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Chapter 262: The front is hell

"Is this scabbard really something from King Arthur's period?" Looking at the brand new scabbard, Leon frowned and murmured.

"How is that possible!" An archaeologist beside him spoke out: "It is obvious that someone has taken away the real thing first!"

"But why did that person put this thing in this box? It doesn't seem to make any sense, right?"

"Did we push the wrong place?"

"Impossible, it's impossible that something like this coincidence is there just like this box here."

For a moment, countless doubts lingered in the hearts of these historians and archaeologists, and they also began to argue fiercely...

Mark looked at the scabbard in the box and was silent for a long time...

He has received professional training and can tell whether the land has loosened in the near future at a glance. The soil of the box in front of him includes the only entrance to the cave: the big hole blocked by soft stones. Obviously, it is not something that happened recently.

But the scabbard in this box was as new as if it had just been cleaned, and even a layer of wax was applied.

Mark tried to reach out his hand and pick up the scabbard. At this moment, a strange voice interrupted his movements, making his body tense.

"Don't move! There is a curse on it!"

Mark's hand suddenly stopped, and then, under the screams of everyone, sparks flew everywhere, and a space door opened in full view of everyone, revealing the British-style streets and neoclassical buildings behind them.

Mark could clearly recognize that it was Regent Street far away from London, which was half a distance from the British Isle.

Behind the space door, Daniel pulled Natalie out and closed the space door.

"Hello, Mr. Mark." Darnell nodded very politely to Mark.

Leon widened his eyes, as if he was a little surprised by Daniel, but suddenly he wanted to go to the secret that Sherlock told him before:

"The teacher said that next, a world that is more dangerous and terrifying than the Alda world will collide with, and we must unite the entire world to fight against it.

So Hogwarts and Britania reached some kind of cooperation. Our identity is considered "public" in Britania, but there are some parts that cannot be said..."

Leon knew it in his heart and immediately remained silent. Although it was very normal for Dannel, as Sherlock's senior brother, to know Sherlock and himself, it would be better to be silent in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble...

"I have always wanted to learn the space gate from the ancient mage, but I have never been able to understand the sense of space mentioned by the mage." Mark looked at Daniel and said.

This was not the first time he had met Daniel and had a conversation with him. In fact, he was more familiar with Daniel's mother.

That was a very kind and simple woman. When she had no entry point for the magician at all, she was Mark's only clue.

I often talk to her for purpose but never realize anything. I even welcome myself warmly every time.

Speaking of it... I didn't seem to have been looking for Bella for a while... Mark thought to himself, he had promised her to try her new Apple Pie recipe before.

Daniel obviously didn't know what Mark was thinking at the moment, and his expression was calm: "The sense of space needs to be felt by yourself, and I can't help you, Mr. Mark. But in fact, this is not difficult, it's just that you haven't calmed down and studied."

Mark pondered for a moment, but he still spoke directly and entered the topic: "What is your purpose for here? Daniel."

Daniel said politely: "It was my teacher who asked me to come here to remind you about the trap on the scabbard. There is a layer of curse on it, which was set by King Arthur's sister Morgan to prevent the scabbard from being stolen. The curse will become a walking corpse, and life is worse than death."

"Mr. Riddo..." Mark murmured softly, "So...this scabbard is really..."

"Yes, this is indeed King Arthur's scabbard." Daniel said almost certainly.

As soon as the words came out, it was like smashing a stone on the unwavering lake in ancient wells, and everyone present was talking a lot.

Natalie widened her eyes, a little surprised: "Wait, the King Arthur you are talking about is the one in the King Arthur legend..."

“Yes, not.” Daniel said: “There will always be artistic processing in stories and biography, so there will be some differences.”

"It's true." Mark frowned and pondered: "The sword sheath is protected by magic, so it's so clean, right?"

Daniel nodded.

"The scabbard must have some unknown power." Mark looked at Darnell, "Obviously Mr. Riddo would not send you for a King Arthurian antique."

Everyone also turned their attention to Daniel.

Daniel smiled: "Do you know the weapons that King Arthur has?"

"Sword in the Stone." Leon told King Arthur, the most classic weapon, almost without thinking, and whispered the story about the Stone in the Stone.

"The first time the sword in the stone appeared in a church was on Christmas Eve. Just as people finished confessing, they looked up and saw a sword stuck in a square stone.

There are golden characters written around: "Whoever can draw this sword from the stone platform and is born in England, he is the king of the whole territory of England."

After the mass, the people present tried to pull out the sword, but no one could pull it out.

So the bishop ordered people to select ten respectable knights to guard the sword.

In the New Year, the knights participated in the competition. King Arthur's adoptive father, Actor, took his son Kai to participate in the competition. Because Arthur was young and did not become a knight, he did not participate.

The careless Kai actually forgot to carry a sword, which might lead to his defeat and humiliation in the competition, and even seriously injured. So he asked Arthur to ride a horse to get the sword.

When Arthur arrived at the house where he stayed, he found that the owner had locked the door to watch the competition. Arthur, who was confused, suddenly remembered the sword in the stone.

He hurried to the church to draw the sword, but found that all ten sword-protecting knights were going to see the martial arts competition. With helplessness, Arthur held the hilt of the sword without supervision and drew out the sword.

When he handed the sword to Kai, Kai recognized it at a glance as the sword in stone and handed it over to his father Actor. Actor could not believe his eyes. He never thought that Arthur could pull out the sword.

Then he inserted the sword back into the stone, but neither he nor Kai could pull the sword out, and Arthur once again easily pulled out the sword.

Because Arthur was too young, the great nobles were unwilling to bow down and surrender. They repeatedly asked Arthur to draw out the sword in the stone in public but still did not believe that this was their true destiny. Over time, the people began to recognize Arthur as king, and they opposed the nobles to delay time again and again. Soon after that, Arthur became the king of the entire territory of England."

"Is it a sword in the stone..." Of course, Mark knew the story of this famous King's Sword, which is also a crucial weapon for Arthur in the entire King Arthur legend.

Even if many people who have never heard of King Arthur's story are extremely familiar with it, when they hear Leon telling the story again.

Mark suddenly realized a detail. The first appearance of the sword in the stone was in the church. It seemed... King Arthur became the king of Britain, and the god seemed to play a certain role in it.

"Actually, King Arthur saw his future scene when he held the sword in the stone." Daniel said with deep eyes. "It was a picture of a knight king standing alone on the top of the knight's corpse. Her face was covered with blood, and she held the sword and supported her body with difficulty..."

"What!?" Everyone widened their eyes, and Leon seemed to realize something: "It was the last scene in King Arthur's death? He knew the future at that time, but why...

"That was the choice given to her by God." Daniel said in a deep voice: "This question, Merlin also asked at that time: picking up this sword means blood, fighting and betrayal. Are you really ready?"

"Merlin." Leon read this name lightly. He was very interested in past history. When Sherlock came back from school holidays, he often asked what he had learned from magic history classes.

So he also knew what position this Merlin occupied in the magical world of Britain and Britania: "In real history, he was also the mentor of King Arthur?"

Daniel nodded: "King Arthur's swordsmanship and magic are both Professor Merlin. In fact, before pulling out the sword in the stone, she spent most of her day educating the king. Even during her only three hours of sleep every day, she was instilled with the king's teachings by Merlin. The days of studying and training never stopped for a moment."

"Sword in the stone was prepared for him from the beginning. Has his fate been decided from his origins?" Mark murmured softly, paused, and continued to ask, "So... what was King Arthur's choice at that time?"

After all, stories are stories, and real history will definitely be different from secondary creation stories, so Mark asked this question.

Daniel pondered for a moment, telling the secrets of that era in the fascinating storytelling tone that Curlo used when he first met him for the second time...

"King Arthur, who was only sixteen years old, did peek at a corner of the future at that time, and experienced the initial shock and surprise. She still held the sword body of the sword."

"He still drew that sword?!" Natalie widened her eyes and exclaimed in disbelief.

"Of course, otherwise, how could Arthur become King Arthur in the future?" Danier asked back.

"If Arthur really saw the future and saw such a hell, even though he knew that scene, why would he choose to draw out the sword in the stone?" Leon asked curiously.

Many archaeologists and historians around also looked at Daniel, looking forward to his later stories.

In the story of King Arthur's legend, the story of King Arthur pulling out the sword in the stone is more like the beginning of a certain heroic legend. He holds the sword in the stone and becomes the king, leading Britain to prosperity, old-fashioned but has an epic feeling of destiny.

But when they knew that King Arthur had already known the future when he held the sword handle in the stone, and could even make a choice whether to accept this fate...

The whole story reveals a different flavor...

Even though I knew that there was hell ahead, I still stepped into the passage to hell...
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