463 "Son of Prophecy"

In Artoria's memory, Ector was indeed not a very talkative person.

He hates all goblins and everyone in the goblin country. He doesn't make friends with anyone. He just stays alone in this corner of the world, guarding his own forge, and has barely stepped out of here.

Tintagel is the village closest to here, but few goblins are willing to get close to it. The rumors Arturia heard about Ector when she was in the village were almost all bad, because this blacksmith His attitude towards any goblin is quite bad, and no one will like him.

In addition, Eckert also has a hearing problem, which makes it difficult to hear others speak. He feels very arrogant and often ignores others.

Now he is not only planning to give away one of his greatest masterpieces to others, but he is also ignoring it?

Is this differential treatment?

Could it be that Ector, who hates fairies, actually likes humans?

On the contrary, judging from Ector's "voice", he doesn't seem to hate humans, but he doesn't seem to like them either.

What exactly is going on? Arturia was confused again.

Not to mention Artoria, even Li Ge was surprised.

"Really give it to me?" Li Ge raised the small black knife in his hand and said, "The cost of this thing is obviously expensive, right? I thought that even if you were willing to give it to me, you would also put forward some conditions."

"It's useless to stay here anyway. You can take it if you want." Eckert was silent for a while, and then said very unhappy: "Okay, tell me quickly, who shot that knife on you?" of?"

"This question is really difficult to answer." Seeing that Eckert didn't seem to be joking, Li Ge immediately shrugged and said: "Originally, this knife was not what it is now, but because I integrated some into it, It's a strange thing that made it look like this. So, if you ask me who made this knife, I think the answer to the question is very subtle."

The forger at the beginning of The Fool is undoubtedly the strongest forger in Orario, the leader of the Hephaestus Familia, Chun Cobrand, who is known as the "Cyclops Master".

But the Fool born at that time was just an ordinary indestructible attribute weapon. Although it belonged to the category of second-level special weapons, its power was slightly inferior to that of the second-level weapon because of its indestructible attribute. Armed.

In terms of quality and value alone, the indestructible daggers at that time might not even be as good as the little black knife held by Rige at this moment. It should not be something worthy of Eckert's attention. Divine weapon.

It wasn't until in the Demon Slayer World that Li Ge used magic to purify a large amount of Orangutan Crimson Iron and Orangutan Crimson Ore, and integrated the essence of Orangutan Crimson Iron and Orangutan Crimson Ore into The Fool. After re-constructing it, the Fool became What it looks like now.

Under such circumstances, it is really difficult to answer the question of who created the Fool.

"I can only say that this is a collaborative effort between me and another highly skilled forger." Li Ge said this, making Eckert frown.

After a while, Eckert seemed to have lost interest and looked away.

"Since it is a knife made by two people working together, and there is an element of chance in it, then I am not interested."

With that said, Eckert seemed ready to return to the iron furnace and continue to forge. "Wait! Ector!"

Arturia finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly.

"I'm here too! I'm here too! Can you pay attention to me!?" Hearing this, Eckert picked his ears.

"I can hear you, there's no need to shout so loudly." Ector cast a look of disgust at Artoria and said, "Why are you here?"

"I" Artoria's aura suddenly weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye. She lowered her head and said timidly: "I just came to see if you are okay."

"Am I okay?" Eckert snorted heavily and said, "I'm very okay, at least I wasn't killed by you the night before yesterday."

Artoria suddenly became silent.

Seeing Artoria's appearance, Ector seemed to be even more angry.

"Since you have escaped from the dungeon, why are you coming back?" Eckert said with a bad look: "You finally escaped, and if you don't hurry up and escape, you still have the leisure to hang out in a place like this. How are you?" Don’t you think you died quickly enough?”

"Of course not!" Artoria retorted, "I just came to take a look. I will leave after taking a look so I won't waste too much time!"

"In this case, why don't you leave quickly?" Eckert said extremely impatiently: "Although my place is remote, it is not very far from the village. Those fools will come to me soon to find people. If you don't Let’s go, I’m afraid I’ll be torn into pieces by those idiots.”

"I know." Artoria said dullly, "I'll leave when I get the Rod of Choice back."

After hearing Artoria's words, Ector just silently walked into the back room of the workshop and brought something out.

It was a staff that was slightly taller than Artoria herself.

The staff seems to be made of some kind of mysterious tree root. The surface has a plant-like texture, and tree root-like branches extend from the top. The front ends of the branches are inlaid with crystals that are not known to be crystals or gems. The whole The atmosphere presented is quite natural and integrated, making this staff look like it is not artificially made, but rather born from nature.

"Take, your staff of choice."

Ector threw the staff in his hand to Artoria.

"How do you, how do you have this?" Arturia hurriedly took it, her eyes widened in surprise, and she said in astonishment: "Didn't the Staff of Choice be confiscated by everyone in Tintagel?"

"Who do you think I am?" Eckert said disdainfully: "It's just a weapon. I can smell where it is from a distance. It's easy to take it out of the village."

Arturia would not be able to understand the meaning behind these words.

"Did you help me steal the Staff of Choice from the village?"

Arturia held the staff she called the Staff of Choice and spoke in a low voice. "It just happened by chance. I didn't do this just for you." Eckert said with a raised eyebrow.

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"You're lying." Artoria said very firmly: "I obviously stole the Rod of Choice just for me."

Artoria's "eyes" would not miss this.

"Tsk" Eckert seemed to have thought of something, smacked his lips, and said in disgust: "The so-called paradise goblins are really troublesome, they actually still retain this kind of vision that has disappeared long ago."

Ector, who was so bored, no longer denied the matter, but looked directly at Artoria.

"Now, the Rod of Choice has returned to you, and you have been freed from the village." "Next, it's time for you to embark on your own journey."

"Let's go on a tour, Artoria Castor."

Ector's words made Artoria's hand tighten on the Staff of Choice.

"Go." Eckert said, "This is your mission and your destiny. You can't escape it."

As soon as these words came out of Eckert's mouth, Li Ge, who had been playing with the little black knife at the side, suddenly spoke up.

"I don't agree with what you said." Li Ge suddenly spoke without any reason, saying like this: "No one has to shoulder a mission that cannot be resisted, and no one's fate is to be defeated from the beginning. Set it down."

"Can't escape?"

"This is really a joke. If you really don't want to do it, why can't you escape?"

Rige's sudden speech not only stunned Artoria, but even Ector cast a sharp look at him.

"You know what happened to this girl

? "Eckert asked expressionlessly.

"So you know." Li Ge looked like he was not interested, and said with a lack of interest: "She is the rumored child of the prophecy in the Fairy Kingdom, right?"

"Son of Prophecy".

This is a well-known existence in the Fairy Kingdom.

About sixteen years ago, the head of a goblin clan left a prophecy. ""The mysterious island has turned into a fairy country, and I will tell you its ending." "

""Welcome back to the sinless." ""This is the city of the deep and bottomless queen." "

""It accumulates like rain, accumulates like dust, melts like snowflakes, and fades like lies." "

""Our hopes were shelved, and now we are still in the hands of the Queen." "

""However, it only takes a moment of patience, and after two thousand years, the Son of Redemption will appear." "

""Let fairies and humans join hands together, and the Son of Savior save the world." "

""Even if the first light shines, no one pays attention to it, no one recognizes it, it still flies away like a moth." ""A town of iron, a sea of ​​coal." "

""When repelling disaster, the pilgrims should be welcomed." "

""The rod of choice guides him, the foreign travelers watch over him, the son of redemption reaches the throne of the throne." ""The one who sits on the jade throne is the true king. Please wear a blood-stained crown." "

""Ringing like thunder (anger), ringing like fire (lament), the six bells teach people to know, and the path of the true king begins from now on." "

""The red disaster chased me forward, and the black disaster bit me forward." "

""It doesn't matter if you neglect your work a little, we are the descendants of free fairies." ""Hope is never enough, I sincerely look forward to a bright tomorrow." "

The general meaning of this prophecy is that sixteen years later, the savior of this country will appear, and he will be crowned as the true king under the guidance of the Chosen Rod to save the world.

This savior needs to embark on a pilgrimage journey and ring the six pilgrim bells that exist in the fairy kingdom. When all six bells ring, the hypocritical queen who leads the country will be overthrown and crowned as the true king. The savior will also lead fairies and humans to end the history of hypocrisy.

This prophecy has now been widely rumored in the Fairy Kingdom, and almost everyone knows about it.

The savior mentioned in the prophecy was called the Son of Prophecy by everyone.

According to legend, the children of prophecy do not belong to any of the six clans, but are fairies from "Paradise".

Legend has it that when a child of prophecy comes to this world, there will be a staff of choice beside him to accompany him as he grows.

Artoria is the child of the prophecy.

She drifted here from the sea on a small boat sixteen years ago. The villagers of Tintagel discovered her and the Staff of Choice beside her, so they thought she was the rumor. The child of prophecy in the world and raised him to adulthood.

However

"I'm already considered a fake now." Artoria laughed masochistically.

In fact, the reason is very simple, it is because Artoria's growth is not optimistic.

Fairies are born with their own mysteries, and their power is generally far greater than that of humans. However, Artoria has been weak since she was a child. Her physical ability is not outstanding, and her magic power is not strong. Until she is 16 years old this year, she still has not shown anything outstanding. As a result, the villagers of Tintagel gradually doubted his authenticity as the son of the prophecy.

Just a few days ago, in order to test whether Arturia was the true child of the prophecy, the goblins in the village asked her to come here and kill Ector.

They naively believed that as long as Artoria could kill Ector, the blacksmith that many fairies feared, she would most likely be the child of the prophecy.

Artoria came, but she didn't attack Ector and ran away.

As a result, the goblins of Tintagel were angry, thinking that Arturia, who could not even be defeated by a mere blacksmith, could not possibly defeat the queen, so she must be a fake.

In this way, Artoria was

The villagers locked her in a dungeon and prepared to hand her over to the execution team that would come to the village tomorrow.

The Execution Team is the executioner under the Queen, and they are always looking for the Child of Prophecy. If Arturia is handed over to the Execution Team, she will be executed regardless of whether she is the real child of the prophecy or a false child of the prophecy.

Artoria naturally didn't want to die.

Therefore, she planned to find a chance to escape from the dungeon.

After Ector learned the news, he first helped Artoria steal the Staff of Choice, and then prepared to rescue Artoria from the dungeon before the execution team arrived tomorrow and let her Leave the village and embark on a pilgrimage.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, Li Ge suddenly appeared out of thin air, and Wushang rescued Artoria from the dungeon.

Ector didn't know the specific process, but seeing that Lige appeared here together with Artoria, who was supposed to be imprisoned in the dungeon, he could probably guess what happened.

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"I wasn't going to ask you why you rescued this girl from the dungeon." Ector stared at Li Ge and said: "Now it seems that you rescued her not to let the son of prophecy It’s like embarking on a pilgrimage.”

This is an obvious thing.

"Why should I save her just to let her go on a tour?" Li Ge said with a half-smile: "To save the Fairy Country? Or to defeat the Queen?"

"Ignoring the former, isn't the latter your goal?" Eckert frowned.

Said: "The queen's tyranny has caused dissatisfaction among many fairies. It is also the queen who issued the order to strictly control the number of humans. Whether they are fairies or humans, there are people who want to overthrow the queen's rule and liberate this country."

"You, aren't you?"

Eckert's question only received an indifferent answer from Li Ge.

"Let me tell you the truth." Li Ge said calmly and indifferently: "This country is not worth saving."

As soon as these words came out, Artoria and Ector both changed their expressions. "Li Ge?"

Artoria looked at Lige in surprise. "you·"

Eckert's brows furrowed even more deeply. Hostility first appeared in his eyes when he looked at Li Ge, and then the hostility disappeared again. He didn't know what he thought of, but turned into a thick complexion.

Li Ge ignored these reactions and just said something to Eckert.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Wouldn't it be better for you to consider your current situation?" Li Ge said coldly: "Now, Artoria has escaped from the dungeon, no matter where she will go next , if you continue to stay here, you will definitely be angered by those stupid goblins."

"Change, vent your anger?"

Artoria's attention was successfully diverted.

"Indeed." Eckert regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "Those fools know very well that I have contact with this little girl. If they can't find her, they will definitely doubt whether I saved her and put her... Hidden?"

"Then you come with us!" Artoria said quickly: "Don't stay here any longer, otherwise the goblins in the village will definitely not let you go!"

"I have to leave." Ector nodded, then shook his head and said, "But I won't leave with you."

Before Artoria could ask anxiously why, Ector stated straightforwardly. "I don't want to accompany you on any kind of tour. You can only walk this journey by yourself." With one sentence, Arturia shut up instantly.

Li Ge was not polite.

"You don't want to leave yourself, but you let others go. Why are you talking about mission and destiny? It seems you are worse than I thought, old man."

Eckert did not refute Rieger's words at all.

"I'm tired of it, but this girl still has to go on a trip. Otherwise, she may never know the history of the Fairy Country and the truth about the Fairy Country."

Ek

Te sighed and said this as if he was sick.

"As a paradise fairy, at least she has to know what she is doing before she can decide whether to do it or not."

After leaving such words, Eckert started to chase people away as if he didn't want to talk nonsense anymore.

"Okay, what needs to be said has been said, and what needs to be met has been met. You young people can think about what to do next."

"Don't worry about me, old man. At least, I can't die yet."

"Go away, do what you have to do, go where you have to go."