Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

47. Who is calling the fleet?

"Eli, Eli, lamasabachthani"

Lord, why have you abandoned me?

From the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 40, what Jesus said when he was arrested.

So Christianity is really interesting.

If magic itself is a 'building' made of lies, the entire Christian system is a complete magic 'spectacle'.

The essence of Christianity is ‘lie’.

This simple sentence is the singularity created by the entanglement of countless lies.

Why do you say that?

Because, judging from the Roman Catholicism introduced by Emperor Charles the Great, Jesus, God, God-the Son, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are three persons. In this case, how could Jesus pray to 'himself' and lament why 'self' Abandoned his speech?

In layman's terms, the main difference between Christianity and Green Christianity is whether they recognize the Trinity and whether they recognize Jesus as God.

The Green Church also recognizes Jesus, but in their view Jesus is one of many saints and prophets, not the incarnation of God.

Of course, the various twists and turns involved, as well as the various historical events represented by the Crusades that followed, are not things to be discussed here.

——At this moment

Su Xiaoqiang stood on the high point of the city wall, looking at the Heavenly Cross covering most of the European continent in the sky. Looking up at the feathers of light falling from the sky, he fell into something similar to being moved.

Just a misinterpretation of a sentence, after many arrangements, can actually create such a gorgeous magic.

At this point, it can't even be described as magic, but can only be treated as a 'spectacle' - yes, just like the 'spectacle' in Sid Meier's "Civilization" series.

The feathers falling from heaven are one-third of the angels who have fallen from heaven. Each feather is equivalent to the fall of an angel and the birth of a devil at the conceptual level.

The lethality of magic is equivalent to "the power released by an angel's death and self-destruction" on a conceptual level.

The feather of light falls.

There was no terrifying roar, no overflowing light and heat, and no phenomenon similar to a shock wave.

It's just that the world that was originally noisy because of the dragons became quiet.

In the distant sacred bells, accompanied by the hymns chanted by children, the flying dragons that touched the feathers of light, without exception, all disappeared like flying snow bathed in the morning sun.

It also announced that this vigorous retreat ended in victory.

Although traditional magicians basically do not value expressiveness and only value theoretical research, for laymen and the new generation of young people who have just come into contact with magic, this kind of magnificent and huge scene is what is called magic. The most charming place in the world, right?

Faced with this situation, compared to the uneducated person like Lu Mingfei who could only say "f*ck!", of course, in Su Xiaoqiang's heart, such a desire emerged:

——Can I also perform magic like this?

The answer is possible.

Although it was beyond everyone's expectations, Su Xiaoqiang himself also possesses extremely high magic qualifications that can be called a 'treasure' level.

However, if magic aptitude is to be manifested, it requires not only knowledge, but also a lot of long-term experiments.

To perform magic of this level, the most important thing in many cases is not the level of the magician himself, but the various venues required to form the magic array - for example, Chaldea itself, built in the Antarctic Mountains, is a castle dedicated to magic. A spellcasting place built by a celestial magician.

This kind of national-scale magic, even if all the materials are gathered, normally requires a construction project cycle of "ten years". In modern times, because the space that can easily be built is occupied by the living areas of ordinary humans. To occupy this level of magic has actually become an international political competition.

But there are exceptions to everything.

Emperor Karl is a special case of this kind. Although he is known as the Holy King, he is a heroic spirit, but he basically does not have any Noble Phantasms or skills related to frontal combat. His abilities are all centered around 'civilization', 'construction', and 'rule'.

If I stand with the Emperor

If the Great Emperor were my servant——

Longing, desire, and a strong sense of identification with the Holy King himself flooded into his heart.

Not only Su Xiaoqiang, but at this moment, 15 million people in the French Singularity are watching this scene, witnessing this scene that can be called a miracle, moved and recognized, almost fanatical belief in the Holy King Overflowing together——

"Hello!"

Suddenly, Su Xiaoqiang was patted hard on the shoulder.

Su Xiaoqiang trembled, and she subconsciously activated the skill of the Atlas Academy uniform [Rain of Isis], and suddenly broke away from the fanatical state.

It is the assimilation of the emperor's heavenly voice. Su Xiaoqiang thought silently in his heart. However, although the abnormal sense of fanaticism was lifted, the shock of the big scene and the longing and longing for the power of the Great Emperor still existed.

According to Chaldea, who has already formed an alliance with the Holy King's army, these positive emotions will be converted into energy by the Holy Grail in the Holy King's hand, which will be used to maintain the consumption of the national-level mobile holy capital city wall.

Also, although Tiansheng Assimilation cannot allow people to provide energy for the Holy City, with the character of the Holy King as a "realist pursuing ideals", it is naturally impossible to use this skill.

How should we describe this kind of energy? Although it is very abstract, it can generally be understood as the so-called 'power of faith' that often appears in fantasy novels, right?

Chaldea has no real way to restrict the Holy King. Generally speaking, no matter how powerful a servant is, a master needs to be the summoner and provide magic power to maintain the consumption of the heroic spirit appearing in the world, but the Holy King is obviously that special case.

The person who summoned the Holy King was none other than the era called the 'Middle Ages' itself. He was a heroic spirit summoned by the era and the world. The Holy Grail was also responsible for the consumption of magic power. There was no need for a Master to be his leader.

Rather, the Holy King himself is one of the most advanced leader-type heroic spirits, right?

In fact, at this point, it is difficult for Chaldea to find a reason to be hostile to the Holy King. If he insists on it, it can only be considered as a precautionary measure - no matter what the Holy King himself is, as long as he has the skill of assimilating the sound of heaven, he must be vigilant. With.

Although even if they are affected by the assimilation of the sound of the sky, there will be no problem for a while, but Chaldea still decided that when the time comes, each member of their own team will come to wash in a wave of 'Rain of Isis'.

"Thanks for reminding me, Lancer."

Su Xiaoqiang politely expressed his gratitude to the heroic spirit who reminded him - Lancer, Elizabeth Bathory.

Except when she faced Lu Mingfei and a few losers, the little goddess seemed to be a very well-educated person most of the time.

But just after saying her words of thanks, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a little strange. She looked at Elizabeth in front of her. She seemed not to be affected by the assimilation of Tiansheng at all?

Forget about the freak Lu Mingfei, who is this Elizabeth Bathory?

Su Xiaoqiang became a little concerned. Especially in her impression, this taciturn little dragon girl seemed to be more kind to Lu Mingfei.

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The Battle of Frank's Great Retreat was also called the 'Sacred Trace of the Feather of God' by the historians around the Holy King.

The name doesn't matter.

With the activation of the super magic [Dragon King's Sigh], the feathers of light that came accompanied by hymns and bells almost swept across the singularity, making it impossible to see the end at a glance, and was even called a 'worm swarm' by Lu Mingfei and a few others. 'All the evil dragons disappeared.

Of course, everyone knows that this is only temporary, because these 'insect swarms' are not real enemies in essence, but a series of natural phenomena induced by the 'Witch of Despair'.

As long as the problem of the Witch of Despair is not really solved, evil dragons will continue to be born from the spiritual veins of the earth, and sooner or later they will form an overwhelming group of dragons again, right?

However, because the Holy King single-handedly bore the curse of despair for 15 million people, just like in zombie movies, the enemies will fight more and more - that is, our own side will continue to be transformed into demons because of the curse. phenomenon was avoided.

Before the dragons gather again, the Holy King's army will rearrange their defensive positions and prepare to face the attacks of waves of dragons.

The Witch of Despair was only temporarily shattered by the super firepower of [God's Right Hand], and she will reappear sooner or later. According to Chaldea's analysis, this event will happen about a month later.

During this month, the main goal of the Holy King Army was to continuously meet the attack, while the technical research and development team at the rear cooperated with Chaldea to continuously introduce new equipment, and to cooperate with the equipment that was also constantly evolving and becoming stronger. The dragons engage in an arms race.

In Lu Mingfei’s words: “This is a real-life real-time strategy game, right?”

I have to admit that modern people's ability to imagine and simulate the strategic management of the game is very similar to the effect of the Holy King's Noble Phantasm.

In terms of technical exchanges, Da Vinci, as the current technical manager of Chaldea, is naturally fully responsible, but Roman is also keeping an eye on her, lest she get too excited and sell some of Chaldea's core technologies to no avail. conscious.

Roman himself is working with the Holy King's technical team to research more practical medical equipment.

Da Vinci didn't really do it randomly. She didn't come up with the spirit transfer technology that was Chaldea's specialty, nor the construction technology of the Chaldea Observatory. Instead, it was also a research and development project within Chaldea. The 'legacy' left to Chaldea by Fuyuki, Athena and King Arthur was far from the actual combat testing stage.

The research and development of these things was originally difficult for Chaldea to accomplish, because after all, Chaldea is not a military industrial base, does not have a complete industrial chain, and does not have sufficient materials.

But the Holy King can do all the maneuvers!

A production workshop or something like that can be built in just a few minutes as long as you collect enough power of faith, draw the blueprints, and slap them on the ground.

You also said that this is not a real-time strategy game plug-in system?

Borrowing the Holy King's construction workshop, the design of the 'Machine God' provided by Athena has finally reached the stage where experiments can be tested.

Unfortunately, Lu Mingfei was not able to drive up the Gundam immediately as he wished, and the pie painted by Da Vinci was still a pie.

The God of Machines is called the God of Machines because in addition to being a machine, it is also a god.

Simply building the shell of a robot would be similar to a giant puppet golem. Even if it is made from the materials dropped by the flying dragon after its death, it can barely fly on the ground, but its flexibility cannot meet the actual combat requirements at all—— At least not up to Lu Mingfei’s requirements.

The 'god' part of the machine-god is still a black box. The Holy King's construction workshop can currently provide Chaldea with only the shell of the robot. If you want to create a real 'machine-god', there is still a lot to light up inside. Only the mysterious technology will work.

To be specific, it requires the ultra-ancient high technology of lost Greece or Rome.

Although these bottlenecks have been encountered, there are also many substantial gains.

The first is the 'Heroic Rider System' - that is, the thing that Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, Kadok and others complained about as the 'Kamen Rider Transformation Belt' has finally launched an improved version.

Originally, the belt could only be used by those who were qualified for S-class spirit transfer, such as Lu Mingfei and Fujimaru Ritsuka, but it was finally improved to the point where it could be used by those who were qualified for A-class.

This step was actually not difficult at first. Chaldea had been stuck because there were too few resources, and Da Vinci did not dare to do research and experiments lavishly.

But the Holy King neither lacks materials nor the environment. As long as it is not some particularly rare things, he can come up with them. Besides, because of the dragon plague, at least dragon-related dragon scales and teeth Such materials are most indispensable.

It's a pity that [Dragon King's Sigh] is too powerful, and almost none of the flying dragons that die under the Feather of Light are left behind.

Although it's not so much that it can't be used up, this part of the material is definitely enough.

After the equipment was upgraded, the Holy King directly took on Chaldea's order with a wave of his hand. Not only did he mass-produce hundreds of transformation belts and send them to Chaldea, he also partially castrated them and spread them to his four major legions. , an elite force of tens of thousands of people has one person.

What is atmosphere?

Even if there is no 'concept extraction bottle' that is really the key to transformation, these transformation belts can be used to instantly change the equipment on the body, which is very practical in war. Long-range combat equipment can be switched to close combat equipment with one click.

However, the real big project of cooperation between Chaldea and the Holy King Army is the floating battleship [Ehangulun].

Apart from the Holy Sword, this was Chaldea's biggest prize after Fuyuki's decisive battle. The legendary King Arthur's car is equipped with a main cannon that can release the light of the Holy Sword. The Holy King actually values ​​this more than the Mecha Gundam.

The decisive battle with the Witch of Despair will begin in a month. Considering the danger, the location cannot be chosen on land or in the sky over land. Instead, the victory will still be decided in the Mediterranean Sea.

This is also the reason why the Holy King moved his headquarters to Marseille.

At that time, the Holy King will need a floating fleet that can overcome obstacles among the flying dragons, and a mythical super main ship!

The commission given by the Holy King to Chaldea was to design a ‘Saint Charlemagne-class’ super air battleship!

The Holy King has already thought of the name.

Let’s call it the St. Charlemagne-class battleship experimental ship—Archangel!

←to be continued!