[Comprehensive] King's Best Friend

After rambling on for more than half an hour, Weber and the King of Conquerors bid farewell.

Well... Actually, it's because these two unreliable masters and servants can't wait to go home and try the newly bought game discs.

"Then it's time to conquer the world."

"Where did it come from to conquer the world? "Grand Strategy" is just a strategy game, and everything in it is virtual."

"No, even so, the achievements I have made are real. Let me show you my newly developed military array!"

"...There's really nothing I can do about you."

"..."

The tall servant and the young master gradually moved away, and the noisy communication between the two could be heard in the wind from time to time, which attracted the attention of passers-by.

Although the meaning of the conversation between the two was somewhat unclear, but inexplicably, everyone who heard it couldn't help showing a slight smile.

After watching the two of them leave the field of vision, Fujimaru Tatsuka was not in a hurry to go home.

Running a blog requires long-term accumulation to be effective.This does not mean that you can relax at this point, but requires more accumulation in daily life.

"It's just getting started now, we'll start with the things around us, um... How about taking some beautiful scenery?"

It's not a particularly good proposition, but it's a fair one.

After all, as a novice, Fujimaru Tatsuka was still in the groping stage, and when he said this, his voice gradually weakened, obviously a little lack of confidence.

"I think it's very good." Mayne glanced at the girl who was still hesitating, but his light tone was inexplicably convincing: "Weiyuanchuan can be considered as the location."

The Mien River is the most symbolic river in Fuyuki. The bridge over the Mien River has a high enough view and a wide view. From many perspectives, it is indeed the best choice.

Fujimaru Tachika had no objection to this.

With a clear direction, the two set off.

It is not too far to turn to Weiyuanchuan from here.After about 20 minutes, the river they were looking for appeared in sight like a jewel sleeping peacefully in the morning light.

The endless river, sparkling in the warm sunshine, looks like a mirror dotted with broken light.

There is a wind blowing from a distance, crossing the vast waves, and gently brushing the ears, it is not quiet without movement, and it will not make people feel too noisy.

Everything seems just right.

Standing on the long bridge with open hands facing the wind, it seems to be wandering among the soft clouds, and it is An Ran that even the soul can't help but sigh.

"Crack-"

After choosing an angle, Fujimaru Tateka photographed the river of Weiyuan River, the high sky, white clouds, and the breeze.

After uploading the photos to the blog, I thought about it and wrote "Mei Li's Travels" in the title column. Then, Fujimaru Tatsuka handed the terminal to Mayne, "What should I write about?"

Mayne glanced down, raised his fingertips and tapped the screen, and the black characters appeared one by one——

[Love and Hope*Mei Li: It's a good stage, suitable for a decisive battle. 】

Fujimaru Tachika: "...Huh?"

After a while, this blog was immediately liked for the first time, and a reply was added by the way——

[I am only one shell away from conquering the world: Oh!Have you run to Weiyuanchuan yet?Well, think about it carefully... If it really comes to the end, it is indeed a good choice to use this place as the end of the hero's curtain call, good vision! 】

Then immediately, another comment followed.

[Attacking clock tower student: What dangerous topic are you talking about, go play your game!I am only one shell away from conquering the world]

[Clock Tower student who attacked: Love and Hope*Mei Li, although the scenery in Weiyuanchuan is good, but I heard that there seem to be several cases of missing people there in the past few days, it is best not to stay for a long time for safety reasons]

[I'm only one shell away from conquering the world: Isn't there a keeper here? 】

[Attacking clock tower student: ...! ! !Ah, sorry, sorry, I seemed to be worrying about it just now, please don't pay attention to my words!Have fun! 】

[Love and Hope*Mei Li: No, thank you for reminding me, I will pay attention. 】

After typing the last word, Mayne returned the terminal to Tachika Fujimaru: "Is there anything else you want to shoot?"

"Huh? Well, let me see..." Fujimaru Tachika stood on tiptoe and looked around carefully to see if he could find a better angle of entry.

And at this moment, there was a sudden commotion a few meters away, which successfully attracted the attention of the two of them.

"Catch him! That's my child, he's going to take my child away!!!"

Before the two of them approached, a sharp voice suddenly rose from the circle where many people had already gathered.

Fujimaru Tachika stood on tiptoe slightly, looked through the gaps in the crowd, and found that it was a woman who made the sound.

The woman is obviously very excited now, her hair is disheveled, the corners of her eyes are red, and her violently shaking hands are holding onto a young man tightly.

And the young man caught by her seemed to be no more than school age, wearing an ordinary shirt and black pants, holding a little boy by the hand.

"What are you talking about, Auntie?"

The orange-haired young man rubbed his forehead with a headache, raised his hand holding the boy and said, "This is my younger brother, not your son. We don't know you at all here."

"Lie!!! This is obviously my son!" The woman's chest rose and fell violently a few times, and she stretched out her hand to pull the boy back to her side.

Both parties looked determined, and the passers-by present didn't know who was right and who was wrong for a while.

Although someone had called the police, it was obvious that the police would not arrive for a while.Therefore, we had no choice but to calm down the two sides in the dispute, so as not to let the situation worsen.

"So, how about letting the child speak for himself?"

Seeming to be a little impatient, the orange-haired youth bent down and met the boy's eyes: "Hey, good boy—tell them, are you my brother?"

Even in the noisy and tense atmosphere, the boy who remained eerily quiet moved his fingertips at this moment, and then, like a rusty machine, sluggishly said: "Brother...Brother."

"Look! He even said so himself."

The orange-haired young man stood up again, looked at the unbelievable woman opposite, and slowly smiled: "I said, Auntie, you must have some mental problems. You must know that I rarely go out during the day , it will be very troublesome to encounter such troublesome things as you."

The woman's lips trembled, obviously wanting to say something, but for some reason, she suddenly trembled all over, and her originally excited emotions suddenly became trance.

"……child?"

She let go of the young man's hand in confusion, and suddenly started to stumble back, muttering: "My child, my child... where is my child..."

Seeing that the woman had already bumped into the railing of the bridge, but she continued to retreat and even jumped into the river, the onlookers immediately ran over in a hurry, pulling the woman who suddenly became stupid for unknown reasons, and pulled her back together.

But when everything was settled, when everyone turned around to look for it again, the figure of the orange-haired youth and the boy had long since disappeared.

"Maen, this is..." Fujimaru Tachika said uncertainly.

"Magic that acts on the mind can make people confused for a short period of time."

While answering, the silver-haired heroic spirit looked at the direction where the orange-haired youth disappeared, and said, "You should have noticed that that person has a command spell in his hand."

"En." Fujimaru Tachika held the terminal's hand tightly: "I found out, so I didn't show up, sorry."

"No, your decision is correct."

"Those who can use magic to maliciously control ordinary people, presumably don't care about the rules set by the restraining force."

Mayne tilted his head slightly, and the pendant on his right ear glowed coldly: "If we made a move just now, in order to ensure his own safety, he would definitely summon servants without hesitation, turning a blind eye to the ordinary humans around him, and exposing the existence of heroic spirits." Don't worry about anything - that's going to be the worst possible situation."

"..."

Fujimaru Tatsuka pursed her lips silently, raised her head after a while, and solemnly begged, "Mayne, I want to save that child!"

The silver-haired heroic spirit had already expected the girl's thoughts, and he didn't show much surprise: "If this is your wish, I will lend you my strength."

……

The dark alleyway became more and more remote.

Rusty buildings, garbage all over the floor, suspicious dark red condensation.

The surrounding walls are full of messy graffiti, and it is completely impossible to discern the meaning of them. Compared with artistic creation, it is more like some kind of crazy vent, or a curse.

For the first time, Fujimaru Tachika knew that such a place existed in Fuyuki City.So out of place, it seems to be the shadow of being abandoned by the whole city.

Following the scent of the orange-haired youth all the way, Fujimaru Tachika and Mayne finally came to the end of the alley.

There is an entrance there.

The cramped and messy staircase extends underground, leading to an invisible darkness.A plaque is half hung above the entrance, and the word "bar" can only be vaguely discerned among the rust.

"Follow me."

Without much nonsense, Mayne lifted his foot directly and walked down the stairs.

Fujimaru Tateka swallowed her saliva, tightened her hands tightly, and suddenly missed the frying pan before.

"Da da da--"

The footsteps of the two became the only sound in the darkness, echoing in the shady and empty stairway, it was particularly infiltrating.

This continued until they reached the end of the stairs and pushed open the only door there.

The moment the door was pushed open, there was a pungent smell, similar to something moldy, mixed with a disgusting smell of blood and blood.

This is a very closed and abandoned bar. There is no one in it, and the place is not big.There was a lamp hanging from the ceiling, flickering dimly and unsteadily, but it was the only light source here.

Due to a long period of disrepair, the moment the door was pushed open, a harsh "squeak" sound suddenly sounded, instantly breaking the lifeless silence here.

Then, of course, "someone" in the room was alarmed.

"Oh? I really didn't expect that there will be guests here one day."

The familiar orange-haired youth came out from a small room behind the bar.He obviously didn't expect anyone to come, and there was undisguised, even deliberately exaggerated surprise on his face.

Fujimaru Tachika noticed that the other party's clothes were clean and not stained with any suspicious blood, and he was relieved.

"Sir, I'm here for that child."

It took only a moment to relax, Fujimaru Tatsuka quickly straightened his face, and his usual gentle tone became cold and hard for the first time: "If possible, can I trouble you to hand over that child to me?"

"..."

Yusheng Ryunosuke fell silent.

He glanced at the corner of his eyes, and his eyes fell on the back of the girl's hand engraved with the command spell, and then suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "Oh, so that's the case, you are also the Master!"

As if he didn't see the girl's vigilance, Yusheng Ryunosuke took a step forward and spread his hands, and said in a brisk tone: "Hey, so you and I can be regarded as... well, colleagues? Well, anyway , make a discussion, don't meddle in my affairs, okay?"

Facing the frivolous appearance of the young man who didn't care much, Fujimaru Tachika suddenly felt a burst of uncontrollable anger for some reason.

The girl suddenly raised her voice, and her bright eyes seemed to be ablaze: "Are you kidding! Those people who disappeared in Weiyuanchuan recently were all done by you, right? What did you do to those people?!"

"...how is it?" Yusheng Ryunosuke scratched his head: "Ah, that, of course, all of them are made into works of art to explore the true meaning of death!"

Fujimaru Rika: "..."

"........."

I don't know if it was a second or a long time.

In the dead silence, the girl suddenly raised her head, her eyes widened with anger, as if she was going to use all her strength, she called out sharply——

"Maine!"

The moment the girl's anger-filled voice fell, the silver-haired young man who had been standing quietly at the side, almost suppressing all sense of existence, was suddenly enveloped in golden radiance.

In an instant, the normal clothes on the silver-haired heroic spirit dissipated, revealing the snow-colored robe corners and golden pendant.The shining spirits surrounded him, like stars holding the moon, shining brightly.

——From nothingness like water, to the altar of high heaven.

Mayne raised his hand slightly, and the stars gathered at his fingertips: "Goodbye."

Ryunosuke Yusheng is a truly innocent murderer and a crazy performance artist. He has no desire for the Holy Grail, and being able to become a master is purely accidental.

Therefore, his concept of heroic spirits has always been very vague, basically in a state of neither interest nor understanding.

However, at this moment, Ryunosuke Yusheng stared at the light that bloomed from the fingertips of the other party - the light was pure and beautiful, as clear as a beautiful dream.

However, Yusheng Ryunosuke smelled the smell of death.It was a power that could shatter a person into nothing if only a trace of it leaked out.

He finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Immediately, Ryunosuke Yusheng didn't have time to bother about the words "don't call him until the Holy Grail manifests" that his servant had told him, so he directly raised his hand and revealed the command spell——

"Order with the command spell! Come and save me immediately, Barbatos!"

The moment the words fell, with the disappearance of a command spell in Ryunosuke Yusheng's hand, a hoarse and deep voice came——

"With the noble four souls, Barbatos, manifest."

As the ominous purple mist spread, a huge and distorted figure suddenly appeared beside Ryunosuke Yusheng.

I don't know if it's because of concerns, but at the moment of condensing into a solid body, the other party seems to have consciously shrunk in size.But even so, it still broke through the ceiling of the bar, causing the surrounding walls to crumble to the ground after fine cracks appeared.

Fortunately, the location of this bar is remote enough that it didn't cause too much turmoil in the first place.

"Barbatos!" Seeing the successful summoning, Ryunosuke Yusheng showed a happy and excited expression: "I didn't expect this command spell to really work!"

However, compared to the unilaterally happy orange-haired youth, the servant named Barbatos was obviously extremely unhappy: "I should have told you, human, don't call me until the Holy Grail appears."

"Hey, I know that. But this time there is really no way, I'm about to die!"

Probably because he came to the backer consciously, Ryunosuke Yusheng relaxed his posture and complained quite dissatisfied: "The good artistic creation has been interrupted, and I am also in a bad mood. I must teach the other party a lesson."

With this back and forth conversation, the purple mist that blocked the line of sight gradually dissipated.

As a result, the huge figure hidden behind the thick fog finally appeared completely and clearly in front of everyone.

"……Eh?!"

Fujimaru Tachika was stunned for the first time.Her originally cold expression froze on her face, and she was unable to speak for a long while.

"Huh ha ha ha ha ha, how about it, isn't Barbatos cool?"

Yusheng Ryunosuke looked at the girl's stupefied appearance, with great fanaticism in his pride: "I was also shocked when I saw him for the first time, he is simply an ideal work of art!"

After finishing speaking, Ryunosuke Yusheng fascinatedly recalled the scene of the first summoning——

A huge creature entwined with countless vines and tentacles appeared from the summoning array carved by blood.

Countless scarlet eyes were inlaid on this creature's body, and when they opened, they revealed cross-shaped black pupils.

When those countless eyes stare at you together, it feels like being strangled by the neck, frightened, suffocated, scalp numb... Ah, it's so wonderful, it's like seeing the incarnation of death, paying homage to the abyss!

Ryunosuke Yusheng was falling into a deep narcissism until he heard the girl's slightly hesitant voice——

"No wonder I always feel familiar... Thinking about it, isn't this one of the 72 stone pillars I saw at your Heroic Seat in Mayne?"

Of course, Fujimaru Tachika couldn't tell which column it was, because at a glance at that time, he thought they all looked similar.

Later, she also asked Mayne about those pillars, and the answer was "just ordinary sculptures, as a status symbol."

——Aren’t those pillars carved indiscriminately?

Fujimaru Tachika was confused for a long time.

But now it seems...

"There really is a prototype. So, do you... know each other?"

After all, Mayne has put the statue in the Heroic Spirit Seat, so it must not be irrelevant at all.

While thinking this way, the silver-haired heroic spirit who had been silent for a long time suddenly moved his lips, and said slowly, "Ah, yes, we know each other."

The heroic spirit stared at the Demon God Pillar that appeared in the world, and said each word with profound meaning: "——You mean it, Barbatos?"

When the name of Demon God Pillar was called, the corners of Heroic Spirit's lips, which had always been calm, raised slightly.

However, that is by no means a symbol of beauty and happiness.On the contrary, like the fine sand flowing through the bottom of a clear river, it is completely incompatible with the heroic spirit's usual noble posture, dangerous and malicious.

Yusheng Ryunosuke realized something was wrong.Although he didn't have much contact with Barbatos, he probably understood his temperament.

Barbatos despises all life, and even has no affection for him as the master, and loves to ignore him.

If it was a normal situation, I am afraid that the opponent would have wiped out the enemy the moment he appeared in the world, and then turned back immediately.Where would it be like now, so eerily quiet, allowing others to point fingers at it?

Ryunosuke Yusheng opened his mouth uneasily: "...Hello, Barbatos?"

Barbatos didn't pay attention to the humans beside him. At this moment, all his pupils saw only one figure——

That familiar, unmistakable, absolutely unique...

"May, yes."

Incomparably slowly, the huge Demon God Pillar read out the name settled in the bottom of his heart, as if he exhausted his whole body's strength for every word he said.

... No, maybe not "as if".

All of Barbatos' eyes closed and opened at the same time, buying himself a second to escape.

——Oh, it's too ugly, what a weak posture he is...

The powerful Demon God Pillar murmured in his heart.

——However, he will not be ashamed of it, nor will he be ashamed of it.

Want to ask why?

Isn't this a matter of course?

Just like a thousand years ago, the moment he saw the silver-haired young man, he couldn't help but bend down, bow his head, and even his soul trembled.

——This is already... instinctive.

"It's really unexpected that the meeting again will be under such circumstances."

Mayne looked at Ryunosuke Yuyu beside Barbatos, with a half-smile: "I have chosen such a master, I am impressed with you."

Barbatos trembled when he heard the words, and when he spoke again, he said anxiously, "No, this is..."

"I'm not interested in why."

Mayne waved his hand, his eyes were light: "As you can see, your Master is now my enemy. So, what are you going to do?"

Barbatos fell silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Yusheng Ryunosuke had a bad feeling: Hey, hey, what's going on? "

"Am I not your master?" After the initial panic, Ryunosuke Yusheng calmed down a little, and said, "If I die, you won't be able to continue to exist."

Barbatos was startled, and two seconds later, he silently moved to Ryunosuke Yusheng.

"Oh? Is this your choice?" Mayne's expression remained unchanged: "Now you are not the main body, right? You can defeat me by distinguishing your avatar."