Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 125 Charm (8K! Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)
123. Bakemonogatari
The existence of Heroic Spirits is very similar to the Holy Grail, both of which are containers that carry people's wishes. Because of this, the legends passed down by people, even if they are not the truth, will have an impact on the attitude of Heroic Spirits as long as more people spread them and believe in them.

This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as 'popularity correction' - or rather, a side effect of popularity.

Grand Duke Vlad is also an exception in this kind of situation.

The fictional image derived from it is too famous, even to the extent that it has overshadowed its original image almost all over the world.

Shirou knew this from the information provided by Jeanne.
In the Holy Grail War in a certain world line, Vlad's basic strength can only be considered first-rate.

But if he is on Romanian soil - or carrying Romanian soil, Vlad will trigger the "Ghost General Protecting the Country" state.

From being a first-rate servant at the bottom, he soared to the point where he could fight on equal terms with Karna, who was said to have been promoted to the Sun God after his death. He was said to be a demigod servant, but in reality, he was not much different from a god in combat. Even most gods were no match for him.

Of course, if they really fight to the end, Karna will still be the winner. After all, Karna possesses the most powerful Noble Phantasm that can only be used once, while Archduke Vlad does not.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this so-called "ghost general protecting the country" skill is problematic.

It should not be able to provide such an outrageous bonus. In other words, the name of this skill itself is wrong. It was mutated due to the stigmatization of Vlad. Its real name should be a symbol of Vlad's identity as a guardian, and it was also the title he was truly proud of before he was stigmatized.

The proud 'Little Dragon Prince' of the Dragon Knights - the 'Shield of the Christian World'.

The skills upgraded from this identity allowed him to obtain corrections from the Christian world, which resulted in such an outrageous strengthening effect.

The name "Ghost General Protecting the Country" can be said to be both right and wrong. After all, Vlad himself was betrayed by all parties in the end, including the people of Romania (Walachia).

The skill name itself is probably the result of stigmatization.

But in the Holy Grail War in the FA world line, the outrageous buffs that Vlad received were more than just that.

In that world line, due to various reasons, Vlad was betrayed and incompletely released his "blood inheritance" skills.

At that time, he did not really become 'Dracula', but was transformed into a terrible crazy monster named 'Vampire Legend' in the entanglement.

Just like that, he was able to single-handedly fight against a group of servants including Jeanne d'Arc, Karna, Atalanta, Achilles, Chiron, and Avisbronn. He even had the upper hand at one point and almost turned Achilles into a vampire!
Shirou quickly listened to Jeanne's information sharing in the spiritual world. Naturally, he asked a question out of confusion:

"Are vampires that strong? I have hunted many Dead Apostles, and I have seen True Ancestors (Akagami Hinako) before, but they are not that strong."

Jeanne sighed, "That's different. Although people often confuse Dead Apostles with vampires, it's different. The settings of the two are actually very different."

Dead Apostles are Dead Apostles, True Ancestors are True Ancestors

The characteristic of the Dead Apostles is that they feed on humans, while the True Ancestors are special manifestations of nature.

It has nothing to do with the 'vampire setting' or the 'true vampire' setting - at least not in the Type-Moon worldview.

In the worldview settings of many fantasy stories, the vampire race always exists as a matter of course, but it is different in the Type-Moon worldview.

In the Type-Moon worldview, vampires are completely imaginary beings, created by countless people using a complex mixture of elements such as "ideas", "stories", and "rumors".

It would be fine if other races were doing this kind of artistic activity.

But the human race's 'thoughts' themselves are truly powerful and can actually distort reality.

".That is to say, in our worldview, vampires are more like 'void creatures'.

Although he appeared because of human thoughts, when he really appeared, his nature was no different from those "foreign gods" or "extraterritorial demons".

If it were in an era of normal human nature, and if Dracula really had the chance to appear, the Alaya-vijnana, the protective restraining force of mankind, would definitely take action. No, it should be said that the fact that Vlad himself rejected Dracula was the strongest seal that the restraining force had imposed on Dracula.

If human nature is normal, a large number of Servants may be summoned to fight, but now that human nature has been burned, the restraint is weakened, and there is probably very little that can be done."

Shirou's question to this is: "How did you deal with Dracula back then?"

“The situation was rather anticlimactic at the time.”

Joan of Arc explained:
"Vlad refused to become Dracula, but his Master used all the Command Spells to merge his soul with Vlad's. His family was originally a family of magicians specializing in soul surgery. He seemed to want to take over Dracula's power and identity through this method.
But due to Vlad's strong resistance, Dracula was ultimately unable to complete his manifestation, and the monster that was stuck in the process was actually closer to a 'ghost' than the imaginary monster 'vampire' in nature, and the weaknesses of 'sunlight', 'holy seal' and other stereotypes that were part of the vampire heritage were also inherited.

This can also be regarded as a manifestation of restraint. In the process of making Vlad Dracula inherit a large number of weaknesses first.
In the end, he was surprisingly easily defeated by another Saint Servant who chanted "Exorcism" during baptism."

"That was indeed anticlimactic," Shirou thought for a moment, "So, from now on, I will try to create opportunities, and you will find a way to purify him using the church's methods?"

Can it really be handled so simply?
After hesitating, Joan of Arc gave the answer: "I'm not sure. After all, Vlad didn't really turn into Dracula at that time. Vlad's consciousness had been resisting. But now Vlad's consciousness seems to be controlled by the madness of the R'lyeh Text. These madnesses from the Outer Gods have a strong restraining effect on the Berserker's servants."

(Note: The Berserker class is restrained by the Advent class)
". The most important thing is that at that time, there were still a lot of humans alive, and human civilization was in a healthy state. Even in the modern world of that world line, because of the large number of deaths of magicians, the power of Alaya-vijnana might be even stronger - but now that human reason has been burned, a large number of humans in the past, present and future have died. Without Alaya-vijnana, I'm not sure whether Dracula will inherit the 'negative setting of vampires' first."

Jeanne said this and Shirou understood.

Because the vampire race is too common in various modern two-dimensional cultural works, what is the ultimate result?

Take Vlad, for example.

Vlad often appears as a villain. Since he is a villain, if he is not strong enough, it will be too easy to defeat him and the player will not feel a sense of accomplishment. Therefore, the setting becomes more and more outrageous in the process of continuous iteration.

Sometimes, Vlad will appear as a controllable character of the game players. Since he is a player, in order to make the players have fun, Vlad's various growth settings are becoming more and more outrageous during the continuous iteration process.

Whether as an enemy or a friend, it has almost become common sense for a 'super vampire' to overcome its weaknesses.

Will the vampire monster in front of me inherit the 'negative settings' or the 'gain settings' first?
If the Alaya consciousness is still alive, then it will definitely inherit the 'negative settings' first.

But now the power of the Alaya-vijnana has declined to the level of the few people in Chaldea, and relying on compatibility to randomly pull wild servants to help is the limit - the Alaya-vijnana cannot even guarantee that these randomly pulled wild servants will not only fail to help, but become enemies instead.

The key is!

Shirou had seen before, in the narration's records, regarding the judgment of 'Blood Heritage (Power of Dracula)', he got 1 in 1000D960 - which was a great success.

Although you can still try the Crusaders' exorcism methods, the effect is limited.
Shirou vaguely remembered that Sakura and the others had once complained about something like "Dracula is more skilled in using the Holy Seal than the people in your church" when they were playing a game with Dracula as the protagonist. (Note: Content from the game "Shadow Lords", a classic CG from the second generation)

It seems that in that game, there is a setting that Dracula was once an angel? What does it have to do with the Archangel Gabriel?
Shirou is not very clear about the details. After all, Shirou prefers to fight monsters in real life rather than fighting demons in games.

But no matter what! There are at least two good news right now!
The first good news: since Shirou did not defeat Baal immediately, she remained on the field and temporarily joined the team to provide assistance.

The second good news: what is before us is still just a terrifying mad beast. He has not yet completely transformed into the 'Dracula, the Fantasy Devil' and is probably stuck in this transformation process!
Once he has completely completed the transformation, he will become Dracula who has obtained the infinite magic furnace energy made from the flesh and blood of the Outer God, the "R'lyeh Text", and can obtain unlimited power from the subspace and completely overcome his weaknesses.
If it really came to this, Shirou even felt that even if he really got the Holy Grail, the Holy Grail itself might just be a "bonus" to him.

Or could this transformation be accelerated once he obtained the Holy Grail?
We must get rid of him right now, before he reaches his complete form!

".Try whatever methods you can. He is not in his perfect form yet. Maybe the church's methods of exorcising demons are still effective. Even if the methods of exorcising demons of the Christian religion are overcome, I still have the methods of exorcising demons of Buddhism!"

That's right!

There is a chance of winning!

The monster now is just a simple "extremely powerful monster" and has not yet truly turned into Dracula!

With his rich combat experience, Shirou quickly grasped the key point of his own breakthrough:

"First, we must not let him get the Holy Grail. Once he gets the Holy Grail, combined with the power of the Holy Grail, I'm afraid he will be able to complete the transformation directly."

"Second - The R'lyeh Text! If we can forcibly remove the flesh and blood of the Outer Gods from his body, it might cause his spiritual foundation to collapse!"

This is where your chance to win lies!
All that’s left is to execute!
Miss Bar, the White Saint, who was not in the private chat channel, told Shirou: "I don't know what you think, but I will use the ability of 'gluttony' to eat all the 'curses' that are trying to erode you - so you can fight with confidence!"

There is a chance of winning!
——Shirou vs. Vampire Monster (Dracula in the process of transformation)

Continuous confrontation judgment!

Because of the existence of the White Saint Baal, Shirou will not accumulate the 'Human Evil (Vampire Worship)' debuff as the battle continues, and there is no need to worry about the risk of being cursed and transformed into a vampire.

If Shirou wants to win, the first thing he has to do is to separate the "R'lyeh Text" from the body of the vampire monster - Dracula who is in the process of transformation.

To do this, 'opportunities' need to be created.

[How many rounds are left until Dracula's transformation is complete? ]

【1D7=7】

Dracula will be completely transformed after 7 rounds at the latest. Before that, if Dracula creates an opportunity and successfully seizes the Holy Grail, the transformation will be completed directly.

The key to victory or defeat lies in who can create the "opportunity" first and successfully achieve his goal when the opportunity comes.

Will Shirou strip off the R'lyeh Text first, or will the vampire monster take the Holy Grail first!?

war!
[Continuous confrontation judgment! Will Dracula complete the transformation first, or will Shirou create an opportunity to peel off the R'lyeh text first? ]

[Because the vampire monster has one of the most outrageous numerical performances in Type-Moon (and a great success of 960), Shirou needs to rely on Jeanne d'Arc's spiritual base correction + the enhancement of the Godhead Mask Hercules to have a chance to compete with it head-on.]

[Because this mask is not transformed from the real Hercules's spiritual core, but the incomplete spiritual base that contaminated the Servant Hercules, so after this battle, an additional judgment of 'how many times the mask has been used in total' will be required.]

[7 rounds left until Dracula's transformation is complete]

[Shirou relied on Hercules, the Holy Grail, and Jeanne's spiritual base to barely make up for the difference in physical fitness. Before Dracula completed the transformation, the two sides conducted a continuous confrontation judgment of 1D100vs1D100]

[Whoever scores first and exceeds the opponent by 50 points will seize the opportunity and achieve his goal——]

[If after 7 rounds, no one has seized the 'opportunity', Dracula's transformation will be completed and the battle will proceed to the next stage]

【First round! 】

[Shirou: 1D100=52]

[Vampire monster: 1D100=86]

From the moment of their first fight, Shirou realized how terrifying his opponent was.

The so-called. How outrageous is the 'value' that can fight against Karna + Achilles + Chiron + Atalanta + Jeanne + Avisbronn single-handedly, and even gain the upper hand, and almost catch the swift Achilles and turn him into a vampire follower?

Just listening to Joan of Arc's description is outrageous enough. (Note: In a sense, this is a historical legacy. I didn't expect that the other characters would have so many roles and be so powerful later, while the Archduke had very few roles later. The few roles he had were all for show, without any combat effectiveness. As a result, the early achievements were exaggerated when we look back.)

At the first moment of the actual fight, Shirou, who was already on high alert, was still almost blown away!

Although it was not obtained from the real Hercules, Shirou relied on the divine mask and at this moment, he also obtained some of the "power" of Hercules.

In addition, Jeanne herself is a saint of the fighting faction, and the Holy Grail has been corrected.

Don’t look at the numerical judgment, Shirou seems to have only performed 52 points.

But Shirou, who is actually fighting, knows very well that these 52 points, rather than reflecting Shirou’s strength, reflect the gap between Shirou and the vampire monster at this moment!
If there really were vampires in the Type-Moon world, I'm afraid vampire monsters wouldn't be so scary.

But the problem is that there are no vampires in the Type-Moon world, but there are still billions of people who continue to believe that "there are vampires in this world", and even regard them as a race, and even write "chronicles" for them.

As a result, at this moment, all the fantasy power of human beings in the "vampire history" was concentrated on the monster in front of them!

It would be nice if this monster had his long-famous 'exclusive weapon' in his hands.

If there is a weapon, Shirou can also project it and then project the opponent's "values" as well!
But this imaginary monster, the Void Beast, is nothing of the sort!

Even if Shirou wanted to launch the "three-phase projection" against humans, the vampire monster in front of him was a "super collection" of vampires in countless fantasy works.

When Shirou tried it, he only felt that he seemed to see 'a river'.

A 'dead river' made up of countless dead lives.

There are countless 'vampires' from fantasy works in the Dead River, both male and female, old and young, with different personalities of good and evil. Their number, just from Shirou's casual glance, exceeds a thousand.

Just projecting one of them was extremely difficult for Shirou, as if the nerves in his eyes were burning - the key point was that Shirou didn't know them yet. Without knowledge, it was impossible to project.

Not to mention the terrifying number.

The monster before him had no skills at all, and Shirou couldn't even use his Sharingan to imitate its martial arts.

(The odds of winning are still overwhelming him in terms of pure strength!)
(He currently only has the 'value' due to the madness of the R'lyeh text, and has not yet acquired the 'mechanism' and the ability to be a fantasy vampire)

(I still have to go further and exert more strength!)

(Hercules' power is definitely more than that!)
Find a way to suppress it!
[There are 6 rounds left until Dracula's transformation is complete]

[Shirou: 1D100=86]

[Vampire monster: 1D100=77]

Even in the state of a crazy beast, all of Dracula's attacks are still as fast, accurate and brutal as his wild instincts.

The stats he possesses are not just simply powerful, there is also blood mist entangled all over his body - blood-colored energy.

These things are not just energy, they are materialized curses.

It's called a curse, but because it contains a lot of 'human love and worship for the vampire race', it also has the characteristics of a 'blessing', causing most defensive measures to be bypassed.

As long as they are hurt, these curses (vampire blessings) will penetrate into the human body, not only causing pain, but also the more troublesome vampire's iconic ability "creating followers".

Not only can it transform living people, it can even transform heroic servants - in Greek mythology, Achilles, the super hero second only to Hercules, can also be affected!

The more I think about this thing, the more it looks like a supermodel!

Even if one is not hurt, as long as one stays in the same space for a long time, these curses will penetrate into the human body through every pore!
If it weren't for Baal who was constantly using his ability of 'gluttony' behind the scenes to eat up the curses that were trying to penetrate Shirou's body, this battle probably wouldn't even have been possible, right?

(Not enough, not enough! The power is not high enough!)

"Namo, Samantabhadra, Varila, na, han!"

Shirou chanted the Acalanatha mantra of Eastern Esoteric Buddhism loudly, constantly increasing his firepower!
[There are 5 rounds left until Dracula's transformation is complete]

[Shirou: 1D100=98]

[Vampire monster: 1D100=99]

The collision of blade and claw!

Blood is poured into steel in the high temperature flame of Acala!
During the fierce battle, Shirou suddenly thought of something.

The White Saint——Baal possesses the power of "Gluttony", one of the Seven Deadly Sins. In other words, her ability is not to cure diseases, but to transfer them.

The curse that entered Shirou's body did not disappear, but was transferred to Baal's body.

What would happen if she absorbed too much 'vampire curse' for a long time?
This is a very dangerous possibility.

In fact, when Shirou accidentally glanced at Baal, he had already seen some vampire characteristics on him. The originally almost transparent white eyes were stained with a faint crimson, and seemed to have some "tiger fang"-like features.

This is a moment of distraction.

It can't even be considered as underestimating the enemy, because the flaming blade in Shirou's hand did not stop for the slightest, and its sharpness did not diminish at all!
It was just a moment, but the blood-inherited monster actually seized the opportunity!
In an extremely ridiculous way that ordinary people could never imagine!

Its body suddenly paused, as if it was a flaw in its slowness. The super-high temperature blade in Shirou's hand immediately punished this "mistake", cutting off one of her arms and directly cutting into its body, almost splitting her body in half!
At this moment, the feeling of the blade in his hand 'sticking to the flesh' made Shirou realize something.

Just like the 'vampires' in many stories, the monster in front of him still has a human-like body shape, but the space inside it is far more than just a human-like size. It is an extremely huge alien space!

I'm afraid it's not that easy to extract the "R'lyeh Text" directly from her body.? !
and many more!

'she'?
At some point, the distorted vampire monster in front of him, her constantly changing appearance, suddenly stabilized and turned into a female vampire that Shirou found very familiar, as if she had appeared in an animation that Shinji liked to watch.

Shirou: "!?"

The severed arm suddenly flew up into the air, gently caressing Shirou's face and smearing his lips with its own blood.

She suddenly spoke:
"Young man, come to me"

The other arm was raised towards Shirou, as if inviting something. There seemed to be infinite tenderness flowing in the red-gold eyes, as if to trap Shirou's soul in it -

"——It's the 'Enchantment Eyes'! Shirou, wake up!"

At the critical moment, Jeanne's call and the EX anti-magic power derived from Jeanne's spiritual base pulled Shirou back from danger!
There was no tenderness or romance in front of him, just a bloody monster disguised as a woman, waving its claws.

Even if you regain consciousness, don't be fooled by the name of 'Eyes of Charm'. If it is the highest level of Eyes of Charm, its effect is said to be at the level of suppression!

Shirou didn't know whether the blood monster Dracula in front of him had reached that level, but he knew that even if he now had anti-magic EX and his consciousness was clear, his body was still extremely sluggish. The power output of his whole body dropped to the bottom in an instant, and he couldn't raise it at all for a while!
The blood monster disguised as a woman easily cut Shirou's chest.

Blood splattered.

There's not only Shirou's blood, but also the blood of the vampire in front of him!

This is a fatal crisis!
A large amount of blood-inherited power entered Shirou's body - this is 'subjugation'.

Even Achilles' physical fitness could not withstand the curse of the 'void creature vampire' born from human imagination. In the battle in another world, he was almost transformed into a vampire's follower.

--but
On the borderline between life and death, or on the borderline that was about to transcend life and death, Shirou seized a glimmer of opportunity.

Shirou found a hint of 'idea' in the instincts of a super soldier that both Musashi and the Dragon Demon valued.

Shirou came up with a dangerous idea - and then put it into action without hesitation!

When the white eyes of Bal, who was guarded by Shirou behind and with Isabella, gradually turned a faint red, Shirou suddenly said, "Don't absorb all the parts in my body!"

The shout came when everyone was concentrating and holding their breath.

Because it happened so suddenly, Bal almost subconsciously carried out Shirou's idea.

"What are you going to do!?" Joan of Arc was almost scared!

The curse of blood inheritance penetrated into Shirou's body. Because this thing has the nature of a "blessing", even if Jeanne has exceptional EX-level anti-magic power, if she is affected for a long time, she may still be transformed into a vampire!

In addition to the red of the flames, Shirou's golden eyes were suddenly bathed in an ominous red.

Bal was so frightened that she didn't care about the flaws that were gradually emerging on her body. She immediately planned to forcibly activate the power of "Gluttony" and perform surgery on Shirou to cut off the vampire part of his body!
--However

before that
Something even more incredible happened.

Shirou adjusted his breathing during the fierce battle, constantly adjusting his breathing, concentrating, allowing the "qi" as a warrior to circulate and refine in his body, constantly becoming more condensed and pure, and then -

Let your internal energy collide with the blood clan energy that enters your body!
If the technique Shirou had mastered before this was to let the two relatively mild life energies, Qi and magic, collide to cause an "explosion", and use the power of this explosion to instantly enhance his output, then
This time! The full-force collision of the inner force and the vampire energy without restriction is - 'destruction'!
The power of 'destruction'! If it weren't for Jeanne's spiritual base and Hercules' dual correction, Shirou's body would have collapsed the moment it was used - there would be no time to repair it with the method of 'forging', and he would have exploded and died directly on the physical level!

But now Shirou's body can hold on!

The process of vampire becoming a subordinate was forcibly interrupted!
Because almost all of the blood energy that entered Shirou's body was used by Shirou as fuel to launch "destruction"!

Speaking of which——

"I haven't read many vampire stories, but even I know that when it comes to vampire stories, in addition to vampires, there is always a 'vampire hunter', and the vampire hunter is actually a vampire himself - or a half-vampire setting, which is actually a very common setting, right?"

If the monster in front of us could inherit power from blood by relying on people's wish that 'vampires are cool'.

Then, Shirou can also obtain the power of blood inheritance from the principle of "Half-vampire hunters are cool"! ?
"So, the goal of many half-vampire vampire hunter protagonists (the main storyline) is often to defeat the leader who turned them into half-vampires!"

Half-vampire.

Although it is not known whether this is a temporary state or will last for a long time, at least now, Shirou has acquired some of the characteristics of the fantasy creature vampire!
Even without activating the flesh forging, the wound on the chest still healed at a monstrous speed!

Maybe it's because, although Shirou is no longer under the control of the clan leader, he can already be regarded as the 'enemy of the other party'? The interference effect of the enchanting eyes has been greatly reduced, and Shirou has regained his ability to move!
Plus this——

"--destroy!!!"

The overwhelming destructive force surged out, and the woman in the form of a vampire monster was directly cut off by this blow! Muscles, blood, and bones were burned in the high-temperature flames. The aftermath that penetrated the body alone turned the land of more than 300 meters along the way into scorched earth!

Victory?

Not

Although the effect was greatly reduced, Shirou could still vaguely feel that some of the effects of 'Charm' still remained in Shirou's body.

I don't know if it's because this type of 'charm' can also be judged as a 'blessing' or 'a reward', but the effect on magic EX seems to be bypassed.

Shirou took the time to glance at the battle report recorded by the narrator.

The ratio between you and the enemy is 98 to 99.
In other words, although Shirou avoided a nearly fatal situation, he did not win. In fact, overall, the opponent still had the upper hand?
Not to mention victory, the 'destruction' that Shirou fired was only enough to 'barely escape danger'.

If the opponent's stats were one point higher, even if Shirou's stats were 1, it would only be an incomplete defeat.
Shirou took a few steps back and came to the anxious Baal and Isabella, who seemed to be so frightened that she could only kneel on the ground with her eyes closed.

"Let me see your body!" Bal anxiously grabbed Shirou's arm.

Shirou himself was looking at everything around him vigilantly.

Because of the information from the narrator, Shirou would not mistake this as his victory. He carefully observed the blood mist that lingered in the surrounding space, and the blood pool that was expanding on the ground and was about to reach his feet.
'An ever-expanding pool of blood'?
Where does all this blood come from!

Shirou suddenly shuddered, picked up Isabella and Bal and jumped back!
Almost at the same time, a pale-skinned middle-aged vampire who fits the general impression of a 'classical vampire' emerged from the pool of blood under Shirou and the others' feet!
It seemed like an ordinary sneak attack, but Shirou did not dare to underestimate how terrifying the "power" behind it was.

(Is Acala's Demon-Exorcising Fire completely useless? Is it because this is Europe instead of the East, so the effect is weakened? Or is it simply not strong enough and was overcome by the opponent?)

Shirou tried hard to think of a countermeasure, trying to find a way to remove the "R'lyeh Text" from the vampire's body.

In front of Shirou and Baal, the blood pool continued to expand - no, that's not right, it's more like a 'blood river' than a 'blood pool' - a dead river made up of countless deaths!
Jeanne suddenly realized something. In Shirou's perspective, her soul suddenly turned pale. "Wait, could it be that the souls in here are from this era - the countless lives that died in the Hundred Years' War between England and France, have all become his power in this dead river!?"

Shirou didn't quite understand this.

The problem he was concerned about was much simpler and more straightforward: In Shirou's vision, enemies, vampires, countless vampires kept emerging from this river of blood! Many of them looked familiar to Shirou, as if they were vampires he had seen in some fantasy works. They kept standing up from the dead river.

Although the vampire monsters in front of them should not be able to perfectly reproduce all the abilities in their respective "story settings", leaving aside the number, they are now just simple numerical monsters.

He was just relying on instinct and using a few 'standard abilities' commonly found in vampire settings.

(Where is the real body? The real body should be the one that looks the closest to Vlad.)

——Even if I find it back, how can I win?

".!"

Shirou gritted his teeth and decided to ask the "temporary external brain" beside him, who he didn't know if it was suitable - Baal!
"Have you thought of any solution?"

[Difficulty: 80]

[Baal's 'Inspiration': 1D100=91 (Really?!)]

←to be continue!

(End of this chapter)