Chapter 125: A Promise Made, Double Happiness Arrives!
"It's because of this child."
The warm and cute voice echoed in everyone's mind, as the Beast God Cornus, resembling a white plush toy, waved forward.
Seeing this, Kaseparuge immediately moved its four short legs, jumped onto Cornus' shoulder, and affectionately rubbed the other's head with its similarly plush face.
"Do you know each other?" Luo En was a bit surprised.
"It and its mother are both my favored."
Cornus sat down on the spot and explained the whole story to the crowd.
The white pig He Niwen was originally just an ordinary livestock. According to the fate of most swine, it should have eaten and slept in the pigsty, grown fat, been bred, aged, slaughtered, and eventually ended up as a dish on the human dining table.
However, after unintentionally discovering the truth about humans raising them, He Niwen, out of fear, gained wisdom and continuously pleaded to Cornus, hoping this protector of animals, nature, and fertility could grant it redemption and free it from suffering.
Cornus, unable to resist compassion, bestowed his blessing.
Thus, the white pig He Niwen successfully escaped from its cage, broke free from its fate as a domestic animal, and along the way, gave birth to various powerful offspring imbued with the beast god's divinity, becoming one of the famous Welsh Triad disasters.
And among them, the three-eyed monster cat Kaseparuge was the most perfect one.
It possesses the beast god authority known as [Principle of Comparison], thriving on the competition and growth, jealousy, and regret between different species, growing stronger in each [challenge] and [comparison] until it evolves to a degree where no adversary could defeat it.
Originally, Kaseparuge, unable to have much contact with other species, was still very weak, easily ensnared by a few Pique elves.
However, during its captivity in the Elf City Orkney, the Fang Clan massacred the entire Rain Clan of the city.
The slaughter generated a large amount of divine power associated with [comparison], such as competition, anger, regret, unwillingness, etc., enabling Kaseparuge to transform and successfully break the loosened seal shortly after the massacre, breaking free.
Consequently, Cornus was drawn to Orkney by this familiar divine fluctuation.
And then followed the story everyone had experienced.
After listening to Cornus' narration, Luo En came to an epiphany.
So that's how it is!
No wonder a mere sow became one of the Welsh Triad disasters;
No wonder a sow could give birth to a monster cat, something defying reproductive logic;
No wonder Kaseparuge could easily kill over 180 knights who came to subjugate it in the future, and it was even rumored to have defeated Round Table Knight Kay and Knight King Arthur...
So it turns out that this little white furball was the masterpiece of Beast God Cornus.
If I remember correctly, Cornus was initially of quite a high status, being one of the Creator Gods in Celtic legend, originally revered by the Celts as a god of goodness. However, during the development of civilization, as the Natural Pantheon declined and the Celts Christianized, he was gradually vilified as one of the prototypes of the demon Satan, and his status continually lowered as his faith dwindled, seemingly now only able to sit at a table with a few Danu God Kings.
Born from "Satan (Cornus)", the "Evil Beast (Kaseparuge)" rebels against the Round Table Knight, symbolizing the Christian emblem, and kills the emblem of Christianization, "King Arthur"?
—Perhaps, this is another interpretation of Celtic mythology and civilization transformation.
While Luo En was contemplating in silence, Morgan, standing beside, pondered aloud:
"Since the misunderstandings have all been cleared, let's address another matter first."
What?
Everyone looked up in confusion, following Morgan's gaze, they suddenly saw layers of black smoke gathering in the dense forest, unnoticed till then.
One by one [Moss] entities formed from the grudges of deceased elves, with bodies as real as they were illusory, charged forward.
The group exchanged glances, understanding each other's intent, immediately employing their methods to purify these festering impurities destined to turn into a disaster.
The flames of the Black Dog, the blood mist of the Bloodsucking Witch, the breath of the Dragon of Albion, and the cursed bullets inscribed with Lun Runes and Ogan Tree Runes plowed over the ground, blowing the pitch-black humanoid forms into pieces;
The raised Vanguard Spear opened the door to the Holy Temple, a massive golden-blue vortex sucking the black death energy and potent grudges into the towering tower within, sealing and suppressing them;
A ripple of verdant natural divinity spread out like water, revitalizing the deathly still earth and withered woods...
Through the joint efforts of three parties, after two days and nights, they finally eradicated the overflowing [Moss] within the borders of Orkney.
A brewing calamity was also invisibly averted.
As night fell, everyone stood in the square, lighting dry wood, reducing the mountain of elf corpses to ashes in the flames.
Watching the familiar faces vanish in the fires, Morgan's expression grew increasingly somber.
"What are your plans next?"
Luo En stepped forward to inquire, holding two cups of warm nectar.
Morgan took one of the cups and sipped it, pondering aloud:
"I plan to set off back to the Mist Forest with Bawansi, Bagster, and the others tomorrow."
During the purge and suppression of these Moss, the warning bell of the Holy City had changed from five to six rings.
This means the [Great Catastrophe] foretold by fate was looming nearer, and to ensure the continuity of the Celtic God Era, she must prepare in advance.
Returning to the Mist Forest, integrating the Six Great Fairy Clans, urging them to forge the King's Sword to combat the [Great Catastrophe] as soon as possible, was imperative.