Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

121. The Rise of the Knights of Londinion

[Notes of the instructional course given to the young knights of Londinion by the man known as the ‘Demon King’]

All young birds who set foot in the world of magic, please remember:

Magic is omnipotent, and magic has no threshold.

Just because magic is omnipotent, magic cannot do everything.

Just because magic has no threshold, magic has been created with a huge threshold.

The past, present, and future—human beings from all time and space in the era of humanity, because of the barrier-free and omnipotent characteristics of magic, together maintain a magic that is almost equivalent to magic.

This magic is the collective subconscious of human beings - Alaya Consciousness.

Because the vast majority of people yearn for a better, peaceful and ever-developing future, the magic that was originally omnipotent and could lead to the destruction of the world at any time has been greatly restricted by the magic of 'Alaya Consciousness', which is the magic of all mankind.

Since the Age of Humanity, when humans became the primates of all things, the civilization of the human race has always maintained an "upward spiral" trend. Compared with the age of myths where destruction was constant, the Age of Humanity is almost impossible to cause huge changes in the entire civilization in an instant. breakthroughs, but the pace of 'development' has never stopped.

Omnipotent magic can do even this kind of thing, and precisely because it is omnipotent, magic cannot be omnipotent. Omnipotent magic has no threshold, so omnipotent magic creates a huge threshold for magic.

The possibilities of human beings are infinite, but precisely because the possibilities of human beings are infinite, this infinity is bound by the possibilities of human beings themselves.

Limitation, but absolutely stable progress, this is the curse that all human species in the past, present and future have imposed on themselves.

Therefore, if you encounter difficulties in the present, you must not look for strength in the present, but seek help from the past and the future.

on the other hand.

When the vast majority of 'human beings in the past, present, and future' were killed in an instant, the power of Alaya consciousness that maintained 'stable' development was greatly weakened.

Only then can the omnipotence of magic and the infinite possibilities of the human species be revealed——

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Goetia is out of luck.

In fact, before Fujimaru Ritsuka came to play similar games, he had already played games in other places many times, and created many terrible beings, but Goetia didn't care about that, saying it was just a game. He took it off, but except for the Holy King of France, the other so-called kings of singularities were no match for him.

At least Goetia did not completely get away with the experiment in Chateau d'If prison.

Goetia's purpose is to create a powerful monster called the 'King of Singularity'. Ideally, Fujimaru Ritsuka should become the nutrient that makes up the monster, and the wandering soul - the fake of the Cave King. Counterfeit 'Destroy Devour.

In this way, Goetia can obtain a powerful but easy-to-control violent soul that has lost its rationality.

Goetia really did not expect that Fujimaru Ritsuka would actually cooperate with the imprisoned criminal Shakespeare to create a destination for this vengeful ghost with nothing.

Although this destination is also a fake of a fake, for the vengeful ghost, compared to the real thing that is unfamiliar and has nothing to do with him, the same counterfeit will make him feel more comfort, right?

Of course, the most crucial action was when Fujimaru Ritsuka pushed herself up, making herself a container for absorbing vengeful ghosts and spirits.

This is probably what the so-called steel determination is.

Through the malice and curse in the Castle of If, when Fujimaru Ritsuka uses the power of the Cave King to escape Goetia's prison, she also completes her 'receiving flesh'.

If there is no body and only the soul, even Fujimaru Ritsuka cannot accommodate vengeful ghosts and spirits. He can only devour souls and souls. If he really devours them, he will be like Goetia. If you wish, become a monster.

Servants of the Shakespeare family are in such trouble. Although they are weak and can only rely on external forces, they can always do all kinds of things that famous heroes cannot.

Same thing with that guy Solomon.

Shakespeare created a malicious sludge based on the curse in the Chateau d'If, but Gotomaru Ritsuka unexpectedly overcame the curse. The noble will was not corroded by the curse, but gained a body.

Although the 'vengeful monster' Goetia hoped for was not born.

But Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't really become the 'King of Singularity'. Even if he reshaped his body, it was still a mortal body. Although the secret treasure of Monte Cristo - Violent Flame can bring almost infinite super attack power, the body Whether it can be tolerated is another matter.

If they really had to fight, Fujimaru Ritsuka in this delicate state would be far inferior to Getia. However, due to the characteristic of violent inflammation, Getia would not be able to take the initiative to pursue him.

What's more, while in the Castle If Hell, Goetia confirmed that Cain, the Demon God of the 53rd Pillar - 'Absolute Evil', was already lurking in Fujimaru Ritsuka's body.

Although she won't be traced for a while, she won't be able to cause any trouble.

Goetia thinks so.

So, just like other singularities where his experiments failed, Goetia ignored this trivial matter.

In this way, Fujimaru Ritsuka, drifting in time and space, and Mashu came to the singularity in London.

Also arriving were the weak servant Shakespeare who had signed a contract with Ritsuka, and the guardian spirits Edmund and Haide——

There is still one.

There is also an ‘unnamed soul’.

When the Chateau d'If prison was liberated, the bound souls naturally returned to heaven and earth. Normally, they should return to their own destination, such as reincarnation or something.

But this nameless soul couldn't do it. She had no destination and could only follow Matthew - because she was a variable, a special existence that exceeded everyone's expectations, including the Demon King.

When Fujimaru Ritsuka was practicing in the Ife Castle Hell, Mashu was worried about her safety as the Master, so he decided to transfer the spirit son and chase after her. Although the communication with Chaldea was interrupted due to the Demon King's shield, During this transfer process, a soul was attracted to the Chateau d'If along with Matthew.

The Chateau d'If is hell, a hell that creates vengeful ghosts.

Therefore, the spirit of revenge that hates Chaldea. Among the countless sacrifices made in order to give birth to the perfect individual of Mash, the spirit of revenge of Chaldea was born. She was originally just an electronic ghost, because she targeted the existence of Chaldea itself. His hatred led him to the Château d'If.

For now, she followed Mashu and Ritsuka and escaped from the Chateau d'If.

But he couldn't return to Chaldea.

Because Chaldea is guarded by Leonardo da Vinci’s Noble Phantasm [The Omnipotent Man], even the Demon King Goetia cannot find the time and space coordinates of Chaldea. Unless Chaldea takes the initiative to receive it, otherwise it will be normal. There is no way to return to Chaldea from the outside.

The spirit of vengeance has nowhere to return, so it can only continue to follow, as for receiving the flesh? It's impossible for her to be a spirit of revenge and create a body out of malicious sludge, right?

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But when he arrived in London, he was originally unable to use the black mud to get his body. He just relied on a little bit of fierce inflammation from Fujimaru Ritsuka to barely maintain his shape. According to Shakespeare's proposal, he planned to go to the magic city in 1888. London is looking for her to be placed in a spiritual vessel that can host her soul.

However, something incredible happened.

The moment it arrived in London, the nameless spirit of revenge acquired a body. It was the body of a girl with long lavender hair who looked very similar to Matthew, but was a few years younger.

Although the situation is very strange.

But Shakespeare, a frivolous writer, knew so much that he immediately concluded:

"How wonderful! What a wonder! The Holy Grail with its uniqueness was not obtained by a certain individual and caused chaos! But the city of Londinion (London) itself obtained the Holy Grail!?"

The Writer type Heroic Spirit is very weak.

But at the same time, writers who are not heroes but create heroes have the power to ignore time and space, can freely preserve the memories and emotions of each time they appear in the world, and can even easily exchange information with other writers. .

Although Shakespeare lived in the 16th and 17th centuries, he knew London in the late 19th century quite well.

"Nineteenth-century London, it was a terrible, terrible time!"

Shakespeare laughed.

"Although the empire is glorious, the people are still struggling in the mud. There are umbilical cords and bones of babies floating on the Thames. Trains pull carloads of corpses out of the city every day. The whole city is decaying in the glory."

Although he was telling such terrible things, Shakespeare's face was full of joy.

"It's not that I like tragedy, but the sadness and bad world are indeed like poisonous wine for those of us who create art! In fact, this bad era has indeed given birth to countless creators of curious stories. , isn’t it? Because for future generations, so-called ‘curious stories’ are commonplace in Londinion in this era.”

Shakespeare said that it was because there were many writers in this era that even if he was not a person of this era, Shakespeare learned many secrets from his fellow writers at the Heroic Writers' Meeting.

After all, there are many writers who are also magicians. In other words, writing itself is a kind of magic.

The city of Londinion is special.

Not only because of the glorious Empire on which the sun never sets, but because of the specialness of this city, it formed the cornerstone of the Empire on which the sun never sets.

The ancient dragon that could not go to Shinnouchi - the Dragon of Albion is stuck here.

It was a truly super-ancient dragon species with another world existing within its body and a universe gestating within its womb.

Even after death, the cosmic eggs in the body are still growing, and creatures from other worlds are constantly being born underground in Londinion. After tens of millions of years of accumulation, the mysterious scholars who discovered the underground world gathered here as a matter of course. , established the Magician's Association and the city of Londinion.

Londinium is a city on the back of a dragon.

The city itself exists like the soul of an ancient dragon.

"Although I don't know the specific reason, 'Dragon' probably likes children."

So said Shakespeare.

There is no evidence to support this view.

It's just an event that actually happened.

It was in 1888, at this singular point in time, that a murderous murderer incident that has been discussed all over the world took place - 'Jack the Ripper'.

In hindsight, Jack the Ripper may have been more than one person, and the series of events was not committed by a specific person. It may even be that the group of criminals were not human at all.

What is clear is that among the many Jacks, there is a 'girl'.

She is an aggregation of countless undead children in the Thames River who were "unborn" and "unblessed" during the time of the Orioles. She is the revenge ghost of all babies.

If it were in the age of mythology, this would be equivalent to a naturally born conceptual god.

But 1888 was already an era when the Age of Humanity was becoming more and more glorious. Normally, it would be impossible for a conceptual god to be born. Incidents like babies being abandoned actually didn’t just happen in London. In this glorious dark age In fact, it can be seen everywhere.

But only Londinion naturally gave birth to such a vengeful ghost.

Since it is not the age of mythology and there is no such natural environment, then there must be some force that has replaced such a natural environment.

The answer is naturally Londinion - the city itself whose foundation stone was turned into by the corpse of an ancient dragon.

However, after all, it has been a long time, and 1888 is no longer the era of Gu Long. Even if he favors and pities these babies and allows the birth of the revenge ghost Jack of the baby girl, in the end it will be nothing more than an unknown magic trick that was noticed in hindsight. The teacher retreated smoothly.

One of the reasons why the turmoil lasted so long is that the administrative function of the Magicians Association has become increasingly corrupt. For a long time, they were not aware of the existence of the vengeful Jack, and just regarded it as an ordinary murderer.

Another reason is that during that time, most of the magicians stationed in Londinion Town happened to be away and returned to their respective territories to deal with the incident.

There were quite a few magicians of the younger generation who noticed something was wrong and applied and requested action, but they were all suppressed by the decadent Magicians Association.

The meaning of the association is simple:

"What does the life and death of the assholes have to do with us?"

"Is there something wrong in your mind when you act so aggressively?"

"What if it's some great magician's experiment? What if the association takes action and annoys people?"

"No one is allowed to act! Anyone who acts will be deemed to question the authority of the association!"

"After the monarchs come back from handling their own affairs, they will naturally hold a meeting to decide on a plan!"

Even the gangster criminal organization that originally replaced the decayed Magician's Association and dealt with such supernatural incidents in the dark, because leader Moriarty temporarily left Londinion and went to work in Europe (the planning and the first conspiracy related to World War II) and chose to remain silent.

Due to various coincidences, all the people capable of dealing with the situation were absent, resulting in continuous occurrence of tragedies.

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"It can also be said on the other hand that it is the city of Londinion itself that is protecting its 'daughter', right?"

But that's all.

Luck will eventually run out.

In other words, some young magicians couldn't stand it anymore, so they secretly exterminated Jack the Evil Spirit against the association's wishes.

They left no names, or in other words, the association eliminated these rebellious people in the darkness.

This is a very sensitive era. Young people are increasingly dissatisfied and questioning the authority of the elderly. Any slightest move may be regarded as rebellion and be strangled.

Sadly, even if the evil spirit is eliminated, 'Jack' is still acting, and the villains who pretend to be Jack still exist——

Shakespeare was sure of this.

Why?

"This is a very simple reasoning, Miss Matthew. Jack has sent a letter to the Scotland Yard police, but there is no way that the evil spirit Jack who looks like a girl can read!"

Matthew was speechless for a moment.

In short, although there is no academic evidence, judging from what actually happened, the city of Londinion itself favors the vengeful ghosts of those children.

But Londinion itself has little power.

Unless the city itself gets the Holy Grail!

That's why Chaldea's nameless spirit of vengeance, who had never even been born, got a body that was 'born' into the world the moment she set foot on Londinion.

Then a new problem arises.

Even if it is known that the Holy Grail has been obtained by the city itself, how will Fujimaru Ritsuka's team act?

Shakespeare gave his opinion, and Fujimaru Ritsuka understood what he meant.

"Although the magician and the leader of the criminal group are not in Londinion at this time, the 'famous detective' is, right?"

"That's right! Lady! Let's go find the famous detective!"

——to be continued!

Although the original FGO article was written in a mess by Sakurai Hikaru, judging from various subsequent patches, the time node of the London Singularity is such a subtle time point where everyone except Holmes happens to be not in London ( Watson is not here either)