#595Chapter 595: A Black Holy Grail that is more suitable for the player groupAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 595: Cheng Tian, a Black Holy Grail Lord More Suited for Players
Cheng Tian, as the gene-primarch and mission completer, naturally received a notification when Qiuqiu chose to "become a player."
He didn't know what others thought, but Cheng Tian expressed strong approval.
Compared to toiling like an ox or horse in the Dimension, being a player, though dangerous, was exciting, and most importantly... it was much more fun than staying in the safe Dimension!
Upon seeing this notification, Cheng Tian immediately sent an email to inquire about Qiuqiu's situation.
Given Qiuqiu's innate full skills and high attributes, she shouldn't need to go through the regular novice trials like ordinary people who just entered the Dimension. That would be pure fish-in-a-barrel, where she could even cause other unlucky people to die without lifting a finger.
Cheng Tian quickly received a reply: the Dimension stated that Qiuqiu's main quest for the current month would be directly projected into a C-rank dungeon.
Although it seemed like she would miss the early adaptation and growth period, for Qiuqiu, the early dungeons were pretty much negligible. He just needed to help her acquire some standard equipment and items, then let her run free.
It was at this moment that Aileen proactively offered a suggestion.
"How about we let Qiuqiu join our team?"
Aileen said, while bringing up the Twin Tigers contract between her and Cheng Tian.
It turned out that after Cheng Tian's team won the championship in "The King of Fighters '97 MUGEN," their team contract gained an additional suffix: "Champion."
The contract's attributes and effects remained largely unchanged, except that the team size increased from "2 people" to "3 people," which is the standard three-person team format of "The King of Fighters '97."
If it were anyone else, Aileen would certainly hesitate, but Qiuqiu's identity was too special. Just based on her unique relationship with Cheng Tian, she had to be given some consideration.
At least, that's what she thought.
Before Cheng Tian could even speak, Qiuqiu's head was already shaking like a rattle drum.
"No, no, no, no! I don't want to be bound to him! Don't even think about it!"
Qiuqiu, whose human radiance had clearly completely overshadowed her divine radiance, looked at Cheng Tian with undisguised disgust.
"Yes, yes~ That's my clone~"
Seeing Qiuqiu's expression, Cheng Tian not only showed no negative emotions but instead praised her loudly without reservation, and even reached out to pat her head.
Before his hand could touch her, a purple Platinum Star suddenly appeared, striking his forearm with a perfectly timed upward flick, swatting away Cheng Tian's "human paw" that was hovering over Qiuqiu's head.
Cheng Tian's face darkened, while Qiuqiu looked smug.
What followed was a multi-chant of Muda Muda and Ora Ora.
Fighting at the drop of a hat, the "filial piety" between father and child in Cheng Tian's family was already clear to see.
Cheng Tian actually had another important item: the newly added "Black Holy Grail Orochi Summon" effect of the divine artifact Black Pearl.
[Black Holy Grail Orochi Summon: A special effect formed by using the divine artifact Black Pearl as a medium, blending multiple attribute entries such as "Root of Magic," "Orochi Core," "All the World's Evil," and "Holy Grail Servant Summoning System."
Limited to 1 time per main quest dungeon, you can gain temporary usage rights of the Black Pearl through direct summoning or by summoning a goddess, and actively activate the "Orochi Summon" system. At that time, you will gain the authority to grant other players "Eight Generals" status and summon 1 "Orochi Servant."
After activating the Orochi Summon system, you must grant at least 1 and up to 3 players the corresponding Eight Generals identity. During this period, you will be considered to have a special contract, "Heavenly God Clan," and during the contract's effective period, you will be considered an allied faction.
If the Eight Generals actively attack you during the contract period, it will be considered a betrayal of the Heavenly God Clan, and all other Heavenly God Clan members will receive related pursuit missions.
If players who obtain the Eight Generals identity can clear the main quest and complete the settlement normally, they must surrender 8% of their total earnings, including but not limited to Chosen Coins, attribute points, skill points, equipment, and items. For Chosen Coins, direct monetary payment or item collateral is acceptable. This effect will continue until the Eight Generals die or an internal war begins.
The selection range for the Eight Generals' Orochi Servants will be from all dungeon dimensions the corresponding player has experienced so far; players can specify the summoning of an Orochi Servant and its corresponding class through a specific "Holy Relic"; if no specific choice is made, it will be randomly summoned.
Whenever 1 Orochi Servant is successfully summoned, the Orochi snake head of the corresponding class on the Black Holy Grail will be lit; whenever an Eight General dies, the corresponding snake head on the Black Holy Grail will darken again.
When you have cumulatively granted eight Eight Generals identities, and all Orochi snake heads on the Black Holy Grail are lit, an independent dungeon, "Black Holy Grail War: Orochi Civil War," will be forcibly activated.]
[Additional Evaluation: Cooperation and betrayal are an irresistible delicacy for the Heavenly God Clan.]
Good heavens, he really became a Holy Grail Lord!
Although it was a special effect limited to main quest dungeons, its effect was quite interesting.
Just from granting the Eight Generals identity, it was equivalent to exchanging 8% of the final settlement earnings of the main quest for the condition of allowing them to summon an additional helper servant.
The randomness of this felt quite high; who knew what dungeons the players had experienced and what Orochi Servants they could summon.
And as the evaluation stated, cooperation and betrayal were an unavoidable part of the Heavenly God Clan. The relatively loose contract terms, if encountered by players with exceptionally good acting skills, could become a double-edged sword.
8% of the final earnings, neither too much nor too little, but it was a long-term income.
Trading a long-term main quest income loss for an Orochi Servant, whether it was a loss or a gain, would have to be decided by the players themselves.
In any case, Cheng Tian planned to try it this month.
After some commotion, Cheng Tian was not in a hurry to leave the current world, because he also needed to help with some post-Holy Grail War cleanup.
If this was just a one-time deal, it would be easiest to just pack up and leave, but the problem was, this was also Bazett's main world.
Just based on this, he couldn't just leave.
Moreover, according to Waver, he was now properly a designated sealer, but he had gotten involved with Bazett, the designated sealer executor. If no one covered for them, Bazett's position in the Clock Tower would inevitably be jeopardized.
"So, you'll help, right?"
Cheng Tian asked Lord El-Melloi II.
"...I really owe you Winter Fuyuki people!"
Looking at the Castlevania and the spiritual pulse ruins, the headache-ridden Lord El-Melloi II bit off the cigarette butt in his mouth with force.