Chapter Eighty-Six: The Land of Steel
My name is Elijah,
It's my inherent enchantment.
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Melti is the magical elder of the Assassin Four Heavenly Kings, tall and slender, and always likes to wear a ponytail that affects her movements.
Having received the title of "Hundred Appearances", she was able to perfectly transform into other people's forms and use them to carry out assassination operations, after all, the real [Hundred Appearances of Hassan] in history only split into many personalities, and it was meaningless if it was not paired with superb camouflage skills.
Because she has obtained the strongest attribute with no combat power bonus, her combat power is not much different from that of ordinary Assassins, even if the magic attribute can catch up with ordinary Heroic Spirits, it is useless, at most it can only be used to resist some non-advanced magic.
The previous battles were completely lost, at the beginning when Kenneth was still in the upper echelons of the hotel, she infiltrated and assassinated Sora, but was broken by Luna, who is now called the Moon Spirit Marrow, and then tried to infiltrate the Emiya mansion, where she was once again spotted and sent flying.
After this resurrection, he was ordered to patrol the city, and follow the first master or heroic spirit to be discovered, and forbade him to do so without an order - in fact, it was impossible to do so.
Melty, who had transformed into a waitress in the video game city, quietly looked at the three servants over there, Archer, Rider, and Caster, although the battle of the Deep Mountain Mansion was in full swing not long ago, and the Heroic Spirit had also been defeated and exited for the first time, but these three didn't seem to care too much - if you think about it, they haven't really fought each other so far.
If there is a fight, you may be able to do something about it, and Melti observes them as she stops the kid who starts smashing the machine because of a failed game.
"Oh? Claw machine? Rider, who appeared at the end, walked up to the two arguing Heroes and looked at the game console next to them, "I can't handle this, maybe Archer is better at it." ”
"What's the problem of being good at it or not?" According to the information, Caster, whose real name should be the Winter Maiden, was indignant, and she raised her hand to the crane machine: "Rider, do you dare to say that this is not cheating?" ”
Melty looked from afar, and vaguely saw that the loose clamp that was supposed to be difficult to pick up one doll actually caught two dolls in one go, but Caster was frozen there and couldn't drop them.
"Hmph," Gilgamesh sneered, "It seems that you don't know the effect of the [Golden Rule] and [Collector], as long as this king wants, anything will come to this king's hands." ”
"You! As the most ancient king, he was embarrassed to snatch a little girl's doll? "Caster doesn't even claim to be a little girl?
"Ridiculous, can't this king take it and give it to the little girl? The sons of the Shichen, or Amir and Melti. "The King of Heroes did not back down.
Suddenly named, Melti quickly withdrew her gaze and changed cover.
"Oh! If there is something that both kings want, then count me as one! Rider took advantage of the chaos to join the fray: "I'm going to take these two long-eared rats too." ”
"Heh, you've been in the desert for too long, and your eyes are mesmerized?" "That's a rabbit, uncle."
Melti quietly peered over the other side of the pillar to see what these powerful servants were fighting for.
It was a pair of long-eared rabbit dolls in pure black and pure white, which were out of place with other dolls, pink or yellow, and there was a hint of root attached to it, which was difficult for the Assassin or the magician to find, but to those powerful Heroic Spirits, it was as obvious as the light of the night.
Due to the stalemate between Gilgamesh and Caster, the poor claw catcher keeps sounding the alarm, but it can't leave the two rabbits that he caught.
However, even though the crane machine kept sounding the alarm, there was still no staff to deal with it, or rather, no one tried to approach, even the tourists who were already nearby were unconsciously walking away from them.
Feeling that she was going to become very visible, Melti immediately underwent a spirit transformation, and although the sound she heard would be distorted, there was no other way.
"It's noisy." Gilgamesh turned his face and glared at the crane machine, and the ice on the clamp shattered instantly, and the two rabbits fell and were copied into his hands.
"Hey, you!" Caster seemed to be about to grab it, but seemed to stop thinking about something.
"Until the end of time, this world is the king's courtyard, and all the treasures of the past, present, and future belong to the king," the ancient king glanced at the rabbit in his hand, "You answer a question from the king, and the king may return them to you." ”
"You say hello, but I don't guarantee the answer is what you want." Caster said with a sigh.
"The king's question is, []?"
Gilgamesh's voice suddenly became indistinct and even mixed with strange noises, and as Melti was carefully discerning, a burst of black flames suddenly swept towards the surroundings, centered on several heroic spirits.
Inherent enchantment?!
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It was a gray world, with ash-filled cracked earth, dry trees, and gray mechanical remains scattered everywhere, even the ruins of buildings not far away.
The only bright colors are the three heroic spirits who appear here, the glittering Gilgamesh, the imposing Iskander, and the Caster in the pure white dress.
Melti took advantage of their lack of attention to keep the spirit and hid in the nearby ruins.
"I said Caster, if that's your taste, just help me transform the inherent enchantment." Iskandar looked around and shook his head.
"I can take you to Athens, but if you tear it down on a whim, you'll be in trouble." Caster said with his arms crossed.
"Your Intrinsic Barrier Can Travel Through Time and Space?" Gilgamesh looked around, his tone inexplicable.
"In a way, the surroundings are completely taken from 'that time'-" During the conversation, five or six long-thorned orangutan-like monsters emerged from the surrounding ruins, and Caster threw a string of icicles over and smashed them all into gray powder, "but this is still my inherent barrier." ”
"Tsk, is this the wasteland of nuclear warfare? Although those military magazines have been talking about deterrence and deterrence, weapons are always used, aren't they? Iskandar looked around with interest.
"What is the answer to the king's question?" Gilgamesh didn't ask Caster questions until he was sure that the ash wouldn't get on his body.
"Look at the heavens." Caster pointed upward.
Melti, who was hiding in the rubble, looked up and was stunned.
It was a huge cube suspended in the ceiling, an ominous red color all over, with biochemical warning signs painted in pitch black on all six faces, and a huge creature could be seen emerging from it.
"That's Type-Earth, which was summoned to exterminate humanity after humans used nuclear weapons against each other to wipe out Gaia, and there's no way to defeat it so far." Melti heard Caster say this.
Strange, isn't she the Saintess of Winter? What's going on in this ruined world that seems to be thousands of years later?
"Nothing?" The Ancient King suddenly unfolded dense golden ripples in the air, projecting countless treasures into the sky.
"It's an analogue of the Inherent Enchantment to the Ontology! Since it has never been defeated at all, it is invincible in the setting! Caster couldn't stop it, and his tone was a little irritable: "Even if you bomb the EA with it, it's only my inherent enchantment that it will destroy in the end!" ”
"Hmm...... Where are the other magicians or Heroic Spirits? Iskandar touched the beard on his chin: "Could it be that they are all wiped out?" ”
"Although I didn't personally witness it, it is said that before the nuclear war, the 'Monster of Gaia' and the 'Monster of Alayya' fought fiercely, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and neither of them is currently dormant." Caster looked up at the sky, "I'm probably the only magician that guy has ever seen. ”
"So you proclaimed yourself king?" Gilgamesh's Treasure of Kings finally hit the red cube high in the sky, but to no avail, causing it to cast two huge shadows in a fit of excitement.
"What a self-proclaimed king, at the moment I am the only one on the entire earth who can repel those monsters," Caster looked at the landing point of the two monsters, and floated away, "I can't refuse to be recognized as a king." ”
"Boom! Rumble! "The huge shadow fell to the ground, and it could be seen that they were two huge reddish-brown steel dragons, although it would be more appropriate to call them "scrap iron dragons" based on the materials that make up their bodies.
"Hehe, trash fish." "Oooooooooooo
Archer unfolds the Gate of Babylon and Rider jumps onto the Thunder Chariot he has just summoned, and the two Heroes tacitly choose different opponents to attack.
"Enough of you! Although the scene was captured in time, it was simulated with my magic. Caster waved his hand vigorously: "If you know what kind of enemy it is, give it back to me!" ”
The gray flames rekindled, burning everything in the wasteland.
When she returned to the noisy arcade, Melti thought that the colorful screens were beautiful and the strange electronic sounds were very pleasant, and only then did she realize that the world was not only colorless, but also had no sound at all.
Speaking of which, these heroic spirits have a very strong ability to change clothes instantly.
"Hmph, this king will reward you with this thing." Gilgamesh casually tossed the rabbits to Caster.
"They don't know what it cost to deliver the news when they don't have magic to use, if you break it-" Caster examined the two rabbits, suddenly smacked his hands, and then disappeared in an instant, "You guys, I have something urgent to go first." ”
"That kind of enemy, I'd love to fight with a real fight," Rider clenched his fists in disgust.
"You may consider answering the call of that dusty world," Gilgamesh snorted, and vanished as a spirit child.
"Well, the little ghost asked me to play the game until the evening and then go back and see what I have to play." Iskandar rubbed his head and walked towards the other play areas.
Must report to Qili......
After confirming that Rider would be staying here for a while, Melti hid and quickly left.