Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 191

“How about we use food to win her over?” Saber was the first to propose an idea.

If this were a gourmet anime world, one could indeed save the world with cooking, like administering a drug. Just by eating it, tears would inexplicably flow, and one would cry out “Mama’s taste,” leading to a self-confession of redemption…

“…Saber, are you hungry?”

Saber’s suggestion made everyone turn their gaze to her. Yukino Yukinoshita asked, rubbing her forehead.

“Eating is for replenishing magical energy; it is a sacred moment!” Saber said solemnly.

Unfortunately, her Master was Yukino Yukinoshita, who hadn’t reached a point of lacking magical energy. Such words held no persuasive power and instead delighted Medea, who thought, “So petite, yet so strong, and so hungry…”

“Never mind. Let’s leave this place first. There’s no telling when other players might show up.”

Xu Lun looked at the now-leveled ground around them, thought for a moment, then turned to Medea and said, “Medea, give the nearby people a psychological suggestion later.”

No matter what, for Homurahara Academy to turn into such a state in just one morning, some explanation still needed to be given to ordinary people.

Medea was called by Xu Lun, her waist suddenly straightened, and she regained her composure as she looked over.

“What reason should we use specifically?” Medea asked softly.

“Hmm… a gas explosion.”

Since this was the Fate world, they naturally had to use the ancestral gas explosion. The original plot had already proven that no one would suspect a gas explosion.

Before Medea could ask for details, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn’t help but interject.

“I say, where would the school get gas from?”

“Then it was terrorists who brought a large number of gas canisters and launched a terrorist attack on the school. Hmm… they also kidnapped Teacher Kuzuki Souichirou.”

Having come up with a “perfectly flawless” reason, Xu Lun nodded and prepared to leave with the other Servants.

“…” Yukino Yukinoshita thought for a moment, then gave up on debating. Based on her experience from the previous world, Xu Lun always knew too much strange information.

“Perhaps gas explosions are some kind of rule in this world, who knows.”

Thinking this, Yukino Yukinoshita recalled her sister’s teachings, and her heart suddenly quieted down. She said nothing more, merely walking beside Xu Lun.

“What happened?” Xu Lun oddly turned his head to glance at Yukino Yukinoshita, not understanding what she had remembered that suddenly made her so emotional.

Following this reason, Medea, pulling Lily along, gave a wide-ranging psychological suggestion to the nearby people.

Taking Esdeath with him, Xu Lun returned to Fujimura Taiga’s residence.

Matou Sakura and the old worm were sleeping in Xu Lun’s workshop, so there was no need for them to return. The Matou residence was, in a sense, even more dangerous than the Emiya residence; one might encounter some misfortune there.

The time flow in the workshop was the same as the main world. The reason for this was that the workshop was connected to the Infinity Castle, and the Infinity Castle was connected to the main world. This was why the workshop did not have the same time flow as the Demon Slayer world in the previous world, but instead was anchored to the main world.

Xu Lun was also unsure if the same situation would occur in other worlds. He had been to too few worlds and lacked experimental variables.

After bringing Esdeath to Fujimura Taiga’s house, the Servants gathered around again.

“The principle of the Berserker class is Mad Enhancement, which, in exchange for depriving rationality, strengthens a Servant beyond their normal Servant capabilities.”

“Theoretically, any Servant can take on this class, but the more suitable the Servant, the higher their Mad Enhancement rank will be. Innate conditions for a Servant to be suitable include having stories of going mad or losing rationality, being a warrior from the Norse cultural sphere, having a mental constitution similar to an animal or machine, having an intense obsession strong enough to distort their personality, or possessing an irrational, insane personality…”

“The higher the Mad Enhancement rank, the greater the increase in power, and likewise, the harder it will be to regain sanity.”

Medea explained the principle of the Berserker class in the Holy Grail War, causing Lily to raise her hand and ask, “So, who is this person? Is there a legend about her in the history of the Fate world?”

Let alone time stop, there weren’t many Servants in the Fate world explicitly possessing time-based abilities.

The Count of Monte Cristo’s Noble Phantasm allowed his body and thoughts to transcend time, creating a subjective time stop. EMIYA (Assassin)’s Fixed Time Control could manipulate the flow of time. King Hassan’s Noble Phantasm, Azrael, also had a connection to time…

A power like Esdeath’s, which simply and directly stopped time in an area, allowing only herself to move, was indeed quite rare.

Xu Lun sat on the sofa, not letting them be troubled by the question, and stated directly, “Her name is Esdeath. She is indeed not a native Servant of the Fate world, but an outsider in a sense.”

[Rule 4: After finding a summoning item, you can choose to unseal one of your followers, allowing them to be spiritualized and become your Servant.]

[Note: If the Servant created from your follower dies, that follower will no longer belong to you.]

[Rule 7: Deceased players have a chance to transform into Servants in this world and join the Throne of Heroes. This also means you will lose your player status.]

Through Rules 4 and 7 announced by the Paradise in this Holy Grail War, it was not difficult to see that the two Inhibitors of the Fate world were collecting players and followers from the Paradise, and their tastes were quite discerning.

“Chance” was too euphemistic; to be direct, the Throne of Heroes in the Fate world had entry requirements.

These players and followers who died in the Fate world were like job applicants, and the Fate world was the company.

After approval by the two great Inhibitors, if they were deemed worthy, the world would expend its power to revive them and induct them into the Throne of Heroes. If not, they truly died.

And Esdeath, who could stop time, was undoubtedly a high-grade item sent by the Paradise.

“According to the rules the Paradise introduced to us players, she was probably some player’s follower, then died in a game set in the Fate world, was pulled into the Throne of Heroes by those two Inhibitors, and then was summoned by another player in this game.”

After some thought, Xu Lun roughly explained the principle of Esdeath’s appearance and also told them about those rules from the Paradise.

After listening, Saber put down her snacks and asked somewhat strangely, “Why are you so sure she became a Servant after dying in a previous game? According to Rule 4, this Esdeath could also be a player’s follower in this game, right?”