Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"You, you..." Old Rozier pointed at Ethan tremblingly, covering his chest with one hand, and gasping for breath. After a moment, he suppressed all the thoughts in his heart and said lightly.

"That was a close call. I almost fell into your trap. I guess you used this trick to make my son lose his composure, and then succeeded, right?"

"Whatever you think." Ethan shrugged and said nonchalantly.

"Heh, no matter how rampant you are, it's over now. This day next year will be the anniversary of your death! Come out, Archer!"

At this moment, a blue rain of light appeared behind old Rozier and slowly condensed into a tall human figure.

"This is……"

Ethan looked at the figure walking out of the rain of light behind old Rozier, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

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Chapter 189 A round of powerful music sounded

It was not clear who the servant hiding in the shadows was, but a sense of danger suddenly emerged. Ethan's goose bumps covered his body, and cold sweat ran down his body. He stared at the figure walking out of the shadows behind Old Rozier.

What kind of expert is this Archer who came here?

Wow, it turns out to be a big guy wearing very little! He has a determined look, steel-like muscles, and a face that is as chiseled as a statue. His muscles and blood are full of pure magic that should be called spirit. He can control the atmosphere of the scene just by his aura. His behavior in just a few seconds makes people feel solemn! It is known that he is the best among the servants!

"It took me a lot of effort to get this trump card." Old Rozier smiled with satisfaction, gently patted Archer's muscles that were as solid as granite, and laughed strangely.

"This is what I prepared specially for you. It's the great hero in Greek mythology, Hercules. Although I couldn't summon him at the strongest Saber class, it's enough to greet you."

"Don't underestimate him. He is as powerful as Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort in the wizarding world."

"Every move has its own unique features. The inherent skills are all unique and special. The strength and agility are even more amazing. The secret treasure can give you unexpected surprises! Hahahaha..."

"...No, old man, are you from the mustard seed?" Ethan held his forehead in a speechless manner, "How can you reveal your Servant's real name right at the beginning?"

Generally speaking, no one will easily reveal the true name of a Servant in the Holy Grail War. Once the true name of a Servant is revealed, its characteristics, weaknesses, etc. will be known to the enemy, and targeted tactics can be specified accordingly.

For example, Hercules in front of us is the greatest hero in ancient Greece, no doubt about it.

(The characters in Greek mythology can be briefly divided into the following categories: Hercules, Hercules' relatives, people Hercules has dealt with, and people Hercules disdains to deal with)

He is proficient in using all weapons. Although he manifests as an Archer, in addition to long-range attacks with a bow and arrow, he is also capable of hand-to-hand combat.

It can only be said that close combat is the traditional skill of archers.

And because he is not a Berserker, some of his armament and fighting skills are still retained. He is not just waving his weapons wildly and using the panel to overwhelm the large wooden stakes on the opposite side.

(Jason: How dare you insult Hercules, you bastard!)

At the same time, he also possesses many treasures that are sublimated from his own deeds, such as the most classic Twelve Trials.

The Twelve Trials is a treasure that was sublimated from the twelve unparalleled feats accomplished by Hercules. It transforms one's own body into a tenacious armor that can invalidate all attacks below rank B, regardless of whether they are physical or magical.

It also has the effect of automatically resurrecting the body eleven times after death, which means it has twelve lives. And as long as the magic power is sufficient, this number can be restored.

There is also a third effect that makes an attack that has been received once ineffective again. No matter how powerful an attack is, Hercules will be defeated, and the attack will be invalidated after resurrection. (The Hercules Saint Seiya theory is established)

However, if you launch a second attack or subsequent consecutive attacks before Resurrection and Twelve Trials develop patience against a certain attack, such as continuously casting curry sticks, you can kill several of him in an instant.

Having said that, at present, Ethan is not confident enough to ensure that he can make such a high continuous damage output. Let's start with twelve different types of powerful attacks.

And although Hercules is indeed very powerful, his weaknesses are also obvious: he is weak to fire and poison.

One day, Hercules' wife was deceived and smeared with the blood of the Hydra on his clothes. Although he was not poisoned to death because of his extremely strong body, the hero could not endure the poison and chose to burn himself to death. This deed also deeply engraved these two weaknesses into the spiritual foundation of the Servant named Hercules.

Although these two weaknesses will also be invalidated by the Twelve Trials after killing him once, because they are curse-like weaknesses, Hercules cannot weaken this attack in any way. Therefore, these two attacks do not need to be strong enough to be B-level to kill him, which is still very convenient.

Alternatively, you can start with his divinity or immortality, for example, find a Hydra Venom to perform special attacks on Greek heroes, or have Alanna summon a Gryphon or Enkidu to use the Heaven's Chain to bind them professionally.

"So what if my real name is exposed? It just makes your death more clear. You don't really think you can counterattack Archer's weakness?"

Old Rozier had an expression that said "How can you lose when a dragon hits your face?", and the sarcasm on his face became more and more obvious.

"I know you are also one of the Masters, and you summoned Saber, the strongest of the seven classes. Why, you don't want your Servant to show up and fight?"

Old Rosier's arrogance was justified. Apart from the double amount of spiritual energy obtained through the Holy Grail cheat, Hercules still had twelve chances to revive. Even if Ethan could use the weakness to carry out a targeted attack, it would only kill one or two of Hercules' lives. Moreover, it could also invalidate the weakness, making him a truly invincible Servant without any weakness.

Not to mention that Hercules is immune to attacks below level B, which means that unless you use a powerful Noble Phantasm to attack, you can't break his defense. Unless Ethan lets Saber release the Noble Phantasm right from the start, the longer the battle drags on, the better it will be for him.

How can we lose with Hercules? Tell me, how can we lose? We can win in hand-to-hand combat with a powerful board, so how can we lose? We can win with a Noble Phantasm, and we can win with a flat attack. There is no way we can lose.

"Hey, I'm talking to Archer over there. Your Master is so arrogant, aren't you afraid of being killed by him?"

Ethan asked Hercules for his opinion somewhat helplessly. Although they were in a hostile position, the better the enemy's operation was, the happier he was. However, Rozier's behavior of opening champagne in the midfield really made him want to complain.

"I trust the Master's judgment. All I have to do is defeat you here. I am sure I have the ability to do so."

Hercules, who had been silent, spoke. Contrary to the pressure brought by his power, he had a gentlemanly calm personality and noble character. He was not arrogant to his Master, nor would he betray him easily. As a Servant, he was very loyal.

(A certain golden pickup truck: You might as well make your words clearer)

"That's right, Archer! You have enough to be proud of. Now go ahead and avenge my son! Leave him alive, and the rest is up to you!"

"As you wish, Master."

Hercules opened his hand, and the golden spirit condensed into a plain longbow in his palm. He pulled the bowstring to its full length, but did not shoot the arrow immediately, as if he was waiting for Ethan's response.

"Come out, my strongest Saber!" Ethan snapped his fingers, and a swordsman in white armor appeared beside Ethan, with red lightning wrapped around the big sword in his hand, and his tense body ready to go.

Hercules breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and loosened his hand that was pulling the bowstring. A powerful arrow turned into a golden stream of light and shot towards Ethan.

"Armor protection."

Before Mordred could swing his sword to block Hercules' attack, Ethan swung his magic wand upwards, and a translucent circular barrier appeared in front of the two of them. The golden arrow of light collided fiercely with the barrier, piercing it in an instant, and then Mordred swung his sword to split it in half, exploding beside them.

"Master, how is it? How strong is the attack?"

Mordred adjusted her posture and asked telepathically. Ethan had just told her not to rush to attack, and let him first test the strength of Archer's attack. If she failed to block it, it would not be too late for her to attack later.

[It's not easy to deal with. It's stronger than I expected. Although I can block it, he definitely didn't use his full strength in that attack just now. It was just an ordinary attack. What do you think? ]

"Fortunately, if I just maintain this attack speed, I can't say I can block all of them, but I can easily dodge them."

[Don't be careless. Although he appeared in the world as an Archer, in mythology, Hercules is an almost omnipotent hexagonal warrior. He must have other hidden means, and they are not weak.]

"Don't worry Master, I will pay attention."

While the two were talking, Hercules had already shot the second arrow. Modred waved the Clarent in his hand, deflecting the flying arrow to the side, and blasted a half-meter-deep hole in the concrete road not far away.

"Wow~, what a strong force. Master, how did you block it just now? It must have reduced the power by at least 90%!" Mordred's sword-holding hands trembled slightly due to the force of the attack.

[It took some skill. Otherwise, how do you think I caught your blow before? ]

"I already told you that it was an accident, Master! Don't mention it again!" Mordred said angrily, "Do you need me to release my Noble Phantasm now? If it's Hercules, ordinary attacks won't be able to cause effective damage to him."

[No hurry, who would throw the king bomb right at the start of a game of Landlord? And because of the helmet you're wearing, as long as you don't release your treasure, they won't know who you are. Keep your real name hidden for now, maybe it will have a miraculous effect in the future.]

One of Mordred's Noble Phantasms, the "Helmet of Hiding Infidelity", has the effect of hiding her true name. As long as she doesn't say it herself or doesn't take off the helmet, even Ruler, who has the power to see through true names, can't see her true name.

However, the condition for Mordred to release her anti-army Noble Phantasm "Rebellion against My Gorgeous Father" is to take off her helmet, so Ethan did not allow her to release the Noble Phantasm.

After all, even if the Noble Phantasm is released, it can only take away one or two lives of Hercules at most, and it will also make Mordred's Noble Phantasm attack invalid.

Therefore, it would be better to let Mordred stay in a lazy state and hide his real name. This way, old Rosier and the others will be reserved because of concerns about the unknown abilities of the servants, and it will be easier to deal with them.

Maybe I can do something with the real name later, misleading the enemy and making them formulate wrong tactics or something. Anyway, no matter how unethical it is... ahem, just do it in the safest way.

Moreover, this was only the first fight, and the abilities of both sides were unclear. Using the Noble Phantasm to inflict damage was not a good idea, and it was more important to fight with Hercules for a few more moves to find out what Noble Phantasms and skills he possessed.

【How about this, we divide the work and cooperate. 】

The bronze knights who were searching inside the villa had already rushed over and surrounded the two. While keeping an eye on Hercules's movements, Ethan watched the knights approaching them and calmly gave the order:

[You go and take care of these armored soldiers, and I'll take care of Hercules.]

"Hey, Master, the positions are reversed, aren't they? Normally, shouldn't servants fight servants, and the Master clear out the miscellaneous soldiers and provide assistance?" Mordred curled his lips and complained when he heard that.

[No, since you also said that ordinary attacks have no effect on him, then it means that you can only take the beating in a fight with him. And I just happen to have some small tricks that are not worth mentioning, maybe I can give him a surprise. ]

"Wow, Master's tone is so sinister, it's exactly the same as when my mother is scheming against someone."

Ethan twitched his lips:

[Okay, stop talking nonsense. After all, Saber, if you are strong, then I can't fall behind. As a master, I have to show off in front of my servants. Since you trust my ability, go ahead. As your court magician, I won't be killed so easily.]

"Yes, yes, if you feel overwhelmed, remember to use the Command Seal to let me use my Noble Phantasm to support you. After all, if the Master gets hurt, someone will be sad~." Mordred nodded imperceptibly, with a hint of teasing in his tone. He grabbed Clarent with both hands and jumped towards the bronze knights.

「You bastard……」

Ethan withdrew his thoughts, focused his attention on Hercules in front of him, and slightly tightened the wand in his hand.

Although the article was long, his conversation with Mordred only took a few seconds. At this moment, Hercules had just put the third arrow on the bowstring and pulled it to its full length.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot out in a deadly stream of light, aiming at Ethan's right hand holding the magic wand.

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Chapter 190 The Lion Court Boy Bullies Me

"Shock reduction to stop speed."

With the mentality of giving it a try, Ethan lightly tapped the wand in his hand.

Although the time was so short that it was almost negligible, the light arrow did stay in the air for a moment, and then shot towards Ethan with a sharp sound of breaking through the air without slowing down at all.

"Tsk."

Seeing that his spell did not work as it should, Ethan couldn't help but sigh and adjusted his response measures in an instant.

It seems that ordinary spells don't work. After all, he is Hercules. It would be abnormal if such a powerful attack could be blocked by just a small spell.

Moreover, with the blessing of magic power shared by the three riders, I am afraid that no spells can affect him. If you want to hinder him, you can only use ancient magic.

In fact, if possible, he didn't want to reveal too much about ancient magic. Although he estimated that Old Rosier's understanding of his tricks should be almost perfect, the less cards he revealed in front of the enemy, the better.

But if you don't use it when you need it, then it's meaningless.

If you have to use it, then try to use only one or two moves so that they can't guess how many skills you have. This is the lesser of two evils.

A silver energy sword appeared out of thin air above Ethan's left shoulder and rushed towards the flying light arrow.

BOOM!

The two colors, one gold and one silver, collided in the middle, causing a cloud of dust. The gusts of wind generated by the explosion blew old Rosier behind Hercules, causing him to stagger back two steps before he could steady himself.

"Ah, it seems that you, as a master, also have some skills? Not bad, not bad, this is interesting." Hercules looked at Ethan who was standing there as steady as a rock, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. He was aroused by the fighting power shown by Ethan, and then he put two arrows on the bowstring at once:

"Then I have to get serious too."

The fingers holding the bowstring loosened slightly, and two arrows burst out with the power of meteors, rolling up spiral waves in the air.

An aura several times stronger than before burst out from the stream of light transformed from the arrow. Compared with these two attacks, the previous attacks were simply painless.

Two more solid energy swords appeared on Ethan's shoulders and shot at the incoming light at high speed. But at the moment of contact, the silver swords were shattered by the powerful energy contained in the golden light and exploded into a ball of silver flames.

A stream of golden light broke through from the flames, its light dimmed a little, but its momentum was not diminished at all, and it had the same lethality as when it was first shot out.

"Isn't it true?"

Ethan's pupils shrank slightly, and six long swords shot out from his shoulders, hitting one of the streams of light; then another six long swords shot out, hitting the other stream of light.

Ethan had to use seven swords to block Hercules' serious attack, and he was barely able to resist it, and it exploded one after another in mid-air.

A shock wave stronger than before swept across the entire lawn. Ethan folded his arms in front of him, slightly blocking the stones and sand raised by the shock wave. His coat was blown up by the strong wind and fluttered behind him.

When the aftermath ended, Ethan lowered his blocking arms and looked at Hercules who was calm in front of him. He breathed heavily and silently thought about the confrontation that had just taken place.

Very good, my performance so far should be quite misleading. If it goes as expected, they should think that I can't condense too many flying swords at a time, and the power of each flying sword will not be too strong.

After all, facing such a powerful attack, one could lose one's life if one is not careful. No one should think that they are not responding with all their strength.

In this way, even if they want to use their performance to infer their combat effectiveness, no matter how much they calculate based on the wrong premise, the final result will not be very accurate. When we attack their lair and fight a decisive battle, we can give them a surprise.

But then again, the attack just now was weaker than I expected... wasn't it? If I hadn't been trying to mislead them, I could have blocked it with one... no, just to be on the safe side, two swords.

If it was just an ordinary Servant, this kind of attack strength would be acceptable, but if it was a serious attack made by a being like Hercules, this level of power would be too weak.

Was it because of the order from old Rozier to keep the prisoners alive that he couldn't let go? Or was he just talking and was actually just having fun?

It couldn't be that I was too strong, right? Although I was indeed a little stronger than the average person, my combat power shouldn't have reached such a heaven-defying level at the moment, right?

It seems that in the eyes of Hercules, my strength is not enough for him to take seriously. I have to be extra careful next time.

On the other side, seeing that his serious attack was blocked by Ethan, Hercules had a rough judgment of Ethan's strength in his heart and smiled slightly.