Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

45. New Century Little Sun: Death or Rebirth

——Karna

In the ancient Indian mythology "Mahabharata", he is the son of the sun god Surya and the hero of charity.

Although in the story he is a grumpy old man who gives charity but kills people if he disagrees with him.

But myths are okay as a reference for me. After actual contact with me, it is not difficult to find that the difference is quite big.

Karna is not so much a hero as a pure warrior who is sung as a hero, but he is more like a nanny than a warrior.

He himself has serious nihilistic tendencies, but as long as you are not his master, it is difficult to dislike him.

Anyone who can be his master will basically be angry to death.

——The insights of the poor

Karna possesses such a skill, or in other words, this skill itself is just symbolic, essentially a mixture of Karna's poor words and sharp words.

Karna is sharp-tongued, and he can always see through the flaws in his master's character in just a few words, and provide reminders and guidance. However, Karna is not good at words, so his well-intentioned advice often sounds particularly annoying to the person being advised. .

It's probably like the feeling of an adult saying to a child, "You'll understand when you grow up."

Being Karna's master is a very tiring thing.

Unless you give him an order saying "You are not allowed to fuck me!"

Karna is a pure warrior. As long as it is an order from his master, no matter how excessive it is - even if it is a meaningless massacre of civilians, he will carry it out indifferently after persuading him to no avail.

A heroic spirit who was not foolish and loyal, but had great obsessions during his lifetime, but he put his Master's thoughts before everything else.

In a sense, such Karna can be described as a perfect servant.

——As long as you give him an order and say, "You are not allowed to pick on me!"

Actually.

Archer, Karna's master—Ginak Galligeli couldn't help but give such an order after summoning Karna.

If you want to ask why.

That's of course because Gina understands Karna so well.

After all, this is not the first time that Ginako and Karna have teamed up to participate in the Holy Grail War.

To be precise, Gina had participated in the Holy Grail Competition called the 'Moon Holy Grail War'. In that Holy Grail Competition, which had a total of seven rounds, Gina had gone all the way to the fifth round before being defeated——

But in fact, Karna and Gina did not lose.

Although she was eliminated in the fifth round, it was because Gina could not bear the pressure of killing and being killed, and chose to surrender in self-defeat.

After all.

Gina is a typical "ordinary people involved in the Holy Grail War" setting.

Although he is also a spirit hacker, because he is an ordinary person who was born normally, he does not have the talent of test-tube babies like Shinji. However, he is very good at playing games. Only in gaming can he compete with Shenji. If we say If Shenji and Lu Mingfei are top professional players, then Gina is the super passerby king.

That is to say——

If only I didn't have to bear the pressure of killing and being killed.

"Then the Holy Grail Tournament is nothing more than a 'game'! Huh-huh! Win! Miss Ginako and Karna-san are the strongest!"

Karna's expressionless face twitched.

Although Gina seemed to know her very well, and even ordered Karna to "not talk about my shortcomings" as soon as they met, to Karna, Gina was just a stranger.

Still the kind of naughty stranger.

——For example, now.

"Why did you expose my real name like this, sister?"

Karna sighed deeply.

By the way.

The title "Sister" was strongly requested by Miss Ginak. Although Karna was troubled, the warrior who was both loyal and unfaithful still carried out this order seriously.

but.

"It doesn't matter! Because as long as Karnathan can perform normally, he will be the strongest!"

Karna didn't even know why Gina was so confident in herself.

"In the final analysis, this is not a life and death fight, but a 'game', a 'game'"

Gina completely ignored Kenneth across from her and smiled as if she was sure of victory.

"Since it is a game and does not threaten life safety, then there is no need to use Karna-san's most powerful cheating treasure, the 'Immortal Golden Armor', to protect me! Fight to your heart's content, Karna-san! Either way No matter who you are, you are just a second-rate heroic spirit who can only fight defensively. As long as I, as the master, do not hold you back, you will be the strongest, Karna-san!"

"and!"

Gina held her head high proudly.

"After all, I am also a super passerby king, and I am not playing against professional players. In this data world, as a spirit hacker, the support I can provide is something that others can never look down upon! So Karna-san, you can do your best. Go fight!"

Karna: "."

Although Gina didn't say what happened when she teamed up with Karna last time, she kept emphasizing from her guilty conscience, "I won't hold you back this time" and "Karna-san, you can fight to your heart's content. Let’s go!” Judging from these two points, Karna felt that he had roughly guessed what had happened in the past.

Actually.

Although Karna is the son of the Sun God, he also became the Sun God after his death, so he is somewhat of a god. Therefore, although he cannot remember it, he has a vague impression of Jinake's appearance and name.

only

"The hero who gives alms, Karna. Humph."

Because Gina held the idea of ​​"let Karnathan fight to his heart's content in this game", she had no intention of stopping Kenneth from performing magic. After Kenneth completed the construction of the magic, he even had the time to talk like this.

"Foolish person."

Although he said this, Kenneth was actually quite happy.

To put it bluntly, formal so-called magic battles are more about academic exchanges than fighting. Fighting is just a means of ending when you cannot convince the other party with your own theory.

Kenneth, who participated in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, had this mentality in the beginning. He originally thought he was going to have academic exchanges with the Gosan Family.

"As the spiritual teacher of the Clock Tower, let me tell you my biggest mistake, Miss. Gallicili. It is very important to hide the true name of the heroic spirit. There are heroes in this world who do not have obvious weaknesses, but yours Karna is clearly not.”

"What is this big guy so arrogant about? Isn't the Holy Grail Tournament a battle between heroic spirits and heroic spirits? Why doesn't your heroic spirit say anything but just looks on over there with OMO?"

Gina knitted her brows, and as soon as she opened her mouth, it seemed that she would have something in common with Lu Mingfei.

Caesar didn't care at all, and laughed loudly: "Oh, Miss. Galligeli, don't worry about me. After all, I, Caesar, am not the kind of heroic spirit suitable for being sent to the front line for hand-to-hand combat. Just let me be the referee (Ruler). ) work to witness your battles!"

Gina thinks that Caesar and Kenneth are simply crazy: "Let humans fight with the followers?"

"--uh-huh!"

Kenneth deliberately loudly interrupted Ginako's digression.

"Listen carefully, Miss Gary Gilli!"

"Does this guy really regard me as a student? Is he a teacher?" Gina whispered.

"I think he is the kind of vainist who enjoys preaching to others from above." Karna analyzed seriously.

Caesar was amused by Gina's unexpected lively character, and Kenneth was a little annoyed when Karna revealed her true nature.

"——Listen up! Miss Galligeli! Your servant Karna has a variety of job compatibility, but each has its own fatal weakness!"

"The essence of summoning heroic spirits is séance, and the essence of séance is the body of thoughts, so the singing of the story will affect the essence of the spirit!"

"Karna was cursed, and it was a curse called the caste system, so

As Rider, Karna’s Noble Phantasm mount will definitely be damaged at critical moments.

As Lancer, Karna will forget his spear skills at critical moments.

As an Archer, Karna would probably forget how to use a bow and arrow at a critical moment, and even the bow and arrow would be damaged. "

Gina was dumbfounded: "What the hell? How can this be played??? It's too targeted at Karna!"

Kenneth shook his head: "In the final analysis, the protagonist of "Mahabharata" is not Karna, but Arjuna, and Karna's identity in it is Arjuna's enemy, and it can even be said that he is the protagonist. The enemy BOSS exists as a warrior. Indian mythology emphasizes cause and effect. These thoughts will naturally be reflected in the heroic spirit Karna."

"The desire to enjoy fighting to the fullest is the long-cherished wish of the hero Karna, but as long as you appear as a heroic spirit, you are destined to be unable to achieve this unless you can transcend your own destiny."

Kenneth snorted coldly: "However, in addition to practicing and training, you are able to obtain your current strength. You are also blessed by fate. Fate is supporting your growth and allowing you to grow into an opponent who can compete with Arjuna. , and then be defeated by it, as the glory of Arjuna.”

Gina wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Karna.

".He's right, Ginako."

Then, Karna looked at Kenneth and the Earthquake God in the mercury form who was summoned from behind.

"So what are your plans? Mr. Kenneth, you actually told us so much before the battle. What is your purpose?"

"Of course I want to win over you as my future subordinate, Archer Karna."

Kenneth calmed down his state of mind, which was a little confused by Ginako's pretentious remarks, and maintained his reserve and elegance as a magic aristocrat.

"I can beat you not only because you will definitely fall apart at critical moments due to the curse, but also because I have the strongest real trump card, but I don't want to be exposed in this round, so for you I hope to win you over as a future subordinate.”

"." Karna was silent.

There was light shining in the eyes of the Son of the Sun God, as if he was thinking about something.

"What if I say, just join me and save me some effort. If you help me honestly, I can help you solve the problem of the curse that prevents you from fighting as much as you want? After all, there is no command spell in this Holy Grail Tournament. , the master and the servant are more like partners than the master and the servant. Even if I get your ownership, I may not be able to control you."

"!?"

Karna actually wavered for a moment.

Although it was only for a moment, the next moment he became determined again.

"—What about Ginako's safety?"

"Wait!" Gina felt something was wrong, "Karna-san, what are you talking about?"

Kenneth still looked confident of winning: "I can sign a magic proof contract with you. I will never hurt your master. I will even protect her. As long as you join my team with her behind, Fight for me with all your strength.”

Ginako: "."

Karna: "."

"In this way, we can also retain our strength, can't we?" Kenneth continued. "We will unite and defeat the other opponents, and then have a fair showdown in the finals. If we are aiming for the championship, we definitely don't want to Is the special weapon Noble Phantasm exposed too early?"

[Caesar tried to ‘incite’ Karna]

【Difficulty 100】

[Kenneth’s ‘incitement’: 1D100=83]

[Caesar’s skill ‘Incitement EX’ correction: 60]

【83+60=143＞100】

【success! 】

Kenneth's proposal is too reasonable.

If this Holy Grail Tournament is a pure knockout, it is true that we can only fight all the way, but BB has already said that the rules this time will change to a team battle in the middle. In other words, people with strong enough social skills can completely Victory can be won through diplomacy in the early stages of the battle.

Gina took a deep breath: "...I think we should accept, Karna, that Holy Grail may be able to solve the curse on you."

Karna was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that a swordsman who was particularly strong in the 'game' would actually want to surrender just for this.

In fact, Kenneth's proposal was indeed perfect, especially after he himself showed the gods he summoned, he obviously had the capital to negotiate and form a team.

Kenneth believed that he was very strong, and he also recognized Karna's strength, so he thought it would be better to win him over than to fight with all his strength in the early stages.

And Kenneth felt that Karna's master was a jerk.

I can definitely win.

"."

Karna made his decision.

The most reasonable judgment. However, because of his character, Karna could not resist saying this to Kenneth before surrendering:

"These negotiation lines of yours were done under the instructions of your servants, right?"

Kenneth's face suddenly turned purple, and the magic noble shouted angrily: "I ordered him to provide advice! He is just my familiar!"

Caesar couldn't help it anymore and laughed wantonly!

"Whether it's my master or you, master and slave, they are both really interesting!"

Diplomacy wins.

Not many trump cards were exposed, and the real trump cards were not forced out by Karna in the first battle. Kenneth - or in other words, Caesar's tactics were perfect.

Rather, rather than fighting to the death, this is more like what the god Caesar would do, right?

Kenneth is not some magician-killer named Emiya Kiritsugu.

Caesar may use despicable means, but Kenneth will not - it's not that Kenneth is a good person, it's just that Kenneth's pride believes that he can win with dignity.

Diplomatic victory is different from a dastardly backstab.

Just like that, Kenneth's first battle ended——

Kenneth: "?"

Karna: "?"

Ginako: "Ah? What's wrong?"

Obviously BB agreed that this would be a battle in which no one died.

Obviously with Karna's eyesight, he was sure that BB was not lying.

Even if you lose, it will just be like losing your ‘card’ in Duel City in Yu-Gi-Oh!

This is obviously how it should be

but.

Gina stared blankly at the translucent 'cabinet' that locked her up after she left the edge of the battlefield and declared her surrender.

"???"

Gina may have felt that her body was penetrated by some kind of light, and then it seemed that everything, the things that constituted her existence, were disappearing.

"——Ginako!?"

Gina didn't disappear.

Perhaps this was fate. Even without the memory of teaming up with Ginako in the past, Karna still took the same action.

She peeled off the golden armor that was like her own skin and gave it to Ginako to isolate those things that tried to harm her.

Then--

Caesar, whose expression changed drastically, seemed to have thought of something and hurried to Nero's battlefield.

——to be continued!

There is a bloody scab around my eyes now. It's not the eye socket, it's the area where the eyelids are closed.

Although it's still itchy, it's not as painful anymore. It should be fine tomorrow.