Anime Crossover: Starting by Creating the Delta of Fate, My Group Chat Friends Are Going Wild

"That's right—death here just means your character dies, failing the Dao Tian Palace assessment. So your character won't be recognized or recorded by Dao Tian Palace, but you can still keep acting—just in another operative's body."

Kurisu Makise didn't usually play games, so she asked: "What does character death mean?"

Kazuma Satou and Hachiman Hikigaya sort of understood, but not completely.

Lin Zhen didn't answer further. He extended both hands, all ten fingers laden with rings: "The operation has begun. One more reminder, reserve magicians—focus on gathering intel, engaging, searching, then get out once it's done."

He clapped his hands, and the three of them plummeted vertically from ten thousand meters up.

"Aaaahhhh!"

"Aaaaaaaah!"

"Ooooooooh!"

Three different howls rang out, echoing across the skies of "Fuyuki City."

[Kazuma Satou: "Do you... believe in gravity?"]

[Hachiman Hikigaya: "I'm starting to not want to."]

[Kurisu Makise: "The episode where we least want to believe in gravity."]

[Toyokawa: "...Stay gold?"]

[Conan: "Feels like we're dead for sure."]

[Teacher Tony: "If I had my Iron Man suit, I might try to salvage this."]

Ten thousand meters up, Kazuma Satou struggled for a bit, then just "gave up on treatment," sending messages in the group chat.

Hachiman Hikigaya curled up, realizing he'd written the wrong essay. He should've written that he wanted to become a bird, not a bear.

Kurisu Makise was the calmest. At first she held down her skirt, then gave up. She was wearing shorts anyway... Besides, at this wind speed, nothing could hold it down.

With such a grand display and scale, they couldn't just be dropped like fireworks to explode on the city's surface. She murmured: "Don't be afraid. There has to be a turning point."

"What?"

Kazuma Satou shouted. Up this high, the air was thin, making sound travel difficult.

The next moment, his tracksuit was gradually replaced by a green robe, and a red cloak condensed behind him. Flapping loudly in the high-altitude wind.

[Dao Tian Palace Magic Supply Distributed.]

[Reserve Magician Standard Set]

[Type: Luck]

[E-Rank Magic Formal Wear: "Green Man" x1]

[E-Rank Imitation Noble Phantasm: "Yew Bow" x1]

[E-Rank Enchanted Arrows: "Yew Poison Arrow" x60]

[Universal Command Spell: "Dao Tian Command Spell D" x1]

[Specialized Command Spells: "Poison Command Spell F" x2, "Concealment Command Spell F" x2, "Levitation Command Spell F" x3]

["Green Man": Once, a young man fought alone against an army for his village, yet no one understood him—they even thought him a despicable man. Deception and disguise, executing surprise attacks, was his life.]

[Imitation Noble Phantasm Effect: Grants Presence Concealment E→D, Forest Affinity E, Fairy Favor E.]

[Dao Tian Command Spell: A universal command spell produced by Dao Tian Palace. Passive trigger can negate one fatal blow, placing the user in a death-like state where they cannot be further harmed.]

Kazuma Satou looked at the eight small command spells that had appeared on the backs of his hands.

On his left hand was only the single Dao Tian Command Spell, stamped with the legendary Dao Tian Palace.

On his right hand were a full seven small command spells.

He reached out, striking the same pose as Lelouch, and made an attempt he thought looked cool:

"Levitation Command Spell!"

Yet nothing happened.

Beside him, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't hear clearly but still felt secondhand embarrassment.

Kazuma Satou's face instantly flushed red.

[Myriad Worlds Live Stream]

[Kagura: "Pfft hahahaha!"]

[Whitebeard: "Gurarara, kid, you're interesting!"]

[Rin Tohsaka: "That's not how Command Spells work. You say 'By the name of the Command Spell,' then state a specific forced request."]

[Rin Tohsaka: "But generally, Command Spells only work on your own contracted familiar. A Command Spell that works on yourself shouldn't... exist?!"]

Kurisu Makise, draped in a white cloak and brown mage robe, spoke softly: "By the name of the Command Spell, make me float in the sky."

The next moment, one of the three Small Wing Command Spells on her right hand faded away.

A strange, transparent field formed around her, enveloping her, and her falling speed gradually slowed.

"How strange."

Kurisu Makise found she could control the "force field" swirling around her to adjust direction and falling speed.

It was like gaining an extra controllable organ wrapped around her body.

"How amazing."

[Kurisu Makise: "You guys try it too. First say 'By the name of the Command Spell,' then target yourself with a specific request."]

[Kazuma Satou: "Private Number One has received the order!"]

[Hachiman Hikigaya: "...Private Number Two has received the order."]

"By the name of the Command Spell, make me float in the sky!"

Kazuma Satou and Hachiman Hikigaya shouted at the same time, and the next moment, they too gained the transparent force field.

Like birds soaring...

No, far freer than birds.

The live stream audience erupted.

[Zouken Matou: "No, impossible! From the very design, Command Spells couldn't have this function!"]

[Kischur Zelretch: "...This is magecraft? What a joke!"]

[Touko Aozaki: "Dao Tian Command Spell... Dao Tian Palace? Could someone in the modern age still recreate a man-made Greater Source... allowing mortals to gain the ability of Universal Law?"]

[Merlin Ambrosius: "Impossible, what you're saying is pure fantasy."]

[Touko Aozaki: "But then how do you explain this? They're neither ancient beings, nor Heroic Spirits, nor mages—they might not even have Magic Circuits—yet they can perform miracles even I can't replicate... but they can copy them."]

[Merlin Ambrosius: "This... can't be real. Is my common sense failing? It shouldn't be."]

At the Clock Tower, Lin Zhen felt his Dao Fruit...

Turning from void to reality!

Slowly, but it had indeed begun to stir.

As expected! Making games and streaming was the right call!

Kazuma Satou deserves the credit!

Lin Zhen smiled faintly. Since that was the case, he'd give them a little reward after the game ended, and give the live stream audience a small shock too.

When they discovered that dying in the game within the Delta of Fate world meant no problems in reality, And that they could even withdraw magecraft materials, tools, or even Noble Phantasms from that world as rewards.

What kind of reaction would they have?

Truly something to look forward to.

"Lin Zhen."

A voice came from the doorway. It was Leinys.

"Snap."

Lin Zhen casually snapped his fingers, and the door lock released. Two people walked in—besides Leinys, The other was his mentor, the man who had taken him in when he came to this world.

The Lord of the Department of Mineralogy at the Clock Tower, a first-class lecturer in the Department of Spiritual Evocation, and the current head of the El-Melloi family, Kischur Zelretch.

Lin Zhen immediately stood up. Over the past decade or so, Kischur had been like a foster father to him; at the very least, respect was due.

Kischur's fingers behind his back trembled slightly, but on the surface, he maintained the demeanor of a strict teacher, nodding slightly.

"It seems your research has borne fruit. Very good."

Lin Zhen glanced at Leinys, who wore an enigmatic smile beside him. He knew full well that Kischur had suffered a setback at his own door lock, but such matters... there was no need to point them out.

Some things lose their charm once spoken aloud.

He invited the two to take their seats and added a cup of black tea.

Kischur took a light sip:

"Eastern tea leaves are indeed excellent, and your brewing technique is top-notch. Could this be a talent in your bloodline?"

Lin Zhen smiled slightly: "You flatter me. It's all thanks to your good teaching."

Kischur gently set down his teacup:

"Since you've achieved results, I won't interfere with you anymore. But I still want to ask—are you willing to take over my research?"

Lin Zhen said:

"It's not that I'm unwilling, but I cannot abandon my own research."

"Since you've produced results, I won't ask you to give up your own pursuits."

Kischur held this adopted son in high regard. Even though he had been questioned by others over the years, and even his own faction had doubted whether he was giving Lin Zhen too many resources, he had suppressed it all outright.

Only he understood what level of talent Lin Zhen possessed—true Grand Order Class talent. The title of Child of Grand Order was no exaggeration.

If not for his help in concealing it, Lin Zhen would have long been sealed away.

In truth, when Lin Zhen applied to research this topic of true and false magecraft, Kischur was initially reluctant, as it was clearly a grand proposition difficult to achieve.

But Kischur later thought it over—spending five or six years to divert others' attention from Lin Zhen was not a bad choice.

What he hadn't expected was that even a proposition of this level had yielded some results.

If Lin Zhen were to research his own proposition...