The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 352: Rebuilding the Mystic Knights

Faced with the hidden side quest, Wu Chang naturally had no reason to refuse. He immediately performed the knight's salute again and said:

"I am willing to share your worries, safeguard your Majesty's and the Empire's interests, and eradicate the cunning villains hiding in the dark."

Olivia smiled with relief when she heard Wu Chang's oath. She said:
"Mr. Sean, the fact that you have been recognized by the leader of the Mystic Knights shows that you have a heart of gold."

"The empire is in danger, and I know you will not sit idly by."

She turned and looked at Julie, who took a pure white knight's sword from the weapons display rack.

Seeing this, Wu Chang knew that Julie had fulfilled her promise to him, so he immediately knelt on one knee under Julie's guidance, put his right hand on his chest, and lowered his eyes.

Olivia's feet appeared in his sight, and then her voice came from above.

"With the authority of the Crown of the Stellan Empire and the Holy Cross, I now grant you the title of "Holy Mystic Knight" in accordance with the "Holy Cross Covenant" and order you to rebuild the Mystic Knights and restore the glory of the empire.

May you use courage as your sword and honor as your shield to keep darkness out of civilization."

Olivia held the pure white knight's sword and tapped Wu Chang's right and left shoulders in turn, then said:

"Stand up, Sir Sean."

"I wish to become the blade of the empire and fight for your majesty."

Wu Chang stood up and took the pure white knight sword from Olivia.

"Item name: Lake Light Holy Sword."

「Item type: copy item」

"Item level: A."

"Item Skill: Perfect Sword."

"Skill Description: The holy sword blessed by the lake fairy who protects Stilan. As long as the root of the holy sword is not damaged, the blade of the holy sword will not be damaged."

"Item Skill: Blessing in the Lake"

"Skill Description: When fighting near water, the user's health attribute increases by 50 points, endurance attribute doubles, health recovery speed increases by 200%, damage caused increases by 20%, and immunity to mental abnormalities."

「Item Skill: Sword of Honor」

"Item Skill: A person of high moral integrity holding the Lake Light Holy Sword will trigger a special state: Lake Light. The higher the moral integrity of the user and the stronger the sense of honor, the stronger the effect of Lake Light."

"Lake Light: When attacking a target, it will weaken the target's fighting spirit and cause additional damage. The damage depends on the user's willpower attribute."

"Note: Only a perfect knight with high moral character is qualified to wield this sword."

After Olivia handed the Lake Light Holy Sword to Wu Chang, she said:
"Sir Sean, this Lake Light Holy Sword is a divine sword that has been passed down since the founding of Stilan. The leaders of the Mystic Knights of all generations have held this sword to fight against evil."

"When the Mystic Knights were disbanded, the then leader handed the holy sword back to the royal family. Now, it is time for it to return to the hands of the person who is most suitable to use it."

Wu Chang stroked the pure white holy sword. It must be said that the copy plane where the Steam Phantom is located is absolutely generous.

When he was in the Moonlight Sanatorium, he had touched many items in the dungeon. Now that he entered the Steam Phantom dungeon, he was given an A-level holy sword at the beginning.

Judging from the item skill set, the Lake Light Holy Sword is not very strong among the A-level items. Except for the Perfect Sword, the other skills have triggering conditions and are not as good as the A-level items he obtained before.

But you have to know one thing, this A-level item was given to you by Olivia for free!

This A-level item was given for free. Even though it would explode halfway through use, Wu Chang always praised its explosion timing.

From this point of view alone, Olivia is definitely a good king who understands people's hearts.

He pulled the Lake Light Holy Sword out of its scabbard, and Olivia said:
"The Lake Sword is a symbol of nobility, honor, and perfection. The knight's honor will turn into light and condense on the blade, causing darkness and evil to retreat."

"Legend has it that when Elder Anderson, the leader of the first generation of the Mystic Knights, drew out the Holy Sword of Lake Light, the light filled the entire St. George's Cathedral, making the night as bright as day."

While Olivia was explaining, Wu Chang pulled the Lake Light Holy Sword completely out of its scabbard. His inspiration told him that the sword was testing him.

After a brief pause, the Lake Light Holy Sword entered the Lake Light state, and the surface of the sword began to glow.

The light was only on the surface at first, but soon the entire sword was shrouded in the light. The light spread outward, spreading to half a meter away from the sword, and then stopped there.

At this moment, Olivia just said that when old Anderson drew out the holy sword, the light filled the entire St. George's Church.

Wu Chang: ...

Olivia, Julie: ...

Olivia looked at Julie. She didn't say anything, but her eyes sent a silent question to Julie.

Are you sure this guy is reliable?
Julie was speechless and could only give Olivia a look in response.

Wu Chang's character, honor and fighting spirit are only enough to illuminate the surrounding half a meter, but even so, he can still defeat Lehman in the Moonlight Sanatorium. Doesn't this just show his strong ability?

While Olivia and Julie exchanged glances, Wu Chang's eyes were all on the Lake Light Holy Sword.

Although the lake light he condensed had a small range, in reality, it was even smaller. The light on the sword could illuminate half a meter, but it was because his will attribute was so high that he pushed the light out.

The skill that condenses the lake light is called "Sword of Honor", but as a player of the Abyss game, he never cares about honor, but only the results.

Honor, that thing doesn't add any attributes, what's the point of it?

An honorable death in battle is far less effective than the immoral destruction of the opponent.

However, he didn't care about the result of Lake Light. What's the point of competing with him in honor? If he wasn't afraid of scaring Olivia and Julie, he would have given the Lake Light Holy Sword to Irene. The light from the sword could blind their eyes.

When it comes to morality and honor, a hundred old Andersons tied together are no match for the perfect Saint Irene.

He stared at the Lake Light Holy Sword, not using this method to ease the embarrassment, but after he drew out the holy sword, his king's badge responded.

"Item name: King's Badge."

"Item Description: The holder will gain respect from both the Kingdom and the Mystic Knights. When obtaining items related to the Kingdom, there is a chance that an additional ability will be unlocked."

With the King's Badge activated, he saw a hidden skill added to the Lake Light Holy Sword.

「Special Skill: Sword of Order」 (Unlocked by King's Badge)

"Skill Description: The holder of the Lake Light Holy Sword is responsible for maintaining the order of the world. When the target seriously disrupts the order of the plane, the target will be ignored and any ability and status of the target will be launched into a knight's honor duel. Cooling time: 365 days."

"Glory Duel: Both sides will disable all talents, active skills, techniques and items, use faith as a weapon, and fight a fair duel."

"Note: This effect is only effective on the "Desolate - 46957 Plane"."

Wu Chang's attention was completely drawn to the description of "Glory Duel".

From the literal meaning, once entering the glory duel state, both sides need to put aside everything else and only compete on panel attributes and various passive skills to engage in a fair duel.

If he read it correctly, the title effect was not included in the disabled range.

He really liked this kind of fair duel.

I don't know if this prop skill is designed to make it easier for him to deal with Lehman.

Wu Chang looked at the Lake Light Holy Sword for a few more times, then put it back into the scabbard and hung it around his waist.

The Queen and Julie were still waiting on the side. Once they had finished discussing the main business, he would have time to study it carefully.

When Olivia saw Wu Chang come to his senses, she put away the doubt in her eyes and put on a trusting smile on her face.

Although the lake light condensed by Wu Chang was a little thin, considering that the opponent's battle record was checkable and Olivia had no one available at the moment, he could only turn a blind eye.

She could only hope that Sean, the new leader of the Mystic Knights, could make up for his deficiencies in character and will with his strong personal abilities.

Olivia continued:

"Sir Sean, Grimland is now not only the center of the world's economy and industry, but also the center of all conspiracies."

"The hidden danger here is more serious than the haze that has been covering the sky for years. Although I believe in your ability, in Grimland, the power of one person is still too small."

"In order to facilitate your actions, I have restored the existence of the Mystic Knights and granted you the power to recruit members of the Knights."

The Arcane Knights are essentially the king's personal guard, an organization that fights only for the king.

A knight's character and fighting ability are very important, but what is more important is his loyalty to the king, absolute loyalty.

In the past, every member of the Mystic Knights had to undergo a strict review to ensure that the member was a nobleman with a clean background.

Every member of the Knights Templar needs the approval of the king himself, so it is very difficult to join the Knights Templar.

But now, Olivia has completely delegated the power to rebuild the Mystic Knights to Wu Chang.

Just as Olivia announced her decision, a prompt popped up in front of Wu Chang.

"The player is appointed by Queen Olivia to become the leader of the Mystic Knights, and is given the power to recruit members and meet the requirements for establishing power."

"Whether the player chooses to establish his own faction, once the faction is established, it cannot be cancelled and you cannot join other factions again." The first time is new, the second time is familiar.

For other players, forming their own faction would be a fantasy, but he had experienced it once and no longer felt the initial surprise.

When he accepted Olivia's appointment, he thought that in this copy, he would join the Queen's camp by default.

Unexpectedly, with Olivia's decentralization, he would be able to choose to build his own power.

But Wu Chang hesitated on whether to establish power.

The situation this time is different from the silent route.

The multiplayer confrontation side quest in Silent Route is very simple. It's just about who has the bigger fist and who can control the Star Leap, and whoever wins will win.

However, the side quest of Steam Phantom is to support one of the members of this force to obtain the position of prime minister.

This is completely different from the Silent Route. It is not enough to just defeat other forces. He also needs to find politicians who are influential enough and willing to cooperate with him to push them to become prime minister.

More importantly, he was not sure whether Queen Olivia's side was also considered as one of the optional forces.

It is even more uncertain whether he, as a separate force, can nominate the same politician as the Queen's camp and advance and retreat together.

If, as the queen's personal guard, he supported a target who was different from the one chosen by the queen, would it directly anger Olivia, and lead to his dismissal or even treason?
After hesitating for a moment, he chose to establish an independent force.

According to the memories he inherited, Queen Olivia was only a queen in name only and had no real power.

Her power had long been usurped by the prime minister and parliament, and she had no other cards to play except the Holy Revelation Church.

First, we have no power, and second, we have no manpower.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have rescued him from the New World across the ocean and asked him to rebuild the Mystic Knights.

Is it true that in such a big country like Stilan, there is no one who can take up the responsibility of leading the Mystic Knights?
Of course not, it’s just that these talents are only loyal to the queen in words, but their bodies are still inclined towards other forces.

On the contrary, he, who has an old relationship with Julie and is a descendant of the Mystic Knights, is the least likely to be bribed by other forces.

In this situation, as long as he formed the Mystic Knights, it would be hard to say whether he would be dependent on Olivia or Olivia would be dependent on him.

If Olivia and he choose to support different candidates by then, it can only be that Olivia’s judgment was wrong.

"The player has successfully established a faction and has the authority to recruit the natives of the dungeon and other players to join his faction."

"There is no limit on the number of natives in the dungeon who can join the player's faction"

"The current number of players in the faction: 0, the maximum number of players allowed to join: 12."

"The goal of the player's faction is to select a member of the faction and help him or her obtain the position of prime minister."

Compared to Silent Route, the maximum number of players allowed to join has been increased from 5 to 12.

According to the experience of the Silent Route, the number of players that can join different forces is similar.

The Steam Phantom dungeon takes place in Grimland, a large city with a population of millions and a complex network of forces that is far beyond the reach of a cruise ship like the Star Leap.

Even if the number of forces remains unchanged, it can be estimated that the number of players entering the dungeon is 7-80.

If we include lone wolf players who do not join a faction, the number of players entering the dungeon will exceed a hundred.

With so many unfortunate people crowded together, Grimland will soon become lively.

After Olivia gave Wu Chang the power to freely recruit members of the Knights, she continued:

“It will take time to recruit the right people. Before that, if you need any help, you can come to St. George’s Church to find Julie. She will help you.”

"If you make any progress in your investigation, remember to tell Julie and she will help you finish it."

"Sir Sean, Grimland is now like a powder keg that could explode at any time. If we rashly break the surface balance, there will be unexpected consequences."

Wu Chang nodded in agreement. It would be great if someone could clean up the mess after it happened.

As for worrying about having his credit taken away, that didn't exist. He only cared about the judgment at the end of the copy, and didn't care what Olivia thought of him.

He looked at Julie and said:

"Archbishop Julie, I may ask you to come forward frequently in the next period of time."

Julie says:

"The fact that you came to see me means that there has been some progress in the investigation, which is great."

Olivia put her hood back on and said:

"Because Prime Minister Ron was assassinated, all the things are piled up on me now. The cabinet ministers have been urging me to select an acting prime minister. I took the time to sneak out."

"Sir Sean, it will be inconvenient for me to have more contact with you in the next period of time. If you have important information, you can contact me through Archbishop Julie."

"Looking forward to your good news."

As Olivia walked away quickly, a look of fatigue appeared on Julie's originally calm face.

"I'm sorry, the Queen is in a very bad situation right now, and she doesn't have time to interact with you much."

"You should have seen it on the way here. Grimland is in a mess right now. The conflicts and contradictions between the various parties have accumulated and have reached a critical point."

"Accumulated social contradictions need a channel to vent. The Queen wants to use the International Industrial Exposition to demonstrate the country's strength, take the opportunity to ease the contradictions among all parties, and redistribute the benefits."

"But some people want the Queen to become a channel for venting social contradictions."

Wu Chang asked, "Who are those people?"

Julie smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone. As a royal family, the price of being high and mighty is to become the target of public criticism."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have complained so much, it's just that I suddenly saw an old acquaintance, plus I was a little tired recently, so I couldn't help it."

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "You are indeed too tired. You haven't done anything to offend me, but you have apologized to me three times in a short period of time."

"I didn't see you like this before when you were trapped in the Moonlight Sanatorium and had to defeat Lehman to leave."

Julie sighed, "At that time, I thought that the Church of Tranquility was the root of all chaos. As long as these tumors were eliminated, the world would become peaceful and everything would be beautiful."

"But then I discovered that the world is not that simple. Killing the evil god will not end people's suffering."

"Compared to struggling in this invisible quagmire now, I would rather go back to the past and fight against the Tranquility Sect."

Wu Chang stood there, not knowing what to say for a moment.

If he were to solve the almost unsolvable problem of world peace, he would simply plant a miracle tree and start making wishes.

If Irene wasn't there, as an old friend, he could give Julie a hug to comfort her confused body and mind.

But now, he could only sigh with Julie.

Julie was an archbishop after all, and she quickly recovered from her depression and suppressed the confusion in her eyes.

She said: "As the Queen said, in Grimland, one person's power is insignificant, so in order to facilitate your investigation of various cases, I found a helper for you."

Wu Chang asked curiously, "Helpers from the Holy Enlightenment Church?"

Julie shook her head and said, "The helper I found for you is the best detective in Grimland, or even in Styland, Ravington."

"Although he is conceited, withdrawn, and eccentric, he is very capable and has solved many nearly unsolvable mysteries."

"More importantly, he is also a descendant of a member of the Mystic Knights, eager to restore the glory of his ancestors. It is not that difficult for you to contact him."

Julie took out a business card which read:

41 Saar Street, Raverton Detective Agency.

"He is always investigating various mysteries, and his whereabouts are erratic. You may not be able to meet him now. Maybe you need to visit him twice more."

Wu Chang put away the business card and his expression became a little strange.

He asked tentatively:

"The detective named Ravington you mentioned has short curly hair, is about 1.8 meters tall, of average build, and likes petty theft and role-playing, right?"

Julie nodded and said, "Have you met him before?"

Wu Chang blinked and said, "I think I know where to find him."

He received a special token from Julie, and after agreeing on a way to meet each other, he took Irene away from St. George's Cathedral.

They got into the carriage they had taken. Wu Chang knocked on the carriage and said:

"Saar Street 41."

(End of this chapter)