Chapter 68: The Mapping of Fate

Finn McCool, Arthur Pendragon.

Two famous legends, one is the most famous hero of Ireland in Celtic mythology, and the other is the eternal king of Celtic mythology who unified Britain.

William slowly muttered these two names, and the stories of Finn and Diarmed and King Arthur and Lancelot came to mind at the same time, and both stories had a common feature, that is, the great king was betrayed by his strong and loyal men, they both fell in love with the king's woman, and the queen fell in love with the king's generals.

The Celtic aesthetic seems to be full of green natural poetry, whether it is the legend of King Arthur or the story of Finn, the two protagonists are inevitably green on the top of their heads.

So Lily asked him to swear, no doubt a kind of flag, a flag.

The strong sense of déjà vu that this oath brought made William hesitate

"I can bestow one of Finn's miracles on you, if you swear to me."

Lily looked at William in a state of hesitation, with a hint of anticipation and apprehension in her eyes, and she said the miracle she was able to achieve, hoping to increase its weight on the scales that William weighed.

Elves, magicians, and fairies are all capable of sending out their own blessings and curses, not to mention her as a star.

William looked up, and Lily's words did not interrupt his hesitation, such a promise made him hesitate even more, which seemed to be the part of fate in the legendary story.

The choice is undoubtedly very important.

He was a king, a prophet, and a poet. He was a resourceful and majestic monarch. He is our wise man, magician, and prophet. His words and deeds make people feel like a spring breeze. It doesn't matter how exaggerated my comments about Finn may be, or even that my praise is exaggerated, because—Jesus is above—he is three times more advanced than I have described.

St. Patrick praised Finn when his son, Orcyne, a warrior of the Knights of Fiona, told the story of the Knights of Fiona to St. Patrick, who had come to Ireland as a missionary, and told the story of Finn, the captain of the Knights of Fiona.

Perhaps the world is more interested in how the Son of Radiance, Ireland's unparalleled hero, the handsome man Diarmed greened Finn, but in Finn's story he is definitely not such a terrible hero.

Just as Prince Liam is the last descendant of the goddess Danu, Finn is the last descendant of the god of war, Nuada, and has the blood of the Danan gods passed down from his mother.

As a teenager, he had eaten the meat of the Fish of Wisdom, so he had wisdom like no other in the world, and he knew what he wanted to know by sucking his fingers.

He was a warrior and a magician, serving the Supreme King of Ireland and leading the heroes of the Knights of Fiona to their feats.

The most well-known of these is not the battle against supernatural monsters such as giants and krakens, but the battle against the Vikings and the legendary Greek kings who ruled the world (possibly alluding to the Roman emperors) who defended Ireland.

It's just that no matter how great a hero is, he will face aging, and the Irish goddess of kingship is always more looking forward to more energetic young people becoming the king of Ireland.

So when the old Finn had amassed great fame, and when he wanted to marry another wife, Conmac, the supreme king of Ireland, betrothed his daughter, Grannie Conmac, to Finn.

Tragedy was born, the young and beautiful Princess Grannie did not want to marry this man who could be his grandfather, and she fell in love with Finn's lieutenant, the shining son of the knight of Fiona, and the first handsome man in Ireland, Diarmud.

At the engagement feast, Princess Grannie asks Diarmuid to elope, as Finn's lieutenant, Diarmud is unwilling to betray his monarch, but Grannie uses the prohibition to force Diarmuid to take her and elope.

The king of the Knights of Fiona was green, and Finn was furious, leading the entire knights to hunt down Diarmud and Princess Granie, and the three kings of the sea, the nine Gawen warriors, and even the goddess of the Danan gods, Bodmor, all hunted down Diarmud at Finn's request.

Diarmuid's adoptive father, Oungus, helped Diarmuid take Princess Granny to hide in the forest, and Oungus, the goddess of love, helped the two by warning them not to sleep in the same place for two consecutive nights, and also helped them eat the fruit of the Immortal Tree in the Enchanted Forest of Danos in the process of hiding, and gained limited immortality.

During the long sixteen-year hunt, with the mediation of the Celtic gods and the mediation of the goddess of love, Oungus, Finn and Diarmuid reconciled.

It's just that this reconciliation is a compromise of pressure from the gods, and the powerlessness of Diarmuid to gain eternal life without being able to kill him.

Finn knew all the wisdom of the world, and knew that Diarmuid had the forbidden to be killed by wild boars, so during the hunt with Diarmuid, Diarmuid was injured by wild boars, causing serious injuries.

Finn refuses to send his hound to help Diarmuid hunt wild boars, saying that he has a ban on killing wild boars, and Diarmuid is severely wounded.

Finn can't kill Diarmud who has gained immortality, but he can make Diarmud steer in the direction of his destiny.

The movement of the wild boar hunt alarmed the members of the Knights of Fiona, and when they saw the bleeding and about to die of serious injuries, they begged the head of the regiment, Finn, to heal Diarmud with the sacred water in his hand.

Finn can turn water into holy water as long as he holds it in his hand, and Finn is unmoved by the pleas of the group.

The warrior Oscar, Finn's grandson, threatens his grandfather with the same treatment if he doesn't save Diarmuid.

It's just that the pleading of the members of the group, as well as the threat of his own grandson, could not stop Finn's anger at Diarmuid, so he did not work.

Three times he had used his hands to bring a handful of healing water from the sacred well, but the first two times he had deliberately let the water slip through his fingers before he could reach Dirmed. When he brought the holy water for the third time, he finally made up his mind to save his young rival, but he was a step too late, and Dualmed was already dead.

Finn's actions have lost the hearts and minds of the Fiona Warriors, and due to Finn's failed political marriage to Princess Grannie, the daughter of the Supreme King, Finn's prestige is too high, threatening the throne of the new king.

After the new king succeeded to the throne, the Fiona Warriors represented by Finn broke out in war with the King of Ireland, only this time the Knights of Fiona split, and half of the members betrayed Finn and sided with the king.

In the end, all but a few members of the Fiona Warriors were wiped out, and the Kingdom of Ireland was greatly damaged.

Some people say that Finn was abandoned by his companions and devoured by monsters, while others say that Finn and the members of the Fiona Warriors did not die, but slept in Dublin, and once Ireland was in trouble, Finn would wake up and continue to protect Ireland, as if he had become a replica of King Arthur.

King Arthur gave him the blood of the red dragon, Lily wanted to give Finn an ability that he had, and William's body trembled a little, and he felt that he was not Diarmuid nor Lancelotta, but Finn and King Arthur who wore the crown of the color of nature.