Shepherd Tantra

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 his lips and said affirmatively: "You can't refuse."

"……I understand."

Hassan laughed and said, "I see, I totally understand.

"——You also want to fight against Red Calamity, right? You killed the Silver Crown Dragon, do you want to kill Red Calamity too? You are the first apostle to kill two Pillar Gods... Do you want to become a Heavenly Master or even a Pillar God with this achievement?"

“It came out.”

Morgan smiled and said, “Then we are accomplices, dear.

"Just like the people of Hellas defeated the people of Alc... the weak knights were able to defeat the giants because they were determined not to be restrained 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 this in the past, and Heleqin died because of this.

But it was clear that the Knights of the Round Table were in good order, 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 would certainly be able to see the symbol of the war between the Red Hand and the City of Heaven: this was the symbol of the Disaster Dragon and the Silver Crown Dragon.

The rebels burning with crazy flames, and the cold monarch sitting high on the throne. Even the Calamity Dragon himself saw it this way - Arthur really thought Morgan was doing things for him, and all this was to make him digest the "authority" power in his body as soon as possible.

Even the almighty Pillar God was kept in the dark by Morgan!

However, no one could realize that this grand ceremony, which would involve the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of people, actually contained another invisible ceremony:

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 we focus on the entire ancient Parthia, those good lords may not be enough to fit the Silver-Crowned Dragon - but they are somewhat more like the giants of Avalon in the past, that is, the "Arcs"!
They worship an old god, raise human slaves as living sacrifices, are savage, rude, and unruly—they even eat people. 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"... Even the one-night stand with Arthur was perfectly replicated by Morgan.

The rebellious is better than the dominant. The civilized is better than the barbaric. The new is better than the old.

That is the opposite force of "barbaric slaughter civilization"——

A war of morality, an angry rebellion. For freedom rather than conquest, for protection rather than plunder, for resistance rather than 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 support his people?
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 in which the Disaster Dragon defeated the Silver Crown Dragon was 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 digest 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, not to mention that it had to be 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 would not see the blood-red flames burning in Morgan's pupils as he stared at them.

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, in the staff held in Morgan's left hand, a white dragon soul was restlessly spinning in 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 defeat 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 is the information he found in the past two days... Now that Calamity Red has won, this information is not difficult to find. Calamity Red spread this prophecy everywhere to prove that his victory is destined. Not to mention how guilty this action looks... Aiwass always feels that there is 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 future itself that cannot be changed - that is a destiny that has been predetermined.

The power of destiny 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 into a "miracle"... This means that they cannot 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 and which Arthur Morgan killed.

"The Silver Crown Dragon that she shot and killed, 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 voluntarily let himself be swallowed by the Red of Disaster, 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 reached out to Hassan: "If you don't want war to sweep the earth... then cooperate with me."

"…With you? Or you guys? Do you have any companions?"

Hassan also extended his hand without hesitation. He was not afraid of the rebellious Pillar God at all. Instead, he was full of doubts: "I don't think this is a plan you can 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, a male half-elf...

"... Autolycus?"

Hassan opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief, "Why is it you?"

——That was the "smart 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 a friend who had been with him when Mr. Grandet built a prosthetic arm for him. It was the "illusion" that resided in Hassan's prosthetic arm and only he could see... It was a phantom demon soul that was compressed by the magician's craftsmanship and thus stole its power.

The soul called himself Autolycus, a fraudster on the path of love. Although he was a fraudster, he had a sincere heart, a moral value of respecting the weak, and a heart willing to devote himself to others.

Although they had distrusted and doubted each other, they gradually got used to it. During the long and lonely journey and studying in a foreign country, they were the only close friends. In addition, the other party had a mind that even Hassan admired and was smart enough to be recognized by the geometric celestial fragments. This "invisible staff" had given Hassan many ideas and even helped him cheat on several exams.

He and the spirit bound to him have long been good friends.

"——Since we have Arthur, we must have Merlin... That makes sense, doesn't it?"

Autolycus said with a smile: "Of course, to show your sincerity... let me tell you my true identity.

"People call me the Gray Sky, the Sky that is neither real nor fake, the Sky without a voice or words - well, at least part of the Gray Sky.

"And Autolycus... that is my real name. It is absolutely true, brother."

(End of this chapter)