Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

39. The rebellious Lu Mingfei

Subtitle: The Shining Tang Sanzang

Anyway.

For this roundtable meeting, Lu Mingfei probably only got two things that could be regarded as intelligence.

First, the Lion King seems not to know that Pluto’s true identity is Athena.

Secondly, maybe Percival can become a companion?

As for the 'anti-national treasure' needed to deal with Camelot's barrier, it seems impossible to talk about it at the moment.

Lu Mingfei sorted it out carefully and found that because he had sneaked in unexpectedly, he no longer had to worry about hidden problems. What would happen after that? After communication with the outside world was restored and the information was passed to the Chaldean headquarters, what would happen next? Let them judge.

Although it is impossible to destroy the barrier of the Sacred Round Table, this road is not really blocked. Just like the wall of Camelot is indestructible, it is only a wall and can be climbed over. No matter how powerful the barrier is, it is only Enchantment.

The signal shielding is only temporary, and the closure of the city wall is not permanent. Even if it cannot be destroyed violently, you can still wait for it to open on its own.

Lu Mingfei talked to Lancelot, and the excuse was "I want to join Sir Lancelot's rangers to clean up monsters."

As long as we can get out of the city, restoring communication with Chaldea is not a waste of time?

It doesn't matter if I can't join Lancelot's team.

The Holy City will always accept refugees. When the city gate opens, can Lu Mingfei find a high point near the city gate to contact the signal?

How to say? As long as you are willing to think about it, there are always more solutions than problems.

The remaining problem is to spend the night peacefully, and wait until daytime tomorrow when the city gates will be opened to accept refugees.

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Although Lu Mingfei had made up his mind not to cause trouble and would wait until daytime tomorrow before taking action, the warm-hearted Ageguiwen still acted responsibly and came to Lu Mingfei's side after the eccentric scolding at the round table meeting.

Agguiwen deliberately ignored Merlin next to him.

Then, I planned to give Lu Mingfei a brief tour inside the Holy Capital.

Basically, Lu Mingfei can enter and leave freely in most areas of the Holy City, with the exception of one place.

That is the throne room located in the center of the Holy City - and what is behind the throne room, the most eye-catching 'thing' in the entire Holy City.

When Lu Mingfei and others were outside, they could see the golden tree from a distance in the night, which was like a flag guiding all living things on the earth.

A huge tree-like object composed of countless golden tentacles. Or is it more like an ‘Optimus Prime’?

Because the shape of the top of the tentacles is more reminiscent of the branches of a tree, the golden tree itself is also constantly spreading out little sparks of phosphorescence. Just looking at the appearance, it is indeed more reminiscent of the 'World Tree' in Nordic mythology. 'Something like that, right?

However, towering trees with similar positioning are not only found in Nordic mythology, but also have similar words in myths from all over the world.

Putting aside the matters and looking at the essence, the actual situation should be that in a distant era - an era when 'mythical stories' had not yet been compiled, there really were many such huge 'tree'-like columnar objects in the world. .

"Please don't get close to the golden tree." Agguiwen warned.

Lu Mingfei thought for a while, but decided to implement his current character of 'Bradamante', and asked rather recklessly: "What is that thing? Is there anything like that in Jerusalem?"

If it was Lu Mingfei who asked this question, it would be too rash.

But if asked by 'Bradamant', it's just right.

But Age Guowen's answer was strange.

"have no idea."

".?" Lu Mingfei blinked, his eyes full of confusion.

What does it mean?

Not willing to answer?

What do you mean, no comment?

Agguiwen shook his head and did not continue, but his attitude was very clear. He did not want to talk more about that thing.

Lu Mingfei looked at the golden tree from a distance again, and thought that this thing looked very familiar to Chaldea. Although the color and smell were not right, there was a black tree planted in the Chaldean courtyard at this time. Of.

——Then again.

The Knights of the Round Table present all left the throne room, but they did not see the Lion King himself. Does she live in the throne room? Or is it deeper, closer to the golden tree?

If he continued to ask questions without etiquette, he would not be ‘Bradamante’, but ‘Charlemagne’, so Lu Mingfei shut his mouth in a wise manner.

Master Tripitaka also quickly said goodbye and left. Unlike other heroic spirits, Master Tripitaka is a living person. To be more precise, Tripitaka traveled here one day during the journey of "Journey to the West" due to time and space confusion.

As a living person, she needs to rest.

"I'm going to prepare for tomorrow's 'Shengba'." After saying that, Sanzang yawned and left.

He should have gone back to his rest area.

Age Guowen stared at her back for a few seconds until her figure disappeared around the corner, and then he turned his attention back to Lu Mingfei and Merlin.

"Come on, I will give you a brief tour. There is a place that you will definitely be interested in. If you don't plan to rest, you can find some simple work there."

When Agguiwen said this, his eyes came to Merlin, and his expression became serious: "Merlin, don't try to cause trouble, the current government affairs here don't need you - you can't interfere, just wander around. It doesn’t matter if you go shopping or watch a show in other people’s dreams, just don’t cause trouble.”

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Agguiwen led Lu Mingfei and Prelati through the residential areas inside the Holy City and moved forward.

Because it was late at night, there were no pedestrians on the road. Lu Mingfei didn’t know what the current situation of the residents who had been accepted by the Holy City was. However, Prelati interjected: "It seems that the people here are living a good life." , they are all the taste of sweet dreams."

Lu Mingfei relaxed slightly.

Agguiwen stared at Merlin with a look that seemed to have deep meaning, but didn't say much.

Just like that, Agguiwen brought Lu Mingfei and Prelati to the factory?

It should be a place like a factory, right?

"This is the Technology Development Department," Aggui said.

Lu Mingfei only glanced at it and could only resist the urge to complain.

Because this place looks like the Gnaku in sci-fi mecha movies like Gundam. Several humanoid mechas are parked in a large maintenance room, and there are brackets everywhere. There are also some at night. Many people are renovating everything from top to bottom.

Lu Mingfei also saw a bunch of familiar things - the remains of the 'trophies' mechanical beasts that Lancelot's army had dragged back.

"As you two can see, because in the underworld, the power of our angels cannot take effect, so our army plans to strengthen and supplement its combat power from other angles - I tried to analyze the remains of the recovered mechanical monsters, and tried I made such a counterfeit, although in principle it is closer to Graeme - as for the name, I named it after the Knights of the Round Table."

As he said that, Age Guiwen pointed to the one that was closest to Lu Mingfei and looked the most complete. Compared with other mechas that were obviously still in the construction stage, the mecha in front of him was very complete and its appearance was very good. There are almost no exposed mechanical parts visible.

"Knightmare (armored cavalry) is naturally called a mass product, but the mechas named after the Knights of the Round Table, I hope that they can reach the level of Noble Phantasms as finished products and be used in future battles to conquer the underworld. The one in front of you One is the most complete one.”

Ageguiwen paused, and then put on a somewhat explicit expression of disgust on his face.

"Lancelot, according to my king's wishes, its name is Lancelot. In addition to the Modred machine that has been directly put into the front line without considering safety or stability factors, the completion of this aircraft It is the highest, followed by the Tristan machine. There is still a test part that collects various sports data. If Mr. Bradamante is interested, you can help collect data here."

Prelati suddenly spoke at this time: "Although it looks like a Greek machine god, your thing is more like a magnifying glass that 'magnifies' the pilot's ability than a combat weapon, right? It’s better to say it’s a Mecha-god than a Graeme doll made to look like a Mecha-god. What’s the actual effect?”

Agguiwen ignored Prelati's somewhat sarcastic and unexpected comments.

Lu Mingfei wanted to ask: "Since it is to be delivered to Sir Lancelot, why not just ask him to collect the data."

But after looking at the change in Age Guiwen's expression, he still had the good sense not to continue.

Lu Mingfei said that he was very satisfied with the job that Agguiwen found for him, and he would settle down like this for the time being.

but.

"Tomorrow when the Holy City opens its doors to admit new residents into the city, can I help guard it? You know, I am a Paladin, a knight who protects the people!"

——a moment

The corners of Agguiwen's eyes twitched.

"No, as long as it doesn't violate the king's will, you can do anything in the city."

Agguiwen's expression became a little unnatural for a moment, but he still nodded and promised:

"Of course, you can also watch the Holy Ceremony."

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"——The key lies in tomorrow's 'Holy Baptism Ceremony'."

Underworld, under the throne of Hades.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada half-knelt under the throne, looking up at the King of the Underworld - Athena, who looked similar to the white-haired young girl.

"According to the information collected by the Hell Knights I sent out, the Chaldean people have appeared and had a conflict with Gareth. After that, Gareth's whereabouts are unknown. It can be speculated that the Chaldean people were Annihilate them, so that the plan of the 'Grand Military Advisor' can proceed smoothly."

"Um"

Lying on the throne of Pluto, Athena seemed to have little interest in these topics and did not say much. She just changed to a more comfortable position.

"You continue, I trust the military advisor's judgment - in fact, he has already taken action, hasn't he?"

"That's right."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada lowered his head.

"According to your understanding of the Chaldeans, among them, the master named 'Lu Mingfei' is a person who always has a clear mind about the overall situation. He can understand the changes in the overall flow and make decisive decisions. A hero of extraordinary action—

In this case, after they understand the general situation and temporarily judge that the Knights of the Round Table are the enemy because of Gareth's terrifying appearance, they will definitely take action immediately, make a time lag, and sneak into the Holy City secretly! "

Athena suddenly asked: "Is this what you think?"

"No, this is the speculation and layout of the 'Grand Military Advisor'. Before this, he had been consciously controlling the appearance of the robot beasts that had sneaked into the ground, and consciously guiding the movements of the Knights of the Round Table to fight for the city of Cairo. The gap in development, and at the same time, through the driving of robot beasts or sphinxes, most of the lost refugees were guided to Cairo City."

Amakusa said:

"Everything was within the calculation of the 'Grand Strategist'. As expected, the good people of Chaldea could not leave the refugees alone and successfully guided them to Cairo. While confirming that the Chaldeans had arrived in Cairo, the 'Grand Strategist' The layout began to close the net - the only thing that exceeded the expectations of the 'Grand Military Advisor' was that the sub-servant named Xiaochun did an unexpectedly good job. Destroyed in the conflict.”

Amakusa shook his head, his expression a little complicated:

"Originally, the Grand Military Advisor wanted to drive the more than 100,000 refugees 'fed' in Cairo to the Holy Capital as a cover for the next operation."

"Although it's against humanity, that's the kind of man he is. There's nothing surprising." Athena waved her hand, interrupting Amakusa's "sentimentality." "It's just a bit of mortal death. It's not a big deal. Escape He may have escaped the disaster, but since he didn't retreat back, it means that the plan of the 'Grand Military Advisor' is still going on, right?"

Amakusa nodded: "I have confirmed through the Hell Knight's eyes that the Chaldeans have successfully sneaked into the Holy Capital, and the 'Trojan Horse' has also sneaked in."

"'Trojan horse', this is a little too smooth." Athena shook her head, "Forget it, he is the same as that Lu Mingfei, he is a man recognized by me. Since he continues to implement the plan, he must have his own grasp."

"That's right! Everything was within the expectations of the 'Grand Military Advisor'!"

Amakusa nodded vigorously.

"Gareth has been eliminated by Chaldea, so there will be no container for absorbing 'human pus' in tomorrow's 'Holy Extraction Ceremony'. As the 'Grand Strategist' said, Caleb The good people at the bottom will never leave it alone! There will definitely be a conflict by then, and that will be the opportunity for the 'Grand Military Division' to take action!"

Amakusa clenched his fists: "Where does 'Human Pus' come from? Is it a drama directed and performed by the Lion King? What is the golden tree of unknown origin? It must be with the eyesight of the 'Grand Military Advisor' , I can definitely see through all this!”

"The key to everything lies in today's holy ceremony!"

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"The key to everything lies in today's holy ceremony."

The sky was slightly bright and the sun was rising. Master Sanzang, who was meditating on the roof of the residential area, opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbidity.

"If I can replace Gareth and absorb the 'human pus' hidden in the bodies of the refugees, the 'peace' of the Holy City can continue to be maintained."

Buddha, please protect me.

——to be continued!

If the city of Cairo had not been forcibly saved by Xiaochun, the next holy ceremony would have literally flowed with blood ()