Stray Chapter 30: The allegation that appears to be the case
"Merlin? Well, your guesses are not unreasonable... This person is indeed very suspicious, whether it is the motive for doing this, or as a suspicious candidate in this singularity..."
Skaha frowned slightly. After thinking about it carefully, not only did he not raise any objections, but he nodded in agreement, expressing his approval of Dr. Roman's guess, because even she had such doubts .
After all, Merlin's reputation as the most famous great magician in modern times, even she has heard of it. This magician who gradually became famous in the post-A.D. era has reached the heights in the field of magic——
Better than the many sages, prophets and other characters of the Age of Gods that the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows has ever seen.
—a classic example of a come-from-behind.
After all, there are sages, prophets, and witches in various myths and legends. There are many famous magicians, and they also play a very important role in many legends and epics. .
Just like Skaha's own position in Celtic mythology, and the shining child of light, the great hero of Ireland, Cuchulainn is her proud disciple who taught spear skills and runes in person, It is also a famous legend.
But even so, there are so many myths and stories circulating in various countries, regions, and ethnic groups, so many sages, prophets, prophets, so many magicians, there are a few who can touch the height of that apex and have Qualifying for the title?
Although top-level clairvoyance is also one of the hard constraints.
But ask yourself, even if you don't compare clairvoyance and simply look at the level of attainment in magic itself, who among them would really be so arrogant and think that they are more arrogant than Israel's Solomon, Egypt's Imhotep, Magicians such as Celt Merlin are stronger?
As far as Skaha knows, the original crown magician was the King Solomon of Israel. It is said that he listened to the voice of God and received the apocalypse, and really established the magic foundation for mankind. The king of magic .
Blessed by God, obtained eyes to stare at the world, has the perspective of transcendence, and is called the omnipotent king... Of course, this is an exaggeration. The realm of the omniscient and omnipotent cannot be speculated at all. It can also be seen how terrible the magician's great achievements are.
There is a reason why Skaha is suspicious of Merlin, because Merlin is the only magician she knows who still holds the title after the other candidates for the championship are gone...
And it is a living being, not a Servant who has been promoted after death.
This is a very important point. Whether it is the mastermind who can launch the "Human Law Burning", or the mysterious magician who is sticking to this singularity and controlling the entire planet with the "Heavenly Motion Domain", they must all be living existence.
Skaha is absolutely sure of this.
Because the dead are limited, their time has long since stopped, and only the living can keep moving forward and make history.
As for the Heroic Spirit Servant... in the end, it's just a record of the past, not the person in the past.
From the division of ranks, it should be able to see-
Why is it divided into different ranks to distinguish the position of Servants? Wouldn't it be great if each heroic spirit was exactly the same as before, and directly restored their entire original template, including memory, character, ability, etc., etc.?
The answer is naturally because it can't be done. "The complete resurrection of the dead" is a miracle that even magic can't achieve. After all, a Servant is just a magical phenomenon created by a record, just an aspect of a certain existence.
In the case of limited containers, the best option is indeed to specialize properties and capabilities in a certain direction.
Simply put, the most intuitive example is that Solomon's ability as a Servant is actually far from what he was in his lifetime, which is simply a huge difference of several dimensions.
It will take place in the final battle in the not-too-distant future, in the Temple of the Crown of Time, and when the real Solomon just appeared, Goetia sneered at him after being shocked.
Because not to mention Solomon who abandoned everything and became a human being, even the crown Caster Solomon, who appeared as the most suitable Servant class, relied on the Temple of Time to live until that time, and possessed the abilities of King Solomon during his lifetime. In front of the Demon God King Gaetia, he was also vulnerable.
Only Solomon in his lifetime, and only the living magic king, has the ability to stop Goetia.
...this is the best proof.
Skaha is naturally very clear that even if a crowned Cater like King Solomon appears, there are often limited things he can do. After all, he is only a servant, just a recorded magic phenomenon.
Like the assassin, even if he stood at the apex of the attributes of the corresponding rank, but just like that, in the Tower of Glory standing in Britain, he still couldn't change anything, he could only retreat wounded.
Only an existence that not only has the qualifications to stand at the top, but also lives all the time, is the most terrifying opponent. Among them, the crown magician is the most powerful. After all, his strength is superior to one person, and his wisdom is superior to a thousand troops.
No matter how strong the "fighters" who dance with knives and guns are, even if they can achieve a thousand enemies or ten thousand enemies, it is often difficult to compare with specialized "mages" in terms of the scale of events that can be caused.
All kinds of big magic and giant ceremonies are small and big, and the chain reaction caused by them is enough to make the former unmatched. Once the final result is successful, the huge gap opened will make them even more exhausted.
For example, "Humanity Burning" and "Heavenly Movement Realm" are two of the most intuitive examples.
"That's right, that's what I think too..." Dr. Roman received the approval of the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, and immediately said cheerfully, and explained in detail why he was the first Time identified Merlin.
Yes, this is definitely not because of prejudice and hostility, but because of a fair and just heart, looking at the problem from an objective and fair perspective.
"From the perspective of time, Merlin's age is the closest and the only magician who can be confirmed to have the qualification for the crown, and the conditions that Miss Skaha just said are also true. Merlin is not a Servant. A living person cannot become a heroic spirit."
"He is imprisoned in a narrow tower in Avalon, the inner sea of stars, the end of the world, on the outer side that will not disappear until the end of human history. He will not die, so Merlin now still alive."
The more Dr. Roman said, the more he felt that the truth of the matter must be like this, and he vowed to make a final decision——
"Who else can be more suspicious than him? So it's definitely Merlin, it must be Merlin!"
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Obviously, he said that he was only suspicious, but then he changed the subject and directly determined that it was the crime committed by the other party? Is this really an objective and fair attitude?
The people of Chaldea were quite speechless. They always felt that they didn't know why. It seemed that Dr. Roman had always held some kind of inexplicable hostility towards the legendary great magician.
"But I remember that Merlin seems to have a bad relationship with women, so he can't get along in the British Isle. According to legend, at the end of the legend of King Arthur, before the battle of Jianlan, he went to the ideal land of Avalon ."
Matthew hesitated for a while, but still raised his doubts: "It is said that he regretted his past bad words and deeds... , although he didn't die, he couldn't escape..."
"Who knows about this kind of thing, after all, it's all rumors, isn't it?" Skaha said lightly, "Is it true that Merlin locked himself up for this reason, the only thing that can be confirmed is The only thing is that he was alive and suddenly disappeared before Camelot ended..."
Well, if you say that, it really makes you more suspicious the more you look at it.
If Merlin really has a conscience uneasy about his sins, and really still has a conscience, then no matter how you look at it, compared to him taking the initiative to go to Avalon and building a tower to lock himself up ——
In the end, I didn't want the legend of King Arthur to end, so I helped rebuild the Kingdom of Camelot. It's not impossible, right...
"I don't think so, and Merlin helped us at the last singularity..."
Fujimaru Rika hesitated. After all, if it wasn't for Merlin, she probably wouldn't be alive now. She would have died in the North American Singularity long ago, and was killed by the mad king Kuqiulin.
"I can't say the same. From another point of view, doesn't it prove that Merlin is not trapped? Maybe he is not trapped at all, or even if he is trapped, there is a way to escape and leave Avalon ..."
Da Vinci thought seriously, his eyes were bright, and the almighty genius would not be deceived by these things, but would only look at the problem more rationally, so he found something wrong at a glance.
"Is that so..." It seems that from Miss Skaha, to Dr. Roman, and Da Vinci, there are such guesses and suspicions, and finally even Matthew can't help but be shaken.
"Is the culprit Merlin?"
Lancelot's voice sounded not far behind everyone. When he looked back, Fujimaru Rika found that the group of Knights of the Round Table did not know when they had arrived at the watchtower.
And I don't know how long they have been listening, but at this moment they all look like they are filled with righteous indignation.
"Damn! It was that shameless old dreamer! I knew that guy was a man as incomprehensible as an eel..."
Lancelot clenched his fists tightly, with a look of anger, and gritted his teeth:
"He is indeed a very troublesome magician. If it was the man's deeds, there would be no way... But to do this to such an extent, it is an insult to the king's great cause. ”1603449132