Zongman: Evolution Paradise

In the Fate universe, special attacks are a unique attack method that allows Servants to deal additional damage to specific types of enemies.

As for how much extra is involved, Jolyne doesn't know either. Anyway, there's a saying in the Fate games: "Special Attack is more important than anything else."

During the conversation, the second Steve Rogers, who had been petrified and sealed away, appeared on the battlefield.

"Master, the magic is ready."

Medea used magic to send a telepathic message to Jolyne. Upon receiving this message, Jolyne stepped back and stopped fighting with Souichirou Kuzuki.

Looking from outside the school gate, the Suigunhara School had returned to calm.

As soon as an ordinary person approaches this place, they are given a psychological suggestion, and suddenly have the idea to go home and see. The only thing that hurts the most from this battle is that when they get home, they find that there is more than one person inside.

As the sound of a mechanism turning faded, Homurahara School was completely transformed.

Those skilled in magic can discover the clues.

The red magic circle has spread throughout the school, and under the sky and on the ground, several cages have been combined to form a complete blockade.

Souichirou Kuzuki glanced at the sky and at Steve Rogers, who was now the only two remaining. He didn't try to stop Jolyne's retreat, but simply stood there, seemingly trying to communicate something.

Compared to Soichiro Kuzuki's composure, the remaining two Steve Rogers became increasingly hesitant and timid when facing Saber and Medusa.

Indeed, as Jolyne said, Steve Rogers can only be resurrected by being killed by the enemy.

Moreover, this treasure has very high requirements for the "enemy"; it can only be triggered by a truly formidable foe, rather than simply picking up any random passerby on the roadside to instantly increase the number of enemies.

With plenty of magic power, Steve Rogers would immediately unleash his Noble Phantasm to shield himself at the slightest disturbance, not wanting to give Medusa any more chance to be petrified and sealed.

However, the turtle-style strategy was no longer effective. When Medea's magic circle completely fell, it meant that the battle was about to come to an end.

[Space transfer has been blocked]

[Body functions are already limited]

[The magic's power has been suppressed]

[The lightning from the heavens is ready]

Dispersing the crowd and concealing the battle are merely minor details of magic, tricks used to deal with ordinary people; Medea's true rituals are only now being completed.

The space is sealed off to prevent Souichirou Kuzuki from possessing any spatial teleportation abilities.

Suppressing physical and magical abilities, continuously suppressing the various attributes of Souichirou Kuzuki and Steve Rogers.

As for the thunder from the zenith, the thunder dragon was already rolling and leaping in the sky, waiting to unleash its power at any moment.

Soichiro Kuzuki and the two Steve Rogers all began to decline in strength, agility, endurance, and magic, with agility showing the most significant decline, dropping from A to C.

The battlefield, which had been in a brief stalemate, was instantly shattered. Saber swung her sword and Medusa kicked them, and the two Steve Rogers were sent flying before they could react, crawling out of the crater covered in dust.

The inherent skill - 50/50 does indeed raise attributes to the same level as the opponent, but magic does not destroy this essence, but only suppresses it, so that the A-level agility can only exert the effect of C-level.

Under these circumstances, Steve Rogers was powerless to resist, while Soichiro Kuzuki, who was also suppressed, was attacked by the Zenith Lightning.

Golden lightning surged through the clouds, thunder roared deafeningly, and the lightning punishment, transformed into the shape of a dragon, descended in an instant.

The moment it landed on the ground, special effects comparable to Excalibur were generated on the ground.

Jolyne, after receiving Medea's message, retreated to the back and came to Lily and Yukino Yukinoshita's side.

It wasn't that she was afraid the magic would affect her; Medea's magical control abilities weren't that bad.

The reason for this is simply that the battle was far too easy.

The battle with Kuzuki Souichirou has lasted for several tens of minutes, and only the Noble Phantasm of Captain Kuten Serpent has brought Jolyne a slight surprise.

The vibranium shield failed to stop Saber's Excalibur after being released; the Hydra Noble Phantasm, while allowing Steve to be resurrected immediately after death and with double the number of enemies, could not be used voluntarily; Souichirou Kuzuki possessed a magical energy supply far exceeding that of an ordinary Master, yet lacked the imposing presence expected of a high-level player...

These are enough to fight ordinary players, but Souichirou Kuzuki is now going to fight Jolyne.

"Too weak, far too weak!"

Perhaps Souichirou Kuzuki didn't anticipate his own strength before entering, perhaps he didn't expect the Paradise to have a mode that restricts combat, perhaps it was because he brought four Servants to directly engage in group battles, or perhaps he was simply being pretentious...

Despite the many reasons that could explain all this, Jolyne was unwilling to believe that the counter-hunting operation against Soichiro Kuzuki could be accomplished so easily.

"I still have so many tricks up my sleeve for you to use. If you just leave like this, wouldn't it make me look stupid?"

Jolyne thought to herself as she gazed at Soichiro Kuzuki under the lightning.

Chapter 181 The Enemy's Methods Are Always So Similar

Excluding the main world, the Fate world is the third world Jolyne has visited.

A Highschool of the Dead stitched together with Resident Evil, Demon Slayer where the Demon King doesn't hide in the shadows, and Fuyuki City without any extraordinary elements in Fate.

These worlds will always deviate from the scenes in Jolyne's memory.

Players are those who walk through such a world, turning everything into resources.

In this battle, Medea only prepared one magic spell, Saber unleashed her Noble Phantasm once, Lily slacked off on the sidelines, and the only one who put up a fight, Medusa, only used the power of Black Flash and the Petrifying Mystic Eyes.

As a result, Souichirou Kuzuki, who came to hunt him down, and his Servants were about to meet their end.

It's like mentally preparing yourself for a horror movie, putting the disc into the DVD player, and after a series of static sounds, the TV shows In the Night Garden.

Such a perfunctory battle felt like it started strong but ended weakly.

"You don't need to be that strong. Just make sure you don't get killed by this magic and get up to fight another three hundred rounds."

Jolyne stared at Souichirou Kuzuki under the magic, waiting for the moment the result would appear.

When the special effects of the Thunder Dragon disappeared, the school in Suiqunyuan was no longer recognizable.

If Saber's Excalibur created a deep, crack-like crater in the ground, then Medea's magic attack completely erased the ground.

Unidentified black ash drifted in the wind, emitting a burnt smell.

Kuzuki Souichirou, standing in the center of the attack, remained calm.

He was still steaming, but that was all; even the square-framed glasses on his nose hadn't melted.

"how come!"

Lily was horrified; she genuinely believed that the magic trick could kill Kuzuki Souichirou.

“It’s just a magic trick,” Soichiro Kuzuki said calmly to Jolyne.

Unexpectedly, Jolyne chuckled and looked at the two Command Seals on the back of Kuzuki Souichirou's hand, asking in bewilderment, "Wait, were all of you players trained in the same training class?"

Souichirou Kuzuki didn't understand Jolyne's meaning and stood still without responding, while Yukino Yukinoshita, as someone who had experienced it firsthand, realized what was happening and asked, "This guy isn't the player's original form either?"

"Not the original body?" Lily asked in surprise, and the other Heroic Spirits also looked over.

Even before the battle began, Medea had carefully examined Kuzuki Souichirou but found nothing amiss.

Upon hearing Yukino Yukinoshita's words, Medea looked down again, but ultimately shook her head at everyone, indicating that she couldn't see anything.

However, the attitude of the two Steve Rogers proved this point; they wore fake smiles and their eyes were filled with malice.

Kuzuki Souichirou sighed and took off the square-framed glasses that he had long since grown tired of.

The glasses transformed into flesh and blood, merging into the body, and Steve's cheerful voice rang out, "How did you find out?"

“Well… about that.” Jolyne said apologetically, “I was just trying to test him, but the captain was so honest.”

In Jolyne's mind, Kuzuki Souichirou would not die from a magic spell, nor should he be unaffected by such an attack.

Based on the brief exchange between Souichirou Kuzuki and Jolyne, even without Medea's magical attributes being suppressed, he shouldn't have been able to completely block it, let alone now that he was being suppressed.

How did Kuzuki Souichirou manage to remain unharmed from this magical attack?

Relying on some kind of equipment or props?

The Command Seal that disappeared from the back of Kuzuki Souichirou's hand was some kind of equipment or tool that could protect him.

It sounded reasonable, but looking at the two remaining Command Seals on the back of his hand, Jolyne was reminded of Sugo Nobuyuki, as mentioned by Yukino Yukinoshita.

Moreover, the legends of the Hydra include tales about its disguise.

After all, that's the well-known "Snakes & Shield".

After Germany's defeat, the Hydra, which should have been extinct, had already gone into hiding, stretching out its serpentine body freely under the banner forged by the victors.

If we consider Soichiro Kuzuki's identity as a disguise for Steve Rogers, then everything he does makes more sense.

The reason he didn't want to fight Jolyne was that he was forced to change his own attributes by his inherent skill - 50/50, and he couldn't reveal his Noble Phantasm, so he could only fight Jolyne in a 50/50 manner.

That's why Jolyne didn't feel any pressure from "Katsuki Soichiro".

“Cut off one head, and two more heads will grow to replace it.”

The divinity of the Hydra has never literally meant having two heads.

Although it's just speculation, Kuzuki Souichirou may have really just used some equipment or props, but testing the waters doesn't cost anything, does it?

Upon hearing Jolyne's reply, Kuzuki Souichirou sighed and said, "Seriously, couldn't you just come up with a plausible reason? If it's like this, it's entirely my fault, and things might get messy when we get back."

"In that case, don't go back."

As Jolyne made the suggestion, Saber, Medusa, and Medea beside her simultaneously unleashed their prepared attacks on the three Hydra captains.

There must be a reason behind everything we do.

Since a real player has placed Steve Rogers, a follower, here, there must be a plan he wants to accomplish.

There has been no follow-up action so far, perhaps because his preparations are not yet complete.

In this situation, Jolyne would prefer to kill Steve Rogers first.

Suppressed by magic and having their identities exposed, the three Steve Rogers were weaker than ever before.

"Did you know?" ×3

Steve Rogers's malicious voice rang out simultaneously, and they closed their eyes, trying to minimize the effects of Medusa's petrifying eye.

"When I disguised myself as a Master and picked up a history book in the classroom."

"You just appeared in front of us like that."

"The dead end had already been set up,"

Saber's sword cleaved through Steve Rogers' shield, and Medusa's petrifying eyes unleashed a petrifying curse on one of them.

One had his shield slashed down by Saber's sword, another had his neck gripped by Medea's lightning, and yet another's face had already begun to petrify.

"It's a pity that that good-for-nothing suddenly disappeared for a while."

"But it doesn't matter, it's just a matter of delaying for a moment."

"After all, he reappeared not long ago, so it's about time he arrived."

Medea sensed something and was about to teleport Jolyne away when her outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

Not only her, but Lily's mouth was slightly open as she held her treasure, waiting for the moment when she would be needed.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked around, searching for any enemy players who might appear.

Saber hovered in the air as Excalibur severed Steve Rogers' arm, the blood freezing in mid-air.

Steve Rogers' eyes held malice, and the petrification on his face had frozen.

Chapter 182 Time Stop

After Makoto Itō left Iskandar's Realm, a barrage of messages from Steve Rogers flooded his brain.

Pain surged relentlessly towards Makoto Ito like a tidal wave, in his abdomen, neck, and brain, as if someone were tearing at him from within.

"I know! I know!"

Snot bubbles appeared on his nose. Makoto Ito curled himself into a ball and it took him a while to get up from the ground. He then led the Berserker toward their destination.

“This is truly a rare power. Congratulations, Mr. Itō. You now have a chance to live.”

These are the words Steve Rogers said to Makoto Itō after summoning the Heroic Spirit last night.

"A rare power?"

Makoto Ito didn't see anything special, but he felt that the special effects when the heroic spirit appeared were quite impressive.