Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

The three participants of the War of Heroes sent by XCOM, as representatives of the human world, each summoned a famous Heroic Spirit from the human world, but failed to complete the designated summons successfully.

Marlene Schultz, who should have been summoned by the corresponding holy relic as Constantine the Great, summoned the Rider-class Constantine II.

Daemon West, who temporarily stopped his secret surveillance mission around the world, was supposed to summon King Arthur, but the final result was Mordred, a Lancer-class knight known as the traitor.

In fact, Damon's position as a participant was originally reserved for Conan Shan, the second generation Dark Lord.

The heroic spirit that this participant is scheduled to summon is King Arthur, who has a causal relationship with Mount Conan. In theory, if the corresponding holy relics are used, the probability of summoning the target King Arthur can be increased.

Conan San was unwilling to show up in this War of Heroes, so this position was replaced by Damon, who had been carrying out secret missions outside.

"I failed to summon King Arthur, but I summoned Mordred..."

Conan-san looked at the handsome black-haired hero on the screen.

He didn't know whether he should say it was a pity or a good thing that it didn't happen. The heroic spirit Mordred summoned here was not a gender-switched female character in a certain lunar series, but a historical heroic spirit in this patchwork world.

Of course, although it is said to be a historical hero, it is only in the concept of human beings, and it does not mean that this hero has really appeared in history.

After all, even in this patchwork world, the so-called legend of King Arthur has no reliable historical basis to prove it.

The heroes that appear in this story are really just legends, a kind of super-large-scale humanistic secondary creation passed down by word of mouth.

However, due to the influence of the legend, after being passed down among the people for many years and becoming known to people, the fictional story has unknowingly become official history in people's minds and has become an existence recognized by magic that can be summoned by heroic spirits.

Anyway, regardless of whether the heroic figures in the legend of King Arthur really existed in the history of this patchwork world, Heroic Spirit Summoning successfully brought the people out.

The summoned Mordred looks a bit like King Arthur that Conan knew, except that he doesn't have a beard, looks younger, and his appearance is more in line with modern people's standards.

In short, he is a handsome and heroic man.

If it was the previous life of the time traveler, he could immediately enter the entertainment industry and become a traffic star without any packaging.

Mordred was listening to his master, Damon, explaining the special circumstances of this Heroic War. He seemed quite obedient and had no intention of betraying.

The third participant of the Heroic War of XCOM, a hero who once saved the return of the other world, was scheduled to summon the Heroic Spirit Yue Fei, but the final summoned result was Yue Fei's eldest son Yue Yun. :

"The seven Heroic Spirits summoned this time are all male, without any random gender switching... It seems that the Heroic Spirit characters from the Lunar series do not appear in this messed up patchwork world. Is this a good thing?"

Conan sometimes couldn't help thinking that if familiar characters or plots appeared in this patchwork world, maybe he would be able to better grasp future challenges or trials.

There is no way to make good use of the foresight of the time traveler, which is really not refreshing to some extent.

However, if something familiar really appeared, perhaps this already messy world of stitched monsters would become even more difficult to touch.

"The summoning of heroic spirits by the Ministry of Magic has also gone awry..."

The four participants in the Heroic War sent by the Ministry of Magic were also assigned specific holy relics.

However, the holy relic still did not work as expected, and the heroic spirit that was supposed to appear was not summoned.

The first is Liu Ming, a member of the Ministry of Magic whom Conan Shan knows.

Liu Ming, who had summoned Liu Bei in the Changkong City Heroic Spirit War, wanted to summon Liu Bei again this time with the help of the corresponding holy relics.

As a result, the heroic spirit who appeared was Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng.

The second in command of the Auror Office, Nova Pearl, was scheduled to summon the famous Joan of Arc.

Then the result was the same, Joan of Arc was not summoned, but the Duke Jean II of Alençon, Joan of Arc's historical comrade-in-arms, appeared.

Conan thought that there should be a Bluebeard here, but who knew that it was another supporter and comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc in the official history.

The third participant from the Ministry of Magic, Ulysses Felsohn, the Minister of Spiritual Science from the Clock Tower, had an unexpected disaster.

The one that Ulysses Fersong wanted to summon was not a hero in the human world, but a heroic spirit in the magical world and the creator of the ancient Magic Association.

As the current leader of the Necromancer Department, the source of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ceremony, Ulysses Felsong is very adept at various summoning techniques. He is also a master of necromancy and can be considered a half-black magician to some extent.

This man's strength is obvious to all, but the result of his final summoning was an unknown heroic spirit in the magic world.

Failure to summon the heroes that should have been summoned could be considered a crime without merit, but not even the famous heroes were summoned, and instead unknown heroes appeared. This was a huge failure that should not have happened.

Conan Shan didn't know what the Ministry of Magic's reaction was, but after reading the report, he couldn't help but feel ashamed for Ulysses Fersohn.

When a person is in middle age and has bad luck in an important occasion and suffers a major failure, it is no longer a question of whether it is embarrassing or not. He may even have to resign after returning to the Clock Tower.

As for the last participant from the Ministry of Magic, he is a high elf from Rivendell, the elven land. The target he wants to summon is actually the spirit of an ancient hero who is also a high elf.

All we can say here is that it was not surprising that even with the corresponding holy relics prepared, the designated summoning would still fail.

However, this high elf still managed to summon the ancient elven hero of Rivendell, unlike the participants in the Clock Tower who were not favored by the God of Dice and rolled a great failure.

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"In fact, the fact that only one nameless heroic spirit appeared in this Heroic War can be said to be a great success. I heard that there was a Heroic War in the past where all the heroic spirits that appeared were nameless heroic spirits. The heroic spirits of ancient heroes with names and surnames are actually not that easy to summon."

From a neutral standpoint, Conan-san's statement is not wrong.

However, this official war of heroes had multiple purposes from the beginning.

Even if you are fully prepared and have the corresponding holy relics, but fail to successfully summon the target's heroic spirit, this is equivalent to failure.

This failure can also be said to be an indirect confirmation of a certain bad speculation.

"The Throne of Heroes has been sealed. The Heroic Spirits that have been summoned cannot be summoned to the world again..."⒍

Even if Conan-san didn't want to admit it, the reality was clearly revealed.

The most improbable speculations and conjectures that the experts of the Ministry of Magic had ever made in theory were confirmed in this official Heroic War.

"Those guys who hold Heroic Wars around the world for unknown reasons, the reason they spread the ritual of summoning Heroes has basically been determined... The purpose of those people is to block the Throne of Heroes through the modified Heroic Wars..."

062 Sealing the Throne of Heroes (II)

"This is the core of this Heroic War."

Conan-san came to the underground where the core of the ritual of the War of Heroes was hidden.

This is an underground space that was excavated more than half a month ago. Its only purpose is to hide the core of the War of Heroes.

Although the human world and the Ministry of Magic had a cooperative relationship in this so-called official War of Heroes, the two sides did not fully trust each other. In addition, the identity of a second-generation Dark Lord was a bit sensitive and he was a brutal wanted criminal on the magical continent. As a result, both sides still had some reservations in many aspects.

The human world is responsible for most of the construction framework of the Heroic War, while the Ministry of Magic is responsible for providing some magic power.

It seems to be a balanced cooperation between the two parties, sharing different responsibilities together, but in fact both sides are tacitly concealing some key details.

For example, the core of the Heroic War provided by the human world, the Ministry of Magic does not know the location of the core.

The core of the Heroic War in the complex three-dimensional magic circle is a large, uneven stone, about the size of a bed.

This seemingly ordinary stone is actually a fragment of a meteor from outer space.

This piece of meteor fragment was provided by an astronomical organization of a country in the human world.

These meteor fragments collected by the human world do not have any special magic. They may have research value for humans, but they do not have much meaning in magic.

However, after being created by a certain super magic genius, the fragments of the meteor were given enough magical meaning, becoming a magical furnace that could serve as the core of the War of Heroes.

"In fact, it is based on the legend of making a wish on a shooting star in the human world. It uses the fragments of the shooting star to add enough magical meaning and magical properties that can make wishes come true...

However, in the entire magic world, there are probably only a handful of people who can do this... I don't know how that guy completed this theoretically large-scale magic project in such a short time."

Conan-san turned to look at the Second Dark Lord himself, who was preparing something in this secret underground space.

There were only two of them in this underground space.

This place, which houses the core of the War of Heroes, is not known to everyone, nor is it accessible to everyone.

In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the Ministry of Magic, Lux Crystal had not made a public appearance since the start of the Heroic War.

And for some purpose, after the War of Heroes was declared started, Lux had been staying in this underground space that hides the core of the War of Heroes to make preparations.

"Lux, you are watching the result of the summoning of the English spirit, right?"

Conan Shan came to the side of the second generation Dark Lord who was constructing some kind of summoning magic circle.

"Of course I've been watching it. It's not surprising. It's basically the same as what the experts at the Ministry of Magic have speculated. The Heroic Spirits that were summoned in the War of Heroes in the past may not be summoned again. This means that the Throne of Heroes has been sealed."

Lux responded to Conan-san while checking the magic circle around him.

"There's nothing surprising about this. How could those guys who secretly spread the news or held the Heroic War in different parts of the world have good intentions? They must have some unknown purpose, and now it has finally been confirmed."

One of the purposes of this official War of Heroes is to verify a potentially bad speculation.

The targets that were originally supposed to be summoned in this War of Heroes were actually all Heroic Spirits that had been summoned before.

Or to be more precise, they are the Heroic Spirits summoned from the Heroic Wars supported by unknown individuals, which violated the regulations of the Ministry of Magic and should not have been held.

Just like King Arthur and Liu Bei who were once summoned in the Heroic War in Changkong City.

The reason why these heroic spirits were designated for summoning in the War of Heroes held here was to eliminate doubts.

However, the speculation made by the experts of the Ministry of Magic, which was theoretically the lowest probability, has now been confirmed.

The heroes who were summoned in certain heroic wars in the past can no longer be summoned again.

The corresponding Seat of Heroes was blocked by some unknown means.

"Although this is only seven examples of Heroic Spirit Summoning, it is probably not enough to be completely certain. There must be some people in the Ministry of Magic who are still unwilling to admit it.

But it is very clear that the real purpose of the previous Heroic Wars held secretly in different places was not to fulfill wishes, but to block the Throne of Heroes, that is, to weaken the combat effectiveness of human magicians. "

The so-called Heroic Spirit is essentially a magical weapon created by human magicians to fight against disasters and calamities that are difficult to deal with.

Losing this magical weapon would undoubtedly be a huge blow.

"However, it's not too late to find out now. As long as we prevent and stop people from secretly holding Heroic Wars for other purposes and that shouldn't happen, the Throne of Heroes should no longer be blocked. Even if the blockade of the Throne of Heroes cannot be lifted, it will not lead to all Heroic Spirits being unable to be summoned.

Although human history is still short in terms of the universe, there have been enough heroes. Without the help of some heroes, we magicians will not be powerless in the face of huge disasters. "

“I hope everything goes well…”

Conan-san felt that no matter what, he had to find a way to unlock the Seat of Heroes that had been sealed.

According to existing statistics and estimates, many famous thrones of heroes have been blocked, which is not acceptable.

Even if there are still many Heroic Spirits that have not been summoned yet, it does not mean that we can give up on the Heroic Spirits of the past.

All the Heroic Spirits successfully summoned in this War of Heroes are new Heroic Spirits that are appearing and being summoned for the first time. They are Heroic Spirits that have never appeared before.

The seven heroic spirits that descended here can be said to be new heroic spirits, and there was no record of them being summoned before.

For example, Mordred, who is known as the Knight of Traitor.

Although Mordred is famous to some extent, he basically has a bad reputation, so he has never been chosen to be summoned.

The negative stereotypes from the human subconscious and the influence of legends may also be attached to the spiritual foundation of the hero.

Simply put, even if the Heroic Spirit itself has no intention of betrayal, it is possible that due to the influence of its own story, some instinctive mistakes will occur at certain times.

A traitorous knight with the attribute of "rebellion" may go against his own conscience at certain specific moments and cause harm to his master.

Of course, this is not always the case.

However, for the sake of stability and safety, if the summoner can choose, he will naturally choose a more stable object to summon.

As for whether the traitorous knight summoned this time has any problems, it is still uncertain. We can only wait and see the actions and reactions of the Heroic Spirit in the future to judge.

"Let's not talk about these bad things for now, Lux, what are your preparations?"

"It's almost done. Next, we just need to wait for the first Heroic Spirit Arena Battle to begin. While the Heroic Spirits are fighting, I can take the opportunity to perform the illegal additional Heroic Spirit Summoning here."

Violating the normal rules of the War of Heroes and secretly summoning additional Heroes is one of the purposes of this War of Heroes.

This extra summoning was actually a request made by Conan-san himself.

He had certain things he wanted to test and try.

The second generation Dark Lord seemed to have some similar ideas, and basically agreed without thinking twice.

"I just don't know if the Ministry of Magic has the same idea as us. Maybe they do, but if they really want to summon additional Heroic Spirits, it will definitely be much more troublesome than ours."

The core of the ritual of this War of Heroes was prepared by Lux. He doesn't need to hide when using it, and he will have more room for maneuver.

If the Ministry of Magic wanted to conduct some kind of test on summoning heroic spirits, they would have to spend more effort to keep it secret from Lux.

"Okay, Ke, your Heroic Spirit Summoning Magic Circle is ready and can be used at any time. All you have to do is wait for the right time to operate it."

"Thanks."

Conan-san nodded, then stepped into another Heroic Spirit Summoning Magic Circle next to him.

There will be more than one additional illegal Heroic Spirit summoning that will be carried out here.

Conan-san also has some things he wants to experiment with.

Rooks said it doesn't matter whether you prepare one or two, it's just a matter of preparing more or less.