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Awal mula sejarah berdirinya Pantai Kuta di zaman dulu, sungainya sudah dapat dilayari karena sudah dibangun konco dipinggir "Tukad Mati" sejak 300 tahun yang lalu. Sehingga Kuta menjadi tempat pelabuhan yang digunakan untuk melakukan perdagangan. Mads Longe yang berasal dari Denmark adalah seorang pedagang di abad ke 19, yang mendirikan perdagangan di pinggir sungai, selama dia tinggal di Bali. Mads Longe menjadi perantara antara Raja-raja di Bali dan Belanda, akan tetapi ia meninggal secara misterius dan kuburannya pun berada di sebelah konco di pinggir sungai tersebut.

Dahulu Kuta adalah desa nelayan yang sunyi, tetapi sekarang berubah menjadi kota kecil yang sangat ramai dikunjungi oleh para turi dari mancanegara maupun turis domestic. Pantai Kuta ini berbentuk bulan sabit dengan hamparan pasir putih dan di pantai ini juga terdapat hotel mewah. Letak pantai Kuta memiliki ombak yang tidak seganas di pantai selatan Bali, yang berhadapan dengan Samudra Hindia. Pantai ini sangat cocok digunakan untuk olaharaga selancar, berjemur, dan mencari matahari. Di pantai Kuta ini sangat banyak sekali turis asing khususnya bule.

Di dekat Pantai Kuta terdapat museum untuk mengenang korban bom Legian yang tak jauh dari pantai Kuta kira-kira 15 menit dari pantai. Di sepanjang koridor jalan Kuta sudah banyak pertokoan, restoran, dan tempat permandian bagi orang-orang yang ingin berjemur sambil berenang maupun melakukan olahraga di air. Kuta kini sudah banyak pertokoan,restoran dan lain sebagainya karena banyak yang ditawarkan disini. Turis sangat banyak yang berada di sini sehingga banyak bermunculan bisnis hotel, rumah, makanan dan masih banyak lagi sehingga tak ada satu pun yang kosong di sini. Selain itu di daerah Legian dan Seminyak pun juga ikut terkena rejeki, jadi tidak hanya Kuta yang menjadi terkenal di daerah Legian dan Seminyak pun juga ikut terkenal sehingga wilayah tersebut memiliki sebutan Kuta Lines.

A teenager named Alfred Kropp lives with his uncle, who is a security guard, in a small apartment. He stays mostly secluded, both at home and at school. A man named Arthur Myers calls Alfred's uncle at work , and offers one million dollars for the return of an object stolen from him by Uncle Kropp's boss. Basically, Alfred's uncle has to break into the main office, find the safe, and steal the object (the sword Excalibur).

Alfred finds the sword, and starts swinging it around. He cuts himself by touching the blade of the sword. Then when he is about to leave, he gets attacked by three monks. A battle ensues, but Alfred manages to defeat them with Excalibur. They escape home, where they are attacked by Mogart, who disguised himself as Arthur Myers. He steals the sword, and kills Uncle Farrell. When Alfred thinks it's his turn, Mogart just wispers softly in his ear "Shh" and walks away.

It's revealed that Mogart has been after the sword for some time, and that it doesn't really belong to him. When Alfred meets Bennacio, a knight protector of the sword (and the lead monk who attacked him), he reveals that all the defenders were killed and the sword was lost. After telling this, he leaves the coffee shop they were in and Alfred follows him. He sees Bennacio get attacked and attempts to save him. They go to Bennacio's room at the Marriott, where Bennacio uses Alfred's blood (where he cut himself) to heal the wound.

The next day, Bennacio is ready to leave without Alfred, but he pleads to the knight to help in any way he can. Bennacio offers Alfred a chance to drive him. They drive to Canada and steal a Ferrari_Enzo, but are attacked by more of Mogart's henchmen. Bennacio kills them when he has the chance and then continues on their journey. They stop at a deceased knight's house, where Windimar's mother lets them stay. They leave the next day, and get attacked once again. This time there are six of them on Suzuki_Hayabusa.

Alfred and Bennacio continue through Nova Scotia,and hijack a Jaguar because their Ferrari was critically damaged. They then fly to France. In France, Bennacio tells Alfred that he is a descendant of Lancelot, making him the heir to his father's title. Then OIPEP offers to trade 10.5 billion dollars for the sword. However, Mogart double crosses them and kills Bennacio in the process, leaving Alfred as the last man standing. Mike Arnold, a member of OIPEP who set up the exchange, is also revealed as a traitor at this time.

Bennacio's daughter, Natalia is taken by Mogart, and held for a ransom: the life of Alfred Kropp. Alfred personally travels to Merlin's cave in England in order to save Bennacio's daughter. It is now when Kropp finds his true destiny as the master of the Sword. Mogart is unable to kill him with it even though Kropp is impaled upon the sword and pinned to the wall of Merlin's Caves underneath Tintagel. As in the original King Arthur stories, Mogart is unable to pull the sword out of the stone as only the Master of the Sword can claim it. Kropp pulls the sword out of the stone, finishes off Mogart, and returns home as a hero. At the end of the story, Alfred finds that he yearns for more excitement and calls OIPEP, wanting a job fighting agents of darkness.