Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

38. Anti-national treasure

When it comes to Greek heroes, the first thing most people think of is Hercules—or Kratos.

Besides Hercules, if there was anyone else, it would be Achilles.

In fact, in terms of pure popularity, Achilles is even higher than Hercules - to be more precise, the popularity of Achilles' weaknesses.

It’s also the ‘Achilles’ heel’.

Its name has even become synonymous with ‘weakness’ and an alternative name for the term ‘fatal weakness’.

As the son of the goddess Thetis and the hero Peleus, Achilles' fate can be said to have been doomed since childhood. His mother Thetis, who was worried about him, was determined to let him join the ranks of the immortal gods, so that his whole body would be burned by the sacred fire and the impure human blood in him would evaporate (another way of saying it would be to soak him whole body). in the River Styx). But this behavior is tantamount to destroying Achilles as a human being. His father Peleus firmly opposed making Achilles a completely immortal existence.

This story is similar to Siegfried's story, basically 'the invincible body accidentally left flaws in the process of obtaining it'.

--but

There is one thing that many people get wrong.

The heel is indeed Achilles's weakness, but it is not Achilles' fatal weakness, or even strictly speaking, it cannot be considered Achilles's weakness.

The actual situation is that the whole body of Achilles is defenseless, which is equivalent to the fact that only the heel of the whole body is a "destructible object", and the other parts are in a state of indestructibility and never damage.

If the attack successfully hits Achilles' heel, it will only cause ordinary damage and will not cause Achilles to die directly.

In the legend of Achilles, what really caused Achilles' death was Apollo's steel nail - wrong, it was the poison on the steel nail fired by Apollo.

As for what kind of poison it is? Perhaps according to the conventions of Greek mythology, the poison of Hydra is a 'hero killer'. Of course, considering that Apollo is the god of plague, it is also possible that he directly injected the power of the plague into Achilles as a weapon. This Only then did he kill this hero who even the gods of Olympus could not do anything about.

Even if the gods were enemies, it would be difficult to imagine Achilles' defeat. It is Hercules who has a similar legend, so for Achilles himself, not having the opportunity to fight with Hercules with all his strength is the biggest regret.

If there were a real fight, none of the non-combat gods would be Achilles' opponent.

Often placed together with Achilles, others are Odysseus. In some legends, Achilles's invincible bravery even lasted until his death. In the underworld, Achilles became the underworld. The king drove the undead army to continue the war, but Odysseus, who did not die gloriously as a warrior, was tortured in the underworld.

If you think about it from this perspective, Achilles also has the characteristics of a 'wild hunt'.

——The Knights of the Round Table are now discussing Achilles as the ‘King of the Wild Hunt’

Because he got involved midway, Lu Mingfei had no way of knowing the specific causes and consequences, only a rough idea.

After the Knights of the Round Table led by the Lion King defeated the devil Richard, the Round Table was divided into three parts due to different ideals, namely Gawain, Agricone, Lancelot, Mordred, Tristan, and the following. The 'Kingdom Faction' formed by Gareth of Gawain.

Iwein, Percival, and Bedivere are neutrals.

The other rebels - there's nothing to say about it now, they've all been wiped out.

Normally, the neutral faction might gradually turn towards the rebels and then be eliminated together, but at this time, a new enemy appeared.

That is human pus.

Simply dealing with the 'epidemic' caused by human pus would be endless. Naturally, the Knights of the Round Table investigated the origin of the human pus fungus, and this investigation led to the discovery of the existence of the 'underworld'.

Now, the Knights of the Round Table believe that human pus is something created by people in the underworld. After all, since ancient times, the power of Hades or Hades has often been accompanied by the power related to plague.

Very reasonable.

Relying on the triple protection of the power of blessing, the power of angels, and the power of the Holy City, the Knights of the Round Table pushed their way almost everywhere - until they met the man on the screen in front of them.

Achilles.

Under the curtain of scarlet clouds in the darkness of the underworld, Achilles single-handedly fought against the six Knights of the Round Table, including Tristan, Mordred, Ivyn, Lancelot, Percival, and Gareth. , judging from the picture alone, Achilles is even fighting against the Knights of the Round Table alone.

Although we all know that there are more than twelve Knights of the Round Table, but the main core members are just those twelve people. It is not an exaggeration to say that Achilles can fight half of the super-enhanced version of the Round Table by himself.

There are two reasons for this result.

One is that Achilles is too fast. It is said that Achilles has the fastest speed in Greek mythology and runs like a comet.

But Lu Mingfei said that the description of this myth was not complete.

Where is this Achilles just 'running'?

It was clearly 'flying'.

He was wearing a golden, sci-fi-style mechanical armor—not so much an armor, but more of a 'nanomechanical' feeling in human science fiction works.

Considering Chaldea's current understanding of the truth about Greek mythology, the armor on Achilles is probably really nano-armor or something like that, right?

Achilles, who is so fast, will emit energy from the nano-armor on his body when he runs and flies, like flames entangled around him. In Lu Mingfei's words, the painting style suddenly became "Dragon Ball Z".

Overwhelmingly powerful mobility. This is one of the reasons why Achilles is "invincible".

Other than that, it is immortal - more accurately, it is 'unbreakable'.

Most of the attacks of the Knights of the Round Table failed. Even if Lancelot or Tristan, who were famous for their martial arts, hit them with force, they could not cause any damage.

It is said that the heel is a weakness

Everyone knows this, including Lu Mingfei.

But Achilles was too fast. Knowing the weakness means nothing if you can't hit it.

"Of course, Achilles' 'invincible body' is not perfect. As long as he possesses a sufficient level of 'divinity', the effect of his indestructible protection will be weakened."

It seems that it was to take care of the newly arrived ‘Bradamante’, Agaguiwen specifically mentioned it.

"Through the blessing we received from the king, we can exercise the 'power of angels' here, and we can also have high-level 'divine' skills on the land of Jerusalem. However, after we go to the underworld, because of the opponent Pluto Due to the interference of authority, the power of angels cannot take effect, and the divinity we obtained from angels is also sealed."

I see.

This is the most important reason why half the Knights of the Round Table were stopped by Achilles alone.

As long as Achilles is determined not to come out of the gate of the underworld, no matter how many Knights of the Round Table press forward, even if Sir Lancelot is among them, they will not be able to do anything to the opponent - this is an extremely unfair battle.

Just like Hector who dueled Achilles before Troy.

If both sides have full buffs, Lancelot and Achilles might not be able to fight - Lancelot said so.

But Achilles refused to come out, so he stayed at the door.

One person restrained the entire Sacred Round Table realm, preventing the Lion King from exploring deep into the underworld.

In contrast, on the other side of the underworld, some strange weapons kept popping up from all over the ground—mechanical monsters in the style of various mecha science fiction movies.

Because of the existence of Achilles alone, Agguiwen had to adjust its strategy. In addition to being unable to move Gawain, who was responsible for guarding Camelot, it built a new fortress at the entrance to the underworld, making Mordred and Iwein Guarding together, Lancelot and Tristan served as rangers, leading patrols respectively, responsible for dealing with the mechanical monsters that kept emerging from the underworld.

Bedivere is responsible for assisting in dealing with internal affairs issues, while Percival embarks on a journey to find the power that can break the situation-Atlas House.

The forces of Pluto use the power of science and want to use science to fight science. It is the most reasonable choice to find the Atlas Academy founded by Isis, the 'ancestor of magic'.

Overall, the entire situation at the singularity was at a stalemate.

This made Lu Mingfei fall into deep thought.

The Knights of the Round Table were still arguing, but Lu Mingfei had something he wanted to consider.

Judging from past experience, since the Holy Round Table realm is definitely the enemy on the road to human restoration, then the friendly force this time is undoubtedly the Pluto force that is confronting the Holy Round Table realm.

But there is a problem here.

Agguiwen believes that the leader of the enemy may be Achilles himself, who possesses the characteristics of the 'King of the Underworld', or it may be Hades, the king of Hades in Greek mythology.

But Lu Mingfei didn't think so.

In other words, Chaldea doesn't think so.

Chaldea has more information on this aspect. Lu Mingfei has not forgotten it to this day. On the Sardinian island of Circe, when the ancient god Mekar and the warrior of light Vereslana were fighting, he took advantage of the chaos and took advantage of the battle. He came out and ate Athena, who was the 'white horse' in the incarnation of Veleslana, which was equivalent to the incarnation of Mithras.

Athena, the God of Disobedience - As the Earth Mother Goddess, before she was belittled by the male gods, she was the original Earth Mother Goddess - Earth Mother, the God of Hades.

As one of Athena's relatives, the owl is also the messenger of Hades, which is also a subtle hint of Athena's identity as Hades.

After the digital world on the physical level was blown up by the demon star (Cthurgia) of Fomalhaut, many fragments fell to other singular points, including Jerusalem.

If you think about it this way, the real boss behind Achilles should be Athena, the king of Hades.

But Athena, the king of Hades, is also the enemy that Chaldea has to deal with!

Lu Mingfei was a little undecided.

Sure enough, it is better to ignore it for the time being and leave these problems to the rear when we find a way to restore contact with the outside world - Lu Mingfei's habitual blame-shifting saying.

He has never been responsible for the work of the think tank. If you want to ask, you should ask 'Ruka' or 'Fujimaru Hiroyo'.

As for the round table meeting - everyone was so divided that naturally no outcome was reached in the end.

Basically, they just continue to maintain the status quo and wait for the time to break the situation. At most, they will arrange for Bedivere to find the missing Gareth.

Gawain, who had to guard the door and could not leave the Holy City, could only shut up in depression.

He is the strongest fighter, and the job of being a gatekeeper may seem light, but it is also the most important job.

Lu Mingfei was wondering how to pass on the information inside.

What stands in front of this is naturally the barrier covering the entire Holy Capital airspace.

Lu Mingfei didn't understand the principle of this barrier, but Roman had said before coming that the walls of the Holy City were indestructible. On the other hand, no matter how strong the barrier in the sky was, it could not be stronger than the wall itself.

Roman said that no matter how excellent the defensive performance of a barrier is, it is still a barrier, and it is a barrier type of magic. As long as it is magic, there will definitely be a way to break it.

Lu Mingfei didn't understand this.

But Prelatti understands!

The nightmare barrier she set up in France was similar. She must be able to complete the analysis of this Holy City barrier, right?

Lu Mingfei found an opportunity when no one was around and asked Prelati: "How is it going? How is the progress of the analysis work?"

"Analysis? That, um, has been completed."

Lu Mingfei immediately asked: "How to crack it? How to pass the information out from inside?"

"Um"

Prelaty pondered for a moment and gave a useless reply:

"You can definitely make a deal with the devil around you!"

"What's the difference between you answering and not answering!?" Lu Mingfei was speechless.

"That's the actual situation." Prelati shrugged. "It's very fast to analyze because the principle of the barrier is very simple. The Lion King or Aguewen treat the abstract concept of 'national destiny' as a barrier. Come on, the national destiny of Camelot is the life of King Arthur, so as long as the Lion King on the throne is not dead, this simple conceptual barrier cannot be destroyed."

"Can't you just dismantle it like a hacker hacking into a computer?"

"It can't be done. It's not that I can't do it, but it's just that it's impossible to do it in principle. Strictly speaking, this thing can't be regarded as magic. If you want to solve the barrier, you must either solve the caster, or solve the Lion King himself as the core, or else ."

Prelaty paused.

"Well, it is also possible to specifically deal with this kind of Noble Phantasm, but the caster obviously also considered that it was late to develop a targeted thing like the 'Anti-realm Noble Phantasm', so he adopted the materialized 'National Luck'. Not to mention magic, this thing can't even really be regarded as a barrier, it's just a forced use of the 'National Luck' as a barrier. It's simple and crude but effective, and surprisingly subtle."

"Stop talking about these things that I don't understand well!" Lu Mingfei interrupted Prelati's casual thoughts, "Just tell me what you want to use to deal with it!"

"Well, the Anti-World Noble Phantasm cannot be used, but the 'Anti-National Noble Phantasm' can be used, but in a sense, the latter is actually rarer than the former."

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened: "So, where is the 'National Treasure Phantasm'?"

Prelati spread her hands: "I won't make it."

——to be continued!