Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

58. The Demon King of Gluttony

When Lu Mingfei rushed to the screaming Alta, what he saw was a scene that made him dumbfounded.

There was no crisis situation, there was just a scene of Alta holding her head and squatting in front of Wendy who was at a loss and looking confused.

"What happened?" Lu Mingfei said while looking around.

I didn't see anything strange.

As a result, Alta raised her head at this time, with tears in the corners of her eyes. She raised her hand and a black flame exploded at the feet of Prelati who was following her.

Prelati naturally used illusion magic to avoid the damage.

Then Alta said with tears in her eyes: "It's all her fault! I wanted to give the gift to Wendy before, but because she suddenly broke in before, I forgot!"

When Aluta said this, Lu Mingfei remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

In order to complete the data collection commission, Wendy must wear the bracelet. When Aluta and Wendy had a physical conversation before, it did feel like there was that atmosphere, but it was so undead that Prelati seemed to be strangling her. The time was right, and he came over at that moment and made some sarcastic remarks about "anyway, the heroic spirits can be summoned again after they die."

Because it was just a side task, Lu Mingfei didn't pay much attention to it. The client, Da Vinci, was also busy with other tasks, so due to the shortage of manpower, everyone forgot about it.

So there was a scene where Alta was holding the bracelet, with tears in her eyes, bombarding Prelati with crazy firepower, and Prelati continued to use illusions to turn all the explosions and black flames into harmless ephemerals.

The farce ended with Wendy, who was not clear about the behind-the-scenes situation, taking the initiative to run to Alta to accept the gift, put on the bracelet, and shamefully gave the return gift.

Wendy's return gift was a hair tie on one side of her head.

As a result, the original twin tails spread out to one side. Although Alta said "My gift is much more precious than yours!", the joy on her face could not be hidden at all.

The clumsy dragon witch wanted to tie it on herself, but she couldn't succeed. Although she was actually younger, she looked older and was not suitable for that kind of girl-style hairstyle. Elizabeth came to Alu speechlessly. Beside Ta, he helped her tie a bow with a ribbon and combed the left side of her hair.

Elizabeth also helped Wendy change her hairstyle from twin ponytails to a side ponytail on the right.

The two girls held hands and smiled warmly at each other.

Mozart also improvised a gentle melody.

Except for Leonardo da Vinci's commission, which could not be completed smoothly, a world where no one is harmed is completed... right?

Lu Mingfei thought about it carefully and said that the data collection work did not have to be completed immediately. After some time - when the outbound investigation mission is over, it would be okay to take the time to collect data again after returning.

Da Vinci didn't say anything about it.

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The night before departure.

Lu Mingfei contacted Leonardo da Vinci privately and told him about Prelati's refusal to go out this time.

Although the little devil had said it very early on, from a standpoint, Prelati, the evil alchemist, was on the same side as Chaldea. Prelati himself had said similar things, but Lu Mingfei It's still hard to trust her completely.

It was strange that she didn't want to go on this mission after being so angry all over the place.

Da Vinci fell into silence after listening.

A few seconds later, Da Vinci on the other end of the communication channel held his forehead and sighed.

"I didn't realize it until now. Lu Mingfei, you had always called Prelaty 'Demon King' or 'Demon King Candidate'. I thought you knew it, but it turned out that you didn't know this Prelatti." The secret of your identity?”

"The little devil told me about the candidate devil king. He can't be found now. Wait, what do you mean by this? Isn't Prelati's 'devil king' an adjective but a noun?"

". Instead, I want to complain about why you only realized at this time that he is obviously a very famous Demon King. Besides, among the seven witches currently appearing, the Gluttony Witch is the only one who has no trace. Have you really forgotten this?"

——Gluttony

The origin of this sin is extremely complicated, and it can even be said that its complexity is second only to Lucifer, the sin of pride. Therefore, in many versions of Christian mythology, people call the sin of pride the 'Devil of Hell (Satan)' , will also call the sin of gluttony the 'Prime Minister of Hell'.

The original King of Gluttony was the Phoenician god-king 'Baal' - also known as 'Baal', 'Baalisib', 'Bael', etc., which was the same as the god-king Zeus in Greek mythology. There is also a connection.

In fact, he was the being who would later be called the 'Lord of the Flies'.

Even when the name was first associated with mortal sin, the name was ‘Beelzebul’, which means ‘King of High Halls’ in Hebrew.

However, because this name is easily misunderstood, some people confused her with the famous Magic King Solomon during the circulation process, so she was stigmatized during the circulation process, and later generations had "Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies" ( BeelZebub)' argument.

However, in fact, whether he appeared in the form of a fly or used a fly as a familiar - these are not accurately recorded in any reliable classics.

From this perspective, Beelzebub, the Demon King of Gluttony, seems to be another fallen god-king who was persecuted by the Crusaders - but in the later records of "Paradise Lost", Beelzebub was described as 'Lucifer' The strongest man in hell before he fell to heaven. He was originally a Seraph. After falling to heaven, he became the ghost king and the strongest devil in hell. After Lucifer fell to heaven, he chose to surrender to him as the prime minister of hell. Assist Lucifer.

Roman suddenly interjected at this time: "The pronunciation of Hellmon in "Digimon 3: Tamer King" actually means Beelzebumon. When I translated it into Chinese, I chose this free translation. It is actually very beautiful. This is because in the later stages of the animation, Beelzebumon did develop into an 'angel'."

When Roman gave such an example, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that his 'useless knowledge had increased'.

Da Vinci didn't care about the exchange between the two otakus, but he added: "Compared to Lucifer, whose existence cannot be confirmed at all, Baal is an ancient god-king from the Mediterranean.

The reason why Prelati was considered by the magic world to be the most dangerous magician during this period of 1431, who even didn't care about the concept of good and evil at all, was also called the "evil alchemist".

It's not because of what evil things Prelati has done, but because Prelati is considered to be the incarnation of Beelzebub, a very rare devil king who walks on the ground in a majestic way, and this attracts this person. The soul of the devil king is the general marshal of France in this era - Bluebeard and Gilles de Reis. "

Lu Mingfei finally understood.

In other words, Prelati is inextricably related to the Demon King of Gluttony no matter what. It can even be guessed from Lu Mingze's hint that maybe she is really the existence recorded by humans as 'Beelzebub' The true self.

History will be distorted in the process of inheritance, but there will definitely be characters that serve as archetypes.

But Prelati had never mentioned this matter before.

"However, I still don't think she has any ill intentions towards you."

Da Vinci suddenly added.

"Do you still remember? Prelati called you 'my devil', and Beelzebub's identity is the Prime Minister of Hell who assists Lucifer, so I speculate that maybe the one who made a deal with you and called himself Lu Mingze The devil is Lucifer himself, who was witnessed by people throughout history and then misunderstood as 'Lucifer' in the process of spreading."

But once you get to this point, it will be difficult to continue speculating.

Gluttony witch?

Don’t forget, the witches in the world now are not devils, but reversed angels. The virtue corresponding to gluttony is temperance, and the angel of temperance is Gabriel.

legend

God performs miracles with his right hand to redeem the world

God sends down sanctions with his left hand to crush evil

Before St. George became very popular and the Angel of Courage Michael rose in status, for a very long time, Gabriel, the Power of God, was recognized as the strongest angel, the 'Angel who leads the Angels', and the only official one. Certified 'Archangel'.

By the way, for some reason, Gabriel is always considered to be the only female among the four archangels. Although it has been said for a long time, it has not been widely recognized by artists until modern times.

Why has the Gluttony Witch been missing?

Da Vinci guessed that she might have appeared a long time ago, but because of the special nature of God's Left Hand Gabriel's 'crushing evil', she could be extremely weak because of the difficulty in being reversed. Either she had been eliminated long ago, or It was Gabriel who chose to crush his soon-to-be-evil self—to commit suicide.

Da Vinci thought the latter was more likely.

That's why there are no traces of the Gluttony Witch's energy on the Witch's radar.

But this has also become a loophole. The Gluttony Angel does not have it, but the incarnation of the Gluttony Demon King is walking openly on the surface of the history of this era.

"Of course the Holy King is not the only one who can construct super magic. Prelatti also has this ability. Didn't she say that she is developing a secret weapon? It should have something to do with this. As a magician, I can understand why she doesn't want to go out and take risks. , I just want to huddle in the workshop and finish the research as soon as possible."

"After talking for a long time, Da Vinci, you turned out to be on the side that supports Prelati and has no bad intentions?" Lu Mingfei was speechless.

"No, I'm not saying that she is a good person, but from a standpoint she is on the same side as us - and 'you'." Da Vinci's words have something to say.

Lu Mingfei didn't have much to say. So let's look forward to what the 'secret weapon' Prelatti is preparing to come up with.

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——That night

Although she reduced the use of healing magic and no longer forced herself to overdraw her body, Wendy was still busy until late at night.

One advantage of the body transformed into a heroic spirit is that the body transformed into a spiritual body will never feel tired at the biological level.

In theory, it can continue to work as long as the magic power is not exhausted.

Alta next to her was so tired that she fell asleep.

Wendy helped Aluta up and planned to send her to the rest area. Mozart, who was playing Emotions to give the wounded and sick soldiers a peaceful sleep, was wise and did not interfere because he knew that men and women were not intimate.

However, at this moment, while Lu Mingfei and Da Vinci were discussing in secret, Pralati, who had refused the trip, suddenly appeared and came to Wendy with a smile.

Mozart just watched the exchange between them silently and said nothing more. The Little Star Variation was still so graceful and moving.

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the next day.

As the Holy King prepared, the equipment specially used for investigation outside the wall was delivered to the front line, which also meant that the operation was about to begin.

It was the appearance of the transportation part of this equipment that Lu Mingfei found particularly interesting.

After all, there are flying dragons everywhere outside, so most of the equipment is designed to avoid being besieged by dragons.

Dragons do not regard dragons as enemies, so as long as heroic servants with dragon attributes do not actively attack dragons, they will not be attacked by the group. Based on this principle, Prelati created a weapon that can spread Alchemy equipment with dragon attribute pheromones to cover the investigation team and ensure that they will not be actively besieged by the dragon group.

Although it is not impossible to fly, from a safety perspective, Prelati suggested that Lu Mingfei and Elizabeth, who are capable of flying, should not rashly carry out long-distance flying activities except for a small amount of time for reconnaissance.

In addition, because dragons are extremely sensitive to sound, especially internal combustion engines, steam engines, etc. in various mechanical equipment, the transportation part adopts almost pollution-free and sound-free design products——

Specifically

"This looks like a bicycle no matter what!?"

"This is the most popular means of transportation in Paris now. This thing was a completely epoch-making product in 1431~"

Prelati introduced with a playful smile.

"Our survey corps is equipped with bicycles made of 100% pure flying dragon materials. With pheromone gas, they can perfectly integrate into the flying dragon group - Mozart learned it long ago when he was wandering around Paris. This thing will be used after a while. It will become the standard equipment of the Holy King's army, the kind that everyone can hold."

Lu Mingfei imagined the soldiers in the "Attack on Titan" animation, riding horses and being chased by giants from life to death, and then subconsciously replaced all those horses with bicycles.

This picture is so beautiful.

Lu Mingfei silently covered his face. Although he felt that there was nothing wrong with Prelati's analysis, he just felt that there was no internal flavor. It felt like the car in "Kamen Rider" was not a cool motorcycle, but pedaling hard. The bicycle kills seven in and seven out among the monsters.

The combination of the rekindled BGM and this scene makes people feel stupid.

However, the onlookers thought this thing was very novel and cool.

Prelati said that he still has some time and can help DIY the appearance before departure, such as making the bike look like a motorcycle or something.

Lu Mingfei thought that was even more stupid, so he decided to refuse.

Then the question is whether everyone in my team can ride a bicycle.

Mozart said that when he was living and drinking in Paris, he had already learned this "latest and cool means of transportation" with aristocratic ladies.

Alta also said that she has a skill called [Self-Transformation EX]. The reason why she originally got this skill is because her body composition is integrated with the remains of Jeanne d'Arc. The real biggest effect of this skill is that it can transform other people's Things can be integrated into one's own body without any rejection, so as to achieve the result of being able to plunder and integrate the power of others.

It is obviously a skill used in conjunction with the power of [Jealousy], but as a side effect, Alta can increase her body's balance ability to the limit, and the Cricket Bicycle is certainly not a problem.

Elizabeth's answer made people even more confused about where to start. She actually said, "I can even drive a sports car. Although I don't remember where I learned how to drive a sports car, but of course there is no problem with a bicycle."

The only one who couldn't do it was Qing Ji. After final discussion, she chose to sit in Elizabeth's back seat.

Qingji still inexplicably rejects Lu Mingfei and Prelati on an instinctive level.

Lancelot?

Noble Phantasm! Knights never die with their bare hands!

Okay, although the scene of the small bicycle supporting the heavy armor of the Black Knight is more vivid, it is still no problem. Sir Lancelot even showed by his actions that he can ride at a speed comparable to a sports car.

Lu Mingfei covered his face silently.

If I continue to complain, there will probably be no end to it. According to the plan, we will set off today. We will first approach Orleans and arrive at the stronghold where Ophelia stayed there.

However, before the official departure——

"Please wait! Everyone, can you take me with you - meow meow!?"

Wendy lets out a weird yelp and then performs a very cute flat throw.

In this way, in the "Fairy Tail" manga, Wendy does have such an attribute that she is not good at maintaining balance on the ground. It even makes the viewers of the anime complain that this is how Wendy's flat chest came out. .

In fact, the dragon slayers of that world all had this shortcoming, so they were very bad at dealing with transportation.

Wendy got up from the ground in embarrassment and rubbed her forehead:

"Can you take me with you? I, although I am weak, I will use healing magic to help everyone!"

Even so, the girl's awkward smile was as cute as ever.

Did you grow up eating cute food?

Although I don't know why she had such an idea.

Wendy joined the investigation team——

←to be continued!

In fact, the previous branch determination was to determine who would join this investigation.