Chapter 4 (2/2)

“Yeah! Aren’t you the most powerful Knight in all of Anzu Kingdom, and all of the northern continent?” Rebecca’s eyes almost began to flash. “It was said that you beheaded the barbarian warlord Goorg in a single stroke…”

Gawain quickly searched his own memory and was shocked. Gawain Cecil was actually such a legendary hero!

He was the greatest hero during Anzu Kingdom’s pioneering era, and he was one of the earliest pioneers in the period of the “Second Settlement”.

After the fall of the ancient Gondor Empire, the remaining people of the empire returned to a state of disorder and savagery. The lights of human civilization were gradually engulfed by the chaotic wave that spread from the hinterland of the continent and brought them into the dark ages. Gawain Cecil and a group of brave men led the surviving humans to escape the ruins of the fallen empire. They marched forth in four directions. The group that headed north were the founders of Anzu Kingdom, and Gawain Cecil was one of them.

His life was extremely short but brilliant. He set out on the journey as a fifteen-year-old boy and became the youngest pioneering knight in those days, blazing a trail with the other pioneering knights and the first of Anzu’s kings. They spent a decade in the northern part of the continent establishing a new nation and brought mankind back to civilization and order. After the nation was founded, he became one of the seven generals of the kingdom. He defended the southern borders, resisted multiple demonic attacks of various scales, and had never lost once…

However, his brilliant life was like a candle that burned too vigorously. This legendary character only lived to thirty-five years old. In the last battle against the dark forces, Gawain Cecil died.

The memory that he inherited ended there.

This was the life of such a brave character.

Gawain felt his forehead twitching.

He had possessed the body of this incredible person!

It was not smugness, fear, or trepidation. After the brief astonishment, his biggest reaction was actually… a lack of confidence.

Rebecca was looking at him with hopeful eyes, Amber gave him the same look. Even Herti, who seemed the most mature and composed, was also looking at him with eyes filled with anticipation and trust.

But the person they were looking at was Gawain Cecil, not Gawain.

Gawain looked down at his own hand. It was the hand of a warrior. It was thick and tough, with thick calluses, but he did not know how much power he could muster from this body.

However, this state of mind did not last very long because Gawain’s memory had come alive. It was a memory that had been through tens of thousands of years, maybe even hundreds of thousands of years. Although the useful memories might not amount to much, it was enough for him to quickly adjust his mentality and become filled with confidence.

Admittedly, he was a little shocked by Gawain Cecil’s legendary life. But what he needed now was not to be amazed or to be unconfident, but to be steady.

The source of this confidence was simple——

Before any intelligent lifeforms started to walk on this continent, he had already been watching this world!

He knew that these memories would not be of any substantial help, but at this moment, he only needed to give himself a mental boost.

Then, with this strength, he would find a way to survive.

Once calmed down, the solution would naturally come to him.

He quickly found something useful in Gawain Cecil’s memory.

“We can’t simply fight our way out.” Gawain said. He rubbed his chin and said seriously, “I’ve been sleeping for too long. I’m not sure how much strength I can muster, and we can’t be sure just how strong the monsters outside can be. Thus, our best choice is to find a way to get around these monsters and flee to a safe place.”

Rebecca said, “But the drawbridge has been destroyed, and several other roads have been blocked…”

Gawain waved his hand and interrupted this granddaughter of his of unknown generations apart. “Underground. The Cecil territory was once part of the kingdom’s southern defense line. There is a secret tunnel system underground. The bulk of it is blessed by earth elementals, so it won’t collapse, not even in a thousand years. And the entrance to this secret tunnel is beneath the castle.”

“There is such a thing?!” Rebecca suddenly had a look of pleasant surprise. “What are we waiting for then? Let’s go find the tunnel! Lord Ancestor, please lead the way!”

“But there’s a problem.” Gawain spread opened his hands. “I only know how to get there from the castle, but I don’t know the way there from the tomb.”

Rebecca was surprised. “You don’t know the way even after being here for so long?”

Gawain: “…”

Knight Byron and the soldiers: “…”

Herti’s face grew pale. She had the feeling that this disappointing descendant would be the death of her ancestor…