Chapter 1003 - 2: Anchoring Myth

Chapter 1003: Chapter 2: Anchoring Myth

"How could it not be possible..."

When it comes to this topic, Gu Mo feels that he definitely has a lot to say.

He raised his fist to his mouth, gave a few light coughs to clear his throat, and then said with a serious expression: "Isn’t it common knowledge that King Arthur is a girl? Don’t tell me you didn’t know that?"

How could King Arthur possibly not be a girl?

Clearly, all the many King Arthurs he’s seen were girls, so it’s obvious that facts speak louder than words!

Cough cough, although the phenomenon of "Altria element" proliferation is indeed quite a headache, from the most orthodox good kid, the clueless Quilt King, to the very savvy Alter Black Stiff, and even the Santa Claus series, Gun Lion King, Swimsuit Maid Chief, Pure White Knight Princess, Paradise Fairy...

And so on, the examples are countless.

It’s practically all-encompassing, almost sweeping up all the cute attributes in the world—truly a kingly stance of vowing to tread all paths so others have nowhere to walk.

It’s said that even the "Servant Universe" is facing such troubles, leading to the creation of a "saber countermeasure weapon," bearing the noble mission of solving the servant universe’s rapid expansion issue with "Altria face" type servants... unfortunately, this enigmatic heroine herself has this attribute as well.

However...

Problems should naturally be viewed dialectically, and from another perspective, this also corroborates Gu Mo’s statement, doesn’t it?

After all, the reason for the "proliferation of Million Arthurs" phenomenon naturally indicates that such a King Arthur is popular! And since it’s popular, it naturally means it’s recognized by many people! And since many people recognize it, it naturally means it’s evolving towards common knowledge!!

In summary, the logic is completely flawless!

—Through a simple three-step logical leap, Gu Mo directly arrives at this outrageous theory, indeed King Arthur should be a girl.

"I’ve never heard of such common knowledge... but what you’re saying isn’t without reason."

However, the Knight of the Lake in white armor was noncommittal, shaking his head decisively, seemingly not quite believing it.

"Perhaps indeed I didn’t quite understand my lord’s situation before, so over these years, I’ve been unable to find even his whereabouts, always feeling that if my lord perished, then all I needed to do was raise my sword, sing a requiem for him, and mourn his death, and that would be enough."

He said it very candidly.

Gu Mo suddenly felt a strange sense of discord... emmmmm, this guy clearly just said that he represents Lancelot—though just an alter ego—yet he’s obviously not a qualified king’s fan.

In the current world, a person playing the role of Lancelot, surprisingly doesn’t seem to care much about King Arthur’s life or death?

"That’s your narrow-mindedness, just because you haven’t heard of it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist! That surely can’t be right!"

Casting aside the thoughts in his mind, the young man didn’t dwell on it, but seriously shook his head, pointing out that the Lake Knight’s narrow view was incorrect, and confidently asserting:

"Anyway, trust me, you can’t go wrong! You’ve been out of touch with worldly changes for too long, and don’t even know what’s trending now, but the notion that King Arthur is a girl has truly taken root in recent years!"

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"...taken root?"

The Lake Knight in white armor didn’t mind the formalities and didn’t care much about the mortal’s perceived rudeness, but his voice was suddenly puzzled, and indeed a bit less confident.

After all, that’s quite normal, right?

When someone is confidently proclaiming something, even if one feels it shouldn’t be that way, but doesn’t quite understand that aspect, it’s inevitable to subconsciously waver.

Even for Lancelot, he knew the other was an ordinary person, at least currently a normal person. But exactly because of this, in terms of understanding the specific details of the world, as a human, his knowledge in this area surely far surpasses his own—

Because gods are not all-knowing and all-powerful, there are always areas unknown or unfamiliar, not to mention that he hasn’t fully descended into the world now. Plus, being purely a War God, he hardly cares about anything other than the battlefield and enemies...

So, at this moment, seeing Gu Mo so confidently state his opinion, Lancelot naturally couldn’t help but waver.

It’s hard for humans to deceive a Divine Spirit.

This person speaks so earnestly, so it should be true... He quickly assessed the youth’s state, his mind beginning to lean toward this idea.

"Yes, of course, it has a big market! After all, the million king’s fans aren’t just called that for nothing!"

Gu Mo nodded repeatedly, his tone resolute, seizing the opportunity to strike while the iron is hot, filling Lancelot with enough information to form a subconscious impression!

He thus tempted the Lake Knight, speaking nonsense with a straight face: "Regarding King Arthur being a girl, as far as I know, it’s almost as if the whole Earth knows it, such a deeply ingrained notion, can it not be called common knowledge?"

Almost as if the whole Earth knows it...

The Lake Knight’s mouth twitched visibly, unable to help but fall into silence.

He certainly knew this statement was somewhat exaggerated, but even if it wasn’t, as per what the other party called the "million King Chefs," that too is a very astonishing number... If placed in ancient times, such a scale of "number of believers" truly possesses tremendous energy for gathering faith and spreading mythology.

Could it be that he really didn’t care enough about the earthly world during this time?

So unknowingly, during this period, could it be that such a cultural trend really took hold?

The ethereal white-clad knight also began to ponder seriously. Regarding the legend of King Arthur, he was of course very clear, because it inherently involved himself... Thus, he naturally understood the essence of this story, which was actually just a fabricated false mythology by the witches of old.

Or rather, it was a story adapted from the King of the End.

As for fabricating such a story, whether it was to deceive people or to gather hearts, that is open to interpretation.

Anyway, saying it’s real isn’t quite true, saying it’s false isn’t completely false either. Because there does exist such an archetype, just not King Arthur; the story about Arthur was later attached and created as a concept. But from another perspective, saying the archetype is King Arthur is also acceptable, because this is just equivalent to adding or changing a name.

Isn’t this the essence of mythology?

The vast boundlessness of Divine Power, the infinite possibilities of human thought, intertwined indistinguishably in this domain, making the boundary between reality and illusion difficult to touch and distinguish. True and false, false and true, who can clearly say what it really is?

——So when culture and faith change, mythology will follow suit.

——Sometimes that change will even cause the Gods to change their names.

Therefore, although the legend of King Arthur is a fictional myth, through the development and evolution of era, it has long surpassed just a segment of fictional experience... If certain perceptions have truly penetrated people’s hearts, then sufficient faith and ideological reflection can certainly explain such a situation.

Thinking of this, Lancelot began to feel relieved.

The change in mythological storyline can also cause the existential forms of the Gods to undergo corresponding changes.

Unless, before the change in mythology, the Defiant Gods have already descended and haven’t died and returned to mythology, then naturally the evolution of mythology would not bring any impact...

It can be understood simply as, the Undying Domain is like a folder, containing all the source files about the Gods, that is the Divine Format of the Gods.

And human faith and culture can change mythology, which indirectly affects the Divine Format of the Gods; the evolution of mythology in essence is just modifying the relevant information within the folder...

However, if before the mythology changes, the Defiant Gods have already liberated their own Divine Format from the Undying Domain, descending from mythology to the present world, then it would be equivalent to prematurely extracting their own share of the files. Then during this time, any modifications, replacements or deletions within the folder would naturally not affect that file...

After the modification operation period passes, when that file is placed back into the folder, it will still maintain its original form.

Lancelot is such an example, he had long since descended from the Undying Domain and has not returned to mythology until now. And the legend of King Arthur also rose during this time, belonging to a newly derived mythology, so probably it didn’t affect him...

But the king he serves is different.

Around fifteen hundred years ago, the then King of the End revived to eliminate the then-existing Godslayers, and after completing his mission, he disappeared, very likely falling into a deep sleep, or likewise possibly returning to mythology.

Thus inevitably he would be influenced by the new derived mythology...

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Watching Lancelot’s silent contemplation, Gu Mo astutely grasped the psychological changes of this War God, noticing that the other party had finally, under his guidance, formed a preconceived notion. Only then did Gu Mo slightly breathe a sigh of relief, as dealing with this straightforward martial artist was indeed quite troublesome.

He deliberately exerted considerable effort, using the Knight of the Lake as the entry point to anchor the legend and mythology of King Arthur, naturally for a specific purpose.

Next——

Is to present the upgraded Star Holy Sword to the Holy Sword Master who has the "qualification"...

"Since that’s the case, I might as well agree with your earlier suggestion..." Sure enough, Lancelot seemed to have made up his mind, "I will help my lord reclaim the World-saving Divine Blade, but before that, we first need to acquire the steel capable of tearing apart the heavens and causing planets to fall."

Gu Mo nodded lightly, a faint sense of urgency also arose in his heart.

Originally, he didn’t need to complicate matters, because the upcoming path seemed smooth sailing, with nothing capable of obstructing him. As long as he followed the course he foresaw, he could successfully pass the "test" of the Rune, obtain the blessing from the source of wisdom, like Odin hung upside down on the World Tree, receiving the Rune wisdom.

But...

Not long ago, a certain insight from the other end of the parallel world and time axis suddenly made him feel uneasy.

Am I really just to become... the executor of destiny?

Or, destiny’s slave?

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(PS: Letting my mind rest... writer’s block, I want to initiate a grand melee, each person with a piece of firewood... World-saving Divine Blade, girls transforming into Holy Sword Masters crossing realms for a team battle, and also spotlighting the system setting, but... haven’t found a good point of entry for the idea, headache...(〃･ิ‿･ิ)ゞ)