At this moment, as Alexia's majestic words fell, the Knights' Street, covered in plane tree leaves, suddenly fell silent.
Hearing this, Su Ya's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately turned his head to look towards the St. Stephen's Cathedral in the inner circle of the Royal Capital.
Both Lucan and Merlin had asserted that the Conqueror King could not breach the Royal Capital, which was naturally protected by the Holy Lance: Rhongomyniad.
In fact, even after the Royal Capital dispatched its Magician Legion as reinforcements, with the number of troops the enemy currently commanded, it would be difficult to even break through the Golden Iron Curtain before the capital.
So, perhaps their purpose in coming here was truly just to watch the show?
And based on the intelligence Su Ya possessed, the most likely event to erupt within the Royal Capital at this time was—
Princess Morgan Le Fay,
the true daughter of King Uther, the elder sister of Arthur Pendragon, the true inheritor of Britannia's island power, the legendary Lady of the Lake.
She already possessed all the conditions that would allow her to ascend to the throne as Queen!
With King Uther's death, Arthur Pendragon unable to pull the Sword in the Stone, and Merlin not acknowledging his status as Crown Prince,
Morgan Le Fay automatically became the most legitimate heir in all of Britannia. Her legitimacy was incomparably higher than that of Chellos, Uther's 'bastard' son, who was put forth by the Duke of Cornwall.
Or, to put it more simply,
although, according to Lucan's analysis, there were numerous forces within the Royal Capital at this time—such as Duke Edward II of Cornwall representing the nobility, First Prince Chellos representing the royal family, Sir Euphias representing the knight orders, and a host of princes from various British nations participating in the Sword-pulling ceremony—
you could tie all these people up, and they still wouldn't be a match for Morgan Le Fay, who was later known as the [Bewitching Consort]!
In fact, when Su Ya learned of such a situation within the Royal Capital, he had reason to suspect that this was entirely orchestrated by Morgan Le Fay in secret, turning everyone acting for their own purposes within the capital into resources for her path to kingship!
Furthermore, from the current outcome, Su Ya had already eliminated Arthur and even tricked Merlin into handing over the [Mystery Blade of the Holy Book] as a final safeguard.
At this moment,
Morgan Le Fay's path to the throne was no longer obstructed by anything!
Within mere seconds, his mind racing to clarify the situation,
Su Ya looked up, just about to ask Alexia, the Conqueror King who had appeared here, something else, when—
Alexia, draped in her hooded cloak, suddenly narrowed her eyes slightly, slowly raising her head to look at the sky:
"Finally, it's about to begin—"
Su Ya immediately asked, "Are you saying Morgan Le Fay is about to become king?"
Alexia glanced at him sideways and chuckled, "Don't worry, my little Knight King. Since Flad has chosen to cooperate with your sister, then this event is an inevitable fact."
"The only difference is..."
"What choice she will make."
Hearing this, Su Ya couldn't help but frown. "Flad? Are you talking about the Regent Thorn King of Romania? And... what choice?"
"The seventh King, who will determine the direction and destiny of this world, is about to emerge. Her choice, her position, and the destiny she undertakes will determine the future path of this entire world."
"This is the destiny ordained by Solomon in the name of God."
Alexia's gaze towards the sky sharpened, and the corner of her mouth curved slightly.
"But don't worry,"
"Since I acknowledge you, even if Morgan Le Fay becomes King, I will step on her!"
Su Ya looked at her with confusion. However, before he could ask anything else,
the entire sky above the Royal Capital suddenly brightened!
The dusky clouds that filled the sky violently surged, as if gripped by countless invisible hands, kneaded and flattened into a gigantic 'celestial canvas.'
This cloud layer, which appeared dusky yellow from the refraction of sunlight, was instantly covered by a 'magic membrane.' This membrane subtly altered its light transmittance, causing light rays to change their propagation path upon refraction, reflecting back.
The next moment,
the entire sky darkened.
The Royal Capital plunged into a pitch-blackness where one could not see their own hand.
Countless residents within the Royal Capital looked up in bewilderment,
and then,
they saw—
three towering beams of light erupt from the spires of the Silver Crown Royal Court in the Royal Capital's inner circle.
Immediately after,
a network of subtle magical patterns, covering the entire city, meticulously crafted over half a month by the entire basic department of the Clock Tower, utilizing the very structure of Wincheston Royal Capital, etched onto its streets, road networks, sewers, rivers, bridges, and crucial leylines, faintly glowed.
Innumerable glowing magical patterns formed a colossal magic array that enveloped the entire Royal Capital.
This provided a light source for the Royal Capital's residents, who had suddenly lost light and fallen into panic, stabilizing their minds,
while also allowing them to simultaneously see—
the golden giant tree, composed of countless ethereal strands, originally invisible, covering the entire Royal Capital from above.
Next, the giant tree in their vision faded, and a suggestive illusion, spread by the 'branches' of the Holy Lance: Rhongomyniad covering the Royal Capital, was enacted.
Countless people, as if truly there, suddenly found themselves before a church.
At this moment, Su Ya, whose crimson dragon eyes had already opened, recognized this advanced illusion, cast using the Holy Lance as a foundation, despite his limited knowledge of magic.
This was a miraculous illusion combining astronomy, optics, electromagnetism, psychology, advanced illusion, light and shadow manipulation, concept 부여 (conceptual bestowal), geology, leyline studies, and large-scale magical transmission techniques, collectively achieved by tens of thousands of mages.
Its function was limited to providing a real-time broadcast-like effect to three million or more people covered by the spell.
But in this world, where faith was the most fundamental logic, this was undoubtedly one of the greatest grand magic spells, a miracle that only the Clock Tower, unconstrained by nationality and gathering the elite mages of the entire world, could perform!
Su Ya, who had seen through this illusion, did not resist it, choosing to let the ethereal particles in the air draw him into the illusionary realm.
The next instant,
the scene before his eyes rapidly shifted.
Su Ya, as if truly present, arrived before an ancient, solemn, and majestic cathedral.
On a stone platform in the center of the plaza before the cathedral, a longsword was currently embedded, its blade inscribed with an elegant golden line.
[He who pulls out this sword shall be King of all the land.]
And at this moment,
a tall, majestic girl of elven beauty, with flowing silver-white hair, wearing a thorny crown, and dressed in a blue corseted gown,
stood at the end of the path leading to this church.
In her azure blue eyes, there was none of the usual arrogance, greed, justice, or aloofness of typical monarchs.
Only disgust.
Infinite disgust.
Disgust for humans, disgust for fae,
Disgust for weakness, disgust for ugliness,
Disgust for equality, disgust for peace.
It was merely to resist her inherent destiny, to pull out this sword that inherently rejected her, and to dominate everything she was meant to possess,
that even things she hated, if necessary for domination, would be fairly acknowledged and allowed to exist.
And it was for this extreme and absolute standard, for domination itself, that she conspired and orchestrated everything.
Then, as a matter of course, she stood here.
She was the ruthless Queen named Morgan Le Fay.