Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

Subtitle: A story about a world that failed to become a better place after all

——Let’s talk about a certain man’s story.

The man's name is, Makiri, Makiri Zolgen.

The blood descendants of the demon god Barbatos, in addition to being "forcibly endowed with a sense of justice" mentally, leading to psychopathy that easily distorts personality or distorts the concept of justice, according to the legend, it can give the summoner the ability to understand the language of animals. Ability.

The animals here naturally include various mythical beasts, magical beasts, and monsters, and the language refers to 'mysterious wisdom'. The whole article is translated into vernacular in popular language, that is, 'the power to summon and control familiars'—— The Barbatos people are particularly good at this.

However, this is just talent after all. As we all know, although talent is the first thing to look at in magic, talent can be compensated to a great extent through financial resources. Therefore, the design and creation of magic is not mainly about personal efforts. The course of history must also be taken into consideration.

After all, this is the age of human logic. Divine beasts, magical beasts, and other magical beasts have long since lost their traces. The concept of "familiar" that originally generally referred to such creatures has gradually changed. Finally one day, a man named Makiri ·The man Zolgen (Matou Zouken), driven by his innate sense of justice——

Well, he set out to find the secret to his sense of justice.

As a result, he investigated the legend of Barbatos and learned the truth about the seventy-two demons of Solomon in the legend. They were actually created by Solomon with the power of the Supreme Holy Ring and based on the seventy-two gods or demons. Seventy-two demon-level programs.

His ancestor must have been one of the magicians who studied under the Magic King Solomon. Perhaps because he was a man with a strong sense of justice, he asked the Magic King to implant the Demon God Barbatos into his blood. program factor.

Makiri Zolgen accepted the curse (blessing) from her ancestors calmly.

And work hard for it.

There is a saying in the East that those who are born will be useful. Ma Qili probably had similar thoughts, thinking, "Since people like me exist, sooner or later there will be a crisis that will destroy the world, right?" Here, I began to delve into various methods of destroying the world, as well as targeted methods of saving the world.

Among the many methods of annihilation, Ma Qili found the annihilation disaster called 'Beast', and the 'Seven Horsemen of Salvation Summoning Technique' developed by Solomon to specifically target it - which is now commonly known as The great magic of 'Crown Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique'.

Ma Qili saw another possibility in this.

"Heroic spirits are the power that protects humanity. If that's the case, why should their duties and work be limited to dealing with 'beasts'?"

"If the 'Crown Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique' is simplified, its purpose is weakened, and the heroic spirits on the Heroic Spirit Seat are used as familiars on a regular basis, it can also be used in the face of small disasters that are not so outrageous. Does it work?"

This world is always full of misfortune.

From the end of the world to various common colds, Maqili always tries his best to save and help the people he can find and save.

But the harder he works, the more Maqili realizes that his power is limited. Even if he is called a living demon by his friends Leonardo and Hohenheim, Maqili becomes more and more dedicated to what he can protect. troubled by limitations.

When his friend and all-powerful genius Leonardo da Vinci died, but he was still young and active because of the devil factor, Maqili lamented:

"Ah, if the person with this bloodline is not me, but Leonardo, you will be able to help more people, right?"

". Then you can summon me."

These are the last words of a dear friend. Or is it just a joke?

"If you can survive, it won't be a problem to live for another few hundred years, and a genius like me will definitely be able to ascend to the Throne of Heroes, so when the time comes, if one day you encounter an unsolvable problem, then find a way to use your best The summoning technique I am good at will pull me down as a heroic spirit. Even if you become a bald old man by then, I will laugh at you severely, and then I will definitely help you."

The genius who had an indistinguishable beauty when he was young, but decayed like a withered plant before his death, smiled and said:

"I don't have many friends. You and Hohenheim are two of them, but Hohenheim is a kind scumbag at heart. If you summon him, you will definitely achieve more success than failure, so you can summon me. After all, we are friends."

In fact, as long as he is willing to find a way, Ma Qili can save his friend's life.

He developed a special kind of 'insect magic' based on the insect - the butterfly's 'emergence from cocoon'. This was when Ma Qili and Hohenheim studied medicine together, trying to combine what was still a semi-occult field at that time. A by-product of the secularization and promotion of medical knowledge.

As long as you continue the process of 'breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly', and 'resetting' your lifespan through the process of 'abandoning the old decayed body'.

However, Leonardo rejected Machili's proposal.

"You may be able to hold on with the devil factor, but I can't. Even if the body is regenerated through insect magic, the decay of the soul will not change, and will even be aggravated in the process. Your soul is the soul of the devil. , maybe it can last for hundreds of years, but I can’t.”

Maric showed a sad expression, while Leonardo just showed a soft smile.

"Maqili, let's make a deal. If one day you notice that your soul is still beginning to decay, but you are unable to commit suicide and become a monster controlled by obsession, then summon me and I will I will bring you the end with my own hands."

"Don't show such an expression, Ma Qili, I am different from you. I am a genius. For people like me, death is not the end, but just the beginning of another great adventure."

"I also hope that you will see through these obsessions that day and join us on this endless journey."

——Maqili remembered his friend’s last words.

And I found inspiration from it, or it became some kind of curse, and I couldn't control it.

For the next three hundred years, he was studying the method of simplifying the 'Seven Horseman Summoning Technique of Salvation' into the 'Summoning Technique of Heroic Spirits'. The original conditions were extremely harsh and were set by the King of Magic as 'only when the beast of destruction is born'. The summoning spell that can only be activated is simplified into a regular spell that anyone can use.

There is a lot of sadness and pain in this world.

Some pain is unsolvable, or requires some elusive miraculous power to resolve.

And what the heroic spirit will obtain after sublimation - [Noble Phantasm], contains the possibility of miracles.

In the past three hundred years, Ma Qili witnessed the death of friends one after another, witnessed wars one after another, and witnessed the continuous growth of human civilization in blood. Then, time came to the Victorian era.

The 'emerging from cocoon into butterfly (insect magic)' of the past two hundred years basically had no impact on Maqili himself.

In the process, he once met someone who asked him to use insect magic to save his life. He was a farmer. Maqili was not a kind-hearted fool. He was very smart. He did not rush to save people, but carried out Objective observation and verification confirm that the other party is a good person. He never deliberately oppresses his workers and is even willing to work with his workers when facing difficulties. If he dies, many people will be displaced, but he may be able to help more people if he is alive.

After such considerations, Makiri used insect magic on him.

This was the first and last time that Ma Qili used this technique on someone other than himself.

Because he witnessed the ugly appearance of "a person whose body is reborn but his soul is corrupt".

Fortunately, Ma Qili was a responsible person, and he lived a long life and had enough time. He did not leave after performing the spell, but observed in secret. In the end, under the cloak of that rotten soul, Before the monster wearing human skin could do evil, Ma Qili took his life with his own hands.

This is not the first time that Ma Qili has killed evil people with his own hands, but he has extremely strict requirements on himself and is confident that among the dead souls under his command, he will never accidentally kill any good person.

But at that moment, the man who had been relying on the Demon God factor to continuously transform into a butterfly, and constantly directing his human soul towards the "Demon God Soul", was shaken for the first time.

What should I do if one day I become like this, and become a hero who does not "extend his life for the great ideal of justice", but "does whatever it takes to continue his life"?

Who will stop him then? Your own offspring? No, since him, the Barbatos clan has never produced an unparalleled genius in magic.

So, like Leonardo da Vinci's last words, is it up to him to solve himself?

But two hundred years have passed. Two hundred years have passed, and even Ma Qili, who is considered a living demon, still has not completed the summoning of heroic spirits.

Because times have changed.

The magic king's technology in the old era has been unable to adapt to the times. Ma Qili continues to improve, but the times themselves are constantly changing, and the speed of change continues to intensify. In two hundred years, Ma Qili cannot be said to have no clue, but he can't say that he has no clue. It can be said that there is no progress.

It's just that in this process, Ma Qili's basic ability in summoning has become more and more solid.

Ma Qili can only hope that one day he will usher in a qualitative change.

But at this time, the two-hundred-year-old Ma Qili became worried, which prevented him from continuing simple research.

He couldn't guarantee that one day in the future, even if he did successfully develop the technique of summoning heroic spirits, would he really only use it to help others and benefit the world at that time?

Especially when you see the history of humans fighting each other with ever-increasing weapons' lethality.

Maqili was shaken.

Will he really use the Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique to protect humans?

Will the world really become a better place after humans master the art of summoning heroic spirits?

I will pass away one day. Future successors, will you really use this power to save the world, protect the world, and make the world a better place?

As a result, Ma Qili developed a serious sense of worry, which became more and more serious, even to the point that the progress of the research was stalled.

Let’s not talk about whether the Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique can be successfully developed - after all, at that time, Maqili was not arrogant enough to be sure that he could succeed.

Rather than successfully developing technology, he was more worried about who could stop him if he really turned into a monster one day.

The long years have made Ma Qili's sense of justice realize that the blood of the demon god is not a simple blessing, but something more dangerous, so he began to deliberately not pass on his knowledge to future generations, and encouraged future generations to become secular and not to Intermarrying with other magician families for the sake of blood, but instead encouraging them to fall in love freely.

Let this dangerous blood of Barbatos end here.

Then, half a century passed while researching and searching for a 'limiter' that could sanction oneself.

Time has come to the Victorian era.

Finally, Maqili found someone.

Helen Petrovna Blavatsky

Commonly known as Helena or 'Madame Blavatsky'.

Ma Qili saw something similar to himself in her. Both of them were eager to use mysterious technology to make the world a better place, so that this power would no longer be a tool for a few to oppress and rule the majority, but a tool for knowledge to make the world a better place. Become something more common sense to the general public.

For this reason, the magician Helena, who has been able to touch the roots and reach the realm of magic, even made the feat of publishing her mysterious knowledge directly through a secular publishing house.

Naturally, he was hunted down and banned by the Magicians Association.

Helena, who failed in the fight with the association, was frustrated and found her friend Maqili, hoping to get the power of insect magic from him.

Helena is tired of the worldly struggle and wants to usher in a new life by rebirthing herself.

Makiri told her his story and his concerns, especially the hidden dangers of insect magic.

After talking with each other, the two old men and women came to a conclusion.

Although she is already an old woman, Helena's smile is particularly refreshing:

"If my soul deteriorates, then you can kill me. I will use my own mystery to protect myself. My skills are difficult to teach others, but if I succeed, then in the next few hundred years, Let me be your fuse. If one day you fall, I will personally kill you and inherit your research. In the same way, I will also find my next fuse and continue to pass it on."

"Maqili! Don't be so unsure! Although it's not possible yet, human history must be spiraling upward. When this technology is successfully developed, humans in the future will definitely be able to use this technology to make the world a better place!"

The result after Helena emerged from her cocoon was perfect, which made Ma Qili relieved.

That's fine.

This way you can continue your research with confidence.

Helena said that she felt the aura of some powerful beings outside the solar system, and planned to use her 'any magic' and the spacecraft that ordinary people accidentally witnessed and rumored to be a 'UFO' to set foot on the universe. journey of.

"Machirimachiri, do you know? If my research is correct! That Attila is actually a 'space nomad' from outside the solar system! It sounds super romantic (Roman), doesn't it? !? The future where everyone can embark on a journey into the universe will definitely come. I’m going to explore the way ahead first, but I will leave something like an Easter egg monument. Hehe, do you think I should make something? The legend of the Great Secret of the Universe?"

"Don't show that sad expression. I will definitely investigate the legend about the giant of light that descended from the sky. After all, we still have a long time. Don't feel lonely. If I find any research on you, If there is any helpful technology, I will definitely give it to you.”

"In short, although I don't hope that day will really come, I have written down your coordinates. If you change, I will definitely come to you through the 'any door', and then kill the monster that is no longer you!"

"Speaking of which, Ma Qili, although we are all old men and women, we still need to make friends. Don't be too autistic. Do you want to go to the Einzbern house that has some connection with Hohenheim?" ?The ecology of that family is very interesting. You see, I have met a lot of interesting guys recently. Leaving aside Edison, that Tesla guy might be able to change the world and the future! I even considered whether to let him be me Where’s the fuse!”

The maturity on Helena's childish face was the greatest relief in Ma Qili's heart.

That's fine.

In this way, you can continue your research——

Then, the story comes to the present, 1888.

Sakata Kintoki and Jekyll were both listening carefully to the 'master' telling his story.

What a good story.

They think this way——

Until the time point of the story comes to 'now'.

"The Singularity has arrived, the Human Burn has arrived, and the world has become distorted into what it is today. My skill of summoning heroic spirits is still immature. But not long ago, a girl suddenly appeared in front of me. She said that she He is the master of Chaldea, his name is [Matou Sakura], and he claims to be my descendant."

Jekyll and Kinshi suddenly felt an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Ma Qili's unhealthy complexion became even paler, and there was a faint bloody light in his ruby ​​eyes.

"She told me that Helena had an accident and died before embarking on her journey to the universe. But I didn't have the fuse to stop myself without knowing it. I lost myself in my crazy research and became a person named' Matou Zouken's monster, she was the victim, and"

Ma Qili's voice became colder and colder.

"The Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique was successful, but judging from the result, this technology did not make the world a better place. Instead, in order to pursue further power of sub-servers, countless people suffered as a result, and indirectly led to this time caused by magic. The incident of human incineration caused by the king and the seventy-two demon gods occurred.”

"So, Sir Jekyll, I need your power. I want to change that future. At least this time I want to fight to save the world, and burn myself out in the end. Now that I know the future, then I will Change."

".If I kill 'myself' completely now, at least I can change the tragic fate of that innocent girl named [Mato Sakura]."

——to be continued!

This is a relatively independent interlude short story. Overall, it has a very fate-like mushroom essay style ()

Helena's transformation, resurrection and accidental death are the contents of the official "Heroes and Legends".

This chapter is one of the rare chapters where I feel like "I'm here!" recently.

We all know that the old bug was a good person when he was young, but what kind of good person he was has never been officially revealed. The London Singularity that originally had this opportunity was ruined by Sakurai Hikaru and everyone knows what it became.