Chapter 168, Honors
The lake goddess Morgiana just brought some news.
First of all, Ms. Oracle, with his contribution in this chivalrous war, Ryan Malcador was officially promoted to the Knight Commander of the Holy Grail Order.
Then, Morgiana asked with a cold expression: "Your Excellencies, the meeting has been going on for several days. Have you reached the result?"
"We still need to discuss further, Your Highness Morgiana." Richard nodded, and the king's attitude was more serious: "This is about future rewards and punishments."
"Isn't eight days enough for you to come to a conclusion?" Who knew that Morgiana would not buy the king's account, she just said softly: "Lian is the lady's God's Choice champion, and the lady has other things for him Deal with it, how long do you intend to detain him here?"
"..." The dukes stopped talking, and they also realized that they had spent too much time on the issue of rewards and punishments. They had been discussing since they learned that the chivalry army was destroyed, and they had spent so much time with no results. Some can't justify it.
"Please end the negotiation as soon as possible." After speaking, Morgiana raised the Holy Grail of medicine in her hand and turned to leave.
So a day later, the dukes finally reached a consensus.
The Britannian court officially announced the details of this war to the outside. As Ryan imagined, the details of this war have undergone a lot of "processing". Everything was planned for the hero of the war of chivalry. In order to allow Ryan to successfully attack the Demon Rock, this young knight ordered him not to return to the aid. He led the army of chivalry and the army of beastmen to die together. The army successfully raided the Wanmo Rock and bought enough time.
For this reason, Onchi Desmond was posthumously awarded the title of "Grand Marquess of Glasgow" and a first-class Grand Cross, and a state funeral will be held in the near future.
At the same time, the reward for Ryan also came down.
There are three types of rewards for the God-Chosen Champion of the Fairy in the Lake.
First of all, he was officially promoted from ordinary Holy Grail Knight to Holy Grail Knight Commander.
Secondly, Ryan will be awarded a Second Class Iris Medal.
In the end, there were 1,500 gold crowns and 50 sets of brand-new sergeant armor as actual material rewards.
Ryan is quite satisfied with this result. Fifteen hundred gold crowns are already equivalent to the income of his territory for two years. The value of fifty sets of sergeant armor is not cheap, but it is not him when the Wanmo Rock is captured quite a lot. most important.
What he really valued was the second-class Iris Medal and the status of the Holy Grail Knight Commander.
Britannia attaches great importance to honor. A second-class Iris Medal is equivalent to halfway through Ryan's promotion road. If he can make great contributions next time, then everyone will have to consider promoting him thing.
This is especially true of the knight commander. After possessing the status of the knight commander, Ryan can directly gather the ranger knights in the kingdom to fight by calling, without being bound by the fief anymore. Gather under the call of the chief, and fight for the ladies.
On the last day of September, a grand promotion ceremony will be held in the royal palace of Korona. A large number of knights and nobles will watch the award ceremony and promotion ceremony of Holy Grail Knight Ryan Malcador.
On the night before, Ryan was ordered to wash his whole body with clean hot water. After bathing, with the help of several beautiful lake god prophets, he put on the standard Bretanian noble costumes. The handmade white cloak with the golden Holy Grail printed on it was tied on the shoulders of the Holy Grail Knight.
Afterwards, accompanied by Duke Francois, Julius, and Suria, Ryan went to the Holy Grail Cathedral to pray and rest to ensure the purity of the soul.
The Holy Grail Cathedral naturally gave the most generous treatment to the God-chosen champion of the lady in the lake. Ryan lived in a room with very luxurious decoration and complete facilities.
It was already late at night after a series of ceremonies were completed, and Ryan lay on the soft velvet bed,
Just about to rest, at this moment, his door was knocked: "Your Excellency Ryan, I am Morgiana, I have something to ask you, are you free?"
"Of course! Your Highness Morgiana!" Ryan immediately opened the door, about 1.65 meters tall, and Morgiana, who was wearing a white silk butterfly dress, appeared in front of Ryan: "Good evening, Ms. Champion. "
"Good evening, Your Highness Morgana, please sit down." Ryan stepped aside, and Morgana gently floated into the room from outside the room, and then sat on a chair made of cherry wood.
The appearance of the witch of the lake god is somewhat similar to that of the fairy in the lake, but her face is more arrogant, cold, and wild, and at the same time, there is a sense of sacredness and inviolability. In front of Ryan, her arrogance and coldness have a certain If she is restrained, she will appear more enthusiastic, but her voice is still full of distance.
"Because of the oracle of the lady, I came here personally to declare the will of the lady, the champion of the lady." Mogiana said to Ryan.
"Thank you very much, Her Majesty Morgiana, for personally coming to convey the lady's oracle." Ryan's face was a little strange. In any case, the Lake God Witch should not come here at this time, especially the eve of the award.
She must have her own purpose in coming here at this time.
"You seem a little surprised that I came to you at this time? The lady's champion." Morgiana saw Ryan's confusion, and there was some embarrassment in the voice of the Lake God Witch.
Not long ago, she received a communication from the Fairy of the Lake.
Normally, the fairy in the lake has always communicated frequently with her spokesperson in the mortal world, and Morgiana didn't particularly care about it, she just wanted her to handle the affairs of the mortal world.
But this time it was very different, the oracle from the nymph of the lake had never been so focused on a single person.
This made Morgiana feel very strange.
After rushing to Korona, the Lake God Witch finally saw Ryan today.
Sure enough, it was different. Compared with the brief meeting last time, Morgiana could feel a very, very pure and powerful energy constantly revolving around the Holy Grail Knight in front of her.
This is not a blessing from a lady, it is the power of the person in front of me.
So what is his essence? Morgiana specifically asked the fairy of the lake for this, but the answer she got this time was very vague: keep this a secret, you need to find the answer yourself.
So here she is.
"I'm really surprised, Your Highness Morgiana." Ryan obviously didn't intend to ask questions, he just waited for Morgiana's question.
"Dark prophecies have troubled me for many days and nights." Morgiana hesitated for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth: "No matter how I pray, no matter how I try to get rid of it, the endless darkness is still lingering. In the dream, in the bottom of my heart, there is always a face full of death and coldness peeping at me, maybe my end is near."
"Because of the prophecy?" Ryan also frowned.
"Yes, ma'am told me that maybe you can help me. I didn't believe it before, but I can feel that there is a very comfortable energy running around you. By your side, even such a terrible evil I have to temporarily withdraw my gaze." Mogiana nodded, and the beautiful lake goddess said to Ryan unceremoniously: "Since the lady said so, the lady's champion, I need your help."
"It's my honor, Your Highness Morgiana." Ryan stood up, and the powerful subspace psionic storm began to condense around him, forming a huge vortex: "It's getting late, let's start. "
"Please close your eyes, Your Highness Morgiana, and let go of your mind and share your prophecy with me. I swear in the name of a lady that I will not hurt you."
"I hope so." The Lake God Witch stared at the man in front of her for a while, then closed her eyes.
Morgiana felt Lion sticking to her, and then a vortex of psychic power overwhelmed her.
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The next day, early in the morning, when the first ray of morning light rose in the sky in late autumn, Ryan and others in the Holy Grail Cathedral also finished enjoying the Holy Communion, which belonged to the Holy Communion blessed by the fairies in the lake. Hearty, that's a great way to start everything.
Then, the Knight of the Holy Grail rode on his pure-blooded elf horse, walked out of the Holy Grail Cathedral accompanied by the Antley brothers and sisters, and then walked towards the Korona Palace in the wide streets and countless crowds.
The state funeral of Anci Desmond had ended three days ago. The young Marquis, who was dead without a whole body, even lost his armor and sword, and some of his old clothes were placed in the coffin.
But Ryan didn't laugh. On the contrary, the Holy Grail Knight had a deeper understanding of the cruelty of this world.
Because the vast majority of knights and soldiers who died in battle were also like this.
Before riding all the way to the Korona Palace, pass through the huge blue palace gate, the nobles are already waiting inside, the award ceremony has been prepared, the king, the dukes and many knights who came to watch the ceremony are already waiting .
Ryan, who was fully armed, had already dismounted, and he strode calmly through the crowd.
At the gate of the palace, Knight King Richard led the dukes waiting.
"Look, it's him, the lady's God's Choice champion, Ryan Malcador!"
"That's right! It is said that he performed well in this chivalry war and destroyed the Demon Rock!"
"He defeated a four-armed bull demon in a one-on-one duel!"
"Malcador? I've never heard of this surname, wait, isn't he the human hero Ryan sent by the bard? Isn't he the White Wolf Knight in the story?"
"You don't know that, do you? Ryan Malcador turned out to be the White Wolf Knight, but how could he show his talents in a place as arrogant and barbaric as the White Wolf Knights? It was the lady who discovered his talent, And give him a test."
"So that's why he beat the barbarian chieftain in the showdown of champions?" many mused: "Praise lady!"
"Praise the lady!"
The military music sounded, amidst the whispers of the crowd, Ryan walked up to Richard, and he knelt down on one knee, silent.
Because he was willing to take a step back, the King of Knights' opinion of the young Holy Grail Knight slightly changed, but then he thought of the price he had to pay, and the goodwill he had just raised disappeared like this. The King coughed twice, and he started his own admonition.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy. Today, we hold a grand award ceremony here to award the Second Class Iris Medal to Baron Ryan Machado who has made great contributions to our war."
"The bravery and wisdom Baron Ryan Malcador showed in this chivalrous war, as well as his firm belief in ladies, are worth learning from all our Britannian knights..."
The king's speech speed was a bit slow and his vocabulary was a bit long, which forced Ryan to kneel in front of him all the time, but the Holy Grail Knight was also very calm, and he kept bowing his head in silence.
At the same time, the Holy Grail Knight has received a certain message, and he has begun to connect his spiritual power supply.
The lake goddess Morgiana, who stood watching the ceremony, suddenly heard a voice from the void: "Mogiana, my spokesperson?"
"Ma'am?" Morgiana immediately realized that it was the fairy in the lake who was talking to her: "My lady?"
The witch of the lake god was very surprised. Why did the fairy in the lake talk to her at this time?
But while she was still in shock, the fairy in the lake had already taken over the control of her body, and a more powerful, sacred, and at the same time more solemn aura began to appear on Morgiana: "Lian Ma Cardo, please come forward!"
"What?!" There was a commotion from inside the palace.
The witch, the lake god, ignored the king and gave the order directly.
Richard was still continuing his long conversation: "In this war..."
The king's face gradually turned pale. When he realized something, his old beard trembled slightly: "His Royal Highness Morgiana? This is against the rules..."
There was silence in the palace, and everyone was watching what happened.
Ryan stood up and knelt down in front of the lake god witch, or the lake fairy: "Yes, my lady!"
"The lady has come?!" There was another exclamation in the palace, most of the knights knelt down immediately, and a small number of knights were hesitating.
Is that really a lady?
"That's a lady, that's a lady, you can't be wrong!" Bohemond knelt down first, and the Duke of Red Dragon looked excited. He knelt first, with tears welling in his eyes: "After thirty-two years, I Finally seeing the lady descend again!"
"Kneel down, my daughter, my son, that's a lady! The lady is possessed!" Francois also knelt down immediately.
At the same time, the Holy Grail knights present knelt down one after another, and each of them could feel the resonance of respect and strength from the bottom of their hearts.
With the approval of the Holy Grail knights, the rest of the knights had no doubts, and all the knights knelt down to their beloved goddess, expressing their reverence.
Richard's face turned blue and white, and the king felt he had been slapped.
All his little actions and selfishness were exposed to the fairies in the lake.
Ms. is expressing her dissatisfaction in this way! He had to kneel now, he couldn't even resist the Lake God and Witch, let alone the lady herself?
Richard knelt on one knee, gritted his teeth and said, "I... my lady?"
The Lady of the Lake ignored the king at all, instead continuing to announce her decision.
"I officially bestowed on you the title of 'Pious'. Since then, there will be no 'Sledgehammer' Ryan Malcador, only 'Pious' Ryan Malcador!"
The protagonist is finally going to change his nickname! Also, by the way, I would like to make complaints here. It is recorded in the military book that the population of the Knight Kingdom is almost six million, but in the official battles, knights die casually, and tens of thousands of knights are often lost in a single battle... Where can I find that? What a knight! This makes me very embarrassed!