CHAPTER 63: CHAPTER 23: MIDDLE AGES – BARBARIAN INVASION! (BONUS 2)

Regarding pure combat techniques, the threshold for master-level combat skills is very high, and beyond that, it’s unknown if there are higher levels, but he hasn’t yet encountered an enemy of that rank.

Hmm.

It must be mentioned that in the current era, Beowulf hasn’t been born yet. His active period is quite close to King Arthur’s, but slightly later.

"Are we going directly to the Kingdom of Camelot?" Anya whispered.

Camelot is the legendary kingdom of King Arthur, with an indestructible castle.

In this medieval world, it initially submitted to the Roman Empire, but regained independence after the imperial legion withdrew. Its geographic location is in the southeast of Great Britain, roughly from Hampshire to Wales.

Due to its geographical advantage, the Kingdom of Camelot resisted the Saxon invasion, but was frequently harassed by Saxon pirates.

Currently, the ruler of the Kingdom of Camelot is King Uther, father of King Arthur.

He once conducted a great wizard massacre domestically, making Camelot a holy land impervious to evil magic, and one of the faith regions rooted in the church. (The church in Britain is quite different from Europe, highly autonomous, and is an early monastic order with different rites. It’s said to originate from the missionary period of Saint Paul. The Demon Hunter’s alias is George-Paul.)

As for Merlin, it’s rumored he’s a baptized mage. The boundary between wizard and mage was likely drawn during this time, with wizards typically being those who use evil magic. (After the Middle Ages, male witches received certain privileges becoming mages, while all the blame was cast upon female witches, related to the status of women at the time.)

Merlin is a neutral supernatural existence.

Duncan actually doesn’t trust him much either, but in order to establish a foothold on Great Britain, avoiding this powerful wizard is not an option.

"Something’s up!" Severus said in a deep voice.

Duncan had already switched to a god’s-eye view, and upon Severus’s alert, he immediately expanded the strategic map and quickly made a discovery.

But what surprised him more was that Severus’s mark changed upon entering Great Britain.

—Severus (Two-star Silver-gray) (Druid) (Mildly Disabled) [Friendly Units].

He leveled up.

Without any forewarning.

Before the sea crossing, Severus was still a two-star Whiteboard and mildly disabled, but suddenly turned into a two-star silver-gray elite unit.

"Has his spellcasting ability been restored?"

The first thought that flashed in Duncan’s mind was just that, otherwise there was no explaining why the mildly disabled Severus suddenly surged in strength. Great Britain should still be a Celtic faith region, and upon entering Great Britain, changes occurred in Severus that were invisible to the naked eye.

"Did Severus recover part of his spellcasting ability due to the existing Druid faith on Great Britain?"

An even more surprising event occurred.

Severus approached a woodland ahead, and in his peculiar shouting, a stag actually appeared.

This stag was very fearful of humans but not afraid of Severus.

He approached the stag alone, signaling others not to come near, and whispered something as if conversing with the stag.

Animal communication?!

Druid’s supernatural ability?

At this point, Duncan became increasingly certain that Severus recovered his spellcasting ability. He still didn’t fully understand this world’s supernatural power, but last time when Crow Queen-Triss went berserk, it also involved some ancient sacrificial stone from the Roman era.

Their supernatural abilities fluctuated greatly and were quite unstable.

In the team, only Anya remained at a two-star Whiteboard level, operating with stability at a low level equivalent to an ordinary noblewoman.

"War has erupted upstream."

Severus soon returned, and the stag vanished into the woods.

He looked at Duncan and said, "Corpses are floating downstream towards our location, not very far from us."

In fact, Duncan already knew.

After enlarging the strategic map in god’s-eye view, he had already seen an area where a battle was taking place, but because it was a bit distant, it wasn’t very clear, and the opposing camps in the melee seemed tangled.

Crow Queen-Triss turned her head towards Duncan and softly said, "Should we go take a look?"

Currently, the Saxon invasion has seized large tracts of land, and while London hasn’t fallen yet, it remains in a frontline battle area.

The other force resisting the Saxon invasion is the Kingdom of Camelot.

London is the Roman Empire’s last stronghold here. After the imperial legion withdrew, those who accepted cultural transition voluntarily formed the ’British Legion’ to defend their homeland, their training standards closely resembling the imperial field army, though their equipment lagged behind.

Besides, in earlier years when battles swayed back and forth, the London region organized a Garrison Marine Corps, a militia with gear even poorer than the imperial Border Defense Army.

Back then it could still defend the coastline, but now the Saxon pirates have already made deep incursions.

Crow Queen-Triss should have already guessed that Duncan’s power grows through slayings and battles since she occasionally mentions Spartans, and tells Duncan that Spartans were destroyed amidst slaughter.

A shared era of humans and gods.

Greek Spartans worshipped the War God Ares, being a true warrior nation. Many warriors rapidly transformed amidst war slaughter, becoming exceptional soldiers.

After Sparta’s downfall, the faith in War God Ares suffered severely, and Victory Goddess Athena began to rise, directly becoming the main god in the war domain. Thereafter, warfare relied increasingly on wisdom and strategy, and the Spartan tradition became history. (The Greek Twelve Main Gods, worshiped over generations, with some main gods eventually fading as the groups dedicated to them disappeared, ultimately leaving behind merely a main god’s name.)