“Because of the Garden Knight!”
Wang Xiaoming looked at Leticia.
“Leticia, what do you think of the title Garden Knight?”
Leticia was puzzled for a moment, then answered seriously.
“It is an acknowledgment of what I have done.”
“I have learned about the vampires of the Garden world. In order to take care of those creatures living in the darkness, the Garden created the Great Curtain to filter the sunlight, so that those creatures could live in the sun. Vampires are also among the beneficiaries. Therefore, the vampires voluntarily maintained the peace of the lower levels of the Garden in order to thank the Garden for allowing them to live in the sunlight.”
“You who maintain peace are called Garden Knights. You even established the lower-level dominator system and became the first all-level dominator.”
“What an interesting thing. The gods are responsible for building the Garden, and then they don't care about anything else, only focusing on observing the outside world to expand their own worldview. They don't care about what happens in the lower levels. Instead, a voluntary Garden Knight appears. This is your honor, Leticia, but it is also the most direct accusation against those gods and Buddhas in the upper levels!”
“And this is just the beginning.”
“Leticia became a Demon Lord, and later left the Demon Lords and joined your community. You are doing what Leticia used to do, establishing a grand alliance around the four regions of the Garden, east, west, south, and north, maintaining peace in the lower levels, and fighting against the Demon Lords of natural disasters.”
Speaking of this, a mocking smile appeared on Wang Xiaoming's face.
“A grand alliance spanning the entire Garden, what a powerful golden age, but after fighting against the Demon Lords, it was raided by another group of Demon Lords, and even lost its banner.”
“That is!”
Black Rabbit wanted to refute, but Wang Xiaoming didn't give her a chance to refute.
“Do you know what this means?”
“What?”
“It means that no matter how hard the people in the lower levels work, no matter how hard they strive to improve themselves, in the end, in the eyes of those in the upper levels, you are all grasshoppers that can be pinched to death at any time!”
Arcadia was once at its peak, even more prosperous than when the vampire clan ruled the entire lower level, and even sealed the most evil Demon Lord Azi Dahaka, but in the end, it was directly destroyed by an attacking Demon Lord.
“The lower-level people's established system of rulers has become a joke!”
“Indeed, the lower-level rulers can rely on the alliance to fight against some Demon Lords, but they cannot fight against those stronger Demon Lords at all. Even if they can fight against them, they will pay a great price!”
When sealing Azi Dahaka, the entire Arcadia sacrificed 80% of its members! Originally, after sacrificing so many members, they were already prepared to directly kill Azi Dahaka, but at the critical moment when they were preparing to kill him, they were plotted against and lost the ability to kill him, and had to seal him instead.
Three-digit gods need to weaken their spiritual status when they come to the lower levels, otherwise the lower levels will not be able to bear it, but three-digit Demon Lords do not need to, because they are Demon Lords, they only need to destroy, and they don't need to care whether the Garden will be affected. As a result, the three-digit Demon Lords need the people in the lower levels, who are at most four-digit, to deal with them themselves.
Even when the protagonist and his party later killed Azi Dahaka, they also sacrificed many people.
Indeed, there was the Heavenly Army with top martial gods like the Twelve Heavenly Protectors joining in the rear, but that was during the dawn of the Garden. From the era of the Garden Knights, the Twelve Heavenly Protectors began to become more and more fishy. They were indeed very strong, but they were never seen when various Demon Lords were rampant.
Because, when fighting against the Demon Lords, the gods finally thought of what they said when they built the Garden, to let human history develop on its own. Therefore, they chose to cultivate human heroes to fight against those Demon Lords.
The gods are never of one mind. One Greek pantheon can create several factions, let alone the other remaining pantheons.
This incomparably frustrating statement has caused the Twelve Heavenly Protectors to be subjected to too many constraints, and the Heavenly Army cannot be dispatched casually.
“The lives of the lower levels have never been the protagonists of the Garden. They are just pawns on the chessboard of the Garden.”
“What am I doing by letting Leticia return to your community? To become a pawn on the chessboard again? To help you fight against the Demon Lords, recast the glory of the past, and then be attacked by the Demon Lords again and fall to the bottom?”
Noname was okay in the first part of the original plot, defeating several Demon Lords, and finally successfully killing Azi Dahaka.
But from the second part onwards, it became a joke.
The Garden Knight Leticia basically had no chance to appear, because the opponents were all more awesome than the last, and ordinary four-digit numbers were all younger brothers! The invincible Izayoi Sakamaki was always frustrated and beaten up in various ways. His younger brother, Homura Kasugabe, became the new protagonist, and even the incarnation of Azi Dahaka, just like the protagonist of a classic hot-blooded anime. When he couldn't beat him, he could even directly switch to Azi Dahaka to fight on his behalf. He came up with a Light Ring of the Conqueror, possessing the strongest flash-heat attack gift that destroyed one-third of the world. The people on the opposite side directly cursed: Damn you, did you hear me!
The Indian Solar King group directly appeared, several two-digit numbers came out, and three-digit numbers began to walk everywhere.
A group of people also left and dispersed from Noname, and from the second part onwards, the plot all revolved around the Second Solar Authority War.
Ah? What? What about human history? That kind of thing, it doesn't matter how it is, we are going to grab the solar authority now, that is the highest secret treasure in the Garden, we are very busy, we have no time to take care of that kind of troublesome thing, we will talk about it after we finish fighting.
This is... the paradise of Asura gods and Buddhas—the Garden!
“This....”
Black Rabbit opened her mouth wide and couldn't refute. Even White Rabbit tightened the folding fan in her hand.
As people related to the gods, they knew best that what Wang Xiaoming said was true.
Demon Lords, to put it bluntly, are guys who have the host authority, and the host authority, when it reaches four digits, basically all have it, and even five-digit Demon Lords have the host authority. The largest Demon Lord organization in the Garden, Ouroboros, is not short of three-digit Demon Lords. They may even be members of the gods themselves, just like Wang Xiaoming can switch his spiritual status between hero and Demon Lord at will. They have ways to switch their spiritual status, so that they look like gods or Demon Lords to others.
White Rabbit herself is a two-digit number, but she can demote herself to a god, convert to Buddhism, and obtain the identity of Yaksha, so she came to the lower levels, so naturally others can too!
“Then what are you going to do? If you stay in the Garden with Leticia and hold Algol, you will definitely be targeted by the people in the upper levels.”
White Rabbit stared at Wang Xiaoming seriously. Although she agreed with Wang Xiaoming's statement, she didn't necessarily agree with Wang Xiaoming's approach.
“When did I say I would stay in the Garden?”
Wang Xiaoming grinned again.
“I said before, I hate the Garden, so I never planned to develop in the Garden. This may be a place for development, but it will definitely not be my final destination.”
“You don't plan to take Lady Leticia away from the Garden, do you!?”
Black Rabbit exclaimed.
“That's not possible, Lady Leticia is a vampire. If she leaves the protection of the Great Curtain of the Garden, she will not be able to live in the sun!”
It is true that Leticia has the solar authority, but if she is exposed to sunlight, her body will still burn. However, as a royal family of vampires, her resistance to burning is stronger, and she will not die on the spot, but she will continue to weaken.
“Stupid!”
Wang Xiaoming directly denied.
“It's just a tool to shield the harmful parts of sunlight for vampires, as if it's very great!”
“I wanted to say it from the beginning. This so-called curtain only filters out some rays in the sunlight, so that vampires don't have to worry about those rays. This is not something great at all. I can also make the same thing, and I don't need to build such a tall curtain. I just need to let Leticia carry it with her to let her live freely in the sun!”
Leticia widened her eyes in surprise. Is there such a thing! She had never heard of it.
White Rabbit and Black Rabbit were also very surprised. The function of the Great Curtain was researched by the gods. Can Wang Xiaoming also do it?
In this regard, Wang Xiaoming said, you can always trust Grey Wolf!
Are you talking to me about mythology? I'm talking to you about science! The setting of the Garden, human history has not even developed to 2000, the technological development of mankind has not even entered the prosperous Internet era, and scientific research is relatively slow. The scientific research ability brought by Grey Wolf's wisdom can easily research a curtain!
Wang Xiaoming's eyes gradually softened as he looked at Leticia.
“Leticia, according to my understanding, you also have a sister. She has become a monster because she has endured a large number of curses, right.”
Leticia was shocked again. This kind of thing, the secret history of the vampire clan, he knows all of this.
Thinking of her sister, her expression was a little lonely.
“That's right, my sister Lamia Decraea is a survivor of the vampire clan. When I fell into a Demon Lord, she endured all the curses of the world on my behalf and became a cursed monster.”
“Don't worry, I will find her and remove all the curses on her.”
“That's impossible. The curses on her, even the Garden can't do anything about it.”
Leticia shook her head. It's not that she hasn't thought of a way. If there was a way, she wouldn't have let her sister endure the curse until now.
“No, I have a way! Esther has the ability to break all curses!”
Wang Xiaoming's right hand touched Esther's little head, and Esther also nodded to Leticia to express her affirmation.
“You actually have such an ability?”
“That's right, when I use the contract with Esther, I can exert this power.”
White Rabbit was shocked. This ability is a bit powerful. Even in the Garden, there are not many abilities to deal with curses. Otherwise, the Demon Lords would not be called natural disasters. If they can be broken easily, what would the Demon Lords play?
“I will find your sister, and then remove the curse on your sister, and then take you away from the Garden together.”
To be honest, Leticia was moved. NoName was the home she cared about, but her sister was also someone she cared about very much, because her sister had taken on the curse in her place. This had always made her feel guilty, and now, if she could save her sister, she would be willing to give everything.
Black Rabbit looked at Leticia's expression and understood that Leticia was tempted, and she had no reason to dissuade her at all. On one side was the community, and on the other was a family member who needed to be saved. Even she couldn't make a decision.
Leticia had joined Arcadia for hundreds of years, but she hadn't found a way to lift the curse. Now, someone had appeared who directly said they could lift the curse, so she had no reason to stop Leticia.
Thinking of this, Black Rabbit's ears drooped down.
White Rabbit looked at Black Rabbit's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but interject.
"Hey, hey, Ming, although I admit that what you said about the Little Garden before was correct, it's not very heroic of you to directly run away with people from the Little Garden. You are, after all, a person with the dignity of a hero. Since you said that the lower-level people in the Little Garden are pawns, shouldn't you use your heroic traits to lead the lower-level people to resist those Demon Lords?"
"Sorry, White Rabbit, I never said I was a hero. Although I was granted the dignity of a hero by the Little Garden, I already said in my self-introduction that I am a knight."
Wang Xiaoming wouldn't fall for this trick.
"My knightly path is to protect the people around me. I don't have any so-called knightly virtues. I only fight to protect the people around me that I care about, because if I can't even protect the people around me that I care about, then what's the point of protecting this world! That's just a puppet being pushed to the so-called position of hero!"
Wang Xiaoming's words shocked the several Little Garden people present.
This was the first time they had heard such a knightly declaration.
Only fighting to protect the people around them, only being a knight for the people they care about. This kind of statement was learned by Wang Xiaoming from a certain Emiya Shirou, and Wang Xiaoming has always been implementing this idea, even more fiercely.
From the time he transmigrated to the Danmachi world until now, Wang Xiaoming has only been gentle to the people he likes. He's not some Yasashi central air conditioner. He doesn't even look at people he doesn't like. He doesn't care about the life or death of others.
The Little Garden world, as he said, he hates it very much, this false paradise.
But he likes Leticia of the Little Garden world very much, so he wants to save Leticia.
"Leticia, I understand everything about you, so I've fallen in love with you. If you are a knight of the Little Garden, then from now on, I will be your knight!"
Wang Xiaoming raised his right hand to Leticia, clenched his fist hard, with an extremely strong confidence on his face, and then said the standard lines of a battle-type harem protagonist.
"I will save you from that sorrowful fate! I will break the shackles that imprison you!"
The Little Garden has never been good. If it were good, Black Rabbit wouldn't need to run around for the livelihood of NoName, and even tell lies to get the original main trio to join NoName, hoping they would join NoName. Unfortunately, she was ruthlessly exposed by Sakamaki Izayoi. If it weren't because the main trio themselves were related to NoName, it would be really hard to say whether they could join NoName.
Sakamaki Izayoi is the adopted son of Canaria, so he will naturally help Canaria's community. Kasukabe Yō is the daughter of the community leader Kasukabe Takamune, a true community princess. As for Kudō Asuka, she is also a descendant of a member of a former community who was exiled to the outside world.
To put it bluntly, the main trio themselves are the next generation of former high-level members of the community, a second-generation small group of NoName. It is their destiny to join NoName.
As for Leticia, Wang Xiaoming will definitely not let her go back to join that so-called NoName and become a pawn of the upper levels again.
I have to say, what Wang Xiaoming said to Leticia moved her very much, allowing her to get rid of the fate restricted by the Little Garden, and also to save her sister, and even allow herself to live in the sun.
These things really made it difficult for her to refuse. If such a person were to be her master, it didn't seem... unacceptable.
Moreover, Leticia hadn't thought about it carefully before. Now, after Wang Xiaoming's scolding of the Little Garden, Leticia really started to think. Is the Little Garden that she has always dedicated herself to really worth her dedication?
Wang Xiaoming's declaration was something that no one in the entire Little Garden had ever made before. This kind of statement that completely negated the Little Garden was really shocking.
Even White Rabbit was somewhat shaken by Wang Xiaoming's words. Of course, she wouldn't directly negate the Little Garden because of Wang Xiaoming's words. She is a two-digit strongest person who has existed since the establishment of the Little Garden. Although she doesn't like the Divine Authority, she and the Little Garden are almost bound together, and the expansion of her dignity does not allow her to leave the Little Garden to go to the outside world, because the outside world cannot support her existence. The only place she can exist is the Little Garden, even only the upper levels of the Little Garden.
In short, Wang Xiaoming's words successfully made Black Rabbit give up the plan to take Leticia back. White Rabbit also had no intention of helping Black Rabbit to take Leticia back, and Leticia even more had no intention of resisting Wang Xiaoming.
This meeting with White Rabbit and Black Rabbit ended with a friendly scene of reaching a consensus.
Of course, before finally separating, Wang Xiaoming gave something to White Rabbit, or rather, there were two things to give to White Rabbit. One was Algol, which Wang Xiaoming got from Perseus. As the Mother of Demons, Perseus was only managing it on behalf of Athena, after all, Athena didn't want to see that stupid woman who said she was ugly.
Speaking of Algol, she was originally a Star Spirit like White Rabbit. As one of the three strongest species in the Little Garden, Algol could have had a good life. However, she had a problem with her brain. In the case that her own strength was not strong enough, she casually provoked the Divine Authority, and then was degraded into a goddess by the Divine Authority, and finally degraded into Medusa, even becoming a gift, so miserable.
If Algol is taken away, then the Divine Authority will definitely have a big move. At that time, I'm afraid Athena will directly come to the door to retrieve Algol, after all, that is a Star Spirit. If the curse and seal on the Star Spirit are lifted, then with Algol's ability, she will definitely create a large number of demons again to cause trouble for the Divine Authority.
Therefore, Algol, they will never release her from the Little Garden, because the Divine Authority is such a guy, they will always stare at those who are a threat to them, just like White Rabbit. Although she is a two-digit strongest person, but because she is a Star Spirit of the Sun, and one of the three problem children in the Little Garden, and even holds the solar authority, so they can't possibly let White Rabbit move freely, even if she has converted to Buddhism and degraded herself to a four-digit, she is still being monitored by the people at the top.
Wang Xiaoming also didn't want to be always remembered by people, or be bothered by people all the time during his stay in the Little Garden, so he gave Algol to White Rabbit. As for how White Rabbit handles Algol, that is White Rabbit's business. White Rabbit can return her to the Greek Divine Authority, or give her to other Divine Authority. However, Algol, this annoying guy, all Divine Authority don't want to take over, so it is likely that she will be delegated to the lower community again, for example, as a reward for a Gift Game or something.
There is also something to give to White Rabbit, which is Leticia's Ophiuchus solar authority. The Ophiuchus solar authority is a non-existent solar authority, created to reward the Little Garden Knights for their contribution to the Little Garden. To let a vampire master the solar authority, to be honest, is quite wonderful, especially even if this vampire has the solar authority, she will still be burned by the sun.
The so-called Ophiuchus solar authority is a reward for the all-floor dominator, and cannot be given to an individual alone, it requires a community. So if Leticia wants to leave the Little Garden, Wang Xiaoming will take Leticia away from the Little Garden, so she needs to return the solar authority.
But Leticia is temporarily unable to break away from the Ophiuchus solar authority due to the interruption of the Demon Lord Game, so naturally she cannot return it.
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming first gave Algol to White Rabbit to stabilize those Divine Authority, and at the same time, he also solidified his identity as a hero. As for the Ophiuchus solar authority, Wang Xiaoming will find a time to lift the Demon Lord Game on Leticia and turn her back into a Little Garden Knight.
In this way, she can strip the Ophiuchus solar authority from herself.
As for the other gifts obtained from Perseus, it is naturally impossible to send them back. Those are all Wang Xiaoming's spoils of war, so he can't just send everything back just because of a word, this is Wang Xiaoming's spoils of war obtained by defeating the Demon Lord.
Especially Hades' Invisible Helmet and Hermes' Flying Shoes, these are all treasures in mythology, one is flying and the other is invisibility. Although they are useless when facing real ruthless people, they are very useful in some low-profile worlds.
At the entrance of the Thousand Eyes store, Wang Xiaoming and Leticia watched Black Rabbit leave in frustration, turning back every three steps.
"I hope Black Rabbit can take care of everyone."
Leticia looked at Black Rabbit's frustrated back and sighed helplessly.
"Don't worry."
Wang Xiaoming reached out and pressed on Leticia's little head, gently rubbing her bright golden hair.
