Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

16. Heroic Spirit Lu Mingfei

——The heroic spirit of ‘writer’

Even among the many types of heroic spirits, they are the most special type.

After all, there is a big difference between the summoned heroic spirit and the historical person. The heroic spirit's posture is closely related to the inheritance content. It can even be said that the factors that determine the summoning of the heroic spirit in the present world are more important than the dead hero itself. It's more about summoning the 'heroes described in the legacy'.

So what does the description of inheritance depend on?

Is it the historical person?

No.

The answer is the person who writes history and stories, that is, the ‘writer’.

The most typical example is Vlad, the Archduke of Wallachia. Because the content of writers' stories has constantly changed with the times, so much so that the 'piercing' behavior of the Impaler itself is considered a major characteristic of vampires. .

It can even be said that, due to limitations of inheritance, many heroic spirits are not so much using their own power as they are using the power described in the story inheritance.

Chaldea has done special research on writers' heroic spirit-like abilities, and even Lu Mingfei was forced to listen to a lot of lecture content.

The reason is actually because before this, the most powerful enemy Chaldea had ever encountered was a writer.

Rather, the reason why the entire French Singularity was able to cause such a stir was because of the power of the ‘writer’.

That's right, the writer who swept the entire French singularity, used the distortions accumulated in the Hundred Years' War as his pen and ink, and wrote an exaggerated Christian mythical war at the end of the Middle Ages - Saint King Karl.

In principle, the job of a writer-like heroic spirit is bound to Caster, but there are exceptions to everything. Saint King Karl himself is a Ruler, but he can only do so if he has achieved 'The time is the Middle Ages', 'The location is the continent of Europa', and 'Mobile'. The Holy City has unfolded. After these conditions are met, the Holy King can exert the power of a writer-like heroic spirit.

In fact, the novels written by the Holy King in his later years did have a significant impact on later culture, especially the concept of the Paladin.

Although the Writer-like Heroic Spirit itself has no fighting power, in addition to its own combat power, it can almost be said that every Writer-like Heroic Spirit is a 'Creator' and a 'Creation God'. (Note: In the F/E series, Andersen has proven that given enough time, he can create a demon who can physically swallow the earth)

Rather, the reason why almost all Heroic Spirits can become Heroic Spirits is not so much that they are heroes, but that their deeds as heroes have been passed down as stories. Strong people who have strength but have not been passed down cannot become Heroic Spirits. of.

However, although in theory, writer-like heroic spirits are existences at the level of creation gods, different writers are good at different types of stories. When actually carrying out the action of 'creation', aspects such as efficiency and intensity will be affected.

The Holy King's creative ability as a writer was severely limited within the cultural scope of Christianity.

Although it is not impossible to forcefully write (create) story (world) content that is not in your field of expertise, the efficiency, speed and creation strength will also be seriously affected.

That is to say——

"Lilim, you think that the existence of the distorted 'stage' that caused this London singularity is a heroic spirit of the writer type. This idea itself is not problematic. However, because of your professional knowledge, or in other words, because you are an expert, So it’s normal that the thinking circuit cannot be reversed at once.”

In Lilim's body, the insect space, Lu Mingfei told Lilim the analysis results from Lu Xiang simulated in his mind.

"Writers and heroes all have their own areas of expertise in writing. Even writers who are involved in many fields such as Squid, the stories themselves have differences in 'style'."

"However, currently, the fantasy characters that appear in this singularity come from their respective fantasy works. There are too many differences in styles between them. It is difficult to imagine that they are from the handwriting of one heroic writer."

"Then, is it a joint creation by multiple writers?"

"Theoretically, it is indeed possible, but the content and style of this story stage change too frequently. If it is a collective creation, the coordination work between the various writers is destined to not be so efficient."

"So - is it possible that it's not the 'writer' who became a heroic spirit?"

"But the 'story' itself became the heroic spirit, or the abstract concept of 'a certain type of story' became the heroic spirit?"

"Not a 'heroic spirit of writers', but a 'heroic spirit of stories'."

"Is this possible?"

"If you want to prove it, if you want to testify to this reasoning, the clues are actually in your hands."

"Your servant, Jack the Ripper, is not the murderer who actually committed those cases in history, nor is he someone who is suspected of being the murderer but has no evidence to prove that he is the murderer, nor is he some imitation that appears in the process. Commit."

"In the final analysis, Jack the Ripper is not even called Jack. The words "Ripper" and "Jack" are just code names. It can even be said that 'Jack the Ripper' does not refer to 'someone who is the murderer', but to the person who committed the murder. [A suspenseful murder story that took place in London that year].”

In Lilim's insect space, in order to facilitate communication, Lilim embodied her own virtual image. Lu Mingfei quickly imitated this place and regarded it as his own brain space, while controlling his body in reality with dual-line operations. On the other hand, it materialized its own projection in the insect space.

However, Lu Mingfei found out that he was not one himself, but a group of 'selves'.

Chu Zihang Road, Lixiang Road, Olga Road, Leonardo da Vinci Road, Roman Road, and the unknown road that looked like an ancient military commander. Lu Mingfei privately felt that this might be the dark history of his chuunibyou period. Personality or something.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the number of various "roads" is gradually increasing, and there are even "roads" that look like Lilith or Lilim.

Although the main speakers were Lu Xiang and Lu Zihang, wouldn't something bad happen if this continues?

Lu Mingfei could understand why people around him warned him not to abuse this dangerous ability.

It would be okay to imitate those who are friendly to Lu Mingfei, but if you imitate too many enemies who are malicious towards Lu Mingfei

A little distracted.

However, it was normal for Lu Mingfei to be distracted. When he was playing games, except for a few times when he knew he met a professional player and became serious, in most cases, Lu Mingfei was distracted while playing.

While being distracted in the insect space, in the real world, he is cooperating with Jack, who has transformed into the "Miko Kikyo" to fight the trolls. Although the miko Kikyo from "Inuyasha" is powerful, Jack is not the path after all. Mingfei couldn't quickly adapt to the power of this character from a fantasy comic book.

Lilim, who was listening to Lu Xiang's explanation for herself, felt more surprised or horrified.

(Is this ‘high-speed thinking’ and ‘segmented thinking’?)

In the database given by BB in Lilim's mind, basically, these two are technologies belonging to the 'Atlas Academy Alchemist'.

An alchemist of the Atlas Academy is, in a nutshell, a scientist.

The gap, or difference, between the alchemists of the Atlas Academy and modern scientists lies in the ‘computer’.

Science requires a lot of calculations. In an era when there were no high-performance computers, or things that could perform high-speed calculations were extremely rare and precious, the threshold of science and technology was not only limited to intelligence, but also placed more emphasis on factors such as physical fitness or bloodline - the fundamental The reason is that scientists in the old era did not have the electronic computers as advanced as today, so those who can be scientists are those who are physically qualified and can really use their brains as a 'supercomputer'.

In other words, a person who can use the ability and physique of 'high-speed thinking' and 'divided thinking', and who also has superior intelligence.

The former can abandon redundant thinking and concentrate all the brain's computing power on the process of calculating formulas. Although the latter is called "divided thinking", it is easy for people to mistake it for a fashionable concept similar to "multitasking". It's not a method, but in fact, it's alchemists who transformed their brains into super CPUs.

Because of this, in ancient times, scientists and magicians were both considered to be 'noble talents', which required more than simple wisdom. If you want to enter this field, you first need a special physique. It would be better to say that without this kind of physique, it is even impossible to get started, so it is natural that it will be connected with blood and the like——

It wasn’t until the modern era that ‘computers’ emerged without any hard requirements for blood or physical fitness.

To be more precise, it is the arrival of the ‘Electronic Engineering Era’.

By the way, a certain Nikola Tesla has the unique qualification to be called the 'Star Pioneer' as a heroic spirit because of the many achievements he left behind, which became an important cornerstone of the era of electronic engineering. .

Nowadays, although Atlas Academy's admissions requirements are still strict, candidates no longer need to meet any physical requirements. As long as they can pass the exam, even if they don't have the slightest bit of magic circuit, they can enter through the normal admissions route.

But, even so, even in times like this——

The more copies of divided thinking, it is equivalent to having more CPUs. According to the standards of the Atlas Institute, if you can have 7 levels of division (core CPU), you are already the most advanced alchemist.

But what Lu Mingfei showed Lilim was even more terrifying and unbelievable.

(On the basis of divided thinking and high-speed thinking, each CPU has its own independent personality and different areas of expertise. Could it be that this guy divided his 'talents' in order to strengthen his own special attacks? Going out!?)

Lilim was a little numb.

She couldn't see through Lu Mingfei at all, nor could she see through Lu Xiang who was talking to her in front of her, as if she had completely seen through her.

(What kind of monster am I dancing with?)

"——That is to say"

Lu Xiang narrowed her eyes and looked at the expressionless Lilim in front of her, half-smiling.

"What is Jack the Ripper's true form? Lilim, you must know it very well, right?"

Having said that, Lilim would be stupid if she didn't know better.

"I originally thought that the cultural phenomenon called 'Jack the Ripper' should be realized. Now if you think about it in depth according to your thinking, Jack the Ripper is a heroic spirit that became a 'story' because the incident had no outcome. , so the ‘story’ is ‘collectively created’ by countless people who think about and speculate on the truth of the story!”

Lu Xiang clapped her hands vigorously.

"The answer is correct! Well, in fact, your original answer is also correct, but it is not in-depth enough and cannot provide clues to the current situation."

"Now, through your Jack the Ripper, we have confirmed that the 'story' itself can also become a Servant. Then, your original reasoning that the 'director' behind the stage of this story is a certain author is obviously acceptable. Overturned – or further supplemented.”

"The 'director' who created this stage and trapped us inside is not a certain writer, but a 'certain type of story'. Coincidentally, there is a kind of story called 'fairy tale'. At the beginning, Almost all of them were not simply created by writers, but fairy tale writers collected various folk tales and then adapted them and compiled them into books.”

"In other words, the so-called 'fairy tale' can actually be regarded as a kind of 'collective creation'. Therefore, even if there is no writer's spirit, she itself will exist in the lives of people who are not writers, but just tell the story. In the mouth——"

"Fairy tale, no, it should be called [Nursery Rhyme], so that it can be more accurately used as the 'real name' of this heroic servant who trapped us."

Lu Mingfei, who was distracted, suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Xiang and Lilim: "Hey! Over there, I'm fine now. Jack can use Platycodon's power accurately! Lilim, come here and fight. Assist with BUFF."

“I really don’t know how to look at the atmosphere.”

Lu Xiang shook her head, and then suddenly leaned into Lilim's ear again and lowered her voice:

"Before the battle ends, let me ask you one more question - where is this heroic spirit [Nurse Rhyme] that trapped us?"

--Then.

His eyes returned to reality.

As a servant transformed by a "story", Jack has adapted to the story named "Miko Platycodon" given to him by Lu Mingfei.

Doraemon and Nobita Nobita were already hiding in a safe place - Lu Mingfei wanted to stuff Nobita Nobita with a pistol or something, but on second thought, although Nobita Nobita was a sharpshooter, in his story, what he got The firearms seemed to be the type that had little recoil by default.

Lu Mingfei himself had also received professional training in Chaldea. Among the many courses, only the target shooting course was the most serious, enjoyable and hard-working for Lu Mingfei.

Anyway.

Now, let’s hand over the stage to ‘Platycodon’.

No more complicated words are needed.

She has dark eyes, an oval face, a sleek black hair style, tied with a plain white hairband, delicate and beautiful facial features, a white top and red bottom miko costume, a touch of cherry lips, and a firm and unique expression. Feeling melancholy.

Jack has adapted to this 'role'.

In Lu Mingfei's impression, Platycodon can almost be said to be synonymous with the 'gentle Yamato Nadeshiko' and the 'holy shrine maiden who dispels evil spirits'.

When it comes to Japanese-style beauties, the first impression that comes to Lu Mingfei's mind is definitely Platycodon, not Qingji.

Powerful, gentle, and kind. Although Lu Mingfei has not finished watching the entire series of "InuYasha", perhaps it is precisely because he has not finished watching that this vague impression is even more profound.

'Platycodon' stringed her bow, and the pure white magic power condensed on the arrow, as if as long as it existed, evil and ugly things would not be able to get close.

[Imaginary Noble Phantasm·Demon-Destroying Arrow]

As the arrows shot out, the holy white was dyed with a layer of noble purple. What cut through the night sky was not so much the arrows, but a noble and holy cone of light.

This move was originally supposed to be a move specifically designed to restrain energy-based beings, especially those with malicious intent. However, although the troll in front of him looked like a half-biological, half-mechanical creation, Jack obtained the 'role' of the miko Kikyo. Later, the eyes gain the ability to see through its truth.

It is not a thing of flesh and blood, but it is formed by a large amount of contaminated magic power.

I happen to be its nemesis——

No, that's not right.

"Even the fact that the other party is the incarnation of the evil miasma is within your expectations. That's why you gave me such a 'role', Master."

Lu Mingfei: "?" Was Kikyo talking to me just now?

The sacred light is trying to purify the evil spirit manifested by the stage barrier in front of me——

[As long as the confrontation is won, the giant monster in front of you will be killed instantly due to restraint]

[Miko Kikyo’s ‘Demon-Destroying Arrow’: 1D100=49]

[The ‘pollution level’ of bad fantasy city London: 1D100=55]

Perhaps it's because Jack has just gotten this role, or perhaps because the reason for Jack's birth is also those malicious conjectures, so it has adaptability flaws with the role of the miko Kikyo.

But Lilim exists for this.

"System correction! [The dice of all things go into this cup]!"

Lilim's only complete remaining ability is a high-level, general-purpose enhanced correction skill!

Except for abstract things like luck, Lilim can correct any type of effect!

[Lilim activated the skill ‘The dice of all things fall into this cup’]

[Get numbers: 1D9=9]

[Miko Kikyo’s die number ‘49’ has been modified——]

[The number ‘4’ is changed to the number ‘9’]

[Miko Kikyo’s ‘Demon-Destroying Arrow’: 1D100=99 (big success!)]

[Complete and complete instant kill! As a reward for great success, Berserker Jack the Ripper's Noble Phantasm can be linked with the 'Change EX: Miko Kikyo' skill! 】

[Berserker Jack the Ripper’s Noble Phantasm——]

[It doesn’t deserve to be the end of tragedy (Natural Born Killers)]

[Based on the Noble Phantasm that "Jack the Ripper is a group", Jack can create clones. All clones can be called the main body. If destroyed, the last remaining one will automatically become the main body. In other words, as long as they are not all wiped out, Jack the Ripper will never be destroyed.]

[After linking with the "Transformation EX: Miko Kikyo" skill, Jack can separate "himself as Miko Kikyo" separately, and perform a special "change" when Miko Kikyo appears],

[In other words, even if Lilim does not combine with Lu Mingfei to perform mimicry operations, 'Miko Kikyo' can still act as a separate Berserker heroic spirit]

After defeating the enemy with Lilim's help and repeatedly confirming that the evil spirit around her had been purified, the miko Kikyo waved her hand and eliminated Lu Mingfei (Lilim) behind her, as well as Nobita Nobita and Doraemon. The protective barrier around Doraemon.

Nobita and Doraemon immediately ran to Kikyo like children, shouting, and at the same time asked each other very curiously what was that just now, and whether they could learn it, and other disturbing questions.

Lilim asked Lu Mingfei to close his eyes for the second time, and then 'vomited' Lu Mingfei out.

Of course, there was no saliva or any suspicious bodily fluids on Lu Mingfei's body.

Like many children's adventure stories, after the incident was definitely over, there was finally news that adults were approaching.

Since the time has not gone back, it means that Olga Marie has also been confirmed to be safe. Although, Lu Mingfei actually knew that Olga Marie was not in danger. The reason seemed to be because the unsociable Olga Marie was not in danger. When Gamari wanted to find a quiet place to be quiet, she originally wanted to hide in the toilet, but because Lilim ran in first, Olgamari had to change her place.

But he escaped a disaster because of this.

This incident has come to an end for the time being. Let’s see what the adults do in the follow-up investigation. Lu Mingfei was about to turn off his ability to simulate thoughts, but Lu Xiang patted his shoulder in his mind and told him what he had done before. Lilim told Lu Mingfei about the 'homework' assigned.

So, while stretching, Lu Mingfei turned to look at Lilim, who was deep in thought.

"So Lilim, have you thought clearly? Where is the heroic spirit [Nursery Rhyme] who trapped us in the barrier of this story stage?"

Lilim carefully recalled the reasoning and analysis that Lu Mingfei had told her before——

". It should be 'everywhere', right? Since the story itself can become a heroic spirit, it is not surprising that there are heroic spirits without a body. In other words, the entire story stage enchantment is a heroic spirit [nursery rhyme]."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, thinking about what his other self told him when he closed the third level of the gene lock, and then said it exactly:

"Your answer is correct, but not completely correct. Also referring to Jack's situation, Jack himself also has a non-entity 'story', but after being established as a heroic spirit, he still needs a specific 'shape', so, and so on. , as a nursery rhyme for a conceptual heroic spirit, it should also have a specific 'shape' after it is established as a heroic spirit."

"The stage barrier of this story is the essence of the nursery rhyme, but the heroic spirit named the nursery rhyme should be - here."

Lu Mingfei raised his hand, stared at the palm of his hand, and scanned the lines on his palm. Then, he began to tell himself like a self-hypnosis——

"This is not my body, this is not my body, this is not my body-"

Then, just as Lu Xiang speculated, Lu Mingfei's body - 'Lu Mingfei's body at this time' changed.

The flesh and blood body that was originally in sight turned into a mixture of a doll's body and flesh and blood that looked like a ball-jointed body.

By moving your ten fingers and making a fist hard, you can clearly feel the collision and friction of the 'object'.

really.

"Jack himself has no form. His form depends on the knowledge in his mind, and his knowledge comes from you, Lilim, as the master. So, by analogy, look at the various changes in the stage of this story, plus The previous time-travel phenomenon revolved around me, so I had already suspected it."

That's right.

"[Nursery Rhyme] is 'here'."

"How did you come up with this?" Lilim's voice was very soft.

Nobita and Doraemon next to them had confusion written on their faces.

Lu Mingfei’s answer was——

"The answer is 'touch'. When I touched this body, that 'touch' made me feel very familiar. After carefully 'recalling' it, I found that the touch was exactly the same as when I touched Ilyasviel. That is to say, even the tactile parts of this body are embodied by nursery rhymes based on the knowledge in my mind.”

"In the final analysis, when I used spiritual base fusion before, no matter how my appearance changed, it was essentially just a layer of leather. How could I really change my gender? In other words, the 'normal me' was too slow. , so I didn’t expect that when I encountered this situation, I subconsciously thought of the holy girl in the "Magical Girl Raising Project" and felt it was very novel or something - tsk, what did that guy Sakura-chan say?" (Note) : The magical girl 'Saint Girl' in "Magic Girl Raising Project" was a boy before she transformed)

Lilim stared at Lu Mingfei in front of her speechlessly.

He said he remembered it. Touch?

Isn't this too ridiculous?

But Lilim thought about what she had just witnessed, Lu Mingfei's ridiculously powerful 'high-speed thinking' and 'cutting thinking' abilities, and she actually felt that it was not impossible?

What kind of existence was he trying to fight before?

Anyway, things seem to have come to an end for the time being.

But in this case, new problems will arise.

First of all, since the body essence that Lu Mingfei is using now is the form (doll) of the heroic spirit embodied in the nursery rhyme, where is Lu Mingfei's true body now?

Then.

How to communicate with the consciousness of [nursery rhymes]?

——to be continued!

[Information currently available to the public]

[About the heroic spirit ‘nursery rhyme’——]

Nursery Rhyme has a physical Heroic Spirit, but when it materializes as a Heroic Spirit, it will reflect the image of its Master like a reflection in a mirror.

In the FGO game, the "nursery rhyme" that players can see that looks like a girl is not actually a nursery rhyme.

But in another world line, during the Lunar Holy Grail War that took place inside the moon's supercomputer Mooncell, the appearance of the girl "Alice" from the heroic nursery rhyme was accidentally summoned.

In other words, if you follow the normal procedure to summon Nursery Rhyme, the appearance of Nursery Rhyme should be a 'reflection' of the posture of your Master when you were successfully summoned.

If it appears as a wild Servant, it will maintain the appearance of the girl 'Alice' by default.

However, the default appearance of 'Alice' is not strictly speaking the former Master Alice, but the protagonist 'Alice' in the most famous fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland".

After the reflection is completed, the real name on the data page will also change. Strictly speaking, the real name of the nursery rhyme is not "nursery rhyme". The name of the nursery rhyme should actually be something like "race name" or "propp name".

Because what was reflected at that time was 'Lu Mingfei' who had spiritually fused with Illya.

Therefore, the real name of the nursery rhyme at this time should be 'Lu Mingfei'.

Because it is an abstract concept Heroic Spirit, the setting content is also very abstract.

In short, if the curse on the name is wrong, it will not be effective (don’t ask me if this is foreshadowing, because I don’t know)

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