Stray Chapter 12: Select a location
"What's wrong? Do you feel unaccustomed to it?"
Under the blue sky in the early morning, in the quiet and quiet forest, Xia Ran, who was walking in front of him with great interest, stopped, looked behind him, and asked.
Although it was in a questioning tone, he seemed to be quite certain.
"Yes, one thing, Master, it feels like the time when the sword in the stone was broken. I always feel as if my heart is empty, something is not right..."
Artoria hesitated for a moment, but said so honestly. The girl was clearly empty-handed and went into battle lightly, but from the looks of it, she seemed to be very awkward, as if she felt uncomfortable all over.
The main reason is naturally the loss of the Sword of Victory—
Although in order to preserve history, she also knows that this is necessary, and the holy sword must be returned to the fairy in the lake. Although she was very reluctant, she also saw it very clearly, and did not feel that the holy sword must be kept in her hands.
It is indeed time to return things to their original owners, there is no way out.
But to understand is to understand, to see through is to see through, but there is no way to solve the problem of habit at once. Just as a habit is built over time, changing a habit also takes time to adapt.
Although she doesn't always carry the sword on her body, she uses the storage space allocated to her by Xia Ran to conveniently put things that are not needed temporarily in it. can switch out immediately.
In this way, you don't have to keep everything on hand or carry it on your body. I don't know how convenient it is.
But with or without, and with or without, these are two concepts at all. It's like it's not a problem to go out or not to drive. After all, I know that I actually have a car, but if the car is suddenly stolen one day, it's not a choice to go out or not to drive...
Probably because of this reason, Artoria felt a little empty in her heart.
——After all, it was the holy sword that had been with her for a long time, so she returned it just like that, and it is very likely that she will never come back again. How could it not make her feel lost?
I always feel uncomfortable all over my body. Even if my hands are empty, I still have an awkward feeling, which seems out of tune with the familiar state before.
"This is indeed a problem, but who makes you not a real Heroic Spirit or a Servant? Noble Phantasms are real items, not imaginary replicas..." Xia Ran felt a little amused. Shaking his head.
He pondered for a moment: "Actually, it's not a big problem. If you are really worried, we can go to the fairy in the lake to get the sword back later..."
"Forget it. After all, it's not mine, and it really shouldn't always belong to me, Master..."
Artoria replied with a strange expression.
"Who says it's not yours, the fairy in the lake is just a custodian, the moment that sword was forged inside the planet, it was prepared for you, I've never heard of it still Some other master..."
Xia Ran waved her hand casually.
"But it's up to you to decide, anyway, we have a lot of time, we can go and get it back before we leave... or I will build a new holy sword for you, and there will be no difference in performance. ."
"This..." Artoria thought for a while, and finally shook her head. She looked at the surrounding scenery and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, what are you planning to do, Master? You plan to travel all over Britain. An inch of land?"
"That's right..." the magician admitted frankly, "This island still retains the air and mystery of the Age of Gods, although this is originally a feature of peninsulas and islands, the farther away from the mainland, the more closely it is connected to the mainland. Isolation, the more easily the land remains mysterious.”
"But it's the fifth century AD and the air of Britain is still in the remnants of the Age of the Gods, which is a bit too much. Mysteriously, it's like the navel of a planet , equivalent to the heartland."
"So no matter what you say, my magic workshop or your tower of glory must be located on this island. This is the last remnant of the Age of Mythology, and it can also become a fulcrum that can subvert the world."
Listening to what he said, the girl's emerald green eyes became a little tangled.
She naturally knows this kind of thing, but she still feels that something is not right. The Holy Lance Lungominiade should have been a spiritual outfit to prevent this kind of thing from happening and to fix the age of mankind.
Why is it suddenly reversed now, it has become an important pillar to promote this event, and even become an important pillar in this event, and in turn, it has become a pillar that nails the Age of God so that it will not end... This is very strange .
But it just feels a little awkward, what to do or what to do.
She once wanted to find the Holy Grail, to maintain the mystery with miracles, and now it is the same to exchange the Holy Grail for the Holy Lance. And according to Xia Ran's statement, the next step is the destruction of human principles, and there is a point of collapse that will be entered into this historical node.
She has two choices. One is to follow Xia Ran's advice and take this opportunity to restore Camelot's glory;
The second option is to fight the collapse of history, pick up the holy spear to nail the next era of human beings, and prevent the burning of humanity.
However, the second option is not at all realistic-
Even if she is willing to give up her wish for the so-called righteousness, and once again shoulder the responsibility that did not belong to her, she even completely obliterated herself for a long time, changed her mental structure by the characteristics of the holy spear, and became an existence with divine values .
However, this so-called righteous move is actually useless. It can only slightly block the collapse point that appears in this era, like stealing the bell.
If Getia finds that it is impossible to burn down human principles in this era, then avoid this era. In the long human principle, there are actually far more than seven turning points in history, and it can choose other Turning point, breaking point into history.
There are simply too many choices for it. Anyway, as long as it has enough calorie share for three thousand years, Arturia can't change anything.
Choose this option, in fact, is to toss, and then earn a point and cause and effect crystal, and then return directly. People should burn what should be burnt. At most, she has influenced the era she lives in, so that this short history has not been eroded.
—that's all.
If after this, the unprecedented great cause of the Burning of Humanity is not stopped, then this record will eventually be wiped out and replaced by the demon king's re-evolving the celestial body of the earth and rewriting Genesis. .
But the changes made by Arturia are really likely to make Chaldeas and others fail in their cause of human restoration. After all, it is impossible to say that any change has only advantages and no disadvantages, right?
For example, if the sixth singularity is no longer related to Camelot, but replaced by another instance that is more hostile, perhaps Chaldea and his party have been killed there?
This is all very possible.
There is another option, of course, which is to do nothing and do nothing. It's just that this is probably the worst. I have given up my long-standing obsession and haven't done anything else...
In the end, King Arthur chose to follow the advice of his master, taking this opportunity to fulfill his wish and continue the glory of Camelot.
At the same time, you can also control the upcoming singularity in the hands of yourself and others, completely grasp the initiative, and at the critical moment, you can send a wonderful assist in the restoration of human nature.
After all, according to Xia Ran, there is a way to get the best of both worlds. She chooses to trust her Master.
"It looks good there..."
The magician walked out of the forest. The trees in front of him separated, revealing an open landscape. His eyes lit up and he looked at the towering mountain in the distance——
"How about building a tower on it? Then you look at the plain over there, you can build a city as the new royal city of Camelot, the heart of the new kingdom, and your subjects can just see that glorious city. Tower."
"Is it there? From a military point of view, it is not suitable for the capital..." Arturia recognized it and found that the open plain was open, and there was a rushing white river in the distance. .
She raised her eyebrows slightly and commented subconsciously, but she didn't wait for Xia Ran to say anything, but she responded by herself:
"But this is for mundane warfare, and if it's from a magic point of view, it's not a big problem."
It's like ordinary people can't threaten the magic workshop at all, no matter where the magician's position is set up.
But if it can threaten the enemies of the magic workshop, such as other hostile magicians, servants or dead apostles, then even if it is a hanging garden floating in the clouds, they can have a way to invade and attack them. Or blow it down.
In comparison, factors such as topography and geography can indeed be ignored directly.
If conflicts such as ordinary secular warfare can threaten the career they are about to build, then whether it is Arturia or Xia Ran, they can just find a piece of tofu and kill them.
If it can threaten the tower and holy city to be built in the future, it must be a huge danger that transcends the mundane level and is above human beings. In this case, geography is an unnecessary factor to consider. .
"Since there is no opinion, let's decide."
Xia Ran blinked: "From now on, I will be responsible for the design and construction of the magic workshop. It is not difficult to make it a mage tower in form, and the towering and upright structure itself is easier to gather magic power..."
"Then what shall I do, Master?" Arturia asked.
"Go and gather your subjects, regroup the people of this land, give them protection and food, let them cultivate and work, and as long as they can live and work in peace, society will be able to function again..."
Xia Ran replied without thinking—
"The battle of Jianlan has just passed, presumably your subjects have regretted and feared now, and the barbarian invasion will continue, just when you are needed... But remember not to use your previous identity."
Because King Arthur is dead.
This just happened a while ago.
And at this time, some of her acquaintances are still alive, such as Bedwell, such as Lancelot...