The key point is here!
The previous story was clearly about the legends of King Arthur, but from now on, it's no longer about the legends of King Arthur, because the legends of King Arthur end with his death in battle.
"That guest had no physical form, but the King could sense that He was there. He spoke directly to the young King in his mind, asking him how it felt to have lived this life as a human."
"A faint smile appeared on the King's face, and he replied: 'A little regretful.'"
"He asked the King if he wanted to change the past."
"No, although there is some regret, those were all choices made by the past self. What one needs to do is to acknowledge the choices made by the past self, rather than regret them."
"The King's answer was acknowledged by Him, so He proposed a deal to the King."
"A deal?"
"Yes, a deal?"
Wang Xiaoming crossed his arms and looked serious.
"He would grant the King a second life, and in exchange, the King would become His guardian."
"Guardian?"
"His name is Gaia."
"Gaia, the great goddess of Greek mythology?!"
The appearance of this character surprised everyone present.
"No, not the great goddess Gaia of Greek mythology, but Gaia symbolizing the Earth, or rather, this planet beneath our feet. This is a planet with consciousness, and Gaia is the planet's consciousness."
Wang Xiaoming perfectly transplanted the setting of Type-Moon.
"Planetary consciousness?"
"That's right. Humans, angels, and demons alike are essentially living on Earth. Even the Underworld relies on a special space on this planet. Their every move is actually being watched by this planet."
This setting greatly shocked everyone present.
"No matter what they do, it essentially has no special impact on the planet. Therefore, the planetary consciousness has been silent. But one day, the planetary consciousness suddenly discovered an unexpected danger, a danger from an unknown world. In order to deal with this danger, the planetary consciousness appeared before humans for the first time. He approached the King who was about to pass away and signed a contract with the King."
"He gave the King the power from the Earth and also gave the King a long life. In exchange, the King needed to abandon his former identity and become a knight guarding the Earth, wielding the Star Holy Sword forged by this planet to protect this world!"
"The danger had not approached before, so this knight has been hiding on the other side of the world. But now, the danger is beginning to approach, so the knight has also come to the human world from the other side of the world to prepare for the upcoming danger."
Speaking of this, Wang Xiaoming looked at the three bosses.
"This is the story I want to tell."
The three bosses stared blankly at Wang Xiaoming, unable to speak for a moment.
596. Just short of starting a Holy Grail War
Inside the church hall, the three bosses of the angels, demons, and fallen angels sat cross-legged on the ground, constantly exchanging glances.
Opposite them, Wang Xiaoming was standing with his arms crossed, smiling faintly.
Wang Xiaoming had just finished his story, and the three bosses had gained what they wanted from the story, such as Wang Xiaoming's origins and the nature of his power. But besides Wang Xiaoming's origins, they were more interested in something Wang Xiaoming had mentioned.
Planetary consciousness, something they had never heard of before. This was a bit of a shock to the three bosses.
They had never considered that the world they lived in actually had its own consciousness. And they had never imagined that this world's consciousness would actually take the initiative to interfere with the human world, and had even started interfering 1,500 years ago.
They had no idea about this kind of thing.
As leaders of their respective factions, they needed to grasp all kinds of information in order to lead their entire race against future threats.
But now they had no idea that there was such a behind-the-scenes figure watching them. This feeling of being watched directly from behind the scenes was not good.
Although the other party seemed to have no malicious intent, they would definitely care about anything they didn't know. If Wang Xiaoming hadn't suddenly appeared and told them, they would probably have been kept in the dark all along.
"Arthur... no, Mr. Xiaoming, may I ask you some questions?"
Instead of the three bosses speaking, Rias behind Sirzechs suddenly spoke.
"Miss Gremory, if you have any questions, please ask."
"When you saved us before, you used the Holy Sword. According to what you said, it seems that you only obtained the Holy Sword after regaining your power. However, the Sage Merlin said that you and the Knights of the Round Table jointly cast the seal, which seems a bit off."
Rias was also bold, directly asking about the key point she was concerned about.
After Rias finished speaking, Sirzechs immediately followed up.
"I apologize, Mr. Xiaoming. My sister is young and doesn't understand things very well. She shouldn't have asked about such confidential matters. I'm really very sorry."
Although he was apologizing for Rias on the surface, Wang Xiaoming could see that Sirzechs also really wanted to know the answer to this matter.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal. If Miss Gremory wants to know, I don't mind telling her."
Wang Xiaoming stretched out his right hand.
"Ester, please connect to Excalibur."
"Yes, Xiaoming."
Through the soul contract, Wang Xiaoming and Ester completed the communication, and the Godly Armament, the Sword of Promised Victory, appeared before them, the golden Holy Sword, looking incomparably majestic.
Even though this sword didn't have any magic power filled in it yet, the three parties could still feel the hidden powerful force from this sword. After all, it was a Godly Armament from the world of Campione, with some magic power inherently within it.
"Is this the incomparably powerful Holy Sword of Light?"
Michael, as the head of Heaven, knew the attributes of this sword best. It was very pure light energy, and there was also some Earth power, which was a Holy Sword attribute he had never seen before.
"The Earth's consciousness used its power, the deepest part of the other side of this world, the Star Inner Sea containing all the Earth's power, and used the planet's light to forge the Star Holy Sword, which can draw upon the planet's light. Therefore, it is very powerful, that is the light to save the planet. The power is too strong. In order to prevent the power from being too strong and causing useless destruction when used normally, the King established a seal."
"But wasn't the seal established with the twelve Knights of the Round Table? Shouldn't the King have already lost the twelve knights at this time?"
Rias played the idea of a good child asking questions when she didn't understand, and directly asked.
"That's right, the King has indeed lost those knights, but those knights have not completely disappeared. Like the King, they have all signed a contract with the planet's consciousness and become the same guardians. Those who have died, the knights who were originally loyal to the King still choose to be loyal to the King, and those knights who betrayed the King reflect on their mistakes and choose to atone to the King."
"The King forgave them, and together with them, established the thirteen restraints that sealed the power of the Holy Sword."
As Wang Xiaoming spoke, he lit up 13 light marks on the Holy Sword, letting everyone understand that these thirteen light marks were the restraints.
However, besides being surprised by the Holy Sword, the people present were more concerned about another matter.
"The Knights of the Round Table have all signed?"
The people present were shocked again. There was more than one such guardian? There were actually many?
"That is a Throne of Heroes located outside the world."
"The Hall of Valor of Norse?"
Azazel couldn't help but speak.
"Similar to the Hall of Valor in Norse mythology, but not the same."
“In Norse mythology, Valhalla is where warriors who die in battle go, becoming Odin's warriors, ready for battle at any time. But the Throne of Heroes is different. Those chosen by the will of the planet are granted new life and power by Gaia, becoming Heroic Spirits, and then enter the Throne of Heroes, located outside the world, which can free Heroic Spirits from the constraints of time.”
Wang Xiaoming was still spouting settings off the top of his head.
“The contracted Heroic Spirits will live there until Gaia needs to use their power. Then, they will be released by Gaia to complete her tasks.”
“Moreover, to preserve the Heroic Spirits' power, Gaia will not allow the Heroic Spirits' main bodies to descend into reality. Instead, their main bodies will sit on the Throne of Heroes, allowing them to project avatars with their power, which are called Servants!”
“Servant?”
“That's right, Servants with the seven major classes: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Rider, Assassin, Berserker, and special classes outside the seven major classes.”
“Each class corresponds to the powers the Heroic Spirits possessed in life.”
“A very easy-to-understand classification.”
Sirzechs quickly understood the meaning of the seven major classes, just like the division of their devil pieces. Different pieces represent different positions, and so do these seven major classes.
“As Servants, they can unleash their power without truly dying. Even if they die in battle, the planet's consciousness can summon them again. This is the planet's will's response to future dangers.”
“I didn't expect it to be like this!”
Irina was shocked after listening to Wang Xiaoming's explanation. Then, she immediately made an inference.
“Wait, if that's the case, wouldn't those famous knights in history, like the Knights of the Round Table, also be contracted by the planet's consciousness?”
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The three leaders all looked at Wang Xiaoming, wanting to get an answer from him. However, Wang Xiaoming just smiled slightly.
“Who knows~”
597. Preparing for the Upcoming Dialogue!
Wang Xiaoming's setting about Heroic Spirits and Servants completely fooled the three leaders.
To be honest, they didn't know if Wang Xiaoming's words were true, but one thing they could be sure of was that Wang Xiaoming, this Holy Sword user, was very strong! Extremely strong!
Even if Wang Xiaoming wasn't King Arthur, no one could refute it now if Wang Xiaoming said he was King Arthur. The Sword of Promised Victory within the Church was gone, directly vaporized by Wang Xiaoming with a light cannon, leaving no trace behind.
Under such circumstances, the three parties could only believe that Wang Xiaoming's words were true, or rather, they would rather Wang Xiaoming's words were true. At least after confirming that all of this was true, they could make corresponding preparations instead of living the same ignorant days as before without knowing anything.
The planet's will, an existence never heard of before, but regardless, they could be sure of one thing, which was that this planet's consciousness was on the side of humanity.
It could be seen from Wang Xiaoming's words that the so-called Throne of Heroes was designed for humans. The planet's consciousness wanted to collect the outstanding warriors among humans after their death, turn them into Heroic Spirits, and then use these Heroic Spirits to fight for itself.
This planet's consciousness seemed to be very good at copy-pasting. It copied the name Gaia from Greek mythology, and then copied the Heroic Spirit setting from Norse mythology. Should it copy a Holy Grail from the Bible mythology?
Fortunately, Wang Xiaoming didn't mention the Holy Grail War, otherwise, the three forces of the Bible mythology would probably be dumbfounded on the spot. Was it okay to eat melons and find it on their own heads? Has the setting of the Holy Grail been surpassed?
However, there was nothing to say about the Holy Grail War in this world, so Wang Xiaoming didn't throw out that setting, but instead threw out the setting that Heroic Spirits were guardians of the world.
This setting was enough to arouse their interest, after all, it was a brand new force, and this force also involved various mythological systems, it would be difficult for them not to be interested.
After simply telling them about the setting of Heroic Spirits and the Holy Sword in his hand, they were somewhat satisfied.
Although they didn't know if what Wang Xiaoming said was true, at least they had some information about Wang Xiaoming. This King Arthur, who had abandoned his past and changed his name, reappeared, certainly with a purpose.
According to Wang Xiaoming, that purpose was that the planet's consciousness felt that a danger was about to descend, so it let him, as a Heroic Spirit, come to the human world to gather strength to deal with the upcoming dialogue.
“Dialogue?”
“That's right, it can be understood that way, because the first step after the danger arrives is the dialogue triggered by the first contact.”
Wang Xiaoming pulled out another setting.
“So, my task is to prepare for this initial dialogue. If the other party chooses war, then what I have to do is to welcome this war.”
“Who is the enemy?”
“I don't know.”
Wang Xiaoming shook his head. He did know who the enemy was, but it wasn't appropriate to say it now, so when asked who the enemy was, Wang Xiaoming could only say that he didn't know!
“That is an enemy that does not come from our world, it is an enemy from other worlds. Gaia only told me that the god of that world is very strong, very strong!”
Wasn't that right? The strongest True Red Dragon God Emperor in this world had his head cut off directly by the evil god of the other side. This strength was simply incomparable. It was only because the protagonist kept cheating that he could resist a little. Plus, the other side happened to have opposing forces internally, otherwise, this world would really be directly GG.
“If that's the case...”
Michael couldn't help but speak after listening to Wang Xiaoming's words.
“I can let the Church give you help.”
“No, I have no interest in the Church. I used to have some trust in the Church, but now I have no trust in the Church at all.”
Wang Xiaoming refused Michael's proposal with a smile, which made Michael very embarrassed, but his purpose in coming this time was to talk to Wang Xiaoming openly. At least Wang Xiaoming was willing to talk to him, which made him very satisfied.
“But I still have some faith in Heaven.”
See, as soon as he said this, Michael immediately smiled happily.
“Mr. Xiaoming, you believe in our Heaven?”
“That's right, I believe in Heaven. Although the Church has become very corrupt due to various internal reasons, the angels are completely trustworthy.”
Indeed, the angels in this world are very pure, because those who are not pure have become fallen angels, so those who are now in Heaven are very good angels.
Of course, the Church is still similar to the kind of world that makes the Church the villain, with all kinds of black material inside.
