Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 11 Hooking Fingers
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Emiya Shirou raised the Carria Knight Sword high. The blue greatsword, formed from magical energy, was as thick as a door. After charging up three times, it slammed down on the demi-humans with unparalleled power, producing a deafening roar.

In an instant, countless wooden shields were smashed to pieces, turning into flying wood chips mixed with the corpses and blood of the demi-humans. Shirou Emiya swept his straight sword across, reaping the lives of the remaining demi-humans.

Watching this bloody and violent scene, Lu Mingfei's eyes twitched. He silently mourned for the dead demi-humans for a second, then stabbed the demi-human leader in the buttocks with his sword, followed by a powerful kick, and pulled out his longsword.

The battle is over.

Looking at the mutilated corpses of the demi-humans in his field of vision, which were now covered in mosaics, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the numerical values.

Compared to Shirou Emiya, Lu Mingfei was practically an uncivilized caveman. The red-haired boy's fighting style was clearly already systematic; his swordsmanship was incredibly skillful, far surpassing Lu Mingfei's, and he even interspersed magical combat techniques like "Board Caria," which, although the charging time was obviously too long, was devastating when unleashed.

His armor was clearly no ordinary item; the attacks from the demi-humans couldn't even budge it. Lu Mingfei even watched as one of the demi-human leaders bit his arm, while Shirou Emiya remained calm and cleaved it in two with his sword.

There wasn't a single outstanding skill involved; it was all about overwhelming numerical superiority.

"By the way," Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "can I learn that magical combat technique?"

After clearing out the mobs, Shirou Emiya took a breath and lowered his knight's sword: "Of course. However, it may not be suitable for you."

As he spoke, Shirou Emiya turned his knight's sword toward Lu Mingfei and pointed to the blue gem in the center, saying, "Look, this is the source of magic, the Radiant Stone. It is also the medium through which I cast magical combat techniques."

Magical combat techniques differ from ordinary combat techniques; they are not a summary of a warrior's experience. They are skills derived from magic and mastered by the knights of Kalia.

Therefore, to learn it, you first need to have a certain talent for learning magic.

Different schools of magic are learned in different ways.

Lu Mingfei naturally understood what he meant. The red-haired boy was telling him in a tactful way that magic was difficult to learn and required specific talent.

“Besides,” Shirou Emiya scratched his head, “I probably can’t teach you either. In Rudeus’s words, all my talent is in magic related to ‘swords,’ my theoretical knowledge is a complete mess, and I only learned this kind of magic by intuition.”

In my original world, there were also things related to magic. I possess something called 'magic circuits,' which helps me better master magic.

But my total magic power is very low. After four or five attacks like the one just now, it'll be almost depleted.

Emiya Shirou shrugged.

“I understand,” Lu Mingfei nodded, “A talent for spending money.”

Surprisingly, Shirou actually understood Lu Mingfei's nonsensical game jargon.

He smiled helplessly and pointed to Lu Mingfei's eyes:
"Lu Jun, you don't need to be jealous of me. Aren't your eyes also a gift from paid in-game currency? I could feel their oppressive aura the moment I arrived."

Lu Mingfei was taken aback: "Wait a minute, isn't this the light of blessing? Don't you have it too?"

The red-haired boy shook his head:

"It's different. When you become stronger, you will understand the source of power. What's hidden in your eyes is not from the same source as the Golden Tree."

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a mix of joy and感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing both regret and reflection). Clearly, in his original world, he couldn't have lit those two light bulbs at all.
"By the way," he scratched his head, his gaze drifting to Shirou Emiya's armor, "your gear isn't some kind of pay-to-win item, is it?"

“No.” Shirou Emiya’s expression suddenly darkened:
"This was left by a friend."

Lu Mingfei keenly sensed the sensitivity of the topic and tactfully changed the subject:
"That Rudeus... is he strong? Is he a native of the border region?"

Emiya Shirou smiled, a nostalgic expression on his face:

"He is my friend. Like us, he is also a transmigrator. His situation is rather special. According to him, he transmigrated from Japan to another world and then from Japan to this place."

His magical talent far surpasses mine; he has mastered most of the magic in the magic academy.

But he's rather cautious and doesn't like to go out much. If you're truly interested in learning magic, I can introduce you to him next time I have time.

"Wait, wait, wait." Lu Mingfei seemed a little confused. "You mean, besides the two of us, there are many other Faded Ones who have traveled from other worlds? Aren't the Faded Ones supposed to be descendants of exiled warriors?"

“Ah,” Emiya Shirou thought for a moment, “you haven’t defeated the demons yet, so you certainly don’t know much about these things.”

Most of us Faded Ones, who can control runes and are immortal, have traveled from other worlds. The native Faded Ones are actually quite few in number due to wars and internal strife.

"What!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed in anguish. "If I had known, I would have bought the Hooking Finger Potion from Galena earlier."

“No,” Shirou Emiya said to Lu Mingfei with a serious expression, “This is exactly what I’m about to remind you: don’t explore in the ‘Summoning Hook’ state all the time, otherwise you will attract the Red Spirit.”

"Red Spirit?"

Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

“Hooks like ours are divided into white spirits and red spirits.”

The white spirits are either friendly spirits or hunters. Friendly spirits leave golden runes in various places to help others, while hunters are those who possess blue rune rings and are the faded ones. They appear and hunt down red spirits when white rune ring holders are invaded by red spirits.

Like Jonathan Joestar, who is a leader among friendly spirits, I have received his help more than once.

Among Hunter x Hunters, there are also powerful Faded Ones like Kenshin Himura.

Emiya Shirou said slowly:
"The Red Spirit is divided into Bloodfinger, Traitor, and Fighter."

Bloodfinger and the Herrschers are a group of invaders whose purpose is to hunt Bloodfinger, plunder runes, and obtain rune arcs. After killing Bloodfinger, they will obtain rune arcs and a portion of your runes as loot.

Characters like Ken Kaneki (with blood), Light Yagami (the Herrscher of Reason), and Lelouch are all infamous invading spirits.

As for the fighters, they are the runes drawn by the Faded Ones during duels; as long as you don't summon them, you'll be fine.

“I understand,” Lu Mingfei nodded and bowed sincerely to Emiya Shirou. “You have helped me a lot. Thank you, Shirou-senpai.”

Upon hearing the word "senior," the red-haired boy suddenly wore a strange expression.

Emiya Shirou waved his hands repeatedly, looking embarrassed, and said, "No, no, Mr. Lu, there's no need for that. I'm a year younger than you. Just call me Shirou-nii."

(End of this chapter)