When the sun rises, white mist rises from the forbidden swamp as usual.
But today is different from the past.
The quiet swamp suddenly split open, revealing a narrow and clean passage.
Merlin, who was wearing a dark blue robe, held a long staff and stepped out slowly. He casually touched the staff on the ground, and as he moved forward, the clean and soft ground began to rise one step at a time.
It wasn't until Merlin completely left the swamp that the swamp that had moved to both sides, like a living creature, closed again. And those temporary steps also disintegrated and collapsed into a ball of mud again.
"...That guy Jacob will really cause trouble for me."
Merlin sighed and reached out to push up his monocle.
But having said that, he didn't look unhappy at all like when someone troubled him. Instead, he looked very energetic and full of interest.
He had borrowed a door from the Fairy Kingdom and arrived at Jacob's workshop yesterday.
Just as he expected - Jacob indeed placed his ritual workshop at the bottom of the swamp.
To be precise, it is from the bottom of the swamp to the middle of the Fairy Kingdom. It does not exist in the Fairy Kingdom, nor in the material world... but inside the Fairy Cave.
Of course, this place was not discovered by Jacob.
Because this "secret room" was dug out by Merlin back then.
This kind of large-scale ceremony will last for hundreds of years after it is completed. If it is placed in the material world, let alone it may be corroded and weathered, and no matter how tight the defense is, it will definitely be discovered, destroyed or destroyed.
Move your hands and feet.
The reason why we didn't put it in the Fairy Kingdom is because Merlin knows the personalities of the fairies too well.
They are full of curiosity and have a kind of confidence that "although I don't understand anything, I want to try it." If they discover the ritual, they will definitely change it blindly.
So Merlin secretly opened a mezzanine in the Fairy Cave and stuffed the formation base inside.
——If fairies want to go to the material world, they must go directly through the door. Not many people will lower their heads to see if there is any problem with the keyhole when entering.
Only humans trying to reach the Fairy Cave from here can discover its existence by searching carefully when passing through the portal.
Then as long as humans are blocked out, no one will discover this ritual.
So Merlin specially made a swamp and buried the Goblin Cave.
It was originally just a deep pit. It was the kind of black hole with bottomless depths. Ordinary people might fall to their death if they jumped in. But if they panicked and used earth attribute spells during the fall, they would
Fall directly into the Fairy Kingdom.
And anyway, this kind of pure material swamp can't stop the goblins. Neither water nor mud can wet the goblins' bodies, so the goblins won't realize there is any problem here. Naturally, they won't report this cave to the queen.
Something went wrong.
In order to prevent passers-by from accidentally falling in, Merlin simply made this place a swamp. This way, no one would slip and fall. This would also prevent people from being charmed by the goblin cave and walking to the entrance of the cave unknowingly.
nearby and fall in.
But the swamp at that time was just an ordinary swamp.
Jacob obviously found the village along the goblin barrier, but felt strange that he couldn't find the goblin cave. So he finally found the swamp and successfully used magic to open the door to the goblin cave.
But unlike other humans, Jacob is that idler who will suddenly stop to study the door lock when he is halfway through the door.
So he naturally discovered the secret room left by Merlin and the Shadow of Avalon ritual in it.
What happened next was very simple.
Jacob has always been in contact with Vivian. He apparently learned the essence of this ritual from Vivian, so he tried to modify the ritual. He even changed the ordinary swamp left by Merlin into a manufacturing swamp.
Special materials for people.
Anyway, this workshop is very spacious and can hide many ritual formations inside. Those who want to destroy this ritual will not be able to find it no matter how hard they search outside. The most they can do is rush into the fairy cave.
After all, what he got before was second-hand information - whether it was Aiwass or James, what he told him was vague after all.
After seeing the formation base with his own eyes and studying it carefully, Merlin finally understood the effect of this ritual:
Although this ritual is very immature, it can really bring down Ying Tiansi directly.
Why can it do this?
Because this ritual also contains the power of the Tiansi and even the power of the Pillar God.
The purpose of this ritual is not just to pull Ying Tiansi down. It is to pull her into the material world, give her a real body, and then seal her in the body after being bound by the power of balance.
Kill her in the material world... to usurp her Tiansi fragment.
There is no doubt that this is a ritual that transcends the path.
"——This is definitely not a prank by that woman Vivian."
Merlin was very unfortunate to realize this problem.
Because when he realized this problem, it meant that he was involved in a Tiansi-level conspiracy.
But Merlin was not afraid.
He just thought it was all very interesting -
He missed it last time, but this time he was finally able to catch up with the excitement.
The person who provides power for this ritual is the son of the Snake Father, Ouroboros...the Chief Tiansi who is honored as the Huan Tiansi. He is the Tiansi Chief of the Transcendence Path second only to the Snake Father, and is second in the entire Transcendence Path.
A powerful and great being.
Huan Tiansi has the power of "reincarnation, rebirth, reaching infinity". The essence of this ritual is not to violently pull Tiansi down... but to allow Tiansi to go further. Because of this, it is difficult to
being resisted.
——Merlin certainly knows about this ritual.
In ancient times, there was a legendary human warrior who usurped the body of a giant dragon with a transcendent ritual of slaying a dragon and bathing in blood, and ascended to the dream world. He eventually became Mian Tiansi in the dream world, constantly surpassing the former from weak to strong, and constantly becoming
More powerful, until he reached the position of Tiansi Chief on the path of power.
When arriving here, Mian Tiansi encountered a problem.
He can no longer become stronger. Because He has concentrated all the power of the path that can be obtained in the dream world on his side, and at this moment, there is still a big gap between Him and the Supreme Heaven. He needs to enter the material world again and re-enter the world.
Gain additional power on the new path through "behavior".
But unlike the apostles who can interfere with the material world, it is basically impossible for Tiansi who has gained authority to enter the material world again... However, Huan Tiansi broke this common sense.
Ouroboros provided a ritual called "The Ring of Ouroboros" for His friendship.
Mian Tiansi, who had reached the limit of his power, successfully transformed into a mortal. He dispersed his excess power and created the "Knights of the Round Table" - these Knights of the Round Table became stronger through the power Mian Tiansi dispersed. And in the end
They also followed Arthur and completed the great and transcendent cause of defeating the kingdom of giants with their mortal bodies.
Only then can He compete with the Supreme Heaven and win, becoming the new Lord of the Path, the Silver Crowned Dragon.
Like an ouroboros, it devours itself and is reborn.
Devouring the entire self and gaining a completely meaningful new life is essentially "molting and rebirth". Transforming oneself into a stronger form gives rise to the possibility of transcendence again.
——Whether it was the ritual for him to usurp the body of the giant dragon, or the ritual for his subsequent return to the world, it was all provided by this Huantian Si.
Even in the early days... when he was not Mian Tiansi and had not yet defeated the dragon, he was still the contractor of Huan Tiansi.
Merlin remembered Arthur telling him stories about that era.
That seems to be an extraordinary profession related to the concept of "shedding". This is also the fundamental basis for Mian Tiansi to be able to transform back into a human body and become stronger again.
But Yingtiansi and Miantiansi are different.
Ying Tiansi does not have the nature to transcend the path, and she does not want to replace the eternal self.
If the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows were allowed to descend into the body of Lancelot I, and be imprisoned and not allowed to go back...that crazy woman would definitely go crazy. The God of the Path of Love is comparable to the God of the Path of Love.
Extraordinary people are much more crazy.
However, according to what Merlin knew, there was no conflict between Huantiansi and Yingtiansi. Not only that, they didn't even have any contact.
So this is definitely not a personal vendetta.
——Then there is only one possibility to use this ancient ritual again.
"Huan Tiansi, do you want to... go further?"
Merlin raised his head and looked at the sky.
His eyes were deep and he murmured in a low voice: "Jacob...are you with Him? Are you also His contractor?"
So, what is Aiwass’s role in your plan?
He is a chess piece, a helper, a collaborator, and an heir...
