Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 941: The Spirit of the Sun Knight

"A living demonic sword... the remains of the Path of the Beast."

Aiwass murmured in a low voice: "Is this the secret of why it drives people crazy and out of control?"

"Yes."

Merlin nodded, looked down at the huge key in Aiwass's hand, and sighed, "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have broken it and sealed it again... This is more or less a relic of Galahad, and a treasure that Lancelot once held. It would be best to keep it, and it is more or less a thought.

"…It was precisely because I felt so bad about it that I didn't destroy it completely. Otherwise, according to my habit, I would rather not have such an unstable power."

Merlin sighed when he got to this point: "I was thinking...what if there is a way to solve its problem in the future?"

Merlin obviously didn't approve of Aiwass's use of the power of the red-handled sword.

For Merlin, the risk of the red-handled sword far outweighs its benefits. Just letting a Knight of the Round Table exert his superhuman strength seems to be useless in a battle of this scale against the Heavenly Master... On the contrary, the power of the Path of the Beast may cause the Path to deviate.

"Mr. Merlin," Aiwass suddenly asked, "Do you know the remnant soul of the paladin in the red-handled sword?"

"I think that might be a conceptual knight formed from the soul of the Barin Knight."

Merlin obviously knew of its existence, so he immediately answered: "Do you know where this sword came from, Aiwass?"

"I heard it was on a piece of marble. It had the words 'The greatest knight can make me move' written on it. And everyone tried to pull the sword out, but even Arthur failed. The only one who pulled it out was Balin."

Aiwass answered with interest: "Why, isn't this right?"

"Yes, and also wrong."

Merlin shook his head: "Because specifically, this actually happened after the establishment of the Round Table.

"In the beginning, the sword was sent by a fairy from the lake..."

Merlin patiently told the story, and his words were full of nostalgia.

——That was a story that happened before the Knights of the Round Table were established.

Before Lancelot, Mordred, Tristan and Guinevere joined the round table, a fairy suddenly came and said in public that she would give them a difficult problem.

Her body was extremely beautiful and full of charm, and she was naked except for a thin black robe with the sword at her waist. In order to see her more, people surrounded her in three layers.

She pretended to be weak and said that she had been entangled by this cursed sword for too long. Only the purest people could pull this sword from her waist. But as long as she opened her cloak, people would inevitably notice her extremely beautiful body. Whether it was Gawain, Bedivere, Kay, Merlin... even Arthur.

As the Lady of the Lake, she has the most attractive body. The angle of the scabbard is fixed, so if you want to draw the sword, you can only reach down from her chest.

As long as he had the slightest desire for her, he would feel sore all over and would not be able to use any strength when holding the sword.

When facing a determined knight, she would even take the initiative to tease him. Even if the knight tried not to look, it would be difficult for him to remain calm under the charm of the fairy in the lake. As long as he had distracting thoughts, he would stumble and fall, not to mention drawing the sword, even if she pushed him away.

Such a weak woman actually challenged almost all the knights - at that time, people already knew that this was a provocation. She claimed to be Morgan's friend, but she might also be his mortal enemy. Because Arthur had a one-night stand with Morgan, she came to verify whether her charm was greater than her sisters... and to prove that Arthur, whom Morgan had high hopes for, was just that.

The Lady of the Lake humiliated Arthur and his followers, who were famous for their bravery, in public, and ruined their reputation. The angry Balin rushed over, drew his sword, and killed the Lady of the Lake on the spot!

Because he was enlightened very late, there is no love or affection in his heart. He only wants to become the strongest in the world!
"He later became more and more erratic and arrogant. He became more and more unwilling to obey orders, accustomed to acting alone, and even attacked his colleagues. He also provoked Arthur several times, trying to seize the position of leader from him... and perhaps because of the curse of the Fairy of the Lake before her death, he eventually fell into the trap because of his irritability and arrogance."

Merlin sighed, "Although everyone knows that this sword contains a curse, and even gave it a name called 'evil curse'. However, it is an extremely powerful force that can change fate. I was worried that someone might be tempted, so I stole it and sealed it - I inserted it into a marble rock as huge as a mountain. In addition to the requirement of 'purest', I also added the constraints of 'kindness' and 'firmness' to prevent someone from pulling it out and causing trouble in the world.

"But considering that it is a very powerful magic sword after all...what if I encounter a powerful enemy in the future and need to come back to get it? So I added a sentence like 'Only the greatest knight can make me move'. In this way, it doesn't sound like a magic sword, but more like a holy sword that needs to be tested before it can be picked up, so the unstable power of the curse is bleached - isn't it?"

Merlin sighed. "Many years later... when the Round Table was established and we went to Avalon to fight the giants, a marble slab suddenly floated in the river with a sword stuck in it. You know the rest of the story. Galahad pulled out the sword and used it until the end."

"You're a genius, Merlin."

Aiwass exclaimed.

So the real history is like this...

However, the archaeological results of Avalon were not much different. At least Professor Budd guessed correctly in the general direction, but the details were slightly different... After all, even the most powerful professor of archaeology could not guess the psychological activities of the parties involved.

"After Balin died because of this sword, its evil nature became stronger. Originally, it would only make people weak and powerless, just like when they were sick or just woke up. But since then, just touching it will change the mind, and even cause hallucinations and hear phantom sounds." It was the remnant of a paranoid knight - or like a new spirit. He seemed to have learned the code of knights from our words and deeds, and awarded himself a knight. He is definitely not Balin... Because he has a strong worship of the sun, we all call him the 'Sun Knight'.

"The Sun Knight and the Red-Handled Sword form a wonderful balance - Galahad was able to use its power in part because of the contract he made with the Sun Knight."

"The Sun Knight?"

Aiwass became a little serious after hearing this.

This is very important information.

Merlin obviously didn't know the specific origin of the red-handled sword, he only knew that it was related to the beast master.

But Aiwass thought of more.

Because he had witnessed the fall of the second sun. When the second sun "Taiyi" was about to be replaced by Wei Zhe, the sun was shattered by the Supreme Heaven and became broken into pieces.

At that time, fragments of the sun fell into the sea, emitting steam like metal quenching. The power of creation of the First Source River escaped, and the Beast Master was born.

Before the Beast Lord created all things, races such as the Winged Ones and the Scaled Ones all came from the creation of the Sun God Taiyi. Another part of its remains gave birth to the giant tree, and the children of the giant tree became the elves - the first breasted ones.

All creatures created by the Beast Master have the characteristics of fearing fire and being close to light. It seems to come from the creatures' instinctive fear of fire and closeness to light; Hengwo, as a moon god, can give birth to the sun, probably partly because she and the Beast Master already have the fragments of Taiyi's path left in their bodies.

——Just as there are sky-eating beasts remaining in the Supreme Celestial Body, and the impurities need to be expelled by giving birth to a race of giants; the Silver Crown Dragon's "authority" path is also influenced by "power".

And Aiwass used a red-handled sword.

That holy sword just happened to contain the power of wind, light, and fire.

Light and fire—aren’t these exactly the attributes of the sun!

As for the wind... maybe it is also related to the sun?

In other words, that is the difference between the second sun "Taiyi" and the gentler third sun "Xi Tiansi" - because Xi Tiansi lacks the power of "wind", its heat and brightness are significantly lower than in ancient times.

"What if I want to awaken the Sun Knight inside?"

Aiwass asked.

"Is he your target?"

Merlin suddenly realized: "No wonder... I remember you have the ability to seal the phantom demon! This makes sense...

"...But it's not difficult for me to remove the seal. If you want, I can do it immediately. But it's difficult to repair this sword... After all, I'm not a blacksmith. I can smash it, but I can't put it together - I'm afraid I have to find a dwarf to repair it, and I have to use another holy sword to repair its blade.

"Of course, even if you completely repair it... I'm afraid you won't be able to wake it up."

"Why?" Aiwass asked back.

"Because the remaining souls inside were separated and preserved by me."

Merlin simply replied, “I have smashed its blade to pieces and sealed its hilt, so how could the remaining soul inside be left there?
“But it was fate—because the remaining soul inside was placed into another holy sword by me.

"It happens to be Mordred's former sword, the Sword of Clarent. If I remember correctly, your Moriarty family should be the descendants of Mordred, right? Look through your family treasure house, maybe it's in there.

"——If you just want the Paladin's soul inside, I don't think it's necessary to repair the red-handled sword."

"No." Aiwass rolled his eyes and smiled like a fox. "Remove the seal first. We can talk about other things later."

The Sword of Clarent.

Aiwass actually knew where the sword was.

——Thanks to the information from Lord Hong Xiang.

(End of this chapter)