Alchemy Principles of Type-Moon World

"Haha, this gun is almost a bit heavy for me." Honda Tadakatsu stood still and pounded his aching shoulders. "I'm old and have no strength."

Karna gave Honda Tadakatsu no time to breathe. His divine spear, swirling with billowing flames, pierced Honda Tadakatsu with his lightning-fast figure. The air was stirred by the fiery magic power, and the temperature around them suddenly rose again. The violent force of the flames could be felt, burning the earth with scorch marks.

"Qiang——!"

A short, metallic clang echoed across the battlefield. Honda Tadakatsu's calves sank deeply into the ground, the hard stone cracking beneath his feet, carving two deep furrows. He was practically crushed by Karna's force, yet his hands remained tightly gripped around his spear, barely blocking the sudden attack.

Young people are just full of energy…” Honda Tadakatsu grinned, his words filled with self-mockery about his own old age.

"That spear isn't suitable for you now." Karna didn't rush to attack again. He paused and looked at Honda Tadakatsu. "You're too old to wield it anymore."

"Hahaha, you're right, you're right... My old bones really can't take it anymore." Honda Tadakatsu laughed heartily. He calmly held the gun with both hands horizontally, looked down at the overly long gun barrel, and showed a helpless expression.

Then, he acted decisively, bent his knees slightly, and used his knees to break the three feet behind the gun handle.

"It's time to do this. Alas, I shouldn't be so stubborn when I'm old."

"Famous Gun·Dragonfly Kiri: A"

The Tonomakiri, a famous spear used by Honda Tadakatsu during the Warring States Period of Japan, is one of the three great spears of Japan. Forged by Fujiwara Masamune, a blacksmith of the Mikawa Bunju school, it is said to be so sharp that it could sever a flying dragonfly simply by holding it upright, hence its name. While the handle of a typical spear is approximately 4.5 meters, the Tonomakiri's handle is over six meters long.

In his later years, Honda Tadakatsu did not have enough strength to wield the spear, so he cut off more than three feet behind the handle.

Karna's gaze darkened slightly, his brow furrowed. Artillery fire roared across the battlefield, and smoke thickened the air. Amidst the chaos, he searched for Honda Tadakatsu. The enemy's tactics had clearly changed. After breaking his spear handle, Honda Tadakatsu no longer relied on direct confrontation, but instead opted for a more flexible, roaming tactic.

The earth was covered in dust kicked up by the artillery fire, and the air was filled with rubble and smoke. Honda Tadakatsu's figure sometimes appeared in Karna's field of vision, sometimes disappeared. He hid precisely in the smoke and rubble, always keeping at the edge of Karna's peripheral vision, sometimes provoking Karna's attention, and sometimes deliberately flashing from the side of his vision, forcing Karna to concentrate his mind highly on this distracting environment. Karna's attention was like a string being repeatedly pulled, and finally, a flaw was revealed at a moment -

"Shh-!"

Honda Tadakatsu's spear shot out like a venomous snake, instantly aiming for Karna's back. The tip of the spear, with a sharp sound of wind, went straight for his vital point. Following this blow, however, when the tip of the spear touched Karna's back——

"No injury?" Honda Tadakatsu's pupils suddenly dilated. The stab he had planned for a long time couldn't even make his opponent bleed. This was beyond his expectation.

"——Qiang!"

Karna's long-awaited counterattack struck like lightning. He swung his divine spear, the air instantly ripping apart by blazing magic. The tip of the spear, wrapped in furious force, slashed across Honda Tadakatsu's chest. The searing flames, like a blade, instantly carved a deep, charred scar into his sturdy breastplate.

"boom--!"

With a dull thud, Honda Tadakatsu was unexpectedly flung back by the blow. His body was like a kite with a broken string, suddenly soaring backwards into the air and flying heavily into the distance.

"Boom--!"

His body slammed heavily onto the ground, sending up a cloud of dust and gravel. Despite this, Honda Tadakatsu's powerful body remained undefeated. The moment he fell, he quickly used his spear and staff to try to stand up again.

"What a monster..." Honda Tadakatsu panted, raising his hand to look at the charred scar on his chest, where the embers of fire were still flickering. "This is the first time he's been injured on the battlefield..."

"I'll excuse myself from your company."

Karna put away the spear in his hand, and his figure was once again wrapped in surging magic power, appearing particularly dazzling under the night sky. With a sudden leap, Karna's body slid along the ground, quickly passing through the dense dust and flames of war.

Honda Tadakatsu was still half-kneeling in the dust, watching Karna whizz past him at an extremely fast speed, even carrying a scorching heat in the air.

——However, Karna’s target was not him, but Otomo Sorin who was continuously firing artillery in the distance.

Karna's movements were seamless, closing the distance between him and Nijo Castle in an instant. Burning magic power formed a high-speed current around him, propelling him like a meteor, flying close to the ground.

The fact that he was able to withstand the attack while unleashing his own magical power without losing his ability to move meant that he had no way of dealing with the old man in a short period of time. Even though his Master could replenish his magical power with elixirs, the total amount of elixirs was still limited.

We can't let this guy hold us back, we have to deal with the gunner first.

"What..." Honda Tadakatsu tried to catch up with the departing Karna, but since Karna used his magic power to fly close to the ground at high speed, it was simply a fantasy for Honda Tadakatsu to catch up with him on his two legs. He could only watch Karna take off again like a meteor and then crash into the high platform on the wall of Nijo Castle.

Under the cover of night, Nijo Castle was still surrounded by flames and artillery fire. Otomo Sorin stood on a high platform on the city wall, overlooking the battlefield.

"Oh, are you here for me?"

Otomo Sorin didn't dodge, directly driving the Kokubeng Cannon to continue bombarding Karna. The shells streaked through the air with long flashes of fire, and with a deafening roar, they struck Karna. At the same time, he pulled three Black Keys from his bosom. The hilts of the Black Keys instantly formed blades and were thrown at Karna.

Baptismal Hymn: B

Otomo Sorin, who converted to Catholicism and dreamed of establishing a Catholic kingdom in Japan, became widely known as a Catholic daimyo. He abandoned his family's original magecraft and transformed it into the magecraft of the church school, which had a great effect and lethality on spirits.

The Black Keys shot straight at Karna like three bolts of lightning, so fast that they were almost impossible to catch. However, Karna's magical shield, burning like a blazing flame, completely blocked the fire and the Black Keys. The bombardment exploded on him, and the fire and explosion mixed with dust and smoke, instantly obscuring his figure. The Black Key pierced Karna's chest—

—These were merely harmless attacks. Karna's speed remained undiminished, his fiery mana thrust forward as if tearing the heavens and earth apart, crashing directly towards Ōtomo Sōrin. The divine spear, brimming with blazing mana, rubbed against the air with a violent explosion, piercing Ōtomo Sōrin's last line of defense.

"What a weird thing..." Before Otomo Sorin could finish his words, the divine spear had already hit him hard. With the huge impact, Otomo Sorin's body was instantly pierced, and the whole person turned directly into a ball of spirit particles and dissipated in the air.

This is what happens to the ADC who dares to show up when the top laners are fighting each other.

The artillery fire finally ceased, leaving a dead silence in the night sky. All that remained was the heat radiating from the scorched earth and the smell of gunpowder in the air. The high platform of Nijo Castle had been shattered by the fire of war, its walls pitted and uneven, its bricks and tiles charred black, as if it could collapse at any moment.

Honda Tadakatsu, panting heavily, finally rushed back to the top of the city wall. He scanned his surroundings anxiously, but could only see the last glimmer of light of Otomo Sorin as he transformed into a spirit particle and dissipated.

The "battlefield" environment also cannot be established.

Honda Tadakatsu clearly felt the changes in his body. He felt a little tired in the arm that was holding Tonomaru tightly. The tension in his muscles gradually relaxed, and his agility and endurance that had originally surpassed ordinary people also declined.

"Alas..." He sighed, his eyes slightly lowered, "The battlefield no longer exists..."

"It seems that I can only rely on my old arms and legs to fight again..." Honda Tadakatsu sighed, and could only swing the Tombstone again, and swung a gun flower to block Karna.

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Yesterday I went to Keyboard's house to hold a birthday party for her. We cooked and decorated together, and everything has been normal so far.

Influenced by my friend who taught me writing, although I drink, I only drink wine, not beer, other high-proof liquor, or cocktails.

Then while I was eating, I found two bottles of white wine on the table. Although it was a brand I had never seen before, it tasted very good. I kept drinking it. I finished most of the bottle by myself and wanted to drink more, but it seemed that no one else drank wine. I was the only one drinking it, and I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to finish it, so I felt embarrassed to open the bottle again.

But I still felt unsatisfied, so I took a photo and looked it up to see what brand the wine was. I planned to buy a few bottles and drink them slowly at home.

Then I found out that one bottle of this stuff was worth almost half a month's worth of my royalties.

One bottle is almost enough for half a month's salary... half a month... I probably drink a month's food allowance in just one cup...

I overstepped my bounds... I'm sorry for my unrealistic thoughts...

After the meal, I realized that this was specially prepared for me because I only drink wine. They even asked me why I didn’t open the other bottle...

But I can only drink half a bottle of wine! That’s already my limit!

Volume 42: The Kyoto Holy Grail War Without a Nagging Message: . The Summons That Deceive Human Reason

Night fell over Kyoto. The originally heavy dark clouds had dissipated a lot at this moment, and could only barely cover the stars in the sky.

The streets were as still as a deadly hue, the only sound emanating from the occasional, faint hum of a dilapidated telephone pole. The once-quiet neighborhood was now a wreck of battle, with broken apartment buildings bearing the scars of their facades and the ground littered with shattered glass and rubble. The air was thick with the stench of blood and burning.

Amidst this grim scene, Hattori Hanzo stood quietly in the shadows beside the ruins, gazing at the mangled form of Amagata Michitsuna. His figure blended seamlessly into the night, his mask obscuring his expression, leaving only his eyes to reveal sorrow. Amagata Michitsuna still clutched the Muramasa sword tightly, its blood-stained blade gleaming with an ominous cold light.

Tian Fangtong was not dead, although he no longer looked like a complete person.

His body was severely mauled, his abdomen ripped open, his internal organs exposed. Blood and mud mixed together, forming a sticky quagmire. His head was nearly severed, and the wound in his neck was so deep that the bone was visible. Yet, even so, he refused to collapse. His breathing was weak and intermittent, his face shrouded in pain, but his eyes still burned with insane hatred.

"Owari bastard... bastard..." Amakata Michitsuna's voice was low and hoarse. Even though he was stuck deep in the mud, he still cursed with his last bit of strength, as if resentment had supported his broken body.

After receiving the blessing of You Ruoyu's technique, Mandicardo chose the same tactics as Tian Fang Tonggang. He no longer cared about his injured parts, because You Ruoyu would heal him soon anyway. In addition, his pain was blocked, so he completely gave up defense and no longer considered his own safety.

He cut off Amagata Michitsuna's limbs one by one and tore his chest and abdomen apart. However, even after losing three limbs, Amagata Michitsuna's last hand that was holding Muramasa still tightly grasped the hilt of the knife, stubbornly refusing to die.

"I will definitely take off your heads--!" Tian Fang Tonggang's voice became more hoarse, and the resentful oath squeezed out of his broken throat.

"..." Hattori Hanzo watched all this in silence, the sadness in his eyes growing ever deeper. He silently walked over to Amagata Michitsuna, knelt down, and gently lifted the broken body to its feet. Blood stained his hands. He lowered his head, picked up the scattered limbs, and began bandaging those that were no longer intact.

"Hanzo... You are Hanzo, right?" Amagata Michitsuna's voice was faintly calling out. Hatred still lingered in him, but his tone was much calmer. "Hurry... catch up with them and kill them... Kill those bastards from Owari--!!"

Hattori Hanzo didn't answer. He simply continued his actions in silence, the sadness hidden beneath his mask growing heavier. At this moment, facing this old friend filled with resentment, he could only respond with silence.

"Let's eat some sushi first." Hattori Hanzo took out the lacquer lunch box from his arms, picked up the sushi inside and fed it to Amakata Michitsuna.

"Sushi Time: A"

The magical organic sushi carefully made by Hattori Hanzo can repair the spiritual base and replenish a large amount of magic power after eating. It is said that making this sushi is Hattori Hanzo's unique ninjutsu.

However, Hattori Hanzo insisted that this was because he used "karate" when kneading the rice, and infused the will of "karate" and respect for sushi into every grain of rice, which gave the sushi these effects.

What kind of karate is this?!

Amagata Michitsuna's body was repairing rapidly, but his spiritual core was still broken. He tried to stand up from the ground, but was pushed back by Hattori Hanzo.

"Hanzo!" Amakata roared, his eyes ablaze with rage. His voice was deep and hoarse, a roar emanating from the depths of his soul. But just as he was about to rage again, his emotions seemed to pause, as if realizing something, and his tone softened slightly. "You're being soft-hearted again, aren't you? It's okay. I'll take your place. You just follow me..."

"...Mitsutsuna-san." Hattori Hanzo's expression beneath his mask deepened with sorrow upon hearing this familiar call. He remained silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, his voice thick with sorrow: "Oda Nobunaga is dead."

In the seventh year of Tensho, Oda Nobunaga suspected that Tokugawa Ieyasu's eldest son Saburo Nobuyasu had colluded with the Takeda family, and ordered him to commit seppuku.

On September 15th, Tokugawa Ieyasu sent Hattori Hanzo Masashige and Tenkayama Castle Lord Michitsuna to Totomi Futamata Castle to execute this order.

——However, when Tokugawa Nobuyasu committed suicide, Hattori Hanzo, who was responsible for being his kaishakunin, fell to the ground and cried throughout the whole process. He could not even lift his sword and was unable to complete the role of kaishakunin at all. Therefore, Amakata Michinaga was temporarily replaced as kaishakunin.

In Hattori Hanzo's eyes, the reason why Amagata Michitsugu became like this was because he took on the responsibility that should have been borne by Hattori Hanzo himself.

"Huh...?" Tian Fang Tonggang was slightly stunned, as if he couldn't fully understand this sentence. His eyes gradually became unfocused, and his mind seemed to be trying hard to recall past memories.

"Three years later, in the tenth year of Tensho," Hattori Hanzo said slowly, word by word, "Oda Nobunaga died in the Honnoji Incident."

"..." Tian Fang Tong Gang fell into a brief silence after hearing this, and then suddenly roared, still trying to struggle to stand up -

——The frenzied state made his thinking extremely confused. Although he seemed to be able to communicate, the frenzy had seriously affected his thinking ability.

"Mitsutsuna-san," Hattori Hanzo gently grasped the hand of Amagata Mikitsuna, which was tightly holding Muramasa, and pried open Amagata Mikitsuna's fingers bit by bit, finally taking Muramasa from his hand. Amagata Mikitsuna's strength gradually faded, and his fingers loosened weakly.

Hattori Hanzo took out Muramasa's scabbard from his waist and slowly put Muramasa into the scabbard.

"Please rest in peace."

"Give me back my sword... I want to kill that bastard from Owari..." Amakata Michitsuna's voice became weak, and his eyes full of resentment began to blur.

As the Muramasa was slowly sheathed, Amagata Michitsuna's fingers twitched slightly, as if he were still trying to reach out and grasp the hilt of the sword that had slipped away. The flames of hatred gradually died down, and his breathing became increasingly shallow, until he could only repeat himself in a constant muttering.

"...Xin Kang Gong...Xin Kang Gong..."

Hattori Hanzo knelt on the ground, silent, the sadness on his face could no longer be concealed. He dug the soil with his blade, again and again, carefully burying the Muramasa in the ground and covering it up carefully.

"Mr. Tong Gang, if I could meet you again..." He sighed softly and looked up at the distant sky.

Hattori Hanzo slowly rose, shaking the dirt from his hands with a quick, decisive movement. His gaze swept around, as if examining the final silence, before gazing upon the distant night sky of Kyoto, ready to continue his search for the third Guardian of the Inhibiting Force, who had yet to appear. The haze in the night sky had now completely dissipated, the clouds tearing apart, finally revealing the clear, cold starlight behind.

"Oh?" Hanzo paused for a moment, looking off into the distance. He seemed to sense something, a faint smile playing on his lips. "That sommelier's efficiency...is much faster than I expected."

At this moment, above the sky, the magical field that had originally enveloped Kyoto had completely collapsed, and the dark clouds above Kyoto had also been torn apart, revealing the starry sky hidden behind it.

——The starry sky was no longer the 1582 that You Ruoyu had previously observed, but the real December 1999, 12.

Hattori Hanzo's body also began to show some signs of abnormality. Bits of spirit energy escaped from his body, and he seemed to be struggling to maintain his existence.

This is not surprising, as the existence of these illegal servants was not through the formal summoning method.

——As Tokugawa Ieyasu's Shadow Warrior System, Archer, named "Tokugawa Ieyasu", does not have his own Noble Phantasm, but he can switch between the seven regular classes of the Holy Grail War and obtain one of the seven Noble Phantasms respectively.

In other words, he carried these seven Noble Phantasms with him when he manifested, and they could fully accommodate the corresponding spiritual base information. The shadow warrior held the Noble Phantasms and switched to the corresponding spiritual base.

The existence of a body containing information, and the Noble Phantasms it possesses also contain the information of the corresponding Heroic Spirits. In the Warring States Period of 1582, the owners of these seven Noble Phantasms were all "alive." Schrödinger deceived human cognition by completing the blueprint in the Holy Grail of Paradox, enveloping the entire city in a magical field.

Therefore, even though the Philosopher's Stone has strict summoning restrictions, "Tokugawa Ieyasu" still completed the illegal summoning. After more than ten days, the shadow warrior's body, which wandered in the earth veins and absorbed magic power independently, read all the information of the Noble Phantasm and completed the summoning of the seven servants without the help of anything else.

But the prerequisite for all this must be that Kyoto is now in 1582. As Xing Qingwu broke the magic field covering Kyoto, this prerequisite no longer holds true.

"Ha..." Hattori Hanzo sighed softly, as if everything had been predicted, yet with a touch of reluctance and emotion. He pulled a pitch-black flying kunai from his bosom, gently stroking the edge with his fingertips. Then, he adjusted his posture slightly, his gaze fixed sharply on Nijo Castle in the distance.

——Even if the straight-line distance between the two is more than 20 kilometers.

Gripping the kunai, Hattori Hanzo's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. He gathered his strength briefly, his legs slightly bent, his entire body like a taut bowstring. Suddenly, he unleashed the kunai. The air ripped apart, and the kunai traced a dark arc. With a low whoosh, it streaked through the night, like a streak of black lightning, aimed directly at the main hall of Nijo Castle.

As the kunai gradually moved away, Hattori Hanzo's body began to tremble slightly, and the spirit particles peeled off from his body, like fine golden sand drifting in the wind, silently blending into the surrounding air.

"The broken clouds conceal the stars and the moon, shadows fall as the wind blows past Nijo Castle, leaving no trace behind." Hattori Hanzo muttered the verses in a low voice, his voice gradually fading in the night wind. He chuckled softly, his gaze finally sweeping towards Kyoto in the distance.

"Then, Sayonara!"

After he finished speaking, his figure finally turned into a wisp of smoke and completely merged into the night sky.

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Karna was fighting with Honda Tadakatsu in front of Nijo Castle.

It would not be accurate to say that they were fighting. It seemed that the two were evenly matched.

In reality, Honda Tadakatsu constantly harassed Karna, never intending to engage him head-on. Honda Tadakatsu was quite powerful, and even without the benefit of the "battlefield" environment, Karna couldn't completely ignore him and investigate the abnormalities in Nijo Castle.

——It was like an elusive fly that kept buzzing in Karna's ear.

Even though Karna's spear hit Honda Tadakatsu more than once, he always managed to stand up and continue to harass Karna's steps -

——This old guy never let Karna's spear tip poke him. Even in the unavoidable situation, he could always adjust his posture to minimize the damage he suffered.

In front of the castle, flames danced among the shattered bricks and tiles. The air was filled with the scorched earth left by artillery fire. The outline of Nijo Castle was shattered and riddled with holes. Black smoke swirled in the night sky, sparks flying everywhere. Every time Karna swung his spear, Honda Tadakatsu was like a leaf in the wind, blown away.