Introduction (2)

Because now that I have started this, I will make sure to see it through till the end.

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Countless bloodshed and wars were waged in the following years. The canvas of our chronicles were written in red ink, and dyed with the same hue to portray the entire painting of our history.

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Yet, amidst all of that, love was still able to bloom, I found my lover Elizabeth. She was the perfect woman in my eyes, the kindest of them all, able to fight for her own rights, and the most important characteristics of them all, She had the purest heart, out of everyone that I met.

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Little by little we were reaching triumph, all the surrounding kingdoms fell, and all of the authorities either died by my hands or willingly surrendered their crowns to me. 

Thus I was hailed as the first emperor.

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It has now been about three hundred years since I have conquered all. I have spent almost half of my lifespan, trying to overthrow the corrupt leaders, and fighting for justice.

However that wasn't the end of my hurdles, as I have only spent the last years developing my strength, never my intellect. So I was basically a super soldier, wreaking havoc everywhere. 

But now I needed to learn how to manage an entire empire, so I learned politics, economics, and languages to name a few. To make sure that I was deserving of my time in power, and so that nobody could take advantage of me or my people.

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Two hundred years later, I had now again, drained a significant amount of my lifespan. I spent the last two hundred years, building the entire empire from the ground up, and making sure that it continues prospering for the heirs that I would leave behind.

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That time was the hardest two hundred years of my life, so I developed a dark sense of humor in order to keep my sanity.

I am now five hundred years old, and with my remaining last one hundred years, I asked my wife if I could plant my seed in her. But that I isn't to say that we weren't shaboinking for the last three hundred fifty years. We were just using protection.

However she just asked me to follow her while blindfolding my eyes, as if she had a surprise for me, making me wait in anticipation...

But I can definitely sense that we were going outside of the castle, so I couldn't help but think that, "Damn I didn't know my wife was this wild-

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Clap! Clap! Clap!

But then that thought was cut short, when I heard the countless loud claps and cheers from my people.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a one hundred meter sculpture of me way back in my glorious days, making me reminiscent; It resembled me back then riding a white horse, with a rapier on my right hand, and a grimoire at my other.

I only dedicated this place to honor the ones that died during the war, but to think that my citizens were this grateful for me, gave me a sense of being. I felt elated. 

I felt their sincere gratitude, so I smiled back at them with genuine happiness, then my wife whispered to me, "Yes, I agree, let's make heirs" that was the very definition of wholesome; I felt like I was winning in life. 

But despite all that there was still this sense of unease within me—Was it regret?. But there was no way that was it, after all with all of this people cheering on me and with my wife by my side—Yeah there was no way.

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My wife gave birth to two children, I named my first born Lancelot, and my second one Camealot. I cradled them both between my arms, making me name them after my most cherished memories.

I named him Lancelot for the time when I used my lance to [Redacted] and to [Redacted] Elizabeth, and Camealot for the amount of times I [Redacted] and [Redacted] inside Elizabeth.

But I made sure to hide the meaning behind their names, by using an old forgotten language, the Sanskrit. that only I were able to decipher.

Those were indeed fun times...

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"Your majesty... the outcome of our investigations hints toward Lancelot being the main culprit..." Albert reported to me reluctantly.

"How sure are you?" I replied perplexedly, fearing the very possibility of such a thing.

"W-We are ninety nine percent sure, and the other heinous crimes that were happening recently seems to be linked to him too, your majesty..." My expression and weakening resolve also affected Albert.

'I made sure to reseal the sword, Excalibur. To make sure that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, and that people could have a hero when the time comes that I was gone and something goes wrong.'

'I stuck it back to the large adamantite rock, back to where it belongs. But to think that it was actually possible to steal it, let alone by someone who commits evil—How could he have?' 

Those thoughts were all going through my mind.

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"Why have you called for me, father?" Lancelot asked me.

I replied in a serious tone, "I'm here to arrest you." 

"W-What do you mean father?, t-this is all way too sudden" Although I would've believed him in the past, the me now wouldn't fall for his act, the evidences collected was just way too compelling.

"Don't try to pretend! You know what you did." 

"I see... HAHAHAHA YOu fOuNd out huh?! HAHAHAHA" He laughed maniacally—I saw the side of my son that I didn't want to see.

I pulled out my rapier, and spoke to him while my heart was slowly breaking, "Surrender now! Son... While there's still time for you to change..." 

"What? Me? Surrender to you? Your just an old fart now HAHAHA... Honestly you dying would just delay my ascension to the throne for little bit." As he pulled out Excalibur.

Pitter-Patter! Pitter-Patter!

Rumble! Rumble!

Schiing! Schiing!!

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The sound of the heavy thunder rumbling, and the sound of both of the blood and water, splattering. Echoed throughout the empire as if to signify another tragedy that was about to unfold.

The storm raged on through the night...

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"Come back to me Excalibur!!!" I screamed desperately.

"It's futile, father." My son stared down at me.

But his next words during that time puzzled me, "Honestly, if you truly had just intended for me to inherit your throne—None of this would've happen"

"I mean, you were just lying the whole time? Right? hehehe. What kind of father doesn't even let his oldest son inherit his legacy? It was Camealot, right? HAHAHAHA..." His lunacy came out again.

What could've made him think of such a thing?, I wanted to tell him. But it was all too late, I was already bleeding out. At this point, no words can no longer go through to him.

Lancelot then pointed Excalibur towards my head and said, "Give up now!"

So with my knees on the ground, and my heartbeat unsynchronized. I activated my final trump card, "Seal of Hades—Activate!"

Huff! Huff!

A star symbol were drawn in the ground beneath me, and a translucent sphere barrier erected around us.

"W-What is this? Stop this right now!" Lancelot panicked.

Shciing! Shciing!

Thud! Thud!

"If you think that the Excalibur is all I have, you're too naive my boy" 

My son then asked frantically, "J-Just where could you have gotten this?"

"I wont tell you, but at least I'll tell why I still have this. You see..." as I tried to think of a convincing back story.

I then pulled out an act out of my ass the best I could, honestly even now I still think that I should've received an award for that,"...During my fight up against Solomon, the rumored strongest king in this world. I thought of sacrificing myself and using this seal, in case I failed in slaying him. But it turns out, he wasn't even that strong, so I didn't even need to use this-

But my dialogue was cut short, because the sphere was beginning to shrink and I'm sure my son noticed this too.

"Get me out of here! You Fucker!!" As he threw me onto the other side of the barrier. 

Bang!

"You already lost! GODDAMN IT!! just what are you trying to accomplish?" But I just smirked back at him.

'Hopefully this was enough to distract him, so that he would investigate Solomon's territory first, and not find out about her existence. In case no one was still able to defeat him, for the next three hundred years that he will be stuck inside this seal.' I thought to myself, as he kept on beating and stabbing me.

Thump! Thump! 

Shunk! Shunk! Shunk!

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My consciousness kept on fading in and out, but this time I knew it was the last one, and that the moment that I closed my eyes I would be dead.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Father! Father!"

"D-Don't kill him brother!"

"No!!!"

Thud! Thud...

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A familiar figure then approached the barrier.—'That must be my second son, Camealot. Hopefully, he's strong enough to defeat his brother when this seal comes undone.'

His vision then began to grow weary, but as he was about to shut his eyes, an unfamiliar silhouette of a woman began to walk slowly towards Camealot; It smiled wickedly, full of malicious intents.

'Who's this woman now? Sigh, I did everything that I could. The rest is up to you now, son.' Arthur thought to melancholically.

He then began to succumb to the abyss, and his final thoughts were:

'Sigh, I want to think that I am accomplished, but now that death is here to take me, I can finally be honest with myself. I truly regret everything that I did...'

'...I sacrificed my entire life for the sake of everyone, not caring about my own.'

'Maybe in the next life, I hope I can finally find solace, and enjoy the sweet taste of freedom.'

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