I Became a Mythical Knight King

Chapter 130: The Power of Camelot (2)

The vampire Lagus looked up at the sky over the royal capital with a face full of ecstasy.

A massive magic circle was being drawn.

Lagus couldn’t help but laugh at the information being transmitted in real-time by his servants positioned throughout the royal capital.

It was because the foolish humans in the royal capital were cheering, applauding, and enjoying the magic circle illuminating the night sky.

What idiots.

Rejoicing without knowing that a calamity that would erase the royal capital from the world was being created right above their heads.

Standing at the summit of a small mountain—far from the royal capital yet offering a panoramic view of it—Lagus surveyed the ritual site.

About a dozen newly created young vampires and human followers were continuously chanting incantations while facing the Vampire King’s tablet that had been brought from beyond the barrier.

They were clearly not in a normal state.

With each line of the incantation they recited, they grew more emaciated, as if offering their life force to the tablet.

And this was not an illusion but reality.

From the beginning, they were all sacrifices meant to summon calamity to the sky above the royal capital.

“Even the king of humans won’t be able to stop this calamity.”

Lagus said with a smile.

He already knew through his servants that Esdis and the human followers who had infiltrated the royal palace’s grand banquet had been captured, but he didn’t care about that either.

They would be swept away by the calamity anyway.

That fool Esdis believed the Vampire King would resurrect him, but it was nothing more than a delusion.

‘Well, I was the one who planted that delusion in the first place.’

Recalling Esdis’ stupid face, Lagus laughed again and gazed at the night sky over the royal capital with a comfortable expression, along with the vampires who had crossed the barrier with him.

The massive magic circle, which must have been at least several dozen meters in diameter, was clearly visible even from the mountaintop, which was quite a distance from the royal capital.

Perhaps only about twenty minutes remained.

Lagus wondered what the human king would do.

Would he abandon the royal capital and flee, or would he order an evacuation to save as many residents as possible?

‘Perhaps he might even try something foolish to stop the calamity.’

Like trying to break the magic circle, or trying to prevent the calamity from the sky that would be summoned from the magic circle.

“That’s all nonsense.”

He might have repelled the Lion King with the Light of Camelot, but he won’t be able to stop a star falling from the sky.

Lagus laughed pleasantly and looked toward the royal palace situated directly beneath the magic circle.

Time was passing and that fact made Lagus delighted.

[The magic circle seems almost complete.]

At the sound of Rene’s voice in his head, Yoo Seong nodded.

Despite standing right next to him, Rene had used a message spell, likely out of concern that others in the room—Julian, Count Carian, and others—might become agitated.

Yoo Seong took a deep breath and looked at the sacred artifact on the altar.

Strictly speaking, what lay on the altar was not a sacred artifact.

It was part of a sacred artifact—specifically, a “terminal” used to control the sacred artifact.

Yoo Seong placed his hand on the flat panel and infused the terminal with the divine power of the Lake Goddess as light windows like status screens began to appear in the air.

Up to this point, it was the same as before but unlike last time when he had only checked it without using it, this time was different.

Before activating the sacred artifact, Yoo Seong turned to look at Rene.

It was an action taken to confirm again, despite having already received the report, and Rene immediately nodded.

The reason Rene had been busy going around the royal capital for the past two days was because of the sacred artifact inherited by the Kingdom of Silatein.

Investigating whether the information confirmed through the sacred artifact’s status screen was true, whether the sacred artifact could still be used after five hundred years, and whether activating it would cause damage to the royal capital.

“There’s no problem.”

From the beginning, it was a sacred artifact designed not to harm the residents of the royal capital or even those residing in the royal palace.

The amount of magical power stored over the five hundred years was more than sufficient, even overflowing.

At Rene’s report, Yoo Seong grinned, and Rene did the same.

Julian, who was watching from the side, flinched at the smile of these madmen that he had already seen several times, and the crown princess looked at the status screen with a mixture of impatience and curiosity.

She was extremely curious about whether the sacred artifact would activate according to the information on the status screen, and if it would really happen.

And finally, the time had come.

Thanks to the status screen showing the external situation, Yoo Seong, who could see the magic circle being drawn above the royal palace in real-time, moved his fingers over the terminal.

Then, light characters appeared above the status screen.

[Albion: Code Caladbolg activation request recognized.]

[Authorization from code approver required.]

[Confirming code approver.]

[Highest approver, the King of Humans, confirmed.]

[Caladbolg activation request approved.]

At the rapidly appearing characters, Rene, Julian, and the crown princess swallowed hard, while Count Carian, still not understanding what was happening, read the unfamiliar words with a confused face.

Yoo Seong wore a complex smile.

Despite the critical moment, his heart was pounding at the thought of what was about to happen.

[O returned King of Humans, do you authorize the use of Caladbolg?]

At the old man’s voice from the terminal, Rene gasped, while Julian and the crown princess also showed surprised expressions.

It was easy to guess who the owner of that voice was.

The one who created the barrier with King Arthur and the king’s wizard who left six sacred artifacts for the humans inside the barrier.

In response to his question, Yoo Seong felt an inexplicable nostalgia in his heart and nodded.

“I authorize its use.”

[King of Humans’ authorization confirmed.]

[Using Caladbolg.]

[Opening combat form of stronghold-defense type fortress Albion]

[Beginning transformation.]

As Count Carian’s suspicion deepened, Yoo Seong looked at Rene, and Rene, who had been suppressing her chest with an extremely excited face, smiled brightly like a blooming flower.

And then came a thunderous sound.

“You finally completed it.”

Along with Morgan’s voice mixed with laughter, the Silatein royal palace began its transformation.

The minstrel Diego, who couldn’t attend the grand banquet but participated in the festival held in the square instead, stared at the royal palace with a blank face.

The magic circle being drawn in the night sky was spectacular, beautiful, mysterious, and could be described with all sorts of wonderful words, but what was happening right before his eyes seemed even more incredible.

It was the same for the residents of the royal capital gathered in the square.

Though they had never entered it, the royal palace was something they had seen all their lives, so the shock each of them received was even greater.

No, since they had never even imagined such a surreal sight as a building transforming, the residents of the royal capital could only blink their eyes in unspeakable shock.

And one person, Lagus, who was observing the royal palace through his servant, opened his mouth with a blank face.

He tried to say something, but couldn’t form proper words.

“What is that?”

No, he seemed to know what that was and what the royal palace was transforming into but that’s why Lagus couldn’t help but be more confused.

He would have been less surprised if the royal palace had risen from its place and transformed into the form of a giant.

The transformed appearance of the royal palace was much simpler yet more functional.

What was created by the transformation of the entire royal palace was an immense battery.

The main cannon of the stronghold-defense type fortress Albion, which the king’s wizard Merlin had left for the humans inside the barrier, but which was never completed in King Arthur’s time.

Caladbolg, the thunderbolt that breaks the sky—the royal palace of the Kingdom of Silatein, which had transformed into this, aimed at the magic circle in the night sky.

“Merlin always liked big and beautiful things.”

“Is, is that a cannon? I mean, the royal palace has become a cannon? I’m inside a cannon?”

Next to Morgan, whose face had become warm as if recalling a fond old memory, Count Carian let out a voice mixed with confusion—no, one that was confusion itself.

The royal palace seen through the status screen in the air—that is, the building where Count Carian himself was currently standing—was clearly a gigantic cannon to anyone’s eyes.

Instead of explaining to the confused Count Carian, Yoo Seong turned to look at Rene.

Rene, who had been observing the magic circle through a bird of light, spoke quickly.

“The magic circle is almost complete. The summoning of the meteorite will begin in 30 seconds.”

There were largely two types of Meteor Strike.

Changing the orbit of stars wandering the night sky to call them to the ground or summoning fragments of a huge star through a magic circle and dropping them from the sky.

The vampires had used the second method.

If a huge meteorite over several dozen meters fell from the sky above the royal capital, the impact would destroy not only the royal capital but also the surrounding area so it had to be stopped.

Yoo Seong moved his hand over the terminal again.

Then, an incredible amount of magical power, which had been absorbed little by little from the residents of the royal capital over the past five hundred years, began to concentrate in Albion’s main cannon, Caladbolg.

[Energy charge 10% complete]

[Energy charge 12% complete]

Looking at the succession of characters appearing, Yoo Seong looked at the night sky spread out on the status screen.

The finally completed magic circle was glowing.

Lagus panted with an anxious face.

The amount of magical power concentrating in the bizarre battery that appeared in the royal capital was beyond imagination but the magic circle was also complete.

Soon, the calamity from the sky would reveal itself.

“Come, come, come!”

As if responding to Lagus’ desperate call, a fragment of a star began to reveal itself through the magic circle, which had turned into a door to a vast space.

The residents of the royal capital murmured and looked at the sky.

Something ominous was revealing itself beyond the magic circle that had only looked splendid until now.

Most didn’t realize, but some did what the true nature of the magic circle was and what was revealing itself beyond it but those who noticed didn’t run away or scream because something greater caught their attention and interest.

The huge battery created by the transformation of the royal palace—Caladbolg—emitted a brilliant light like the sun descending to earth.

Part of the meteorite began to reveal itself through the magic circle.

The phrase ‘Energy charge 100% complete’ appeared before Yoo Seong’s eyes and God’s thunderbolt was fired from Caladbolg.

A massive pillar of light that shot up from the muzzle instantly turned the night sky into day.

The meteorite, which had partially protruded, collided with the pillar of light and couldn’t withstand it.

With a tremendous roar, the meteorite shattered but that happened beyond the magic circle.

The pillar of light, which expanded upon collision, devoured not only the meteorite but the magic circle itself, and the magic circle, having already served its purpose, disappeared instantly.

-Kwahaaaaaaaaa-

The residents of the royal capital looked up at the sky with blank faces as the pillar of light continued to rise after breaking through the magic circle.

They were confused because something incredible seemed to have happened before their eyes, but they didn’t know specifically what it was.

But even if they had known what had happened, it wouldn’t have made much difference.

Lagus staggered while standing, then sat down, and soon collapsed weakly.

Yoo Seong looked at the status screen with a moved face.

Although it was the result of instantly consuming the magical power gathered over the past five hundred years, it was truly a beautiful result.

This was Merlin’s legacy, the power of Camelot, which had fought and eventually triumphed over almost all races except humans.

One large fragment of the shattered meteorite fell toward the royal palace, but Yoo Seong wasn’t concerned.

It wasn’t because he believed in the strong defensive power of Albion, which boasted powerful defenses befitting its name as a decisive battle fortress.

It was because he believed in the girl who had rushed outside as soon as she saw the fragment.

“Yaaah!”

Yoo Seong, who directly witnessed through the status screen Rene flying toward the house-sized fragment, throwing a punch—more precisely, embedding her fist into it and simultaneously shattering the fragment with a powerful destruction magic—smiled.

It was a very satisfied smile.