[The news of your victory over the Tyrant King's knight and your single-handed repulse of Vortigern's army quickly spread throughout all the territories on the front lines.]
[Even walking down the street, you could hear street-singing bards recounting your exploits with exaggerated flair.]
[This couldn't help but make you feel a little embarrassed.]
[After all, as the medieval paparazzi, they were desperate for their stories to be more exciting and thrilling than others, hopefully enough to coax coins for wine and women from the gossip-loving commoners.]
[And you naturally anticipated this, but when you accidentally heard a bard on the street say that you had almost defeated Vortigern, you were still stunned.]
[You silently prayed that these bullshit stories wouldn't reach the ears of the Tyrant King Vortigern.]
[You didn't want to attract the attention of this White Dragon so early.]
[If he suddenly got the urge to come and kill you with his main force, wouldn't it be game over?]
[However, the incident with the bards reminded you that all of Britain was currently focused on the war with the Tyrant King Vortigern.]
[And this was your great opportunity to farm reputation.]
[For a period of time, you focused your attention on fighting Vortigern's army. And as your bravery, martial prowess, and keen combat awareness gradually became apparent on the battlefield, your reputation grew.]
[People no longer called you 'Lamorak the Noble', a title that sounded very perfunctory. Instead, they called you 'The Lion of Britain', the true meaning of your name.]
[Ding, acquired skill 『Lion of Britain (C+)』]
[Lion of Britain (C+): Your confrontation with the Tyrant King's army has made you known to all the people of Britain. Combined with your noble character, people hold you in high esteem, granting you a certain affinity effect and a certain special attack bonus against Vortigern's camp.]
[But as your reputation spread, you also began to encounter some trouble.]
[Often, unknown or less famous people would come to challenge you, hoping to step on you to climb up.]
[Although you were a little tired of dealing with this, you had no choice.]
[After all, a man's reputation is like a tree's shadow. If you were to be accused of cowardice for avoiding a fight, it would be meaningless.]
[Until one day, a message suddenly came from the Tyrant King's territory.]
[The light-devouring White Dragon, the Tyrant King who had led the Anglo-Saxon foreigners to war against Britain, actually publicly stated that he wanted to meet you.]
[This news caused an uproar throughout Britain. After all, this was the first time since the war began that the Tyrant King Vortigern had specifically named someone he wanted to see.]
[The news that the Tyrant King wanted to see a knight named Lamorak spread like wildfire. Even the new Kingdom of Camelot, far in the rear, heard this news.]
[People began to get nervous and worried, afraid that the Tyrant King would harm you, but they couldn't help but long to see the scene of you and Vortigern meeting.]
[And just then, people realized that you hadn't appeared on the front lines for many days, and no one had seen you anywhere, as if you had disappeared.]
So what was Cang Ye doing at this moment?
He was lost.
That's right. While all of Britain was waiting for his response, our Lord Lamorak, with his horse and his system, was magnificently lost in a swampy jungle.
"Are you kidding me? System, aren't you the same breed as Baidu? Why can't you just navigate a path for me!"
[I'm hurt, Host. I thought you were just teasing me before, but you really think of me as Baidu? If I knew the way, would I be watching you stranded in the wild?]
"Cut the crap. Hurry up and use your vast knowledge reserves to think of a solution, you useless system."
Cang Ye really felt like he was about to snap.
He had been happily farming reputation on the front lines, but when he passed through a town in this territory, he heard the villagers discussing a monster called the 'Afanc'.
Cang Ye wasn't very interested in this thing at first. After all, his main goal now was to fight the Tyrant King's army and farm reputation. Although hunting Phantasmal Species could also gain him reputation, it was ultimately not as fast as going to the front lines.
Besides, Cang Ye felt that most of the powerful Phantasmal Species had probably fled into the Inner Sea of the Planet. The ones left in Britain were either weak like he used to be, or like the giant, unsuitable for entering the Inner Sea.
There shouldn't be many that could truly pose a threat to the public.
But the system rejected Cang Ye's view.
It told him that the 'Afanc' was a monster indirectly created by humans due to the abuse of natural resources by the magicians of Britain in the past.
It was powerful yet ferocious and cruel, often attacking passersby and towns, and was seen in Britain as the embodiment of an unlucky omen.
If it wasn't hunted down quickly, the people of this town would probably be in danger.
Such a thing could not enter the Inner Sea of the Planet.
After all, that was the territory of elementals and fae. A cruel Phantasmal Species that would destroy order would not be able to enter.
Of course, the real reason Cang Ye decided to temporarily put aside the Tyrant King's army and hunt the Afanc was because the system said that hunting the Afanc was something that he, in the original history, that is, the mythological Lamorak, was destined to do.
It was part of his story.
When the system said this, Cang Ye understood. The thread of fate of this Afanc was already connected to him.
If he didn't kill it, then it was possible that no one else could. And letting this cruel monster run rampant would undoubtedly cause great casualties.
How should he put it? Cang Ye didn't think he was a good person. The nobility that others saw in him was just his true inner thoughts.
He didn't particularly need money; enough was enough. Since he didn't need the extra, why not return it to its rightful owners, the people?
When meeting a like-minded opponent, fighting him with all his might, and after killing him, giving him the respect he deserved and the belief in a proper burial that he had been taught since childhood—isn't this the common understanding of a person?
To say that all this was Cang Ye's nobility was rather to say that it was his bottom line.
A person cannot be without a bottom line. Without a bottom line, how can one be called a person?
So after learning that only he could kill the Afanc, Cang Ye no longer shirked his responsibility and took it upon himself.
Of course, none of this could be used as an excuse for not finding the Afanc and getting himself lost in the swampy forest.
After arguing with the system to no avail, Cang Ye had no choice but to temporarily suppress his restless heart and find a temporary place to spend the night first.
After all, even walking in the swampy forest with abundant water elements, he could clearly see the rising water element content around him.
Obviously, it was going to rain.
Fortunately, Cang Ye's luck was good. He found a cave that could barely shelter him from the rain before the downpour.
After collecting some relatively dry branches and wood that could be used as fuel, Cang Ye started a bonfire in the cave.
But after doing this, he did not take off his dew-soaked armor. Instead, he frowned and looked outside.
Why is this person back? They've been following me all day, and still won't show themselves?
As early as this morning, Cang Ye had felt a sense of being watched. It was very faint, like an illusion.
At first, Cang Ye also thought so, but after a day of traveling, this feeling still hadn't disappeared, so something was clearly wrong.
It wasn't that he hadn't tried to find the source of this gaze, but every time Cang Ye activated his Fae Eyes to check, the surroundings showed nothing abnormal.
At most, there was the rustling sound of wind blowing through the leaves.
Finding no results, Cang Ye didn't want to alert the enemy, so he pretended that nothing had happened and continued on his way, secretly on guard for possible dangers.
But what made Cang Ye speechless was that this person following him was too patient. It was almost evening, and there was still no movement.
At this point, Cang Ye really didn't want to endure it anymore.
He didn't want to have a pair of eyes watching him in the dark while he slept at night.
Why can I encounter 21st-century lurkers in the Middle Ages!
"Hey, friend, you've been following me for so long. If you're going to make a move, you should do it now, right?"
Cang Ye shouted at the cave entrance. He didn't believe that the person was in the cave behind him; after all, this place was so small.
But after Cang Ye shouted, the surroundings remained silent, only the rustling sound of rain hitting the leaves was gradually getting louder.
Cang Ye's face immediately darkened.
Are you a rat that escaped from Carmona? How can you be so patient?
Just as Cang Ye was about to use some tricks, a very muffled and electric-sounding voice suddenly came from the cave entrance.
"You really did discover me long ago. I knew it. You must be one of my kind."
Cang Ye's eyes sharpened, and he subconsciously assumed a combat stance.
The moment the voice sounded, a very powerful and deep aura suddenly appeared in his perception.
And this aura was very familiar to Cang Ye. It was the aura of the Divine Age!
Then, a two-meter-tall, iron humanoid figure with countless sharp protrusions on its black armor slowly appeared outside the cave.
Holy crap, a Gundam?!
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