I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 40 The Rat and the Dragon

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In order to ensure that Suya gets enough to eat, the Knights were forced to launch a feeding operation that was even more arduous than fighting a war.

The original plan to depart at 8 a.m. is clearly off, and judging from the current situation...

Their king appears to have only eaten half a meal.
And at this moment,
The square faces the walls of a Norman castle.

Lucan grabbed Dagonit, who was hiding in the shadows of the city wall, seemingly blending into his surroundings. It took him half an hour to find Dagonit in this tiny place.

"you--"

Upon seeing Lukan, Dagonit was horrified, thinking that Lukan had come to kill him, and instinctively wanted to run away.

however,
"Dagonet, what do you think?"

Lukan showed no intention of making a move; instead, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, and tossed it over.

Dagonet took the cigarette, stared at it blankly for a moment, then stuffed it into his pouch like a precious treasure.

"This is... the new cigarettes produced at the Tower of God in Jerusalem? Where did you get them?"

"Each one costs 1 gold pound."

Seeing that his answer was irrelevant, Lucan turned his head to look at the lively scene in the square, his fingers brushing against the small bag at his back, and flicked out a match.
The match spun wildly in mid-air and lit itself out of thin air.

"Hiss."

An epic puff of smoke went straight through his lungs, the cigarette butt burning instantly to the tip. Lukan held his breath, staring blankly into the distance, lost in thought.

Dagonet continued to play dumb, chuckling, "This is a treasure from the future. The knights savor it sip by sip. You're really wasting it, Lord Lukan."

"Qing?" Lu Kan chuckled and repeated the word, but the action caused two plumes of smoke to come out of his nostrils, making him look both stale and rustic.

"You've already considered yourself his subject?"

"Are you really prepared to pledge allegiance to him?"

"Dagonet, you traitorous coward, a disgrace to knights, a clown-like fellow—"

"When did you develop such ambitions?"

In a moment when only the two of them are alone...

Surprisingly, Dagonet did not refute these words, but merely sneered and looked at Lucan.

"Ambition?"

"When did we, who live like dogs, become able to have something like this?"

"Fifteen years ago, after the continental landing event and the Feast of the Seven Kings, King Uther chose to cooperate with the Magic King, and after offering the entirety of Britain to support that tower,"

"Lukan, are we worthy?"

"The whole world suddenly changed overnight to what it is now,"

"Professions are worthless, masters are everywhere, bloodshed, conflict, war, rebellions at the bottom, and warlordism are rampant. Countless people like you and me are fighting tooth and nail for the so-called honor of being a 'hero'!"

"Was that really a hero?"

"Those are all wicked monsters who eat people without spitting out the bones!"

"It was precisely at this time that the church, which believed in God, could save all things, and preached truth, goodness and beauty, undermined the monarchy, banned trade and travel, and the pastors were full of fat and oil, while the people starved to death one after another, like grass."

"Everything, everything, everything—"

"All for that tower!"

"For such a vague and unrealistic promise!"

Dagonet gritted his teeth, chuckled, and repeated the question he had just asked, his tone dripping with sarcasm:
"Lukan, are we worthy?"

Then, staring at Lukan, he sarcastically exposed him:
"Lukan—"

"You rat in the toilet, a fraudster who swindles and deceives everywhere, a noble person who never makes his soul kneel before your so-called 'king'."

"You suddenly came to my door not to kill me, but to chat with me about this nonsense?"

Lukan didn't speak, because if he opened his mouth, the feeling of relief in his throat and the numbness in his mind would dissipate.

“I’m telling you, Lukan—”

"It's clearly you who wants to be a 'hero'!"

"I'm glad you didn't come here to kill me. I also promised you long ago that I wouldn't reveal your secrets. So please, stop chasing me. It's been six years, and this is never going to end!"

Lucan finally exhaled a long puff of smoke, looking at Dagonit with an amused expression.

"Your promise, a clown's promise?"

Dagonet emphasized, "I said I am a knight."

Lucan scoffed: "A knight who betrays his master to survive." "I said, I just want to live."

“I am not like you, Lukan. You are a rat in the toilet, smelly and hard.”

"And I am just a rat who only wants to be fat, greasy, and huge in the rice granary."

"Rats don't deserve owners. Rats can only rely on their instincts to dig holes everywhere, otherwise they would become pets."

"A pet that can be crushed at any time."

Lucan squinted, staring at Dagonet.

a long time,

He said calmly:

“I can spare your life, but you must teach that brat the skill of Shadow Vanish.”

Upon hearing this, Dagonet smiled, his gaze involuntarily drifting to the boy in the center of the square, who was enjoying his meal.

"This 'king' is just a swordsman who has only recently become a servant?"

"He probably doesn't even know how to wield a sword."

"You want a servant to learn [Emblem Combat Techniques] that even masters can't master?"

Lukan shook his head and began to recount what he had seen and heard:
"In two hours, that kid learned four combat techniques he had never encountered before."

The air suddenly fell silent.

Dagonet thought he had heard a myth and was stunned for a long time.

"What?"

Lucan said, "The combat technique patterns have already begun to grow in his body, which is why he needs a huge amount of heat now. I can understand this at a glance. You know, I have this kind of expertise."

"Moreover, his identity is not that simple."

"His magic circuits are not in human form, or rather—"

"He's not human."

Dagonet was stunned. After a long while, he began to scratch his head.
He scratched his head frantically.

After scratching myself for a while, I felt like another brain had grown in my head, and only then did I fully understand the enormous message revealed in Lucan's words.

“Dagonit, this time, you've pledged allegiance to someone who might change everything,”

Lucan slightly opened his narrowed eyes, a chilling aura emanating from his golden pupils.
"And he might just be the kind of king we all dream of!"

"Just as recorded in the Fairy Kingdom Anecdotes,"

"Rat monsters typically live by overwhelming numbers and cunning. Once they lose the protection of their group, they immediately flee and join another group as slaves. By constantly changing groups, they multiply and thrive in the humblest corners."

"And waiting—"

"Waiting—"

"Until that day, they saw an egg."

"When they saw the egg, they immediately abandoned everything and pledged unconditional loyalty to it. They huddled together in the fire, sacrificing their lives and burning their skin to protect it."

"Because it was a dragon's egg."

Dagonit had never seen such a serious look in Lucan's eyes, and a chill ran down his spine.
He immediately turned his head to look at Suya, who was enjoying her meal in the center of the square.

"So, he is that egg?"

When he saw how fast Suya was cooking, he couldn't help but feel a deep respect.
"Wow, with that kind of appetite, he's definitely got something special!"

Lukan snorted, staring at Suya who was busily preparing the meal, a smirk playing on his lips.

"No, the king has already hatched!"

"look--"

"A dragon has been born!"

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