Chapter 1219 Autolycus
Hearing this, Hassan's heart moved.
He looked at Morgan hesitantly, but his mouth was tightly shut and he said nothing.
"You're moved."
Morgan raised the corner of his mouth and said affirmatively: "You can't refuse."
“…I understand.”
Hassan laughed and said, "I see, I completely understand.
"—You yourself want to rebel against the Red of Calamity, right? You killed the Silver Crown Dragon, and you want to kill the Red of Calamity too? The first apostle to kill two Pillar Gods... Do you intend to become a Heavenly Minister, or even a Pillar God, with this achievement?"
"I said it out loud."
Morgan smiled and said, “Then we are accomplices, dear.
"Just as the Hellasirs triumphed over the Arks... the weak knights were able to defeat the giants because they relied on their determination to 'not be constrained by hostages.'"
When the Knights of the Round Table conquered Avalon, there were almost no indigenous people left.
Given the giants' cunning and meanness, it was impossible for them not to force these residents to betray the knights or use their lives for moral kidnapping - they did so in the past, and Heleqin died because of this.
But it was clear that the Knights of the Round Table were fully organized, and Arthur, cold and resolute, was not fooled.
So it is predictable what happened to the humans who lived in Avalon and were raised as livestock by the giants.
Morgan knew what Aiwass thought of this matter. He was well versed in advanced divine arts and ritual studies, and he would certainly be able to see the symbol of the war between the Red Hand and Heaven City: it was the symbol of the Calamity Dragon and the Silver Crown Dragon.
The rebels, burning with mad flames, and the cold monarch sitting high and mighty on the throne. Even the Calamity Dragon himself saw it this way—Arthur truly believed Morgan was working for him, all in an effort to help him quickly digest the power of "authority" within his body.
Even the almighty Pillar God was kept in the dark by Morgan!
However, no one could realize that within this grand ceremony that would involve the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of people, there was actually another invisible ritual embedded within it.
The Good Lords of Paradise City, who like to use silver-white creations, can certainly be used to refer to the Silver-Crowned Dragon; but if one focuses on the entire ancient Parthia Empire, those Good Lords may not be sufficiently consistent with the Silver-Crowned Dragon - but rather somewhat resemble the giants of Avalon in the past, the "Arcs"!
They worship an old god, raise human slaves as living sacrifices, are barbaric, rude, and unruly—they even eat humans. Isn't this more like the Giant King and the Giant Priests than the Silver Crown Dragon?
Then, the fragment that came from a foreign country and possessed the power of the celestial being was used as a pawn by another pillar god, who led a group of people to try to resist these "giants"... Morgan even reproduced the ambiguous night with Arthur perfectly.
The rebellious are better than the dominant. The civilized are better than the barbaric. The new is better than the old.
That is the opposite force of "barbaric slaughter of civilization"——
A war of morality, an angry rebellion. For freedom, not for conquest; for protection, not for plunder; for resistance, not for suppression.
One king is better than another, the one chosen by the people is better than the one hated by the people...so it is the king who wins in the end?
Or the people who support him?
Just like how barbarism easily defeated civilization, but was reluctant to give up the other party's culture that had been passed down for many years, and tried to annex it... The process of the Disaster Dragon defeating the Silver Crown Dragon was also too easy, so the Disaster Dragon, which had absolute initiative, would not be willing to completely destroy the Silver Crown Dragon.
When the barbarians tried to learn civilization and digest the advantages of the other side, their minds were gradually controlled by the revitalized civilization.
Just like the red of disaster today.
He wanted to completely subdue the Silver Crown Dragon, so he had to fight this war to the end. Because the world was basically at peace now, there were not many wars left for him to fight, let alone a war against authority.
But if we defeat the cannibalistic bad civilization and turn it into a clean and peaceful good civilization, allowing people to live a stable life... doesn't this also fall under the concept of "authoritarianism" rather than "war"?
Hassan wouldn't see the blood-red flames burning in his pupils as he stared at Morgan.
That was the resonance of the path of war, and proof that the Red of Disaster was constantly injecting power into him and influencing his thoughts.
At this moment, within the staff held in Morgan's left hand, a small white dragon soul was restlessly spinning within the crystal in front of him. It seemed to want to say something, but no sound came out.
The Lord of Scales and Feathers once made a prophecy—
"...Morgan will surely kill Arthur, and the red dragon will surely triumph over the white dragon."
On the other side, in the City of Heaven, Aiwass was whispering the prophecy of the Lord of Scales and Feathers.
This was the information he had found over the past two days... Given Calamity Red's victory, it wasn't difficult to find. Calamity Red spread this prophecy everywhere, proving that his victory was destined.
Not to mention how guilty this action looked... Aiwass always felt that there was something wrong with the content of this prophecy.
Of course, the prophecy made by the Lord of Scales and Feathers, who stole the authority of the "Eight Trigrams", is the unchangeable future itself - it is a predetermined fate.
The power of fate belongs to nothingness.
Without the miraculous power that can break through the blockade of nothingness, even the Pillar God cannot change the destined fate.
And it is obvious that neither the Silver Crown Dragon nor the Red of Disaster has the power of the Source River that can be pieced together to create a "miracle"... This means that neither of them can change their own destiny.
But... the cage of fate also has its cracks.
The Lord of Scales and Feathers did not elaborate on when this prophecy would happen, or which Arthur Morgan killed.
"The Silver Crown Dragon she shot, after the real Arthur appeared... shouldn't he be called Vortigern?"
Aiwass murmured, suddenly realizing that something was wrong.
The "death" of the Silver Crown Dragon may be a conspiracy!
If we look at it from this perspective, we can completely understand why he willingly allowed himself to be devoured by the Red of Calamity, and why he tried his best to preserve the complete organization of the Knights of the Round Table...
Because the real Arthur seems to be——
"——Lord of War, Red of Disaster."
At the same time, Morgan extended his hand to Hassan: "If you also do not want war to sweep across the land... then cooperate with me."
"…With you? Or you guys? Do you have any companions?"
Hassan extended his hand without hesitation. He showed no fear at all towards the rebellious Pillar God. Instead, he was full of doubts: "I don't think this is a plan you could come up with."
"Indeed."
Just then, a woman's voice appeared behind him.
It was an elven woman Hassan had never seen before. After a brief blur, she turned into a male troll, then a female dwarf, and then a male half-elf...
"...Autolycus?"
Hassan opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief, "Why is it you?"
——That was the "wise man" who actually used the fragment of the Heavenly Master. A phantom demon summoned from the dream world by the magic craftsman and bound in his arms.
This was before he obtained the Tiansi fragment.
It was the friend who had been by his side since Monsieur Grandet had constructed the prosthetic arm for him. It was the "illusion" that resided within Hassan's prosthetic arm, visible only to him... a phantom demon soul whose power had been compressed by the magician's craftsmanship.
That soul calls itself Autolycus, a trickster of the path of love. Despite being a trickster, he possesses a sincere heart, a moral sense that values the weak, and a heart willing to sacrifice for others.
Although they had their moments of mutual distrust and suspicion, they gradually grew accustomed to it. Throughout their long, lonely journeys and their studies in a foreign land, they remained close friends. Furthermore, with a mind that even Hassan admired, and one so brilliant it was recognized by the Geometry Celestial Fragment, this "invisible advisor" had already provided Hassan with numerous suggestions and even helped him cheat on several exams.
He and the spirit bound to him had been good friends for many years.
"—Since we have Arthur, we must also have Merlin... That makes sense, doesn't it?"
Autolycus smiled and said, "Of course, to show your sincerity... let me tell you my true identity.
"People call me the Gray Sky, the Sky that's neither real nor fake, the Sky that's voiceless and speechless—well, at least part of the Gray Sky.
"And Autolycus... that's my real name. It's not a lie, brother."
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