Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

With Beowulf's reputation as the strongest in medieval Scandinavia, the Giant Sword storing his battlefield experience should be extremely attractive even to holy knights...

Eric raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion, "Why has no one tried to seize the Giant Sword for so long? Could it be that your secrecy is so good that no outsider knows about the subtlety of the Giant Sword?"

In Eric's view, any secret, after being passed down orally for hundreds of years, would no longer be a secret...

"Although our secrecy is quite good, we still cannot prevent someone from knowing this secret. Over the centuries after the Middle Ages, there have been no less than thirty attempts to steal the Giant Sword, including some high-ranking holy knights!"

"Oh? So your strength is not bad, actually able to withstand high-ranking holy knights..."

Eric's casual compliment made Ophelia blush slightly. She explained, "You flatter us! The defense force of the Giant Sword only acts against knights of the Gold rank and below. Once encountering a holy knight, our defense force usually does not act, letting them take the Giant Sword!"

Eric and Meyer were both somewhat astonished. The latter speculated after a moment, "Is there another force defending the Giant Sword?"

Ophelia looked at Meyer somewhat embarrassed, but said nothing.

After a moment of surprise, Meyer understood, "Is there some secret involved that is not convenient for me, an 'outsider,' to hear?"

Ophelia nodded apologetically to Meyer and said, "Meyer, I'm sorry. Because this involves the biggest secret of the Danish royal family, so..."

"It's okay..." Meyer and Eric both spoke at the same time.

After giving Eric a puzzled look, Meyer continued, "It's okay. Just say it."

"The Giant Sword is not only a powerful weapon, but also a magical one. It can only be wielded by descendants of King Gorm the Old's lineage. If anyone else tries to use it forcibly, it will inevitably backfire fiercely..."

"Are you saying that the wielder of the Giant Sword must be a direct descendant of King Gorm the Old?" Eric asked in slight surprise.

"You're right!" Ophelia looked at him meaningfully and nodded.

Eric shook his head slightly.

The fact he had probed and what Ophelia said was somewhat different. Either she had always misunderstood the subtleties of the Giant Sword, or she was just talking nonsense. It seemed more likely to be the former...

"So what exactly is this 'backfire'?" Meyer asked curiously. "Does the weight increase dramatically?"

"Yes!" Ophelia nodded.

"But the dramatic increase in weight is only a backlash against physical strength. There is also a backlash against the spirit! Once an outsider tries to access the various memories stored in the Giant Sword, these memories will surge forth. The immense amount of information can instantly overwhelm the 'thief' and turn them into a fool..."

Eric was somewhat displeased with the term 'thief.' He snorted and said, "If someone can resist the backlash of strength and spirit, what will happen?"

"Naturally, they will re-acknowledge the master and the future inheritance will be based on the bloodline of the new 'conqueror'..."

"So, in the future, the Giant Sword will be a family heirloom for myself?"

Eric looked somewhat helplessly at the Giant Sword, which was taller than him. He pondered what words to leave in the sword.

Perhaps misunderstanding Eric's expression, Ophelia explained with a smile, "Rest assured, no one in this world can forcibly conquer the Giant Sword!"

Eric raised an eyebrow, looking at Ophelia, who was full of confidence, and asked with a slight smile, "Are you so confident?"

"Yes!" Ophelia said proudly.

"It has been proven that the Giant Sword's self-defense is very strong!

There have been many high-ranking holy knights in history who, after forcibly breaking through the backlash of strength and the spiritual impact, could use the Giant Sword!

Even the talented Beowulf could only use the Giant Sword smoothly with the help of the ritual!

I think, even if someone really could forcibly conquer the Giant Sword successfully, they would have to be a super strong knight at the level of a divine knight!

However, when one's strength reaches an almost immortal level, would they still be interested in the Giant Sword?" Read new adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

"Divine Knights? There's a rank above Holy Knights! Hmm, should it be equivalent to the Chinese Grandmaster level?"

"Are there still Divine Knights now?" Eric was very interested.

"Divine Knights are legendary beings!" Meyer answered in place of Ophelia, with a hint of regret in his expression that he could not witness them. "At least for the past two hundred years, they have been legends!"

So, there has been no exact news about Divine Knights for two hundred years? I wonder if these Divine Knights are like Zhou Dian and the others, living in seclusion and cultivating quietly, unconcerned with worldly affairs. But there is one question: do these Divine Knights also have "Breaking the Void" as their ultimate goal?

With a question that no one but Divine Knights could answer, Eric asked Ophelia, "After all this talk, you still haven't explained why you think I'm a prince?"

Perhaps because she returned to the topic, Ophelia's expression became serious, and she said in a deep voice, "The lineage of King Gorm the Old has only been passed down to thirty-two kings and one queen, which was then discontinued.

The kings who succeeded afterward were only distant relatives of King Gorm the Old, tracing back to his brothers.

Because their bloodline is not direct, these later kings cannot even obtain the complete memories of their ancestors from the Giant Sword. It can be said that the direct royal lineage of Denmark has been lost for five or six hundred years.

The current Danish royal family, to some extent, is only a 'substitute' and cannot obtain the loyalty of our Guardian Knights or the recognition of the Council of Justice, because the Guardian Knights and the Council of Justice only support the direct descendants of King Gorm the Old..."

"You Guardian Knights protect the legitimate bloodline of the Danish royal family, so it is reasonable for you to swear allegiance to the direct descendants of King Gorm the Old.

But why does the Christian governing body, the Council of Justice, also support the Danish royal family from over five hundred years ago?" Even as a European, Meyer was puzzled by this situation.

"Our Danish roots with Christianity are very deep!"

Ophelia looked proud again. "When King Gorm the Old first founded the country, the people in the Nordic lands still believed in Odin.

After the efforts of King Gorm the Old and King Harald, the faith of the entire Denmark changed to Christianity, and King Valdemar the Victorious even led the Crusades to spread the doctrine of Christ throughout Eastern Europe...

At that time, the Catholic and Christian faiths had not yet split, and because of the achievements of our Danish royal family, the Pope at the time signed a decree recognizing Denmark as a permanent ally of the Holy See, promising that the Pope would unconditionally crown every legitimate king of Denmark..."

Upon hearing this, Meyer's expression changed. He knew very well that this decision of the Holy See at the time was a great honor.

It was worth noting that during that era when the power of the Holy See was at its peak, the Pope's status was so noble that even the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and the French Empire found it difficult to be crowned by the Pope in person!

"But now, Christianity has split!" Eric asked in confusion, "Christianity could become the state religion in Denmark, but it has nothing to do with the current royal family, right? Why do they support the royal family from over five hundred years ago instead of the one that has helped them?"

"Without the approval of us Guardian Knights, relying solely on the Danish royal family, Christianity would not have become the state religion!"

Ophelia's calm tone made Eric deeply understand how powerful and influential their Guardian Knights were in Denmark!

Perhaps misunderstanding Eric's expression again, Ophelia explained with a hint of panic, "The authority of us Guardian Knights is bestowed by the legitimate royal family, and we dare not, and will not, betray the legitimate royal family!

The reason why the elders of Christianity, the Council of Justice, support the legitimate royal family from over five hundred years ago is also that they highly affirm the support of King Gorm the Old's lineage for Christianity in history.

They believe that if it were not for the solid foundation laid by King Gorm the Old's lineage for Christianity, the new Christianity would not have so easily separated from Catholicism and grown rapidly..."