I Am a Heroic Spirit

[Noble Phantasm? What Noble Phantasm does Paladin Astolfo have? Anyone know?]

[Astolfo's horse is the same. Hippogriffs are not ordinary magical creatures. Moreover, Astolfo's Hippogriff once carried Astolfo to the moon and just knocked the wolf away. It is fully qualified to be considered a Noble Phantasm.]

[Flying to the moon? Are you kidding? Is that horse a space creature? And why did Astolfo go to the moon?]

In "Mad Roland," the Paladin Roland loses his sanity due to a broken heart and becomes unable to function properly. Astolfo rides his Hippogriff to the moon to search for his friend's sanity. Upon arriving, he discovers his own sanity has also been lost. Although he successfully returns to Earth with his own and his friend's sanity, his sanity soon evaporates again. It's honestly quite disturbing to have such a friend. A three-second silence for that Zhuge Kongming. PS: Back then, lost items could be found on the moon. Don't ask me how, I don't know either.

[The problem is that the Hippogriff couldn't even kill a wolf, so how could it possibly kill a fire giant?]

[His gun is probably also a Noble Phantasm. According to legend, Astolfo picked up a gun from the street, and this weapon happened to be dropped by the brave knight Algaria. It has the power to throw people off their horses.]

[But the Fire Giant doesn't have a horse, but he can still deal with St. George. Also, what does it mean to pick it up from the street?]

The lance, literally, was originally wielded by a knight named Algaria of Catalonia. It was a magical weapon that struck down anyone it touched. As a result, Algaria defeated all knights of his caliber in jousting, including Astolfo. One knight, after falling from his horse, chose to draw his sword instead of surrendering. Forced to fight with his sword, Algaria was defeated and fled. Astolfo stumbled upon his discarded lance, and since his own lance was broken, he picked it up.

[Is this okay? I'm not even leaning on the wall, I'm leaning on him.]

[In addition, the good witch Rogerstella, who loved Astolfo, even gave him two items. The first item was a magic book. Legend has it that this book records the weaknesses and strategies of many weirdos and monsters. The second item was a horn. On Astolfo's journey to the moon, he was attacked by many flying monsters, and this horn could be used to disperse them.]

"So, if we're going to fight that fire giant, that magic book will probably be useful, but are foreign monsters and Japanese monsters universal?"

[Who knows? Perhaps it's possible. After all, with Noble Phantasms, who can say for sure?]

……

Just when everyone was wondering what kind of treasure Astolfo had that could defeat the Fire Spirit, Astolfo flew back from the sky.

"Master, what Noble Phantasm should I use?"

Astolfo asked in distress. The magic flute that evoked panic, the magic guidebook, and the phantom horse that did not exist in this world had no effect on the large elemental creature.

Zhang Luo was speechless for a moment, and rushed out with some unknown treasure, which made me think that you knew the real name of the treasure.

Everyone was speechless at Astolfo's question.

"You are so unqualified. As a Heroic Spirit, you even forgot the true name of your own Noble Phantasm."

Zhang Luo stretched out his hands angrily and rubbed Astolfo's face hard.

“Don’t follow

Chapter 80: Death Retreats, Heroic Spirits Depart

“Boom!!! Bang!!!”

"Urahara Kisuke, can't you be more serious?"

Because of Urahara Kisuke's pause, the Wolf King, who lost the restraint of Kidō, knocked down Shihoin Yoruichi who was in close combat with one claw. Shihoin Yoruichi's body fell to the ground, creating a large hole in the ground.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm here. Beast bones scattered across the landscape, red crystal spires, wheels of steel. Movement is wind, stillness is space. The sound of long spears clashing fills the Void City. Sixty-three of the Broken Paths, the Thunder Roar Cannon."

Kisuke Urahara used advanced Kidō in time, and a powerful lightning strike hit the Wolf King, knocking the Wolf King away when he was about to finish off Yoruichi Shihoin. Yoruichi Shihoin also used instant step to escape from the Wolf King's attack range in time.

Although Urahara Kisuke used high-level ghost techniques, it was not a powerful attack for the Wolf King. He got up immediately after being knocked to the ground. Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi were not naive enough to think that they could solve the problem of the Wolf King in this way. They continued to attack the Wolf King without stopping.

Zhang Luo paid little attention to Urahara Kisuke's movements. Instead, he mentally admired the smoothness of Ah Fu's skin as he continued, "That fire spirit appears to be a magical creature, but it's actually a magical puppet created by the great Onmyoji Makura Hao with the power of the fire spirit. Your declaration of destruction will just be enough to defeat it."

"Hey! So that's its name. I've always called it the Magic Guide." Astolfo still didn't notice the key point. He clapped his hands as if he had suddenly realized something.

"So can you release your treasure now?" Zhang Luo continued to ask.

"Yes, as long as you know the true name of the Noble Phantasm, that's enough." Astolfo nodded and said affirmatively.

"Then go ahead. This is your first battle after being summoned by me. You must win beautifully." Zhang Luo ordered.

"Yes, master!"

Astolfo cheered up and responded loudly. No matter how unreliable she seemed on the surface, she was still one of the Twelve Paladins. She was a brave warrior who fought to the death with only dozens of people against 50,000 Saxons.

"People from far away, listen to my voice, and those who are near, come and meet me! I am Astolfo, one of Charlemagne's Twelve Knights! Let's fight it out in a fair and square way!!!"

Astolfo mounted his Hippogriff for the 040th time, a smile that reminded him of when he was on the battlefield appeared on his face. He shouted out the opening remarks he had prepared long ago, and aimed at the Fire Spirit, shooting off like an arrow.

As the loud eagle cry resounded through the sky, severe wind pressure spread out, making all the investigators unstable.

The Fire Spirit, entangled with St. George, sensed the majestic momentum coming from behind, as well as an inexplicable sense of crisis. After knocking St. George back with a punch, it turned around and unleashed a massive bomb of fire.

Facing the attack of the fire bomb, Astolfo did not dodge or evade, but rushed in directly. In the surprised eyes of everyone, he rushed out from the other side of the flames intact, but with an extra book in his hand, the Magic Universal Guide.

"That was a close call. I was almost a step too late."

Before the Fire Spirit could make the next reaction, Astolfo had already appeared above the Fire Spirit's head, patted his chest with a frightened look, and then immediately released the true name of the Noble Phantasm.

"Come, come, the time has come! My heart trembles with fear on the moonless night, but I will never retreat! Liberation - Declaration of Destruction (Casa Di Logistilla)!"

The pages of the book taken out by Astolfo began to spread out and flutter in the strong wind, spinning and floating down towards the Fire Spirit. The sense of crisis transmitted from the thin pages made the Fire Spirit irritable, and the flames turned into cannonballs and bombarded the pages that completely surrounded it, and then dissipated into air.

Under the effect of the Broken Declaration, the Fire Spirit's body quickly disappeared, and a talisman with extremely mysterious patterns painted on it replaced it, appearing at the Fire Spirit's original position. As it fell, it gradually turned into ashes.

-

Thousands of miles away, on the body of the Fire Spirit, Ma Cang Hao's expression changed. He turned his head to look in the direction of Tokyo with an interested smile on his face.

"Interesting. He didn't defeat the Fire Spirit's clone with strength, but used magic to break my Yin-Yang magic. It seems that a great figure has appeared."

"Do you want to go back and take a look?" Andersen, who was sitting on the side holding a good book, raised his head and asked Ma Canghao.

"...No, I don't have enough time. Let's wait until next time." Ma Cang hesitated for a moment and still refused.

-

St. George stood there in a daze after slashing the air with his sword, as if he felt a little unbelievable. The enemy who had been fighting with him disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"One strike, one kill! He truly is the nemesis of all mages."

Isayama Naraku said in shock. Everyone has witnessed the strength of that fire spirit. Although it can't be compared with the one that Asakura is easy to use, since it was left behind and serves as the last level of the enemy caster together with the wolf, its strength can't be much weaker than the wolf. And the characteristics of being an elemental creature make the fire spirit have stronger performance than ordinary people, but now it was dispersed by one move.

Although Urahara Kisuke's hands kept moving, his expression changed.

When he came over just now, he noticed the fire giant. Although its strength was inferior to the captain's sword, it was much stronger than the regular captain-level reaper. Now it was easily disintegrated by Astolfo's treasure.

After defeating the fire spirit, Astolfo landed in front of St. George and extended his hand to greet him.

"Are you a rider too? I'm a rider, Astolfo."

"Yes, I'm Rider, St. George." St. George was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that this was the greeting etiquette in the modern world, and quickly extended his hand.

"Wow! Is it Senior Saint George, the dragon-slaying saint? I didn't expect to meet you this time when I was summoned. It's really an honor." Astolfo said excitedly.

"Thank you." St. George, somewhat unaccustomed to Astolfo's enthusiasm, or rather, his familiarity, said politely and immediately changed the subject, "Go over and help. Those two friends can't hold on any longer."

Although it was a change of subject, what St. George said was true.

A high-intensity battle like the one between Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi against the Wolf King does not allow for even a moment of distraction. Even a distraction of less than a second is enough to cause a change in the battle situation.

A minute ago, when Astolfo unleashed his Noble Phantasm and defeated the Fire Spirit, everyone present had focused their attention there, including Urahara Kisuke and Shihoin Yoruichi. Even if they only glanced at him, it slowed them down. Urahara Kisuke wasn't a big deal; although he was a bit slow, he was in a supporting role, using his Kidō and Soul-Slaying Blade abilities to distract the enemy from a distance. Even if he was a bit slow, he wouldn't be hurt. However, Shihoin Yoruichi was locked in close combat with the Wolf King. Even a tenth of a second, let alone a step, would be a significant problem.

Just a few seconds ago, Urahara Kisuke was distracted by the defeat of the Fire Spirit, and the speed of releasing the Kido was slowed down by half a second, and Shihouin Yoruichi was also slowed down by half a second for the same reason. The two and a half seconds together are one second, and this second of negligence was keenly grasped by the Wolf King, and his Noble Phantasm was immediately activated. The high-level Kido that should have blocked the Wolf King was a step late, allowing the Wolf King's Noble Phantasm to be successfully activated and instantly appeared at Shihouin Yoruichi's neck. Although Shihouin Yoruichi reacted quickly, it was not as fast as the Wolf King's Noble Phantasm. Although she was not killed, a large piece of flesh and blood was cut off from the edge of her neck to her right shoulder, and her combat effectiveness was directly lost by more than half.

Like a frightened cat, Shihouin Yoruichi burst out at the fastest speed and retreated several hundred meters away. His face was pale. While using Kaido to heal his wounds, he said with lingering fear: "The world is too dangerous. I must get the knife back next time."

At the same time as losing the restraint of Shihouin Yoruichi, the Wolf King also lost his target of Shihouin Yoruichi. However, the Wolf King did not hesitate at all. Following the instinct of the beast, he turned around and pounced on Urahara Kisuke. After all, Urahara Kisuke was not a melee type of Shinigami, and his Soul-Slaying Sword had no Bankai. He only blocked two moves and let out a contrived scream. Then he was slapped away by the Wolf King's claw and coincidentally hit the wall behind Shihouin Yoruichi.

Shihouin Yoruichi turned her head in surprise, and the first time she saw Urahara Kisuke, she was immediately furious.

I saw Urahara Kisuke leaning against the wall, looking like he was about to die and unable to stand up, but his clothes were not injured except for being a little torn. When Shihouin Yoru looked at him, he showed a smirk on his face that made Shihouin Yoru feel itchy.

"You guy!"

Yoruichi Shihouin immediately turned back into the form of a black cat, and scratched Urahara Kisuke's face with her two claws, leaving two cross-shaped blood marks on Urahara Kisuke's face.

Urahara Kisuke, always cunning, realized that the battle on the other side was over, so he gave up using Kidō and stopped keeping his distance, engaging directly in close combat with the Wolf King. He then took advantage of a flaw and used the Wolf King's attack to escape the battle. In the end, he did not suffer any injuries, which naturally made the severely injured Shihouin Yoruichi dissatisfied.

"Stop messing around, it's time to get down to business."

Just when Yoruichi Shihoin was still a little unhappy and was planning to hit Urahara Kisuke a couple more times, Urahara Kisuke saw what Yoruichi Shihoin was planning, and quickly put on a serious look and said sternly.

Urahara Kisuke had used this trick many times, and Shihouin Yoruichi didn't want to pay attention to him, but the current situation was indeed a serious matter, so he let Urahara Kisuke go.

"The situation in the real world has changed too much. Aizen may have noticed the situation in the real world. The plan needs to be changed. You need to return to Soul Society as soon as possible to retrieve the Soul Zanpakuto." Urahara Kisuke said concisely and clearly.

"What?" Shihouin Yoruichi's face also became serious.

"Aizen is not like other Shinigami who don't care about the situation in the real world. Even because we are all in the real world, he will spend time investigating the situation. He probably already knows about the Heroic Spirits by now. In order to avoid any changes due to delay, he will definitely take action within half a year." Urahara Kisuke said.

There were some things that Urahara Kisuke didn't say, that is, based on his understanding of Aizen, their current whereabouts were very likely discovered by Aizen, and maybe Aizen was laughing at them now.

In fact, Urahara Kisuke's guess was still a bit conservative.

Shihouin Yoruichi asked, "To what extent does the plan need to be changed?"

"The situation remains roughly the same. The target has been changed to Arisawa Ryuki. Be prepared for the intervention of Heroic Spirits." Urahara Kisuke thought for a moment and spoke.

"Have you thought it through?" Shihouin Yoruichi frowned. Although they had planned to take Zhang Luo into account earlier, after discovering the connection between Zhang Luo and the Heroic Spirits today, the two of them hesitated whether they should take Zhang Luo into account. You know, the weakest of these Heroic Spirits is only at the level of vice-captain, and the stronger ones, such as the Wolf King, are not weaker than the two of them. Although those gods or demigods have not been seen in person, their strength will definitely not be weaker than the two of them. In view of this, Shihouin Yoruichi was a little wary, but she did not expect Urahara Kisuke to be so bold and directly target Zhang Luo.

"Aizen will not let go of such a powerful Heroic Spirit. Maybe in the end we will have to face more than just one Aizen.

Chapter 81: Battle

"But combat doesn't only involve physical attacks. Listen to the military advisor's advice and follow his command." Zhang Luo took out a feather fan, which shone with a white light.

As Zhang Luo waved his feather fan and recited his skills, magical light surrounded St. George and Astolfo. Both of them felt that their speed and strength had increased a lot. The magical light surrounding them was enough to withstand an A-level attack.

The two battle-hardened men quickly adapted to the increased size of their bodies, avoiding defeat due to physical disharmony.

"Haha! Master is awesome! Well then, I'm going to attack, Algaria. Let him see your power. Whoever touches me will fall!"

Astolfo laughed excitedly and flew towards the Wolf King on his Hippogriff.

St. George swung the holy sword from the front and slashed at the Wolf King's head.

As the saying goes, a man has a head of copper, a tail of iron, and a waist of tofu. Facing the attack from the front and back of the two riders, the Wolf King was not afraid at all. While waving his long weapon to meet the holy sword of St. George, he whipped Astolfo from behind with his tail like an iron whip.

The tail, which almost made a sonic boom, whipped Astolfo's golden spear. The powerful force directly blew Astolfo and the Hippogriff away, and the golden spear fell to the ground on the side.

"It hurts!"

Astolfo's face showed pain. The armor on his whipped shoulder had been broken, and red and swollen marks appeared on his delicate skin, but Astolfo's eyes were full of a smile of success.

Astolfo's speed, or rather the speed of the Hippogriff, was already above that of St. George, so he naturally attacked one second earlier than St. George. As a result, after the wolf king's tail blew Astolfo away, the distance between the two weapons was still three or four decimeters. This distance was nothing for a first-rate heroic spirit. It took less than a second. If nothing unexpected happened, the two weapons would definitely collide.

However, an accident happened. The Wolf King suddenly found that the enemy's body became taller in his eyes, and his body suddenly became uncontrollable. The long weapon that was supposed to block St. George's attack drooped down along with its head.

"clang!!!"

St. George's holy sword fell heavily on the Wolf King's head. There was a sound like the collision of weapons. The Wolf King's head also smashed hard into the concrete floor, splashing large pieces of gravel, and his whole body lay on the ground motionless.

This was the battle plan that Astolfo and St. George had agreed upon their first meeting. Astolfo's strength and various Noble Phantasms were simply unable to hurt the Wolf King. He could only use his Noble Phantasms on the Wolf King at the right time to knock him down, thus providing assistance for St. George's attack. What St. George needed to do was to seize that opportunity and use his greatest strength to cut off the Wolf King's head.

"Solve it?"

St. George looked at the blood on the holy sword and muttered to himself, "It should be okay now. It has already consumed so much physical strength and magic power before, and was hit in the vitals without any preparation. It should be able to be severely damaged."

Just as St. George was thinking this, the concrete ground in front of him exploded, and the ferocious face of the Wolf King appeared in front of him.

"Qiang!"

St. George raised his holy sword to block the Wolf King's sneak attack.

"Eh? You're still alive after being chopped off the head by the holy sword?"

Astolfo said in surprise, an ordinary human heroic spirit, no, even a demigod heroic spirit, would be dead if hit on the head by such a sword, but this guy was not hurt at all.

"Pay attention, that wolf isn't an ordinary Rider class, but a special Avenger class," Zhang Luo warned. "Avenger class Heroic Spirits are always stronger than other classes. Plus, as a beast, it's naturally half-beast, making it even more difficult to deal with. As long as its vengeful heart remains, no matter how many times you knock it down, it'll keep getting back up."

"What should we do then, Master?"

Astolfo caught up with the Wolf King and stabbed him with another slam, cutting off the Wolf King's magic power supply below the knees. He then turned and ran to a safe area, waving to Zhang Luo and saying...

St. George restrained the Wolf King in time, preventing him from being distracted by Astolfo.

Zhang Luo said, "Unless we use our enemy's Noble Phantasm to defeat Nger in one fell swoop, this battle will drag on for a long time."

"My Noble Phantasms are all for attacking people." Saint George said as he swung his sword to chop off the long weapon in the wolf king's mouth, but the wolf king's recovered limbs used a claw to rip open the belly of the magic white horse. The fall of the magic white horse made Saint George's body tilt. The wolf king saw the opportunity to launch his Noble Phantasm, but his luck was much lower than Saint George's, allowing Saint George to successfully block the wolf king's fatal blow while getting off the horse.

After taking five steps back, before he could stand firm, the Wolf King rushed towards him. Under the Wolf King's relentless pursuit, St. George, who had not yet adjusted himself, was defeated step by step. Astolfo hurried to help.

[What's going on? The Dullahan has been killed. Even the Dragon Slayer Saint George and Paladin Astolfo, both of them, couldn't kill it.]

[That's a bit exaggerated, isn't it? It's just a wolf. How strong can it be?]

[This is truly exaggerated. This wolf is the Headless Horseman's mount, which means it's a modern heroic spirit. Who would believe a modern wolf that could take down a great hero from ancient times?]

[What I said earlier is not necessarily true. According to what Zhuge Military Advisor said earlier, the wolf and the Headless Horseman have no connection at all; they are two unrelated beings, a combination of different species. This means that the wolf is most likely a mythical beast.]

[Makes sense. ]