Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

65. As expected of Lu Haihuang, it’s really amazing

This is a commonplace topic.

In this world, magic originates from the imitation of the power of gods. However, humans are normally unable to master power, so they must use various roundabout ways to 'prove that they have mastery of power'.

In ancient times, this was actually a very simple matter.

In an era when thunder and lightning was still the power of Zeus, humans accidentally discovered that the friction of dry beast fur generates electricity. Therefore, in an era when relevant knowledge was not widespread, a magician could control the power of Zeus as long as he had the fur of a beast in his hand. The power of divine thunder.

The difference is just the level of output.

The same example is Archimedes. In that famous story——

The ancient Greek city Syracuse was invaded by the Roman army. At that time, Archimedes organized the women and children and asked them to bring all the movable mirrors and stand in designated places on the seashore. When the sun was strong When the sun shone on the earth, Archimedes gave an order, and all the women and children reflected the sunlight onto the Roman sailboat. After a while, the sail caught fire.

This is how the story is described in the world of ordinary people, but magicians all know that it was Archimedes, the ancient magician of that era, who used mirrors to reflect light, which was incredible at the time. thing', thus proving that 'the self holding the mirror can control the power of the sun'.

In other words, through this conceptual lie, Archimedes successfully proved that he "has the authority of the sun god."

As long as there is a beast's fur that can generate electricity through friction, the magician can prove that he is the god of thunder.

As long as he has a mirror in his hand and is under the sun, the magician can prove that he is the sun god.

It is precisely because of this simplicity that in many ancient stories, magicians are often described as being able to bombard their enemies with lightning and fireballs.

Since the power of God can be used so easily, wouldn't it be easy for the world to go into chaos?

it's not true.

Although magic that borrows the authority of gods is easy to use, it is also easy to break.

Because those magicians did not 'become gods', but were 'proven to be gods', so as long as it is proven that they are not gods, those magic can be easily dispelled.

For example, if facing a magician who uses Zeus's divine thunder, just find a priest who believes in Zeus, and then the priest declares "That person is not Zeus", and the other person's magic will be broken instantly.

If the weaving of magic is to gather materials to 'prove something', then the cracking of magic is to gather materials to 'refute the opponent'.

The magic battle between magicians is essentially a debate, or a court with a jury mechanism. What the magicians do is similar to that of lawyers and prosecutors.

Precisely because magic is a chain of lies like an empty attic, once the truth of the magic is seen through, it is very easy to be deciphered.

Particularly sophisticated magic experts can even exploit the opponent in turn.

The Holy King seems to have encountered this situation this time.

The Holy King is based on 'Saint George is here', through 'Saint George is the prototype of Michael', 'Saint George slays the dragon = Michael slays the dragon', 'The dragon defeated by Michael = Lucifer', Thus the result of 'Lucifer fell from heaven' was obtained.

This then triggered a large-scale phenomenon of angels falling, and turned this energy into a super ritual magic that cleansed all enemies - [Dragon King's Sigh].

The Dragon King is Lucifer, also known as [Lucifer's Sigh].

Then here comes the problem.

Since Lucifer is sighing, what does this mean?

It means Lucifer and others are here! If others are not here, how can they sigh?

The enemy's magician seemed to be very terrifying, so terrifying that he could see through the essence of the magic [Dragon King's Sigh] in an instant, and in turn used the magic of the Holy King to 'prove' that Lucifer was here.

Then Lucifer really showed up.

But another problem arises.

That is, there is no real Lucifer in history. In terms of nature, the name Lucifer is actually something like a curse word or a proverb. However, in the process of historical circulation, this curse word was mistakenly thought to be a separate name. Individuals, so those who are scolded 'You are so Luciferian! ’ people become like ‘You are Lucifer! ’, ‘Lucifer is you! ’.

Lucifer changed from an adjective to a noun.

But the enemy's subtlety doesn't stop there. He also goes a step further and interprets the calling black shadow as an "innocent monster" through the objective fact that "Lucifer has found no such person"——

In other words, they are the ‘victims in the process of the development and prosperity of Christianity’

However, this contradicts the essence of religion - to allow more people to live.

Thus, there was the [Anti-Christ] who could nullify the mysterious power of the Christian system.

Including Lu Mingfei, Jeanne d'Arc, Martha, Emperor Karl, Giorgios, and many witches and angels, their power comes from the Cross Religion and the 'Cross Religion Culture'.

The final result is that the more people who use the "positive power" of the Christian culture, the stronger they become, and the stronger Lucifer (the innocent monster) who is the "negative power" of the Christian culture will become.

Lucifer's perfect state will be the sum of the strengths of all those who use the "positive power" of the Cross - but it will be a little weaker than that sum.

Because in the formal Christian culture, God, who symbolizes the positive apex, is omniscient and omnipotent and will never lose. Therefore, Lucifer, who is equal to Satan, will definitely be 'weaker than God' no matter how powerful he is.

The brighter the light, the deeper the darkness, but darkness cannot exceed light.

The problem is that Lucifer on the dark side can represent the whole, but there is no 'God' on the light side that can represent the whole.

There is no single god who can co-ordinate the ‘Light’.

——After Ophelia understood this, she could only lament that the enemy’s magician was too powerful, and the so-called devil was nothing more than that, right?

In the enemy's camp, there must be a demon god with a wealth of knowledge.

Thinking about it this way, Ophelia couldn't help but sigh, luckily Wendy went.

Why?

Because according to the magic logic above, Lucifer is almost invincible in the Christian system. If you want to fight Lucifer, in addition to God himself, it is not easy to even go to Michael, because it depends on the version. , Michael himself also had a version of losing to Lucifer.

As long as God does not come in person, Lucifer is basically incomprehensible, because this is a cross religion myth.

--on the other hand

As long as he does not exist in the Christian mythology system, it is possible to fight against him.

Because the Holy Kings unified the two founding circles of the Cross religion, Europe in the Middle Ages could be said to be the era when the religious authority of the Cross religion was at its peak. Due to the background of this era and the geographical environment, almost all the heroic spirits who descended had some connection with the Cross religion.

It would be better to say that heroic spirits who have absolutely no connection with Christian culture are only a minority in Europe, right?

It's almost impossible to fight it.

But Wendy, a person from another world, appeared impartially.

He also happened to master the 'dragon-slaying magic' of another world. The attribute of slaying dragons is very important, because the most important attribute of Lucifer is the fallen red dragon.

This is Wendy’s mission, right?

Existences that emerge from fictional stories.

Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, there is another person with a similar exception, and that is Charlemagne. He has been following the Holy King as Bradamante recently, so much so that Ophelia almost forgot that he belongs to the Cross It is a religious system, but it is no longer a formally existing [Paladin].

Ophelia's thoughts suddenly became more active when she thought of this.

Assume that Wendy has completed her mission in the 'story'.

What about yourself?

Except for Kadok, the survivor who was rescued by Lu Mingfei, all the members of the Chaldean Elite Group A were wiped out. The reason why Ophelia is here is not because she also survived. Her body has long been lost in the The other side of time and space.

She who is here now is the one who was guided here by the dice of fate through the power of the magic eye that can twist fate.

Ophelia believed it all made sense.

Himself, his own demonic eye, and Lamia in his body.

Ophelia actually knew very well that the spiritual base in her body was a mixed spiritual base, and its foundation should be the famous witch Lilith.

Lamia is the Greek pronunciation of Lilith's name, Lilith = Lamia, but Lamia ≠ Lilith.

This subtle state of instability and uncertainty is very similar to that Lucifer - and the [innocent monster].

Could this be the way to break the situation and defeat Lucifer?

Could this be the meaning of myself and Lamia's power here?

Assumption.

If that's what Ophelia is here for.

But how to do it?

What should I do to use this to defeat the innocent monster called 'Lucifer'?

While Ophelia was thinking this way - she was suddenly startled.

After Da Vinci finished explaining to Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei, Alta, and Elizabeth all got angry and left.

Ophelia stared at their backs blankly, and then——

Ophelia, who left the magician's state of mind, looked at the backs of the three people strangely.

"Why did they suddenly get angry?"

Ophelia, who originally wanted to ask and discuss with these people who had fought with Lucifer, asked Da Vinci and Roman in confusion.

Da Vinci and Roman could only explain Ophelia's current mental journey after smiling bitterly.

Of course, Lu Mingfei was not the kind of person who wouldn't strike just because the enemy was the victim.

In fact, in the stories of various serial killers, almost all serial killers have a common feature, and that is an 'unfortunate childhood'.

But so what? No matter how miserable you were in the past, no matter whether you were a victim in the past, as long as you are a perpetrator now, that is the enemy we want to defeat.

But the most fucked up thing about the enemies this time is that they did nothing originally, they were just slandered as monsters, and then they really turned into monsters and committed evil deeds.

Although this will not shake the minds of Lu Mingfei and others that "he is an enemy".

But this statement that he was destined to become a monster because of fate, combined with the fact that Wendy had just experienced that she chose to accept her destined death, seemed very aggrieved.

It's inexplicably irritating.

Especially the kind of situation where you draw your sword and look around at a loss, and want to spread your anger but don't know who to complain to.

It makes people feel even more frustrated.

Although Ophelia is the more humane among magicians, she is still a magician after all. At this time, her first reaction was to shake her head: "We are all magicians, how could we not know that they don't exist in this world?" The imaginary 'destiny' thing is just someone behind the scenes taking advantage of the mystery."

Ophelia obviously still cannot sympathize with this kind of 'ordinary people's thinking'.

To her, Lucifer was not an enemy, but a problem to which she was looking for a solution.

Ophelia subconsciously wanted to ask Matthew to comfort Lu Mingfei, or at least stay with him. When Lu Mingfei recovered, Aluta would naturally have Lu Mingfei to adjust her mentality, and then Elizabeth.

".Wait, Elizabeth?"

Ophelia, who had not yet completely recovered from her thoughts, frowned.

"Elizabeth is also an 'innocent monster', so is it normal to have such a big reaction now?" Roman whispered.

Ophelia shook her head, indicating that her focus was not here.

"Elizabeth Bathory is far less famous than Lady Camilla, who is based on her. She is second-rate in terms of popularity and strength, so we didn't pay much attention to her before eating. She has wings that can fly, and it is very convenient to fly and move around in this large area of ​​​​singularity.

But it’s different now! We have now confirmed that the element of 'innocent monster' is a very special key element, but what about Elizabeth, who is also an innocent monster? "

——Elizabeth cannot be ordinary

But what's not ordinary?

The issue is stuck again.

Instinct tells Ophelia that figuring this out may be the key to breaking the situation.

Roman slapped his head and planned to gather all the magicians to start a brainstorming session so that everyone could think about it.

Oh, by the way, let Matthew go to comfort Lu Mingfei first, and then let Lu Mingfei contact Elizabeth after Lu Mingfei recovers!

You must find the strange thing about Elizabeth!

Matthew is in action.

Matthew dialed the communication channel

Ma Xiu, er, Ma Xiu connected with Lu Mingfei, who was overeating. Although she was not in the singularity, she could project her own appearance through the virtual device.

Matthew, who was very upright, came up directly and said in his own style: "Husband! Da Vinci asked me to comfort you!"

Lu Mingfei almost choked on the bones of the roasted wings in his hand.

"Ahem!"

Lu Mingfei slapped his chest hard: "What the hell? Why did you suddenly call me husband?"

This was Lu Mingfei's first sentence.

Then came the second sentence that made me laugh and cry: "Why are you here to comfort me? Do I look like I need to be comforted?"

Matthew tilted his head, expressing that he couldn't understand. Others who were watching and waiting for Ma Xiu to successfully comfort Lu Mingfei fell into an embarrassment of not knowing what to do.

Chu Zihang, who was still found by Su Qian, said quietly at this time: "Lu Mingfei is actually a very strong person, stronger than me. For him, he only needs to eat and drink a lot and then sleep. , he will forget about it another day.”

Lu Mingfei immediately gave a thumbs up in the direction of Chu Zihang's voice: "Senior brother with facial paralysis, you know me! I'm a stress-resistant person, okay? You should be level 13 in stress-resistant!"

Now it was the turn of Leonardo da Vinci and Roman, who had previously explained to Ophelia, to be speechless.

"Then you were so angry that you threw the table and left?"

"What's wrong?"

Lu Mingfei also felt puzzled.

"I can't change the infuriating fact, so I can't help but get furious? Every time I felt aggrieved, I would go to the QQ account to tease Lu Mingze. What's wrong now that I'm incompetent and furious?"

Now it was the others' turn to be speechless towards Lu Mingfei.

I don't know whether to say he has a good attitude or that he is heartless.

It was Chu Zihang who understood this bad guy, and it was not like the girl he loved was getting married to someone else. As a married person, Lu was actually very able to withstand pressure now, so he directly teased the group of people he had brought with him. The Chaldean command team got up and told Lu Mingfei what they thought.

Chu Zihang omitted a lot of logical thinking, mystical scholarship and so on, and condensed it into one sentence:

"We need you to get the words out of Elizabeth."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, just like Chu Zihang's simple and overly simple words, only he could fully understand him. Chu Zihang was also the person who knew Lu Mingfei best, and he could be called his half-brother.

Chu Zihang's words were as meaningless as ever, but someone on the other side understood them.

"Understood, are you asking me to pick up girls again?"

Lu Mingfei clicked his tongue and said subconsciously: "Is it okay to say this in front of Ma Xiu?"

Matthew tilted his head: "Is there anything wrong with it?"

Everyone fell silent.

"No." Lu Mingfei also whispered, "It's okay, Mashu, you are fine as you are. There are some things that it is better not to know, so as not to contaminate you."

Matthew: "?"

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Anyway.

Because there were originally many heroic spirits in the singularity, the Chaldeans, represented by Lu Mingfei, did not pay special attention to Elizabeth and did not regard her as a special existence.

Now let’s investigate Elizabeth again.

Thinking about it carefully, among the people like me, the one who has relatively the most contact with Elizabeth—should be Ophelia, right?

After all, Elizabeth had spent time in Ophelia's mutual aid guild.

The following is Ophelia's testimony:

"Elizabeth? I actually don't know her very well. After all, the person I mainly deal with is Atalanta, because she is a raging witch. But in my impression, Elizabeth should be a very lively person, right? She's just not good at it. Dealing with a simple child, oh by the way, she's a complete disaster when it comes to singing."

Very lively?

Not good at dealing with simple children?

Because I had never asked before, this time the question came out.

Lu Mingfei thought about the Elizabeth he knew, the mature and steady one who occasionally looked into the distance in a daze, like a book that was tied tightly with a belt and had never been opened, revealing a mysterious aura.

And he is very good at taking care of children. Most importantly, the singing part can only be said to be average, far from the level of disaster.

The more I hear it, the more wrong it becomes.

Is this Elizabeth?

In other words, is the current Elizabeth the original Elisa that Ophelia and others knew?

Ophelia, who originally did not treat this as an important matter, continued to recall.

"I think about it, when I last lost communication with the lively Elizabeth, she must have been running around looking for a witch. She seemed to have said that she found a strange female spirit in Marseille, suspected that the other party was a witch, and then had a quarrel with her. ?”

Ophelia recalled.

"After that, the communication was suddenly interrupted, and then the Witch of Despair suddenly appeared in Marseille. Then when I saw her again, she took action with you."

Met a strange female heroic spirit in Marseille? Do you suspect the other party is a witch?

By now, the identities of the seven witches, except for the Witch of Despair, are basically clear.

Let’s pretend that the Gluttony Witch doesn’t exist for now.

The other Elizabeths also know or have seen it. Could it be that the witch Elizabeth encountered in Marseille before her communication with Ophelia was interrupted was the Witch of Despair?

The time seems to be right too.

After all, the Witch of Despair suddenly appeared right after.

so.

"Elizabeth knew the true identity of the Witch of Despair, but never told her?"

Thinking about it this way, Elizabeth's problem is not as big as usual.

Should I question her directly?

But she has been hiding it for so long, is there anything else she is hiding? Asking her directly would it alert someone?

Although she didn't want that to happen, at this time, Prelati still expressed the thoughts that everyone had not said aloud but that emerged in her heart:

"Maybe this Elizabeth is a fake, and she is an enemy who has sneaked into our midst."

silence.

After a long time.

Roman finally sighed, and then threw the decision-making power into Lu Mingfei's hands again.

"In any case, Lu Mingfei, you are the person involved after all. It's up to you to decide what to do. After all, you are the one who really wants to take action."

Lu Mingfei's face suddenly turned bitter again: "Why is it me again?"

[Elizabeth obviously has a problem]

[Lu Mingfei is stuck in a decision. What should he do next? 】

[1. How about asking someone who seems to be familiar with Elizabeth—Qing Ji? 】

[2. Go to comfort Elizabeth and test her by the way? 】

【1D2=2】

"I think it just so happens that Elizabeth is in a bad mood right now, isn't it? How about we take turns comforting her and testing her out by the way?"

Lu Mingfei could only think of such a simple and direct method.

"So who goes first?" Lu Mingfei asked subconsciously.

Then all attention was focused on him.

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After some inquiring, he learned that Elizabeth had actually gone to Prelati's magic workshop full of torture tools alone?

What the hell kind of mood is this?

Lu Mingfei murmured in his heart, but he could only bite the bullet.

[Lu Mingfei tried to comfort ‘Elizabeth’.]

[The current difficulty is 80. As the number of times increases and the time consumed increases, the difficulty will gradually decrease (but it is difficult to fully open your heart)]

[Lu Mingfei’s ‘comfort’: 1D100=99 (???)]

←to be continued!

This guy is so scary