Mikado Kyouya Is Shocked; Mobius Gets in Touch / The Arrow of the Stand-in's Research Results; An Xiu's Stand ...
With a roar, Hans released his mimicry and transformed into a poisonous slime form. His huge body surged towards Artoria and Axel behind her like an overwhelming force.
The war horse under Verdia raised its hooves, then roared, turned around without hesitation, and ran away.
"Wait, Verdia, where are you going?!"
"Hans Sir, this is a necessary sacrifice. When I return to the Demon King/Army Base Camp, I will let the Demon King remember your contribution!"
Verdia spoke while constantly urging the war horse beneath him to speed up.
Damn horse, run faster!
It can only be said that it is indeed a funny world. Faced with the farce in front of him, Artoria's face did not waver at all. His eyes looked calmly at the giant slime rushing towards him and Axel behind him. The Holy Lance in his hand turned into a golden light and shot straight into the sky.
At this moment, the originally sunny Sky Manipulation seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, looking beautiful and sacred. Countless golden lights intertwined and intertwined, turning into spear points poking out from the clouds.
Facing the shocking scene before them, the two demon kings/military cadres fell into confusion, and then they saw the golden Holy Lance falling from Sky Manipulation like a divine punishment.
"Holy Lance, pull out the anchor!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble--!!!!
The dazzling light enveloped the earth, and the Axel and Adventurer in the distance felt that their eyes were plunged into a vast expanse of white. It was not until the light dissipated after a long time that they were finally able to see clearly the scene outside Axel.
The figures of the two demon kings/army cadres have long since disappeared, and the original position of the monster army has turned into a blank. All the demon kings/armies except the entire Axel have disappeared like bubbles under the attack just now. Only the little golden light spilling in the air, and the huge Sky Pit left behind by the two demon kings/army cadres, prove the previous existence of the two demon kings/army cadres.
"It's over."
The Holy Lance in his hand dissipated, and Artoria took a look at the scene caused by part of the power he released after liberating Holy Lance, and turned around and returned to Axel.
Although the blow just now was powerful enough for people in this world, it was far from the full output of Holy Lance in Artoria's hands after the liberation. However, except for An Xiu, Meli and Artoria, only Chris noticed this.
In Chris's perception, the power contained in the liberation of Holy Lance Rhongomyniad in the hands of Artoria is undoubtedly a truly world-level power.
Chapter 229: Mitsurugi Kyouya's shock, Mobius's contact
The incident regarding the invasion of the demon king/military cadres is over, and Axel has finally returned to peace again.
An Xiu's team did not go to accept any commissions, but spent two days quietly in the stronghold.
As for the source of funds for not accepting the commission, it is naturally the bounty from the previous defeat of the superior demon and the current defeat of the two demon kings/military cadres.
Since the bounty for the demon king/military cadres was originally provided by the kingdom, after Artoria, a member of the royal family, eliminated the two demon kings/military cadres, the money would naturally not be lost due to various reasons like Sato Kazuma in the original book, but it would not be surprising that it would fall into the pocket of team An Xiu.
Although for An Xiu, such behavior can only be regarded as the left hand overturning the right hand.
"I didn't expect Miss Artoria to be so powerful. I originally thought that the rumors might be exaggerated, but it turned out that they were all true."
"Speaking of which, in the previous battle, was the Holy Lance used by Miss Artoria some kind of artifact from the palace's treasury? It could actually explode with such powerful power."
"No, I got this Holy Lance by chance and has nothing to do with the kingdom itself."
In the stronghold of the An Xiu team, Meli and Yunyun accompanied Megumin to perform Explosion Magic outside the city, and Chris was chatting with Artoria in the yard, trying to figure out the origin of the Holy Lance in Artoria's hand that even she couldn't figure out through insinuations.
At this moment, a knock on the door rang from outside the stronghold. Seeing this, Chris stepped forward to open the door, only to find that it was Mitsurugi Kyouya who had previously faced off against the superior demon and two demon kings/military cadres, standing outside the stronghold's gate with a serious look on his face.
"Sorry to bother you, I'm here to thank Mr. Artoria for what happened before."
Just listen to Mitsurugi Kyouya speak, and you can tell from his title that he already knows the true identity of Artoria.
But it's no wonder. After all, Artoria has said his name before. Although it may be useless for ordinary Adventurer to just know a name, Mitsurugi Kyouya is different. As the third-ranked Adventurer in the kingdom, E, at his level, has been able to frequently come into contact with the noble class. Coupled with the power that Artoria has shown before, it is easy to know the specific identity of Artoria as a royal family if he intentionally inquires.
"There is no need to be polite. You are able to stand up despite facing strong enemies one after another. Your bravery is enough to be rewarded by the kingdom. Therefore, you don't need to come here to express your gratitude to me for saving you before."
"No, whether it is to defeat the superior demon or to face the demon king/military cadres, it is all out of my own consideration. How can I ignore Lord Artoria's kindness? What's more, I have always longed to become a great man like Lord Artoria who can win the support of the people and make the devil/army fearful."
"However, before I came here, I found out at the Adventurer guild that Master Artoria seems to be in the team of the prophesied Braver. Could it be that you have given up your royal status and become an adventure companion with that Braver?"
As for the prophecy about Braver that Meli released before Kingdom of Belzerg, Mitsurugi Kyouya had naturally heard about it. He originally thought that the other party should be just the same reincarnation as himself, but with a bigger reputation. However, he did not expect that even the master Artoria in front of him seemed to join the team of Braver because of this.
Seeing the strength of Artoria with his own eyes, Mitsurugi Kyouya will naturally not doubt whether the achievements of Braver in the prophecy can be realized. It is better to say that with the help of Artoria, who is not only powerful, but also a member of the royal family and the future king of the kingdom., are the so-called achievements of Braver in the prophecy really the achievements of Braver?
In response to Mitsurugi Kyouya's inquiry, Artoria nodded slowly.
"You can say that, but the relationship between me and my master is more than just companions."
"As early as when I was in the royal city, I had already pledged my allegiance to my master as a knight, and decided to use my own strength to help my master realize everything in the prophecy and clear all obstacles for him."
"This will not change either now or in the future."
It is not a simple companionship, but a relationship of loyalty and loyalty.
Hearing Artoria's words, Mitsurugi Kyouya was so shocked that his eyes widened.
"In addition, regarding this aspect, Mr. Meli also made the same choice as me."
"Wha, what?"
Meli is the Nightmare mage who is also said to be in the Braver team. Now it seems that the opponent should be the master True Magic, the chief palace officer of the kingdom.
The two strongest combatants in the kingdom are loyal to the same person because of the name Braver, and one of them is the future king of the kingdom, and the other is the chief division of the kingdom True Magic.
No, with the support of the two of you, is the name Braver really still important? Rather, with the loyalty and help of these two people, even a pig can be helped to become Braver, right?
Compared with the allegiance of Artoria and Meli, Braver's name is the least valuable thing. After all, even Mitsurugi Kyouya himself has it. The title of Braver, a magic sword, is just not as famous as Braver, the prophecy of An Xiu, which was deliberately managed by Meli.
On the other hand, Artoria and Meli, Artoria's previous liberation of Holy Lance, even if the devil comes in person, they probably can't resist it? What is the need for such an existence to be loyal to others?
Faced with such absurd facts, after thanking Artoria for his previous action to save him, Mitsurugi Kyouya left in a daze.
In the evening, in An Xiu's room, An Xiu opened the system interface and opened the portal.
With the end of the attack by the two demon kings/military cadres, there is really no plot in KonoSuba's world for a short time. According to Meli, the demon king/military side has already shrunk its power, and there will probably be no signs of trouble in the next period of time.
An Xiu would like to have some fun with Axis Order, or go to Crimson Demon Village, the hometown of Yunyun and Megumin. But not long ago, Mobius, who was located at One Punch World, suddenly called An Xiu over, saying that the research on Stand Arrow had produced results.
So now, An Xiu is going to the research bases of Mobius and Vill-V in the One-Punch Man world to see what new things Mobius has come up with.
Chapter 230: Stand Arrow's research results, An Xiu's substitute
The research base of One Punch World, Mobius and Vill-V.
An Xiu walked into a laboratory and found that Mobius and Vill-V were recording experimental data together.
"Has the research on Stand Arrow produced any results?"
Seeing this scene, An Xiu stepped forward and asked the two of them.
Hearing this, Mobius stopped recording in his hand.
"Results? You can say that, but it's not really a big achievement."
When it comes to potential, the power of the stand-in is undoubtedly a power with a very high upper limit. The stand-in ability of the top stand-in in the original JOJO series can even affect the entire universe, but correspondingly, the extremely high upper limit also means that the nature of the power of the stand-in is extremely difficult to study.
Mobius notified An Xiu this time, not so much that the research on avatars has yielded results, but rather that he has figured out some rules and can make some minor impacts.
The first is about the awakening of the stand-in. There is not much to say about this. In the original work, there are only two ways to awaken the stand-in. One is to awaken independently, and the other is to rely on Stand Arrow, which is made of ore carrying alien viruses to awaken. Mobius mainly studied the latter during this period.
By cultivating and replicating more alien viruses, in addition to the Stand Arrow and Requiem Arrow that were originally sent to the research base, Mobius subsequently created several new Stand Arrow. After experiments, the results are no different from the original Stand Arrow, and they can also awaken people's avatars.
Moreover, the scope of people who can awaken a substitute is not limited to JOJO World, but also people from other worlds. Mobius also specially went to several different worlds for verification. Facts have proved that as long as you hold Stand Arrow, at least among the worlds that An Xiu is currently connected to, people from any world are qualified to awaken a substitute.
The second is the ability to awaken the substitute. Neither Mobius nor Vill-V can interfere with this. All the substitute abilities awakened by Stand Arrow are not fixed, and the specific principles are unknown. They have exceeded the current capabilities of Mobius and Vill-V, so naturally there is no room for interference.
Finally, there is the safety of the awakened substitute, which is currently the most advanced aspect of the research on Stand Arrow. In the original work, the probability of awakening the substitute is not 100% successful. Whether it is independent awakening or relying on Stand Arrow to awaken, there is a possibility of failure, and once it fails, the person trying to awaken the substitute will die on the spot.
However, after Mobius's research during this period, although the avatar is more of a spiritual manifestation, there is even a way to directly penetrate the soul and awaken the avatar with Stand Arrow in the original work. You can use During the process of Stand Arrow awakening the avatar, the alien virus interfered with the human body itself to a certain extent. Using the principle of mutual interaction between the body and the mind to a certain extent, Mobius succeeded in increasing the probability of awakening the avatar to nearly 100%.
In other words...
"Master, if you are interested, you can try to awaken your substitute now."
"Although the existence of the avatar itself is a bit fragile compared to the master's body, in the worst case, it is just equivalent to awakening a new ability that is of little use. There will be no harm in any case."
Just as Mobius said, the ability system Stand User itself has very obvious advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the ability is expressed in various forms and the upper limit of the ability is extremely high. The disadvantage is that there is uncertainty about the ability of the stand-in, and one of Stand User and the stand-in is always a little too fragile compared to the other.
For normal avatars and Stand User, Stand User is a weakness in most cases, but for an existence of An Xiu's level, the avatar is the weakness.
Except for the remote automatic operation type, which does not affect the main body at all, most of the damage to the avatar will affect the main body. Although the avatar itself is stronger than ordinary people in terms of smoothness, it will immediately become very fragile once the magnitude increases.
Once the avatar summoned during battle is blown up by the opponent, Stand User itself will also suffer the same level of damage. This has been demonstrated by DIO in the third part of the original JOJO work.
Of course, the solution is also very simple. If the awakened substitute is not strong enough, just don't use it.
As Mobius said, the worst case scenario is equivalent to awakening a useless ability. As long as you don't have to use it in battle, there will be no harm at all.
Therefore, An Xiu immediately took a Stand Arrow from Mobius, and then pierced it towards himself.
Then Stand Arrow crashed directly into An Xiu's body.
It is true that Stand Arrow in JOJO's original work can be said to be very sharp, and a slight touch may cause injuries and bleeding. However, compared to An Xiu's powerful body that combines the properties of Kryptonian, Stand Arrow cannot break the defense at all.
In the end, An Xiu took the initiative to make a small wound on his finger with the help of Mobius, and then pressed the fragment of Stand Arrow against the wound, and then successfully awakened the avatar.
I saw a dark door-shaped stand-in slowly rising in front of An Xiu.
"Is this your awakened substitute, Master?"
Mobius on the side watched this scene with great interest, and then asked.
"Almost, but I feel like it's not over yet..."
Just listen to An Xiu's thoughtful reply.
The next second, in the laboratory, Requiem Arrow, who was originally placed together with Stand Arrow, suddenly moved and flew straight towards An Xiu's newly awakened door-shaped stand. Seeing this scene, An Xiu did not stop it, but watched as Requiem Arrow slowly merged with his stand.
At this moment, in An Xiu's perception, his substitute was fully awakened.
"Then let me see what my awakened substitute is capable of next."
An Xiu closed his eyes and felt carefully for a moment, then opened his eyes with a strange look on his face.
"The substitute [Beyond Gate] has the ability to randomly travel to other worlds?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Mobius and Vill-V, who were originally paying attention to the situation here, became strange.
Is this avatar strong? It is so strong that it can even be used to compete for the position of the strongest avatar in the original JOJO. After all, it can allow people to travel to other worlds, which is equivalent to becoming a time traveler in disguise, with the ability to jump out of the world.
But the problem is that An Xiu itself is a time traveler, and it can travel through the world through system functions.
Therefore, from the perspective of the stand alone, although the stand An Xiu has awakened now is very strong, its ability is somewhat useless.
"No, you can't think of it that way. Although the system can also allow you, Master, to travel to different worlds, it has prerequisites for points. However, Master, your now awakened avatar does not need to meet any prerequisites for points to be able to travel directly. However, there is no guarantee in terms of safety."
Just listen to Mobius think for a moment and then say.
Chapter 231: Integration of stand-in abilities and system functions, linking the new world
To travel through a substitute, although you do not need to obtain enough points before traveling to unlock the permission to travel to a new world like traveling through system functions, the security is also significantly lower than that of the system.
First of all, because it is a random time travel, An Xiu cannot know in advance what world it will travel to like using the system function to travel. Moreover, the system's time travel function will by default transport An Xiu to the vicinity of a certain plot character during the first time travel, so there is usually no danger in the landing point.
But it's different to use the ability of a substitute to travel through time. It's completely impossible to determine where exactly they will appear after traveling. If someone is directly teleported into a black hole, then even with An Xiu's current strength, it will inevitably end up in a box.
"If you want to avoid this situation, there is no way. You can let us clones explore the way first. It doesn't matter even if you die. But even if safety can be improved in this way, Master, your clone still has the biggest problem."
"That is, the result of each time you travel through a substitute is random, which means that once you travel, you cannot return to the original world, whether it is the world before the travel or the world after the travel."
I just heard Vill-V add from the side.
If you just want to return to the original world, it is easy to solve. An Xiu can use the system functions to return to the several worlds currently linked to the system at any time. However, once you leave those worlds that you randomly travel through with the ability of the avatar, you will never be able to return, unless the avatar of An Xiu can randomly go to the same world again in the vast number of Limitless worlds.
But that possibility is really as small as non-existent.
In addition, there is another point that An Xiu didn't have time to say, that is, every time you use the avatar ability to travel, it will take a month of cooling time before you can use the avatar again.
"Isn't there a way to combine the system's time-travel function with the avatar I awakened to achieve stable time-travel and avoid various conditions?"
An Xiu sighed and couldn't help but speak.
Unexpectedly, as if it heard An Xiu's demand, the familiar prompt sound of the system suddenly sounded in An Xiu's ears.
"It is detected that the host's awakened special ability is integrated with the system function?"
"After fusion, the host's ability will not disappear, but will be combined with the system's functions to create a more comprehensive ability."
"Can it really be combined with system functions?"
Hearing the system prompt in his ear, An Xiu thought seriously in his mind for a moment, and then nodded.
"System, integrate."