Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

"You are really arrogant, you dare to use your familiar to test us openly."

In an alley, Xia Yuan fell into a brief thought as he stepped on the corpses of several pitch-black beasts whose heads had been pierced by himself.

He was also confused by Nero Kaos's reckless temptation.

According to common sense , , His behavior can be said to be an open and honest provocation.

What is going on? Seeing that he is in contact with Hiyer, who is a burial agency, he should be regarded as a person sent by the Holy Church. Are you helping? Are you sending out so many black beasts at once to try to eliminate yourself, or to test your own strength?

"All solved……"

The two men on the other side were breathing heavily, and took back the dagger in their hands, looking at the prey they had killed at their feet.

They were several black dog corpses that she had accurately cut up.

At this moment, it had turned into corpses and fell scattered in a pool of blood on the ground.

After this year's hard work, she was able to easily destroy these ordinary monsters. When Xia Yuan wanted to help him after solving his opponent, she refused his help.

Then, with the help of the Demonic Eye of Direct Death and the enhanced magic, he easily eliminated these beasts. Each knife struck directly at the enemy's death line, and he struck very cleanly. Xia Yuan was a little surprised by this efficiency.

She is already very familiar with fighting, and it seems that she has really grown a lot...

After killing these monsters, there was an uncontrollable joy in Liang Li's expression.

Now, even though the beast has been dealt with, this sincere joy has not disappeared, but has become even more exciting.

"I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel like cutting something into pieces.——"

Such thoughts came to her mind, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Um? Shiki, what's wrong with you?"

Xia Yuan finally noticed something was wrong. He suddenly turned his head and looked at Shi Shi, who was silent beside him, and then saw this horrifying scene.

He saw Shi Shi smiling, and there was a trace of anger on her face. Smile.

It was not an ordinary smile, nor a happy smile, nor a distressed smile.

It was a terrifying smile, with sweat seeping from her forehead and dampening her bangs, although the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. The arc was not high, but it gave him a sense of coldness.

She lowered her head, leaned down, and used the knife to explore the recently killed corpse, with excitement in her eyes.

"Style, stop."

Xia Yuan turned around and held Shi's outstretched hand tightly. His eyes were a little serious. For a moment, his ice-blue magic eyes, which were similar in color to the Demon Eye of Death, opened up. He looked straight at Shi and became a little crazy. pupil

"ah……"

The moment her arm was grabbed, Liang Riyi reacted. She dropped the knife in her hand and took a few steps back, her expression a little confused.

"I...what just happened?"

"Homicidal impulse."

Xia Yuan frowned slightly.

"Your old habit has returned. I thought that after such a long period of training, you should be able to suppress it. It seems that I was too naive."

As for the abnormal behavior of the two rituals just now,

Xia Yuan has some vague clues. He has seen information about the Demon Exorcism Family in the ancient books of the Liangyi Family. Although the two personalities of Shiki and Zhi are already in a balanced state, and Shiki can actively cut off from Ori at any time, and the urge to kill has been suppressed.

However, as a member of the exorcist family, when seeing the blood of inhuman things, Shiki will still be affected by the memory in the blood, causing this impulse to occur. Reappeared unintentionally. It was precisely because of this situation that the two rituals inadvertently went berserk.

"Feel sorry."

Shi lowered his head. He was not stubborn. He lowered his head in a rare way and expressed his apology to Xia Yuan.

"You……"

Seeing her suddenly behaving so well, Xia Yuan was a little surprised.

Although he didn't want her to be in danger, he couldn't bear Shiki's more out-of-the-box temper.

She is not a peaceful person and likes to take risks on her own.

Today's world line has changed a long time ago, and he went back to take the orange away. Although Brother Gou was left to take charge of Guanbuzi City, Xia Yuan was skeptical about Cu Chulainn's reliability, so Jiang Shi stayed alone in Guanbuzi City. He was not reassured by the city's words.

I thought that with my own strength, as long as I brought Shiki with me, there would be no problem. However, due to her nature and blood, even if she was brought to Misaki City, various accidents would happen due to her own abnormalities.

When facing the black dogs surrounding her from all sides, instead of feeling scared, she would take out the dagger with great interest and want to try it out.

Of course Xia Yuan knew the owners of these beasts.

Nero Kaos.

It's the troublesome guy who is located in the tenth seat of the twenty-seven ancestors of the Dead Apostles that Hiyer mentioned. He is extremely powerful. He did not become a Death Apostle after being attacked by a Death Apostle, but he actively transformed himself into a Death Apostle in order to study magic.

This guy is the first boss to appear in Tsukihime. He is very powerful and very troublesome. Before coming, he had sent people to investigate the twenty-seven known ancestors of the Dead Apostles, so he knew the general information about this guy.

His real name is Fabro Rowan, and he was originally a special magician from the"Wandering Sea" in the Magic Association. Chaos is the name given to him by the church.

There is a special inherent barrier called [The Beast King's Nest] in his body, which contains 666 beast factors. No physical or magical damage can kill him.

This is also the reason why his destructive power is not too terrifying, but it is very troublesome.

If you want to kill him, you must either kill all the beast factors in his body in an instant, or use the Demon Eye of Direct Death to kill him.

He remembered that in the original history, Nero Kaos died at the hands of Shiki Tono's Demonic Eye of Direct Death.

The two rituals here also have the Demonic Eyes of Direct Death, and they are only stronger than Tohno Shiki's pair. Using Shiki to deal with this guy is indeed the best plan.

Otherwise, drag him into the inherent barrier. Let’s not talk about whether this matter can be dealt with. I don’t know how long it will take to slowly deal with his loss.

"……"

When Xia Yuan told Shi about this, her face showed a long-lost excitement, and she immediately agreed, saying that she must deal with this enemy.

Although she has killed artificial ghosts and training dolls, she doesn’t know how many.

But she has never chopped down such an inhuman thing.

Now there is an enemy that is so suitable for him to practice, how can he let it go?

And... she could finally fight side by side with this guy this time...

Of course she would not give up such an opportunity.

Seeing her excited look, Xia Yuan felt helpless and worried at the same time.

Although she has the Demonic Eye of Direct Death and has received his training, the essence of the two rituals is still human, although the most terrifying third personality persists in her body.

If you want to use the safety of the two rituals to bet on whether the root ritual will take action, Xia Yuan cannot do it.

So he has to buy some more insurance.

"Don't move, Shiki."

I saw Xia Yuan put his left hand deep into his chest, took out the Avalon lent to him by Artoria, and then buried it into Liang Li's body.

"this is……？"

Sensing that something strange had been put into his body by Xia Yuan, the two of them were a little curious.��

"Avalon, a good thing that can protect you. It was a treasure lent to me by a very important friend of mine. Only if you bring this, can I feel relieved"

"how about you? If you give this to me, what will you use?"

"I don't need Avalon's protection."

Xia Yuan shook his head and replied;"My own strength is enough. No matter what kind of enemy I am, I can handle it. For me, it is just a dispensable defensive prop at best. Compared with me, you are more powerful." Suitable for taking it with you."

As he spoke, he felt relieved after setting up the triggering spell and method.

However, after it was over, he still took a deep look at the two rituals, and then sighed, with a somewhat self-reproaching tone.

"I'm sorry, Shiki, for asking you to accompany me to deal with such a monster."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn’t I propose to join the battle myself?"

"But if I didn’t take you and Chengzi out of Guanbuzi City, I wouldn’t have encountered the beasts of Nero Kaos, and you wouldn’t have to……"

"idiot……"

The two ceremonies interrupted Xia Yuan's words

"You don't need to apologize at all. Some things will happen sooner or later. Even if it hasn't happened today, it will happen tomorrow and in the future. It's just a matter of sooner or later."

Twisting the knife in his hand, Liang Li looked at Xia Yuan's worried eyes and said helplessly.

"I'm not a child, do I need to be so worried? Can you still protect me for the rest of my life?"

"if you are willing to……"

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing……"

Xia Yuan shook his head and said helplessly:"Don't you understand the seriousness of what you just looked like?"

"Of course I know, but I am certain that even if you didn't stop me just now, I would have regained consciousness at the last moment."

Liang Li said with certainty.

When she fell into that abnormal state, she also heard a whisper in her ears, and that gentle voice calmed her restless mind.

"……"

Xia Yuan sighed softly and fell silent.

"But if you let your children face a century-old monster, you have to worry about it."

"But I am already a junior high school student, not a child."

The two rituals said dissatisfied:"And I am still a magician. No, I should be called a demon exorcist. Age is not a problem that limits me at all."

"Isn’t there a saying that with greater ability comes greater responsibility? Now that I have met an enemy who is suitable for me, it is time for me to fight. Anyway, this is the path I chose. It doesn’t matter even if I really die one day."

"Spider man? With greater ability comes greater responsibility. This is actually unreasonable. I think you are more like a kid than a kid.

Xia Yuan asked seriously:"Are you really determined to face the ancestor of the Dead Apostles with me?""

"Of course, cutting up immortal things and fighting side by side with you is such an interesting experience. If I miss it, I will regret it for a long time."

The two ceremony nodded.

"That really gives me a headache. If a normal guardian faced this terrible situation, he would definitely put you in confinement."

"Would you do that?"

"Won't."

Xia Yuan sighed and replied

"Because I know that you will not be obedient and honest. Even if I reject you, you will definitely find ways to join in dangerous things in the future. That will only have the opposite effect. It is better to put it within my field of vision, which will make it easier to protect you."

"Oh, you really understand me."

Liang Li raised his eyebrows.

"Although I can allow you to fight with me, but……"

"You have to promise me to be more careful. If you are in danger, call me directly for help. Don't show off. Can you do it?"

"Well, I promise you."

Seeing Xia Yuan's extremely serious eyes, the two of them nodded solemnly.

"It just so happens that Chengzi has come back just now. Next, you go to her place to adjust her condition and get familiar with the practical skills of the Demonic Eye of Death."

"Soon, I will come to personally test the results of your progress over this period of time. If you're not qualified, you won't be able to cheat on me if you reject me, do you understand?"

"Of course, you won't be disappointed."

Seeing Xia Yuan relent, Shi smiled and immediately agreed.

Then he rejected Xia Yuan's offer to escort him and left alone.

"be safe."

Although Liangxi refused his escort, out of concern, Xia Yuan still did not forget to call Chengzi and asked her to meet him on the way. He had just encountered Nero Kaos.���The beast attack made him wary of his surroundings.

Although I also know that Liang Li is definitely not a weak woman.

The Demonic Eye of Direct Death, the Mithril Dagger, and now Avalon is with her. Even if Nero Kaos personally takes action, I'm afraid he won't be able to gain any advantage in her hands.

In this way, even if she is in this city infested by Dead Apostles, she can easily protect herself, but care is also necessary. He will not let the people around him be threatened in any way.

After arranging the formal things, he was going to do other things.

The first thing is to find Her Royal Highness the princess who caused the twenty-seven ancestors of the Dead Apostles to gather here this time.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan dialed Emiya Kiritsugu's phone number

……

……

Time: Dusk.

Location: Near a low-cost apartment in Misaki City.

Based on the approximate location provided by Emiya Kiritsugu, Xia Yuan was searching for traces of Elquit from house to house.

Although looking at Baiji Erquette, she didn't look very smart because she had lived in the Millennium City for many years and lacked common sense.

But in fact, people have a lot of wisdom. After all, after living for such a long time, even a pig should have developed wisdom, let alone the princess of a dead disciple.

At least she was quite good at concealing her traces, otherwise how could she have kept so many Dead Apostles and their ancestors undiscovered for so long.

Even though she was very careful, there were flaws in her handling.

After all, after staying in the unchanging barrier of Millennium City for so long, it was obvious that Erquet didn't have a deep enough understanding of modern technology. He just thought that he could hide well by erasing his whereabouts and avoiding detection by his familiars.

At best, this trick can only deceive those Death Apostles and magicians who cannot keep up with the advancement of the times. It will not work for modern technology experts like Emiya Kiritsugu.

Unexpectedly, we are now in a modern society with highly developed technology. Compared with those inefficient familiars, technology is the primary productive force.

Based on the appearance information initially provided by Natsu Yuan, Emiya Kiritsugu sneaked into the local police station and used the police database to identify foreign women in the city who were blond, European-looking, female, with red eyes, and liked to wear white woolen sweaters. Checked everything.

He directly compiled copies of the information about women in the city who had these characteristics and then passed them on to Xia Yuan. This was much faster than the death apostles and the princess playing hide and seek.

Next, he only needs to follow the location in the information and visit door to door, and he will always gain something.

This was also the main work carried out by Xia Yuan after he separated from Liang Li.

Just as he walked into an apartment building, Xia Yuan's nose twitched slightly.

This is……

"It smells like blood, and it's very strong."

Xia Yuan knew that he had found the right place this time.

So he followed the direction of the smell and explored floor by floor.

Finally, in about a few minutes,

Xia Yuan came to an apartment door that was not closed. What he saw was a red entrance that was stained with blood, and corpses scattered in front of him, which were divided into seventeen parts. This was the first time for him to see such a tragic scene in the room. There were blood stains everywhere in the house

, including the entrance hall, the shoe cabinet, and the ceiling. The smell of blood was so strong that most people in the apartment could smell it. Erquit's body had long been taken away by the police.

"It’s really miserable, Your Highness."

Looking at the condition of the corpse, it can be inferred that the time of death was probably around this day. In other words, did Tohno Shiki just leave here?

Xia Yuan complained while not forgetting to use magic to cover up the smell to prevent other They followed the smell and began to collect the body parts from the house. They reassembled them into a body that could at least look like a human being. He raised his head and looked at her. Unlike the emptiness that a dead person should have, those scarlet eyes still contained some emotion.

What should her emotion be? Anger, sadness, or the unwillingness of a dead person? None

, there was only confusion and doubt in her beautiful eyes.

She was wondering: Why was she killed

?

How did he kill her?

Of course she would still have such doubts if she was stabbed by the Demonic Eye of Death, neither the ancestor of the Dead Apostles nor the magician would be happy, but this was none of Xia Yuan's business. He just wanted to complete this troublesome flesh and blood puzzle before asking the princess to get up.

He first put the head back on, then Xia Yuan lowered his body, cut his arm, and let his blood flow. On Elquette's body, the other hand held a silver thread made of moon spirit essence liquid, and began to suture and heal her broken body.

Avalon, the artifact that could cure all pain and curses, had just been taken by him. I left it to Shi, and now I can only think of other ways to treat her.

Ordinary healing magic has little effect on the Demonic Eye of Death, and using the third method to change the shape of other people's souls for physical control. He didn't plan to do it, so he could only use his own special blood full of magic power, plus basic surgery as an aid, which could speed up her self-recovery.

"Great, that's it now."

After working for a long time, the body of the princess next to her has been pieced together. The flesh and blood of the body are completely assembled, and they are tightly sewn together with needles and threads condensed by the moon spirit marrow.

Thanks to her super strong physique, in the body After completing the simple repair and greatly replenishing her magic power, Arquette quickly recovered her heartbeat and recovered from the state of death to near-death.

Then she put a mask on her naked body and walked out of the room. After finding the blanket, Xia Yuan was a little relieved.

In this case, all he had to do was bring Sleeping Beauty back to the stronghold.