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93. The Strongest Fan King in Ancient Times Vs. The Strongest Fan King in Modern Times

If we say that Athena in general - and the Athena in most people's impressions - often appears in the world as a "goddess", the so-called "goddess" image is to emphasize her identity as an Olympian god, that is, the "daughter of Zeus".

But Athena's origin is not 'sky', but 'earth'. She is a goddess closely related to monsters.

The name of Athena first appeared in the linear script of ancient Crete. During the Cretan goddess worship period, she was the palace goddess of Crete and was called "Lady of the Labyrinth". The epics often called her "female ruler" and "queen".
The concept of a maze originally meant "death", "binding, restraining monsters" - for example, the most famous monster is the Minotaur.

Later, it gradually evolved into concepts such as "there must be monsters in the maze" and "the maze gave birth to monsters".

Athena, the goddess of heaven, is the daughter of Zeus, the guiding god and patron saint of heroes, and the mother of heroes who cultivates heroes.

Athena, the goddess of the earth, is the daughter of the earth, the mother who protects and cultivates monsters, and the mother of monsters who cultivates monsters.

These two identities seem contradictory, but they are not, because in ancient battles between different countries, city-states, and tribes, there was often a tradition that the heroes of the winning side would defeat the heroes of the losing side and then praise themselves and demonize the heroes of the losing side as monsters.

From this perspective, heroes and monsters are, in a sense, enemies of the same origin.

Of course, not all losers will be degraded into monsters. Some lucky ones are recruited after their defeat and become the winner's 'slaves', 'wives', 'sons' or 'daughters'.

Athena herself is like this.

She gained the power of the goddess of war in the Bronze Age, but after being defeated by Zeus, she changed from the mistress of the earth to the daughter of Zeus (god of heaven).

But what is more interesting is that because Athena was so popular, people were not satisfied with her being "just a beautiful girl with bright eyes", so they added the identity of the goddess of wisdom and the identity of "eternally pure (virgin goddess)", and finally even took back the power of the goddess of war.

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When it comes to the symbol of Athena, most people's first reaction would be the 'olive leaf', right?

After all, the story of how Athena's name came about is that in the battle between Athena and her arch-enemy, the sea god Poseidon, for the "identity of the city god of Athens", Athena defeated the tyrannical Poseidon with the olive leaf, which symbolizes peace.

However, if we trace back to ancient times, before Athena became the daughter of Zeus, the symbol of Athena was actually "snake and bird".

Virgil in the Aeneid refers to Athena as the "protector of serpents."

This was inherited and preserved in another way even later, that is, the shield made of the head of Medusa, the snake-haired monster, which became Athena's iconic artifact.

This can actually be regarded as a kind of damage to reputation in the process of "restoring history".

In the Olympian mythology, Medusa was a pure monster, and Athena only helped the hero Perseus to defeat her.

But in the Roman mythology, the successor of the Olympus mythology, Medusa inexplicably became an "ordinary girl". She was raped by the sea god Neptune in the temple of Minerva. Minerva was furious, but could not punish Neptune directly, so she cursed Medusa and turned her into the most famous basilisk in later generations.

Roman mythology absorbed a lot of content from Olympus mythology (that is, Greek mythology), and the two sides began to stitch together, Poseidon became Neptune, and Athena became Minerva.

During the fusion process, Athena unknowingly inherited Minerva's dark history.

It is worth mentioning that after Minerva absorbed Athena, her popularity soared rapidly, and she once became the king of fan fiction books at that time (?).
If we carefully comb through this evolution process, we will find some vague connections.

Athena was originally a queen, a goddess of the earth, a mistress who gave birth to monsters (goddess of the labyrinth), and a protector of snakes.

Later, she became the daughter of Zeus, but turned into a goddess who helped the hero to "defeat the serpent monster" and used its head as a decoration of trophy.

Later, it became that Athena cursed the beautiful girl who was raped by Poseidon and turned her into a basilisk.

After the three are connected in series -

Athena's (Minerva's) behavior, the "beautiful girl turned into a basilisk", was it really Athena persecuting the other party?
Athena is the protector of snakes, which have been associated with the identity of Earth Goddess and Mother Goddess since ancient times.

Snakes can shed their skin, and were viewed by ancient people around the world as a symbol of 'longevity' and 'reincarnation'. They are also often associated with women's dysmenorrhea - the body bleeds every month but does not die, how similar is this to the snake's ability to shed its skin and be resurrected?
Many scholars believe that the transformation of snakes from symbols of the mother goddess to synonyms of monsters actually symbolizes the transition of human society from matriarchal to patriarchal. The replacement of ancient goddesses by later male gods is also a reflection of this history.

Think about it from this perspective.

If we consider Athena's original identity as the 'Guardian of Snakes (Mother Goddess of the Earth)', turning the persecuted girl into a snake - perhaps it can also be understood as a way of 'giving shelter'.

However, as the clan evolved from matriarchal to patriarchal, the meaning of snakes gradually became more demonized as monsters. What was originally a blessing and protection turned into a malicious curse.

Athena is a goddess closely associated with snakes - the dragons and serpents of the earth.

In modern times, she is often considered to have a complex connection with Medusa, who was originally a goddess along with her two sisters, but was later degraded to a monster.

After combining the two, the so-called "Medusa is actually Athena before she was humiliated" was born.

This statement is actually very far-fetched.

But Athena does have a complex connection with Medusa. After all, she is the mother goddess who gave birth to monsters and is symbolized by snakes.

Medusa, who is synonymous with "snake monster", can in a sense be seen as a projection of Athena's past identity.

What is the truth behind this?

I'm afraid we'll never get to the truth if we dig simply from a historical perspective, right?
After all, the heritage has been permanently distorted in the process of being passed down and changed and recreated countless times.

The easiest way is to just ask the person himself.

At this moment, in the singularity F, the burning and polluted city of Fuyuki 2004, Athena appeared in the world through the spiritual base of the polluted Servant Lancer Medusa!
She is the Mother Goddess of the Earth, the mother of monsters, and the dragons and snakes of the earth are controlled by her.

The spiritual vein of Fuyuki City is not an ordinary spiritual vein, nor is it a dragon vein in the conventional sense of Feng Shui. It is literally a 'ground vein where dragons live and sleep'!
As soon as she descended, she forced back the archers who were harassing her, and then Athena used the power of the goddess of the earth to directly target the "final boss" of singularity F.

Located in a large underground cave, Saber guards the Holy Grail of unknown origin! Altria!

Among the birds that symbolize Athena, besides the pigeon, the most famous is the owl. It is said that in the war between the ancient Greeks and the Persians, Athena transformed herself into an owl to help the Greeks win.

Owls are nocturnal and are therefore considered to be messengers between the worlds of life and death.

In ancient times, the underworld was closely related to the earth and was directly connected. The owl was a symbol of Athena's identity as the "goddess of the underworld".

It is said that after the death of some heroes, their souls will be taken in and protected by Athena - this can also be regarded as a kind of identity of the 'God of Death'.

The power of the 'Goddess of the Underworld, Death' allows Athena to easily see through the secrets of most Heroic Servants - after all, the prerequisite for becoming a Heroic Servant is 'death'.

Athena saw through it at a glance - the boss Altria guarding the singularity F would not take the initiative to attack.

To be more precise, she is also a polluted servant and does not possess a truly complete personality.

She still has some remnants of humanity, but this is because Altria - King Arthur himself, also has legends of the 'God of Storms', 'God of the Hunt', and 'God of Death' and 'Pluto' type.

These characteristics allowed her to retain a certain amount of human residue and instincts even in this ambiguous life and death situation.

If you bring out a round table at this time, she will probably have some reaction, right?

But in the final analysis, she has no real personality.

The black swordsman guarding singularity F, she is more like
"Who placed the plug here? Is it a mechanism called 'Guardian of Humanity'? This Fuyuki City is the origin of all the stories of Chaldea in this world."

Athena saw through the black swordsman's secret.

To be precise, she is not so much King Arthur as she is a 'machine' with the performance and appearance of King Arthur.

As long as you don't take the initiative to attack and don't take the initiative to approach the Holy Grail, she won't fight back.

Her mission is to guard the Holy Grail and prevent it from being taken away. As long as the Holy Grail is not taken away, singularity F will always exist - why must singularity F be preserved?

Who summoned her and asked her to guard here?

She possesses the characteristics of a "guardian of human principles". If there is a being that threatens human principles - not "enough to threaten human principles (there are too many such beings)", but "someone who has already caused the fact of destroying human principles" -

Facing such an enemy, she can gain a series of special attack bonuses.

When facing any other opponents, she is just a simple King Arthur who is blessed with infinite magic power by the Holy Grail.

The purpose of her existence is to prevent those who destroy human nature from obtaining the Singularity F Holy Grail.

"On the other hand, those who come here to restore human order will only face ordinary strong enemies. If they defeat her, they can obtain the Holy Grail. And if they can defeat King Arthur with infinite magic power, it means that they have enough strength to be recognized and embark on the journey of restoring human order, right?"

Athena tilted her head.

Who did this? Who arranged this?

“——Alaya-vijnana?”

The first thing Athena thought of was the non-guaranteed mechanism for protecting humanity.

But that's not right.

"Alaya consciousness will not interfere with human choices and will not act before things happen."

"Any action has the possibility of being good or bad. The act of saving the world may bring happiness, or it may turn into a great disaster. Because of the existence of the Second Law, the world line of each parallel world is different."

"Alaya consciousness will only guide people who are suitable to solve the problem to the place where a great disaster has occurred."

In other words.

If it was Alaya-vijnana, it should have directly "dispatched" the black swordsman in front of it to the people of Chaldea.

more specifically--

"A murder case of historic scale, almost all human beings in the past, present and future have been killed. The Alaya consciousness of this world line should be extremely weak."

"Under normal circumstances, in this situation, she should have directly summoned a large number of Servants and Guardians instead of just guiding a 'soul' that has a complicated fate with Chaldea."

Athena's eyes, crossing the distance of space, looked at Shirou Emiya:
"That which is over there is the Alaya consciousness."

What is the layout of the singularity F in front of us?
".Forget it, that has nothing to do with me."

Athena shook her head and gave up delving into these issues that she didn't care about.

As the Earth Mother Goddess, Athena would neither make a positive nor a negative comment on the actions of the Demon King. She would only think that "his actions are consistent with his personality."

If it was Athena, the daughter of God, she would probably stand on Shirou's side - or just stand by and watch.

But Athena, the goddess of the earth, is different.

She didn't care about the Demon King or Chaldea at all. She had two reasons for appearing in this world.

1: The Demon King destroyed the continuity of history, and cause and effect became a mess. The "human history" that originally suppressed Athena's original characteristics - that is, a large number of stories compiled by later generations for Athena to praise her identity as a god - has now become ambiguous.

Because of this, Athena's primal nature began to surface.

It just so happens that among the polluted servants there is a spearman named Medusa who can act as a catalyst.

Since you can manifest in the world and there is an opportunity to do so, just go with the flow.

2: Shirou's battle with Athena's proudest brother (Hercules) alarmed Athena and attracted her attention.

Athena's original characteristics as the god of war and death make her very "obsessed".

fighting! Cool!

After winning, she would be able to harvest such a 'beautiful' heroic soul - that would make her feel extremely happy!

The purpose of Athena's appearance at this moment is to enjoy the "fighting pleasure" with Shirou Emiya!
If Athena wins, she gets to earn such an awesome soul!
If Athena loses - that's even better! Then let yourself become the nutrient for the growth of the savior hero!
This is a way of "cultivating heroes (monsters)"!
There is no other complicated reason, just fighting for this very reason!
This is the Athena that appeared this time!
In the ancient mythological era, Zeus also restricted Athena. As a god, he would suppress Athena's fighting nature and make her play the role of "Athenian girl" and "the first idol of Olympus" in front of her believers.

But you don’t need that now!
Athena hopes Shirou can satisfy her——

Therefore.

Before that, she must first have the "power" to satisfy Shirou.

The spiritual base of the polluted servant is still too fragile. This body has reached its limit just by carrying Athena's spiritual base and using a little bit of power.

Without using her power, in terms of pure physical output, Athena at this moment is not even as good as the polluted berserker Hercules.

If you forcibly use too much strength, your body will collapse directly.

Because of this, Athena needs to reshape a 'body' worthy of Emiya Shirou!
How to do it?
Ah!
Before coming, Aziz Dahaka slipped her a small note.

The above is Dragon Demon's understanding of Fuyuki City's environment and an explanation of his past action plans.

Even without this thing, with Athena's wisdom, she could easily see through the ground veins of Fuyuki City and think of ways to use them.

But she is a Western goddess after all, and there are still some restrictions on her in this Eastern land.

Although Japan is a country that has been heavily westernized, it is still within the scope of the Chinese cultural circle and in a broad sense is the "overseas fairy island of the Eastern Divine Land, Fusang."

Even if Athena could use it, it would take some time.

But it was another matter when Aziz Dahaka copied her homework.

As for whether it is appropriate to do so?
Ah!
Athena is often called the 'Goddess of Victory'!

Although the real goddess of victory is actually Athena's sister 'Nike', the identities of the two began to be confused after the Greeks defeated Persia.

glory?

Glory comes only after victory!

Athena only respects victory!

Athena used her power as the 'God of Death' to directly tamper with the contents of the contract that bound the Black Swordsman to Singularity F as the 'Guardian of Humanity'.

"I am the Earth Mother! The earth and the mountains are my manifestation!

I am this land itself, I will transform into the earth and kill the dragon in the sky—

I will not destroy this singularity.

I will protect this singularity, protect myself, and become stronger, so that I can better maintain this singularity -

In other words!
I will become this singularity itself!

Saber, to protect me means to protect this singularity!

——It is your duty to protect me!"

Athena did not go to war with the Black Swordsman.

Athena was not very interested in this soulless mechanical device, nor was she interested in investigating who was behind everything at Singularity F.

She only craves worthy opponents!

She just wanted to fight!

She only respects - victory!
The contract modification was completed - or rather, Athena added new content without violating the original work of the Black Swordsman.

Then, Athena began to - copy homework!

In the distant past, a dragon came from the other side of the Milky Way and landed on Ryudo Temple, the node of the spiritual vein in Fuyuki City, where it fell asleep and merged with it.

Athena uses the power of the Earth Goddess and the power of the Dragon and Snake Guardian to activate the characteristics of the dragon veins of Fuyuki City!
Countless rays of light, including the energy of the Holy Grail, emerged from the depths of the earth, enveloped Athena, rose into the sky, and transformed into a giant egg.

The sound of fetal movement - the sound of something growing inside, spread throughout the singularity.

That is the movement of the earth.

The black swordsman just remained silent, as silent as ever, looking at the Holy Grail he was guarding, and also entered the dragon beast embryo.

No blocking, no action.

The Black Swordsman guards the Holy Grail in order to maintain the existence of Singularity F.

And now, Athena, who is trying to transform into the Earth Mother Goddess - the winged serpent, that is, the body of the Dragon God, is the incarnation of the entire singularity F.

The work has not changed.

Still guarding.

The Holy Grail's infinite supply of magic power also continued uninterrupted.

Rather, Athena herself is the guardian of dragons and snakes, and Saber and Altria, who wield the Excalibur, are also giant humanoid dragons.

Britain's red dragon Arthur, the heart of the dragon, was activated by the Mother of Dragons.

King Arthur himself has two legends: the heroic wielder of the holy sword and the monster king of storms.

The latter was also called the King of the Wild Hunt, and was deified in the process of inheritance.

At this moment, the side of the Holy Sword (hero) sinks, and the side of the Storm King (monster) floats up.

——Wind King Barrier

The power that was originally used to control the flow of wind, deflect light, and thus hide the shape of the holy sword, now turned into a storm - into a tornado!
Surrounding the Dragon Mother's Egg, it transformed into a storm armor to protect it!

Arthur, the Storm King, stood still, sword in hand, in front of the tornado, guarding the arrival of the Dragon Queen.

It seems to be saying: If you can’t get past me, your journey will end here!
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Although Shirou doesn't know why Athena wants to fight, the fighter spirit inherited from Musashi makes Shirou neither timid nor ambiguous in this regard.

Since a big battle is inevitable, then take the initiative to attack. The enemy's main target is Shirou himself, so Shirou should leave the main force and lead the battlefield to a place away from his companions.

This is what Shirou planned, but the actual development does not seem to be that way.

Athena did not come directly for Shirou, but first went for the last polluted servant of this singularity F - the polluted Saber who was also the 'final boss'.

Athena seemed to want to turn her into her own chess piece and then turn around to fight her?
At first glance, it seems that Athena and the black swordsman are about to start a fight, so what Shirou's team should do is to insert themselves into the battle and benefit from the conflict between the two sides!
But Shirou has a special source of information.

It was as if he had opened his 'third eye' in every sense, and could clearly see the results that had already happened - Athena showed her strength as the 'Goddess of Wisdom', bypassed the battle, and directly signed a contract with the black swordsman.

Shirou hurried back and explained the current situation to his companions.

Soon, they saw that Athena had transformed into an 'egg' as big as a mountain.

Altria of the Storm King——the black swordsman, guards in front of it.

Even if you defeat the Black Swordsman, there is still a real hidden BOSS behind.

If I spend too much energy fighting the Black Swordsman.
In other words, even if the Black Swordsman was defeated, it took too long to stop Athena from reaching her prime.
"and many more"

When Shirou shared information and mentioned "Athena's prime form", Cu Chulainn raised an objection:

"In her prime? That's impossible. Athena existed in many different periods. The Athena we see now is actually a combination of multiple extraordinary beings.
If it was Athena at her peak, even if she drained the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, it would still not be enough."

Cuchulainn put forward his own ideas:
"After all, her [True Body Mecha God] disappeared a long time ago. It is impossible for Athena to return to her 'strongest period'. Her prime form should refer to what she considers to be her prime as a god, right?"

What is this new term 'True Mecha God' that suddenly appeared? I won't mention it here for now, there is no time to explain it.

Cu Chulainn continued: "But even so, it is still not enough. Fuyuki City is too small. Even if it is a dragon vein, it will take at least years to restore her to her heyday as a pure god."

Custer, who was originally paying attention to the Storm King, came to his senses at this moment and raised his hand to put forward his own ideas:

"The longer time drags on, the stronger Athena's dragon-snake body will be. If Storm King Arthur really lets us stay here for a few years, will she be able to return to her prime?"

"There is actually another possibility," Cu Chulainn thought for a moment, "There is actually more than one singularity here. With Athena's ability, after nurturing to a certain extent, she may be able to turn the entire singularity F into her own 'body', and then directly drive the entire singularity F to attack and plunder other singularities.
This is obviously more efficient than quietly accumulating magic power for decades.

And by then, as the mother of heroes (and monsters), she will probably summon new combat power to serve her."

The longer time goes on, the stronger Athena will become in every sense.

".What she wants most now is to fight me one-on-one."

Shirou said in a deep voice:
"She is doing this now because she believes that her combat power, which was previously limited by the pollution of the Lancers, is not enough to compete with me. That's why she is creating a stronger body and the sooner the better. If I rush over alone, she might show up immediately!"

Although there is nothing wrong with Shirou's analysis itself.

But the tendency he showed to act clearly showed that he was going to rush into the crisis alone.

"no!"

This time it was Akagi Hinako who objected:
"I can feel the voice of the earth. The land of Fuyuki City is going crazy! The Storm King is stronger than Athena at this stage! He also has the full support of the earth. Two consecutive battles are too difficult! You can't bypass the Storm King and behead Athena directly!"

indeed.

Although it is not as clear as the mustard seed of the earth elf, everyone can feel that at this moment, the spiritual base scale of Storm King Arthur has been raised to the point where it is almost literally "as heavy as a mountain"!

In later legends, Arthur was deified. He was both the Storm King and the King of the Underworld, the embodiment of the land and mountains of Britain!
The already powerful black swordsman now has the Mother Earth as her master, and this master herself has divine-level assistance bonuses against dragons!
This is not a one-on-one duel! Nor is it a simple two-boss fight! It’s a double boss + two-boss fight!
".Don't be fooled by the shape of the eggshell!" In the rear base, due to the severe shortage of manpower, Roman and others struggled to mobilize the observation instrument "Sheba" of the Chaldea base, and then warned Shirou and others:

"When you and Saber were fighting, that thing did more than just buff the rear. It looked like it was defending, but it was actually a huge fortress! That thing itself could also fire!"

"——I have a way." Shirou was silent for a while and then spoke again: "I have a way to deal with God, and besides..."

Shirou's sight was focused on the Storm King - on the pitch-black holy sword in the Storm King's hand.

"That sword itself will also be the key to my success, so—"

Shirou was suddenly interrupted.

It was Ritsuka. Ritsuka suddenly grabbed Shirou's hand: "You said that I don't need to take the risk. I have to trust you, trust you as my companion - I want to say this to you now!"

Shirou: "."

Is this boomerang coming so fast!?

"And don't forget, we still have an enemy!" Ritsuka reminded everyone: "There's also that archer!"

indeed.

The archer is not just Ritsuka's "life-saving medicine", her existence itself has the same mission as the black swordsman.

"She is not an ordinary Heroic Servant, but a 'Guardian', so she retains a considerable degree of humanity."

Cuchulain shook his head.

"But she herself is not very resistant to magic. I (Cu Chulainn) have fought against the male version of her many times, so I am very clear about the flaws of the 'Heroic Spirit Emiya Series'."

In other words, this battle is not a one-on-two fight, but a one-on-three boss battle!

"Look, you too."

Cu Chulainn looked at Shirou:

"As a swordsman, your magic resistance is only B, and hers is only D, huh?"

Cu Chulainn suddenly thought of something and tilted his head.

“Speaking of which, I was initially shocked by the fact that that guy (Emiya) actually had this kind of good woman subspecies, but if I think about it carefully, she is not only a female version of Emiya, but also has Morgan’s elements mixed in. If she is compared with Morgan, even if her job is Berserker, she will probably have A-level magic resistance.

If it is A-level anti-magic power, even the orders of the Command Seals can be effectively resisted, and the problems in the contract should also be able to resist. If there is a way to further activate some of the elements of 'Morgan' in her body, maybe we can make her switch to our side.

However, Avalon is not something that can be mass-produced by Heroic Spirit Servant, a product of the third magic. Even the Heroic Spirit Emiya who became a Servant does not have Avalon. Where should we go?"

When Cu Chulainn muttered this, everyone was stunned, including himself. ——It really is such a coincidence!
Although it can only be regarded as a projection of the real Avalon that has disappeared and cannot be reached by the five major magics - but at this moment, Caster is really holding an Avalon in his hands!

That's it! That's the key!

For a moment, Olga Marie felt goose bumps all over her body. This strong sense of fate made her inexplicably chilled.

Everything is destined. Or is it just a coincidence?
"so be it."

I don't know when, but Cú Chulainn, who naturally replaced Tousaka Rin's position beside Shirou and became the commander (mainly because there was no other more suitable candidate), snapped his fingers:
"Kid (Shirou), you start making the mask of Hercules' godhood, and forging your Servant into a 'sword' - I know she can transform directly into a sword, but that kind of transformation is soulless and pure, and you have to forge it yourself and inject it with spirit."

Ritsuka thought for a moment, "It means improving the bond, right?"

Custer was stunned for a moment: "How do you improve it?"

Custer regretted the moment he opened his mouth.

After all, the method is self-evident.

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Li Xiang: “.”

Akagi Hinako: “.”

[For the sake of justice, use the psychic magic to replenish the magic! ]

[Let's make an additional judgment. What is the "level of acceptance" of Ritsuka and Aku Hinako?]

[Ritsuka: 1D100=100]

[Akabe Hinako: 1D100=60]

Li Xiang didn't think there was any problem at all!

"I know. In the novels and comics my brother and sister Orita like to read, this is called the harem expansion. If this can save everyone! Then Shirou, you will become the harem king!"

Shirou: "No, I'm just doing it for justice and salvation, just like artificial respiration, don't talk nonsense."

Although Aku Hinako didn't have the inexplicable enthusiasm of Ritsuka, after thinking about it carefully, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong: "Isn't it common sense that a heroic man has three wives and four concubines?"

In her subconscious, Aku Hinako still thinks like an ancient person.

Only Shirou sighed: "So, this is just artificial respiration, with the purpose of saving people. Don't make it sound like you're just messing around with other women. This kind of self-conceit will only hurt the women I help."

"Who told you this?" Ritsuka suddenly asked Shirou.

Shirou hesitated for a moment, "Rin, Sakura, and Shinji told me this. My female and male friends all told me this. What's wrong with that?"

Ritsuka patted Shirou's shoulder and said earnestly: "Well, just think so - in fact, if you have to say it, there is nothing wrong with what he said. If it must be successful just by kissing, then Dio and Erina are a couple?" (Note: In "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", the villain Dio took away Jonathan's wife Erina's first kiss, so there was the famous scene of Erina gargling her mouth with mud and water, and that famous line)
That's right! That makes sense! They're all artificial respiration! ——Ritsuka said, looking a little devilish.

Shirou was stunned.

Why does it feel like this Fujimaru Ritsuka is so similar to Sakura in personality?

There is a subtle feeling that Ritsuka has the elements of Shirou, Rin, and Sakura mixed together.

Custer, the person involved, was left out: "Wait! Where are my thoughts? Where is my opinion?"

[Custer's acceptance of this: 1D100=99]

"You don't accept?" Lixiang looked at Custer.

Custer's eyes suddenly wandered: "Well, that's not the way to say it. It's just that... Actually, the boss is very good to me. I have never seen a better boss than Shirou. He is absolutely not a liar and makes people feel comfortable to get along with. As for artificial respiration, I can accept it."

Shirou thought about it and decided not to tell the numbers he saw.

Custer seemed to be hesitant about something else: "I'm just afraid that the boss will see my dark history. Although I am also curious about the boss's past, although I have heard about it, there is still a difference between hearing stories and actually feeling them! I am very curious! I am just very curious about the boss's story!"

Li Xiang shook his head: "Okay, okay, let's just take it as it is."

Aku Hinako suddenly became alert: What's going on? It's only been a short time? Why do I feel like my junior (Ritsuka) and Shirou are so familiar with each other all of a sudden?

Shirou, on the other hand, did not have the same wild thoughts as the girls.

Shirou has always been very serious and earnest.

What he is thinking about now is: In addition to deepening understanding (enhancing bonds), I might as well pass on to them the "Human Magnetic Martial Arts" of the old man in the mountains, Huo Shan. Although I am not good at it, maybe they have potential?
Of course, martial arts are something that requires a long time to learn. Even if you have talent, you may not be able to learn it immediately - even if you have learned it, it still requires a long period of practice and breakthroughs in insights during battle.

Yes, in a nutshell, Shirou has always had a clear conscience.

It’s better to say that it’s actually the woman who has been feeling guilty all along.

Seeing this, Cu Chulainn could not help but sigh: "So you are not good at this, Emiya Shirou. Ah, come to think of it."

Cuchulainn suddenly patted Olga Marie on the back.

Olga Marie didn't dare to look directly into Shirou's eyes, and kept being submissive, trying to reduce her presence. As for the Sub-Servant Project, as for the victims of the Animusphia family's experiments, Olga Marie herself was completely unaware of it before.
Even though she had been a marginal figure before her father's sudden death, she did enjoy the wealth and splendor of the Animusphia family.

Olga Marie is a good person, so she cannot turn a blind eye to these evil deeds and is tortured by her sense of morality - this is also a manifestation of her 'lack of talent as a magician'.

But Cu Chulainn suddenly pushed her and said, "What are you thinking? You too!"

Olga Marie was dumbfounded: "Ah? Me?"

Cu Chulainn looked at her as if she were a fool. "For the sake of justice, we need any means to replenish our fighting power. You don't think you won't have to go to the battlefield later, do you? Besides, if it weren't for the gender difference, I would also be interested in the martial arts of the old man in the mountain."

The Celtics indeed!
So, many Celtic heroes were of both sexes? For example, Cuchulainn's adoptive father was one of them!
Could it be Cuchulain too?!
Shirou turned around after hearing this and said, "I have another potion here that can change genders."

Cu Chulainn looked at Shirou with dismay: "Don't waste such an important thing just because of this reason! That's the only thing you can't do, kid!"

Shirou was becoming increasingly speechless. "Aren't you all abusing this line more and more?"

What's wrong with me?!

Is there something wrong with what I said?!
Cu Chulainn pointed at himself and said: "If you use your thing on a Heroic Servant, it will be equivalent to changing the spiritual base - in countless parallel worlds, there must be a female Cu Chulainn, right?

I don’t want to miss such an interesting thing! Even if I, a woman, want to replace me, I can’t!”

Shirou: "."

Shirou was silent for two seconds before he sighed, "That's just not your thing, Cu Chulainn."

Cu Chulainn was furious: "Don't tell me I can't do it!"

All in all, the content of the pre-war preparations has been determined.

Creates the personality mask of Hercules.

Forge the Custer into a sword.

Speaking of imparting the basic concept of "human magnetism" to girls, isn't this team too dominated by women and too few men?
Then comes the specific formulation of the battle plan.

In the past, Shirou would give this task to Toosaka Rin and Matou Shinji - but now the only suitable person around him is Cu Chulainn.

After asking Cu Chulainn to formulate a specific battle plan - Shirou suddenly thought of something.

"Come to think of it, Cuchulainn, you never asked me how I knew some strange information - did you know 'what I can see'?"

[Can Cu Chulainn see through the secret of Shirou's 'ability to read the narration records'? ]

[Perform the "See Through (God's Vision)" judgment]

[If it is greater than 30, then you know]

[If it is greater than 95, then Cu Chulainn saw through the secret of the origin of this thing]

[Cu Chulainn (Odin)'s 'Seeing Through (God's Vision)': 1D100=81]

"I know what you mean, but I don't know the specific origin of your thing. I'm afraid it was given to you by some almighty god. Don't you have a mirror on you that is equivalent to the smoke mirror? It is very likely that he gave you that thing, right?"

This was Cuchulain's answer.

He didn't seem to care much about Shirou's 'narrator' either.

It may be because, as he said, that kind of thing can be created by the words of Almighty God.

With that in mind, Shirou mentioned something.
"Come to think of it, Athena's interest in me is 96, but in you is only 5 - what do you think of this? Is there any problem here?"

There was absolutely no malice in Shirou's words when he said them.

He really just simply thought, "Maybe there are some hidden clues?", so he consulted Cu Chulainn.

Only Custer habitually said, "The goddess treats you like a stray dog."

Ritsuka accidentally added: "Are there as many people as stray dogs on the roadside?" (Note: A famous line from the early translation problem of the TV animation version of "Pokémon")
Cuchulainn

[Cú Chulainn was angry about Athena’s “I’m just a stray dog on the side of the road, I’m bored and have no interest in you” (Interest 5)

[If the total exceeds 100, then Cu Chulainn will start "I only respect victory!"]

【库丘林的‘愤怒’：1D100+30（雅典娜兴趣大失败的补正）=100+30=130】

Cuchulainn

No! wrong!

Everyone could feel the rage that ignited in him after a brief moment of stagnation, and when everyone except Shirou was startled - this rage that was like a volcanic eruption only lasted for a moment.

Before anyone could react, he suddenly dug out his right eye with his bare hands! (Note: In fact, the myth does not mention which eye Odin lost. The reference here is the right eye of Othinus in "A Certain Magical Index")
The next moment, the light of countless runes gathered around Cu Chulainn, like countless stars gathered together and turned into his cloak.

Suddenly calmed down.

Use the rune of fire to stop the bleeding.

"——Where should I start? Well, I think the magi among you have already sensed something is wrong.

There is indeed a record of Cu Chulainn being adept at using magic to fight positional warfare and ambushes, but in the final analysis, Cu Chulainn was not normally a magician.

When summoned as a Lancer, Swordsman, or Berserker, he retains the ability to use Runes - this is probably what happened to Cu Chulainn.

Because of this, Cu Chulainn with the Caster (magician) class cannot be established under normal circumstances.

——So some other elements are mixed into my spiritual base.

Grimm the One-Eyed Sage, or as he is more commonly known,

Odin."

Cu Chulainn gritted his teeth, not in pain but in anger:

"Didn't you notice? Or was it just a deliberate provocation? Tsk! I really was underestimated!"

Cuchulainn! Angry!

“Don’t ask me whether I am Odin or Cu Chulainn, because this question is meaningless. I think I am Cu Chulainn, but Odin often speaks through my mouth. This is also a measure taken by the great god to degrade himself to the present world.

Basically, just think of me as Cu Chulainn who gained the Odin spirit and strengthened his abilities as a magician.

I had no intention of using Odin's powers, only of acting as Cu Chulainn, for battle is honorable and sacred.

As Cu Chulainn, I face Cu Chulainn’s opponent, so I must fight and win as Cu Chulainn—

But it’s different now!

That guy. Disobedient Athena! This is your provocation, your duel!
With the power of the God of Wisdom, can you call forth more of your original power in the land of the Far East?
It's because Odin has no connection with this place at all, and he can't use the power of the Dragon Mother Goddess like you do to trigger the dragon veins of Fuyuki City for your use -

So you underestimated me, right?!"

Calm anger.

Silent and terrible rage!

The spiritual base of a servant, even if it is a divine-level servant, cannot withstand the power of a main god-level or higher god, unless it is in the mythological era.

Under normal circumstances, the gods would not be able to show up, but it was the burning of humanity initiated by the Demon King that gave the gods the opportunity to find a loophole.

But that's all.

The same thing happened to Athena, but she copied the work of the dragon demon Azdahaka and began to create a body strong enough for herself that could carry more divine power - that is, she used a trick to bypass the mechanism.

But Odin couldn't do it, the land of Fuyuki City was not so adaptable to Odin.

It's just that Cu Chulainn has a connection with Fuyuki City, so Odin took the opportunity to mix his own power into Cu Chulainn's spirit that appeared this time.

but--

“Odin is the god of war, the god of madness, the god of death, and the god of wisdom—all at the same time!
I (Odin) am the 'God of Bards' - Caster Cu Chulainn, a 'bard'!"

Bard.

Although this profession is often regarded as a profession lacking combat effectiveness and is rejected in modern games.

But in ancient times - in the mythological era, when mythology and the human era were closely connected, this was not the case!

Bards weave stories, bards sing stories

The bard 'creates the image of the hero' through stories!
'Shape the image of heroes in people's hearts'!
A hero? A devil? A monster?

The essence of a bard is – a writer!
That's right!

The essence of Caster Cu Chulainn is a 'writer-type heroic spirit'!
What are the common abilities of Writer-type Heroic Servant?
That is to materialize their work and status in history - they can 'adjust their spiritual base'!
It is not as simple as simply enhancing the skill buffs!
"Emiya Shirou!"

The angry Cu Chulainn calls Shirou by his full name:
"Hurry up! Go and finish your work first. As for me - I will not directly participate in the next battle, but I will adjust your spiritual base to the strongest posture in the next battle using the bard's method!"

"Okay." Although he didn't know why Cu Chulainn was so annoyed, Shirou still responded: "I will win."

[Using the 'Spiritual Core of the Polluted Berserker Hercules' as material, Shirou attempts to create the 'Personality Mask Ritual']

[Because it is a polluted servant, its spirit core has long been in a broken state, so even if it is done, it can only be used once by default (if you want to use it repeatedly, you must use a complete spirit core)]

[Difficulty: 100]

[Shirou's 'Three-phase Projection·Personality Mask Technique': 1D100=97 (Is the dice girl so violent today?)]

[Sky Eye Correction: 1D100=62]

[Total: 159]

[Great Success Reward: Shirou doesn't know Hercules well enough yet, and the damaged and contaminated spirit core used as the material is of poor quality, and it is not a forged sword, so a Great Success Reward is not enough to make it permanent.]

【追加判定，这个面具能用几次？1D11+1=11+1=12】

[Can be used twelve times in total! ]

Because time is relatively abundant, I skipped the magic replenishment process of Ritsuka, Aku Hinako, Caster, Olga Marie, etc., and defaulted to "keep kissing until success".

Caster is still very conflicted about his past, so he assumes that Shirou will not forcefully delve into it.

Olga Marie directly read the previous 500,000 words and told Shirou about her past.

The only accident that was not an accident was that during the process of summoning magic, Cu Chulainn, for some reason, asked Shirou to stand in his own barrier, where he could be directly seen by the naked eye from the direction of Athena.

Did Cuchulainn think that this would anger Athena?

[Athena's 'anger': 1D100=74]

Athena is pissed!

But now, she was still in a state of battle maniac thinking. She did not go berserk directly, but continued to accumulate strength.

As for the sword forging process, it went very smoothly, and even no judgment appeared.

Is it because Caster is the 'material for the holy sword' and has the ability to transform into a sword? And is it because her current level is not high enough?

Whether there will be any unexpected effects depends on the subsequent plot. Shirou, who is already very familiar with the 'Narrator Recorder', speculated.

As for human magnetism,

[Additional judgment on the talents of Ritsuka, Aku Hinako, Custer, and Olga Marie in the field of 'Human Magnetism']

[Because the time is too short, even if you succeed, it will only be at the level of 'having talent' and 'direct entry'. The subsequent growth will depend on the subsequent plot.]

[Difficulty: 75. This number means you have the talent, but you haven't learned it yet.]

[Difficulty: 90. This number means you are very talented and have already gotten started.]

[Difficulty: 96. This number indicates that one has extraordinary talent and has mastered a little bit of the ‘field’.]

[Ritsuka: 1D100=99]

[Akabe Hinako: 1D100=84]

[Cast: 1D100=93]

[Olga Marie: 1D100=9]

Aku Hinako has talent, but she hasn't learned it yet.

Custer has talent and has already mastered the basics - that is, he can 'generate electricity'.

Ritsuka's talent is incredible!
It has actually touched the realm of 'field'!
This is a testament to overwhelming talent!

Although unlike Emiya Kiara, who has practiced for ten years, Ritsuka, who was just cramming for the exam, has only reached the realm, but the strength is still far from enough. However, if he masters the "field".
Take a simple example.

When facing an attack directed at him, Ritsuka can use his 'human magnetic stance' to reverse directions and deflect attacks!
For Lixiang himself, the ability to protect himself is the most important thing at this stage.

We’ll talk about her growth later—she has talent!
The only problem is... uh, Olga Marie.

This is too bad.

Olga Marie herself didn't care too much about this. She just covered her lips and blushed, and her mind was obviously not on this.

After Shirou finished dealing with his side, he came to Cu Chulainn's side.

What exactly is he going to do?
Just as Shirou was waiting for the narration to be announced,

This time, no judgment was made.

是因为，前面奥丁的1D100+30=100+30=130大成功，代替了吗？

Furious and at full strength, Odin directly completed the 'jutsu' he had prepared for Shirou.

[It does not determine whether it succeeded or not, but the subsequent determination of the 'strength of the effect of the technique']

"I used my wisdom to investigate the information clearly."

Countless runes enveloped Shirou's body, and a force was pouring in - forming!
At the same time, Shirou discovered that Cu Chulainn's body was beginning to disintegrate in front of him.

"Don't worry," Cu Chulainn said, "It was just because of anger that I forced myself to use more power than the limit of my spiritual base. Anger is a double-edged sword. You just need to listen carefully."

Cu Chulainn, or Odin, began his storytelling.

——Sun Wukong
Just like Athena's image, story, and setting, which were compiled and rewritten countless times in ancient times because they were too popular.

The same is true of the image of Sun Wukong.

However, compared to Athena, who was finalized very early, although Sun Wukong also existed in ancient times, his image did not begin to evolve rapidly until the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties - in other words, in the period approaching modern times.

And this evolution has continued to the present day.

Until modern times, Sun Wukong has been constantly endowed with many characteristics that he did not originally possess.

He is simply the hero that everyone admires.

The image of Sun Wukong is also constantly being analyzed.

In "Journey to the West", there is a character that many people believe is a "control group of Sun Wukong" or "Sun Wukong who took another path."

Its image itself is also a super well-known and popular existence.

"He is the God of Justice, in charge of order, it's obvious - the gods of the West went to the Eastern world to make trouble, this, crossed the line!"

Odin said so.

Although this may also be true for him.

Perhaps this is also the reason why he suffered backlash and his spiritual base disintegrated.

"Shirou is not Son Goku, but he has a complicated relationship with Son Goku."

"So is he!"

"His image and various settings have also been constantly changing throughout history. After being influenced by Sun Wukong, the bards (writers) made changes based on Sun Wukong!"

"His symbolic characteristic is the 'eye of heaven'"

"Shirou - also has 'Sky Eye'!"

Stitching together different characters to create connections has been the specialty of bards since ancient times.

Cuchulainn (Odin), as a writer! As a bard! As the god of bards—

At this moment, compile a new myth.

The one with the legend of 'splitting mountains', the god who controls the earth and mountains - the hero of steel who controls the dragons and snakes of the earth, the god of justice in the Eastern Heaven!

Just like the 'rescue summoned by the monkey'.

This incident is also recorded in "Journey to the West"!

Borrow his strength!

Call his name!
The pinnacle of the gods!
The answer from heaven!
his name is--

←to be continue!

(End of this chapter)