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Chapter 585: If You Want It, Come and Get It Yourself
Konami has a tradition: units that appear as bosses early in the game often reappear later as elite units.
It's a typical reuse of assets; sometimes they don't even bother to change the color scheme.
And as the final area leading to the highest level of Dracula's Castle, it was filled with monsters that were reused assets.
The Onigumo, which originally served as a boss guarding the outer corridor of Dracula's Castle, replacing the Great Bat, began appearing in droves here. However, the skill sets of these Onigumo were quite random. Besides the Flash skill, which was standard for all Onigumo, they also had Steel Claw, Toxic, Double Team, Solar Beam, Shadow Ball, and so on, emphasizing unpredictability and causing considerable trouble for subsequent challengers.
Qiuqiu's progress, however, was as smooth as ever. After all, all damage was blocked by her summoned creatures, and she herself never triggered a hit-and-evade effect throughout the entire process.
In fact, her mood was still the same as when she first entered Dracula's Castle, facing everything the castle presented with a sense of challenge and appreciation.
After crossing the jumping platforms and officially entering the Clock Tower of Dracula's Castle, Qiuqiu was stunned.
Countless gears of various sizes operated within the Clock Tower. The sound produced by the interaction of a large number of metal gears was somewhat unnerving, yet it also conveyed a unique sense of beauty.
Rotating gears, narrow staircases, hanging chains, and opening and closing gates—these elements formed the extraordinary spectacle within the Clock Tower.
Cheng Tian was actually quite looking forward to it. He was a little curious about what expression Waver, from the London Clock Tower, would have when he saw the Clock Tower of Dracula's Castle.
Of course, the Clock Tower would not lack monster enemies.
The Metal Raptors, replacing the Flea Men, continuously appeared from the sky like airborne troops, carried by the Pidgeotto, which replaced the Great Eagle.
If Qiuqiu's Night Wind hadn't been able to easily shoot down the Pidgeotto from a distance, preventing the Raptors from landing on designated platforms and instead causing them to fall into the abyss or the gaps between the rotating gears to be crushed, it would have been quite troublesome.
However, after passing through the Clock Tower area, a strange yet homologous power fluctuation enveloped Qiuqiu.
Straight ahead was the highest level of Dracula's Castle, and also the location of the Throne Room.
Looking at the drafty staircase, without any railings, connecting the Throne Room, Qiuqiu couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then, she stopped floating and stepped firmly on the ground, feeling the intense swaying brought by the high-altitude wind while carefully ascending each step.
The door to the Throne Room slowly opened, and Qiuqiu immediately saw Count Cheng Tian, sitting on the throne and swirling a goblet.
"I've come to end all of this!"
Qiuqiu loudly announced her arrival.
"Excellent! Then experience it for yourself with your body!"
Count Cheng Tian, who had been impatiently waiting, finally got to stand up from his "toilet seat."
He fiercely smashed the goblet filled with Triceratops blood onto the ground, then activated his template skill—
Smash the Goblet as a Signal!
In an instant, numerous phantoms appeared around Cheng Tian and quickly solidified.
Onigumo, Rider Medusa, Twin Mummies, Raptor Warrior + Six-Machine Combined Hundred Dragon King, and the Undead Reaper Butler all reappeared by Cheng Tian's side!
[Smash the Goblet as a Signal: Template Skill, Active Skill. A unique ability formed by the meme of Dracula smashing his goblet, combined with Konami and Capcom's almost identical penchant for 'BOSS Rush' behavior.
You can only use Smash the Goblet as a Signal within Dracula's Castle. You can only use it once per dungeon.
When you smash the goblet, all boss units guarding Dracula's Castle will immediately revive and gather around you. Before all guarding bosses are eliminated, all damage you, as the castle lord, sustain will be evenly distributed among the guarding boss units.
You can temporarily fuse with any boss, personally control it, and enjoy all effects of 『Devil's Concerto』 related skills.]
Konami, not yet given the affectionate F-word nickname, while not as direct as Capcom, also had a fondness for asset reuse and BOSS Rush modes, meaning all previously defeated bosses had to be fought again before facing the final boss.
Normally, if you couldn't defeat these bosses, you couldn't expect to see the final boss.
With Cheng Tian's current ability system, he could already inversely affect the skill effects of the loaded templates.
The skill "Smash the Goblet as a Signal" was a meme skill formed by filtering and reading Cheng Tian's stereotypical impressions of Dracula. As a fixed skill, 『Devil's Concerto』, unexpectedly yet logically, was highly compatible with Dracula's Castle itself.
Seeing Cheng Tian summon a horde of summoned creatures, Qiuqiu was not to be outdone. Black mud surged beneath her feet, and one pseudo-Servant after another emerged. In addition to the already present Black Mud Sasaki and Black Mud Medea, three new and old faces were added.
Matou Sakura, dressed in a black and red magical ceremonial dress, her face also covered with erosion patterns.
Kirei Kotomine, still in his priest's attire, unable to conceal his joy.
And... a man whose tattoos were so numerous they almost covered his original skin color, whose facial features were highly similar to Emiya Shirou, but whose face always bore a cynical expression of having seen through the vicissitudes of life—
The Avenger, Angra Mainyu, also the culprit who caused the Holy Grail's function to be completely contaminated in the Third War.
If anyone else made that expression, Cheng Tian would just think they were showing off, but for this "Little An" classmate, Cheng thought it was appropriate.
This guy was truly unlucky in his life; that expression genuinely came from seeing through everything.
"The Throne Room is too small; it's not convenient to fight here. Let's change locations."
Seeing the opponent also starting to mass-produce troops, Cheng Tian waved his hand, and centered on him, magic power instantly filled the entire Throne Room.
Everyone present only felt their eyes blur, then found themselves in an immensely vast, entirely gray space.
"This is Chaos, the origin of darkness, and the source of power for Dracula's Castle. It symbolizes disorder, destruction, and malice, gathering all the dark aspects within the human heart... It can be considered the unique 'All the World's Evil' of the Dracula's Castle system.
As long as human malice exists, Chaos will not be destroyed."
After speaking, Cheng Tian's gaze passed over Qiuqiu and landed on the harmless-looking Angra Mainyu.
"The forms of existence of Chaos and All the World's Evil are highly similar, and the consequence of their encounter is usually one and only one: mutual devouring."
"I've told you the rules—"
Qiuqiu watched as Cheng Tian raised his hand and clenched it tightly.
"If you want it, then come and get it yourself!"
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