taken into the Holy Lance, and their mansions are empty. It is no longer possible to seek political assistance from them."

"Furthermore, I think you should all understand—"

"For us, the current selection of a king is completely contrary to our expectations."

Upon hearing this, Suya looked up at Lukan in surprise.
He was just about to tell the others about this, since the capital was too dangerous and it would be better to make plans to leave as soon as possible, but Lukan beat him to it and brought it up first.

Without waiting for Suya's approval, Lukan turned to Suya and said directly:
"Excuse my bluntness, but we need to get out of here!"

“Winchester is not a place for the normal selection of the heir to the throne, nor is it suitable for us to develop our power.”

"For both you and us, heading to London, the new capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a better option. At least there, we won't be as confused and passively trapped in a multitude of unsolvable predicaments as we are now!"

Upon hearing this, Suya immediately nodded, then frowned and analyzed:

"However, the capital is now under lockdown. Given this, King Perinoa will definitely initiate the Holy Grail forging ceremony that Baring mentioned. It probably won't be so easy for us to leave."

At this moment, Merry picked up the conversation and said, "I went to the Magicians' Association this morning to inquire. The magicians in the basic department have calculated that to break through the Holy Lance's defenses, one would need at least an A++ level Noble Phantasm output."

"Most of the Clock Tower's magicians believe that King Perinoa's motives for activating the Holy Lance are impure. However, several branch monarchs of the Clock Tower are suppressing these voices."

"If even the most valiant people in Winchester are like this, then most people in the capital probably have no idea of ​​King Perinoa's true purpose."

Upon hearing this, Lukan frowned, summarized the information he had gathered, and said:

"The Holy Lance is a miracle that we cannot understand or interfere with at all. Thinking about this question is of no use in the current situation."

"Leaving aside the Holy Lance's blockade for now, it's clear that someone is more eager to break through this tortoise shell than we are."

Suya raised an eyebrow. "You mean, the Conqueror King?"

"Yes."

"And that's all we can hope for," Lucan said with a wry smile, continuing his analysis.
"Now, if we want to leave the capital, we need to solve at least three problems—"

"First, magic. Whether it's the magic of Aristotle, the magician Lyceum, or the magic of the Clock Tower magicians, in this impending chaos, they're capable of anything to survive or gain military merit."

"For example, the Clock Tower responded to that massive magic spell that indiscriminately struck the entire capital by extracting everyone's magic power in an even more direct way, disrupting 'order' and 'logic,' completely disregarding whether those caught in two spells simultaneously would die." "Therefore, we need an army of several thousand or more, an army that spontaneously generates magic resistance!"

Against magic,
As the name suggests, this is a strategy for dealing with magic tricks.
However, using treasures, protection, bloodlines, and countermeasures, including but not limited to weakening, exempting, reflecting, or silencing one or more types of magic, may also result in situations where specific magic is difficult to use, ineffective, or even weakened.

In this world, the cheapest way to acquire magic power is—

To assemble the army.

Even a group of scattered soldiers can naturally develop magic resistance of B-level or higher. The underlying logic for this is simple: magic represents mystery, and as long as there are many people, there are no secrets.

Hearing this, Suya nodded; this aligned perfectly with his plan.

Whether to counter this magic or to activate the effects of the Red Dragon's First Restraint at the Round Table, he needs his own army.

"Secondly," Lukan paused, looked at Suya, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke frankly:
"We need to find out the attitude of Baling, the Red Dragon King's only knight."

"He is clearly close to you, but if his wish is for you to remain here and oppose King Perinoa, we can only..."

A ruthless glint appeared in Lukan's eyes.

Baring was brought back by Melly, and he is currently so badly injured that he can barely move. However, it's hard to say what other cards he might have up his sleeve. If he insists on stopping Sua and the others, and keeps Sua in the capital to deal with a terrifying being like King Perinoa whom they simply cannot defeat, then Lukan will have no choice but to...
Strike first to gain the upper hand.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's going a bit too far."

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
Baring, leaning on a cane, appeared outside the door, his lips twitching.
"I am, after all, the first knight of the Knights of the Round Table. My esteemed advisor, please, show mercy!"

Suya and the other three turned their heads at the same time to look at Baring, who appeared outside the door with an innocent look on his face.

Then we saw that
Baling, holding his cane under his armpit, helplessly spread his hands and said:
“My deal with this brat is over. I’ve given him everything I could, and there’s no reason for me to keep him around any longer.”

As he spoke, Baring shook his head, tears welling in his eyes, and said:
“I understand I have too many enemies, and staying here might cause you a lot of trouble, but please, at least take me with you before you leave the capital. I want to go back to Wales to retire!”

Upon hearing this, Lukan's expression relaxed.
Suya scratched his head, quickly stood up, and walked to the door. Somewhat embarrassed, he helped the Knight of Baling into the conference room, found him a place to lie down, and then earnestly said to him:
"Don't worry, at least until I can move again, I'll carry you and we'll escape together."

Baring slumped back, indicating that they didn't need to pay attention to him and that the others could continue.

Back in his seat, Sua saw Lucan turn to look at Dagonet, who was apparently probing her.
Dagonet then took over from Lucan and continued to state the third point that needed to be addressed.

He first unfolded a detailed map of the capital city on the long table in the conference room, pointed to the routes marked on the map for leaving the capital, and several points along the way where obstacles might be encountered, and began to speak:

"The ones who have been transferred by Perinoa to guard the defense of the capital are the first to sixth battle groups of the Royal Guard Knights, commanded by Sir Euphias. But in reality, he has been sidelined by King Perinoa's son, Knight Lanmarok. If he wants to leave the capital, he will inevitably have to face this powerful knight."

"And in this order of knights, a considerable number of people once belonged to Arthur, who is also your sworn brother, Knight Kay."

Lukan pondered for a moment, looked at Suya, and said:

"Knight Kai was transferred to the London defenses on the day we entered the capital. Perhaps we can try to make contact with his men."

After hearing these three points, Suya roughly formed the outline of a plan in her mind.
He needs an army.

At this time in the capital, the only people who could provide them with an army, besides the subordinates of the Knight Kai who was their brother's killer, were the wealthy merchant Gerry Freyt, whom Suya had previously contacted.

Just as Suya was thinking this,
Da da da!

Suddenly, a rhythmic thud of high heels echoed down the stairs leading to the second floor of the tavern.

quickly,

A bright figure, as beautiful as a blooming cosmos, appeared at the conference room door.

(End of this chapter)