Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

60. You can’t afford it, right?

Hidden behind the dim underground space, the huge maze under the castle, and the foul smell of sewage is a cold horror.

--snake

It is also the incarnation of dragon.

The scales of the snake are like gems that tempt mortals.

The blood of snakes is extremely poisonous that makes heroes and gods fall together.

But before that, if you want to touch the snake, you must first pass through the snake's 'line of sight'.

——Magic Eye

The petrified magic eye can also be regarded as synonymous with the magic eye among many magic eye myths and legends around the world, and has the most famous superpower.

Although in many stories, the power of the Petrifying Eye - 'it can turn the opponent to stone just by looking at it' - is often defeated by things like mirrors.

But what about the facts?

In the final analysis, the reason why there is this impression of "defeating the petrified evil eye with a mirror" is just because of the adaptation of the original story by later generations.

The Petrified Magic Eye is invincible, and is one of the top and most superior ones. It can not only petrify life, but also petrify all matter, even time and space. In other words, it is an abstract concept that combines almost all concepts. All are transformed into "stone" creative abilities.

I have the impression that the story of Perseus beheading Medusa actually does not appear to have a way to conquer the petrified evil eye. Perseus looked for an opportunity to make a sneak attack, killed the sleeping Medusa, and beheaded Medusa. Medusa's head later became Athena's shield and became one of Athena's most important symbols.

Because of this symbolic relationship of cause and effect, many people believe that Medusa is actually not dead at all. Athena is Medusa, and the dragon-snake monster became a goddess or something after being defeated by the male god.

This statement can only be said to be correct, but not completely correct.

Chaldea had dealt with Athena and Medusa before, and learned some information about the 'truth of the myth' from there.

The truth of the story of Perseus killing Medusa - no matter which version it is believed to be, it can only be said that "although it is consistent, it is not completely consistent".

First of all, there is definitely no such thing as a mirror.

Perseus did try his best to sneak attack, but Perseus' sneak attack was not completely successful.

There are two reasons for this.

One is the overwhelming power possessed by the dragon-snake monster.

The second is the breathtaking beauty of the snake monster.

Medusa has two kinds of evil eyes, the enchanting evil eye and the petrified evil eye, but the latter is so famous that the existence of the former is rarely known (and the enchanting evil eye is the most common evil eye).

The hero Perseus was charmed by the snake's evil eye?

Maybe so. Or maybe not, because the hero Perseus has the blood of Zeus. As one of the top demigod heroes, things like the Charm Eye are logically useless to Perseus.

But - Perseus was indeed attracted to Medusa.

What is the truth behind the mythical story?

After learning that she was looking for a basilisk, Mikazuki Meiluxin became interested, perhaps because she was a similar being, and specifically asked Lu Mingfei this question.

Lu Mingfei naturally repeated the question to Da Vinci without thinking.

Are the claims made by Leonardo da Vinci true? It's hard to say. After all, the version Chaldea knows is not the truth of history that she witnessed with her own eyes, but the story told through the mouths of the goddess Athena and the immortal master Chiron when Fuyuki was born.

The truth about the story of the snake girl and the hero——

Perseus did infiltrate Medusa, but it was not for the purpose of assassination, but for 'investigation'.

The mission given to Perseus by the goddess Athena is to act as a drifter who accidentally ends up on that island, confirm Medusa's mental state, and leave if everything is normal; otherwise, look for opportunities to kill her.

It is a very common task, and there is nothing special about this book, but the young and energetic Perseus has a fiery rebellious mentality.

During his time with Medusa, who looked like a girl and lived alone on an island far away from the world, Perseus gave a perfect investigation report: Medusa's mental state was very stable and everything was safe. She is very well behaved.

If it only ended here, maybe there wouldn't be a subsequent story, right?

But the problem is that the innocent and well-behaved Medusa inadvertently mentioned to Perseus because of her lonely life:

“It would be great if I could go see the outside world.”

"Flowers will wither and animals will die. I must be the same, right? My body is getting weaker and weaker. It would be great if I could go and see the outside world before I die."

This is impossible. Perseus knew very well that the ocean surrounding the island was Poseidon's cage, and the sky was monitored by the goddess Athena. Medusa could not leave here until she died.

However, if a hero is not impulsive and impulsive, then he is not a hero.

However, the content of Perseus' impulse was somewhat special.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was fate-like necessity. The thought that came to Perseus' mind at that time was not "I want to take Anna (Medusa's pseudonym) out."

but "Why can't Anna get out?"

She is very well-behaved and mentally stable. As long as she imposes a seal, it's okay to just go out and have a look, right? In other words, it would be okay to use special props to record the scenes outside and then bring them in to show her, right?

But everything is banned.

Perseus's heart was racing.

Like most heroes, Perseus felt that he should do something when faced with the princess he thought was imprisoned.

So Perseus launched an investigation.

Because he was the son of Zeus and very popular among the gods, Perseus easily understood the reason why the gods did not kill Medusa completely but instead imprisoned her on the island.

"That is not a prison at all. The entire island is a huge sacrificial ceremony venue. Medusa will be gradually decomposed over time, and the purest essence of power left behind will become the treasure of the goddess Athena."

Then, like most heroes in stories, Perseus became angry.

Before the gods could react, Perseus, with the help of the Dioscuri brothers and sisters, forced Medusa to break through Poseidon's cage and took her to the outside world.

Da Vinci was not clear about the process in between, because when Athena and Chiron provided intelligence, they only briefly mentioned the content of this journey.

The journey may have been wonderful at first—except for the fact that you had to avoid being tracked by the gods.

However, things quickly took a turn for the worst.

Along with traveling and seeing, many past memories kept popping up in Medusa's mind. Perseus failed to notice the hidden crisis. He thought that through these memories, he might be able to figure out the reason for Medusa's imprisonment. If Knowing the reason, we may be able to find a way to solve all these problems and free Medusa.

After all, Perseus heard about it from the Dioscuri brothers and sisters, the twin star gods who were older than Zeus - considered Perseus' adoptive parents - before the gods of Olympus came here. In the previous era on this earth, Medusa was not a monster, but a goddess.

Perseus wants to return the identity of the goddess to Medusa, return the lost memory to the goddess of the old era, and return freedom to that innocent and lovely girl.

Perseus didn't know until the end whether he was really controlled by the power of the magic eye.

However, the tragedy happened just like this - more accurately, the tragedy happened long ago and was irreversible.

As the time away from the cage became longer and longer, and as she witnessed more and more postures of the world with her own eyes, Medusa's lost memories kept coming back, and her figure gradually lost its virgin form and turned into a... The upper body is a woman and the lower body is a snake.

Medusa recalled that she was not alone in the beginning. In the beginning, there were two sisters by her side, named Stheno and Euryale.

Then, Medusa also recalled the reason for her amnesia.

This incident is not a conspiracy of the Olympian gods. It is just that in the distant past, when the Olympian gods descending from the sky clashed with the local gods of the earth, the impulsive youngest daughter Medusa wanted to join the war. In the process, the power raged through time and space. In the end, Medusa ate her two sisters in a violent state. As a result, she suffered an emotional breakdown and changed from the goddess of the earth to the dragon and snake monster-Gorgon.

The gods of Olympus did not execute Gorgon, but imprisoned her. It was not that they suddenly wanted to do something, but they just didn't want Gorgon's power to disappear like this, so they sealed her on the island and planned to Slowly grind her to death and make her remains into an artifact.

Just like that, the bad memories came back. The lovely girl 'Anna' that Perseus knew had disappeared, replaced by a rampaging monster.

Perseus realized his mistake, but still fulfilled his duty as a hero. Instead of escaping, he fought with all his strength and tried to awaken the dragon and snake monster.

result?

Of course it failed.

Reality is not as beautiful as fairy tales. Heroes' good deeds may not necessarily be well rewarded, and hard work will be rewarded. After all, it is just a fairy tale.

Perseus failed to kill Gorgon, nor did he really wake her up. All he did was save his own life, and then he kept dragging it until Gorgon was furious and crying sadly. Zhong ushered in self-destruction.

After the basilisk incident ended, Medusa, who looked like a girl, gathered with Melusin, Lu Mingfei and other Chaldean people and listened to Leonardo da Vinci finishing the story.

The little Medusa, who was held in Mikazuki's arms, showed a disgusted expression: "Although this is indeed the story in general, haven't all the bad things the Olympian gods have done in this process been brushed aside? That bastard (Athena) is still as annoying as ever."

Um?

You ask why we are just sitting around chatting together? Where did all the previous battles go?

In fact, because there was not enough time, when Mikazuki, the only one with the ability to move at super high speeds, was successfully hit by the Charming Eye, it was already too late.

[Argonauts] and [Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance] both launched actions.

But they didn't go after the snake goblin.

Kirshtalia activated Astrology. Because the difficulty was not high and the basic correction (100) exceeded the required value, it was an immediate success.

At the same time, Finn, the heroic servant of the Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance, also activated his Noble Phantasm.

[Chew your thumb and the fountain of wisdom (Fintan Finegas)]

Finn McCool is one of the few top-ranked "God-Slayers" among fighting-type Heroic Spirits. Unlike his frivolous and irreverent attitude, which rarely takes him seriously, his strength is already above that of the God Ancestor Nuada, even if In the fairy tale world, force cannot be effective, and the body has shrunk, but the special Noble Phantasm that Finn possesses—not so much a Noble Phantasm, but a special 'physique' can still be effective.

According to legend, there is a wise salmon named Fetan in the holy well of Nekotan. It gained superhuman wisdom after eating the holy fruit in the holy well.

It is said that whoever eats the meat of this salmon will gain all the knowledge in the world, superhuman wisdom, and be able to foresee the future.

Finn's mentor Fangus has always hoped to catch this wise salmon with his own hands. He tried many times to catch it at the well but failed.

After Finn became his student, Vangels was surprised when he magically caught the fish. He gave the fish to Finn to cook, but he was not allowed to eat its meat. However, Finn accidentally burned his hand while cooking the fish, and instinctively put his fingers in his mouth to suck, thus licking a piece of salmon skin.

As a result, this became one of Finn's special physiques. As long as he chews his thumb, wisdom will continue to emerge. The specific effect is unknown, but according to Finn himself, this thing is actually a bit like a special question and answer machine. Most of the time, as Finn murmured the question in his mind and chewed on his thumb, the answer came to mind.

In the world line of the Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance, even among the many heroic spirits who won the Holy Grail War, Finn is undoubtedly the most special one.

While other heroic spirits were fighting with their masters, Finn stopped his master Darnic who wanted to join the war. With a playful attitude, he said: "The so-called Holy Grail War is not a game of fighting, but a fight for the Holy Grail. game, right?” After that——

Finn chewed his thumb and knew the location of the Great Holy Grail. Finn casually used runes to eliminate the disgusting old man named Matou Zouken who tried to stop him, and then while the others were fighting in full swing, he and the Master Together they knocked up the entire Great Holy Grail and moved it away - thus winning the victory.

Although he is a Celtic heroic spirit who is famous for his fighting spirit, Finn is the type who enjoys the process more than the results. Specifically:

"Although the fighting process is pleasant, if a beautiful woman suffers a tragic fate because of fighting, then I will be derelict in my duty as the leader of the Fiona Knights."

It seems that because he knew something about what would happen in the future after biting his thumb, Finn did not choose to fight and win the Holy Grail War, but to knock out the entire Holy Grail ritual system and take it away. That's it. It conveniently ended everything in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City in that world.

So, when the two cheating characters Kirshtalia and Finn work together, the result is natural.

Lu Mingfei hasn't been able to catch the snake goblin yet.

On the other side, the Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance and the Argonauts have surrounded Hohenheim's workshop, uncovered him as the mastermind behind the Basilisk incident, and took away Hohenheim's phantom book "The Book of Fairies" used to summon and control fairies. 》——Yes, it’s the one mentioned before. Thinking about it carefully, Lu Mingfei felt that he had a flash of inspiration before, but failed to grasp it. This should be the inspiration.

Directly ignoring the process and moving towards the result.

The snake fairy who lost her summoner also lost her power. Naturally, she was immediately captured by Mikazuki who regained her mobility and became her current pillow.

But the points in the Cinderella Cup to resolve the incident naturally did not go to Lu Mingfei and San Riyue.

Although Lu Mingfei didn't care much about victory or defeat, facing these two groups of victory methods

Lu Mingfei just wanted to say: "You guys can't afford it, can you!?"

If you two groups are doing this, how will the others play?

but

Mikazuki didn't seem to care about the result.

Compared with the result, Mikazuki, who always shouted that he was the strongest but always suffered from failure, actually smiled when he recalled the stupid-like process of this trip.

Pure and childlike - the smile of a child after playing, which is very consistent with his true age.

Forget it, as long as she's happy.

"Onii-chan~ Did you understand from the story just now?"

"Why did your name change again?"

Sanriyue ignored Lu Mingfei's complaints, but just hugged the snake fairy in the name of 'not yet exposed to the charm', then tilted her whole body and rested her head on Lu Mingfei's thigh.

"Whether it's a fairy, a snake, or a dragon, they will all die of loneliness."

I always feel like this guy is using the Riddler's speech to imply something. Lu Mingfei glanced at the weird looks from others and couldn't help but sigh.

"Actually, I wanted to ask from the very beginning, why are you so clingy to me? Even if the hero is betrayed in a light novel where you buy illustrations and give toilet paper, does it need a reason?"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Well, when the Cinderella Cup is over, if you win, then I will tell you, how about it?"

"Then I thank you."

that's all.

As expected, the basilisk incident that was part of the Cinderella Cup came to an end, and the students who were still panicking turned around and forgot about it, like a fairy tale, and returned to the original lively celebration atmosphere.

At the same time, the schedule for the next stage was quickly announced, which is also the real highlight of the competition.

It's still not a direct battle.

But - Quidditch?

Forget it, the goal is the Holy Grail as the prize anyway, so just have fun in the process, right?

Although he knew how to calculate scores, Lu Mingfei felt that they were not important and he was too lazy to calculate them, so he didn't take them to heart.

The so-called Quidditch game is a competitive event from "Harry Potter", and its content is basically equivalent to rugby played with "flying".

Therefore, in addition to the game itself, the first test of this competition is how each team gathers players, and how to enable the members to 'fly' and surround the ball in the air that can fly and attack players. 'A violent battle unfolded.

In other words, it’s time to put your skills to the test!

Lu Mingfei: ".Help me! Olga A Meng!"

[As a supplementary judgment, who took away the phantom book "Book of Fairies" that can summon and control fairies? 】

【1. Argonauts】

【2. Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance】

【1D2=1】

——to be continued!