Hogwarts Crawler

Arthur Pendragon, the Eternal King

Looking at that figure, Adam couldn't help but think of King Arthur from another world in his mind - not King Dumb, but Old Sword.

Compared to the story of King Dumb, which he knew better, Adam was actually more interested in the story behind this mysterious King Arthur, apart from his love for the character, just out of curiosity.

Just like different Merlins, what similar but different stories will happen to different King Arthurs?

Without Adam asking, Merlin had already told his story slowly.

Merlin and ancient Britain actually had an intersection long before Arthur was born. The first person to have a connection with Merlin was Arthur's great-grandfather Vortigern.

At that time, King Vortigern of ancient Britain wanted to build a tower, but he couldn't build it. No matter how much he built on the first day, it would become a pile of ruins on the second day.

In desperation, Vortigern sought help from wizards who were not completely separated from Muggles at the time.

Merlin had just graduated at that time, and was proud of his magic ability that far surpassed his classmates and even professors. Seeing this situation, he helped out.

Since then, the king of ancient Britain has been very courteous to Merlin. After Vortigern's death, the new king Aurelius even invited Merlin to enter the court.

At that time, Merlin could even be said to be still not very mature. After all, he was too powerful to encounter setbacks, and he would not consider the consequences of his actions too much. He would help ancient Britain a few times when he was in the mood.

Until that day, Merlin once again made a prophecy for ancient Britain:

The son of King Uther, the next king of Aurelius, will become the king of all Britain.

When everyone cheered for this prophecy, no one noticed Merlin's abnormality.

He not only saw the scene of the child ascending the throne as king, but also saw the misfortune in the distant future.

At that time, Merlin's understanding of the nature of prophecy was not as profound as it is now after he regretted it for most of his life, so he took Arthur away after he was born and tried to change his prophecy.

Merlin raised Arthur, taught him the way of being a king, taught him superb martial arts, and asked the goblin king to make a sharp and powerful sword for Arthur, a Muggle.

All these efforts were Merlin's efforts to break his own prophecy, but Merlin's prophecy was finally fulfilled.

Compared with the previous kings, Arthur was raised by Merlin himself little by little. It is no problem to say that he is King Arthur's advisor, and it is no problem to say that he is Arthur's father. In addition, he is also Arthur's teacher and close friend...

Watching Arthur step by step towards the tragic ending as he predicted, and he was powerless, Merlin fell into great grief.

So he took away the castle in the center of Camelot and built the isolated Avalon.

"Why didn't you do anything at that time?"

Adam was a little confused. Merlin was at least two hundred years old at that time. Why didn't he help King Arthur?

Merlin was silent for a while before he slowly said:

"Although I am powerful, I am not invincible. Moreover, I predicted Arthur's victory at that time, so I relaxed my vigilance..."

King Arthur did win in that battle, but that did not mean that King Arthur could finally escape the tragic ending. The fact that ancient Britain reached its peak in the hands of King Arthur and was destroyed in his hands was not contradictory.

But Merlin did not realize this at that time.

Whether it was further improvement of himself or understanding the nature of prophecy, that was what Merlin accomplished in Avalon.

When a person sees that future, that future will be attached with the weight of that person, and fate will slide uncontrollably towards that future under the involvement of this weight, unless there is a person above that person who can cover this weight.

This is the so-called essence of prophecy. When Merlin realized this, he was already a legendary wizard who had gathered the world's self.

Even if he could go back to the past, he couldn't change the past. If he did so forcibly, it would only cause the timeline to collapse...

As he spoke, Merlin's eyes fell on Adam.

At this point, many things didn't need to be explained too clearly. Adam could naturally understand what Merlin wanted to express.

That's why he was shocked:

"Not...you...huh?"

It's not Adam's fault that he was shocked and speechless. In his eyes, what Merlin wanted to do was similar to Saber's wish to reopen the Holy Grail War.

It's just that the Holy Grail that Saber wanted to wish for is destined to not fulfill her wish, while what Merlin wanted to do is feasible.Sex.

Even so, this is not a solution to the problem!

Not to mention that ancient Britain was not destroyed by King Arthur, even if it could continue with King Arthur to today, Britain might not be as prosperous as it is today.

Although Adam cannot cover Merlin's status, he can already fix a timeline by himself, but he will not think of going to the end of the dynasty or even earlier to create a timeline in which China did not experience the destruction of mountains and rivers.

On the one hand, this method is not a change of the present at all, but just creates a new timeline.

On the other hand, it is a shame to say that the experience of the destruction of mountains and rivers in the end of the dynasty is indispensable to China, which later returned to the top of the world, but it is indeed true that it is indispensable.

It is precisely because of the shaving of blood and flesh that the reborn China can get rid of all the pus, blood and rotten flesh of the old times. It is precisely because the spine was broken that the China that stood up again can stand up straight.

Without going through this process of destruction and reconstruction, it would not be so easy for China to move from the feudal dynasty stage to socialism on its own.

Therefore, even if we put aside the position of restraining one's own existence, as an ordinary person, Adam would not want to go to the newly created timeline.

If you don't feel sad for the experience of China's broken mountains and rivers, you have no conscience, but if you want China to return to the end of the dynasty or even earlier to start over, you have no conscience, because this denies the efforts of those who have given everything for China in this timeline.

Putting yourself in their shoes, Adam thinks that it should be the same for the British. He can figure out why Merlin would...

"I know that Britain may not be better after the change, but it doesn't matter."

Merlin shook his head in Adam's surprised eyes:

"I want to create that timeline just to complete the redemption of a person. I want him to enjoy the glorious life as a king, instead of watching his country fall apart."

"Ah this..."

Adam was silent.

How should I put it... If you say so, it's not impossible.

But can he go and watch the timeline at that time?

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with you two.