Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

125. Fujimaru Ritsuka’s desperate situation

The black dragon Nidhogg.

Strictly speaking, Nidhogg is not even a name, but a direct transliteration of the word "despair". It does not mean the embodiment of despair, because Nidhogg is basically equivalent to doing nothing in Norse mythology. , but as a symbol of the arrival of Ragnarok——

In fact, it is difficult to say that it is a symbol. After Nidhogg bit off part of the tree roots, it took quite a while before the Asa clan started a war with the giants. At most, it can be regarded as a far-fetched 'precursor' for future generations to follow.

But this 'precursor' statement is also very reluctant. The description of your Hogg in the "Old Edda" does not exceed three sentences in total. In one sentence, Nidhogg bites the roots of the World Tree to illustrate the Twilight of the Gods. It is coming (but there is nothing wrong with the World Tree itself). In one sentence, it is written that Nidhogg carried countless corpses in the world and fell into the abyss at the end of Ragnarok (no description of life and death, let alone description of battle).

As for the famous tree-gnawing story?

That story is actually only one sentence, and most of the content in this sentence is not Nidhogg, but the story of Ratatosk the squirrel, about the falcon Vader who provoked Nidhogg and Odin. The story of the Fournier relationship.

It’s really hard to say whether Nidhogg belongs to Norse mythology, because according to the convention of such mythological hero stories, as long as an evil dragon appears, there must be a corresponding dragon-slaying hero.

But Nidhogg doesn't have anything, it's like a black account in Norse mythology.

Myths and legends all have their own symbolic meanings. Even if there is no meaning, later generations will have to make up a meaning. However, assuming that the final part of Ragnarok in Nordic mythology is not a 'story', but 'real history', that would be very strange. Good explanation.

how to explain?

It was nothing more than that during the battle between the gods in Ragnarok, someone witnessed the appearance of such a black dragon, taking advantage of the battle to bite off the roots of the tree, and then emerged again when both sides were gray after the battle, carrying countless corpses and so on. , the actual situation should be that he was picking up rags on the battlefield - I mean collecting materials.

Magicians all know that the best and most common magic material is the magician's body itself.

The war of gods has just ended, is this dissatisfaction material on the ground? Gods, giants, mythical beasts, artifacts, etc. are all on sale for zero dollars.

Isn’t it a pleasure to pick up the missing pieces?

And what many people don’t know is that the truly strongest fighting god in Norse mythology—at least as powerful as Thor, the God of Thunder—the forest god Vader who killed Fenrir with his own hands did not die in the world. In the twilight of God.

Vader was still alive, but he didn't stop or be hostile to Nidhogg. Maybe Vader was confused and thought about the question "Who is this guy?" after the fight, right?

An old house dragon who usually passes by and picks up rags. It's more reasonable to think this way.

After all, Nidhogg did not do much in Norse mythology.

The part about eating the roots of the World Tree is taken very seriously in the occult world of magicians.

What is Igudrasil, the world tree in Norse mythology?

At least it's a tree-like planet, of course, it's more likely to be a huge cosmic egg. It ends up being burned by the Flame Giant King's World-Destroying Sword, but it can eat the World Tree on a physical level and even bite it off in the end. Nidhogg was the only one who cut through the roots of the World Tree.

Surut, the King of Fire Giants, uses his special attack. This black dragon is so powerful that it can fly bricks!

According to the thinking of the magicians, the World Tree is the world. Without special attack restraint, only the world can deal with the world. If this is the case, Nidhogg may also be the incarnation of the world.

Because there is a precedent, that is, the body of the Dragon of Albion at the feet of the Magicians Association. Even if it dies, its remains continue to evolve a world and countless species.

After all, is the Dragon of Albion really dead? For such great creatures, do they really have the concept of death?

Nidhogg's case is a special case in the world. I have never seen this kind of node appear in a key chapter in the myth, but he didn't do any bad things and was not involved from the beginning to the end. He only ran out to pick it up after the explanation. A common passer-by who picked up some rags and then turned around and disappeared into the crack in the earth - the abyss.

As a myth, it is somewhat inexplicable.

It would be understandable if it were regarded as a true historical record.

Nidhogg seems to belong to Norse mythology, but he doesn't seem to belong to it. The origin of everything is unknown. No one knows why he can physically bite the roots of the World Tree, although this behavior did not cause any real damage to the World Tree (otherwise it would not No one will hit it anymore).

I usually pass by and then disappear underground.

Coincidentally, there is also such a black dragon of unknown origin lying underground in Londinion, with a world (universe) contained in its body.

The Dragon of Albion is not its name, just a place name.

People speculate that it is an ancient dragon that died on the way before reaching the Inner Sea of ​​Stars. However, this theory is only speculation. After all, no one has seen it. If you really want to estimate its age, you can only estimate that it is at least 4.6 billion years old - that is, less than The conclusion that the earth itself will exist even longer.

It can be deduced from this that the Dragon of Albion lived at least before the existence of the earth, that is, a life that wanders in the universe, literally a dragon of the stars.

How could such an immortal being die of old age, with its body still stuck at the entrance to the Inner Sea of ​​Stars? What's even more outrageous is that the world (universe) itself can't do anything about its remains. Normally, it should have been destroyed by this. It would have been crushed by a cosmic-scale hydraulic press, but it didn't matter. Instead, it forced a passage directly to the Inland Sea of ​​the Stars.

Only the world can deal with the world. In other words, the world (universe) cannot destroy it because it is itself a world and a universe.

The essence of a magician is a scholar. Since he is a scholar, he will not let go of such a subject. What exactly is the Dragon of Albion? Where does it come from? Where to go? The subject has always been an evergreen tree in the world of magicians.

Naturally, some people will also associate it with the other black dragon that is also considered to be the world (universe), whose ending records also disappear underground, and who also have no idea what it is doing.

Could it be that Nidhogg is the Dragon of Albion?

Of course, there is no evidence to prove that the two are the same existence, and it cannot even be confirmed using divination metaphysics, because neither of them has a name, and forced divination will only connect them to other weird things.

To put it bluntly, the black dragon known as the Dragon of Albion is not Albion at all!

Albion is the name of the ancient British island, but the dragon incarnated on the British island itself has clearly appeared long ago and has been defeated by King Arthur, that is, the white dragon Vortigern.

Vortigern also has something to say.

As a legitimate and literal Dragon of Albion, the reason why I am not called the Dragon of Albion is because I have the name Vortigern! do you have?

This is called a 'fake book'.

A ‘false book’ cannot be proven to be true, but it should not be falsified either. It is not to prove ‘what the facts are’, but to prove ‘what the facts may be’.

But for a magician who wants to weave a spell, it doesn't matter what the facts are, as long as there is the possibility of such a 'fake book'.

Although 'Nidhogg' is hardly a name, it is at least better than a place name like the Dragon of Albion. At least when keywords such as 'Nidhogg' and 'Black Dragon' are mentioned, everyone will think of this. In Norse mythology, you usually pass by a vegetarian dragon who collects materials and buys them for free, right?

This is enough.

In the name of 'Nidhogg', awaken the star dragon underground in Londinion that lives longer than the planet itself!

Is the Dragon of Albion actually dead?

That kind of thing is completely unimportant!

Magic is such an idealistic thing!

The heart that believes is your magic!

This is the answer that Fujimaru Ritsuka came up with after gathering the wisdom of all the Knights of Londinion and trying their best to get to this point.

Goetia will not let go of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Because Fujimaru Ritsuka cannot be imprisoned, Goetia cannot even let Fujimaru Ritsuka go as well as Chaldea. The reason why Goetia did not continue to take action against Chaldea is that the time and space coordinates were changed by Leonardo da Vinci. Hidden, on the other hand, it doesn't care that much after the anger dissipates.

Because Chaldea will not disappear, even if human nature is recast by Goetia's Heavenly Creation, Chaldea as the original singularity will continue to exist, so simply let them serve as witnesses to the Demon King.

If Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't have the "100% jailbreak" skill, Goetia might still have the option of locking her up.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka kept causing trouble, and the matter was big news that Goetia could not completely ignore. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties subtly turned into something similar to the law of the dark forest.

And awakening the 'Dragon of Albion (Star Dragon)' in the body of the undead in the name of 'Nidhogg' is what Fujimaru Ritsuka can find, and it may be possible to fight against the Demon King Goetia.

Of course it's only possible.

Whether it can actually be fought is hard to say until the fight actually starts.

Just like whether the Albion dragon fought by Nidhogg and Londinion, who were witnessed and recorded in Norse mythology, is actually the same dragon, you can only know it by asking the person involved.

In the end, Fujimaru Ritsuka failed to wait for Chaldea's large army to arrive.

At the same time, Lu Mingfei was probably hiding in a tree hole with Circe, and was in a state of confusion during the battle between the super-ancient gods Mekar and Veleslana.

Whether you win or lose, you have to fight hard!

Goetia has a counter-summoning, a Noble Phantasm that can theoretically neutralize heroic spirits (although it is ineffective against spiritual Noble Phantasms), but Nidhogg is not a heroic spirit!

At this point in the story of Fujimaru Ritsuka, Kong Ming used technical means to let the survivors of the Knights of Londinion project the stories they experienced on the big screen, and all the pictures were frozen in the final scene. .

It is not a fairy tale world, nor is it a stage put together by Kirshtalia. What is on the screen is the real scene of London in the material world at this moment.

-The whole of London has disappeared

The place where the City of London originally existed was replaced by a huge void, from which a blue light beam like the breath of a star continued to the end of the sky and into the universe.

In the huge light pillar, the shadow of a huge black dragon-shaped creature can be vaguely seen.

It spread its wings but remained motionless, as if it was frozen in that moment.

——Goetia and Nidhogg did not fight in the end

It subtly avoids the ever-present topic of "who is stronger, XX or XX".

Fujimaru Ritsuka's last desperate fight cannot be said to be in vain, it can only be said to be ineffective and failed to start the fight at all. Not only did it not threaten Goetia, but it in turn became a threat to the people headed by Chaldea. Difficulties faced by The Salvation Army.

Why couldn't we start a fight?

"Because of betrayal." The surviving members of the Londinion Knights lowered their heads, with expressions of struggle on their faces, "I still can't believe that Darien would betray us."

What is the actual situation?

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When Fujimaru Ritsuka worked hard to make Mikazuki transform into the will of 'Nidhogg (Dragon of Albion)', and wanted to fight Goetia to the death, Dalian suddenly said this:

"When the law fails to bring justice to the parties involved, private revenge is legitimate and even noble from this moment on."

"My captain, do you think Mikazuki is qualified to take revenge on Chaldea?"

This sentence is a classic quote from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Milverton". It can also be said to summarize the personality of Sherlock Holmes as an 'outlaw maniac'.

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not answer.

She didn't need to answer either.

Because the moment these words came out, a being as smart as her, with a flexible mind and quick thinking as hers, immediately gave the answer in his heart.

Of course Darien knew what the answer was.

What she needed was not an answer, but the 'idea' in Fujimaru Ritsuka's mind that led to the answer.

——Crescent is certainly qualified to take revenge on Chaldea. but not now.

This was Fujimaru Ritsuka's idea, and it was also the idea of ​​everyone present, including Holmes and Mrs. Bertha, but Darien could simply ignore the last sentence.

As long as the first half of the sentence is there.

Just have the first half of the idea.

Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't move, and the dragon couldn't move either, just because a magic book appeared in the hands of Darian, the demon god Danterian.

Darian, the weakest book demon and also the book witch, is holding one of the unfinished series of fantasy books in her hand.

"Lu Mingfei Challenges the Destiny of the Crown: The Holy King of France"

Darian cannot use the power of the Holy King.

But she can record the story of the Holy King, and then materialize part of the content described in the record - the 'result' caused by the Holy King's use of a certain skill.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was in a desperate situation.

The reason was not that she was unaware of Dalian's hidden dangers, but because it was very simple and simple - she didn't know that Dalian had such a trick, nor did she know the story of the Holy King in France.

Without intelligence, it is naturally impossible to take precautions in advance.

That is--

【Assimilation of Tiansheng】

——to be continued!

Tiansheng Assimilation is a skill with many pitfalls. From the setting point of view, this skill is not even a heroic spirit skill, but a certain superpower that Emperor Karl mastered before his death.

The description of the setting set says that this is the power awakened by Emperor Karl after coming into contact with the "Alien Key", but there is also a setting that says that Emperor Karl was exposed to the power of the "Alien Key" during his lifetime.

If you look closely, there will be many BUGs, BUG skills in various senses,

Probably because the person who created the character of Emperor Karl was Kodachi.