Father Mavie

Vivian fell, and Merlin turned into a gray-haired old man again.

He aged dozens of years in an instant.

During the tens of thousands of years that Avalon was exiled, the closest people to Him have always been these mirror demons, those believers, who only worship and revere Him.

Human lifespan is only a hundred years, tens of thousands of years, endless descendants, countless generations, Merlin is only familiar with the mirror demon around him, sometimes he is immersed in research, and when he looks up, years or even several years will pass. ten years.

He understood some of the rules of the endless darkness, but he also made himself fall into loneliness. For a long time, he only had the mirror demon around him.

Merlin couldn't bring himself to hate Vivian. He couldn't hate her, but as a god of faith, he must kill the mirror demon and avenge his believers.

What is the cost?
"I would rather grow old like a human being than suffer endless years of torture."

Merlin threw away the holy sword and walked toward the shore with his wooden staff.

"Don't you want to leave?"

Ma Wei suddenly asked: "You obviously created magic that can escape from the Kingdom of God, why don't you leave?"

Although the magic circle was destroyed by Buggy, it is not difficult to create another one with Merlin's ability.

"Using reversal magic requires paying a heavy price." Merlin said without looking back: "Vivian and the others sacrificed all my followers to open a path for Minnie. I'm tired."

As he walked, Merlin's body became heavy, and his legs turned into tree roots. They carried Vivian and their bodies and dug deeply into the soil. They slowly turned into a plum tree and stopped at Ava. The shores of the Lake of Long and the Dead.

He was really tired.

"Let's go." Shaking his head, Ma Wei wanted to leave Avalon.

"Walk?"

Buggy grinned and said, "It's rare that you come to Avalon, and you just leave like this?"

"Don't leave. What do you want to do?"

"Go to Merlin's research room and take a look. He won't mind. After all, these things have no meaning to him anymore. It can help the current believer in God and it is also his creation."

Buggy said disapprovingly: "Don't be sad for him. This is Avalon, the place where the dead were once extradited. Although he personally killed Vivian and the others, their souls could not escape Avalon. This This is the most terrifying curse. They will wander in the Lake of the Dead forever and only wake up once every ten years."

"It turns out that's the case. No wonder He ran to the shore and waited."

Looking back at the plum tree, Ma Wei followed Buggy back to the palace on the top of the mountain. It was like Buggy's home, and he found the space hidden underground with ease.

The fluorescent stone embedded in the wall illuminates the research room. The slightly messy desk is filled with black slates. Ancient characters are engraved crookedly on the slates, like a book from heaven.

In addition to a large number of black slates, there are piles of parchment scrolls and papyrus calculation records in the research room. In the center of the room, there is a huge sand table, with sand suspended in the air and flowing slowly.

There are no treasures in the research room. These slates and parchments are real treasures. Although he cannot understand them, Ma Wei knows that every word on them is worth thousands of gold.

Unfortunately, neither the slate nor the parchment can be taken away.

Avalon is like a prison that isolates everything, imprisoning knowledge and Merlin here. Everything about him can only be shared with the Mirror Demon.

Buggy was not interested in black slates or parchment scrolls. Instead, he held on to the manuscript papers that Merlin had accumulated. While scanning the lines, he marveled at them and occasionally sighed, completely immersed in his own world.

Luca and Yunia played with the sand table in the middle of the room. It was a magical prop to record time.

"Big brother."

Levin came over with a parchment scroll: "Look what this is."

Opening the parchment, Ma Wei's eyes widened. Although he couldn't understand the words on the paper, he could understand the pattern. There was a beautiful three-layer magic circle drawn on the parchment. When he took it apart, each layer Each has its own unique operating mode and underlying logic.

It is impossible to memorize every synaptic point with the naked eye, and you may not be able to understand the secrets just by looking at it with a magnifying glass. Memorizing it by rote is useless!
"Only knowledgeable people can understand the meaning at a glance." Ma Wei sighed quietly: "I wonder if Dino and the others have trained talents who are proficient in magic circles. It has been almost a year. If they can train people like For a master like Merlin, I can bring him to Avalon for further training."

That being said, is it really so lucky to meet a legendary wizard like Merlin who only comes across once in a thousand years?
"I think there must be." Levin said: "Brother, think about it, didn't the disaster stele left by Nereida say that there will be an era of shining stars? There must be capable people and geniuses. cloud."

"I hope so."

Ma Wei nodded: "I would like to take Merlin back, if he is willing."

"Don't think about it, He won't leave."

Buggy's voice came: "You don't understand Merlin. He is an extremely stubborn god of faith. Even ten cows can't take back what he has decided. You should be lucky that he still has the sense of responsibility as a god of faith and has not completely fallen." .”

Ma Wei has not yet encountered a completely depraved god of faith, but there must be one.

Even Anatole was only on the edge of degradation, and Nereida was his bottom line.

"You said before that you wanted to meet the Golden Gods. I suggest you give up this idea." Bagji suddenly said: "The Golden Gods, the entire pantheon of gods, are corrupted. They really cannot be called gods of faith. They have long since become Became a twisted monster."

Recalling the gray-blue skeletal hand stretched out from behind the golden door, Ma Wei did not refute Buggy's point of view.

This is most likely true.

But is this all the fault of the Golden Gods?
They taught their believers the alchemy they knew word for word, just like parents treating their children selflessly. What's the result?
The knife that stabbed their chests came from their proud 'children'.

It was also since then that the Odin pantheon began to practice terror beliefs, making humans fear and revere the gods and distance themselves from each other.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Golden Gods should have the most tragic fate among all the gods. They dedicated everything to their believers, but in exchange they were ruthlessly abandoned.

Forgive the incredible, distortion is the norm.

"The Golden Gods have always wanted to return. Do they want to take revenge on humans?"

"I don't know." Buggy shook his head slowly: "It is wrong to use normal thinking to guess the madman's thoughts. Who knows what the golden gods are thinking in their minds? It's hard to say, and it's impossible to tell."

Soon, Buggy finished looking through the manuscripts left by Merlin. The papyri were not preserved for a long time. Only the papyri in recent years have been preserved, and none of the early ones have been preserved. However, the research in recent decades has been the crystallization of Merlin's wisdom. , Buggy was very satisfied, and he got a lot of inspiration.

"Did you learn Merlin's reversal magic?"

"uh-huh."

"You don't want to."

"Set up a magic circle in your own kingdom of God and then return to the real world?" Buggy smiled: "Minnie was able to find a way to return because the ancient god forces arranged regular sacrifices for the primitive tribes. What about me? My believers have long been They are all dead, and the only artifact left behind is still in your hands. I cannot find a way back out of the Kingdom of God."

"Besides, you know that my kingdom of God has no believers at all and cannot maintain the huge cost of the magic circle." "You still have a black dragon."

Buggy's face darkened: "It is my friend who has been with me for tens of thousands of years and fought with me. I will not sacrifice it to fulfill myself!"

"That's good."

Leaving Merlin's Kingdom of God and returning to the real world, on the way back, Ma Wei began to think about how to explain to Arthur.

He went to Avalon twice, but the results both times were unsatisfactory.

Arthur asked him to do two things, one was to see if Avalon was a holy land for knights as in the legend, and the other was to find his mother, both of which were messed up.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with pointing out the holy swords all over the land and saying that Avalon is the holy land of knights. No one will refute it.

The problem is that Princess Sofia's soul is not in Avalon.

If Arthur was told this news, who knows whether his faith would collapse?
The consequences of a breakdown in faith are dire
On the scheduled date of the meeting, Ma Wei arrived at the Regent's Park Villa. He didn't think of anything to say until he entered the house.

"Is Avalon different from what I thought?"

Arthur, who saw Ma Wei's hesitation, seemed to have been mentally prepared: "It doesn't matter, just say it."

"There are no problems in Avalon, and any problems have been solved. It's just that I didn't find Princess Sophia."

The palm of his hand trembled, Arthur pursed his lips, and when he spoke again, his final voice trembled slightly: "Is this still possible?"

"Decades ago, a mirror demon named Minnie escaped from Avalon. It took away the magic circle created by Merlin. I'm not sure where this mirror demon went."

Ma Wei spoke slowly, word by word: "It is not a good thing for the ancient gods to get the magic circle that can escape from the kingdom of God. If it is used, I don't know how much trouble it will be. As for the mirror demon Minnie"

"Father, you don't doubt that my mother is the mirror demon, do you?"

"No! Your Highness, you are a human being, a complete human being, and you cannot be the descendant of the Mirror Demon!" Ma Wei said categorically: "What I mean is, if your Highness, you are sure that Princess Sophia is related to Avalon, then Minnie It is possible that it has taken over your mother's body. Your Highness, why do you think Princess Sofia will go to Avalon after her death?"

This issue is something Ma Wei has never figured out.

It was Arthur who told him that Princess Sophia was in Avalon, but there was no Princess Sophia in Avalon, only an escaped mirror demon.

"My mother told me the story of Avalon when I was little, every night."

Arthur took a sip of whiskey and said: "She told me that Avalon is very beautiful, with flowers everywhere, and a world without death. If you want to go there, you must take a boat and cross the Lake of the Dead shrouded in mist. Don’t make any loud noises during the trip, so as not to disturb the undead in the lake.”

"She also told me that Avalon is a world where people live and work in peace and contentment. People there obtain food through work. There is no theft, no hierarchy, and they are completely self-sufficient. They don't even have currency. Bartering is enough."

"In Avalon, you can pick up a sharp sword or knight's armor in any flower field. It is a knight's paradise."

Listening to Arthur's description, Ma Wei's heart gradually sank.

It was so vividly said.

The key is that it is exactly the same as the Avalon he saw with his own eyes!
If you haven't been there in person, it's difficult to tell many details.
"Is the Avalon that my mother described the same as what you saw, Father?"

After thinking for a moment, Ma Wei nodded: "Same."

There was no lie or deception. Arthur learned the truth. There was no expression on his face. It took him a while before he said: "William Brown, Marquess of Swansea."

"Who?"

"When my mother was alive, he was my mother's secret pursuer." Arthur said quietly: "I don't know what the relationship is between my mother and him, but if my mother is the soul of the mirror demon Minnie and the force of the ancient gods, then , maybe we can investigate some clues from the Marquis of Swansea, they won’t act alone, right?”

Yes.

The forces of the Ancient Gods never act alone.

Mavi already knew this.

The actions of the ancient gods' forces were all organized and premeditated.

If the Mirror Demon Minnie replaces Princess Sophia, then there must be other ancient god forces around.

Ma Wei was a little surprised. He didn't expect Arthur to have such endurance. Not only did he not lose his mind, but he gave reasonable suggestions and provided very important intelligence.

It's not that simple.

"Everything is just conjecture, isn't it?" Arthur said: "Conjectures that have not been confirmed are false."

"Yes, Your Highness, there is no evidence that Princess Sophia is related to the Mirror Demon Minnie."

Mavey stood up and said: "I will contact the Marquis of Swansea, the Mayor of London, as soon as possible."

"Please." Arthur raised his glass and said, "This is very important to me."

Soon, Mavey, as Prime Minister, summoned the Mayor of London, William Brown, Marquess of Swansea.

William Brown, like Sean Rickman, likes to wear the classic red velvet frock dress, which is a traditional aristocratic dress that not many people like now.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister."

Bowing slightly, William Brown raised his head. He had slender cheeks, a broad nose bridge, high cheekbones, no beard, and a pair of particularly bright light blue eyes.

William Brown, who is nearly 50 years old, still looks like a young man. He has a tall and straight figure and is well maintained on weekdays. From Ma Wei's point of view, he is much more handsome than Rhodes IV.

"Mr. Mayor, please sit down."

After gesturing for William to take a seat, Ma Wei waved his hand and asked secretary Cindy, assistant David and clerk David to leave the room. At the same time, he asked the team of demon hunters who were protecting him to leave. Then he closed the window and ordered the people stationed at No. 9 Downing Street. The priest turns on the soundproofing magic.

"It seems that the Prime Minister has something very important to say." William Brown said expressionlessly.

Ma Wei picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea for William Brown himself, and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Mayor know Princess Sophia?"

".We know her." William Brown frowned: "Why do you mention her?"

"Because I got some tips."

Ma Wei smiled and said:
"I heard that Mr. Mayor has a close relationship with His Highness's mother, Princess Sophia, right?"