Chapter 630 King Arthur must die!

Meanwhile, in the backyard of the palace.

The three lake fairies who came together exchanged brief greetings and then presented a gift prepared for Loen.

The gift was very unique; it was a golden dagger with a curved blade.

The metal pattern on it was a little worn and looked very old. But perhaps because it was well maintained or for some other reason, the dagger was shining with a golden light, as if to show off that it was still sharp.

If you stare for too long, a strange feeling of detachment will sweep over your whole body, making your limbs stiff and your mind confused.

Luo En shook his head to dispel the strange feeling, and asked in confusion:

"What is this?"

"It is a secret treasure passed down by the Druids until today. It is a cursed knife used to perform sacrifices and collect the [Elixir of All Things]. As for its name, we usually call it - [Gold of the Invading Blade]."

Morgause explained with a smile, and mentioned the relevant traditions of Druidism.

The Celtic sacred tree was the Silver Oak.

In nature, the oak tree is the largest flowering plant in the world, with a life span of up to 400 years. It is endowed with unique divinity and vigorous vitality. Every year when the oak tree blooms and bears fruit, it attracts squirrels, wild deer, goats and other wild animals to come under the oak tree to eat acorns. The Druids who worship nature therefore believe that the oak tree is a symbol of Mother Nature and worship this tree with great respect.

Because of their love for the mistletoe, the Druids regarded the mistletoe parasitic on the oak tree as a panacea, believing that it had a divine healing effect. However, this holy fruit also required a special ceremony to be collected, which could only be held on the full moon and new moon days, or on the sixth night of each month.

At this time, the great druid wearing a white robe, gold jewelry, and holding a golden spell knife will climb up the oak tree to cut the mistletoe growing on the oak tree. The gold jewelry represents the sun and symbolizes that she is the personification of the sun. The shape of the curved golden spell knife or golden scepter in her hand imitates the crescent moon - the "holy moon that preserves the seeds of all things" in the druid religion. During the collection process, the mistletoe cannot fall to the ground, otherwise it will be contaminated by the unclean fluctuations of the earth. Therefore, the collected parasitic wood must be caught in the air with a white cloth symbolizing "purity" and placed in a pure white cloth tent. After collecting the mistletoe, a white bull must be slaughtered under the tree for sacrifice, and then a banquet will be held, indicating the perfect end of the ceremony.

The collected mistletoe, after being processed with special secret methods, can cure "all diseases" and even give new life to the dead, hence the name "panacea".

Since Druidism was originally a matriarchal clan, the early great druids were all women.

Therefore, the three sisters of the lake fairy used to preside over and perform these ceremonies, and they took turns to perform this duty. Because they themselves are in charge of the power related to war and death, they are also called the "Black Madonna" by believers.

After listening to this, Luo En had a vague answer in his mind:

"So, why did you give this to me?"

“Your wisdom and wisdom have been recognized by all Celts. We hope that you can take over from us and become the new Archdruid to manage and guide this world. The old era has passed, and it is time to look forward.”

Morgause answered in a deep voice, his words full of sincerity.

Lorne listened, thoughtful.

Historically, Druidism appeared in the matriarchal society of the native British people. Due to the social environment at that time, only women were allowed to participate. After entering the patriarchal society, men gradually joined the cult, constantly gained power, and finally reached the point where they were equal to the priestesses.

And in this process, Merlin is an important milestone.

He was both a Christianized great sage and the first widely recorded male archdruid in Druidic mysticism.

After this, the status of male druids truly surpassed that of female druids.

So that’s how it is. Is it transferring the sovereignty of sacrifice and belief?

Loen picked up the golden cursed knife from the white silk cloth, played with it for a moment with great interest, and asked with interest:

"So, what should I do as the Archdruid?"

Everything has a price.

These three lake fairies took the initiative to offer sacrifices and the authority of faith. It is impossible that they just wanted to express their gratitude and give a simple gift, right?

As expected, Morgause smiled and said:

"In six days, we hope that you will preside over your first sacrifice and stab this cursed knife into King Arthur's heart."

"You want me to kill my own students?!"

Luo En slammed the table and stood up, his face as gloomy as dead water.

Seeing Lorne's intense reaction, Morgan frowned and explained:

"It's not a true death, but a rebirth in another form. This is also a necessary step for the Mother Goddess to become complete."

"So after [Rebirth], is she still Altria?"

Loen sneered and threw the golden cursed knife in his hand back onto the table.

As a secret treasure passed down by Druidism to this day, this thing is not only used to cut mistletoe and create [panacea], but it can also strip away the spirit of the sacrifice and reset its soul.

What's more, this cursed sword seems to store the most ancient divine power of the goddess Danu.

Once the cursed knife is stabbed into Altria's heart as the three lake fairies said, the divinity of the goddess Danu will enter Altria's ocean of consciousness and take root, completely replacing Altria's personality with the divinity of the goddess Danu.

The life of the ancient gods is so long, and their memories and knowledge are as vast as the ocean. If Altria, with only a dozen years of life, comes into contact with them without precaution, it will be completely torn apart and assimilated, becoming an insignificant drop in the billions of ocean waters of Danu, and establishing her self-awareness as the goddess Danu.

After figuring this out, Luo En's face became even gloomier:

"To put it bluntly, you have only considered Altria as a sacrifice from the beginning. When this new soul matures, you can inject the [divinity] and [memories] that originally belonged to Danu into it, and revive the real Danu."

"How can we possibly serve a mortal girl as our king? Altria Pendragon is just a seed. Once she successfully takes root and sprouts, her only role will be to provide the Mother Goddess with a new rootstock."

Morgause remained calm and frankly acknowledged their true purpose.

The word rootstock comes from grafting, which is an ancient and unique plant cultivation technique.

The bud or branch of one plant is grafted onto another plant so that the two parts grow into a complete plant. The grafted bud or branch is called the scion, and the grafted plant is called the rootstock.

In this process, the scion is the part that provides the bud or branch in the grafting process. Its cells carry the complete genetic information of the mother plant, so the type, taste, color, etc. of the fruit are all controlled by the genes of the scion, just like the divinity and memory left by the goddess Danu. As the rootstock below, it only determines the growth of the plant, just like Altria as a carrier.

Seeing that the gloom on Lorne's face seemed to be getting thicker, Morgan said:

"Although doing so is a bit cruel to the girl, Celtic cannot do without the guidance of the Mother Goddess. This is also for the future of this world. Moreover, she is not really dead. She will just become a part of the Mother Goddess and live forever."

"In that case, why not let Altria take the lead and sacrifice the Danu divinity and memories in your hands to my students? She has already fallen, so it won't be painful even if they are torn apart. When the ceremony is completed, won't you have a Great Mother Goddess?"

Lorne asked back with a sneer.

Morgan's face darkened and he flatly refused:

"To replace God with a human? How absurd!"

"So, you should sacrifice my students for your so-called obsession? What if it's you who has to be sacrificed?"

"For the Mother Goddess, I am willing to dedicate myself."

"But I don't want to!"

“…”

Morgan opened his mouth, but the words to retort were stuck in his throat. He lowered his head unconsciously, and an unnatural blush appeared on his cheeks.

Seeing that one of his two sisters was slacking off and the other was offline, Morgaus had no choice but to step in and persuade them himself:

"I understand your love for your students. After all, my two sisters are also your students. They said that you are the best teacher in the world. But you should also know that we took great pains to train Altria, not to nominate a mortal as king, but to use another method to guide our Great Mother Goddess Danu back."

"But you didn't tell me before that you wanted me to carefully cultivate Altria's personality and humanity and let her soul mature as quickly as possible in order to use her as a sacrifice to resurrect Danu in the future."

Loen looked across with a forced smile, and the three lake fairies turned their heads away guiltily.

Well, they did handle this matter in a somewhat unkind way.

Although it is said that sensibility needs to be watered by sensibility, the reason why the seed of Altria matured so quickly is that Loen, as a teacher, has made an indelible contribution and invested a lot of effort.

But gods and humans are two inherently different species.

Moreover, it has only been more than a decade. Who could have thought that this powerful God of Origin would care so much about a tiny [seed] and even be willing to give up the Celtic faith and divine authority for it?

Morgaus glanced at the golden cursed knife on the table, sighed, and asked:

"Are you really unwilling to serve as the Celtic Archdruid and complete this ritual?"

"Since Morgan and Vivian both say that I am the best teacher, do you think I would betray my students?"

"That's right. We are being presumptuous. Goodbye."

Morgause nodded respectfully, then picked up the golden cursed knife on the table, turned around and walked out of the hall with his two sisters.

As he watched the three lake fairy sisters disappear from his sight, a trace of gloom appeared in Loen's eyes.

Sure enough, the Celtic gods represented by the Lake Fairy have not yet completely submitted to him, and only regard themselves as collaborators rather than subordinates.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Loen felt relieved.

As a race that rose from war and migration, rebelliousness is almost engraved in their bones.

Historically, foreign tribes such as the Romans, Vikings, Saxons, Picts, and Normans have served the Celts in turn, and even almost completely occupied the British Isles.

But until modern times, the Celts were not completely assimilated and conquered, and always maintained their own national cultural characteristics.

Scottish independence, the Northern Ireland riots, and Irish self-reliance are all microcosms of this characteristic.

Originally, if Loen agreed to accept the cursed knife offered by the three lake fairies, agreed to serve as the archdruid, preside over the sacrifice ceremony, and resurrect the goddess Danu, perhaps he could gradually win the other party over.

But the price was that he had to send the students he had raised as sacrifices.

Naturally, Loen couldn't accept it.

On the one hand, it was because he had a deep affection for Altria and could not bear to sacrifice his beloved disciple for the so-called [divine power];

On the other hand, if the Great Mother Goddess Tutankhamun, who is dominated by [divinity], is really fully revived, she may not necessarily buy the relationship between master and apprentice. The Celtic Age of Gods has made up for the last defect. It is still hard to say whether the Tutankhamun gods are willing to continue to be subordinate to others.

Tsk, these students, every one of them, really give me a lot of worries.

Luo En pressed his temple and raised his hand to unlock the barrier somewhere outside the door:

"Did you hear everything?"

"Um."

Dreamy pink and white petals fell in the wind. A tall figure wearing a crown stood at the door and nodded slightly.

Lorne sighed and asked:

"Anything you want to say? Or ask?"

"They are..."

"The three sisters of the Lake Fairy, the three goddesses of fate in the Celtic Age of Gods, and the spokesmen of the old god Tuatha de Danu. In terms of seniority, they don't seem to want to treat you as their mother. Perhaps you should call them 'sister'?"

"So, my sisters and you trained me to revive the goddess Danu?"

"That's right, but they only told me the first half and kept the second half from me."

Lorne paused, then added,

"Of course, I'm not saying this to distance myself from the matter. I just think that now that things have come to this point, you should have the right to know. If you think I've gone too far, go ahead and scold me. After all, I'm not a good person either..."

However, before he could finish, Artoria rushed into the hall and gave him a big hug from behind:

"Thank you, teacher. Thank you for choosing me, and thank you for doing so much for me..."

The voice was extremely sincere and revealed the touching feeling from the heart.

Moreover, it is easy for people to make mistakes.

Luo En felt the amazing elasticity on his back, and quietly moved forward, distanced himself from his beloved disciple, and reminded him unhappily:

"You are already a grown-up, why are you still acting like a child? Pay attention to your image."

"In front of you, I will always be just a child."

Altria blinked, a rare hint of playfulness in her smile.

As time went by and she got older, she became more human and more emotional.

But she obviously didn't know how powerful the damage would be if she did this with her figure and appearance.

Luo En was a little overwhelmed and quickly raised his hands in surrender:

"Stop shaking, stop shaking. The ceremony will be over soon. If your subordinates see this, they will rush in immediately and team up to hack me to death."

"They are no match for you."

Having said that, Altria still obediently let go of her arm and stood aside.

She didn't want to cause any trouble to her teacher because of herself.

After calming down briefly, she turned the topic back on track and asked:

"Teacher, the deal has fallen through. What are you going to do next?"

"Of course, I will assist you in governing and ensure that your kingdom will last for thousands of years on this land, Your Majesty."

Listening to the half-serious, half-joking answer, Altria seemed to be thinking about something.

She probably understood what the teacher meant.

It is to extend her life capacity as much as possible and consolidate her concept as the [King of Knights].

As long as she creates more and more achievements and leaves more and more legends, faith can continue to accumulate until it grows to the point where it can devour the divinity and memories left by Danu without degenerating, completely transforming from the [King of Eternity] to the [God of Origin].

but……

Altria frowned and reminded:

"My 'sisters' wouldn't agree, would they?"

"more than."

Luo En shook his head and rubbed his brows helplessly.

“Perhaps, they have already started to act.”

As the eldest sister of the three lake fairies, Mogaus is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, and she will never change her mind easily.

Moreover, they have devoted their entire lives to resurrecting the Great Mother Goddess Danu in an attempt to revive the Tuatha de Danaan.

How could he just let it go just because an outsider like me disagrees?

Therefore, at the end of "The Legend of King Arthur", King Arthur will die at the hands of these three sisters, and then be carried by them into [Avalon] and reborn as the true [Eternal King].

Fate went around in circles and returned to its original track.

Luo En looked at his beloved disciple who was completely unaware of the situation, and a gloom appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)