21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 601 - 597: The Legend of King Arthur (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

King Arthur was a legendary figure in Celtic mythology, known as The Eternal King. The tales of this mythical monarch and her Knights of the Round Table are still sung by people to this day.

The Sword in the Stone, the Holy Grail, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Avalon... Even if one does not know who King Arthur really was or what feats she accomplished, these names associated with the name of King Arthur are still widely recognized.

This wise sovereign from Celtic mythology has become a symbol, an emblem of knightly virtues, a timeless legend.

However, for those familiar with the legend of King Arthur, this legendary ruler is rather pitiable.

Legend has it that she was the child born from a union between the former King Uther and the wife of the Duke of Cornwall, aided by Merlin. Although the Duke of Cornwall died soon after Arthur's mother conceived her, and her mother went on to marry King Uther, Arthur's origin was still somewhat awkward.

So after King Arthur's birth, she was entrusted to Merlin by King Uther to be raised in secrecy. After growing up, she was fostered in the home of the future Knight of the Round Table, Kai, becoming his Knight's squire.

Later, when King Uther passed away and the kingdom fell into turmoil, knights convened at a grand tournament to decide who would be the rightful heir to the throne. Kai naturally represented his family in battle, while Arthur at that time did not even have the right to participate in the combat.

But fate is peculiar. Before the match, Kai forgot his sword and asked Arthur to fetch it, yet they found the inn where they had left their belongings was closed. In her urgency, Arthur pulled out a sword stuck in a stone at the churchyard, and this sword she drew was the legendary Sword in the Stone, which made her King of England.

With the loyalty of her knights, King Arthur began her reign. With Merlin's assistance, this young monarch led her knights and people in defying the invaders from Rome and the Saxons, ultimately leading her people to victory.

Yet, in this process, King Arthur, having broken the knightly code in a duel, caused the Sword in the Stone to shatter. Bereft of the Sacred Sword, Arthur, under Merlin's guidance, received a new treasure from The Lady of the Lake—Excalibur, also known in ancient Celtic as the Broken Steel Sword.

If the story had ended there, with England's people living a happy and fulfilling life under King Arthur's rule, then the story of King Arthur might indeed have had a perfect ending. Unfortunately, this wise and great monarch was still fated to face her own destiny.

King Arthur married the beautiful Guinevere as his Queen but fathered Mordred with his half-sister Morgan le Fay, something Guinevere later came to know, which eventually led to Guinevere's affair with Lancelot.

And this love affair between Guinevere and Lancelot indeed brought disaster to King Arthur and the entire nation, just as foretold.

King Arthur, who knew of the Queen's affair with the knight, had no intention of dealing with his Queen or his loyal knight. But clearly, the other knights could not tolerate the besmirching of their king's honor, so they attempted to apprehend them during the secret meeting of the Queen and the knight. In the end, Lancelot broke free, but the Queen was brought before Arthur.

Insisted upon by the knights, King Arthur had no choice but to sentence his own Queen to be burned at the stake.

Although Lancelot, with Arthur's tacit or explicit consent, stormed the execution ground to rescue Guinevere, sweeping her away to flee to France, Lancelot ended up killing other knights in the process, prompting King Arthur to lead an expedition against France.

And this provided Mordred the opportunity to rebel.

In the end, King Arthur fought Mordred at Camelot, and she killed her own son but was also gravely wounded.

After returning Excalibur to The Lady of the Lake, she too rested eternally in Avalon.

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King Arthur's fate was a tragedy, but from it, it's not hard to discern some truths and contradictions hidden by the legend.

King Arthur is a character from Celtic mythology, but at that time, even England, due to the invasions by the Romans, worshipped God, and even the Sword in the Stone was pulled out from a church... The underlying struggle between Christianity and the Celtic Pantheon is indeed thought-provoking.

As for the Sword in the Stone obtained later from the church that broke, and King Arthur's Sword becoming the Excalibur of Avalon, that's even more intriguing.

And his sister, Morgan le Fay, is in the Celtic mythology one of the triple goddesses, representing war, destruction, fertility, justice, and death—one of the three goddesses of death, while the name Morgan itself comes from the goddess who rules Avalon in Celtic mythology.

From this, it's easy to see that the conflict between Morgan le Fay and King Arthur isn't just about her mad love for Arthur, but instead, the Celtic Pantheon intended to use this method to turn Arthur's heir into one of the Celtic Pantheon, thereby contending with the rule of the Christian Church.

The final battle at Camelot should be the battle for Britain between the Christian Church and the Celtic Pantheon.

Knowing this, it's not surprising why Merlin sealed Morgan le Fay, and her attitude of not wanting King Arthur to return to this world is also easily explainable.

"Who would have thought there was such a story behind the legend, so King Arthur's story became a legend, and the lack of evidence for her existence in the world is because all of it was sealed by you all, right?" Chen Yu looked towards Queen Mary, or rather, the reincarnation of Morgan le Fay, and asked her.

Morgan le Fay readily admitted it and nodded, "The so-called Celtic Pantheon is not powerful. Among us, only Merlin and I are the strongest, We intended to cultivate a new king to gain the kingdom's faith and thus become real deities, but she betrayed us!"

"So you let Mordred initiate the rebellion and tried to kill her, and Mordred was the heir you had prepared for her." Chen Yu looked at Morgan le Fay and finished the words she hadn't said.

"That's right, the child was originally cultivated to be her assistant and heir, but she betrayed us! So I wanted her beloved son to kill her by his own hand! Yet Mordred was so disappointing! He had such a perfect opportunity, and she still showed mercy!" Morgan le Fay's face twisted with anger, clearly outraged by Arthur's betrayal of the Celtic Pantheon.

However, after her anger, Morgan le Fay cruelly laughed, "Even though the Celtic Pantheon is no more, she was sealed by us along with the Celtic Pantheon, and she will never appear in this world again! Hahaha!"

"Is that so? Morgan le Fay? Or should I call you Morgan?" Amid Morgan le Fay's incredulous gaze, Chen Yu called out her name.