Crow Queen Triss couldn't keep up at all.

Duncan's current physical condition is abnormal. Sometimes, even when she teams up with Anya, they struggle to keep up with him. If it weren't for actively begging for mercy, with Anya's gluttonous nature, she wouldn't secretly arrange a few beautiful attendants beside Duncan.

The abilities Duncan displayed at this moment were completely unlike those of a mortal. His running speed was faster than a cheetah's, and there were almost no rapid breathing sounds.

Suddenly, he leaped forward, jumped straight from the flat ground, directly onto the treetops, and then, like Tarzan, swung more than ten meters away, swiftly overcoming a large number of obstacles. You should know that there's no such thing as qi in Europe; this is pure physical quality and astounding explosive power.

Crow Queen Triss completely lost track of him.

Anxiously, she approached a tree, an oak tree, which had several runes engraved on it. She placed her palm on it and urgently and sternly said, "Enemies ahead!"

"Avalon's Guardian Fairy!"

"I command you to appear immediately in the name of the High Priest of Polytheism!"

This was the Divine Summoning Art.

Crow Queen Triss's summoning wasn't flashy, considering her status in the human world, ordinary lower-ranking divine spirits truly might not defeat her.

In an instant.

The surrounding area was filled with a faint mist rising, accompanied by the sound of water flowing vaguely, and then the faint, imperceptible fluorescence appeared from the four corners of the Holy Forest.

These were spirits, but Duncan habitually referred to them as essences.

——Guardian Fairy Tethys [Three-Star Gold].

A hazy female apparition emerged in the real world, completely invisible to the naked eye, but as the summoner, Crow Queen Triss could see it.

Shortly afterward, ghostly images of knights appeared in the surrounding forest.

——Green Knight (Avalon Guardian Knight) (Two-Star Silver Gray)!

The figures of more than a dozen guarding Green Knights spread in all directions. With Avalon's faith growing stronger, they could also enter the real world but with severe restrictions. Firstly, it's difficult for them to appear during the day, as they are after all Knights of the Dead Soul, similar to Otherworld Divine Attendants in the Divine Country. Secondly, they cannot easily attack mortals; the power of the vow is mighty, and the boundary between life and death in the real world remains as firm as a rock. Lastly, they cannot leave the Holy Sanctuary for too long; these Green Knights exist relying on the Avalon Holy Sanctuary.

You can understand them as the prayers in Dungeons and Dragons' divine country. Only a few can be promoted to Green Knights after entering Avalon's soul.

Moreover, most of them must have been powerful warriors during their lifetime.

Woo woo woo!

A violent wind swept through the woodland, and Guardian Fairy Tethys's figure turned into mist and scattered. Her apparition constantly gathered and dispersed in the mist, appearing a hundred meters away in a flash. She looked less like a divine spirit, more like a Thousand-Year-Old Demon from Eastern legends.

Of course, many legendary demons were indeed much more formidable than lesser deities.

Guardian Fairies cannot leave the Avalon Sanctuary too far either; these sanctuaries, holy forests, and sacrificial stones are their anchor points in the real world, like signal stations. Only where they have signals can they hear the summons, relying on anchor points to forcibly enter the real world and make certain interventions.

In the forest.

The Shadow Guard of Scathach seemed to sense something, as if driven by pure combat intuition, she quickly began retreating the moment Duncan approached.

At the forest's edge, several figures emerged, even units with Three-Star Silver Gray.

——Scathach's Queen's Guard (Three-Star Silver Gray)!

They were all spirit bodies.

But unlike the Green Knights, the Shadow Realm has more frequent contact with reality. These dead souls can sometimes coalesce into forms that mortals can see with the naked eye.

Clang!

A javelin swept through the air.

As Duncan landed, he immediately swung the Oathkeeper, slicing the javelin, which then turned into gray mist and dispersed.

"Is he the King of Britain who brings destruction as prophesied by the prophet?"

A sea breeze brushed past, revealing a Queen's Guard in black armor in front of Duncan. Her appearance was unstable, feeling more like a ghost, and she sharply said, "You can actually see us!..."

"Few mortals can pierce the boundary between life and death anymore."

The Shadow Guards of the Shadow Realm began retreating.

There were both male and female guards, but the number of female warriors was still considerable. As Tethys and the Green Knights appeared behind Duncan, they quickly leapt off the cliff and into the sea.

After quite some time, Crow Queen Triss finally arrived, breathless.

She looked at Duncan ahead, and urgently said, "Are you alright?"

Duncan slightly shook his head, saying, "No confrontation."

"They retreated quickly."

"Can the Shadow Realm's guards run this far? Are they not bound by the Sanctuary?"

At this time, Guardian Fairy Tethys's apparition surfaced, eerily saying, "The Shadow Realm is different from Avalon; it's a realm living beings can enter."

"It is one of the rumored otherworlds."

Tyr Nano, the Otherworld in Irish mythology, a Land of Youth. After the Danu gods left Ireland (ending the era of coexistence of gods and humans), they went to Tyr Nano, meaning the land of eternal youth.

The archetype of the Lord of the Rings background, the eternal Amen Continent, is the Land of Youth. Both places are symbolized by the western island continents.

The eternal grand chorus is the poetic praise of Celtic faith.

In mythical legends, this otherworld has no disease or death, it is a place where youth and happiness last forever. There, music, strength, life, and various other delightful pursuits intertwine, joy remains eternal, and no one needs food or water.

Such places are the sources of the "divine country" concept in many systems of later generations.

Duncan turned to look at Tethys and gravely said, "They mentioned a prophecy."

Upon hearing Duncan's words, the Guardian Fairy's expression turned serious, and she eerily said, "Other Celtic faiths also have prophecy masters, perhaps your presence has already triggered changes in the prophecy."

Duncan nodded faintly.

He looked around at the Green Knights appearing in spirit form and solemnly said, "Can the Green Knights deal with them?"

They are similarly guardians of the Sanctuary faith.

Avalon's Green Knights are closer to the fighting style of heavily armored knights in later generations; many were knight guards and members of the Personal Guard Battle Group during their lifetime, whereas the Shadow Realm's Shadow Guards look more like ranger combat styles, mostly in leather or light armor, adept at fighting with various weapons.

The Green Knight charged forward, similar to a medieval Foot Knight, while the Shadow Warriors were more agile, almost outpacing Duncan. They certainly had skills suited for jungle warfare, akin to a Ranger's forest traversal.

Tethys pondered upon hearing this and slowly said, "Evenly matched."

"But the Shadow Realm's warriors are more numerous."

It means they can fight, but they lack the numbers of the opponent.

Crow Queen Triss then said solemnly, "As long as we can sever their faith rituals in the real world, I am confident I can seal their Holy Sanctuary."

This was the first time she volunteered to fight so actively.

Crow Queen Triss only becomes proactive when dealing with supernatural matters.

Duncan mused for a moment and said, "Let's head back."

In the legendary Shadow Realm, perhaps only two people could face him head-on: the realm's Queen Scathach and the hero Cu Chulainn.

As for the Danu deities, they need not be minded; they have basically left.

This kind of gradually declining faith, even if Divine Spirits forcefully descend, would not be much stronger than the heroes of mythology. Duncan is the pinnacle of the real world; even deities could only reach his heights.

After returning to the castle.

Looking at the Crow Queen beside him, Duncan said gravely, "The ritual to revive Minerva must be expedited."

The Guardian Fairies of Avalon might not hold out.

Duncan urgently needed a major figure of Polytheism to support him, and it must be a Main God level existence.

Crow Queen Triss said seriously, "I'll prepare the Holy Sanctuary ritual tomorrow."

No need to worry about the Welsh territories.

Avalon's faith has been cultivated for so long that they could not possibly lose at home.

What Duncan was considering now was whether to go to the Heroic Spirit Hall again; he had the ability of Soul Emergence. The last time he actively entered the Mist-covered Avalon was through this ability.

He would go once in a while.

"If I ask for help from the Norse Pantheon, what would I have to pay?!"

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Duncan didn't believe the warlike Nordic Gods would be willing to help for nothing. In comparison, other beliefs were vastly different from the Norse Pantheon. Avalon's Green Knights were few, as were the Shadow Realm's warriors, but Odin's Heroic Spirit Hall... it was packed with Heroic Spirits.

"When will it become a tripartite equilibrium?!"

A triangle is the most stable shape, and the main players of belief in this era are Monotheism and the Norse Pantheon. For Duncan to wedge in and form a tripartite equilibrium requires so much.

"I must obtain an extremely powerful external force."

"And relying on ancient Roman and Greek gods won't be enough; it must be a force capable of allowing me to transform."

Duncan's attention returned to the Juvenile Dragon in the second Human Form.

It had grown bigger again.

Currently, the second Human Form ate and slept all day, growing to the size of a calf. It seemed Dragons could grow endlessly. If this growth rate was maintained, its size as an adult might be several times that of other Giant Dragons.

If it surpasses the lifecycle of a Giant Dragon, its main body might directly achieve 'Law of Heaven and Earth'.

"Finally awake!"

As the Juvenile Dragon slowly opened its eyes, its breath exhaled a frosty mist. The Wind of Magic surged with its breathing, and its heartbeat, like an engine, agitated the Wind of Magic, freezing everything nearby into a thin crystalline frost.

After a seven-day long rest, the Juvenile Dragon now bore a 'extremely hungry' mark.

On the projection page.

An extra skill mark appeared — Dragon Breath (Frost) [Not Activated].

A bubble emerged.

The bubble of draconic heritage memory seemed a bit surprised.

— Dragon Breath?!

— Oh! Little one, you can already breathe Dragon Breath so soon?

— You need to eat now.

— Eat voraciously, hunt, kill, let your dragon scales evolve swiftly to the next stage.

— It's time for you to spread your wings and soar in the sky.

— A dragon is not a fish; it's not just a water overlord.

— Your true domain is the sky! Go, flap your powerful Dragon Wings! Go fly! Go unleash your Dragon Roar upon this world!

— The heteromorphic dragon is back again.

— Let all things in the world bow at your feet!

The dragon legacy memory was particularly excited today, even urging the Juvenile Dragon to spread its wings and soar across the sky.

The wind howled.

As the ice layer broke, a nearly calf-sized Juvenile Dragon emerged on the ice surface. Its sharp Dragon Claws pierced the ice, slowly accelerating, then suddenly spreading its wings, lifted by the airstream, flying into the snow-blown, north-wind-howling sky.

Roar!

A slightly immature Dragon Roar declared the entry of one of the top creatures in the food chain of this era into a rapid development and transformation juvenile phase.

Once it takes this step, it can become a juvenile giant dragon with self-preservation capabilities.

The early growth phase of Dragons is very similar to humans—human infants experience a rapid growth period, and Dragons are no different. Once the Juvenile Dragon enters the rapid growth phase, its size will more than double, and then its dragon scales and dragon claws will gradually show a hint of metallization.

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