Artoria the Big Liar

"Old friends, 500 years have passed, how are you doing?"

As I said that, I focused my dark magic power on these two strongest weapons on the planet.

They were jubilant, easily aroused by me, like two loyal hounds who had waited too long, too long.

To say that it is the strongest is not the strongest in quality and quantity, but the strongest in personality and concept—the planet did not really recover the holy gun and holy sword, but temporarily stored them, waiting for my arrival, Waiting for my return.When I fulfill the promise I made 4000 years ago as the Eternal King, they will no longer be the armor of King Arthur, but the armor of the Lord of Humanity.

Beyond the gods of the past, beyond the boundary between mystery and reality, the absolute uniqueness, the absolute destiny.

In my short life, "King Arthur" started with the Holy Grail War and ended with the Holy Grail War.

In the long life in the future, the "Emperor" begins with the invasion of the God of Misfortune, and finally the destruction of the God of Misfortune.

Although I lack the real sense of being a supreme ruler, and although the future path is still unclear, I am already mentally prepared.

"This is really... I told Jeanna before that I would never become the master of human beings. But judging from the results, I still can't escape my fate—then, let's defeat fate from the front. "

At this moment, the shells of the holy sword and holy spear were all broken, as if the chains of restraint were finally broken, as if they had finally returned to their proper posture - no longer King Arthur's holy sword Excalibur and holy spear Rhogomyad, but waiting A weapon that I renamed and waited for in a new stance for me to use.

Everything was so natural that even though I didn't understand the mysterious phenomenon, I understood what the two weapons were trying to say to me——I looked at Morgan.In the distant past, the holy sword and holy spear were named after her.

"Sister Wang, tell me, what should I call them?"

Miss Wang didn't answer.She shook her head lightly, the meaning of the light blue pupils was very clear, she was not qualified to name them.

I'm the only one who can name them, and I'm the only one who can use them.No matter the past 4000 years ago or the future 2 years later, they only belong to me and obey me only.Therefore, the only person who can name them is me.

As if instinctively, as if fulfilling a written script, I said the name uncontrollably.

"The sword is called 'Oath', and the gun is called 'Fate'."

The two weapons seemed to have self-awareness, and they trembled slightly with joy.

Afterwards, they quickly changed form from the crystal phantom according to the idea in my heart.

The shape of the sword is almost exactly the same as in the past, after all, I am used to it.But what was etched on the body of the sword was no longer a scarlet ring, but a double helix that was entangled all the way to the tip of the sword.Inscriptions are engraved on each space formed by the intersection of the spirals, a total of thirteen.Each one is an oath—not the liberation bondage I made with the Knights of the Round Table, but the oath I made with the gods, the world, and mankind in the distant future.As long as I don't break the oath in it, the sword can wield its full power.

The gun is no longer a cavalry gun, but a weapon that symbolizes this era, a huge pistol that is as black as graphite but reflects light.Although it is not the best choice, it is indeed the famous "Desert Eagle" in appearance.The magazine of the pistol is integrated into the body of the gun, and the magic power is used as the projectile. It seems that just pulling the trigger can destroy a street.When it is completely liberated, it will return to the appearance of a tall tower, but the tower is no longer a lance, but an electromagnetic rail gun that is bigger than a train gun, gushing out the power to destroy cities and countries—— It symbolizes civilization and is a symbol of human beings' own guardian power.With the progress of the times, the shape and power of the gun will also change.

Looking at the star-made armed forces that change according to my wishes, I nodded in satisfaction.

The witch came over, opened her eyes wide, and looked at the two weapons: "So, Arthur...these are the holy sword and holy gun?"

"That's right, just conceptually, they are no longer from the past, but from the future." As I spoke, I reminded the witch: "Jeanna, you are still my master now. Take a look at my status ? My real name should be changed."

After hearing my words, the witch's eyes widened, as if she saw something extremely rare.

Instead of urging, I waited for nearly ten seconds and listened to her explanation to me.

"That... Arthur, what does your real name dissolve?"

"The dissolution of the real name... means to reveal the true self after taking off the role of the body. This is a phenomenon unique to the class of 'Pretender'. It seems that even if it is polluted, the Holy Grail still judges 'King Arthur' 'The identity of 'is a disguise, and the identity of the 'eternal king' who wakes up from the paradise and is destined to shoulder human civilization is the real one. I accept the 'vow' and 'fate', which is equivalent to accepting the original identity, so what happened The phenomenon of real name dissolution."

"But isn't your real name Artoria Vortigern?"

"Whether it is Arturia Vortigern or Artoria Pendragon, they are both King Arthur. It's just that one is the black king and the other is the white king." Pause, considering that I am not actually I was clear, so I just blurted out a sentence: "You don't need to be so clear about the Holy Grail War. It's just an episode anyway—by the way, what is my real name now?"

The witch didn't speak, but frowned slightly, as if hesitating to speak.

I blinked my eyes, unable to understand why the witch reacted like this.

"What's wrong? Is there anything you can't say?"

"...it's Mitra. The Grail thinks Arthur your real name is Mitra."

"Oh! Mithra! Indeed, Arturia's identity is closest to this esoteric god!" Merlin's face was filled with a joyful smile, as if the scientist's conjecture had been confirmed. "This is a well-known existence! At the beginning, Mithraism and Almighty God fought against each other, until they suddenly disappeared at a certain moment. Both the gods and believers disappeared suddenly. And the time of disappearance was very strange—— -ah!"

Suddenly remembered something, Merlin's smile froze, and his words stopped.

"Weird timing? Is there a problem?" I pressed.

"The secret religion of Mithra... It seems that Arturia disappeared before you were born." Merlin's tone was uncertain, and she seemed afraid to confirm that it was true. "That's right, it was in the middle of the fifth century. All the hidden temples were abolished, and the organizational structure collapsed. No matter what the identity of the believers, they immediately changed their beliefs. To this day, this is an unsolved mystery in mysticism." !"

"Who is Mithra? Why is it said to be the closest god to Arthur?" The witch turned into a curious baby and kept asking.

Merlin didn't answer, but looked at Morgan.She was once a god, and obviously knew better about it.

Morgan cleared his throat, and reluctantly gave the answer: "Because Mithra never existed, it is just a kind of esoteric religion gathered together. Compared with expecting blessings and protection from the gods, this esoteric religion is more It's like a negation of the savior. When the savior took away the original sin of mankind and became the state religion of Rome..."

"Morgan, that's not what I asked you to say!" Merlin interrupted Morgan's long speech. "I'm talking about something else, don't you understand? Why do you go around like this?"

Morgan's face turned pale. She was silent for a while, sighed, and then reluctantly said: "Artoria, are you curious, what was your name 4000 years ago?"

"Was my name associated with Mithras then?" I asked.

"It's related. It's very related." After a pause, Morgan raised his head, his eyes became erratic. "At that time, because of differences in regions and experiences, you had a total of 72 names. The first name among them was - Inak, which means 'dedication'."

"Enoch? The son of Cain, the protagonist of the apocryphal "Book of Enoch?" Unbelievable, Jeanna knew this.

"Experiencing unspeakable suffering, achieving the impossible pilgrimage, defeating the 'fallen angel (Sefalu)' from the sky, gathering the prayers of mankind, surpassing the gods with the human body, stitching the broken earth, and regaining the lost In the future, the foundation of human reason will be completed, ascend as a human being, and become the right seat of the gods, the prime minister of heaven, the king of angels, and the destined ruler. After that, Inak's name will be..."

"Metatron! The ruler of the first kingdom in the Kabbalah tree of life! It means 'the next to the throne'!" Merlin's eyes lit up, and he fell into a strange state of excitement. "It turned out to be like this! Metatron is Mithra, and Mithra has evolved into the etymology of Messiah and Maitreya. The meaning of the latter is the future savior, and Artoria herself is the eternal king. This definition is completely in line with this definition! So Artoria’s name is identified as Mithra, so Mithra does not exist at all—it is true that Mithra as a god does not exist, but Mithra as a human being is It really does exist!"

"It still doesn't exist. But it has existed since then." After speaking, Morgan sighed and looked at me. "Arturia, the reason why the world recognizes you as Mithra is because of the meaning of the name—"contract". A contract made by human beings and civilization. Your promises and ambitions were extracted and forged by goblins into a sword—the sword you are holding now.”

"No, there is something unreasonable here." Merlin was like a fanatical amateur occultist, trying to connect unrelated things to form a seemingly traceable chain: "Morgan, Mithra is an ancient A Persian god, right? Why do you say it doesn’t exist? This god was worshiped a long time ago! The hymns in its rituals are still handed down to this day!”

Morgan's face became even paler.There must be something unspeakable secret in it.

I raised my eyebrows, sighed, and gave the answer: "It's very simple. Mithra is worshiped as an ancestor, not as a god. Why is it also very simple in Iran, because Inak defeated The place of Safalu should be near the Kipchak Grassland in the north of the Persian Plateau. Deeds have evolved into history, history has evolved into legends, and legends have turned into myths. The distant ancestors were sacrificed and turned into gods, protecting the people who came later— — Merlin, change your mind, if Mithra really existed, why did it evolve in the form of secret religion? Isn’t public preaching bad? Why did it suddenly disappear? It must be caused by its non-existence, right?”

Merlin blinked and nodded, seeming to agree with what I said.

Morgan opened her mouth to explain, to deny, but I shook my index finger to make her relax.

"It doesn't matter, Sister Wang. Whether it's true or not, just like myths and legends, it doesn't make any sense to be true or false. In fact, I have no interest in what happened 4000 years ago. As long as Everyone tells me what to do, and I will definitely do it.” At this point, I smiled softly, “Sister Wang, I really don’t need to care too much. People’s names are originally given by elders and lineages. Since the world If you call me Mithra, then my name will be Mithra—but, I still like Artoria. It will be the same from now on, just call me Artoria.”

All is the same as in the past, and all is the same as the future.

Since fate cannot be escaped, accept it and break it.

Back then, I was able to pull out the sword of choice when I was naked and skinny, and now I can still accept my current fate.

I am always an actor standing on the stage, playing the role given to me by the script, accomplishing the deeds and achievements of the role, until I am completely integrated with the role.Whether it is other characters in the play or the audience watching, they will not treat them separately, but think that the ordinary me is that kind of person.

Presumably, this is the most original meaning of the class "Prentender"?

After hearing my words, Morgan opened his eyes wide, then his eyelids drooped, and his light blue pupils trembled.

Walking to the side, I sat down, wrapped her arms around her waist, and put my head against her heart—I'm still too short, I wish I could grow taller—with the same tone as usual, I gently spoke to her. whisper softly.

"It's just like this. I have been cared for by Sister Wang for 1 years, and for another thousand and five hundred years? If I become cowardly, or change my heart, wouldn't it make Sister Wang's heart and wait for me Lost meaning?" As I said that, I supported my body with my hands and kissed Morgan's cheek lightly. "...It's all over. Sister Wang. I have accepted you and Merlin's wishes, and accepted my oath and destiny. Before the scheduled time comes, we must live happily and happily. Otherwise, if I even How can the misfortune of mankind make mankind happy?"

Finally, a smile formed on the corner of Sister Wang's mouth.It was forced, but it was indeed a smile.

Looking at this smile, my heart relaxes - I really did nothing wrong.

"Now I finally understand why this Holy Grail War is like this - such a big week was abolished, and such top servants were allowed to participate in the battle. All the masters and servants are destined for me. I am afraid that the world prepared for me The stage? Then, let’s do it according to the world—the Holy Grail War has lost its meaning.”

I stood up, walked to the French window, opened it, called out the Black Flame King, and jumped on it.

Without looking back, without deliberately waiting, the witch, Morgan and Merlin also jumped up and stayed by my side.

What else can I complain about?What more can I ask for?

Although the road ahead is doomed to be difficult, once people accept their destiny instead of blindly escaping,【,

... No, no, no.

This Holy Grail War is still essentially a continuation of the story of King Arthur.King Arthur is immature, doesn't know self-love, doesn't know how to love properly.Blindly sacrificing, blindly dedicating, blindly escaping, leaving a bunch of contradictions and problems, leaving knots and obstacles that cannot be solved, making people around you suffer, making yourself suffer, and making the world suffer with it.

Now, I have grown up completely, and my life is about to enter a new stage.

(The following does not count the number of words.)

For various reasons, this volume ended early.

The division of volumes from volume to volume is not based on events, but on the state of mind of the protagonist.Therefore, the Holy Grail War is not over yet, but the protagonist's state of mind has reached a new stage.

The reason for doing this is because everyone doesn't seem to like entangled plots, and the foreshadowing is enough, and there is no need to continue to entangle, so it was decided.The following stories will pay more attention to the story itself, rather than the growth of the protagonist - the protagonist actually has nothing to grow.

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◆Artoria◆

After the evolution, the Black Flame King was extremely fast. It took only 2 minutes to get there from Fuyuki Hotel to Liudong Temple.

Its wings work in the same way as a jet fighter, using magic to guide a huge jet of air to spurt out and obtain huge acceleration.

His figure left a dark red color formed by burning magic power in the air, like a meteor piercing the sky.

This gave the Holy Grail Royal Sanjia an early warning, and when the Black Flame King landed, they formed a front to guard against attacks.

"Click-"

The sound of small leather shoes colliding with the ground spread in the silent Liudong Temple.

This is the sound of me jumping off the Black Flame King. I maintained my current clothes and looked around at the master and servants.

Mordred's eyes were red, but no more tears.Rin Tohsaka was still very nervous, holding various gems in his hand.Emiya Kiritsugu was still so composed, he expected that I would not attack the Master.Illya still stares at me from time to time, lost in the past.Sakura Matou stood at the end of the line and wanted to help, but her followers left early because they were slow.Qingcheng is still the same, with a pair of dead fish eyes, no one can see his emotions, only a dead pig is not afraid of the feeling of being scalded by boiling water.Weber looked calm, but his heart was as tense as Rin Tohsaka's, even short of breath.

Saber seemed to realize something, although she stood in front of Mordred, she wasn't too vigilant.Scathach still looked neither salty nor dull, and his eyes were locked on Morgan in a long dress.Faust maintained the barrier, and his whole body was still covered under the scarlet sacrificial robe.The old man in the mountain had obviously left the stage, but he still leaned on his big sword and pretended to be a follower.Count Dracula hid in Mordred's shadow, without the slightest desire to fight.

As a result, looking at their faces, I actually felt like a world away.For a few minutes, it seemed, I lived another life.Originally, I had to give up my respect and personality to win the battle, but now I can solve it alone—just kidding, the brand new sword and gun are not vegetarian, and they are more than a star and a half better than when I was King Arthur.

"It seems that your matter has been dealt with, Rider." Emiya Kiritsugu spoke rarely.He knew me well, much better than Mordred, who was in longing and love. "Your temperament is completely different from before. Did you solve your master's problem? Or have a new strategy for this Holy Grail War?"

"My goal is still the Holy Grail, this will never change, Kiritsugu." My voice has warmth, no longer indifferent. "There's no way around it, and there's no need to talk about it. As for the strategy—you're right, it would be great if this matter can be resolved peacefully."

Emiya Kiritsugu walked in front of Faust with aging steps, and said with a smile, "I would like to hear more about it."

"For you, the Holy Grail has lost its meaning." As I said that, I looked at Mordred who bowed his head, "Including you, Mordred. Although it seems too fast, I have indeed changed , I don’t need anyone to save me.” I probably felt that the wording was not strong enough, and I added: “Just like what happened to Jeanne, it happened very quickly, but it did change me forever... Come back to me first. Come on. It must be hard for you to leave my side, right?"

Mordred opened his mouth, wanting to explain, wanting to refute.

However, Saber seemed to fully understand what I meant, and before Mordred could make a sound, she stepped forward and came to my side—as expected of another me, really extremely smart.

Mordred had no choice, her two fathers were standing in the same formation, so she took a deep breath, lowered her head, and walked over in a desperate manner.

Fortunately, as soon as she arrived, Morgan hugged her and spoke to her in a low voice.The witch was also standing beside her. Although she didn't speak, she comforted the returning lion cub with subtle movements.

Suddenly, the family is whole again, as if it had never been broken.

When the Holy Spear and Holy Sword transformed into a new form, I, who communicated with the future and the past, became a new existence.

"Why was the Grail dismantled? Because it was polluted by Angora Mainyu. Why was it polluted? Because the Grail took this unfortunate youth as a human wish. As a result, the Grail no longer helped the magician reach the Root, nor The wishes of the participants can be fulfilled. This Holy Grail War is even more special. Except for a certain king who left the field prematurely, everyone else is a guardian who came following a certain mission and was appointed by the world and the restraining force—then, the conclusion It can be clearly seen that the significance of this Holy Grail War is to witness a major event related to mankind. Maybe not one, but it is closely related to the whole of mankind.”

Saying that, I pulled out the "Oath".Although this action made the Masters quite nervous, the servants were unmoved.

This proved my suspicions to be correct—they were not fighting to fulfill their wishes, but were being asked to.

Holding the "Oath" with one hand, I raised it high and showed them all the brand new holy sword.

"Well, let me re-introduce myself. My real name is no longer Arturia Pendragon, which belongs to my past. The world and the restraint have given me a new name - Mithra, which never existed The gods who passed away, the contract between the world and humans, the contract between the gods and humans. 4000 years ago, three giant gods descended on the earth. After the failure of the resistance of the gods, I collected the suffering and shattered future on the earth, and used myself I entrusted the goblins to forge the original holy sword of the stars, defeated the star warrior Cephalu, and completely destroyed the other two star warriors. Therefore, I am the original founder of humanism, and I am based on Eternal King who protects mankind by his word."

As the words fell, modern magicians immediately whispered to each other, talking in low voices.

The reactions of the servants were very strange—gods who lived for too long, old men who survived the great flood, and the strongest magicians who can travel through time and space. Re-editing, the perception of past and future directions lead in completely different directions like switching train tracks.

There are many more memories in my mind, and my existence has undergone subtle changes.The passage between the past and the future has been opened, history has been rewritten, and the future has been redirected.It’s as if the screenwriters felt that my performance was too good, so they decided to change the script temporarily, eat up the old setting, forcefully splice a backup play with the present, and give me a new identity.

Authority does not come from God, but from one's own responsibility.At this moment, I shoulder the responsibility of humanity.As a result, human love disappeared, human evil also disappeared, and the corresponding concepts of human security institutions, crowns, guardians, and even heroic spirits disappeared. The gods bid farewell to this world, and I was given a human body Go beyond the responsibilities and authority of the gods, become the only thing that surpasses the gods, become the foundation of human reason, and become the future king in the prophecy.

However, there is still a lack of reason... I must explain the reason in order to completely anchor the human reason.

"Of course, the past alone is not enough to make me the eternal king. With the progress and accumulation of human beings, human beings have developed many perfect mechanisms to maintain and maintain their own organizational structure-human beings no longer need kings There is no need for an eternal king who reigns for a long time—unless a threat that human beings cannot cope with is about to strike, and human beings have to make a choice to let a certain existence lead human beings to fight against this threat, so as not to be polluted by threats, Annihilation, the entire race will be reduced to puppets."

"God of Misfortune—to be precise, that is the dark god called 'Slaanesh'." The moment I said this name, I noticed that the three servants visibly shook, because the concept of Dionysus Secret Cult was completely changed from Stripped from human history, become something like a parasite. "Born in another universe, occupying the entire universe, peeping into the world here from the hole of the root. Corruption, depravity, puppet, joy without cause and effect, dissolving all rationality, feeding on information and information, pure evil and disaster."

"And Jeanna, my true love, is a tiny fragment left by God of Misfortune in this world. Therefore, she has no soul, has no beginning and no end, and must feed on the souls of others. As a condition and oath to assume human rights , my love was allowed, so the time of my arrival with her was revised to 2014, not the day after Joan of Arc was burned to ashes in history. But even so, Jeanne is still dangerous , you need to observe, you need to judge—so, pretending to be servants, you descended to Fuyuki."

My eyes fell on Faust.Although it was just a look, he should be able to understand my thoughts now.

Sure enough, the male voice and the female voice echoed at the same time, as if in hell: "This is why we were summoned. The birth and evolution of the lord have nothing to do with us, and the thread of destiny is involved in it. Prevent the world from being completely destroyed by the God of Misfortune." Control is the meaning of our participation in the Holy Grail War—since your master is the fragment of the god of disaster, it is very likely that its basis of existence is the container of the god of disaster. If this container develops further, this planet, this piece of land Time and space (the universe) will fall into the hands of the God of Misfortune."