This is a no-man's land somewhere in western Europe.
It was originally a wasteland, but now it has turned withered and yellow in the season between autumn and winter, and looks particularly desolate.
However, one night, accompanied by a strange sound, like the legendary earth dragon turning over, everything changed.
The wasteland turned into a forest overnight.
If you take a helicopter and look down from above, you will find that strange black trees are sprouting out of the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, eroding the entire wasteland like waves.
Black trees, black forest. The border of the Black Forest is roughly a circle, and the forest covers an extremely large area of nearly 2,000 square kilometers.
The forest lacks the lush greenery of spring and summer, nor the barrenness of autumn and winter. Instead, it has only an eerie black and red color that looks vibrant yet reveals an ominous silence.
Although the sun has risen, the interior of the forest is still dark, making it difficult to tell whether it is day or night. The difference between day and night is only the difference between darkness and red black.
The blood gurgled like the intestines of a living thing.
Yes, bleeding.
The trees in this forest secrete not sap, but blood.
Born from the flesh of trees and blood sucked from outside.
- Let's be more direct.
This forest is a different world.
The Black Forest is 50 kilometers in diameter.
Moving according to a will
It sucks the blood of various animals like a giant feeding creature.
No one who enters this forest will return alive.
Witnesses who did not know the truth called the forest "Shupaluzpalut", while people in the mysterious world called it "Fuhailin Anashu", the seventh seat of the twenty-seven ancestors of the Dead Apostles (huh), a terrifying existence that devoured countless lives.
The legend of "Fuhailin Anashu" has been passed down for 800 years. It is definitely notorious. Anyone with a normal mind should stay away from the forest to avoid being swallowed by it. But every time Fuhailin appears, a considerable number of people will enter the forest.
Some want to defeat the vampire who has been doing evil for eight hundred years, some want to capture the ancient dead apostle, some want to negotiate with him, and more want to obtain the "True Red Fruit" in the center of the forest that only exists in legends.
Legend has it that there is a big tree in the center of the Black Forest. It is the throne of Anash and there is a red fruit there.
The blood of the creatures that invaded the forest was sucked away, and after hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of blood solidified, only one drop of blood remained. If one eats this fruit, he or she will become immortal.
It's like a candle flame attracting moths.
There is an endless stream of humans who break in with the delusion of the fruit of immortality.
This time is no exception.
Four days have passed since Fu Hailin appeared in the world, and the number of hunters who have entered the Black Forest has reached three digits.
When the hunters arrived, most of them were full of confidence, but not long after entering the forest, their confidence gradually faded and finally turned into fear. They wanted to escape but it was too late.
Because hunters are not fighting against a specific living or non-living thing, their enemies are everywhere -
Dense branches and leaves that cover the sky.
Surrounded by tree roots underground.
All of these are bleeding.
The red-black forest, thirsting for blood, growled like a wild beast.
Humans seem too powerless in this.
Trees can transform freely into weapons to attack animals.
Even the atmosphere was filled with poison gas, and there was nowhere to escape.
The fate of those who enter the forest is already determined.
It is not uncommon for the forest to engulf an entire village, turning it into part of the forest overnight.
A land that can think, wanders around the world, and sucks blood.
Fuhailin Anashu is such an existence. To be against it is to be against the environment, to be against nature, and to be against the "world".
Those who have not experienced it will never know what it feels like. The result is that they are swallowed up by the "world", become part of the forest, and turned into nutrients for the True Red Fruit.
However, this is only the fate of most people. There is no shortage of geniuses and monsters on this planet, and even if they are enemies of the "world", they cannot be stopped.
Shinji Matou is one of them.
Even though the environment of alternating darkness and red was so oppressive, even though the branches that kept attacking from all sides were so continuous, even though the birds, beasts, insects and snakes hiding in the trees were so dangerous, he still walked steadily step by step, without panic or fear.
Although the calm posture cannot be called strolling in a dangerous situation, it is definitely not difficult. If I have to describe it, it is probably the feeling of a veteran backpacker hiking in the wild, with pressure, motivation, and rewards.
Stress comes from attacks that are always and everywhere.
The motivation is that the intensity of the attack is increasing, which means that he is getting closer and closer to the target.
As for the gains... does it count as getting better and better at playing with explosions
The explosion here is not an explosion on a magical level, but a purely physical level.
In fact, it is not easy to use magic in Fuhailin, because it is a different world of its own, completely cutting off the connection between the magic circuit and the "big source". The magician can only use his own "small source", which is the worst environment for a magician.
No matter how talented he is, his "small source" cannot be compared with the "big source" of the planet. Under the continuous attack of the forest, it won't take long for his magic power to run out and he will die. This is also the reason why Barthomello, who is committed to defeating the dead, has been leaving Fu Hailin alone.
The only things you can rely on here are abilities that don't rely on magic, such as physical abilities and equipment.
Shinji relied on these two points to advance steadily. His strong body ensured his speed, and the modern weapons he collected from various sources gave him the capital to fight against Fu Hailin.
Unlike servants whose souls are materialized, Fukailin is a blood-sucking plant that exists in the real world with a real body. Even if it rises to the level of fantasy species, the self-contained alien world cannot escape the influence of physical laws, which gives Shinji room to exploit loopholes.
Tree branches and roots? Flamethrower! Burn, burn, burn!
Animals? Grenade! Blast, blast, blast!
The small world where Elquet lives is filled with all kinds of munitions collected by Shinji. He can use them as he pleases, burn as much as he gets, and blow up as much as he can.
"Sure enough, technology is the primary productive force. Magic is far inferior to technology in terms of destruction. The Magic Association and the Holy Church are really old-fashioned. It's the 21st century, but they still use old-fashioned ways of thinking. If it were me, I would just use missiles to bomb the outer perimeter, and use tank clusters to bomb the inner perimeter, and push all the way to the True Crimson Throne. There's no need to go through so much trouble!"
As he spoke, the boy threw a incendiary bomb with force.
With a loud bang, a different kind of light appeared in the dark and deep black forest.
PS: Type-Moon's battles have always focused on the mysterious level, rarely involving technology. Even Kiritsugu used very limited modern weapons. But what cannot be ignored is that the mainstream of society is technology. For special beings like servants who are not mysterious and harmless, technology is much more powerful than magic. This is very well done in "Fate strange fake". The US military in it clearly expressed that "Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid" cannot stop anti-tank rifles, and the old bug's bug magic can't withstand a missile. At the end, there is a sentence "Don't underestimate the young country." The irony contained in it is really pleasant.
PS2: There is also a classic scene in "Fate strange fake" where a disciple is killed by a grenade, which is so cool.
PS3: Attention, attention, the old book club group is full. Since yesterday, you can't join even if you apply. Now we are opening a new book club group. The group number is 1·3·2·6·4·8·0·9·1. If you want to join, join here. This is a 2000-member group contributed by the big guys. It may not be filled up in a lifetime. (The group owner is not a traitor, but a certain manager. The traitor is a poor guy who has no money to charge VIP)