"Did she only get tenth place? Not bad, for a rookie team!"
Siegfried certainly knew this Huben and his Huben Regiment, as he had followed full-contact fighting himself. The War of Nations was also a very famous tournament in the full-contact fighting world.
To place in the War of Nations, even if it meant trailing just behind the previous generation, could be considered a very outstanding team.
This included not only physical fitness and tactics, but also armor quality.
Unfortunately, all of this meant nothing before a Valkyrie.
"Get that idea out of your head, kid," Siegfried said softly in Huben's ear. "I really do like your team personally, but Artoria isn't a woman you can mess with."
"No matter what you're planning, save yourself the trouble!"
With that, he pushed Huben forward and said, "Introductions are done!"
"You... your friend is something else," Fatty noted very clearly that the atmosphere was quite subtle. He noticed a disastrous red mark on Huben's hand, and even more, the cold sweat on Huben's forehead along with a smile forced out through the pain of a twitching face.
"Looks like he can really fight."
"Of course she can really fight," Artoria said. "If she couldn't fight, she wouldn't be Siegfried."
"This hot pot naturally has to be tasted, has to be tasted~" Siegfried made himself right at home, sitting directly between Huben and Artoria, and said, "As for this meal, brother, I'd feel bad getting a free ride like this."
"Cuihua~ Bring the menu over, let me see and order a couple more dishes."
"Order more meat!" Artoria said without hesitation. "I like eating beef, and right there are potato slices and vermicelli."
Artoria certainly wasn't the best at reading the room, but at least she knew one thing. That is, with Siegfried showing up here, nine times out of ten it wasn't a coincidence.
Since he was being so generous, she wouldn't stand on ceremony.
"Can you finish eating this much?" Siegfried glanced at Artoria and said, "Watch out for getting fat."
It wouldn't do if my Cecilia got fat.
"You have to know that during marches and warfare, supplies are of the utmost importance," Artoria said. "The ancients of the Celestial Empire said, 'Before the troops and horses move, provisions and forage go first.' Food is the most basic existence for ensuring soldier morale."
"Although we aren't marching to war right now, I'm not a glutton! I swear I'm really not greedy for a bite to eat."
"But sufficient food supplies are a very important matter!"
"Hunger is a great enemy!"
As a former person of the Celestial Empire, she was a person of the Celestial Empire in this life too. She strictly carried out the creed of 'can this thing be eaten, how do you make this thing delicious'. As long as it was free to eat, she absolutely had to eat until she was holding onto the wall to walk out.
Fleecing this Siegfried blind, she, Artoria, would not have an ounce of a guilty conscience.
"Alright," Siegfried looked at the menu and casually ordered all the most expensive meats, saying, "Speaking of which, since you plan to forge armor for yourself."
"Why not go find Otto?"
"As the Overseer of Schicksal," Siegfried said, "and also the current Grand Chancellor and highest-ranking personnel, you can find him to forge a new set of armor for you."
"And Otto also keeps your old Valkyrie armor in his collection; he has no reason not to give it to you if you want it."
"Oh... if you put it that way," Artoria actually thought about it seriously and said, "No!"
"I don't want that armor, I need this kind of ordinary armor."
"It has other uses."
Artoria certainly didn't want to dress herself up to genuinely look like a knight from that era, not if she really needed to face Honkai Beasts.
She would still find some modern standard-issue protective gear to wear, or wear Valkyrie armor.
If she had any.
"Speaking of which," Siegfried said again, "I just heard you say you plan to get a 'Sword of Victory and Oath'. If you want that, why don't you go find Otto?"
"He knows where to find that sword instead of finding a person."
Siegfried glanced at Huben and said.
"To forge a counterfeit for you."
Chapter 70: This Is Something That Can Happen
Ah... my Cecilia...
Siegfried touched his own chest.
He stated that he definitely wasn't feeling bad for his wallet; he was truly just feeling a little bit of heartache.
What do you call being able to eat?
What do you call a big eater?
Even Huben, who wanted to woo Artoria, shrank back. If things went on according to how Artoria was eating, the entire profit from buying a set of armor would be poured into food expenses.
And it was the kind where you eat, I watch, and I'm not hungry.
This whole table of dishes.
The exact same dishes, ordered three rounds!
Ninety-nine percent of it went into Artoria's stomach. Three portions of fried rice—two were eaten by Artoria, and one was split among the three men.
Huben patted Siegfried on the shoulder.
"Brother, I believe in you," Huben said earnestly. "Me? I won't go striving for glory for the country."
You wouldn't be able to win it anyway. Siegfried looked at Huben with contempt.
Why could Cecilia eat so much now?
"Speaking of which, are you really not going to consider it?" Siegfried asked. "To go get the real Sword of Victory and Oath."
"No, I mean buddy," before Artoria could reply, Huben asked first, "Are you kidding me? This thing actually has a real one and a counterfeit?"
"Of course they exist," Siegfried said. "There is a real one of this sword."
"It's just that ordinary people can't get it."
And can't see it.
Siegfried thought to himself.
There were many legendary ancient divine weapons in this world, and every single one of these ancient divine weapons was an extremely powerful weapon. A powerful weapon naturally also required people with matching strength to wield it.
How to prove one's ability to wield these powerful weapons?
Naturally, it required passing through some rather harsh authentication.
As one of the former swords of King Arthur, it was likewise not something anyone could use.
"I believe you should be able to pick it up," Siegfried said. "And use that real one."
"Are you really just purely recommending that Curry Stick to me?" Artoria propped her head up and squinted at Siegfried, saying, "You just simply hope I get the Curry Stick and have no other motives?"
"Of course not," Siegfried laughed loudly and said, "Look at what you're saying, what other motives could I possibly have?"
"Liar," Artoria said. "You definitely do."
"It's for Cecilia, right?"
"Hahaha~" Siegfried laughed foolishly and said, "Cecilia is Cecilia, and you are you; I can still tell them apart. A person who has already passed away and a person who is still alive."
"I won't lump them together."
"Oh~" Artoria crossed her arms.
To tell the truth.
She didn't believe it!
She didn't believe for a second that Siegfried truly didn't have any other motives. Siegfried just wanted to use this opportunity to verify whether what Otto said was true or false, right?
And for her, Artoria, this matter wasn't completely risk-free either.
Artoria was a fake, so naturally she could use the Curry Stick, but she was only a counterfeit.
Whether she could obtain the real Curry Stick without passing through the system was really hard to say.
"Fine," Artoria said. "This can happen."
Artoria quickly figured out this problem. For her, the potential gains far outweighed the losses. If she couldn't pick it up or use it, at most it would only prove that she was a fake and nothing more.
Moreover, she was a fake to begin with, so proving it once more carried no loss at all.
But if she could pick it up and use it...
Then she would have a weapon she could actually use in the world of Honkai Impact 3rd!
And it would be an overwhelmingly powerful divine weapon!
This was simply a zero-risk, high-return matter!
"Let's order a bit more to eat," Artoria said cheerfully. "I feel like I'm still lacking just a tiny bit of being full."
"Still eating?!" Siegfried's mouth immediately widened as he said, "No... what I mean is..."
"What else do you want to eat?"
"Hmm..." Artoria said. "I want to eat..."
Acquired title: King's Stomach. Effect: Appetite +MAX, gain one chance at a lucky draw.
The system's voice rang out at an opportune moment.
Artoria's eyes immediately lit up, and she instantly closed them to enter the system.
This title, with things like appetite +MAX, was practically the most useless effect. It belonged to the kind of title she could do without, and Artoria couldn't be bothered to care about it.
But this lucky draw chance was very important!
What should I draw? Li Pu thought as he looked at the interface in front of him within the system.
What would be good to draw?
The available things to draw were 'Characters', 'Equipment', and 'Missions'. These didn't need much more introduction; Li Pu had already drawn characters and equipment, and only this 'Missions' category had never been drawn.
He somehow felt that among these three draws right now, only the character option had the highest cost-effectiveness.
Since missions had never been drawn, it was really hard to judge.
What good thing should he pull for this new draw?
Hmm, let's draw a character! After much deliberation, Li Pu decided to draw another character.
Characters weren't necessarily better the more you had. Judging from the current situation, you had to understand them, Cosplay them, perform them, and reach a very high degree of restoration and understanding value in order to unleash the maximum combat effectiveness.
However, characters had one advantage: once drawn, they could definitely be used.
Moreover, as long as you equipped them and figured out the character's psychology—
You didn't even necessarily have to figure it out completely; as long as you knew a general direction, you could unleash formidable combat power.
Therefore, drawing a character was still a very cost-effective thing at present.
Draw a character!
Li Pu decided without hesitation.
With a single stroke on the paper, he wrote the character 'Failure'.
I hope this time it gives me a male character!
Even if it was Darius, he'd accept it!
"Artoria?" Siegfried saw Artoria suddenly close her eyes and stop talking, which felt very strange. What was she doing? Could it be that her conscience was awakened and she didn't plan on eating anymore?
If that was the case, it would be wonderful; the last remaining banknotes in his wallet would be saved.
No, what he meant was, King Arthur, you have to mind your image and figure.
Eating too much made it easy to get fat!
"Are you still ordering dishes?" Siegfried probed cautiously. "If you're not ordering dishes, I'll call Cuihua over to settle the bill."
"Order!" Artoria suddenly opened her eyes and said. "I want some! That meat, just bring another round of all the different kinds of meat."
"If you eat, you have to eat your fill."
And you had to eat to your heart's content!
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