Chapter 445

In Miriam's account, Murphy saved her when she was five years old and almost burned to death.

But of course, Murphy still had no impression of this.

Time travel, Murphy was almost getting used to it, but he always felt like he was paying off debts for his future self.

Afterward, Murphy inquired about the situation of the world now, and what was going on with that Merlin and the dragon in the abyss.

"Merlin is actually just a title," Miriam said, "It represents the leader of the Order of Merlin. And the Order of Merlin has existed for a long time. It is said that it has at least a history of one or two hundred years."

"The Order of Merlin is a wizard organization, once established to protect wizards and No-Majs under the oppression of gods."

"But this generation of Merlin seems to have defected to the gods," Miriam said, "Although he still maintains a relatively neutral position on the surface, claiming to members of the Order that it is to protect us and avoid angering the gods, leading to greater disasters. But in fact, I found that he is executing a plan for a certain god."

It is very normal for traitors to appear in an organization that has lasted for hundreds of years. Murphy was not surprised, "What plan?"

"That dragon, named Nidhogg, was once an evil god believed in by Vikings in Finland and Norway. But for some reason, it was trapped under Camelot. The Order of Merlin itself did not have such ability. There must be a powerful god supporting it behind the scenes."

"In recent years, conflicts between Christians and local beliefs in England have been continuous. I suspect that Merlin has become an agent used by the Christ God to deal with local gods."

"It is said that Nidhogg will bring endless destruction and disaster. Perhaps Merlin and the gods behind him intend to use it to fight against local gods, and then let the Christ God sit back and reap the benefits."

Murphy nodded. The legendary King Arthur was also a Christian. Standing from the perspective of faith, he might also be a pawn of the gods.

Religious wars, power struggles between gods, etc., Murphy had no interest in this.

His enemy was all gods, not a single god. Participating in such wars could only make the power of gods ebb and flow, and could not eliminate the entire group of gods from the root.

"Miriam, you already know that I come from the future, and you probably also know the purpose of my coming here." Murphy said, "I am seeking a way. In my era, gods were once expelled from the world. Do you know how it was done? Who did it and when? Did Sophia tell you any information in this regard?"

Sophia said that he would understand everything when he saw Miriam, so perhaps the other party had the answer he needed?

Miriam was silent for a while, looked at Murphy, and said: "Lord Murphy, as far as I know, the person who expelled the gods might be you yourself."

Murphy was stunned, "Me?"

I spent so much effort returning from the future to the past, just to find a way to expel gods in the past, and as a result, I did this thing myself?

"How to do it?" Murphy frowned and asked, "What did Sophia tell you?"

"Sophia doesn't know, and I don't know what method you used," Miriam said, "You didn't let others participate in that plan, because gods are almost everywhere. They can obtain information through the eyes and ears of their believers. There are gods' ears and eyes everywhere in the world. Anyone, as long as they leave traces in this world, will be checked by gods."

"Only you, coming from outside of time, do not exist in this world, so only you are invisible to gods. And in order to prevent the plan from leaking, you didn't tell anyone about your actions."

"What I can tell you is only the fact that you succeeded in doing this."

……

Murphy sat on the hillside, looking at the distant mountains and the massive lake below the slope.

The hillside was covered with craggy rocks and weeds, and the lake surface in the distance was shimmering with water. Occasionally, a string of birds chirped and swept past. The breeze blew, and the world was extremely peaceful.

This is the Lake District. In the future, there is a village by the lake below, and docks and boatyards were built around the lake shore. But at this time, no one had stayed here yet, and the entire world belonged only to him.

In this silence, Murphy began to think about Miriam's words.

The possibility of the other party lying was very small. In fact, after reading Godric Gryffindor's memory, Murphy discovered that in this world, wizards seemed to have taken the existence of gods as a matter of course.

The Order of Merlin was already the largest wizard organization known to Gryffindor, but it still had no idea of resisting gods. Its initial establishment was only to protect wizards and No-Majs under the oppression of gods.

If even these top wizards were unwilling to resist gods, then who else could complete the expulsion of gods?

Originally, he thought he could have a ready-made sample for reference, but now it seems that this difficult problem still needs to be solved by himself.

But, what kind of method should be used to confront those gods?

The dragon in the abyss under Camelot, its magic power was surging and vast, like a vast ocean, much more powerful than the gods like Tyr and Odin that Murphy had seen in the future. And such a god was still imprisoned, and the Christ God who imprisoned it was only one of the most powerful among the gods. The power that gods possessed and could control as a whole, just a simple calculation, made Murphy feel almost suffocated.

With his own strength, without the help of modern weapons, how could he compete with such power?

For a moment, Murphy felt that his return to the past seemed meaningless.

What he had always relied on was the amplification effect brought by technology's analysis of magic power. Technology expanded the boundaries of magic power and deepened the scale of its action. Only then could he obtain power far exceeding ordinary wizards.

And such power only had an effect under the blessing of the high-tech environment of the future.

Perhaps he shouldn't have returned to the past, but should have crossed to the future. After all, the past was the territory ruled by gods, and only the future could belong to him. Perhaps the method he was looking for was in the future.

No, that's not right.

Time is not such a simple thing. In four-dimensional space-time, the future is a wave function that has not yet collapsed. There is no way to jump directly to the future without passing through a continuous path.

What's more, even if there really was such a way, it was just avoiding difficulties. Just like his return to the past, he was just trying to push the solution to this difficult problem to people in the past or future.

And this is not feasible.

Miriam had clearly told him that the person who expelled the gods was himself.

Whether it was the past or the future, in the end, this difficult problem needed to be solved by himself.

Because this was his own predicament.

The existence of gods or not was not important for the influence of others. The most important thing was that the path he sought was incompatible with gods.

This is his own destiny, which has nothing to do with the overall destiny of humanity. It is his personal, individual confrontation.

This is his personal grudge with God.

Since it is a personal grudge, it naturally cannot be done by others.

"Hoo..."

Murphy sighed and stood up.

The breeze blew his robe, and his gaze looked toward the far end of the horizon, gradually becoming sharp.

"If this matter can only be completed by me, then I must have something different."

"Miriam also said that in this world, only I am a visitor from outside of time."

"My specialness, perhaps, lies in time."

"The gods now are incomparably powerful, but what about the initial gods?"

"Perhaps, I should look further back in time."

(End of chapter)