Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 94: King's Demeanor! What's Wrong with That?

Lord's residence.

A breeze blew by, and Merlin's body suddenly trembled.

He also didn't know why things turned out like this.

Merlin has been confused by the prophecy of fate recently and wanted to take a peek into the future beneath the fog of chaos, but he never expected that he would pay such a heavy price!
All his magical powers were wasted, and his eyes were completely blinded. His eyeballs imploded, turning them into a turbid gray-white color.

What was even more terrifying was that the future scenes he spied on were like a haze that shrouded his heart, making him think of an ancient legend: "Don't look directly at God." His three predicted futures were all related to divine beings, and the last two involved the War in Heaven, the root of faith.

The terrible backlash almost put Merlin in a state of severe injury and near death.

This is because he is lucky enough and strong enough. If it were someone else, he might have died on the spot.

Merlin was silent for a long time.

On the one hand, he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and on the other hand, he was also autistic.

It seems that all the future fragments he saw had nothing to do with the British Isles. What red dragon and white dragon, what King of Britain, what conflict between Wales and Saxons, people simply never took the conflicts and grudges of the small British Isles seriously.

Duncan just ran over him!
Who would care about a small island in the tide of the times? Who would care too much about the Avalon faith, a branch of the Celtic faith?

Other people's future.

It's the ultimate showdown between polytheism and monotheism! It's a battle in heaven that will determine the foundation of faith!

At this moment, Merlin was numb.

Completely autistic.

A hero is one who has great ambitions, good plans, and the ability to contain the universe and swallow the world.

Duncan's predictions about the future were beyond Merlin's imagination.

Compared with everything he had just seen, the prophecies before this seemed like a joke. The battle between the red dragon and the white dragon would not be decided until a thousand years later. If someone was willing, he could unify the British Isles in a year and be crowned king next year.

If it weren't for farming, we could recuperate and make life better for the common people. By the end of this year, we could drive all the Saxons into the sea!
This is not an ambition of the same magnitude at all.

Merlin didn't see what he wanted to see. Instead, he saw how insignificant his own existence was in the context of Duncan's grand future.

Let me borrow a phrase from later generations at this moment.

——If you are in Britain, seeing me is like a frog in a well looking up and seeing the moon. When you leave Britain one day, seeing me will be like a mayfly seeing the sky!

Merlin glimpsed the future prophecy, Duncan was fighting the 'War in Heaven'!
ridiculous.

It's ridiculous.

He spent most of his life making predictions, trapped in the small island of Britain. He was obsessed with the birth of King Arthur and was almost becoming a prophecy-crazed person.

Today, all my magical powers have been wasted, and I can finally see the blue sky after the clouds have cleared.

Merlin's cultivation was wasted.

But I have become much more sober, but I am still a little autistic and numb, my eyes are completely blind and I can't see the direction of the future.

Sonorous!

At this moment, Duchess Igraine rushed in murderously and put the sword directly on Merlin's neck.

The world only knows Merlin as a legendary wizard.

But few people know that he is also a top-notch swordsman. He can be said to be the swordsman of the British Isles and King Arthur was taught by him.

It only took Merlin a moment to grab the sword and fight back.

But he didn't move.

Because Merlin had secretly protected Duchess Igraine for so long and worried about the birth of King Arthur, today Igraine looked at him with hatred, and the sword even cut the skin on his neck, spilling a trickle of blood.

Only at this moment did he realize how much Igrain hated him!
What King Arthur?

What is the future of the British Isles?

What is Son of the Red Dragon?
Igraine doesn't want to know anything, she just wants revenge and makes Merlin and King Uther pay a heavy price!
She is just a poor woman who may have some special bloodline.

Because of her stunning beauty, she attracted the covetousness of King Uther, and Merlin helped him to commit evil.

What did she do wrong again?
She wholeheartedly served her husband who had just returned from the battlefield. Isn't this what a good wife should do?

Why did she want to be disgraced and condemned by everyone?
Why did they sever their ties with each other? Why did they become enemies?

Duke Dintagill never forgave her until his death. If Duncan had not helped her and her daughter at the critical moment, Igraine might not have survived in the castle in Cornwall.

Merlin secretly protected her only to ensure the birth of King Arthur.

After King Arthur was born, he was given to others to raise, and Duchess Igraine gradually disappeared without a trace, and it is likely that she died early.

Igraine hates it!

She wanted to chop off Merlin's head with a sword.

But she knew she couldn't do that. King Uther was the culprit of everything. She wanted real revenge and wanted to wash away the humiliation she had suffered over this period of time. More importantly, Duncan was sitting here, and she couldn't ignore this man's face.

It can be said that if Duncan had not stepped forward at the critical moment and canonized Moros as the Duchess of Britain in the name of Oathkeeper, the fate of mother and daughter would have been very miserable.

clang.

Igraine dropped his sword and knelt before Duncan with a sad look on his face.

Her humiliation and hatred need to be brought to justice by Duncan!
Sonorous.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Duncan slowly stood up. He drew his Oathkeeper sword and placed it on Merlin's shoulder. The icy light stung the skin on his neck. He looked down at the old man in front of him. His face was pale, his eyes were blind, and his beard and hair were tangled like tree roots. He said slowly, "Did King Uther ask you to use witchcraft to transform yourself into the Duke of Tintagel and sneak into the castle secretly?"

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

Merlin slumped on the ground with a wry smile on his face. He was not very willing at first, but he could not resist King Uther who was bewitched by her beauty, and he was also looking forward to the birth of the son of prophecy. He was a little crazy, so he made a decision against his will.

According to his several predictions, Duke Dintagir should have died at that time.

But the emergence of Duncan changed everything.

Merlin was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Yes."

The entire hall was in an uproar.

Among Duncan's general guards, some knights who had once been loyal to Duke Tintagel were so eager to draw their swords and kill Merlin. Duncan pressed on, "Did you poison Duke Tintagel?"

Merlin shook his head slowly and said in a hoarse voice, "It was just an accident."

"I don't need to go through so much trouble to kill him."

Duke Dintagir later killed the castle guards to vent his anger, which caused the wound to worsen. Merlin knew all this secretly, but chose to stand by and watch, because according to his prophecy, Duke Dintagir should have died long ago.

This is the terrifying thing about the prophetic man, which is why the Raven Queen - Triss, the Guardian Fairies of Avalon, and the Valkyries are so hostile to him.

Now it was all a joke, and Merlin didn't mind admitting it.

Even if Duncan wanted to kill him, he would not resist.

But Duncan did not kill him, but ordered: "Take him away."

"Keep good care of it."

After saying this, he reached out and helped Duchess Igraine up, saying in a deep voice, "Leave this matter to me."

"King Uther will pay!"

Duncan was silent for a moment, then looked at Igraine in front of him, his eyes falling on her abdomen. He lowered his voice and said, "This child."

"It must be the child of prophecy that Merlin is obsessed with."

"Whether you want to stay or not is up to you."

Merlin is dead.

Finally, we can deal with this difficult problem.

Not far away, Merlin stumbled. Even at this moment, hearing about King Arthur, his heart trembled.

At this time, Duchess Igraine also had an extremely complicated expression. Merlin tried his best to ensure the birth of King Arthur. She also developed a very special maternal emotion during this period because she could feel that the fetus in her belly seemed a little different.

She hated Merlin and King Uther, but her hatred was not directed at King Arthur who had not yet been born. She hated herself more for being a woman who could only be manipulated by others and had no choice in her destiny.

Who could believe that the delicate Duchess has been practicing swordsmanship hard recently, hoping to kill her enemies one day in the future?

blood vessels connected.

Igraine couldn't bring herself to do that, and no one could understand her painful struggle.

Duncan gave her the choice.

But Igrain didn't know how to face the future, especially the child's origin and revenge on King Uther. What kind of difficult situation would the child face in the future?
Merlin stopped and refused to leave. He wanted to know Duncan's plans.

It would be hard for him to accept if King Arthur disappeared just like that.

Son of prophecy.

The legendary king possessed the virtues of a knight king. Unlike King Uther, who could give up, King Arthur was the result of his life's work, and even infused Britain with some kind of supernatural power, allowing his children to be born with talents far beyond ordinary people.

It was a difficult decision, and Igrain had no way of answering it.

But no answer is the answer.

Duncan pondered for a moment, then looked down at Igraine in front of him and said in a deep voice, "If you plan to give birth to the child, I will adopt him as my son in the future."

"As the adopted daughter of Oathkeeper Duncan, no one should be able to discredit her origins."

At this moment, his domineering aura was revealed.

If Duncan was really willing to adopt King Arthur as his adopted son, then no one would be able to question her origin. Her existence could even easily undermine part of King Uther's royal power, because those who were loyal to King Uther would shift their loyalty, which, to some extent, gave them a "reasonable" reason to turn around and pledge allegiance to Duncan.

Igrain looked up in surprise when he heard that.

This man's heart made her tremble and surrender. She made a difficult decision and finally followed her heart, wanting to keep this unique child.

Would a true king not be able to tolerate an unborn child?

It is the world that is wrong.

These are people with different purposes.

A legendary wizard plotted against a weak woman.

It wasn't Igraine's fault for not being able to choose her own destiny; she was just a poor woman. It wasn't the fault of King Arthur who hadn't been born yet; why should she bear all this?
She was born in the name of saving Britain. It is ridiculous that such a young child should bear such a heavy burden!
Is there no one left in this world?
What child of prophecy? If Duncan adopts King Arthur as his adopted son, she can live the life she wants and become the person she wants to be!

In the hall.

Igraine slowly knelt down again and lowered her head. Duncan's words allowed her to regain control of her own destiny, and she knelt down sincerely.

From then on, her origins were no longer a weakness for this child. She could proudly hold her head high and tell the world that she was the adopted child of Duncan, the Oathkeeper. From this moment on, she completely severed all ties with her past. According to the imperial tradition of adopting children, she even had certain legitimate inheritance rights.

This right of inheritance is second only to Duncan's bloodline descendants.

No one knew where the king predicted by Merlin was, but the real king was standing in the hall, and the knights and guards around him all knelt on one knee in silence.

Duncan fought on the battlefield and protected millions of people, so how could he not protect an unborn child?
He now gave King Arthur legitimate birth.

Merlin trembled all over.

All the beliefs he had in the first half of his life were shattered, and now he was dispirited and allowed himself to be taken away.

Everyone left.

Before leaving, Igrain humbly bowed his head again towards Duncan's tall figure.

The last time she surrendered, Duncan, in the name of Oath Keeper, crowned Moros as the Duchess of Britain. This time, Duncan, in the name of Oath Keeper again, set things right, and with his amazing broad-mindedness, gave this child of unknown origin a bright future.

At this moment, she was even willing to die for Duncan!

In the hall.

The Raven Queen, Triss, was also stunned for a long time, and finally said quietly, "You want to completely subjugate Merlin? To use him for your own purposes?"

Duncan smiled faintly and nodded slightly.

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(End of this chapter)