Zongman: Evolution Paradise

With the conclusion of the first official battle in the Fate world, players from all sides have experienced different psychological changes, especially Kaguya Shinomiya.

At this time, Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka had left the Kotomine Church and moved to a new base.

As for the reason?

"Every Heroic Spirit we encounter is like this. Something's not right about this Holy Grail War. The Kotomine Church is too big a target. We need to go into hiding."

When she successfully summoned Gilgamesh, Kaguya Shinomiya instinctively ignored the other enemies, assuming that she had already won the game.

After all, he's the King of Heroes!

According to the Shinomiya family's records of information about the Fate world, summoning this king in a typical Holy Grail War guarantees victory.

The few times the player suffered defeat were due to a conflict between himself and the arrogant king.

Holding the belief that Gilgamesh was already capable of sweeping everything away, Kaguya Shinomiya and Ayase Hayasaka stayed at the Kotomine Church and did not leave. However, the first battle today greatly surprised Kaguya Shinomiya.

Despite the lack of any interaction, Gilgamesh's performance clearly showed that she was at a disadvantage.

On her way back to the Kotomine Church, Kaguya Shinomiya looked around at Ai Hayasaka and Hassan Hyakami beside her and made the decision to leave the Kotomine Church and find a secret base.

The Kotomine Church is too big a target. Since Gilgamesh knows he can't beat them, he can't be so high-profile anymore. He can only avoid the enemy for now, in case they lock onto his location and come knocking on his door one day.

Fortunately, the nuns at the Kotomine Church didn't have much work, and Kallen was very easy to talk to. After sincerely asking Kaguya Shinomiya if she needed any help, she readily offered her a few days off.

"Kaguya-sama, what do you plan to do?"

Hayasaka Ai stood to one side, her expression as calm as ever, a testament to her self-discipline as a maid.

"Since we can't rely on the Heroic Spirits to win directly, we can only rely on our own efforts."

Kaguya Shinomiya sat on the sofa, looking at her three-stroke Command Seal, and continued, "Apart from that high-level player, all the players in this game are level 3 like us, the same level. No one is stronger than us, Ai."

"That's to be expected, but dealing with the King of Heroes is a bit tricky." Hayasaka Ai was certainly confident about Kaguya Shinomiya's words, as they were members of the Shinomiya family. Hayasaka Ai's real question concerned the Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh.

"...Regarding this point."

Kaguya Shinomiya was somewhat speechless; Gilgamesh's personality was truly a problem.

If the King of Heroes possessed overwhelming power, that would be one thing; his personality was merely a minor issue, and Kaguya Shinomiya could also fulfill her role as a subject.

However, the fact that the King of Heroes does not currently possess overwhelming strength makes his arrogant and disdainful attitude the biggest problem.

Faced with a united enemy, how can a king who cannot even accept criticism work together with his master to unleash greater power?

别说1加1大于2，吉尔伽美什和四宫辉夜连1加1等于2都很难做到。

"If only I had found a powerful artifact for Ai first," Kaguya Shinomiya thought with some regret.

Also because of Gilgamesh's appearance, Kaguya Shinomiya was certain that the King of Heroes would not stoop to protect her.

To prevent other players from summoning Assassins to assassinate her, Hayasaka Ai followed Kaguya Shinomiya's orders and casually performed a compatibility summon, resulting in a rather weak Hundred-Faced Hassan.

After thinking it over, Kaguya Shinomiya felt increasingly that she had been too careless in this game. She sighed and said helplessly, "With the King of Heroes not here, even if we wanted to communicate, it's not something we can do right now. You should find a way to strengthen Hassan's combat power. I remember you have a skill that is very suitable for Hassan with a hundred faces."

Although Gilgamesh somewhat acknowledged Kaguya Shinomiya as his subject, being at a disadvantage was extremely humiliating for him. Not wanting Kaguya to see him in such a disgraceful state, he showed no intention of communicating after the battle and simply disappeared on his own.

"I haven't tried it yet, but theoretically it should have some amazing effects."

As she spoke, Hayasaka Ai extended the back of her hand, which bore the three Command Seals, one of which began to surge forth as pure magical energy.

"I will use a Command Seal to unlock one of my abilities - Dustless Land."

Skill - Dustless Land: The caster creates a massive force field centered on themselves, with high-speed airflow flowing across its surface, forming a "barrier" that prevents other matter from approaching.

The Dustless Land, also known as the Pure Land of Immaculate Purity, comes from the Word of Power of the Sky and Wind Kings in the Dragon Raja series.

Hybrids possessing this lineage of dragon blood can awaken, while the awakened Words of Power of hybrids possessing the bloodlines of the King of Sky and the King of Wind will vary depending on their individual circumstances.

Hayasaka Ai's unsealing of this skill was certainly not to give Hundred-Faced Hassan the defense of the Dustless Land. After all, there are so many Hassans, it doesn't matter if they die.

The real reason is for something deeper about this skill: the bloodline of the King of Sky and Wind.

Hayasaka Ai's Dustless Land is a skill awakened by this bloodline, and the essence of this skill is the effect of dragon blood on the body.

When this skill appeared on Hassan, it was only natural that each Hassan, based on their own characteristics, awakened a completely different Word of Power.

The Hundred-Faced Hassan can split into up to eighty different individuals. At this moment, having received the dragon blood of the King of the Sky and the Wind, the Hundred-Faced Hassans in various parts of Fuyuki City have all undergone varying degrees of dragonification.

Ordinary people among the dragon race can adapt to dragon blood and become hybrids, so it was no problem for Hassan the Hundred-Faced as a heroic spirit. In just a moment, his dragon-transformed body began to return to normal, with only his lit golden pupils shining under the skull mask.

The Word of Power used for reconnaissance - Kamaitachi, the Word of Power responsible for killing - Vampire Scythe, the Word of Power superior to Hayasaka Ai's Dustless Land - Lapis Lazuli Castle, the Word of Power that stirs up tornadoes - Eye of the Wind King...

With this single skill, all eighty Hundred-Faced Hassans have enhanced their strength, endurance, and agility under this bloodline, and have also awakened an inherent skill called Word Power.

Hayasaka Ai closed her eyes, constantly receiving feedback from Hassan in her mind. Most of the Words of Power were useless to Hassan, such as Yin Flow and Mingzhao, and there were even a few unlucky ones who didn't get any Words of Power at all.

With the feedback largely complete, a few individuals emerged that delighted Hayasaka.

"Kaguya-sama, things went relatively smoothly. Several Hassans obtained the Word of Power - Setsuna."

Despite her inner joy, Hayasaka Ai's voice remained as calm as that of a maid.

"A moment? A snap of the fingers is sixty moments, and a moment is nine hundred births and deaths."

"Setsuna paired with the Assassin class is indeed a good combination, which is good news."

Kaguya Shinomiya felt a surge of excitement as she recalled the Setsuna user she had met before.

Setsuna: A word of power known for its incredible speed, which greatly enhances the caster's speed, and this enhancement increases exponentially by powers of 2, from 2 times, 4 times, 8 times, 16 times, all the way to an unbelievable peak of speed.

The highest speed is 2 to the power of 9!

Now arriving are eighty Hassans of a Hundred Faces, each possessing the blood of the dragon king of the sky and wind!

Chapter 208 Bond Fudge

Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka were strengthening their combat abilities, while Scáthach and Bond were not in such a hurry. After defeating Gilgamesh, they continued to stroll leisurely through the streets.

Scáthach simply believes in her own abilities, while Bond simply believes in Scáthach's abilities.

Since Bond's excuse for leaving Einzbern Castle was to go shopping, he now has a rather important mission: to bring back a battery for Ilya, the eldest daughter of the Einzbern family.

"So what model of battery should I buy?"

Upon arriving at the arcade, Bond raised its front paws and clung to the shelves, looking at the batteries of varying sizes with a puzzled expression. In the past, it could have used its prediction skill to try and make mistakes, but now it was banned.

"Why not just buy one of each?"

Scáthach said helplessly, feeling that the dog's intelligence was somewhat worrying.

"Then let's buy one of each. Scáthach, could you also get me some game currency? I haven't played these games in the main world yet."

As he spoke, Bond sprinted towards a claw machine and began practicing using his two front paws to grip the remote control stick and control the direction of the claw.

“…” Scáthach took one of each type of battery and put it in the bag, then put the coins into the self-service coin machine, took a box of game tokens, and walked up to Bond to help him put the game tokens into the machine.

As the game coins were deposited, the claw machine lit up, and accompanied by music, Bond tried to control the claw to grab a conspicuous plush toy.

With a ding, the clamp missed its target and returned to its original position, remaining motionless.

Seeing Bond's trap fail to pick up even the doll, Scáthach couldn't help but want to offer some pointers, but after looking at Bond's dog paws, she gave up the idea.

"By the way, what's the situation in your main world? Are there any powerful individuals? And how strong are the strongest?"

Scáthach suddenly asked, having previously only thought about encountering an opponent in this Holy Grail War and hadn't asked before, but now, watching Bond's actions, she inexplicably felt a bit curious.

For example, how does this dog survive in its world?

The machine still hadn't picked up any toys. Bond wagged his tail to signal Scáthach to insert more coins, saying, "I don't know either. Before becoming a player, I was just an ordinary dog, living in a place called the Stray Dog Management Center."

"And then what happens after you become a player?" Scáthach asked.

“Even after becoming a player, I still live there,” Bond said matter-of-factly.

"Why?" Scáthach asked curiously. "According to you, becoming a player grants you sentience, so why are you still staying in that place?"

Scáthach arrived in Fuyuki City and naturally gained some knowledge of modern society.

Fuyuki City also has a stray animal control center. The basic procedure is to first try to sell or adopt the animals. If neither of these methods can handle the animals, they will have to be euthanized once a certain number are reached.

"Because I'm timid. After all, if a dog like me can gain such power, who knows what kind of beings exist outside? Thinking about it that way, the small courtyard of the management center isn't so bad. Staying inside, I can even bully the wolfhounds that used to bully me..."

Bond rambled on, his claws gripping the control lever until he finally caught a dinosaur plush toy. Unfortunately, the grip was too loose, and it fell back down before it even reached its highest point.

“However, I no longer live at that stray dog ​​management center. A few elementary school students suddenly came over wanting to adopt a dog, and they eventually chose me, which is how I got the name Bond Fogg.”

Bond said with some delight, "A name with a proper surname proves that the adopter really loves it."

"So that's how it is. Suddenly, it gained intelligence from an ordinary little dog, and when it looked around, it found itself in a society called human society."

"A feeling of incompatibility enveloped me; beneath this power lay a fear of the unknown and a sense of helplessness about my own future..."

After some analysis, Scáthach watched the plush toys in the claw machine being picked up and dropped repeatedly, never able to get into the exit. It was as if she saw Bond, who had just awakened his intelligence, step out of the cage, looked at the crowd, and then tucked his tail between his legs and returned to his cage.

"So that's how it is. That's why this dog likes to try human things so much. Maybe it's trying to adapt to human society..."

Scáthach's gaze hardened, and she decided to teach the dog how to survive in human society. But just as she was about to speak, she heard the dog make a gloating sound.

"I went to the stray dog ​​management center again later, and guess what? The wolfhound had already been neutered the day after I left!"

"..."

Scáthach gave up on teaching him and continued to stand beside Bond, helping him insert coins.

After playing the claw machine, Bond went to play the dance machine and slept in the massage chair before deciding to leave, since the claws on the other arcade machines were indeed difficult to use.

For lunch, Bond struggled to choose between oden and a burger joint, as he, as a dog, longed for a full deluxe single-serving meal.

With a crunchy chicken cutlet in his mouth, Bond started looking around the store and said, "I have a bad feeling, like I'm being watched by a million eyes, but I can't see anyone."

"Scáthach, what are your thoughts?"

Bond asked Scáthach, who was sitting on the other side.

It had this feeling back in the arcade, but seeing that Scáthach didn't react, it didn't say anything. As a result, it didn't stop even when it arrived at the burger shop.

Scáthach set down the cup of syrupy black tea and casually replied, "Because we've always had Servants following us."

"So that's it..."

Bond took a bite and spat it out, then jumped off the stool in terror and circled around himself, exclaiming, "There's a Heroic Spirit here!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier? Were you unable to win?"

"No, actually it's too weak, so weak that I don't even have the desire to make a move."

Scáthach calmly said, sensing that the dog couldn't quite accept this reason, she added, "Moreover, there are several of those spying beings. Through magic, it can be discovered that they all originate from the same Heroic Spirit. Even if we take action, we can't completely eliminate them all."

The Servant secretly spying was naturally Hayasaka Ai's Hundred-Faced Hassan. Since they had encountered Scáthach, it was natural to send out several Hassans to monitor her.

"Huh... he suddenly got a little stronger, does that mean he's using a Command Seal?"

Through the obstruction, Scáthach spotted Hassan the Hundred-Faced, who was transforming into a dragon.

Chapter 209 discusses the extent to which a skill affects a Heroic Spirit.

From Scáthach's perspective, the weak Hassans grew dragon scales, claws replaced fingers, and the flesh hidden under their black robes became enormous, stretching their original dark wizard-like clothes into tight-fitting garments. However, this dragonification of their bodies soon began to disappear, and the Hassans returned to their sickly appearance.

"No, the power is hidden within the body; strength, endurance, and agility are all increasing."

With the power of her clairvoyance, Scáthach saw something deeper within Hassan's body: constantly compressing muscles and bones, pressed together, emitting a vibration like the flapping of a hummingbird's wings.

At that moment, Hassan's eyes, hidden beneath the skull mask, suddenly blazed with a fiery golden light as he looked at Scáthach, meeting her gaze.

"Danger!"

An ominous premonition filled her cerebral cortex, and Scáthach tensed up. Without any hesitation, she suddenly released the Piercing Death Spear to block in front of her.

At the same time, a short knife arrived, its speed exceeding that of sound bringing unparalleled power.

Amidst the sonic booms of the clash, the vibrations from the weapons of both sides, and the impact of magic!

Before Bond could react, before his internal organs could crack, before his dog ears could burst out of blood, the short blade had already disappeared from Scáthach's sight once again!

This time, the location is Bond's dog brain!

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What is the concept behind the speed superposition method of Word Power - Moment using a binary system?