When Ize Shan returned to Avalon, Merlin in Avalon was like a thin silhouette.

...It's like a human figure.

Ize Shan ignored Merlin. He stretched and yawned.

Although there was no fighting going on around Tsugukuni Iwakatsu, and he didn't even have to think about politics, Izawa Sugi just had a feeling of "I'm so tired."

Mainly because I’m mentally exhausted.

He needed to observe Ji Guoyansheng's psychological changes at all times, for fear that if he was not careful, Ji Guoyansheng's delicate nerves and brain circuits would be twisted into a knot again.

Fortunately, the big fool Oda Nobunaga of Owari is indeed the one Izawa Sugi knows.

Izawa Sugi once left a Heroic Spirit account in the Human Rescue Organization Chaldea, where he heard about Oda Nobunaga.

Although Oda Nobunaga was about to become a star at that time, no one could deny her great deeds and achievements. When talking about her, even the wise king Gilgamesh would sigh: She was a king with personality.

Although Izawa Sugi could understand Jikuni Iwakatsu's train of thought and ideas, his advice was meaningless.

Because in Tsugumi Iwakatsu's cognition, Izawa Sugi is a person from the future, and how can a person from the future understand the spirit and beliefs of the samurai of the Warring States Period?

Oda Nobunaga was different. As the most dazzling figure in the Warring States Period, she could not only gain the recognition of the Tsukuni brothers, but also set a good role model for them. Therefore, Izawa Sugi tried to lure Tsukuni Iwakatsu to Owari.

In fact, Izawa Sugi was not sure whether this Oda Nobunaga was a man or a woman, but regardless of whether he was a man or a woman, they were all Oda Nobunaga, both with a broad mind and an arrogant demeanor, and that was enough.

Facts proved that Izawa Sugi's speculation and thoughts were correct, and in the end, Tsugumi Iwakatsu did shift his attention from "being stronger than his younger brother" to other things.

"I hope time can heal all the pain and hatred, and allow the brothers to reconcile and understand each other."

Izawa Sugi muttered to himself.

Avalon is filled with blooming flowers and gentle breezes at all times. Smelling the floral fragrance lingering around his nose, Ize Shan felt much better.

He finally came to the silhouette of Merlin.

Let him see what happened to the unlucky Merlin~

The Merlin silhouette in Avalon is similar to the residual information of the illusion. Izawa Sugi sensed the information in the silhouette slightly and got the gift given to him by Jiguo Yansheng first.

The last time he came back from the Ninja World, Izawa Sugi received the family tree of the Senju and Uchiha clans, and was delighted to be named Uchiha Sugi.

At the same time, Hashirama Senju gave the next summoner a training manual on breathing techniques, and Uchiha Madara gave him a piece of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's fire crystal.

Before leaving, Izawa Sugi had placed the things in Jiguo Yansheng's room. The two things will definitely help Jiguo Yansheng continue to practice the immortal arts.

This time, Jiguo Yansheng sent back a letter and a flute through the channel left by Merlin.

The letter was addressed to Izawa Sugi, and contained mainly words of thanks and regret, while the flute was given by Tsuchikuni Iwakatsu to the next summoner.

Jiguo Yansheng thought for a long time. He felt that compared to Saber's breathing method and swordsmanship, he actually had nothing good to leave for the next summoner.

So he tried to ask his younger brother Ji Guoyuanyi about it, and Ji Guoyuanyi gave him some advice: "I like your flute very much. It is also a happy and relaxing thing to play the flute in my spare time."

Ji Guoyan was speechless. Compared with swordsmanship, what is the flute?

But after all, it was a suggestion from Yuanyi, the Son of God. Maybe the next summoner will be someone like Yuanyi who has great talents but wants to be a salted fish?

So Jiguo Yansheng really made a flute and gave it to the next summoner.

"This is something that even a genius would praise, it can help you relax. I hope it is useful to you."

Ize Shan couldn't help but smile after seeing this, and his mood improved.

He put away the flute and continued to sense the silhouette left by Merlin, and learned a coordinate.

"Fairyland?"

Ize Shan was a little surprised. Merlin went to the fairy kingdom?

According to Izawa Sugi's understanding, after the end of King Arthur's era, the mystery completely dissipated and retreated to the Inner Sea of ​​Stars. The fairies that once often moved around on the human surface also returned to the fairy paradise in the Inner Sea of ​​Stars.

Ize Shan had dealt with fairies during his time as King Uther. He didn't like fairies as a species, but he didn't hate them too much either.

Fairies are peculiar creatures. As long as they are interested in something, they will help or take action.

Fairies do not have the distinction between good and evil like humans, they are like innocent children who know nothing, which is why there are rumors that children can see fairies.

Goblins have all kinds of special abilities. The powerful goblin magic is comparable to magic. Some goblins even have goblin eyes that can see through everything. They are a group of natural entertainers.

As a half-dream, Merlin prefers to communicate with humans because of the recipe, and he doesn't like fairies very much. Why did Merlin suddenly go to the Fairyland?

And what kind of giant demon could trap Merlin?

Thinking of this, Ize Shan was a little confused. Could it be that Merlin had gotten out of control?

Ize Sugi hesitated for a few seconds, but finally decided to go and get Merlin out.

Although Merlin is a nobody, he is still his good friend. His good friend has been locked up in a dark room, so Ize Shan must get him out.

Of course, you have to laugh as much as you want before you catch it!

In addition to the specific coordinates, Merlin also left a message, saying that if Izawa Sugi wanted to go to the Fairy Kingdom, it would be best for him to come in his original form.

"It's a miraculous fairy tale picture book world anyway. It doesn't matter if you come here directly. Or maybe it has some connection with you. Go check it out. You will encounter some very interesting things."

Izawa Sugi was skeptical about the meaning of Merlin's message, but since the real body could descend, it meant that there was a problem that needed the real body to deal with.

What was the last trouble that required the entity to exert all its strength to deal with?

Tiamat...

Grass.

A plant.

Ize Shan gritted his teeth. Although he wanted to pinch Merlin's face until it turned purple, he still came to the bottom of the white tower.

He closed his eyes, and the golden particles turned into pure energy. His consciousness returned to his body, and a few seconds later, the ground under the white tower turned into a sea of ​​pure purple petals.

Countless purple petals rose into the sky and swirled into the air, and Ize Shan finally woke up.

He stood up slowly, reached out and grasped something.

The next second, his staff appeared in his hand. On the top of the staff was a thorn-shaped deer antler crown with a mirror inlaid in the middle.

The entire body of the staff is silver-white with various flowing patterns on it, such as petals and clouds, which makes this mysterious staff look somewhat cute.

Ize Shan took a deep breath, and there was a faint magatama spinning in his golden eyes, and then a crack appeared in the space before his eyes.

After mastering the ability of Yomi Hirasaka, although Izawa Sugi gained the ability to travel through space, unlike Merlin, he did not have the ability to locate the world. Fortunately, Merlin left coordinates. He stepped into the chaos of the void, and with the coordinates left by Merlin as a guide, his body disappeared from Avalon.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Izawa Shan realized that he had used up about one third of his strength before reaching his destination world.

But when he was about to uncover a corner of the world and sneak into it, he was blocked by a barrier of pure light.

Izawa Sugi stood in front of this barrier of light. He assessed the strength of this magic barrier. If he tried to force his way in, it would seem... Eh?

At a certain moment, Izawa Sugi felt the call.

He was very surprised. He was not in the state of a dream-fulfilling elf at the moment, so why was he summoned? Was it a blood connection? But he had no blood relationship with fairies...ah...

Ize Shan only felt his blood surging, and his staff automatically appeared in front of him.

The antlers on the crown of thorns were glowing, and in a trance, Ize Shan seemed to hear a long and sad call.

It’s the Horned God!

To be precise, it is a natural god worshipped by the Celts. Because this god mostly appears in the image of a giant horned deer, people in Britain also call this god the Big Horned God.

In ancient times, the kingship was granted by God. Many ancient kings had the blood of gods. They were not only the kings of their countries, but also the first priests of gods. The same was true for Britain.

But as time passed, royal power and divine power began to separate, with the high priest of the gods and the king of the country being held by different people. When Ize Sugi disguised himself as King Uther, King Uther, as the overlord of Britain, implemented a parallel strategy of naturalism and Catholicism, and was the guardian and defender of both religions.

Izawa Sugi uses the scepter left by King Uther to exercise control over the island. In fact, he is acting on behalf of the authority of God as a king, so from a certain perspective, Izawa Sugi is also a priest of the Horned God!

This is why even though Ize Shan is no longer King Uther, his staff still has a wreath of thorns in the shape of deer antlers, because even though he is a false king, he has indeed left his traces and achievements on the land of Britain.

People and history may be blinded, but the earth and nature will record everything.

At this moment, Izawa Sugi was standing in front of the light barrier outside the fairy kingdom, and unexpectedly received the call of the Horned God.

Ize Shan was a little confused.

If he remembered correctly, the Horned God had already returned to the Inner Sea of ​​Stars along with the other gods, leaving only a small amount of power in Britain to help those magical creatures that did not return in time to live well on the surface.

...But the Fairy Paradise is already in the Inner Sea of ​​Stars. I guess the Horned God attended the fairies' banquet?

Cornunnos, the Horned God, is a kind-hearted god. Ize Shan thought of the rumors about the gods of nature that he had heard from Morgan and Merlin. After a moment of hesitation, he simply relaxed and responded to the call of the Horned God.

Using the priests summoned by the gods as a channel, Izawa Sugi successfully sneaked into the fairy kingdom.

Then Izawa Sugi's eyes went dark.

The air around him became thick and sticky, as if something invisible was burning his soul and strength. Ize Shan groaned, and the surging power in his body suddenly exploded...

Boom——

[My Miko——]

A sound flooded into my mind, it was the wailing of a dying god.

[Save my miko——]

Ize Shan almost vomited.

Almost instantly he realized that it was not the Horned God himself that was calling him, but the remaining hatred and obsession of the Horned God.

The god's originally surging and clear power turned into the deepest and most terrifying filth, flowing along the connection between Izawa Sugi and the Great Horned God.

Oh, thank the Mother God for her black face back then.

Ize Shan gritted his teeth and endured it. Compared to being swept up in the power of Tiamat, the curse and hatred of the Horned God were not so unbearable. At least he could still retain his own cognition and memory.

Speaking of which, the last time I was washed in the black mud, I lost my memory but gained a brother. I shouldn’t be so unlucky this time, right?

Izawa Sugi thought so and laughed.

The fact that he still had time to daydream showed that he had really become stronger than before.

Izawa Sugi decided to make the best of it and relax. Although the hatred of the Big Horned God could taint everything, Izawa Sugi finally endured it and gradually gained control of his body.

Plop——

Like a bag of rice breaking apart, countless golden insects scattered all over the ground.

These [insects] slowly gathered together to form Izawa Sugi's body.

Ize Shan opened his eyes.

It was pitch black all around, filled with suffocating and dizzying curses and filth. He seemed to be in a huge deep pit, and these filthy things below were... huh?

Izawa Sugi was stunned.

He slowly leaned over and gently touched the flesh around his body, and an incredible realization arose in his heart.

These are the bodies of gods.

The corpse of a god! The corpse of the horned god Cornunnos!!

Izawa Sugi was shocked. It was almost impossible for a god to be killed. Think about the sealed Kaguya, think about Tiamat who was exiled to the imaginary world... How did the horned god Cornunnos die?

Or, can He actually die? !

Izawa Sugi himself didn't know how he died, so how could the Big Horned God be killed just like that?

Ize Shan opened his mouth wide, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

It's incredible, shocking, and unbelievable.

As for why we infer that the Horned God was killed by someone... well, just look at the curses and filth all over the place and you'll guess it, right?

And there's that line [Save my shrine maiden——], Izawa Sugi frowned, so not only is the Great Horned God himself doomed, but even the shrine maidens or priests who serve him are doomed as well?

No wonder he was summoned. Izawa Shan finally understood the current situation.

He chased Merlin to a strange fairy kingdom, where the horned god Cornunnos died. Ize Shan was asked by the dead horned god to save his witch or priest.

Izawa Sugi readily agreed.

"No problem, I am willing to fulfill your wish."

In Teru Izawa Sugi's understanding, the holy land of Avalon in Britain would select priests to serve the god of nature. During his time as King Uther, the priest was the fairy Vivian. When King Arthur Artoria became king, the priest was Morgan, the ruler of the island.

For the sake of this sentiment, Izawa Sugi would be happy to save the life of the shrine maiden or the priest.

With Ize Sugi's promise, the curse and resentment that had lingered around him seemed to dissipate a little, and were replaced by deep regret, as if the witch's accident was caused by Cornunnos himself.

Ize Shan sensed it briefly and found that there was a huge hole above him, and he quickly made a decision.

Look around first. If there is nothing worth paying attention to in this deep pit, just fly out.

With this thought in mind, Izawa Sugi took a step forward, but the moment he took a step, his legs fell down.

Fell down?

Izawa Sugi: “……?”

He stared blankly at the fallen leg, which turned into countless freely moving "insects" and scattered all over the ground.

Ize Shan was a little confused.

Although he was assimilated by the light pulses and turned into a [bug], he used his almost stubborn cognition, like a nail, to forcibly nail the [bug]'s collective light pulses into the form and appearance of a human.

As long as his beliefs and cognition remain unchanged, he will always be a human being.

So how did I become bulky?

Ize Shan hesitated for a moment and loosened his control over his body a little. The next second, his body broke like a bag of rice again and fell to the ground.

Countless [insects] rolled back and forth, making rustling insect songs, and the faint golden light even illuminated the bottom of the dark pit.

Izawa Sugi felt extremely strange.

His mind moved slightly, and the scattered [insects] gathered together again, forming about six parts: limbs, trunk and head.

"Hey, is this retribution for killing Muzan Muzan?"

Ize Shan raised his hands and lifted his head, placing them on his neck. He looked at the two legs lying beside him, feeling incredibly strange.

I never imagined that one day he would be broken into pieces like Muzan Muzan!

The next second, his expression became serious.

"I entered this world as a priest of the Horned God Cornunnos, but was automatically divided into six parts. Could it be that the priestess of the Horned God was dismembered?"