#579Chapter 579: Storm Demon CityAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 579: Storm ~Castlevania~
[Castlevania Outer Corridor Boss "Giant Bat" — Template Replacement — "Ghost Cicada".]
[Castlevania Chapel Steps Common Monster "Living Armor" — Template Loading — "Berserker Lancelot".]
As if in response to the first Living Armor encountered by Qiuqiu, the entire chapel area echoed with a cacophony of shouts of "Arthur!" and "Arthur!" at that moment.
It was quite intimidating, to say the least.
If Artoria had been present and retained her memories from the previous battle, she would have noticed that the appearance of these Living Armors was highly consistent with Lancelot, who had manifested as a Berserker in the fourth battle.
And it wasn't just their appearance; they also inherited a certain degree of his abilities.
These roars, these magical patterns—they clearly seemed to be a special attack against Artoria.
However, the problem was that the Living Armors themselves were very weak, only roughly inheriting his appearance and a very small portion of his abilities, making them extremely degraded versions, even inferior to Black Mud Sasaki.
Cheng Tian had even modified their patrol and alert logic to a "Broly-like" mode, so that once they saw an invader, no matter who it was, they would just shout "Arthur" and that would be the end of it.
And once the Arthur alarm was triggered, other monster units in the same area would also come running.
Upon their first encounter, the degraded Lancelot did indeed have an erosive and seizing effect on the black mud-shaped black bamboo pole, which was inherited from the 『Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands』 ability.
But the problem was that the degraded Lancelot's erosion speed was too slow; before it could erode much, Qiuqiu casually plucked off its helmet.
"No one's here?"
Qiuqiu, unable to draw blood, was a little disappointed, but soon she would see something even more bizarre.
Behind a group of Lancelot Living Armors, women's heads suddenly appeared, flying and moving in an S-shaped up-and-down motion in the air!
And these women's heads... were none other than the same model as the Rider from the Matou family!
[Castlevania Chapel Steps Common Monster "Medusa's Head" — Template Loading — "Rider Medusa".]
Yes, this local dungeon also had a genuine Medusa, the summoned Rider servant of Matou Sakura, the one who caused Matou Shinji to fly into the sky.
Since she was a legitimate servant and recorded, Cheng Tian also applied her template to the Medusa's Head in Castlevania.
However, just as the Living Armors could not fully inherit Lancelot's template, the Medusa template was also forcibly degraded, causing the beautiful face of the servant Medusa to replace the rather ugly and distorted face of Medusa's Head, and the snake-like hair also turned into Medusa's smooth purple hair.
But compared to the Lancelot armors, these flying Medusa heads caused a great deal of trouble for Qiuqiu and the others who followed.
Medusa's Head, rather than inheriting, it was more like its bloodline talent reawakened under the influence of the template loading—
—Petrifying Demonic Eyes!
Although compared to the Medusa from Matou Sakura's side, these heads flying chaotically in the sky were obviously also degraded, their sheer numbers made up for it!
As long as one made eye contact with these heads, a petrification judgment would be triggered, and each one was judged separately. If successful even once, one would be petrified on the spot for at least 5 seconds.
During petrification, physical defense greatly increased, but the body became immobile and was very vulnerable to shattering blows.
And because there were many platforms requiring jumps in the chapel, if petrification was successfully judged in mid-air, there was a high probability of being forced to fall.
Although it wouldn't lead to an instant kill like in games, under the influence of greatly increased fall damage bonuses, the possibility of an Heroic Spirit servant dying from a fall was not zero.
With incomplete Medusa heads, naturally, there would also be complete Medusas.
[Castlevania Chapel Boss "Great Medusa's Head" — Template Replacement — "Rider Medusa".]
As a BOSS unit, the Great Medusa's Head's endurance was far superior to that of ordinary monsters, so the derived Medusa individual almost had battle specifications identical to the template.
Perhaps she couldn't use Medusa's Noble Phantasm 『Bellerophon』 or other items, but in terms of Petrifying Demonic Eyes, Independent Action, Monstrous Strength, and Divinity, she was fully mimicked!
The Great Medusa, who could run on walls and ceilings to a degree that made one seriously suspect she was Spider-Man, single-handedly delayed Qiuqiu for a considerable amount of time, so much so that she summoned the Caster she had already devoured, Black Mud Medea, to join the battle.
Qiuqiu seemed to be having quite a bit of fun, and the others who entered later were also subtly affected by a strange influence, and all started to "play."
The arrival of Castlevania was such a huge event that it had an unprecedented impact on Fuyuki City. The previous clash of Divine Constructs had already attracted a lot of attention, and this Castlevania was naturally no exception.
The existing Masters, originally scattered in different areas of Fuyuki City, arrived one after another at the main entrance of Castlevania, and then were enveloped by an atmosphere of "I must explore this castle!"
This was not only due to the inherent boundary field-like rules of Castlevania itself, but also some mischievous elements inherent in the "FHA" worldview at play.
Compared to the previous work "FSN", the legitimate sequel "FHA" was more entertaining, not to mention that under Cheng Tian's operation, it was forcibly connected to the attributes of "Cat Spirit Kingdom", so it could be said that this dungeon had, to some extent, acquired a "comedic" attribute.
And as is well known, anything can happen in a comedic work!
If anyone has played the original "FHA" game, they should know that the game includes a mini-game called "Iliya's Castle of Wind and Cloud: Assault! Einzbern!".
And the game content is almost a complete parody of everything in Castlevania.
Iliya takes the place of Count Dracula, and the magnificent Einzbern castle takes on the role of Castlevania, including facing the challenges of Masters and Servants... and finally, the iconic castle demolition.
Now, Cheng Tian's Castlevania took on this task.
Any entity that stepped into Castlevania, if they were from their own faction, would be able to maintain their self to the greatest extent. Entities from other factions would immediately become Castlevania challengers, and at the same time, they would also form a speed-running competitive relationship with each other.
Just as the Holy Grail War presented.
"Hahahahaha!!! This is so fun!"
Standing on B-san's back, witnessing the scene of zombie limbs flying everywhere, Iliya laughed from the bottom of her heart.
Iliya, who was a boss to be defeated in countless parallel worlds, was also entering "Castlevania of Wind and Cloud" as a challenger for the first time.
And Artoria, who should have been in a state of mutual slaughter, was steadily advancing with Shirou Emiya... then stopped when she entered the chapel area, her pupils shaking—
Because all the respawned Living Armors with the Lancelot template loaded, at this moment, smelled the king's scent, letting out the same "Ar! Thur!!!!!!!!!", and rushed towards Artoria all at once!
And receiving the same treatment... was the guard named "Gray" next to Waver, who had also stepped into Castlevania.
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