Chapter 93: Double Special Attack
"Meluko right now, is Swimsuit Spirit Origin!"
The dragon girl winked playfully and stuck out her tongue.
"What?"
Eikou was stunned by her action.
A bit confused, he immediately activated his Fairy Eyes to observe Melusine.
Eikou's Fairy Eyes were only E-rank — they couldn't peek at answers or cheat, but could observe a Servant's current state.
[Melusine, Ruler.]
[Personal Skills: "Faerie Pack A", "Azure Sky Arms Mastery A", "Blue Horizon EX", "Riding A+", etc.]
Good, the moment she switched to Swimsuit Spirit Origin, both her class and her entire skill set completely changed!
"Ruler?!" Eikou exclaimed in shock.
Ruler — a class that exists independently from the standard seven classes, not only immune to Saber's advantage but even possessing significant defensive resistance.
"Not just that,"
Melusine proudly boasted with a confident expression,
"In this Spirit Origin state, I possess a powerful Faerie Pack with extreme mobility, along with double special attack Earth Attribute and Chaos Alignment — 『Sprite Albion: Casting a Rainbow, Innocent Heartbeat』!"
"Thanks to my continuous research lately, I've memorized all the Servants within my counter range — notably Sigurd, Siegfried, and other dragon-slaying Slayers."
"When Siegfried counterattacks me with double special attack, I can reverse it with my own double special attack!"
Hearing that, Eikou could only fall silent in admiration at her decisiveness and execution.
In other words...
After putting on her swimsuit, Melusine's compatibility advantage had been strengthened even further, to the point she could nullify her only weakness — Siegfried's natural counter.
Although she was still a Servant with the Dragon trait, the situation was no longer one-sided.
"Such incredible adaptability... She even memorized the entire list of those she could special attack. 『Earth』 and 『Chaos』 are two of the broadest and hardest traits to memorize!"
"Ehehe, don't praise me too much~ I only did it to get a high score in the exam~"
Melusine smiled cheerfully at the compliment.
But honestly, if she invested that much effort into studying, she'd probably have ascended to the heavens long ago, Eikou thought to himself.
[...]
[Melusine has adjusted her Spirit Origin to class Ruler.]
[During this time, she was in a "shedding scales" period, collecting the fallen dragon scales and claws and selling them to principal Da Vinci at high prices like rare magecraft materials.]
[When crafting the spirit origin swimsuit, she also attached a high-grade support set, and especially had Chaldea's engineers install a reconnaissance drone specifically for cheating.]
[Ruler Melusine activates "Faerie Pack A", and releases the Noble Phantasm "Sprite Albion B".]
[Chaos special attack effect activates, Earth special attack effect activates...]
[In the special attack duel against Siegfried, she gradually gains the upper hand; even in class compatibility she gains a slight advantage, so the opposed check only needs to be at simple difficulty!]
[Melusine begins cheating!]
"W-what…"
Eikou could not believe the string of messages displayed before his eyes.
This naughty Dragon really used the swimsuit Spirit Origin to overturn an absolutely disadvantageous situation!
"She truly is the strongest dragon… Among the examinees here, she's probably the only one who can successfully cheat…" — Eikou marveled.
If he remembered correctly, aside from Siegfried, even Merlin was a Servant with the Earth trait whom she counters.
Now it was impossible to tell whose arena this place really was.
By the way the 'Lancelot' lot put it——Netorare Doori?
"Meluko activates Territory Creation, covering the battlefield with class compatibility beneficial to her Spirit Origin~!"
Outside the exam room window, a number of Melusine's drones flew swiftly, searching for a suitable target to cheat from.
Before long, they locked onto a target.
It was classmate Barghest, who was sitting by the window, diligently working on her paper, always ranking near the top of the class.
"Decided, it's you, Bageko!"
Melusine spoke as she controlled the drone with magic.
"???"
Eikou could only think inwardly — aren't they rivals? Even if she copies from Barghest, at best she'd only match her score, so how would that settle who wins?!
Or maybe it's not about hatred, she just likes snatching things from others?
[Ruler Melusine wants to copy Saber Barghest's test.]
[First, she must overcome a simple opposed check to see whether the proctors detect her cheating.]
[First is a simple opposed check against Siegfried.]
A die was rolled.
[Melusine, check failed.]
[Siegfried noticed the drone hanging outside the window, smelled the scent of dragon; he did not hesitate and struck the drone down.]
[Encountering the Norse dragon-slaying hero in the exam room, no matter how hard she tried she could not prevail…!]
[Cheating failed!]
"...Ehe."
Melusine blinked, deliberately putting on an innocent, evasive look.
"..."
Eikou was stunned.
How humiliating, Melusine — you failed at something so simple, there's not a trace of Luck A+ to be seen!
Worse still, the one they had pinned their hopes on tripped right at the start.
Originally they'd hoped to rely on Melusine to copy answers, but now it seemed impossible.
Luckily, because she used a drone, Siegfried and the others still couldn't trace the owner of that drone.
"Ah, well then..."
She sighed softly,
"...forget cunning methods, I'll directly kill Siegfried!"
"Killing Siegfried outright? You're just a dragon and you plan to eliminate the dragon-slayer — aren't you being a tad overconfident?!"
Although in principle, the unspoken rules among Servants in the exam do not forbid "rendering proctors unconscious" as a form of cheating, teachers' overall power is usually stronger than students', so it's not something you can do just because you want to.
After all… if she could kill proctors on the level of King Hassan or Qin Shi Huang, there'd be no need to take exams — she could just become a proctor herself, standing equal to them.
So that idea seemed a bit fanciful.
Even if she managed to kill Siegfried, what about Merlin?
"There's no other way,"
Melusine looked very determined, frowning, and spoke in a solemn tone,
"As a dragon, I have pride. I will not let my treasure be given easily to others. The seat beside you, I will fight to the end to claim it!"
"..."
Eikou fell silent for a moment; he seemed to be moved by the aura and determination of the dragon girl before him.
After thinking it over, although their motivations were different, their stances completely aligned — both wanted to score as high as possible.
"Alright then..."
His expression suddenly turned serious,
"If you're really going to do this, then count me in!"
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