Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

41. Emperor, are you blind?

Cunning, mean, and unscrupulous.

A rather traditional image that fits people's imagination of the role of an 'elderly emperor' appears on the page.

If Chaldea and others had the ability to understand the content of the conversation between Emperor Karl and Michael, they would definitely think like this.

This is a conspiracy.

Since Michael is the embodiment of justice and the beautiful feelings in people's hearts, it is naturally impossible to leave those children alone.

It even makes people think that the children who survived in front of them were deliberately allowed to survive by the emperor to contain Michael.

Of course, for Michael, he still had a choice.

"Saving those children doesn't affect your ability to kill me here, right?"

Emperor Karl said to Michael in a calm tone.

"But you didn't do it immediately because you were hesitating - what were you hesitating about? Do you think you can't destroy the defense of the Holy City? Or are you worried that I will take those children as hostages, and if something happens to me they will die?"

Michael could feel that Emperor Karl seemed to be able to see through everything. His tired but firm eyes penetrated the thick armor and were projected on his face.

"You don't have to think so. I'm not despicable enough to take the children as hostages. If you really want to kill me without fail, you can do it now."

When Emperor Karl said this, he suddenly took off his helmet, letting his head leave the protection of the Holy Capital Armor and exposed it to Michael.

The blazing red light condenses in Michael's hand, and in just a moment, the light of justice can destroy the defenseless head of Emperor Karl.

Perhaps because he had expected to encounter Michael here, the emperor did not bring any heroic servants with him.

Just at the moment when they saw the true appearance of Emperor Karl under the armor, Michael and Giorgios fell into a huge and shocking emotion.

His eyes widened, the angel's ring flickered in and out, the long brown hair flickered in and out, and finally——

——Just as the emperor expected, Michael did not take action against him

Even the hostility disappeared.

The angel of courage will never be able to take action against him.

After confirming this, the Emperor silently put on his helmet again, and then, for Michael, perhaps the last chance to kill the Emperor disappeared.

".His Majesty"

Was it Michael or Giorgios who said this?

"May this country be worthy of your unscrupulous protection."

"There's nothing worth it or not, it's just a matter of course - my sense of responsibility and compassion, it's just what I have to do. After you sacrificed yourself to protect those children this time, do you want to activate the magic of God's right hand again? I will consider it more seriously. After all, you are the embodiment of courage, and you are immortal, right?"

".May your mercy be extended to yourself, may the Lord protect your future, and may your courage dispel despair."

Even attitudes have changed.

Then the Angel of Courage spoke no more.

Because the distance was too far and the interference was extremely serious, Chaldea and others could not confirm what Michael had just seen under the emperor's helmet.

However, Michael seemed to have completely given up on his plan to antagonize the Emperor for some reason.

The angel ascended into the sky and flew to Paris again, where there were children who needed his help.

Emperor Karl did not look back, did not look at the angel again, but used his own will to gallop towards Marseille again.

The personal guards behind him did not seem to have any doubts about the emperor because of the conflict between the legendary Seraph and the emperor. They were just loyal and following the figure under the trend of some huge will.

People are not looking at angels.

Instead, he stared at the Emperor.

With hope and enthusiasm.

Lu Mingfei and others, who were watching all this from a distance, just wanted to say——

""I always feel like I missed too much of the pre-plot, and I can't understand it at all.""

Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang, as the only ordinary people here, subconsciously sighed the same way.

Then Su Xiaoqiang started to glare at Lu Mingfei again.

Someone on the road was speechless.

However, everyone can understand why Prelatti said that this part of the news is "I don't know whether it is good or bad news."

The main thing is to highlight an unclear meaning.

It's as if you are playing an open world game and abandoning the main quest. After finishing all the side quests, you want to do the main quest. Then you suddenly remember that you have forgotten where the main quest has progressed, and you can't understand it at all.

Prelati was smacking her lips. Obviously, as an evil alchemist, she was very much looking forward to the fight between the Emperor and Michael.

"Anyway, the Emperor will be here soon, so let's stop here for the unclear meaning."

Prelati waved his hand and took this second piece of information with him.

No objection, after all, they don’t know the specific content of the conversation between the Emperor and the Angel. The main part of the Emperor’s route can only be seen step by step after the Emperor arrives in Marseille.

But no one forgot about it.

Prelati had said that there was one final piece of bad news to be announced.

"Compared to the previous ones, this bad news is very simple."

Waving the staff, Prelati replaced other familiars as cameras and projected a new picture.

This is a village. Outside the village is a military camp. On the outside of the hunting ground, there are a large number of corpses of various monsters that have been conquered. Countless workers and hunters are at work, cutting various kinds of monsters from the corpses of monsters. All kinds of materials are then handed over to the Corps and exchanged for cash on the spot.

There are also people dressed as hunters nearby, guarding this place together with the army.

Due to the proliferation of monsters and the spread of dragon disease, the number of hunters hunting monsters has increased dramatically. Such hunting grounds are everywhere in France at this time.

The sky in the picture suddenly became dark, and after a moment of flash, fragments of gray light fell from the sky. Then, the calm and everyday picture suddenly stopped.

The first ones were the hunters, many of whom suddenly knelt on the ground in pain. The hunters who were fine wanted to step forward in shock to look after their companions - and then were torn to pieces in the next moment.

Chaldea and the others only felt their scalps numb, because the change happened in an instant. The bodies of the hunters who fell to the ground in pain changed in just a few seconds, and were covered with demonic scales and claws. On their bodies, deformed bone spurs grow randomly and break through their skin.

In just a few moments, their dragon transformation disease ushered in the final stage of collapse.

What's even more frightening is that these deformed dragons don't seem to have completely lost their rationality. They still wield weapons and use props.

"Dragon transformation disease can be linked to angels, and naturally it can also be linked to demons."

Prelaty said calmly:

"Those lights are what broke into pieces after the Witch of Despair's body was broken. Yes, that ridiculously powerful magic failed to destroy the Witch of Despair. It only treated the symptoms rather than the root cause and delayed the decisive battle, but the mutation still happened. "

The first people to undergo mutations were those who were already suffering from dragon transformation disease.

Then came the piles of corpses of monsters. After the desperate debris fell, hundreds of monsters were born from the corpses and flesh. They roared, roared, flapped their wings, and flew into the sky.

Yes - dragon

Wyvern.

After Angels and Demons, dragon species finally officially appeared on the stage in France.

Similar things were happening all over France at this time, and even in Paris there were riots.

But things don't seem to be desperate yet.

When everyone in Chaldea held their breath and stared at the video, the only few senior hunters who were not infected with the dragon disease and avoided the initial crisis were facing a flood of demons and dragons. When the incoming monsters struggled desperately, a team with golden heavy armor tore open the monster group.

The well-trained troops quickly suppressed the commotion of the monsters. They marched in an orderly manner and formed an orderly formation to quickly rescue the survivors. They formed a human wall and evacuated the residents to nearby fortresses. , formed the initial line of defense amidst the smoke of continuous machine gun and artillery fire.

Su Xiaoqiang and Lucy immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

These soldier buddies, who are usually used to set off the terrifying enemies in movie stories, are unexpectedly reliable at this time.

It’s just that the style of the weapons in hand seems a bit wrong in this era. It has an inexplicable feeling of ancient black technology. Is this called steampunk?

Alta's attention was not focused on those flying dragons, but on the figure of a female knight who led the soldiers, held up the holy flag, smashed a demon with one punch, and rushed to the front of the line. .

Although the other party was surrounded by golden armor, Alta still recognized her identity.

Lu Mingfei was a little distracted at this time - Alta was said to be a darkened version of Jeanne d'Arc, but from the actual situation and performance, Alta was more arrogant and coquettish, while Jeanne d'Arc was more arrogant in action. Much violence.

For example, when waving the holy flag to beat demons and flying dragons, the main weapon during the battle is not the holy sword at the waist, but his own fists.

If Alta's fighting method is more like a spell caster, Joan of Arc is more like a berserker.

But this was just Lu Mingfei's wandering imagination once again, which was out of tune with the atmosphere.

Prelati switched to many similar scenes, seemingly deliberately breaking the girls' luck.

"This kind of thing is happening all over France. Although it looks terrible, it is just a precursor. As long as the Witch of Despair is not really solved, the magic power in the earth's veins will turn into poison, and the flying dragon will continue to grow in the magic power. , the spreading curse will cause the Dragon Transformation disease to infect everyone who touches the skin. Within a few hours, when the first wave of magic inspired by the fragments of despair breaks out, millions of flying dragons and demons will It will sweep across France."

How many?

millions of?

Millions of dragons and demons?

How many people were there in medieval France in 1431?

"And this is just the first wave." Prelati added.

Everyone was frightened by Prelati's conjecture. Only Lu Mingfei and Siegfried subconsciously asked: "Is there anything we can do?"

"Actually, no." Prelati shrugged: "This is not a battle, nor an adventure, but a war. Regardless of our personal combat effectiveness, too broad a front and too many people who need to be protected means that the heroic spirit servants The space they can use is also very limited, not to mention that these flying dragons and demons are infinite. They do not need to reproduce. As long as the magic power of the earth is not exhausted, they can be born continuously in the distortion. The entire French singularity has now changed. It has become a huge experimental site for ritual magic.”

There's only so much a powerful individual can do in a human-dragon war of this magnitude.

"The Emperor should have anticipated that such a situation might occur. There are fortress bases built all over France. He divided his Noble Phantasm Mobile Holy City into sections. With the activeness of the soldiers, those places should be used as refuges. Save."

Prelaty paused.

"Well, at best, we should be able to save three to four people, right?"

Su Xiaoqiang said subconsciously: "The Black Death from 1347 to 1353 took away 25 million people in Europe. This number was about one-third of Europe at that time."

"Eighty people died in Florence at that time. Hey, is that really a big event in the aftermath? Speaking of which, the shelter is so big. Before it is destroyed by the dragon plague, maybe there will be a civil strife fighting for the location of the shelter? Or maybe In order to keep as many people alive as possible, that great emperor would use the voice of heaven to assimilate and brainwash a group of people as bait to buy time?"

As an Italian, the evil alchemist still smiled frivolously and kept steering the conversation in the wrong direction.

This girl is so used to having a playful smile that everyone almost forgets that she is pure scum from the Chaos Evil camp.

"There is nothing we can do, not even the ability to propose a response plan, but what we can do is very clear, and that is to gather as much strength as possible during the period when the dragon plague is raging, and find a way to completely solve the Witch of Despair, and then Destroy her once and for all when she appears again."

Destroy the witch of despair who still survived after eating the ultra-ultimate magic of [God's Right Hand] head-on?

Is this really possible?

"It is basically impossible to eliminate them head-on."

Prelati seems to have seen through everyone's thoughts.

"The Witch of Despair is the incarnation of the Burning of Humanity. It is the opposite of hope. As long as the Burning of Humanity is not resolved, despair will be immortal. Sooner or later, her size will grow to rival that of the entire continent."

However, in order for Despair to appear as a witch at this time, it must pass through a catalyst. Prelati said.

And that catalyst is a heroic servant summoned by the world itself.

That doesn't seem right.

It should be said that the seven witches will naturally become the catalyst for summoning monsters. This is a kind of supernatural phenomenon, but the restraining power of the world will interfere and find the summoned object from the Heroic Soul Seat, so that the original enemy, There is a possibility of becoming friends.

"Miss Favna, Atalanta, Dracula, and even my Alta (Kurosada: Who is yours?), these heroic servants no matter what the specific actions are, they make evil manifest. They are catalysts for transformation, but at least the inhibitory force chooses them for the purpose of hoping that they will become containers that can seal and suppress these malicious intentions.”

Favna and Atalanta, plus Alta the Black Virgin, and the Gluttony Witch who has yet to see her shadow. These four people are obviously perfect at sealing lust, rage, jealousy, and gluttony. , did not come out to cause trouble.

"But it is impossible for the Witch of Despair to be sealed, so when the inhibitory force chooses the summoning target, it will definitely choose the one that is beneficial to us in destroying the catalyst - didn't you Chaldea do something similar when you fought against Hercules? Something?"

What did Chaldea do at that time?

Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up and they said in unison: "Heroic Spirit Return Technique!" ""

Yes, that's it.

Most of the beings who can become heroic spirits have their own 'method of death'. As long as the identity of the Witch of Despair is confirmed, and then the right medicine is given to reproduce her death process, she can be returned!

Despair is immortal.

But the vessel for despair to come is not.

This is the right medicine.

Prelati seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly looked at the silent Siegfried:

"I almost forgot. With your character, you will probably try your best to save people from the coming dragon plague, right? I'm not trying to dissuade you, I just hope you don't go too far, and don't rely on what is coming here to be just The clone who came down from the Heroic Spirit Seat is essentially an immortal Heroic Spirit and is acting haphazardly. If you are the key to destroying the Witch of Despair, it will be difficult for us to do it without you."

Although these words were hard to hear, Siegfried just lowered his head silently, making it difficult for people to see his appearance at this time: ".I'm sorry."

Prelaty didn't say much when he saw this.

The only problem is that perhaps Prelati is the only one present who has enough knowledge and brains to analyze the situation and formulate a plan.

Therefore, the next step of action is also clear.

The impending Emperor Karl will be mainly dealt with by Charlemagne. He will test whether Emperor Karl has any conspiracy and then wait and see. After all, if you want to fight against the coming dragon plague, the power of the Emperor is necessary.

Prelati's next task is to cooperate with Ophelia and use the power of the magic eye if necessary to restore communication with Chaldea.

After completing the recovery with Chaldea, we were able to confirm the identity of the witch as the container of despair with the assistance of Chaldea's database and Chaldea Think Tank - Prelati was a local who lived in 1431 after all. , it is impossible to know about the future Heroic Spirit Servants.

Count Dracula and Lady Camilla are typical examples.

The identity must be confirmed before a targeted return technique and execution plan can be formulated.

As for the civilian sacrifices in the face of the Dragon Plague, I can only say that we should save as many people as possible, and then quickly find a way to truly defeat the Witch of Despair.

A huge disaster is brewing.

The soldiers recharged their batteries and prepared, while the magician tried every means to contact Chaldea.

Charlemagne, disguised as Bradamante, after understanding the situation, maintained law and order with the paladins while silently waiting for the arrival of the emperor.

Charlemagne was actually prepared for the emperor to see through his illusion disguise and have him collide with him head-on. Lu Mingfei, as the strongest head-on combat force in the team, was hiding in the dark and ready to respond at any time, and would come out immediately if problems arose.

After all, although Su Xiaoqiang and Lucy brought Atlas Academy uniforms that could cancel the assimilation of Tiansheng, the only ones who could completely ignore the assimilation of Tiansheng were Lu Mingfei and Charlemagne.

Emperor Karl, who was marching in a hurry, did not keep everyone waiting for too long.

A team with shining golden armor soon arrived in Marseille, which had just experienced a great battle.

As the actual ruler of France in this singularity, news of the arrival of the Emperor quickly spread throughout the town. Residents under the Holy Light fanaticism went out to greet him, disguised as Bradamante, and were regarded as another Charlemagne, a saint who was born into the world, was naturally surrounded by soldiers and stood at the front to welcome the emperor.

It was impossible for Charlemagne not to be nervous.

But Lu Mingfei imitated the assassin at this time and hid on the upper floor of a certain building, gearing up and ready to attack at any time.

If necessary, the emperor may be kidnapped or something.

After all, the emperor might not know that besides Charlemagne, there are people on his side who can ignore the voice of heaven and assimilate, right?

Although they have not actually met each other, and very few people know the emperor's appearance, everyone is ready to face a majestic, serious and cunning young ruler.

After all, he has the skill of assimilating the sound of the sky, and he always wears armor to protect himself. Compared with domineering and other things, it always makes people feel more like a hero, right?

Surrounded by countless people.

The Emperor looked at Charlemagne through his helmet.

Will the disguise be seen through?

——Confrontation·Judgment——

[Although he looks like Bradamante now, does Charlemagne’s ‘disguise’ look similar? 】

[1D100=18 (not at all possible)]

[The emperor’s ‘see through’: 1D100=1 (?)]

【To be specific! 】

[1. The answer is that I don’t dare to admit it after seeing it]

[2. Completely deceived by Charlemagne’s perfect disguise! (?)]

【1D2=2】

←to be continued!