The Greece Antagonist

Chapter 120: King Arthur's Assassin (Daily Update, Seeking Votes)



On the street.

Several small gremlins with green skin, short stature, and appearance similar to goblins were lying scattered on the ground, groaning in pain.

The Bawansi stood in a pit with radial cracks and patted off the dust that had fallen on her body, disdainfully looking at the defeated ones around her:

"Do you really think you can trouble me?"

"You were the one who broke our belongings first!"

A few green-skinned gremlins hiding behind a broken cart, having escaped the recent calamity, poked their heads out, waving stone axes, wooden sticks, and vine shields, and shouted angrily.

"How dare you talk back? It seems you haven't been beaten enough!"

Bawansi glared with her eyes, angrily pulling out a blood-red whip from her waist, as if intending to turn these gremlins into tops.

But such a rampant act confirmed that she was the unreasonable party, causing the surrounding gremlins who came to watch to start discussing fervently.

Seeing the spiked whip about to fall on the green-skinned gremlins behind the cart, the timely arrival of Morgan immediately issued a cold rebuke:

"Stop!"

As for the "mother's" order, Bawansi could only obediently comply.

Even after putting down the whip, this bloodsucking witch still glared viciously at the green-skinned gremlins around, looking as if she wished to devour them.

Morgan frowned slightly, walked to the green-skinned gremlins, and asked:

"First, explain what's going on here; if it is Bawansi's fault, I will not be biased."

Hearing Morgan's promise, a relatively sturdy green-skinned gremlin with its head wrapped in red velvet stepped forward and explained the situation to Morgan.

They belong to a fairy species known as "Pique" (the prototype of the house elves in "Harry Potter"), adept in trade and commerce, and have business dealings with many elf clans.

Recently, with the Savin Festival approaching, the Tooth Clan ordered a batch of offerings from them.

Coincidentally, they used traps to capture some premium goods from Wales some time ago, intending to transport them through the transmission array of the Rain Clan to the territory of the Tooth Clan to complete the transaction.

However, on the street, this fierce bloodsucking witch collided with their convoy.

The other party not only refused to compensate but also furiously dismantled the cages, letting all the offerings escape.

Hearing this, Bawansi angrily retorted:

"Nonsense, you clearly crashed into me first! Besides, what offerings? The cages covered by black cloth were all empty!"

The leading Pique goblin responded, turning to the observing gremlins and shouted:

"Everyone, she claims the cages were empty underneath that cloth. Did any of you see anything leave the destroyed cages just now?"

"Yes, I saw something white just now."

"Right, it looked like a cat or maybe a dog."

"Not only that, there seemed to be other creatures too..."

The gremlins chattered back, looking at Bawansi with a hint of disdain in their eyes.

Who was lying was obvious.

"Even if there were, they were just a few, and they appeared to be ordinary livestock, certainly not offerings."

Bawansi tried to argue once more, but this time no one paid attention to the bloodsucking witch anymore.

Even Morgan was no exception.

"I understand now, whatever your losses are, I will be responsible."

She said, taking out her money pouch, signaling the Pique goblins to quote their price.

However, the leading Pique elf put on a stern face and sneered:

"Do you think we are after money? These are offerings ordered by the Tooth Clan to be sacrificed to the Death Goddess Morrigan on the day of the Savin Festival! If you don't want the Tooth Clan and Lady Goddess to hold you accountable, you'd better replenish the offerings obediently!"

At this moment, standing before the Pique elves, Morgan couldn't help but feel a bit amused.

In the Celtic calendar, there are four significant important festivals: the Spring Festival, Pentecost, the Lucus Festival, and the Savin Festival (also known as the Festival of the Departed Souls).

The festivals mark the beginning of each season and are associated with the fertility of the land and livestock, holding sacrificial ceremonies aimed at ensuring the growth and continuation of life.

The sun is often the center of worship: during spring, people light bonfires to compete with the sun; in autumn, they relight bonfires hoping to retain warmth.

The Celts' calendar year begins on November 1st each year. Although this festival is titled "Savin Festival," meaning "Summer Festival," it actually marks the end of summer and the onset of autumn and winter.

Since the Celts believe that the eve of October 31st to the midnight of November 1st is a transitional moment between the new and old year, the importance of the Savin Festival resembles that of the New Year.

At this time, the barrier between the Mortal World and the Divine Realm, or rather, the Fairy Realm known as the "Otherworld," completely vanishes, and the souls of the departed and inhabitants of the Immortal Realm are free to leave the Fairy Castle, roam the Mortal World, and cause chaos using magic.

During this period, Druids in the British Isles would burn crops as offerings, and when they danced around the bonfire, the solar season would then conclude, and the Savin Festival would commence.

The Celts believe that the Death Goddess Morrigan will also return to the Mortal World with the ghosts on the night of October 31st in search of a substitute; hence they would light torches and burn animals as offerings to the Death God.

During this time, they would dress up in outfits made of animal heads or pelts, emitting strange sounds to prevent the Death Goddess from recognizing them as a means to avoid disaster. Once the night passes, the ghosts return to the underworld, and everything returns to tranquility.

And as the former Death Goddess Morrigan, all these activities clearly revolved around Morgan.


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