Alice's question caused the tea cup that Noah was about to deliver to her lips slightly stagnated.
Who is the so-called "Last King"
This problem, in fact, should have appeared much earlier.
However, Noah already had a guess about the identity of the "Last King".
"No matter who it is, anyone who knows the existence of the "Last King" will call him the last king who will appear in the world, that is, the god who will appear in the last days."
Noah drank the hot tea in the cup in his hand, put the cup on the table, and looked directly at Alice.
"The gods that will appear in the last days can be found in various mythological systems, but the king who will make Lancelot the Lord, then there is only one, right?"
"The legendary king of Great Britain, known as King Arthur, the king of knights." Alice said the title of existence that is quite familiar to anyone.
"The words of the king indeed meet all the conditions."
In the book "The Death of King Arthur", which records the legend of King Arthur, there is a very famous tombstone.
—『HIC JATEC ARTHURS, REX QUONDAM REX QUEFUTURUS—The king of the past and the future Arthur lays here" —
The meaning is that the legendary king is the ruler who will not stay in the past, and the king of knights will awaken in the future world and will once again become the king.
This is not just casual talk.
In the British legend of Celtic mythology, King Arthur was seriously injured in the final battle of his life and was sent to Avalon, known as the Fairy Island, where he fell into a deep sleep and healed his injuries.
In other words, in mythology, the Knight King with the name of King Arthur did not clearly die, silently waiting for the time to awaken.
Therefore, many people believe in King Arthur.
One day, King Arthur will wake up in Avalon and come back to this land.
Therefore, King Arthur is known as the king of the past and the future.
In view of this, it is also argued that when King Arthur comes again in the world, it is likely to be the day of the end of the world.
At that time, the king, who is the king of legends, will save the world, save mankind, and restore peace to the world.
In other words, King Arthur fully meets the condition of "the last king to appear in the world."
In addition, the knight named Lancelot referred to the "Last King" as the lord. Gnivia, formerly known as the goddess of the earth, was the ancestor of the princess of King Arthur in Celtic mythology, also looking for the "Last King" "The King", King Arthur would be regarded as the "Last King", and that is justified.
"It's just that if this Lancelot is not the Lake Knight Lancelot in the legend of Great Britain in Celtic mythology, then the inference that the "Last King" is King Arthur has yet to be identified."
At this moment, the knowledge of Gods that fit the characteristics and nature of the "Last King" flashed in Noah's mind, causing De Noah to rub his brows.
"And if the "Last King" is not King Arthur, it would be a bit difficult to know who this god who is the enemy of the godslayer is."
"Just as Master Noah said." Alice nodded.
"Because the identity of Qing Lancelot is a mystery, the true identity of "The Last King" is also difficult to know."
"If you say that, you also don't know the true identity of the "Last King"?" Noah frowned.
"I don't even know the real body of Lancelot?"
"Although I am ashamed, it's not just me, even many famous witches, and even Alexander who has been searching for the "Holy Grail" and exploring the secrets of the "Last King" do not know the true body of the two." Said.
"I'm afraid Lord Noah doesn't know that whether it is King Arthur or the Knight of the Lake, or even the origin of the entire Great Britain legend, in fact, Lord Gnivia fabricated it!"
"You... what did you say?" Noah started in astonishment.
"You mean fabricated? Fabricated myth?"
"That's right!" Alice nodded her head as if she was planning to increase the authenticity of her words.
"We can be sure that the existence of King Arthur and the myths related to it are all fabricated by Lord Gnivia!"
Having said that, Alice began to explain.
As we all know, the body of the gods is actually the myth itself.
If a god that originally only existed in mythology violated his own mythology and appeared on the earth, then this god would become a body against the Tao, swallowed by madness, and become a god of disobedience.
If there are myths, then there are gods.
Therefore, the gods that have appeared so far are all well-known and famous people.
And if there were no myths, naturally there would be no unnecessary gods.
For example, Monkey King.
If there is no such super famous character in "Journey to the West", and the world does not know the existence of this number, then this god will never appear out of thin air and descend on the ground.
"Throughout the ages, thousands of myths have been born by human hands, and there are naturally some myths that suddenly disappeared or deteriorated suddenly." Alice explained.
"And if the myth changes, then the nature of the gods will also change, and that is the law that the gods of the myth can never get rid of."
Noah nodded in approval.
Just like Athena, she was originally the queen of the gods who ruled the center of Mediterranean mythology. Later, the feminist society was denied, the era of male sovereignty came, and the myth was tampered with by men, and Athena, the queen of the gods, was also belittled.
At this point, the godhead of the Triune God Queen was divided and became Zeus' wife Metis and his daughter Athena in Greek mythology, and the snake part became Medusa, who was directly relegated to a banshee and was spurned by others.
Fortunately, the myth of Athena as the Queen of the Mediterranean has not completely disappeared.
Therefore, Athena still has the opportunity to regain her status as the queen of the Trinity, and once again rule over the gods.
"However, if a myth is completely tampered with, then the identity of the god who is the center of this myth will also be completely changed." Alice groaned for a while, then said like this.
"For example, there is a military god worshipped as the "strongest knight" in the world, but he was not like that a thousand years ago. If that god descends tomorrow, it will be regarded as the "strongest knight" in the myth. The identity of has arrived, but if he had arrived more than a thousand years ago..."
"Then this god will be the godhead when the myth was changed thousands of years ago." Noah raised his head and looked at Alice.
"Could it be that Lancelot is like this?"
"Yes, he is a god who appeared thousands of years ago. The myths closely connected with him have been lost for thousands of years, and have been tampered with as the myth of Lancelot, the knight of the lake, which is widely passed down." Alice Ying Turned to Noah's gaze.
"And the one who did this is Lord Gnivia."
It is said that Gnivia is actually a second-generation reincarnation.
As the goddess of the earth, Gnivia created the "Holy Grail" at the expense of an immortal life, and the first generation of the ancestor of Gnivia was born.
After that, the first generation of Gnivia was killed while searching for the "Last King", and it took hundreds of years to reincarnate and become the current Gnivia.
"The ancestor Gnivia chose a shortcut in order to allow the "Last King" to come." Alice's eyes flickered.
"That is, weave a legend similar to the "Last King" into a myth, and then spread it out. After the myth is formed, like the Marquis of Vorban, use the ritual to let the god of disobedience descend to summon the "Last King". "."
"... That myth is the legend of King Arthur?" Noah said in surprise and sigh.
"In other words, the prototype of King Arthur is the "Last King"?"
"That's it. For this reason, the ancestors of Gnivia will also add Gnivia and Lancelot who serve the "Last King" to the mythology, and become the princess and courtier of King Arthur." Alice sighed. The voice.
"It's a pity that the myth hasn't formed yet, and the summoning ceremony hasn't started. The ancestor Gnivia died and was reincarnated several hundred years later, but these several hundred years have taken this myth away from the formality. , Was re-knitted and tampered by many people."
"Finally, King Arthur was born and became an independent myth. It also became a brand new god, a similar but different existence based on the "Last King"." Alice held up the teacup and proceeded. A short explanation to quench your thirst.
"At the same time, Ching Lancelot's myth has also been changed, becoming the knight of the lake in the legend of Great Britain, and his true body is buried in the long river of history."
Therefore, Noah could not use the Sword of Words on Lancelot.
Because, this Lancelot is not the knight of the lake that Noah recognizes.
Therefore, the so-called "Last King" is also not King Arthur.
Because the prototype of King Arthur is the real "Last King".
The huge amount of information caused Noah to close his eyes slightly, and after hesitating for a while, he opened it again and said to Alice.
"So, do you know that the god called the "Last King" sleeps in this country?"
"You... what did you say?" Alice finally lost her voice.