Pastor's Tantra

"The living magic sword...the remains of the beast's path."

Aiwass murmured softly: "Is this the secret that makes people crazy and out of control?"

"Yes."

Merlin nodded, looked down at the huge key in Aiwass's hand, and sighed: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have broken it and sealed it... This is more or less Galahad's relic, and it's The treasure that Lancelot once held was the best thing to keep, and it was more or less a thought.

"...It was precisely because I felt so distressed that I didn't completely destroy it at the beginning. Otherwise, according to my habits, I wouldn't want such an unstable power."

Merlin said this and sighed: "I also thought...what if there is a way to solve its problem in the future?"

Merlin obviously didn't approve of Aiwass's use of the power of the red-hilted sword.

For Merlin, the risks of the red-handled sword far outweighed its benefits. Just letting a knight of the round table display his strength far beyond ordinary people seems to be of no use in a battle of the scale of conquering Tiansi... On the contrary, the power of the path of the beast may cause the path to deviate.

"Mr. Merlin," Aiwass suddenly asked, "Do you know the remnant soul of the paladin in the red-handled sword?"

"I think it may be a conceptual knight formed from the soul of the Balin Knight."

Merlin obviously knew of its existence, so he immediately replied: "Do you know where this sword came from, Aiwass?"

"I heard it was, on a piece of marble. On it were the words 'It took the greatest knight to make me move'. And everyone tried to pull out the sword, but even Arthur failed. The only one It was Bahrain who pulled it out.”

Aiwass answered with interest: "Why, isn't this wrong?"

"Yes, and also wrong."

Merlin shook his head: "Because specifically, this happened after the Round Table was established.

"In the beginning, it was a lake fairy who brought the sword..."

Merlin patiently told the story. His words were also full of nostalgia.

——That was a story that happened before the Knights of the Round Table were established.

Before Lancelot, Mordred, Tristan and Guinevere joined the round table, a fairy suddenly came to them and told them in public that she would give them a difficult problem.

Her body is extremely beautiful and full of charm, and she has no hair on her body. She only wears a thin black robe and wears this sword at her waist. In order to get a better look at her, people surrounded her on three levels inside and three outside.

She pretended to be weak and said that she had been entangled with the cursed sword for too long. Only the purest person can draw this sword from her waist. But as long as she opens her cloak, people will inevitably notice her extremely beautiful body. Be it Gawain, Bedivere, Kay, Merlin...even Arthur.

As a lake fairy, she has the most charming body. The angle of the scabbard was fixed again, so if you wanted to pull out the sword, you could only reach down from her chest.

And as long as he has the slightest desire for her, he will feel so weak when holding the sword that he won't be able to use any strength at all.

When facing a determined knight, she would even take the initiative to tease him. Even if the other party tries hard not to look, it's hard to remain calm under the charm of the Lake Fairy. And as long as he has distracting thoughts, let alone pulling out the sword, he will stumble and fall even when he is pushed away by her.

Such a weak woman actually challenged almost all the knights - at that time, people knew that this was a provocation. She claims to be Morgan's friend, but may also be his mortal enemy. Because Arthur had a one-night fling with Morgan, she came to test whether she was more attractive than her sisters... and to prove that Arthur was nothing more than Morgan's favorite.

The fairy in the lake constantly humiliated "Arthur and his followers", who were famous for their bravery, in public, and brought their reputation to disrepute. The angry Balin rushed over, drew his sword, and killed the fairy in the lake on the spot!

Because he was enlightened very late, there was no emotion and love in his heart. Single-mindedly, I just want to be the strongest in the world!

"His character later became more perverse and arrogant, he became increasingly disobedient to orders, used to acting alone, and would even attack his colleagues. He also provoked Arthur several times, trying to seize the leader's position from him... and perhaps It was because of the curse given by the Lake Fairy before she died that he eventually fell into the trap because of his anger and arrogance.”

Merlin sighed: "Although everyone knows that this sword contains a curse, and even named it 'curse'. However, after all, it is an extremely powerful force that can change destiny. I am worried that someone will be tempted. , so I stole it and sealed it - inserted it into a huge marble rock as big as a mountain. In addition to the requirements of 'the purest', I also added the requirements of 'kindness' and 'firmness'. To restrain and prevent someone from pulling it out and causing trouble in the world.

"But considering that it is a very powerful magic sword after all...what if we encounter any powerful enemies in the future and need to go back and get it? So I added the sentence 'Only the greatest knight can make me move' Something like that. In this way, it doesn't sound like a magic sword, but like a holy sword that needs a test, so the power of the unstable curse is bleached out - isn't it?

Merlin sighed: "As a result, many years later... when the Round Table was established and we went to Avalon to defeat the giants, a marble slab suddenly floated in the river with a sword stuck on it - and then you know the story. ” Galahad drew the sword and used it until the end.

"You're a genius, Merlin."

Aiwass exclaimed.

It turns out that the real history is like this...

However, the archaeological results of Avalon are not much different. At least Professor Bard was right in the general direction, but the details were a little different... After all, no matter how powerful the archeology professor was, it was impossible to guess the psychological activities of the person involved.

"After Balin died because of this sword, its demonic nature became stronger. Originally, it would just become weak, like when sick or just waking up. But since then, just touching it will Changes in mind, may even cause hallucinations and auditory hallucinations.

"That is the remnant soul of a paranoid knight - and it is like a new spirit. He seems to have learned the code of knights from our words and deeds, and awarded himself a knighthood. He is definitely not It's Bahrain... Because he has a strong obsession with worshiping the sun, we all call him the 'Sun Knight'.

"The Sun Knight and the red-hilted sword form a wonderful balance - part of the reason why Galahad can use its power is that he reached a contract with the Sun Knight."

"Sun Knight..."

Aiwass became a little serious after hearing this.

This is very important information.

Merlin obviously didn't know the specific origin of the red-hilted sword, he only knew that it was related to the beast master.

But Aiwass thought of more.

Because he had witnessed the fall of the Second Sun. When the second sun "Tai Yi" was about to be replaced by Weizhe, the sun was shattered by the supreme sky and became torn into pieces.

At that time, fragments of the sun fell into the sea, emitting steam like quenched metal. The creative power of the First Source River escaped, and the Beast Master was born from this.

Before the beast master created all things, races such as the winged ones and the scaled ones all came from the creation of the sun god Taiyi. The remains of another part of it gave birth to the giant tree, and the son of the giant tree became the elf - the first one with breasts.

All creatures created by the beast master have the characteristics of fearing fire and loving light. That seems to come from the instinctive fear of fire and the intimacy with light. As the moon god, Eternal Self can give birth to the sun. I am afraid that part of the reason is because she and the beast master have the remnants of Taiyi left in their bodies. fragments of the road.

——Just like the sky-eating giant beast still remains in the body of the Supreme Heaven, which needs to be expelled from the impurities by nurturing a clan of giants; the "authority" path of the Silver Crown Dragon also has the influence of "power".

And Aiwass used a red-handled sword.

That holy sword happened to contain the power of wind, light and fire.

Light and fire - aren't these the attributes of the sun!

As for the wind...maybe it has something to do with the sun too?

In other words, that is the difference between the second sun "Taiyi" and the gentler third sun "Xitiansi" - because Xitiansi lacks the power of "wind", which makes its heat and brightness ratio It has been significantly reduced since ancient times.

"What if I want to awaken the Sun Knight in there?"

Aiwass asked.

"Is he your target?"

Merlin suddenly realized: "No wonder... I remember you have the ability to seal phantoms! That makes sense...

"...But it's not difficult for me to break the seal. I can break it immediately if you think about it. But it is difficult to repair this sword...After all, I am not a blacksmith. I will smash it, but I can't Put it back together - I'm afraid I'll have to go to the dwarves to fix it, and I'll have to use another holy sword to mend its edge.

"Of course, even if you repair it completely... I'm afraid you won't be able to wake it up."

"Why?" Aiwass asked.

"Because the remaining soul inside was separated and preserved by me."

Merlin simply replied: "I broke all its blades and sealed the hilt, how could I possibly leave the remaining soul inside?

"But it's fate - because the remnant soul inside was put into another holy sword by me.

"It happens to be Mordred's former sword, the Sword of Clarent. If I remember correctly, your Moriarty family should be the descendants of Mordred, right? Look through your family treasure house, maybe It's right there.

"——If you just want the paladin soul inside, I don't think there is any need to repair the red handle sword."

"No," Aiwass rolled his eyes, but smiled like a fox, "You undo the seal first. We will talk about other things later."

Sword of Clarent.

Aiwass really knows where this sword is.

——Thanks to the information from Lord Hong Xiang.