I aptly predicted a few weeks ago that it was Jerga who must have murdered Hero Kanon ~2000 years ago. Not only that but the cowards stabbed him in the back, literally! However, while I suspected that Lay might be Kanon (potentially with no memories) the fact that he is also Avos Dilhevia was quite a surprise. I never saw that coming.
My guess is that Lay/Kanon's plan all along has been to use the demons to kill the humans, or at least their corrupt leaders. Jerga's betrayal apparently corrupted him, turning him to the dark side. He played the fake demon king in order to have the demons (unwittingly) prepare for war these last 2,000 years, while ensuring that the real demon king's name was erased from history.
Why? Because Anos wanted peace, while Kanon wanted war. That is probably the sole reason. In other words these two, the demon and the hero, have quite interestingly exchanged roles. Anos assumed (or pretended to assume) that Lay/Kanon might want to "save" something else, like he wanted to save his mother. This is clearly not the case, otherwise Kanon would not have set up demons and humans to fight each other.
I am frankly disappointed that the betrayal of just one man was enough to corrupt Kanon. Anos will probably be as well, since as we know he deeply admired and respected Kanon. It might be because it wasn't just a random man but his freaking sensei. In any case Kanon clearly took it hard enough to device this entire plan.
A problem I had with the episode was the mention that the events of the Magic Sword Tournament were "unforeseen". Er, in what way? They were both taken in that pocket dimension and attacked by no less than three Elder Demon Emperors. All three were controlled by Kanon/Avos at the time, so it must have been him who made them attack them. That is not called "unforeseen", it is called a plan.
Even if it was other Royals who set that contract in Lay's Source in exchange for healing his mom, the rest of the events in the pocket dimension must have been orchestrated by Kanon, so they were anything but unforeseen. To what end? Probably to kill Anos, his "friend", so that he doesn't prevent his war plans.. Corrupted indeed.. |