Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

35. Fire on the right

Among the witches who descended on this singularity at this time, the most special and powerful existence is undoubtedly the lazy one - the witch of despair.

Why is laziness so powerful?

At the same time that Lu Mingfei asked this question, Lucy, who was rushing from Orleans to Marseille, also asked the same question.

Ophelia gave almost the same explanation as Prelati, which made Lucy confused, but Su Xiaoqiang made a very down-to-earth supplement with oriental characteristics:

"It's 'lay flat'."

"ah?"

"Lucy, haven't you ever been bothered by things like 'house prices'?"

As the eldest daughter of a coal boss, Su Xiaoqiang casually said:

"It's like you have been working hard for half your life to pay for a house in installments. A lot of the money to buy a house was saved by your parents in the rest of their lives. And after you buy a house, you have to prepare this for your children in the rest of your life. A society If there is no upward channel at all, it will lead to an endless cycle, and people who cannot see hope for the future will lie flat and become so-called 'lazy'."

The original explanation of laziness in Christianity is that one has wealth but cannot use it to create more wealth, which means waste.

In the final analysis, after large-scale religiousization, it becomes the ruling class’ belittling of the ‘bad habits’ of the ruled class.

"If talent is a kind of wealth, but society is so inflexible that only 'super geniuses' can rise, then the majority of ordinary people who cannot see the future will naturally become 'lazy' and 'flatten', and in serious cases It’s okay to say it’s ‘desperate’.”

"I understand what you said!" Lucy patted her head and seemed to understand deeply.

Although Lucy is also the eldest lady in the setting, she became independent very early. Her family went bankrupt a long time ago. The reason why she follows Natsu and others through life and death and adventures is largely to make money for the house——" Rental prices in the Fairy Tail world are ridiculously expensive.

certainly.

Sloth can be interpreted as despair, but this is not the reason why the Witch of Despair is so ridiculously strong.

Over the Mediterranean Sea, Prelati looked up at the Witch of Despair who was singing in the sky, singing a strange song of sadness and despair that could not be described in words.

"Looking at the present, past and future of the entire human history, what is happening now is undoubtedly the biggest and most evil desperate event, right?"

Then, under Lu Mingfei's strange eyes, Prelati calmly stated what made the Witch of Despair so powerful.

"——Humanity Burning"

"My Demon King, you seem to have never noticed this. I think your companions should have deliberately hidden it from you, but now, I, the evil alchemist, will tell you."

"Your journey is not a journey to 'save the world.'"

"The destruction of the world is already a fait accompli. The Demon King's great cause was already 'completed' from the very beginning. Repairing the singularity cannot save the world. Your journey is not 'a journey to save the world', but 'Go on a journey to find a way to save the world.'"

At first glance, the two statements seem to be the same.

If you really want to save the world, singularity repair is also necessary.

But it does not mean that the world can be saved by repairing the singularity.

In this process, we must find out the truth about the destruction of the world and the burning of human nature, and then find a way to break the situation.

From this perspective, human incineration is much more serious than one day when aliens suddenly invade and destroy human civilization.

"This is a journey starting from the 'end' and going back to the 'beginning'. There is nothing in the future of humanity, only a glimmer of hope called Chaldea, and the endless flame of despair - this despair is the 'history' The biggest and worst thing ever'."

Prelaty frowned.

"Because of this, the witch of despair will be the strongest existence in this singularity, because her power comes from the 'Human Burning'. As long as the Human Burning has not been solved, she will be the strongest. Even in your future journey to the singularity, it will be difficult to encounter something stronger than her."

This is why as soon as the Witch of Despair appears, the forces that are stalemate with each other in this singularity, whether they are justice or evil, whether they are light or darkness, will rush here as soon as possible.

Because despair does not distinguish between right and wrong, between justice and evil, between good and evil.

Any negative emotion will be infinitely amplified by her.

What overwhelmed Charlemagne at this time was his own uneasiness about the content of Emperor Charles' (himself) actions.

Prelati is because as the craziest sadist and masochist, she doesn't care at all.

Lu Mingfei? Lu Mingfei. Well, Lu Mingfei is a special case and does not count.

However, what Prelati really cares about at this time is not the Witch of Despair itself, but something else - she has known about the time bomb of the Witch of Despair for a long time. What she is curious about is why it didn't explode sooner or later, but here. It exploded at the right time.

What’s special about this moment in time?

A. The reason why Prelaty created the Jealousy Witch was to use the Jealousy Witch to devour despair. In other words, the Jealousy Witch was a backup method prepared by Prelaty who had long anticipated this time bomb.

To put it bluntly, the emergence of the Witch of Despair can be easily guessed by think tanks from all camps. Even Lu Mingfei’s magicians will immediately issue a warning if they successfully contact Chaldea. .

Prelati's original worry was that if the Witch of Despair exploded too early, her own people would be dead before her countermeasures were completed.

But now. As soon as I came out, within a few hours, the Sloth Witch who had been missing exploded.

Sure enough, there is something shady behind it, right?

"So what are we going to do now?" Lu Mingfei asked Prelati while supporting Alta, who was breathing heavily and her chest was rising and falling.

Prelati glanced at Lu Mingfei, who was not affected by the aura of the Witch of Despair at all.

Because of Lu Mingfei's intervention, Alta was saved, but it also led to the fact that the Jealousy Witch was far less powerful than Prelati designed, so she had to find a way to continue stimulating Alta's 'jealousy'.

On the contrary, Prelatti was a little curious about what would have happened if Lu Mingfei and Charlemagne, a team of passionate young people like Lu Mingfei and Charlemagne, had no mystical illiteracy and were left without brainstorming.

But before that?

"No need to worry, my devil"

Prelati stopped Lu Mingfei who was about to take action and put his hand on his shoulder.

"The appearance of the Witch of Despair is a matter of time. Not only can I guess it, but also the Demon King Dracula and the God King Karl can definitely guess it, so they must have prepared preventive measures. After all, despair does not distinguish between light and darkness. Good and evil, besides, before that.”

Prelaty paused.

Immediately, a strange smile appeared on his face, and it was hard to describe whether it was pleasure or trouble.

"Let me educate you again. Apart from despair, among the seven deadly sins, there is truly the most special pillar - the sin of rage."

Remove the "reading comprehension" content used by the ruling class to belittle the "bad habits" of the ruled.

After thinking about it for a while, it is not difficult to find that among the seven deadly sins of envy, arrogance, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, and rage, except for rage, they are all obviously derogatory terms.

Only emotional rage is neutral.

"Why is rage so special? Because this kind of emotion itself is actually difficult to establish as original sin. Not to mention extreme madness, take my devil as an example. When did you feel that you were the strongest mentally?"

Although Lu Mingfei didn't know why Prelati said this suddenly, since there was no way to fight against the Witch of Despair for the time being, he just thought about it along this line of thinking.

When was Lu Mingfei the strongest mentally?

That should be the loneliest time for him. At the beginning of the Chaldea Explosion, there was no one available, not even a Heroic Spirit Servant. He was not allowed to travel through time and space alone to Fuyuki City, Japan in 2004.

At that time, until Chu Zihang was summoned and Lu Mingfei felt a little relieved, this period of time was when Lu Mingfei was mentally the strongest.

The reason for all this is.

".anger?"

"Angry? Maybe you can say that, but it is not the case if analyzed objectively. My devil, anger is a process, not the result of giving you power. Your companions all died suddenly in front of you. This anger makes you - —Have [courage].”

"Even if you are alone, even if you face a desperate situation, you can still go on a journey alone for the sake of your companions, under the trend of anger."

"This is also the reason why the corresponding virtue of the sin of [Rage] is [Courage]."

"Compared with other original sins and virtues, rage and courage are not opposite extremes, but coexist with each other. Of course, from the perspective of Christian inheritance, many of the angels corresponding to the seven virtues are considered to be [pseudo] A counterfeit, Sariel simply works part-time as a demon in the symbiosis of light and darkness, but the angel of courage is different. His position in the Christian system is extremely stable, and only he - it is absolutely impossible to fall to heaven."

"Because he is Michael, the prince of light who fights against the fallen angel (Lucifer)"

That is to say.

"If the power of despair has the greatest impact on the fused heroic spirit's will, then the power of rage has the smallest impact. Regardless of how much strength it can exert, for that heroic spirit it is a 'free prostitution' of the power of the Angel of Courage." Prelati also used a future vocabulary learned from Lu Mingfei.

Courageous witch, angry angel

"How do you say that? As a sage, the most appropriate statement for a sage at this time should be..."

Prelati held the witch radar that kept beeping and looked at the light spot of the furious witch who was constantly approaching.

"When facing a desperate situation, what do brave people need? Is it hope? Is it light? Is it love? Is it friendship? No, what is really needed most is to be able to support even when there is only 'despair' ahead. With the faith of a warrior taking the first step.”

Lu Mingfei was a little dull. If she hadn't known the evil nature of this female satyr, her demeanor when she said this would have been a bit like the great sage who guides the brave in traditional royal fantasy stories.

"That is - [Courage]."

--coming

"The [courage] to take the first step in the face of desperate difficulties."

Flying at supersonic speed and arriving directly above the Mediterranean Sea, the black-winged witch fired the first shot in the face of the 'despair' that suffocated everyone!

"My devil, listening to your description, it seems that there will be many stories in the future that will personify angels and thereby belittle angels. But when it comes to magic, I hope you remember one thing - Michael is the angel of courage. Le is the righteous prince of light, which is the essence of his being.”

"Even as a demon king, I agree with this. In the final analysis, as a conceptual existence, the moment he is no longer just and kind - that is not Michael."

Black light, but still dazzling.

Dazzling and dazzling, it is a black light that is obviously dark but does not make people feel deep or scary. Instead, it makes people feel 'bright'.

A girl who has obtained the angelic power of Michael, soars into the sky with black wings, holds a giant bow, and has animal ears and tail——

Berserker! Atalanta!

Lu Mingfei felt inexplicably close to her black figure.

She is a huntress who serves the moon god Artemis in Greek mythology. She is proud of her strong speed and possesses a precious phantom that can simultaneously borrow the power of the moon god Artemis and the sun god Apollo.

Not to mention her compatibility and ability to perform well, among many witches, she may be the luckiest one.

After all, Michael's power was used for nothing.

Even the original negative effects of Berseker's madness were overcome by Michael's 'courage'.

Charlemagne stared blankly at Atalanta's figure.

It was as if he was chewing in his mouth, reciting what Prelati had just said.

“The courage to take the leap!”

Witches and witches.

The battle between the Witch of Despair and the Witch of Rage is about to break out!

There is no intention of showing any mercy.

Everyone present knew how terrifying the Witch of Despair was.

The body she came into must be destroyed before she completely covers this world!

"——[Dark Sky Eclipse (Τουροπολοκλείψη)]!"

Noble Phantasm Liberated!

The majestic faith turned into an arrow, and what was shot out from the giant bow in his hand was a huge black light nail. Like a cluster of missiles, it hit the Witch of Despair ten thousand meters above the Mediterranean Sea!

A total of more than three thousand magic cannons soared into the sky!

What a gorgeous color that is!

The Witch of Despair also responded with a sad song, and during the song, more lights of despair fell from the sky!

The overwhelming firepower exchange between witches and witches——At the same time, the people who came to support them also took action.

——It’s Martha

It is clear that Malda herself is not mentally healthy, and she is an enemy from a standpoint, but Malda, who is wearing a mobile Holy City armor, has reached a certain tacit understanding with Atalanta. One side shoots to cover, and the other side rises into the sky. , waving his fists to crush the darkness, constantly approaching the body of the Witch of Despair!

There may be some connection between them.

But that was not something Lu Mingfei and others had to consider, because he had never triggered the relevant route before.

(Note: Charlemagne did not take action before. If Lu Mingfei loses to Martha, he will enter the Martha route)

Saints and witches, light and darkness join forces to fight against the forces of despair.

Lu Mingfei and others below also encountered a situation.

The man riding a white magic horse and galloping in the sky, with his body wrapped in complex red armor and a warm smile on his face, came to Lu Mingfei and others.

This look was too recognizable. Although Lu Mingfei had seen him before, Lu Mingfei still recognized the other party's identity after Prelati's prompting.

——Joel Jos

That is, St. George, the most famous saint in the world.

His eyes swept over the faces of Prelati, Charlemagne, Alta, and Lu Mingfei.

He paused when his eyes swept over Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head subconsciously, put on his hood, and hid his face.

Could it be that his identity was discovered? Lu Mingfei whispered in his heart.

But Giorgios quickly turned his head away.

"Are you the wild heroic spirits who came here? I'm not here to persuade you to join the Holy King, and I don't intend to make you an enemy. Even if there has been friction, please call a truce now."

Giorgios said politely. This attitude makes it difficult for people to have a bad feeling towards him. It is indeed the 'human body of Michael' as Prelati said.

Handsome, dashing, mature, stable, elegant, upright - this guy is like the embodiment of the word 'good man'.

"I would like to remind everyone - how about going to Marseille to help defend against the monsters that are attracted? Stay away from here, and you'd better not interfere in the next battle."

It seems that he was not recognized. Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was trying to figure out what to say, Prelatti spoke to him:

"Your Excellency Saint George, has the Saint King foreseen the current situation? Do you have any preparation measures on your side?"

Giorgios did not answer the question.

Instead, he raised his head and looked up at the sky.

Martha burst into the stratosphere, and together with the Furious Witch, they crashed into the Despair Witch's body, which was as huge as a fortress and much larger than Charlemagne's Sky Courtyard.

But before touching the other party, a gray barrier stopped Martha. She kept trying to get closer, but her strength was constantly losing.

The trait of the Witch of Despair - [powerlessness], makes all efforts become [futile].

Martha roared angrily, more like a sin of rage than a rage witch, falling again and again, and rushing forward again and again.

What drives her to fight like this?

No one can tell her.

However, Lu Mingfei felt a faint pain in his heart. It seemed that a certain heroic spirit had lent him his spirit base, hoping that Lu Mingfei could contact Marda and hope that Lu Mingfei could help her.

By some strange coincidence, Prelatti's inquiry was clearly not answered and was treated coldly by Giorgios, but Lu Mingfei asked a strange question:

"Why is she (Malda) always angry?"

"."

Lu Mingfei bit the bullet and continued to ask, "Is there anything I can't say?"

Just when Lu Mingfei thought Giorgios would stop talking, he suddenly spoke:

"In addition to the seven fallen virtues, angels have another posture, which is the power of wind."

"?" Lu Mingfei didn't understand.

But Prelati, as an expert, immediately understood and dragged Lu Mingfei away without saying a word. The group of people descended from the sky and arrived around the seaside town of Marseille.

After placing Aruta, before Lu Mingfei had time to ask, Prelati and Charlemagne spoke together.

"It's the 'Four Archangels'."

"? What the hell." Lu Mingfei made a sound like a cultural desert.

As we all know, there are many sects of Christianity.

There are naturally different opinions on what angels say.

It is generally accepted that the seven virtues correspond to the seven angels. However, there are many opinions on the identity of the angels of each virtue, because some angels are derived from the "Old Testament" - which is considered to be apocryphal by Roman Catholicism. exist.

"St. George just hinted that the Holy King borrowed the power of angels through other methods. I am afraid that those powers are given to the Saint's followers as a kind of 'blessing'."

The key word is ‘wind’.

It is natural to think of the four mysterious elements of earth, wind, water and fire in the West.

The group of angels divided by the four attributes of earth, wind, water, and fire are the ‘archangels’ located in the four directions around God.

The wind ahead——Uriel

The water behind - Gabriel

The Land on the Left - Raphael

Fire on the right - Michael

Uriel is the wind ahead, and is also the angel of ‘justice’, the virtue corresponding to the original sin of pride.

But in the group system of the four angels, Uriel's identity is the 'angry angel', symbolizing the 'wrath of God'.

Lu Mingfei seemed to understand: "Oh, that's it. Does this explain why Martha is always angry?"

But Lu Mingfei couldn't understand it.

"What is St. George hiding? Can't you just say it?"

"My devil, think about it, how does Saint King Karl borrow the power of Uriel, the wind ahead, through the culture of the 'Four Archangels'?"

Lu Mingfei replied subconsciously: "It's the same as Athena's time, gathering the materials and then constructing the spell - ah!"

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and suddenly realized.

"The Holy King is using magic!"

"Yes, he openly used the power of magic to summon the power of angels. For the church, this is actually quite subtle. They often insist that it is not magic but a miracle, but Saint George is quite tolerant, even though He won't attack us if we say it, but it's better not to expose someone's shortcomings in such embarrassing things."

After listening to Prelati's explanation, Lu Mingfei looked at the sky again.

"The Holy King is planning to use that archangel's power to deal with the Witch of Despair? But it doesn't seem to be going well?"

really.

Although Martha and the Furious Witch attacked like crazy, they couldn't even get close to the Despair Witch, let alone hurt the opponent.

Prelaty didn't seem surprised by this: "That is the despair that burns away human reason, the despair called 'world destruction'. If you want to deal with her head-on, you need at least 'power to save the world'. "

Lu Mingfei, who lives in a cultural desert, seems to understand something but not quite.

But Charlemagne frowned, seeming to realize something, and stared at St. George.

"Lord St. George is also using magic! I vaguely feel that there is an aura of magic that continues to operate around him!"

--Sudden.

Hundreds of gray light cannons from the Witch of Despair passed through the blockade of the Enraged Witch and fell to the surroundings. Several of them pounced on Marseille!

Charlemagne subconsciously wanted to intercept.

But at this time, Giorgios took action first - literally.

Giorgios raised his right hand, aimed at the falling lights of despair, and waved his [right hand].

Behind Giorgios's right shoulder, a twisted and deformed block of extremely unstable light appeared, like a giant's arm. When St. George's right hand waved, the spatial plane produced unnatural distortions like stirring sugar water.

The [right hand] waved in unison with Giorgios' movements.

--next moment

It was as if it had been erased with an eraser.

Hitting Marseille, each ray of despair with a length of more than 120 meters was wiped away.

←to be continued!