The King of Knights in a Different World

"Well..., why do we have to fight Britain.

Even if you fail, wouldn't it be nice to just leave like before?"

At this time, a bishop named Martin stood up.

"Leave! If we leave, where else can we go to Macedonia? We will completely become vassals of the conquering king.

We are not welcome in Rome, and as for Britain, if we could have gone, we would not be here now."

Richelieu calmly stated a certain fact.

The church had a hard time before, but at least it wasn't this miserable.

But the king of this era is so powerful that they have almost no place to stay.

After the meeting, the Pope left Richelieu behind.

"Archbishop, I want you to go to the Saint's Courtyard to activate that...forbidden thing."

"His Majesty the Pope, are you sure that after that thing is activated, even if we win, we will not be able to avoid the covetousness of Macedonia and Rome."

Richelieu looked at the Pope with some surprise.

"Like you said, we have no choice.

I will send my son Caesar Borgia to help you."

"If this is your order, I understand."

no.482 King vs. King

A few days later, the ground that had turned into muddy water due to rain had dried up. At this time, Cleitus and Cratetus, who were originally guarding the south of Macedonia, finally arrived at the front line.

After being prepared, Alexander finally responded to Lucifer's challenge.

In front of the Misty Moon Fortress, on the vast plain, the British and Macedonian sides have already launched their battle formations.

Due to the defeat in the previous war, Macedonia now has a military strength comparable to that of Britain, but they also have 20,000 troops from the Papal States.

So overall, we still have an advantage in terms of military strength.

The military formations of both sides were thousands of meters apart. Before the official battle began, Lucifer took Tristan out of the formation. At the same time, Alexander also brought Seleucus to the front of the formation.

"King of Knights, I have been looking forward to today's meeting for a long time.

It's a pity that this meeting was on the battlefield, so we couldn't talk about our respective ideals while drinking.

It’s really disappointing.”

Alexander on the chariot said boldly to Lucifer.

"You are exactly as the rumors say."

At this moment, Lucifer on the war horse looked at Alexander carefully.

"You...are a lot different from the rumors. You don't look like you're very good at drinking."

"Drink more while you can.

This is our first meeting, but it could also be our last."

The place in front of him was a battlefield. If Alexander was defeated, the result might be...death.

This is similar to Lucifer.

"the last time."

"If you are defeated this time, I hope your bullock cart can run faster."

Invisibly, Lucifer's words spoke of Alexander's previous escape.

That time they only had a face-to-face encounter, and the result was Alexander's retreat, and in the end he lost a general.

Faced with Lucifer's angry words, Alexander said not to be outdone.

"If the same happens, I will return it to you intact.

Don't think that just because you won a small victory before... you really beat me."

"I'm not that naive.

I agreed to your request to see me in the letter of challenge, let’s talk now.

Although it is certainly not a word of surrender, I once said that everyone has a chance.

Take advantage of the opportunity now."

“This is truly a rare opportunity.

If I attack you and defeat you directly, does it mean that we have already decided the winner?"

Alexander touched his chin, laughed and mentioned a certain possibility.

King versus king, if they decide the winner now, in a sense it basically means the winner between Britain and Macedonia.

After all, this is a battlefield, and the sudden death of the king has already happened once before in Rome and Russia.

"This sentence may be helpful to you.

I am not established.

Although I don't think you would be so stupid, I would like to remind you.

If he had just moved, he would already be a dead person."

Lucifer's confidence was revealed in his calm words.

If it were one-on-one, Lucifer himself would lose to the conquering king in front of him.

No, I shouldn’t say that I will lose. I should say that the winner is definitely me.

"Very good, just... I have a question for you, King of Knights, what is the ideal you pursue?"

Alexander went straight to the point.

His question is not so much an ideal as it is a question about kingship, or even a question about Lucifer himself.

"An ideal country that can heal all pain and heal all sorrows."

Lucifer responded to Alexander calmly.

"Only in this way.

If that's the case, what you are doing now is contrary to your ideals."

“The way of troubled times is that if you are strong you will survive, if you are weak you will perish.

If, as you say, we just blindly defend ourselves, Britain will disappear into this chaotic world as soon as possible.

The result of sitting still and waiting for death is self-destruction.”

"When you wield the killing sword for protection, the heaviness on the sword is the accumulation of undead souls. Can you grasp the weight of the sword?"

Alexander's expression suddenly turned serious.

“Stop fighting with fighting, stop killing with killing.

This is my way."

Lucifer raised his hand and told what he was doing.

Fight to stop war, kill to stop killing.

The seemingly simple eight words reveal an extraordinary heaviness.

If we are pursuing an ideal country, we must have the pursuit of human goodness in our body and mind. However, in order to pursue these..., we have to get our hands dirty.

For a knight who pursues his ideal, the process of leading to his ideal is a bit of pollution to the knight's heart.

"It's so sad, King Knight! In order to create a pure world where everyone can laugh and grow happily, your hands will inevitably be stained with sin and filth.

The more you fight and the closer you get to the end, the more darkness you will feel.

If one day your ideal country really appears, where everyone can laugh, everyone can grow up happily, and everyone lives under the light, then you will be the only sinner in that... ideal country."

Alexander keenly discovered a huge contradiction in what Lucifer wanted to do.

If Lucifer wanted to create an ideal kingdom for good people, then all evil would inevitably converge on the king.

In the end, the king saved the country, but at the same time he became a sinful person who was incompatible with the country.

"I know."

Lucifer's calm response surprised Alexander somewhat.

"you know"

"I have realized it a long time ago.

My subjects dedicated everything to me, and I crowned them as king to lead them to the bright world.

This is the tacit understanding established between us from the moment we drew out the Sword of King Selection.

It is not a burden, but I actively choose the dark desires of the human heart.

So, you don’t understand at all, King of Conquerors.”

Having said this, Lucifer looked at Alexander and his tone began to change.

This scene made Lucifer feel nostalgic.

It’s not that I have had similar experiences before, but I have seen the Three Kings Meeting on the screen where the Conquering King bullied the Dumb Hair King.

The moment he thought of this, Lucifer prepared to counterattack as the King of Knights.

"Oh! I don't understand anything"

Alexander was not angry at this time, but asked with great interest.

"Invincible battles will eventually come to an end.

With [conquest] as your goal and your eyes on the royal power, your final destination is... to die on the path of your ideals.

You won't understand my royal ways at all."

"I may die chasing my ideal, but King Knight, even if you really succeed in achieving your ideal, the world you created will no longer have a place for you."

Alexander saw through the huge contradiction in Lucifer's ideals.

If he is the kind of person who may die due to failed pursuit, then Lucifer's future will be even more tragic.

no.483 Similar but completely different royal ways

Because Lucifer personally created a world that does not tolerate himself.

Everyone in that world is good, so only the king combines all the evil in this world.

"If that day comes, it will prove that this country no longer needs a king.

When laws and principles are chaotic, people cannot see their essence, so they need someone who can see the signs, and that is the king.

When laws and principles become part of human habits, the existence of the king becomes dispensable.

For me, the best memorial is...to forget my own existence."

Lucifer's calm words revealed his understanding of the king.

If there really is a day when the world no longer prays for your appearance, it doesn't need you, and you can just forget about it.

That in itself meant that the world he and Leah had been waiting for had arrived.

By that time, he will no longer be the King of Knights, but an ordinary person named Lucifer.

That feels good too.

However... "The world in your eyes is simply impossible.

You may create brilliance, you may guide this chaotic world to the right track, but you cannot heal people's hearts.

Once you disappear, it is impossible for your descendants to have the same you again, and when the world falls into chaos again, the light you once radiated will still be remembered by countless people.

This means your ideal prosperous age will never come."

Alexander is the king of harnessing desire and gathering desire.