Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

18. Crescent and Cross

【Recap】

Lu Mingfei and others entered the world of the Sixth Singularity and met two wild heroic spirits, Atum and Zhang Wuji, whose memories were missing for some reason. They met smoothly and did not know that before they arrived, the shady Amakusa Shiro Tokisada had already acted secretly, blocking the way for the 'Sun King' and 'King Hassan' who would have been Chaldea's reinforcements to reach the singularity.

Not only that, the Sun Demon God Amon who originally planned to cooperate with Chaldea was also intercepted and killed. Amakusa took advantage of the chaos in the Digital World to pick up the friendship badge that was blown away. Fortunately, Amon killed the other one before he was eliminated. A badge of courage is hidden.

The adventure is getting deeper and deeper

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After experiencing the attack of the Sphinx, the refugees, originally about 300 people, still survived.

【1D300=43】

【.Damn Sphinx! 】

The refugees suffered heavy casualties. There were originally about 300 people - generally from a certain fleeing village, plus some people gathered along the way. After this battle, there were less than 50 people left.

After gathering the refugees, Lu Mingfei, Zhang Wuji, and Atum brought them to the oasis that Atum had previously found through the precognitive effect of the 'Millennium Jewelry', and temporarily resettled them.

This oasis is not big, so Lu Mingfei and Atum, who used to divide it into five equal parts before, were still quite wealthy, but now there are forty-three hungry and tired refugees, so they can just make do with it, two or three days. It should barely hold up.

If I have to say it, the aftermath of the Sphinx killed more than 80% of the refugees. The only 'advantage' is that this aspect is much simpler - there are more than 300 refugees, and there are not more than 20 people in Chaldea. , where to deal with it?

In terms of supplies, Lu Xiang and Luke Marie could draw a ceremonial formation, connect it to the Chaldean base, and then send some over, but this would only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. Chaldea's famous supplies are only the famous Antarctic Tianshui. 'It is inexhaustible. The structure of water is the simplest, and it is also the easiest to transfer and transport it with spirit particles.

But other foods are different. Not only is it troublesome to transport them, but Chaldea is also not sure whether there will be problems with these foods during the transport process - unless you are really hungry and can't survive, it is not recommended to eat them. Food transferred from Chaldea.

Because of the generous gifts given by the Holy King during the Battle of France, Chaldea couldn't finish the food inside. More was one thing, but small numbers were the key.

If you really want Chaldea to solve the food problem through soul transfer and transportation - Da Vinci Xunsi gave a plan:

"You have to find a large enough and excellent spiritual node, and then open a directional material portal - well, this seems to be quite simple?"

"The actual situation is not that simple." Lu Xiang and Luke Marie came back after checking the spiritual veins. Lu Xiang interrupted: "We have already checked the spiritual veins, although the purpose is not to transfer food but to see if there is any A spiritual node suitable for summoning heroic spirits, but in terms of results”

Lu Xiang paused:

"All the spiritual vein nodes here have been blocked by that guy, and they are not blocked by force, but blocked and combed continuously. If the spiritual veins are compared to big rivers, this place is full of permanent water conservancy projects. , all the spiritual vein nodes have been transformed into transfer centers, and they have all been concentrated in one place——"

Lu Xiang pointed in one direction:

"There. To be honest, the map in the real world is no longer useful. The geographical environment of the entire singularity has changed drastically, so I don't know whether it was originally Jerusalem in reality, but I asked the refugees which direction This is the direction they originally headed, and they called it - [Holy City]."

Lu Mingfei rubbed his temples: "In other words, even if it is just to open a portal to deliver supplies to the refugees, we have to go to this [Holy City], right? From the name, it sounds like the city of Jerusalem. ”

Roman interrupted and asked: "So, what happened to these refugees before we came? What is the mutation that happened at this singularity?"

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Why are the refugees displaced? What exactly is the mutation at the singularity?

Well. First you need to know something.

Even if the singularity mutation had not occurred, the refugees would have been displaced.

After all, this was the era of the Crusades. Even if it had reached its end, it was still a time of war, and it was still the most bloody and crazy religious war.

When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer.

What's more, when time comes to this period, Egypt is no longer the one who rules Egypt. The era of the Pharaohs has long ended. Refugees are not even human beings, but are at best migratory animals.

These are times like this.

However, even so, even if this era is still chaotic even if there is no change, the refugees still know what kind of change has occurred.

There is no other reason. When the mutation occurred, the special effects "duang", "duang" and "duang" were flying all over the sky as if they were free. People who are still alive know what happened.

Originally, according to the normal historical development trajectory, with the death of Louis IX of the Capetian dynasty in France in Tunisia, Edward I of the Plantagenet dynasty of England and the Mamluks of the 'slave dynasty' were unlucky in the war, the Crusaders were alienated from Germany, and the situation was over - although according to According to historical records, this war will last for another twenty years, but the Crusaders in Europe can no longer hold on.

Not being able to fight is one thing, but the main reason is that I don't want to fight - after nearly two hundred years of Crusade wars, the Arab world in Jerusalem has been beaten to pieces, comparable to Germany after the Thirty Years' War.

To put it bluntly, there is no longer enough benefit to conquer this place.

Without the motivation to fight, the Crusaders would naturally not be able to hold on. What's more, the Mamluk dynasty was full of martial virtue at this time. Although it was called a slave dynasty, the 'Mamluks' as slave owners were Turks from Kipchak. Mercenaries, this group of warriors originally led by the great Saladin are brave and good at fighting - although the 'Mamluks' were originally Saladin's slave mercenary army, the name Mamluk means 'slave'.

But this group of mercenary Turkic slaves who ruled Egypt was the most terrifying military group in this era. Thirteen years ago (1260), the Mamluk army defeated the Mongolian army in Ain Jaru, near Palestine and Syria. This was The Mongol army was completely wiped out by its opponents in the first field battle in the history of the Western Expedition - the Battle of Ain Jaru.

It marked the end of the vigorous Mongol Western Expedition, preventing the victorious Mongol army from capturing the Holy Land of Jerusalem, and preventing the Mongolian army from finally setting foot in African countries, thus protecting the Arab civilization from complete destruction by the Mongol army. , and at the same time, the center of Arab civilization began to shift to Egypt.

The Crusaders, who couldn't defeat them even if they didn't want to, were demoralized and their defeat was certain.

Then this group of Turkic mercenary slave military groups from Kipchak met the Lion-Hearted King Richard, who was also full of martial virtue.

Although the Mamluks of this year had just defeated the Mongolian army not long ago, the rate of corruption of the military group was equally astonishing. Although they still maintained high martial ethics by relying on the battle with the Crusaders, they were faced with the resurrection of the dead. of Richard.

The old enemy who fought against their original 'slave owner' Saladin defeated the Nazi army commanded by Saladin with a small victory in the Battle of Asuf. He defeated Saladin three times with inferior strength and was recognized as One of the most outstanding military commanders in the European Middle Ages, the Crusader Knight King with the heart of a lion!

They were beaten a lot when they followed Saladin.

The name Lionheart King was given by these Mamluk warriors.

Saladin and Richard could be regarded as cherishing each other, falling in love and killing each other. According to normal circumstances, the next development should be to obtain the Holy Grail of Humanity from the Demon King, and the resurrected Lionheart King will defeat the Mamluk army again - —

The Lionheart King is both resurrected and holding the Holy Grail. What is this called? This is called apocalypse! This is called the Lord’s will! Just looking at him, looking at the dazzling 'Sword of Victory' in the hands of the Lionheart King, the originally demoralized religious crusaders were like 'CNM! It's on fire! ’

The Lionheart King not only has superior combat power, but is also a personal buff machine. Just standing there will fight to the death among the Crusader Knights. The name of the King of Knights refers to him, but because he personally worships King Arthur and takes King Arthur as an example. So the causal relationship is reversed.

How to say?

Rebuild the glory of the Crusaders! It is our duty to do so!

If this development continues, the next step should be for the human side to confront the Lion-Hearted King. Saladin will appear again, clean up the old Mamluks, and kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners. Then Chaldea will arrive, and then assist Saladin. Latin versus the Lion-Hearted King reenacts the fateful showdown between the crescent moon and the cross in 1273——

But the reality was that Saladin didn't show up at all.

In short, the actual situation is that neither Saladin nor heroic spirits can help the Mamluks. Faced with the resurrected Lionheart King and the Crusaders who rebuilt their glory, the Mamluks were defeated like a mountain.

Of course, his hero and our enemy, for the Arab world in Egypt these days, the Lionheart King is not a hero, but a terrifying god of murder, a 'demon' who brings disasters everywhere.

Lionheart and the Crusaders re-capture Jerusalem—and then the fantasy unfolds.

I don't know which part of Lionheart King's brain was burned out, or maybe he was originally a fighting maniac - there are also rumors that he was bewitched by a demon or something.

In short, Richard, who occupied the holy city of Jerusalem and obtained a large number of 'holy relics' - the largest 'holy relic' was actually the city of Jerusalem itself - actually decided to start summoning.

What exactly he plans to summon is not something the refugees can know.

Some said that he felt that the fight was not enjoyable enough, so he wanted to summon his old rival Saladin to continue falling in love and killing him.

It is also said that he set his sights on the gods of ancient Egypt, intending to enter the kingdom of Pharaoh and fill the heretical place with the glory of God.

It is also said that he simply wants to summon the King of Knights, Arthur Pandaragorn, whom he has admired for a long time. Although his subjects think that he is the real King of Knights, the second one of his own Knight King has been calling him for so long, so then Can't we just hold our noses and recognize Arthur, the King of Knights?

Richard wouldn't have had such an outrageous fight if he hadn't hit the target twice. In a sense, Richard is also a spiritual hero similar to Charlemagne, and his spiritual power is all focused on the second level.

So what is the actual situation?

Director Lu Mingfeilu, who has abundant special points for saving the world, said: "As usual, I think he might be 'I want it all'!"

The Arab world in the Kingdom of Jerusalem is in such chaos. It’s not just Lionheart himself who has chaotic thoughts. This place is also chaotic to begin with. With a stable output of fertile land like the Nile River, it can easily feed millions of people. With the existence of the 'loving mother', no one else in the Mamluks could manage the steady decline of the population in this place - in Lu Mingfei's era, there was a sentence specifically used to describe this situation:

Sustainability

In addition, the so-called holy land of the three religions here is also a hodgepodge of economic and cultural places. Let alone the Cross and Crescent or Judaism, as long as you are willing to look for it, you can even find Zoroastrianism and Immortality.

Lu Mingfei wouldn't be surprised if the Lionheart King summoned some kind of "Hideo Caliph Pasha" with the Holy Grail.

After all, according to Su Xiaoqiang, who was talking more and more enthusiastically for some reason, these religions can basically rely on the 'worship of the original light creator god', that is, the 'vest king' Mithras. The Ming Dynasty can claim Jerusalem as its own holy land. , look at the Ming Cult leader, the last Hassan, and Zhang Wuji, haven’t they all appeared in the world?

Not only that, Director Lu pointed out based on his rich experience: "According to 'Saten Ruiko's First Law', there are real things behind urban legends! Therefore, this 'demon path' that induced the Lion Heart King to cause trouble to Chaosuna It must be real and not fabricated. Since the Holy Grail of Humanity is in the hands of Richard the Lion-Hearted King, it can't be wrong! This 'demon' is the devil - our old opponent! The troublemaker! Dantli, the devil of books install!"

Lu Mingfei said firmly. It looks like serious nonsense. But it makes sense - this is not the first time Chaldea has encountered this kind of thing, and he is indeed rich in experience.

Atum, who was 'listening' next to him, suddenly yawned heavily, attracting the attention of the people around him.

Atum rubbed his nose to show that he was fine, and the men continued talking.

Then? Then, the Lion-Hearted King, who occupied Jerusalem, a huge spiritual node, and was 'playing' with countless holy relics, got lost.

The Wandering King and the Lord of the Dead. Arthur Pendragon, not the 'King of Knights' but the 'King of the Wild Hunt', has really appeared.

So, instead of fighting between the crescent moon and the cross, the cross and the round table started fighting.

——to be continued!