Chapter 192: The First Battle (Don't ask for subscriptions, everyone is free)
"It's Hermione!"
"She summoned Saber, Artoria Pendragon!"
The Wesley Twins exclaimed. Then the two of them looked up at Arthur and Cedric at the same time.
The students of Hogwarts actually became participants in the Holy Grail War game, and they also summoned a virtual Heroic Spirit made by Arthur, which they never expected.
"What should I do? The security of the game, we are not sure yet. Now that the virtual Heroes have appeared, I'm scared that the whole game will fall apart. β
Cedric on the side pondered for a moment, looked up and stared at Arthur with the eyes that fascinated thousands of girls and said.
Virtual Heroic Spirit, Artoria Pendragon. It is an "easter egg" that Arthur set up according to the Immortal and asked Wesley to make in Valhalla, and the chance of being summoned is 1 in 100,000.
Originally, it was planned to summon her for publicity when "The Holy Grail War 2 of the Magician" was released.
"We didn't get Artoria's relics here at all, which means there's no way anyone could summon her. George, show me the list of Heroic Spirits that we have prepared this time for the Saber Relic that can be summoned. β
Arthur looked at three pairs of eyes staring at him, he put his hand on his chin, thought for a moment, and then looked up at George and asked.
He was shocked that Hermione could be a participant in the Holy Grail War game.
Because he knew that Hermione didn't like "The Holy Grail War of the Magician" at all, and thought that the story in it was seriously inconsistent with reality.
But now, not only has she become a participant in the game, but she has also been rewarded with Artoria Pendragon.
Arthur thought of 10,000 possibilities, but couldn't figure out how Hermione managed to do it.
When George heard this, he and Fred went through their notebooks, and after a few seconds, they picked up a piece of brown paper and handed it to Arthur.
"St. George, a soldier of the Roman Empire, Charlemagne, King Charlemagne of the Franks, the Twelve Paladins Roland, Tobin, Astolford, ......"
Arthur's face darkened slightly after reading the list of Saber Heroes.
The Wesley Twins really didn't forget his words and really knocked Artoria off the list. This also means that there really will be no one who can summon Artoria.
As the creators of the Holy Grail game, in order to better test the playability and safety of this game, they had already drawn up seven Heroic Soul candidates in Hogwarts Castle before they came to Durmstrang Castle.
Participants can only summon the corresponding Immortal from the list, and it is not possible to summon Immortal from outside the list.
"Could it be that the Holy Grail War game didn't start, and there was a bug in our game?"
Cedric sighed and said to the three Arthurs.
It was already because he was the only one to participate in the Herbal Medicine Knowledge Championship, and the pressure was huge. Now that the game was in trouble, Cedric felt like his chest was being pressed and couldn't breathe.
This is Durmstrang College.
If their Holy Grail War game really goes wrong and causes irreparable damage to Durmstrang House, then the four of them won't want to go back to Hogwarts.
"It's much better to have a bug early than to wait until our game is released."
Seeing Cedric's depressed look, Arthur shook his head and comforted. Then he set his sights on the Wesley Twins.
"Check first, there's nothing wrong with Valhalla. I'm going to Hermione now to see how the virtual Immortal is doing. β
"Okay, Arthur." The Wesley twins nodded in response.
In addition to Cedric's worries, the two of them were more curious about Artoria's appearance, curious about where the appearance of this virtual Heroic Spirit would make this Holy Grail War game develop.
After comforting Cedric again, Arthur walked out of the chamber.
Looking at the arcane orange carpet in the hallway outside, Arthur shook his head speechlessly, and then walked towards the Hogwarts common room.
In a classroom on the second floor of Durmstrang Castle, Hermione looked at the young girl in the blue court dress in front of her, and didn't know what to say for a long time.
She was just reading a book about Lu Wen's knowledge of magic arrays in this classroom, and because she was so focused, she couldn't help but draw a magic circle on the ground according to the contents of the book, and then recited the incantation of this magic array.
As for this girl in the blue dress, it was not what she wanted to summon at all.
Where am I? What am I doing? Can anyone tell me?
Looking at the resolute eyes of the blonde girl in the blue dress, Hermione screamed wildly in her heart.
"Are you my master?"
Artoria saw that the girl who had summoned herself and never opened her mouth to sign a contract with her. Eventually, she took the initiative to break the silence around her.
"Me? masterοΌ I'm just a Hogwarts student. Did you recognize the wrong person? β
Because Artoria's aura was too powerful, Hermione subconsciously denied it.
But then, she quickly remembered how "master" was so familiar...
'Isn't this Arthur's book?!' β
After a few breaths, Hermione finally remembered. This 'master' title is what Saber says to her Guardian Shirou when she first appears in Arthur's The Holy Grail War.
Waist-length blond hair, blue court battle skirts, silver armor with mysterious patterns, and resolute eyes.
Isn't this the saber in it!
Why did I summon her????
After guessing the identity of the girl in front of her, Hermione's mind became a mess, and no matter how she thought, she couldn't think of a suitable explanation for how she could summon the character in the real world.
"That's... You are indeed summoned by me, and I am indeed your lord in theory. But the world doesn't..."
Hermione looked at Artoria's expressionless face, and finally she decided to tell Artoria the truth, this world was not her world where the Holy Grail War took place.
But before she could finish her sentence, a strange magical force suddenly rushed into the classroom.
Airplanes!
The magic swept by, and the classroom remained unchanged. But Artoria's face changed, and she quickly grabbed Hermione's hand to complete the contract, and at the same time took Hermione to the side to dodge.
Rumble!
A giant chocolate jumping frog lunged upwards and landed right where Hermione had been.
The chocolate jumping frog is two meters tall and has a huge body that resembles a giant bucket.
Quack!
Seeing that the enemy was not being held down by itself, the frog took a heavy step, turned to look at Hermione and Artoria, and then croaked.
Seeing this, Hermione didn't understand why a giant chocolate frog was attacking her, but she instinctively pulled out her wand. But just as she was about to cast a spell on the frog, the frog suddenly opened its mouth and shot a long tongue towards Hermione's arm.
"Humph!"
Artoria snorted coldly, raised her hands and directly cut off the giant frog's tongue. Then she hurried towards the giant frog, killing the giant frog with the invisible weapon in her hand.
The giant frog she slew turned into a puddle of chocolate liquid and spilled on the entire classroom floor, slowly solidifying.
"It's really chocolate!" Hermione exclaimed. The giant frog that attacked her was really made of chocolate.
"Master, be careful. This is the other party's summoned beast! β
Artoria said with a serious look as she returned to Hermione, pulled her up with her hand.
Suddenly, the door to the classroom was destroyed by a huge force, and a giant frog that was exactly the same as the giant frog in front of Artoria opened its mouth and struck at Artoria's back.
"Be careful!" Hermione exclaimed.
But Artoria reacted faster, severing the frog's tongue with a single flicker.
Seeing this, the giant frog at the door of the classroom opened its mouth again, and this time instead of attacking Artoria with its tongue, it spewed out several chocolate cannonballs the size of ghost flying balls.
Bang bang bang!
This level of attack was like a toy in a child's hand in front of Artoria, and she swung her invisible weapon in her hand and easily slashed it.
Boom Boom!
But when she smashes the shells, the shells burst out of different colors of gas, blue, yellow, and purple.
"Ahem, ahem!"
Artoria, who inhaled these gases, instantly distorted her face, tears flowed from her eyes, and she coughed incessantly.
"This can't be weird beans, right?!"
Hermione looked at the shell of the cannonball that had fallen on the floor, and the familiarity lingered in her heart, and she couldn't help but speak.
Seeing that Artoria had been attacked, she hurriedly waved the wand in her hand to dispel the gas that was enveloping Artoria's body.
After the gas was gone, Artoria stopped coughing and crying, glanced back at Hermione, nodded, and then raised her weapon again and rushed towards the giant frog.
Hermione's performance made Artoria very satisfied.
Thinking back to the past experience of the Holy Grail War, this master has been approved by her.
"Uh-huh! What a powerful Heroic Spirit. Shall we withdraw! β
Tom Ming, who was hiding in the shadows, used the crystal ball in his walk to watch the second chocolate giant frog being killed by the other party's heroic spirit again, and said timidly to Peeves beside him.
As a Castrobusher School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, known for its mischief, Tom Ming is very fond of his Heroic Spirits. He didn't want his Heroic Spirit to be defeated by the other side.
In that case, his pranks can't continue.
"No hurry, no hurry, the other one has already taken the bait!"
Peeves, who floated behind Tom, was in a strange shape at this point, his ears replaced by a slender tube that led to Hermione and Artoria's classroom, and the other that led to the other hall along the corner at the top.
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There, a bearded man with a cutlass and musket and a Durmstrang student are being pursued by a group of green-skinned goblins, who are fleeing in the same direction as Hermione's classroom.
Peeves listened to the footsteps of the two of them, his funny face painted with white powder, and a smile that had succeeded in his plan.
As an assassin, Peeves loves the horror of these enemies when they play their own pranks.
When the enemy despairs, that's when he succeeds in assassination.
Since the new Heroic Spirit is not easy to deal with, then let the other Heroic Spirits help him destroy this Heroic Spirit.
"That caster hasn't been seen since he spotted you. We made such a big fuss, and he didn't show up. Do you think he'll escape from Durmstrang Castle? β
Seeing that Peeves was not worried at all, Tom Ming also gave up the idea of retreating. He began to think about the situation of the other Heroic Spirit and his Master.
The Holy Grail War Game Overseer, the Wesley Twins of Hogwarts, learns that the Caster has been summoned. Tom Ming cares a lot about this caster.
Because the people who participate in this game are wizards, and Caster is also a wizard, the two of them joining forces will put other people involved in the game in danger.
Therefore, in Tom Ming's plan, the first enemy to be killed is the master of Caster. Let the caster out of the game first, then compete with other enemies for the Holy Grail.
But his servant is just an assassin, and it is very troublesome to kill the caster.
So Tom Ming decided to find a new man to become his ally and defeat the Caster Master together.
But right now, the Heroic Spirit summoned by this newcomer has solved Peeves' chocolate giant frog in two clicks.
The strength is too terrifying, and Tom would not dare to form an alliance with such an opponent.
"They met!"
Peeves smirks as he hears the sound of two Heroic Spirits fighting. And this also means that his prank has been successful.
"Well, I saw it!" When Tom heard this, he immediately lowered his head and controlled the crystal ball, and a few seconds later, he also saw Artoria and Blackbeard fighting, as well as the wizarding duel between the Hogwarts schoolgirl and Durmstrang senior students.
"I never seem to have seen you..."
Blackbeard fended off Artoria's slash with his scimitar and pushed back with the musket in his other hand before speaking in a deep voice.
"I've never seen you either. Isn't that normal? β
Artoria used the invisible weapon in her hand to block the opponent's lead projectile and spoke.
As a Heroic Spirit participating in the Holy Grail War, it is not uncommon to not meet a Heroic Spirit who has faced off once in hundreds of times.
β......β
Blackbeard shook his head, he meant that he didn't have the ghost of Artoria in his memory.
As a replica of Blackbeard's ghost body, Rider inherits the memory of the forehead body, and has never seen the body of the heroic spirit in front of him in Blackbeard's ghost life for a hundred years.
"What's the weapon you're holding in your hand? As a pirate, I've leaked my own weapons, and you're more insidious than me. β
In another duel, Blackbeard said with a slightly angry face after being cut off half of his beard because he couldn't figure out the length of the weapon in Artoria's hand.
"Hiding one's strength as a Heroic Spirit is a basic rule. And my weapon... Maybe it's a scimitar, maybe it's an axe, maybe it's a spear. β
Artoria replied with an unseen weapon in both hands, with a strange expression.