Please Play FGO With Me

A pitch-black void suddenly tore open in the dense, dark clouds overhead. A composite beast with three heads and a completely black body emerged from it. The monster's three heads, a lion, a goat, and a snake, scanned their surroundings before leaping from the opening and landing on the road in front of the school, their impact shattering the concrete ground.

The massive lion's head surveyed the environment, its roar like thunder, its breath like a howling gale.

Red light burned in the eyes of the black goat's head, and its tail was a python's head, four to five meters long. This pitch-black behemoth, with a shoulder height of over two meters, was just like the mythical Greek chimera.

"What in the world is going on! This is Phantasmal Beast level! Why would a monster of this caliber appear in this world!" Shirou exclaimed in shock, looking at the monster. While heroes among humans could fight lions and tigers, facing a monster of this scale would surely make anyone hesitate.

"Senpai, the strength of this chimera is no less than that of an ordinary Servant," Mash said.

"Mash, if I can't transform into Emiya, do you have any other sure-win methods in mind?" Shirou asked with a wry smile.

"Unfortunately, no, Senpai! This is a formidable enemy, so please be prepared. This will be a tough fight," Mash replied, shaking her head.

The monster raised its tail, the snake head at its tip towering above the roadside trees. It could take in the scene within the school's imposing three-meter-high wall at a glance.

At that moment, a faintly glowing arrow flew through the air, piercing the snake head's emerald-green vertical pupil.

A flash of amber light flickered in Shirou's eyes. He lowered the bow he was holding and said with resignation yet determination, "Then we'll just have to go head-on."

"Screeeech!!!" The snake head, with an arrow in its eye, let out a pained shriek and retreated outside the school gate. It thrashed its body, striking a roadside tree, which snapped in two from the immense force.

The other two heads, however, seemed completely enraged and roared. The goat head spat out scorching flames. Wherever it passed, flowerbeds by the roadside ignited with the slightest spark. The flames spread, engulfing the green trees and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.

If these flames had reached the wooden houses, a massive fire would have broken out within minutes.

"Mash! Think of something quickly!" Shirou urged Mash, who was still focused on her phone, seeing the thick smoke.

"Senpai, please calm down. This is an alternate dimension, and reality is not being damaged. I'm contacting Da Vinci now."

At this moment, the giant monster spewing flames had locked onto Shirou and Mash. It trampled the ground, running rapidly towards the school's main gate, about to charge in.

"But this monster isn't waiting for us!" Shirou fired another arrow.

The chimera instantly sensed danger, stopped in its tracks, and closed its eyes.

This time, the arrow struck the lion's eyelid. The wooden shaft snapped, causing no damage to the monster.

"Magic Resistance is too high. As expected, once it's on guard, ordinary reinforcement magic won't work anymore?" Shirou reluctantly put away his bow.

Shirou took off his school uniform jacket, found a long wooden pole, tied the jacket to it, and used it as a flag. He then walked towards the monster.

He had to keep this monster occupied. However, there was no magic in this world, nor were there magic circuits in his body. Relying solely on the Mystic Eyes he had accidentally acquired in his previous life, he could barely perform a few reinforcement spells a day, but he couldn't project Noble Phantasms capable of fighting Phantasmal Beasts.

A high-ranking Phantasmal Beast like the chimera was a powerful creature with a mystery comparable to that of a Servant.

Shirou walked forward with difficulty. This was a battle he hadn't experienced since coming to this world. His body instinctively trembled, his heart pounded, and his entire being reacted, telling him that this monster was beyond human capability.

At the same time, the will to fight for something hidden deep within his soul was gradually awakened by this sense of urgency.

The completely black, three-headed monster noticed the boy charging towards the school gate. It felt the pain from the snake's eye, and its remaining five eyes glowed with anger. The snake head flicked its tongue, the goat head bleated, and the lion roared, leaping forward to pounce on the boy.

Shirou quickly threw the bamboo pole with the school jacket tied to it at the monster, disrupting its vision, and then leaped to the side within the school gate.

He narrowly dodged the pounce. The monster crashed past him, shattering the school gate wall behind him and causing it to tilt inward.

With that terrifying force, if he hadn't dodged, he would have been crushed into a pulp, even if he wasn't directly hit.

His heart pounded violently, his blood boiled, and after a roaring in his head, his latent survival instincts seemed to be triggered, allowing him to calmly face the situation. This feeling was long overdue.

With his experience from two lifetimes, the first time he felt this way was during the night he was chased by Lancer, Cú Chulainn.

Back then, he could still summon Saber to save him.

But this world was an ordinary, everyday world. There was no Holy Grail, nor was there a Holy Grail War!

"Senpai! I've got it!" At this moment, the pink-haired girl on campus shouted, holding up her phone and rushing towards him.

The chimera's goat head fixed on Mash, opened its mouth, and a superheated fireball formed within.

"Mash! Be careful!" Shirou rolled over, picked up a piece of debris from the ground, a light flashed in his eyes, and he threw it with all his might towards the monster's head.

The stone, imbued with reinforcement magic, struck the goat's right eye like a sharp knife. Blood flowed out, and the monster roared in pain, the fireball in its mouth dissipating.

The enraged chimera's snake head twisted its body behind it and whipped towards the boy like a lash.

Shirou couldn't dodge in time and could only watch as the python opened its massive maw and lunged.

In that instant, it was like a montage playing in slow motion. The giant mouth, revealing sharp fangs, opened wider and wider, seemingly intending to swallow him whole from the head down. The snake's maw continued to approach, and the air in his nostrils was filled with the foul, nauseating stench from its mouth.

Just then, a flash of white light streaked across, and a purple figure wielding a massive shield smashed into the snake head, accompanied by a resounding clang like a giant hammer striking steel.

"Senpai! There's one last method! Quickly open your phone!" Mash shouted, holding up a shield larger than herself to block the monster, the impacts ringing like heavy blows against steel.

"My phone? This isn't the time to be playing games!" Shirou retorted to his junior, who was always inviting him to play games.

"Senpai! Stop joking and open the game quickly! Da Vinci has already converted the system for you. Find the highlighted Servant in the interface and summon a Servant to possess for battle!" Mash yelled, her shield deflecting the monster's claws with loud clangs.

"Summon a Servant? Possession? I don't quite understand, but I got it! I just need to do as you say, right!"

Shirou chose to trust his junior. This was no time for hesitation; he'd just try it!

Shirou tapped the FGO game icon. The mobile game, unlike its usual slow login, opened instantly with a single tap, and the interface was different from before.

He scanned the icons. Although there were about a dozen Servants, only two icons were lit.

Without hesitation, he tapped the one with silver long hair. The golden frame indicated it was much stronger.

Phone notification: Your compatibility is insufficient for summoning.

"Damn it!" Shirou reached out and tapped on another man with reddish-brown hair and a bronze frame, whose face strongly resembled a member of the popular idol boy group 'Gypsum Boys'.

The phone instantly emitted a dazzling pillar of white light, which continuously expanded, engulfing the young man in its glow.

—Compatibility: 60%

—Heroic Spirit Possession Operation Commencing

—Spirit Core Insertion

—Inserting necessary information such as Heroic Spirit's life and Noble Phantasm

—Commencing bestowal of Class-specific special abilities

—Possession Summon Complete

—Servant Class: Rider, Manifest!

A long-haired man with brown hair, wearing armor and a white cape, appeared in the young man's mind. He transformed into a white orb of light and flew into the young man's chest, as if possessing his soul.

Chapter 11: Friend Support for the Female Ally

Within the dazzling pillar of white light, the young man's body was strengthened, and his soul was sublimated. A portion of memories concerning a legendary hero from religious tales appeared in his mind, along with his combat style and experience.

This was the Heroic Spirit Possession System developed by the omnipotent genius Da Vinci, based on the principles of divine possession.

Although this state was not complete, its strength had already surpassed the limits of ordinary humans and even ordinary magi from his previous life.

The Heroic Spirit possessing the young man was a cavalry officer from ancient Rome who was active in the late 3rd century AD. Even in this world, legends tell of him confronting the Roman Emperor for his faith, protecting the weak, slaying a wicked dragon, and saving a princess.

With Da Vinci's help, Chaldea connected the Heroic Spirit and the Master from another world, completing the possession summon and manifesting in this world by possessing the Master.

At this moment, Shirou felt the powerful hidden strength within his body. He had gained the Heroic Spirit's combat experience and abilities, while still maintaining control of his body.

Shirou learned that the Heroic Spirit possessing him was the world-renowned hero Saint George! The dragon slayer who defeated the dragon with a spear and severed its head with a holy sword, and one of the most famous Seven Champions in Christian countries.

He drew the holy sword Ascalon from his waist and pointed it at the evil black monster, Chimera, before him.

He couldn't prevent accidents like car crashes or gas explosions, but he absolutely couldn't let this monster, which was bringing destruction to the world, go unchecked.

Although Shirou knew he was nowhere near as great as Saint George was in life, nor did he possess his unwavering faith in God, at this moment, the Heroic Spirit and the young man's goals aligned: to slay the evil beast and protect the peace and happiness of this world.

Saint George responded to the young man's summon with this belief in protecting humanity.

And the young man would use this power to protect everything in this world!

"Waaah!!!" The young man charged towards the Chimera with unwavering courage, full of confidence. He imagined that a great hero who could slay dragons would have no trouble dealing with a Class 1 Chimera.

"Roar!!!" The monster also roared, its snake head and tail sweeping towards Shirou.

Shirou showed no fear. He clasped his hands together, raised the holy sword Ascalon, leaped high, and swung it down at the snake head with a cleaving force.

When the sword's edge touched the snake head, its unstoppable momentum was somehow blocked. Besides the hardness of the Chimera's scales, there seemed to be some rule that suppressed his magic, negating most of the damage.

When the sword's edge landed on the snake head, it was like a rusty blunt iron hitting fine steel. This monster was beyond the ordinary, seemingly having undergone some mutation.

Shirou felt his hand go numb from the immense force. Gritting his teeth, he forcefully pushed the snake head away, flipped the sword, and swung it at the Chimera's lion body.

The sword's edge of the Noble Phantasm Ascalon only managed to pierce the fur and create a shallow wound on the Chimera's body. The monster bled but its bones and muscles were not injured. The monster roared in pain and fury.

This was a rule that shouldn't exist in the world, but the young man was indeed being suppressed by this rule.

The serpent tail behind the Chimera lunged forward, baring its fangs. The young man quickly jumped back to dodge.

Fortunately, the Heroic Spirit on him was very adept at defense. He raised his sword to block the serpent's tail attack, but was forced to retreat repeatedly by the immense force.

The goat head of the Chimera, with only one eye remaining, spewed a fireball.

Mash raised her shield, leaped up, and smashed the fireball spewed by the Chimera, shouting to the young man.

"Shirou-senpai, calm down! This mutated Chimera has been transformed into an Assassin class for some unknown reason. The Heroic Spirit you have is Rider. And Teacher Qiao's mode isn't a Heroic Spirit that excels in offense, and it's only a two-star..."

Shirou attacked again. The wound he inflicted with all his might was still too shallow, failing to injure the monster's bones and muscles. Instead, it completely enraged the three-headed Chimera.

The Chimera's giant lion claws lunged. He quickly raised his sword again to block the Chimera's claw strike, was repelled by the immense force, and his iron boots scraped the ground, sliding back ten paces.

"Why does even this kind of monster have a class? And how is a monster charging around like this an Assassin! Even if it's not hiding, it should at least stay put and guard something!" Shirou yelled in frustration.

"An assassination without witnesses is a perfect assassination! That's what a certain Grand Servant senior I met before said! Three reds, one blue, that's the essence of an Assassin! What's the point of Presence Concealment! A true assassin should go all out head-on!" The pink-haired girl in a purple tight suit became strangely passionate, saying excitedly.

"Mash, you little eggplant! Is this the time to praise monsters?" Shirou shouted loudly.

He wished he could apply a buff to himself like in a game, increasing his resistance to mental status abnormalities, but since he wasn't a believer, he didn't receive any such buffs.

The Chimera, clad in black, had mutated in some way, exhibiting immense power. It was no longer just a large, brutish monster but had reached the level of a Phantasmal Beast.

Everywhere it passed was left in ruins. Walls cracked and chipped from its impact, and trees snapped in half with a sweep, crashing down.

"Shirou-senpai! Our attack power is insufficient to defeat this monster!" Mash said.

"Then what should we do!" Shirou jumped back to dodge the attack. This time, the Chimera's sharp claws merely grazed his chest armor, tearing a long gash that made his hair stand on end.

"Quickly find a powerful friend to assist! I'll buy you time! Determination of the Rising Shield!" Mash shouted loudly, injecting magic into her cross shield, which emitted white light. She charged forward, colliding with the Chimera.

"Assist?!" Shirou thought of his phone and indeed saw a holographic interface for combat assistance. On the far left was the pink-haired shield maiden, and second was a young man in armor.

To the right, there was an "Assist" option. He clicked it, and a row of friends appeared, all of whom looked very strong at first glance, being dozens of levels higher than him.

Mr. Aipan's Snow Cat? Level 138? Above the max level for a Heroic Spirit, there's a Holy Grail displayed before the stars, just like my own Saint George.

Never mind that! I choose you!

Shirou tapped the support button!

The phone once again emitted a strong white light, shooting straight into the sky.

Then, a warrior girl wearing strange armor leaped out from the white light.

"What's going on! I was just..." The girl adjusted her posture in mid-air, her movements agile. She landed easily on the ground in a one-legged kneeling pose, instinctively covering herself with her long sleeves.

Seeing her surroundings, her mind went blank. After sorting through the sudden influx of information, she finally calmed down.

The girl's long black hair was now tied high in a ponytail, falling behind her. Her bangs were parted in the middle, framing a beautiful and cute face with sharp, heroic eyes. She scanned her surroundings, seemingly searching for the culprit who brought her here.

Shirou felt that this suddenly appearing, deus ex machina girl looked very familiar. He looked closely, her pretty face, slender figure, and that cold demeanor – wasn't this Yukino Yukinoshita, a girl from the same club at school? Why did she jump out of his phone?

He had distinctly selected Mr. Aipan's Snow Cat. Wait... Snow Cat?

Shirou looked at the girl in shock, realizing he might have accidentally stumbled upon a world-shattering secret that would get him killed.

Chapter 12: Upgraded Projection Magic

On campus, the boy stared at the girl in a daze, unsure of what to say.

The girl also recognized the boy at this moment, noticing that he, like her, was wearing strangely elaborate clothing that one would only see on a theater stage. She figured he must be involved in this.

"Shirou-kun! Please explain what's going on!" the girl asked, her gaze turning cold as she looked at the boy, emphasizing the word "kun."

Shirou, who knew the girl well, understood that despite her expressionless face, she was actually very angry. Her cold gaze exuded an inexplicable pressure.

Weren't we friends in the same club? Why is she suddenly addressing me so distantly as 'kun'? It feels so formal.

"Ah, Yukinoshita, now is not the time for talking!" Shirou said, turning his head away and pointing his sword forward at the Chimera that was roaring and attacking wildly.