The country of Orkney is located about twenty miles off the northern coast of Caledonia (Scotland). It consists of more than seventy counties including Mainland, Hoy, South and North Ronaldsay and Barre. It is composed of islands. Of course, this is what was said more than a thousand years later. It is unclear whether the names of the islands here are exactly that.
In this small country composed of archipelagos, there are currently only about a dozen large islands with residents. Although the total land area is about more than a thousand square kilometers, the total population is less than 10,000... They are mainly composed of most of the It is composed of Celts, a small number of Saxon slaves and some descendants of Romans who migrated north.
Due to the terrain, the people here mainly make a living with a small amount of commerce, less developed agriculture, animal husbandry and very developed fisheries. They basically live a self-sufficient life and belong to the rule of the King of Orkney County. .
Because this place is far away from the mainland and easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is basically not invaded by the barbaric Saxons, so that even if the country is weak, it can still live a relatively prosperous and peaceful life. It is the Kells in southern Britain. Unmatched by special people.
Although this country with a population of less than 10,000 seems a bit ridiculous, because the original suzerain state in Britain was the Western Roman Empire, and the supreme commander of the empire was the emperor... Therefore, in places like Western Europe or Britain, as long as there is Anyone with a legal territory and soldiers can basically claim the title of king, even if there is only one city and castle!
In fact, when the Eastern and Western Roman Empires were in chaos and struggling to resist the invasion of Rome by the Germans, Saxons, Goths, etc., it was very common for the country to be in chaos and for a group of kings to dominate.
A long time ago, Orkney County was originally an important area in the British Province and was indirectly governed by the Roman Empire. It was also an important military post used by the Romans to monitor and threaten the northern barbarian Saxons.
But many years ago, when Emperor Honorius of the Western Roman Empire chose to abandon the province of Britain and fully withdraw his troops to return to Gaul to fight, the king of Orkney County began to have the final say in this place and this continued. to this day. And when User's eldest daughter, Princess Morgan, married into this kingdom many years ago, of course, this place gradually came under Morgan's control.
After all, she is a powerful magician, with the protection and powerful magic support of the entire Britain! Under such circumstances, it would not be too easy for her to just pretend to be the king of a small kingdom or directly charm and control him.
All the people of Orkney County know that in the kingdom, the princess has been domineering for nearly twenty years, and she has the final say in everything!
But today, when a certain powerful hostess Morgan came back, she looked a little embarrassed and seemed to have been injured?
In short, when Sir Gawain, a knight and elder brother, was teaching his sister Gareth and brother Gahoris some skills in swordsmanship and defense on the lawn outside his king's castle today, the three of them People were only surprised to see: in the mist of magic that suddenly exploded, their omnipotent mother Morgan suddenly appeared from the mist, and then covered her bloody shoulders and said nothing directly. Quickly rushed to the castle...
"Don't worry, keep practicing here!"
Seeing that there seemed to be something wrong with today's situation, Gawain quickly comforted his younger brother and younger sister, then turned around and followed in, wanting to see what was going on.
Others don't know it, but he, Gao Wen, knows their mother's true strength better than anyone else! Therefore, in addition to expressing worry and concern about the other party being injured, he also felt shocked and vaguely uneasy!
The person who could make their mother so injured and have to escape in embarrassment must not be a simple character, right?
"Mother, what's wrong with you...?"
With worries and traces of blood, he came to his mother's bedroom door. After knocking on the door and rushing in without waiting for a reply, Gawain saw their mother treating her shoulder pain with the help of a maid. The blood-stained wound, looking at the other party still sitting upright, doesn't seem too serious?
"What else?"
"Humph! It was just a fight with an old enemy, and then I accidentally received a sword blow!"
Glancing at his own and his eldest son, Morgan snorted lightly.
Although she didn't get any favors from that damn Merlin, he must be even more angry than herself now, right? Tsk tsk... Her sister 'Arthur' is really powerful. How dare she go against Merlin's plan and directly use her identity as a woman to draw a sword and become king? It must be very lively in Camelot now, right?
It's a pity that she was seriously injured, so she didn't dare to stay near the church in Camelot to observe the form. For fear of being discovered and caught by Merlin again and beaten up, she used the power of the earth's protection early. The magic was instantly transferred to his home and territory, the Orkney Castle, in one breath.
"Fighting an old enemy...Who is that?!"
Frowning slightly, Gawain thought for a while. He couldn't remember any old rivals or enemies in Orkney County.
Because, their Orkney Islands are located in the north of Caledonia (Scotland), except for the Germanic barbarian tribes who occupy Caledonia, except for those barbaric Saxons, a small number of Frisians and Jutes , it seems there are no other enemies, right?
The natural and favorable terrain of the Orkney Islands has kept them away from the invasion of the conflicting enemies in the south. Apart from being wary of barbarian attacks across the sea, their place can almost be said to be a paradise north of Britain.
Especially after his mother Morgan married into the Orkney county, under the protection of her powerful magic, the vast ocean of more than 20 miles wide became something that the Saxon barbarians would never dare to cross. A natural chasm!
Because no matter how many warships those barbarians came, there was still not enough to overturn them in the storm and sink them into the sea to feed the fish.
However, when he was about to look up, he saw that the other party had taken off his shirt without warning and exposed a smooth back to himself. He quickly lowered his head, not daring to offend him in any way.
"Hmph! My son, you don't need to worry about my affairs, and you don't need to ask questions about everything!"
"Or... your young eagle's wings are now hardened, and you want to dominate this country and take back what belongs to you from my mother's hands?"
After changing out of his blood-stained clothes and lightly putting on a thin gauze dress, Morgan waved his hand to repel the maid, then stood up, stood in front of the tall eldest son, and gently used his two hands to He held up the other person's smooth chin with one finger, and then winked at the other person affectionately.
Her eldest son is now almost nineteen years old. He is tall and handsome, half a head taller than her mother!
"No! Mother, there is no such thing!"
Seeing that his mother was doing this again, Gao Gao quickly lowered his head and took two steps back with a red face.
He didn't like the other party's intimate behavior very much. Although he also knew that the other party was deliberately teasing him and wanted to make a fool of himself, this approach made him feel a little at a loss and also vaguely resented the other party's often exposed behavior. Such a charming and charming posture.
If it was when he was young a few years ago, it wouldn't matter. He also liked to be close to his beautiful mother at that time... But now, after Gao Wen has grown up and turned eighteen, the other party is still... This coquettish and beautiful appearance of about twenty years old made him a little confused and embarrassed.
Time seems to have never left any trace on his mother, even if she gave birth to him and several younger brothers and sisters!
In fact, the other party seems to be more beautiful than the lady from a wealthy businessman that he has fallen in love with? If he hadn't been by his side since he was a child, I'm afraid even he wouldn't believe that the common mother of his brothers and sisters, Gawain, is now in his thirties or almost forty years old, right?
Maybe, in a few years, after he loses his beard, the other party can even pretend to be his sister and go out to the small market arm in arm with him?
Sure enough, there is a reason why he is not willing to get too close to his mother now. The other party is really a little too weird. Maybe it is because of those evil magic and witchcraft, right?
"Oh? Have you not... or do you dare not have that kind of thought?"
Seeing his son take two steps back to avoid her, Morgan was not annoyed. He walked to the window with a devilish smile, slightly supported the high castle window sill, and looked down at the grass and gardens below where people were coming and going. The two brothers Gaholis and Gareth were training on the ground, and when they saw them looking up, they waved their hands to indicate that nothing was wrong with them.
Looking at the two cubs below, the more Morgan thought about it, the more pity she felt... So far, Morgan had raised a total of four children, but in the end, there was no one who could inherit her ability!
They are all stupid guys with simple minds and well-developed limbs. What's the benefit of being a knight like that? They know how to kill and chop all day long. How can magic be convenient and practical?
Maybe, after a while, she really has to learn from that damn Merlin and try to make an android herself? So that it can have strong physical strength as well as strong magical power? It seems that this is really the only option?
"Mother!"
"I have never had that kind of thought, and I dare not have that kind of thought!"
Gawain still lowered his head, not daring to look at his mother's graceful figure under the gauze, but he just defended word by word so seriously.
"Why are you so nervous?"
"So what if I have it, so what if I don't have it... Is it possible that I can still eat you? Humph! Gawain... That's why I've always been a little dissatisfied with you, your so-called chivalry doctrine , turning a great guy like you into a dull piece of trash!"
Turning around, he looked dissatisfiedly at his eldest son, whom he hadn't seen for a while. Then Morgan sneered and taunted him. Then his expression suddenly stiffened slightly and he quickly reached out to cover his face. The wound on the shoulder.
"You taught me a lesson, and I will work hard to correct it!"
Seeing that his mother seemed to have been injured accidentally, Gawain quickly took two steps forward, gently held her hand and slowly guided her to a chair to sit down, while admitting his mistake and saying seriously answered.
"You've said this many times..."
"It seems that what I just said is right, Gawain... your young eagle's wings have indeed hardened, and now you dare to tell lies to perfunctory me."
After covering the wound on his shoulder and resting on the stool for a while, Morgan slowly opened his eyes and glared with dissatisfaction at his eldest son who had stood a few steps away and continued to lower his eyebrows and lowered his eyes.
Although she had applied magic medicine to her shoulder to treat the injury, within three to five days, pain and discomfort would definitely be inevitable! That damn Merlin was really capable of killing him back then! If she hadn't run fast, if the opponent's attack hadn't been limited to that local Utopia, I'm afraid her shoulder injury wouldn't be as simple as that.
"Okay, stop talking! I can't survive this minor injury, and you don't have to stay here anymore. I want to take a rest now. You can go out by yourself!"
Seeing that the other party was still trying to defend himself, and she didn't want to talk to her dull and serious eldest son, she just waved her hand and told him to get out of her presence.
"Yes! Mother, please have a good rest. I will go down first to guide Gahoris and Gareth."
After nodding and confirming that the other party was really fine, Gawain didn't say anything more and just turned around and walked out. Now, he needs to go downstairs to report that he is safe to his two younger brothers and sisters who did not dare to follow.
After all, they are very afraid of this mother and would not dare to follow her casually to scold her.
"Wait a minute!"
When his eldest son was at the door and about to leave, Morgan didn't know what he was thinking of and suddenly called out to him.
"What other orders do you have?"
Without closing the door, Gawain turned around and stood straight beside the gorgeous solid wood door, looking at the magician's mother who was sitting on the chair in the room, waiting for the other party's order.
"If you count the time, Gawain, you are now over eighteen years old and will soon be nineteen! Sure enough, my son has grown up. It seems that it is time..."
Tapping her fingers lightly on the small white pine table beside her, Morgan lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed evilly again, almost scaring away her eldest son.
"..."
Gawain didn't speak, he just stood upright, looking at the ground intently, waiting for the other party's instructions.
Although he didn't know that the other party suddenly mentioned his age, what was the reason for it? However, when he saw his mother's weird smile again, he swallowed in embarrassment, and at the same time his calves became a little tight.
You don't need to guess from the other party's expression that his magician mother is definitely not thinking of anything good right now! So, he quickly prayed secretly, hoping that the other party would not give him some bad ideas? And don't punish yourself, or let yourself do certain tasks that violate the knight's code?
"Gawain, hurry up and prepare now. In a few days, you will take fifty cavalry and go directly to Camelot!"
Due to the terrain, scattered territory and small population in Orkney County, in addition to less than a thousand infantry and sailors, there are only less than 150 cavalry and knights serving as an honor guard. Therefore, Morgan thought about it and immediately planned to let his son take one-third of it to the Kingdom of Camelot in southern Britain.
"Camelot?"
"But, Mother! Didn't you say before that the throne of the King of Britain in Camelot has long been determined by those who are plotting and scheming, and you have told us brothers and other knights not to respond. And a waste of effort?"
"Then what are you doing now..."
Gao Gao has known this for a long time.
Knight, after the news came out in Camelot that he was going to draw his sword and choose the king, he, Gawain, was of course very itchy. He also thought about participating in the king selection, trying to get a throne with his strong strength. Stay away from your mother’s shadow? But he never thought that when he was preparing to set off some time ago, he would be severely hit by the inside information brought by the mother in front of him!
Because the throne of Camelot had already been given to an illegitimate son of King Uther named Arthur by some conspirators, and the sword was also enchanted, except for a specific person. , which no one can pull up! Those whimsical knights who rushed to Camelot were just foils for others, and they would definitely not get the throne.
It was precisely because he believed his mother's words that Gawain regretfully gave up on that somewhat unrealistic idea.
Furthermore, counting the time now, it is already the second day of the King Selection Contest... Presumably the new king has already been chosen, right? So now, he, Gawain, is sailing south again, spending half a month or more to get to Camelot. Is he going to celebrate and give gifts to the new king?
If it was such a small matter, it would be enough to just send a messenger with a few people. He might as well continue to stay at home and teach his younger brothers and sisters.
"I didn't want you to waste your energy before. That's because the king they decided was Arthur Pendragon!"
"But now..."
"The reason why I let you go again...that is because a certain interesting little guy doesn't want to be King Arthur, but wants to be a queen!"
At this point, Morgan himself suddenly chuckled happily.
Because she stopped her in time, Merlin was unable to correct or change anything. Before she ran back to Orkney County, she had seen her interesting sister, that unlucky girl. In the movie, there isn’t even a knight loyal to it? !
Originally, she wanted to observe for a while, but when Merlin appeared in front of her sister and had a conflict with the cavalry and a certain little witch, out of fear of being discovered by the other party, and because of her injuries, she needed to After handling the situation badly, she didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly cast a spell to teleport back in a flash.
"Want to be a queen?!"
Gawain frowned when he heard this word. He didn't quite understand what his mother wanted to say, and he didn't know the purpose of letting him go to Calome after the dust settled.
Anyway, the more he listened, the more confused he became, and the more he listened, the more confused he became.
"That's right! It's the queen!"
"Gawain, what I mean is: let you choose fifty cavalry, and then go to Camelot to express your surrender to Artoria Pendragon, and to swear allegiance to your aunt who wants to be the queen. ! I don’t know why, but I suddenly want to see how far she can go?”
Yes, that's what Morgan wants to do now.
Now, she no longer hates Arthur who successfully obtained the throne of Camelot. Instead, she becomes very interested?
In short, her current thinking is: whatever Merlin supports, she, Morgan, will definitely oppose and sabotage; and whatever Merlin opposes and boycotts, she will agree and support! She just wanted to go against that bastard legendary magician who refused to let her inherit the throne and even hurt her!
Of course, if there are any other purposes, we will talk about it later... Right now, she just had the sudden inspiration to place a chess piece in advance, and to observe and guard against Merlin. If possible, it would be interesting to win over his sister to his side, right?
"Artoria Pendragon..."
"I'm sorry, Mother, I don't remember that we have such a relative, and I don't remember that Uther Pendragon has such a daughter!"
If you don't mention the illegitimate child mentioned before, his mother is the only daughter of Uther Pendragon. This fact is known to everyone in Britain! And this is exactly why Camelot has such ridiculous things as drawing a sword and choosing a king! Because the royal family of Camelot has become extinct, it stands to reason that those lands should be inherited in the name of Gawain's mother or their nephews.
But in the end, they were going to play the game of drawing a sword to choose the king, and then suddenly an illegitimate daughter appeared who wanted to be the king, and she was also her aunt? Gawain and the other knights thought the same thing about a woman becoming king. He also couldn't accept it, even if the other person was his aunt!
In fact, even if his Morgan mother wanted to be called the King of Orkney County, he would strongly object!
"Artoria Pendragon is the illegitimate son of Uther that I told you before. She is actually Arthur Pendragon!"
"It's just that that little guy is very interesting..."
"She refused to become the king as a man, and she also defeated the knights who went to choose the king in a duel, and successfully won the throne! It's a pity that the knights who are willing to be loyal to her, then There is not one..."
Having said this, Morgan laughed to himself again.
Before she left, she saw with her own eyes that the noble knights ran away after seeing that there was no hope for the throne... Just thinking about it made her laugh! Presumably, Merlin must be in a very bad mood right now, right?
"After all, that little girl is also your aunt, so I ask you to help her!"
I don’t know what happened after the conflict between Merlin and those people, but no matter what, by the time Gawain is ready and set off, there will definitely be new news. Then, by then, on this big chessboard in Britain, On, it's time for her Morgan to go to the cloth herself.
"..."
"If that Arturia really wants to be king, it's only natural that no one will be loyal to her!"
"Mother, are you sure you are not joking? If I really surrender to a woman, both myself and Orkney will be reduced to the whole of Britain and even the entire Western Roman Empire. The butt of a joke!”
Obviously, Gawain himself was also not willing to do something that the noble knights in Britain were not willing to do! He would rather be ordered around under the hands of his biological mother than express his surrender to a strange woman!
"What do those idiots' ignorant ideas have to do with you?"
Morgan is a little angry now. This guy really has hard wings, and he dares to disobey him? If she hadn't been injured now and really didn't want to move, she would have stood up and cast a spell to teach the other party a lesson.
"But, mother..."
Gawain took two steps forward, as if he still wanted to struggle and resist.
"Shut up! I don't want to argue with you now, just do what I ask."
"..."
"Why, Gawain, don't you even want to listen to what I say?"
At this time, Morgan's tone finally gradually became colder.
"No, I don't dare..."
"That's good! Now, hurry up and prepare. When the news comes in a few days, you can set off!"
"yes……"
"You can go out, I want to take a rest now."
"Yes, please have a good rest..."
His arms couldn't twist his thighs. Finally, after trying to resist for a while, Gawain finally had to succumb to the power of his mother Morgan, agreed to set off for Camelot, and then asked a certain queen who jumped out of nowhere. A humiliating demand for submission.
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"You are not Artoria... No, you are Artoria. What is going on?"
"Also, I don't remember telling you my name!"
Merlin completely ignored the cavalry surrounding him, and instead looked intently at Artoria Pendragon, who stood between him and the little witch. He saw something wrong with her.
Because, although the other party was still the same person he knew, his behavior made him feel very puzzled! In any case, the other party is definitely not the little girl that he and User handed over to the old Sir Ector's home and secretly taught her for ten years!
"Artoria, what on earth did they do to you?!"
Naturally, Merlin subconsciously blamed all the reasons on the little witch who suddenly appeared next to him and Morgan who was beaten away by him!
He believed that they must have colluded in advance. One of them came to stop him, while the other controlled Artoria, leading to today's farce, which ruined his plan of more than ten years in an instant. once?
"this……"
Arturia didn't know how to explain it. Could it be that she was actually almost dead, and then more than a thousand to almost two thousand years later, she ran to a place called Fuyuki City and met the little witch Annie next to her. , and finally with the help of the other party, we came to today's 'King Selection Day'?
She was still confused about such a complicated matter, and she would definitely not be able to explain it for a while!
Also, she knew Merlin's character and methods of doing things very well, so she knew that he would not believe him easily no matter what. In fact, the guy in front of me who is very controlling and takes the illusory fate very seriously is definitely not a person who can be easily moved by words!
"Sure enough, I was careless..."
Seeing Artoria's troubled expression, Merlin seemed to have misunderstood something.
"Since everything is ruined now, let's go, Liya... leave Britain with me. Before this place is destroyed, come with me to the ideal land of Avalon!"
"Fate really cannot be changed. Britain is destined to be destroyed. The only way I can help is to change your destiny."
Back then, in order to save Britain from destruction and to save the Celts here from being massacred by the barbarians, Uther and Merlin worked together to brew and create the Artori that they believed was the strongest and most promising to change Britain's destiny. Yapendragon... But how could he have imagined that the plan he had planned for so many years would turn out like this, and be completely destroyed by someone just because of his carelessness?
In that case, there is no need for him to continue to stay in this place that is destined to be destroyed. Some of the future that he foresees cannot be changed. After all, how can a queen, a little Camelot, change the general trend of the world?
In fact, not only Britain, but also the Roman Empire (Western Rome), the entire Europe was destined to be slaughtered and destroyed by barbarians! Whether it is the Celts here in Britain or the Roman citizens in Europe, all places with advanced civilization will soon be destroyed...and then most of Europe will degenerate back into a more backward and more advanced state. For the barbaric and barbaric times!
Especially here in Britain, the barbaric Saxons, Frisians, Jutes, etc. going south will soon invade the entire England crazily without the soldiers of King Arthur commanding various kingdoms and territories to resist. South! Then, most of the Celts here will be mercilessly slaughtered, and not even a single one will be left alive!
Then, not long after, maybe ten years, maybe twenty or thirty years later, the original inhabitants of the British islands, whether they are Celts or Romans, will slowly be exterminated... Just Merlin In the future we see, except for a few survivors who may be able to escape into the deep mountains and forests to survive, the rest will become miserable slaves.
This is the general trend and a historical necessity. It cannot be changed casually based on one person's wishes. Therefore, the outcome here is already doomed.
"No! As long as I am still here, as long as I am still the king of Camelot, Britain will not be destroyed!"
"I firmly believe that justice and truth will defeat ignorance and evil!"
Arturia became anxious when she heard that the other party was about to take her away without saying a few words.
Although things are indeed getting a bit bad now, she would rather give it a try than leave with the other person without doing anything! No matter what awaits her in the future, she, Artoria Pendragon, will never give in easily!
This time, no matter how difficult it is, she vows to break that ruthless and cruel fate!
"You really know a lot of things..."
He nodded and looked at the other person's expression. Merlin looked at the little girl behind him, and he suddenly understood something.
"But it's useless. The gears of fate have begun to turn. No one can resist, not even me! If you don't leave, I will take you away by force. This is what I promised to User."
The other party was created by himself and User, and he was a descendant of User's blood! And now, since the matter is irreversible, since all the plans have been ruined, since Merlin is ashamed of that King Uther, then he Xianza plans to make the final remedy, that is - to save this Alto Leah!
Now, the building will collapse and cannot be supported by a single tree. All he has to do is accept his fate... No one can save Britain, not even him, but as long as he takes Arturia to the ideal land, Wallon, let the other person witness the rise and fall of the human world in that magical world.
boom! ! !
A huge red fireball hit the head of Merlin who was chattering non-stop, and soon burst out into a large ball of flames, directly enveloping the opponent in it.
"You guys are really annoying. I even said I don't want to, but you're still here, do you want to be beaten?"
Anne knew that her shattering fire would definitely not be able to do anything to the opponent, so after throwing the fireball, she ran to Artoria, who was a little dull and worried, and angrily hated the flames. He yelled hatefully.
She was obviously here to help Du Mao farm and conquer the world. Now, the other party came out and said something inexplicable, and wanted to take Du Mao away, so what else could she do? Therefore, this matter cannot be forgiven!
"Fire Knight! Attack!"
When the flames dissipated and Anne saw that the other party was not affected by the flames, she smiled evilly and waved her hand, causing the knights surrounding the other party to launch an attack.
Straight golden spears, shining with fire and sharp edges, rushed towards Merlin in the middle with the acceleration of the mount.
"Ah, no!!"
Arturia couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw both sides fighting regardless.
"snort!"
"Storm—Strangling Blade!!!"
The next moment, when the cavalry's spear tip was about to attack Merlin, who appeared in the firelight, the opponent suddenly shouted loudly, and then the invisible wind blade suddenly rolled up violently around the opponent, and quickly swept those golden armors away. The flame knight was smashed into pieces...
