"Merlin thinks that no one knows, but actually, we all do. It's just that we choose to ignore it."
"His actions are quite ridiculous, trying to fight destiny with destiny, not realizing that this is his very destiny."
Mafasi rarely showed a mocking demeanor; before this, he had always been amiable and agreeable.
Upon hearing this, Gu Shanhai had a realization: Merlin's fate was to be blinded by love and ultimately trapped within a tomb crafted from giant stones by his lover—echoing the tale of Oedipus.
"Destiny..." Gu Shanhai murmured quietly. Indeed, this world was governed by destiny enveloping all its inhabitants.
This destiny was a master, the will of nature, one of the laws of its workings.
Neither Atilis, the Red Dragon King, nor Merlin, the great sage, could escape this predestined outcome, unlike He Lingyun, who had become another King of Men.
"Wait a minute... are you planning to use me to break this destiny by helping Atilis ascend to the throne?"