A dragon is reflected in the picture, a dark red dragon.
Even if Arthur deliberately didn't pay attention, the picture was extremely large and forcefully attracted Arthur's attention.
At this moment, the giant dragon was looking up, with fire radiating from its eyes. It seemed that it could see Arthur and the others coming from where it was, through all the obstacles in the world.
The flame light in the dragon's eyes was so transparent and clear, but also so evil and filthy. It made Arthur's heart tremble when he saw it.
"Ah, you noticed him." The mysterious old man J smiled and said, "Be careful, don't keep looking at him. He is full of seductive magic. If you look at him for too long, your mind will be sucked away by him.
"
Arthur then looked away: "What on earth is that?"
"That is my old rival, my once most beloved child, but now he has betrayed me."
"He is?" Arthur looked at the old man and then at the dark red dragon: "But that dragon is obviously..."
"It comes from changes, kid." The old man continued to explain: "He does not need a specific form. He is a spiritual body like us. If he knows the trick, he is free to become whatever he wants."
"I don't think I have this kind of power." Arthur was doubtful.
"That's right, you haven't yet." The old man smiled and said: "You know, child? One of the sources of power for spiritual bodies in this world is faith. The intelligent creatures in this world who worship me and believe in me are getting better and better."
If there are more, their belief will become some kind of invisible force and strengthen my existence.
I was once the belief of every human being in this world. I was their creator and the refuge of their souls. They were the source of my strength.
In addition to human children made of flesh and blood, I also have many spiritual children. They serve me and are the closest beings to me."
"Very good, is a kingdom composed of spiritual beings ruling humans?" Arthur raised his brows.
"However, unlike simple-thinking humans, each of my spiritual children has his own thoughts." The old man continued: "And one of them, the one who has now transformed into a dragon, he
Dissatisfaction with me gradually arose in my heart.
He believes that human beings are not worthy of my love. He has seen the nature of human beings and thinks that human beings are ugly, bad, barbaric and shameless. He believes that all human beings on the earth are defective and need to be wiped out and corrected one by one.
He thinks that I only need to love my spiritual children and should not focus on the lower creatures of humans."
"So this is actually a battle for favor?" Arthur couldn't help laughing: "It sounds so stupid."
"That's right," the mysterious old man J also laughed: "But I allowed it, and I let him do it. He wants to prove to me how bad human beings are, so just let him prove it. After proving it, your opponent
Before your claim is wrong, you must give your opponent a chance to prove it.
So, I made a bet and a contract with him.
He can run rampant in this world, seducing, intimidating, and deceiving anyone at will. He can use the most despicable means to lure people into committing all evil deeds to prove how bad human nature is.
And I will never interfere. I must not interfere with human beings who have [free will]."
"You're crazy!" Arthur complained: "He will mess up the whole world!"
"If this is his true purpose, then he must have tried it countless times." The mysterious old man J smiled lightly, with a little helplessness in his smile: "In fact, the wars in this world have never really stopped.
.Every peace is just a preparation period for the next war. Whether it is for justice or injustice, every war is full of blood.
But all this is not over yet. My old friend and old rival is preparing something. He plans to plunge the world into an unprecedented catastrophe, a world war."
After finishing speaking, a picture appeared in front of Arthur, covering countless small screens on the ground.
The huge flames swept everything, it was a ruthless fire of war. It burned the surface of the earth, killed all living things, and released all the disasters in the world at the same time. Under the ravages of the war, the entire planet was burning and became desolate.
"And this is just a small part of my old rival's huge plan." J continued.
Human beings who have been ravaged by war will become more violent and cruel, civilization will no longer exist, and everything will return to its most primitive state. On the barren land, human beings kill each other, fight for survival, fight for greed, and even commit suicide.
The dirty business of cannibalism.
"Then my old rival will prove to me perfectly that human nature can be so bad. Humanity is not worth saving."
"It's just nonsense." Arthur said angrily: "If the world has become like that, in order to survive, this is a matter of course."
"Then let me ask you, child." The old man looked at Arthur seriously: "If you are about to starve to death, and there is a bowl of human flesh in front of you, and eating human flesh is your only choice to survive, will you do it?"
Going to eat?"
Arthur was suddenly dumbfounded by the question and didn't know how to answer it.
"With the complete annihilation of humanity, my old friend will declare himself victor in this bet. But if, on the contrary, people still maintain their kindness even in the most desperate moments, then I win the bet."
Already."
"But that's not something you need to worry about, friend from another world." The old man smiled, waved his hand and suddenly drew a crack in the void. Arthur had seen the crack floating in the air, it was the crack in time and space.
.
"Go back and have a rest. When the time is right, I will guide you to the right time again." The mysterious old man J said: "Don't worry, your fate and that girl's (Kama) are still closely connected.
You will definitely see her again - it should be said that you can't get rid of her even if you want to. If this is a trick of my old friend, I will not be able to interfere. Only you can save your lover.
.I hope the love between you can break the trap set by the devil. I hope you can truly reunite."
Before Arthur could react, a huge suction force from the rift in time and space had already sucked him in.
"Your Majesty. Your Majesty?" Merlin's voice came from the darkness.
When he came back to his senses, Arthur found that he had become a ball of light, floating in a vast chaos. This is the gap in time, the place of everything and nothing, the center of endless chaos.
"Am I being sent back?" Arthur then looked around: "Bedi! Where is Bediville?"
"I'm here." Bedivere's voice came from another light group next to him, and his voice was quite exciting: "Arthur, you are still alive! You are really still alive! That's great!"
"I'm not weak enough to be killed by that kind of vampire." Arthur said without emotion.
"Your Majesty, we seem to have been expelled from that world." Merlin said: "I can try to re-establish the connection with that world, but it will take some time. Now we can only return to the original world."
"Let's do it this way." Arthur said helplessly.
Whoosh! In the blink of an eye, Arthur and Bedivere had returned to their original world. They were standing in the tactical conference room of the British battleship Palamedes.
After Merlin's black screen barrier was lifted, Arthur subconsciously looked at the clock in the conference room. Only five minutes had passed since they originally set out.
"Are you kidding? I've been there for a whole month!" Bedivere touched his chest and sighed: "Oh! People! Human bodies! It's been such a long time! I thought I had to be a human being for the rest of my life.
There’s a wolf!”
Arthur rolled his eyes at Bedivere. The werewolf young man's movements of touching himself were particularly strange.
Merlin also rolled his eyes at Bedivere, dissatisfied with the werewolf youth's random mention of time travel.
"It'll be nice to be able to come back safely anyway." Arthur subconsciously covered his chest. Arthur, who was almost dead after being shot through the chest by the True Ancestor, still has lingering fears. It was a kind of phantom pain, a kind of mental trauma.
, deeply imprinted in Arthur's soul. Even King Arthur, who is now strong, will remember this fear for a long time in the future. For controlling the body of a weak boy to fight, he will almost die because of his own weakness.
The fear of death.
Being a weak person turns out to be such a terrible thing.
All in all, it's great to be back safely. Although their mission is far from over.
"Uh! My tree species!..." Bedivere shouted at an object on the table at this time. It was the medium that Merlin used to connect the two worlds. Merlin relied on the connection between tree species to open the world.
The gap leading to that different world nine hundred years in the future.
Now there is a strange flower bud growing on the tree, a black rose bud. The rose looks black at first glance, but in fact it is not. When Arthur takes a closer look, he can see that the flower has no color, but there is something inside.
Countless galaxies are reflected - as if there is a universe hidden inside.
"The connection between our time and space and the time and space nine hundred years later has not been completely interrupted." Merlin explained: "Think of this as a checkpoint. The next time you enter that world, you will have the same identity.
Arrive at the world beyond the time period we have experienced."
"I don't understand. Can't you send us back to the original time? I have obviously found Greenville. If I can bring her back from there--"
"The laws of the universe do not allow us to enter repeated time areas, even you as spirit beings cannot. Time overlap will cause very terrible consequences, and you don't want to see it happen."
The King of Knights sighed: "Okay. Whatever."
Anyway, he has found Greenville. He knows who Greenville is in that world. He will definitely be able to find her again next time he goes there.
Of course, whether she can wake up and bring her back to this world is another matter.