Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

Subtitle: The lowest level of despair

Because there were so many people returning, Chaldea specially sent a large truck over, with Lancelot at the helm. Although Lancelot from Berserker had no riding skills, because of the Noble Phantasm [Knights Do Not Die with Unarmed] As a result, Sir Lancelot can easily master various scientific products.

Theoretically speaking, he can also drive a space shuttle, and trucks are no problem.

The atmosphere is depressing during the return journey.

Suddenly, the witch radar created by Prelati sounded an alarm.

Lu Mingfei glanced at Alta subconsciously - perhaps because of the side effects of the transplant surgery, Alta, who was supposed to be the most energetic and always pestering him, was curled up in the corner of the big truck, seemingly sleeping. He was asleep, his brows furrowed, as if he was haunted by a nightmare.

Lu Mingfei subconsciously wanted to ask Elizabeth to come and see it with him.

As a result, when she turned around, she found that Elizabeth was also distracted. She was originally capable and serious, but she didn't notice the alarm sound.

In the end, Qingji and Mozart came to the outside of the carriage with him to check the situation.

According to the radar display, a witch appeared nearby. Her identity was the Greedy Witch, whose presence was very low compared to the invisible Gluttony Witch.

Compared with other mysterious witches, the identity of the Greedy Witch is surprisingly easy to identify. She will appear on the battlefield from time to time. Dion and Mozart in Heroic Spirits both knew her during their lifetimes, so it is easy to know. The identity of the Greedy Witch.

Marie Antoinette

The same Queen Louis XVI of France who famously said "Why don't they eat cake" or "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" when told that French citizens could not eat bread.

Let’s not talk about the issues left over from history.

Anyway, both Mozart and Dion knew her, so they naturally knew her identity, and they also knew that Marie was not a powerful being.

If it was Lu Mingfei from before, and he found Mary in the enemy camp - Dracula's Castle, his first reaction would have been to punch her away in seconds.

But after what happened to Lucifer, Lu Mingfei had to curb his arrogance and become cautious.

Fortunately, the expected attack did not come. Instead, a letter was sent by a dove-like familiar.

The content of the letter left Lu Mingfei a little confused:

[Even if you figure out the truth about ‘Lucifer’, please don’t be confused, sages of the Observatory]

[Raphael and I will try to help you delay some more time, but it will eventually come back. I will definitely be killed at the first opportunity. Please watch Amadeus and don’t let him be willful. I think He will definitely help you

[Be sure to eliminate the hidden dangers of the Witch of Despair before she comes back]

【.May the wings of courage support you in flying】

Raphael - the angel of virtue and generosity corresponding to greed.

From the description in the letter, it seems that although Mary is also a witch, she has not been eroded by madness or corrupted. She still maintains a normal mind and is working hard to help Chaldea in an invisible place?

Lu Mingfei felt a little powerless to complain for a while.

He originally thought that all the witches would be enemies, but he turned out to be the jealous Alta, the furious Atalanta, the lustful Favna, the greedy Mary, and the gluttonous Prelati.

Five of the seven witches are either sane or have successfully suppressed and sealed evil. Shouldn’t it be said that the heroic spirits chosen by ‘destiny’ are all very powerful?

The Witch of Despair is an undifferentiated neutral unit. If you think about it this way, there is only one Arrogant Witch who is seriously acting as a villain.

Although it is a good thing.

But I always felt like something wasn't quite right.

The letter sent by Mary also contains useful information, that is, Lucifer, who looks like the little devil Lu Mingze from side to side, has not been completely solved.

He will come back.

How will we deal with Wendy now that she has the dragon-slaying magical physique?

After Lu Mingfei received the letter, the radar alarm was also lifted, and the Greedy Witch's signal quickly moved away and returned to the Vampire Castle in Orleans.

As for the things mentioned above, there are still some things that are concerning.

Lu Mingfei grabbed Mozart's collar at that time.

"Explain it to me."

To everyone's surprise,

Mozart told his secret very simply and secretly.

"To put it simply, I am now one of the seventy-two demon gods who are enemies of Chaldea."

Mozart told the story of being a descendant of the devil very simply.

Mozart, like Professor Leif, is both a descendant of the demon god, and both received the blood curse from their ancestors. However, the source of inheritance is different. The demon god Anducias inherited by Mozart is himself a music demon god, which is basically harmless. , different from the Florence that Professor Leif inherited.

Professor Leif has been fighting against his own blood almost all his life, but Mozart is basically the opposite. He is the kind of person who lies flat, doesn't care at all, and borrows the power of the devil to use music magic.

Because of excessive abuse during his lifetime, he died early of course.

After appearing as a heroic spirit in France, Anducias also wanted to seize Mozart's spiritual foundation. Originally, Mozart still planned to lie down - he was not the kind of person who would take the responsibility of "I want to save the world!" type on the body.

But at this time, his first love, Mary, also appeared.

Mary wanted to protect France, but she was too weak and could only fight with all her strength against Raphael, the angel who reversed the fallen heaven.

For love, Mozart was determined to fight against Raphael, but he was too weak and had no strength, so he turned to the demon Anducias.

In the name of love, Anducias, whom Mozart defeated, had his demon blood completely awakened, but was not taken away from him, and instead transformed into the music demon Mozart.

Although he is not a fighting demon, he does have his own method for dealing with this kind of curse.

With the help of Mozart, the weak Marie was able to survive.

After that, Mary lurked beside Dracula, waiting for the opportunity and collecting intelligence.

"Why didn't you say this before?" Lu Mingfei wondered.

Mozart spread his hands unceremoniously: "You didn't ask, and I don't want to be suspected by you and restrict my actions, so that I can't have fun - boss, don't hit people, look at me doing business Aren’t they all serious about their work? Don’t bring matters of private life into business, okay?”

The last thing Mozart emphasized seriously was, "I'm really not good at fighting! Don't expect too much from me in frontal combat!"

Lu Mingfei only felt a headache.

Then he left him to Leonardo da Vinci and Roman to worry about it.

It's a pity.

Everything seems to be just the beginning.

The darkness seemed to come from the abyss, approaching step by step.

☆

With Mary's help, the investigation team successfully returned behind the walls of the Holy Capital with the results and survivors.

at this time.

In Chaldea, Da Vinci and Roman looked at the report in their hands and fell into deep thought.

Lucifer's analysis report has come out.

The analysis process was surprisingly easy. In other words, the shady story that caused all this was not hidden at all.

Originally, Da Vinci and Roman only needed to tell everyone the results.

But considering the ending of Wendy's "accepting fate and dying" and the mental state of Lu Mingfei and others after that, Roman hesitated.

Dr. Roman's eyes were fixed on the report in his hand: "I can't even describe whether this thing is cruel, but is it really good to show it to Lu Mingfei now? He has just experienced Wendy's."

Roman sighed.

"Why not hide it? Even if we don't tell them, it won't change our plan. Let the adults bear the responsibility for this terrible darkness. Those children are the saviors, and they are the chosen ones. , not only Mingfei, but also Aluta and Mashu. To be honest, except for Chu Zihang, I don’t think we should tell anyone else."

Some things are better not known.

This is Roman's tenderness. Of course, it could also be said that he was indecisive.

But the report must still be handed in.

After all, the Holy King is still waiting for the analysis results of Lucifer, and then thinks of ways to prescribe the right medicine and prepare countermeasures.

Da Vinci looked at the hesitant Roman and sent the report to Saint King Karl on his own initiative. After the emperor read it, he relayed Roman's confusion.

"Emperor, what do you think? Should we hide some content from those children?"

The emperor looked at what was written in the report in silence.

Also silent was 'Bradamante (Charlemagne)' beside him.

Because he pulled down the spiritual base on his Heroic Spirit Seat, the emperor's initial posture was that of a boy, but as he continued to use power to burn his soul, the emperor's appearance also continued to grow.

From a boy to a young man, and now to a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples, no one doubted that he would enter old age after defeating the Witch of Despair.

It's like I've staked my entire life here.

"No, those children are qualified to know this. After all, teenagers who love fantasy will eventually grow up and face reality. Reality is not as black and white as in the story."

The Holy King closed his eyes and murmured as if in sleep:

"This is a trial. The growth of a person is to constantly defeat the immature self."

"Children have to grow up eventually."

☆

After the Holy King and Chaldea confirmed the candidates, they gathered the people on the list - mainly a small number of leadership teams, scientific researchers, and heroic units.

Then, the report meeting on the truth about Lucifer began.

Even so.

But Lu Mingfei looked at the expressions of the Holy King, Da Vinci and others looking at him, and he always felt as if this meeting was specially held for him.

What comes up is a data report.

Almost all researchers and leadership teams knew the truth just after listening to the data.

Their expressions were calm and they quickly started discussing how to deal with it.

Non-research heroes, represented by Lu Mingfei, are waiting for further analysis and explanation.

But the topic suddenly turned to a strange place.

"What do you think is the essence of religion?"

Lu Mingfei was a little confused by this question.

Why did you suddenly end up here?

Fortunately, Da Vinci who said this did not ask a student to answer like a teacher in class, but went on directly.

"People of different eras may have different views on this due to the different information they are exposed to, but what I want to say here is the source of almost all religions - the source of the source, the essence of the essence, the original origin - —”

"That's the 'struggle to stay alive.'"

Yes.

It can even be said that it has basically nothing to do with the gods that are believed in. This is the origin of all religions, a very simple purpose.

The struggle to stay alive.

"That is, the most original [goodness] of the human species."

The starting point of religion must be [goodness].

It does not refer specifically to 'a certain religion', but the quality of 'religion' before the word 'religion' was coined must be pure [goodness].

However, I don’t know where it started. Because he is often set as the villain in various stories, many people have preconceived notions when it comes to the topic of religion, so it is impossible to be objective at all. think.

At this time, you need to empty your mind, get on the time machine of your thoughts, and go back to the oldest primitive period of mankind.

In the distant mythical age, in the dark age when civilization was in the ascendant, in an era when it was extremely difficult to survive, there was no time to think about personal value.

In the primordial primordial, when 'goodwill' arose in the heart of the first man, religion was born.

In primitive times, in order to survive, human beings had to gather together and integrate the power of a large number of people to work together to survive.

However, as long as there are ideas, there will be differences. In an environment with limited resources, different tribes often turn into the most primitive conflict-violence.

Use violence to seize resources.

But there will always be someone thinking, and goodwill will always be born.

There will always be the first person to think: Why do tribes have bloody conflicts with each other to compete for the few resources, instead of everyone uniting to expand their sphere of influence and obtain more resources?

So, how can we join forces? Or even let the two parties who had a bloody feud in the past unite?

That would require a detached third-party arbiter.

That is - ‘God’

The concept of God was brought up at this time.

In order to gather more of its people to reclaim wasteland so that the tribe can feed more people.

This was the starting point of what later generations would call the ‘primitive shaman’ and the prototype of the true religious concept.

For a long time after that, religious teachings will continue to change along with the struggle of the human species to survive.

What should we do when the number of people swells to a certain level and the nearby land can no longer support so many people?

The answer is to reduce the population.

The essence of war and human sacrifice is to reduce the population to a level that can maintain stability before famine spreads and the entire society collapses and is destroyed.

But no one wants to die.

The instinct of survival is engraved in everyone's soul.

So we need an excuse, such as describing the beauty of the afterlife through religion and mythology, and even treating voluntary death as an honor.

The Mayan and Aztec civilizations in South America are typical examples.

They would compete in sacrifices, and the stronger victor would have the honor of sacrificing himself.

The essence of all this is to 'survive'.

It is pure ‘goodness’.

This is the most primitive posture of religion.

However, as civilization develops and the environment stabilizes, religion will naturally become a tool of the rulers.

The stronger the power of religion, the more it deviates from its original intention.

For example, when a plague comes, people will blame the witch and think it is the curse brought by the witch. In order to gain the faith that can support their survival, countless innocent "persecuted people" appear.

There was even a situation where when the plague arrived, people thought it was cats that brought the curse, so they slaughtered cats in large numbers, which instead caused the rats to spread the disease crazily.

Religion, which originally appeared for the sake of survival - was born as a means of 'seeking common ground while reserving differences' and 'letting more people survive', was naturally distorted.

The more powerful a religion becomes, the more it wants to demonstrate its prestige, and the more it needs to emphasize this by persecuting others.

Limited by technology and wisdom, religion often cannot solve problems.

What should I do if I can't solve the problem?

Naturally, the person who raised the problem will be solved.

As long as no one asks questions, no one questions the authority of religion.

So many victims appeared.

Many of their lives have been directly persecuted.

Some of them had their reputations slandered.

Lilith, Lucifer, Nebuchadnezzar, Vlad III, Elizabeth Bathory, Joan of Arc——

They are all victims.

"There is no Lucifer in this world, there are only some imagined 'fallen red dragons' who have been slandered, slandered, and integrated into religious stories. So, what exactly is the Lucifer who appears in front of us?"

“The answer is the ‘victims’ in the development and growth of Christianity”

"It's - [Innocent Monster]."

Yes.

This is why Lucifer was originally the Twisted Shadow.

Its essence is the incarnation of the resentment of all the victims of cross-sect persecution. There are two main reasons why it looks close to Lu Mingze.

One is the super magic [Dragon King's Sigh] that the Holy King launched in order to annihilate the massive dragons.

Because [Dragon King's Lament] reproduces the allusion of "Lucifer fell with one third of the angels in heaven" in terms of magic concept, it triggered a chain effect.

Dragons are demons, and demons are deep in hell. France, where dragons are everywhere at this time, is hell, so the fallen red dragon is naturally Lucifer.

At this time, coincidentally, the special case of Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze appeared.

Lucifer himself does not exist, he is the epitome of an "innocent monster". Lucifer is composed of many people who have been slandered and slandered, including Nebuchadnezzar.

But Lu Mingfei happened to be accompanied by Lu Mingze, who was also considered to be Lucifer.

Then as the [Innocent Monster] came into contact with Lu Mingfei, its posture naturally became closer and closer to Lu Mingze.

The Lucifer who looked like Lu Mingze who appeared after that was actually something similar to the 'afterimage' left by Lu Mingze's past activities on the ground. It was a videotape that recorded the content of Lu Mingze's past actions.

Theoretically, he has the same power as Lu Mingze, but it is an imaginary [innocent monster], so it must continue to complete the information through contact with Lu Mingfei, and then it can use those Lu Mingze Various powers lent to Lu Mingfei in the past.

That gesture, those powers, are the physical manifestation of the "innocent monster" that was originally just an abstract concept.

This is why Lucifer looks like Lu Mingze and why he can use Natsu's 'Fire Dragon Slayer Magic'.

It is not so much a single living entity, but a video tape named [Innocent Monster] that records the evil deeds of the Cross.

It is darkness. The brighter the light, the deeper the darkness.

His power will rise along with the power of the Crusaders in the singularity.

The Holy King's actions in order to protect the people actually became an opportunity for him to become so powerful.

"Although the principle is very simple, this [Innocent Monster] spell is very sophisticated. I'm afraid there are some very incredible magicians over there at the Vampire Castle."

Leonardo da Vinci concluded.

Then ended the topic.

Elizabeth and Alta threw the table and left almost as soon as they finished listening.

The enemy is actually the [victim] or something.

Our efforts will actually make it stronger.

How ironic.

←to be continued!