Arturia has been with Merlin for many years, and she knows the old dream demon very well.
Just like what Arturia said, since Merlin is only half human, his mentality and some of his behaviors when looking at humans are far from common sense understanding of humans, and he often does some unique things.
According to Merlin's self-description, as an extra-human being, he doesn't like humans.
But dream demons rely on absorbing other people's dreams as food, and Merlin's survival cannot be separated from humans who are the masters of the world.
This leads to Merlin often showing a contradictory attitude when facing humans.
In front of people who can arouse his interest, Merlin will act like a very approachable, big brother next door persona.
But when facing people he is not interested in, Merlin's attitude will be very cold.
Artoria has grown up under the care of Merlin since she was a child, and has a deep understanding of the nature of the old dream demon with a bad personality.
Merlin doesn't like humans, but he likes to watch the real stories performed by humans from the sidelines.
The ex-level clairvoyance he possesses is present-day vision, which allows him to see everything happening in all parallel worlds at the current point in time.
These convenient eyes allow him to observe thousands of worlds and witness all kinds of joys and sorrows in the stories of human heroes.
Lu Xiao patted Arturia on the shoulder and explained: "The immortal Merlin's only interest is to stand in the claustrophobic tower and observe interesting things happening in the world."
"If the Magic King's human inoculation is really successful, everything Merlin can observe will become blank. This will also be unbearable loneliness for him, right?"
Merlin does indeed have a bad character, has a sharp tongue, goes his own way, and often shamelessly plots against others. Anna calls him the aggregate of all the dishonest people in the world.
Not long ago, he shamelessly plotted against Quetzalcoatl, the god of Quetzalcoatl, causing her to unintentionally break the three goddess alliance's oath not to attack each other, and used the Ax of Marduk to break through the Temple of Blood.
enchantment.
The violation of the oath caused Quetzalcoatl to suffer the divine punishment stipulated in the contract, and his divinity was reduced to less than half of its normal state.
Even so, Merlin undoubtedly has special feelings for Artoria, whom he watched grow up.
In most parallel worlds, after Artoria died in the Battle of Camlann, Merlin blamed himself for failing to prevent the tragedy and locked himself in the claustrophobic Tower of Avalon, never leaving again.
It would not be wrong to say that Merlin has no human emotions at all, but his emotions are more obscure than those of normal humans, and are deeply hidden by his playful smile.
When he truly meets the human being he likes, Merlin will do whatever it takes to help him or her.
Witnessing Fujimaru Ritsuka's struggle at the six singularities with his own eyes, Merlin became interested in this powerless last master of mankind.
As Lu Xiao said before, he helps more out of protecting his peeping power and maintaining human rights.
The other part also really wants to provide some help to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and hopes that he can contribute more interesting stories for him to watch in the future.
...To put it simply, his regard for Fujimaru Ritsuka is similar to protecting the hens to continue laying eggs and the book illustrator to continue producing food.
Fujimaru Ritsuka spent a lot of energy in the battle at the Blood Temple, and he will experience even greater difficulties in the future.
In order to recharge his batteries, Fujimaru simply chatted with Lu Xiao for a few words and then went upstairs to rest with his sub-server Mashu.
After Fujimaru left, Romani also temporarily turned off the microphone and started busy with other things, while Da Vinci chatted with several people present.
In addition to Lu Xiao and Artoria, there are also local Sumerian gods, Ishtar, the goddess representing beauty and harvest, and Quetzalcoatl from the Aztec mythology of South America.
Quetzalcoatl.
"The first meeting... doesn't count, right?"
Ishtar looked at Lu Xiao with a somewhat unhappy look, and seemed to be still worried about the previous mid-air collision.
"I am the god of beauty in charge of Venus, the goddess of harvest who brings prosperity to mankind, and I am also the god of war and destruction. Ishtar, please take care of me."
Although her attitude was not very good, Ishtar did not attack directly to greet her. Judging from her status as the goddess of war and destruction, she was relatively friendly.
In fact, the real Ishtar's character will be even worse. The reason why the Venus goddess in front of me has a relatively peaceful attitude is because she is affected by the good nature of the body she relies on, and the vicious aspects have been neutralized a lot.
The possession body used by Ishtar comes from Rin Tosaka, the arrogant but kind-hearted Miss Tosaka.
Compared with Ishtar, who has a somewhat awkward attitude, Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl, behaves more friendly.
The blonde goddess with emerald eyes waved to the two of them with a sunny smile: "Hi~ I am the God of Venus and the Sun, Quetzalcoatl, who came from far away South America."
"Some people also call me Kukulkan. You can choose the name according to your own habits."
The mythology system of South America is quite different from that of other regions. They are accustomed to possessing humans and moving around. This is also the reason why Quetzalcoatl, as a main god-level existence, can directly appear in the human world.
Strictly speaking, if the Quetzalcoatl in its heyday did not consider the threat of Tiamat, the mother goddess of creation, it would have been possible to push the seventh singularity.
Even if Gorgon has the blessing of the Holy Grail, he will definitely not be a match for the main god-level Quetzalcoatl once he enters a deadly fight. The difference in godhead between the two sides is too big.
In addition to Quetzalcoatl and Gorgon, the last member of the Three Goddess Alliance is Ereshkigal, who is still guarding the underworld, the twin sister of Ishtar and the mistress of the underworld.
Since the name is too difficult to pronounce, Masters usually call her Aile.
"So, where do you want to find Jingu?"
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. Jin Gu, blessed by the Holy Grail, has real god-level combat power. Even if powerful heroic spirits join forces, it will be difficult to defeat him, let alone you two are only humans."
When Ishtar gave a kind but somewhat harsh reminder, her eyes were fixed on Lu Xiao. She always felt as if she knew this person, but she couldn't remember anything when she recalled it carefully.
'Is this body familiar? Forget it... her consciousness can't rise now anyway.'
The souls of Ishtar and Rin influence this body at a ratio of 7:3. Rin's soul sleeps in the body, and Ishtar's godhead controls the body.
Lu Xiao shrugged and said: "I have some conjectures about Jin Gu's whereabouts, but it is not convenient to say them out for the time being. I need more clues to support my conjectures."
"As for our strength...don't worry about it, Lady Goddess, there should be no problem in saving your life under Jin Gu."
Ishtar was a little unhappy with Lu Xiao's confrontational tone, and her brows twitched slightly: "Really, then I won't say anything more, you can just take care of yourself."
"snort!"
Controlling his own Noble Phantasm - Tianzhou Maanna, he left the window and flew into the sky. Ishtar only left behind Rin's signature displeased hum.
"Ahaha~"
As the pinnacle of the benevolent god in Aztec mythology, Quetzalcoatl is very friendly. She smiled and smoothed things over for Ishtar: "Ishtar just has a poisonous mouth. She actually doesn't have any ill intentions."
Arturia smiled and responded: "Please don't worry, I won't take this little thing to heart."
Lu Xiao shook his head and laughed: "Miss Koyatel, I am very familiar with the original owner of the body that the god Ishtar is possessed by. I unconsciously used the tone I usually used when chatting with her. It was my fault first.
."
"Back to business."
Lu Xiao put back his relaxed and playful expression and solemnly reminded Quetzalcoatl: "Compared to our mission, your group is facing greater pressure."
"For some reasons, it's not convenient for me to say too much. I just want to remind you."
"The Tiamat now exposed on the sea is not her true body, but something similar to..."
Lu Xiao thought about the wording and pointed to the stupid hair on Arturia's head as an example: "Similar to this hair on her body, once you break the disguise on the sea, her true body will be completely awakened.
, that’s when all nightmares begin.”
Arturia: "..."
"I understand the truth, why do you need to use my hair as an example?"