Pirate Kingship

The enraged sea king cursed Minos’s wife, Pasiphael, with ’Beastophilia’.

To cover up the shame, Minos asked Daedalus to create a wooden cow for Pasiphael, hiding her inside it.

However, the model was made too realistically, and the symbolic white bull took a liking to this cow and mated with it.

As a result, Pasiphael became pregnant and gave birth to a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull, the Minotaur, known as ’Minos’s Bull’.

But what is the true story behind the myth?

Lancelot’s eyes glowed red, and he let out a wicked smile:

"Since they demanded the King of Crete to sacrifice, why did the sea king personally prepare the offering?

No matter how beautiful the bull is, why would it be hard for the noble King of Crete, also the son of God King Jupiter, Minos, to part with?

Because that white bull is the symbol of Crete’s royal power!

To sacrifice the bull is to sacrifice his country, how could Minos agree to such a demand from the sea king? This led to his queen being defiled by a bull.

So, the Queen is herself one of the core powers of the nation, an essential part of royal power.

Once, I too started by stealing the heart of Camelot’s Queen Guinevere, and by touching the royal power represented by the Queen, shattered the Twelve Knights of the Round Table, leading to the fall of the Knight King and the collapse of a nation.

Ultimately, I obtained this [Sword of Devouring Royal Iron]!

As long as the queens of the Beastman nations exist, it can swallow part of the royal powers to a certain extent. The more queens seized, the stronger the sword becomes.

During the Mythological Era, The Pantheon ruled humanity, and the Knight King, although possessing Red Dragon Blood, was essentially human.

The Sword of Royal Iron he left behind was not a sword left by The Pantheon, and now, after fifteen hundred years of sealing, how much power can possibly remain?

Kneel, for only I, Lancelot, deserve to stand above the heavens!"

Hum—!

The pitch-black [Sword of Devouring Royal Iron] hummed with a tremor, and behind Lancelot, dozens of beautiful female phantoms, each wearing a gold crown, appeared in two rows.

These are all the queens he collected over centuries, bound to his sword even in death.

Lancelot’s momentum surged dramatically.

Suddenly, man and sword became one, and a pitch-black sword light, like a black hole, shot skyward, aiming directly at Byron, who sat atop his horse.

Byron, however, remained unperturbed:

"I heard from [Alibaba] that during a visit to the Desert Empire last night, someone snuck into the Royal Palace intending to steal the [Radiant Queen] Cleopatra VII. That should be you, right?

No one recognized you, only because you changed your face to that of an Oath Knight.

If you truly managed to steal the royal power of the Desert Empire, it might indeed become a bit troublesome for me.

To thank you for bringing the [Eternal Lake Light] from afar, giving me the opportunity to finally draw the Sword in the Stone,

let me show you the spectacle of unlocking a Zero-Level Sacred Relic."

As he spoke, he raised the holy sword above his head, and one of the authorities he bore, [Royal Power], roared along with it, with the Divine Aura filling the heavens and earth.

The epic chanting echoed through the universe:

"The stars of humanity shine, heroes sing a tragic song, connecting the past, present, and future, bearing the ideals of all who heroically fell in battle...

The King of Everlasting Victory chants the true name of the miracle: Thirteen Constraints Release, Round Table Decision commence!"

Every word and sentence of the chant was miraculously faster than Lancelot’s speed of wielding the sword.

Swoosh—!

With Byron and the Sword in the Stone at the center, golden streams of light flashed, surrounded by twelve awe-inspiring phantasmal figures bearing swords, standing solemnly and bowing.

The singular ability of the Zero-Level Sacred Relic [Sword in the Stone]: Twelve Round Table Decision initiated.

The atmosphere above the estuary solidified, leaving spectators gaping in awe.

Byron clearly sensed that the Knight King and the Twelve Round Table Knights set thirteen constraint seals on the [Sword in the Stone] to impose restrictions:

"Firstly, this is a battle to save the world—Knight King; Secondly, one must fight for survival—Kai; Thirdly, one must battle those stronger than oneself—Bedivere;

Fourthly, it must be a one-on-one battle—Balmyide; Fifthly, it must not contravene humanity—Gaharis; Sixthly, it must be a fight for pursuit of truth—Aggrevin;

Seventhly, one must not oppose Sprites—Lancelot; Eighthly, it must be a battle against evil—Modred; Ninthly, it must not be a fight for personal gain—Galahad;

Tenthly, it must be a battle for honor; Eleventh, it must be fought alongside the brave; Twelfth, one must not oppose the virtuous.

Among these twelve conditions, [Sun Knight] Gawain was absent because the thirteenth constraint is to consistently support and uphold all decisions of the King."

Each layer of constraint released increases the power by a measure.

To unleash the holy sword’s maximum power, the full Round Table Knights’ decision is required.

When the affirmative votes reach seven, meeting seven conditions simultaneously, the holy sword’s strongest power can be released.

Now, Byron has not fully gained the holy sword’s acknowledgment, merely possessing the qualification to use it smartly.

He can only employ Gawain’s constraint condition: "to consistently support and uphold all decisions of the King," along with the Knight King’s own "this is a battle to save the world," to release the basic power of the Sword in the Stone.

Even if other conditions can be met, further unlocking is not possible.

Byron’s face was stern:

"Two layers are already sufficient.

Release the first layer of constraints!"