Chapter 868 99. Ten Thousand Challenges
Annan's longing for titles existed as early as the Breeze City period...
Whenever the nobles appeared, the servants thought of the titles that were too long. It always made him envious. But the self-proclaimed titles are meaningless, such as the King of Hide and Seek, the Uncrowned Mouse Hunting Champion, the Crimson Princess's Knight... So far, only the King of the North, the Champion Warlock and the Lord of the Free City are legitimate.
Whether the Holy Grail Knight still has power is not important. Whether he can become a Holy Grail Knight is important to Annan.
De La Torre talks about the Lady of the Lake.
Lake Wilson, where the Lady of the Lake is located, is a sacred place for all Knights of the Grail.
As the fair and noble Lady of the Lake, the Holy Grail Knight she selected also has the above virtues.
The Lady of the Lake is not the most original and ancient deity, but her existence is closely related to the human empire - in the early days of the Saint Laurent calendar, the Lady of the Lake appeared in Lake Wilson in Wilhelm and developed her The first Holy Grail Knight.
Unlike other gods who need to develop followers and rely on believers to obtain divine power, the followers of the Lady of the Lake have always been limited to the Holy Grail Knights and the Holy Grail Knights' followers. Other believers will not get any response even if they believe in her fervently.
This allows the Lady of the Lake to pool her power together - no matter who becomes a Holy Grail Knight, whether a master or an epic, as long as they receive the blessing of the goddess, they will have legendary power and longevity.
"Do you really want to become a Knight of the Holy Grail?" De La Torre considered it seriously.
If it were three years ago, Annan would have to study for a long time if he wanted to become a Holy Grail Knight. He would be recommended by three Holy Grail Knights before he could participate in the harsh and intense trial. But now... The Lady of the Lake has lost contact, and the Holy Grail Knight has lost contact. The losses are serious. If nothing is done, they will disappear forever in the new millennium...
"I have a friend who has always instilled in me the greatness of the Holy Grail Knight..."
Annan She was talking about Klein, not the member-mad Olmedo—she knew she couldn't do it.
“Teacher Mel’s spirit has always been the direction of my study...”
"You are the King of the North and the master of a floating city, and I have witnessed your character... This is the luck of the "Holy Grail Knights"."
De La Torre strengthened his determination, Looking at Annan: "I will find two old friends to hold a ceremony for you, but you have to start with the knight's retinue."
"Of course!"
Being surprised Annan was so happy that he accepted it happily.
Apart from the vanity of the title and what to do with this power, Annan indeed admires those just knights who fight on the front line.
"You have no special treatment, or the only special treatment is that you cannot get the blessing of the goddess. You have to compete with other knights' retinue."
"No problem! But there are others who also want to become the Holy Grail. Knight? "
"Although we have lost the blessing of the goddess, the long-term struggle has made the Holy Grail Knight a symbol like the Holy Knight... In addition, you have to start becoming a Holy Grail Knight. "Ten thousand challenges"
"Of course...how many?"
"Ten thousand"
"Uh... what are the challenges?" Annan was still lucky. For example, the 10,000 challenges were to help an old lady cross the street and give food to a beggar...
"Such as destroying the devil king and killing a legendary beast. The black dragon, clearing out a rat nest city, purifying a cultist church..."
Annan gradually opened his mouth and interrupted de la Torre: "Is the demon king enough..."
"You are wrong." De La Torre shook his head, "You will get challenge points for completing these challenges. For example, the challenge score of the Demon Lord is 10,000 points. If you can kill the Demon Lord, you will be the Holy Grail. "What about the easiest challenge?"
"Kill a villain, eliminate a group of bandits, annihilate a group of rats, these will give you single-digit challenge points... But remember, you must complete it with your own hands."
Okay. , it seems that Annan will be a retinue for a long time.
But the warlock is a semi-immortal species anyway. As long as Annan insists on doing one good deed a day, as long as...300 years, he can become a Knight of the Holy Grail.
De La Torre was impatient, and after making the decision, he sent a messenger to ask his old friend who was also a Knight of the Holy Grail to come over.
“How many Knights of the Holy Grail are there now?”
"I don't know... As the Lady of the Lake lost contact, we also lost contact with each other, but the Holy Grail Knights will gradually fill up after reaching thirty-two people."
Known as the Eleventh Holy Grail The knight de la Torre has lived for more than a hundred years. Doesn't this mean that it will take a few years for a Holy Grail knight to appear?
As for the benefits of becoming a Knight of the Holy Grail... Annan asked De La Torre, and he said that before that, he would be blessed by the Lady of the Lake, and he would have powerful power like a Paladin and be able to release divine spells. .
But now, in addition to a title that will be treated politely and followed wherever he goes, all he can do is to summon them who are also Holy Grail Knights.
No matter what, it’s best to start from today!
Annan wandered around the camp for a long time, and finally found a civilian who was suspected of being a spy and was imprisoned in the camp prison, and released him.
"Rescue the innocent person who has been wronged, 1 challenge point." De La Torre smiled, "But you are not a follower of the Holy Grail Knight yet, and the challenge has not yet begun."
"Okay..."
Looking on the bright side, Annan didn't kill the Demon Lord, otherwise he would have wasted an opportunity to directly become a Knight of the Holy Grail.
“I have another question, who will record the scores?”
"All challenges are supervised by the Lady of the Lake, but now..." De La Torre said meaningfully, "The only one who supervises you is yourself."
...
The rat tribe in the north was obviously Annan was frightened. Except for sending a group of Wind Rats on the first night, which then failed, they did not invade the camp again for the next few days.
The front line bordering the rat people is strangely calm, but behind them there are rat infestations everywhere.
The crisis has not yet been resolved, and the plague is spreading to the entire Kingdom of Dimon along with the food in the Lesio Valley.
Those big cities that had received the news were spared, but the towns and villages with no news were unavoidable, and large gathering areas became no man's land...
On the fifth day of Annan's stay in the camp, the chaos ended The autumn harvest in the Lesio Valley is finally complete. The messenger also brought back news that the Holy Grail Knight was aware of the plague in a small city near Lesio Valley.
"Then let's return to Lesio Valley quickly." Annan urged.
This is not a place with dangerous terrain. The soldiers who have retreated from the snow mountain fortress have suffered too many losses in the past few days. If it were not for the fact that they must persist until the end of the autumn harvest for the Lesio Valley, they would have retreated long ago.
Retreat is necessary. The Dimon Kingdom, which has suffered serious losses, has no experience in maintaining its territory and must shrink its defense lines.
In order to avoid being pursued by the Skaven tribe, Annan opened the teleportation gate and sent the soldiers back to Valley City. Finally, Dean Brahim teleported away with himself, leaving the Skaven with an air defense line.
(End of this chapter)