BAMN: Chapter 141/142

Chapter 141: Star Holy Sword, Turning the Tide

"Besides that, there are some Heroic Spirits who have no relation to me."

Listening to Artoria's description, Rin knew she was referring to Heroic Spirits who weren't King Arthur but looked very similar to her.

For these types of Heroic Spirits, Type-Moon fans have a special name, Saber-face.

"Not only variations of King Arthur, but even similar-looking Heroic Spirits can be summoned."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this skill is quite fierce."

Artoria felt a bit embarrassed by Rin's evaluation.

Fortunately, Rin didn't ask Artoria to perform it for him on the spot.

Otherwise, Artoria would probably have been mortified.

The conservative Artoria simply couldn't handle it.

"Cough, cough."

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Rin sighed, "Let's talk about Independent Existence."

"From the description, it should have evolved from the ability of Avalon's scabbard, right?"

"Yes."

Artoria also felt that this Unique Skill was very much like cheating: "The effect of Independent Existence means I permanently gain the scabbard's blessing."

"It will significantly increase my immunity and resistance."

As for how much it increases, it's hard to describe directly, but it's quite substantial.

"Furthermore, it makes me immune to fatal effects from any power except Ultimate Skills."

"What does that mean?"

"To kill you, one must use an Ultimate Skill?" Rin asked curiously.

"Mm."

"Only Ultimate Skills can cause crippling or fatal damage to me."

"..."

Alright, Rin was truly speechless this time.

He really wanted to complain that this Unique Skill was probably pulled out of the Voice of the World's butt.

It's too outrageous!

Saber, possessing this skill.

As a Hero, she immediately ignores all monsters except the Seven Great Demon Lords.

"Good thing you're on our side."

Rin couldn't imagine what kind of cheating ability such a Unique Skill would become if it evolved into an Ultimate Skill.

An impenetrable defense is one thing.

Even if it's penetrated, as long as it's not an Ultimate Skill, even a lethal amount of damage is useless.

And simple injuries, with Avalon's blessing, Artoria will recover quickly.

There will be no more situations like being stabbed by the Yellow Rose of Mortality and being unable to heal due to a curse.

The more Rin thought about it, the more he felt the malice from the Voice of the World.

He felt that this was likely a power created by the Cardinal World to save itself and suppress the monster race.

It's just because of some unknown reason...

Well, because of Violet, such a powerful Hero template ended up under Rin's command.

A bug Hero belongs to a Demon Lord.

It's truly a dark joke.

"Suddenly, I feel that even if you acquire another abnormal skill, I won't be surprised."

Rin looked at Saber's last skill: "Star Holy Sword, Thirteen Restraints."

"Is this the one I know?"

The Anti-Star Noble Phantasm in Type-Moon, the Star Holy Sword.

Forged by fairies, it is the ultimate weapon of salvation specifically designed to deal with the Star-Eating Beast.

It is said to possess the terrifying power to cleave planets.

"If it can cleave planets in the Type-Moon World, then here..."

After Rin's careful inquiry, he found that releasing the restraints of the Star Holy Sword was very difficult.

The power of this sword can hardly be used for active conquest and invasion.

Only when under invasion can its power be displayed.

And the more desperate the situation, the stronger the power that the Star Holy Sword can unleash.

Ultimately, if all thirteen restraints are released, Artoria can even gather the power of all her companions to unleash an unimaginable strike.

However, the Star Holy Sword is not only Saber's power but also Rin's power.

Because of this, the Star Holy Sword requires Rin's permission to be unleashed.

In a way, this nuclear weapon is held in Rin's hands.

"It feels like a trump card that can be used to turn the tide in a desperate situation."

Rin noticed that the Star Holy Sword skill does not belong to the General, Extra, Unique, or Ultimate skill ranks.

It is a skill that continuously improves as its owner becomes stronger.

Even in the future, if Artoria truly obtains an Ultimate Skill, the amplification of the Star Holy Sword will still stack on top of the Ultimate Skill.

In this regard, it shares a similar principle with God's Rings and Command Spells.

"So, Special Skills and Exclusive Skills are actually the same."

"The only difference between the two is that one can be possessed by multiple people, while the other belongs to only one person."

Rather than saying they are skills of a certain rank.

It is better to say that they are support-type skills that amplify by percentage.

"Violet."

Rin connected with Violet, asking about the limit of the Star Holy Sword: "If Artoria awakens as a True Hero and then uses the Star Holy Sword with all thirteen seals released, how strong would it be?"

[Capable of destroying the world]

"..."

What else could Rin say?

All thirteen seals released means that Rin's side has already fallen into an irreversible crisis.

Not only has their home base been taken by the enemy.

Perhaps even Rin himself has entered a critically wounded state.

Facing such a formidable enemy, it's perfectly fine for Artoria to save the world with a single sword, right?

Besides, world-destroying level is nothing.

In the original work, if the Fairy Queen had not intervened in the great battle between Milim and Guy, the final outcome would also have been the destruction of the world.

"Special A-Rank magicules, three Unique Skills, two bug abilities."

Rin didn't know how to evaluate it, he could only say that Artoria had the qualifications to enter the first echelon under Rin's command.

Besides, Rin also noticed a piece of information.

[Obtained new information 'Heroic Spirit', now integrated with the Cardinal World's concepts of 'Elemental, 'Demonic species', 'Angel']

[Parallel creation successful, obtained new race 'Holy Spirit']

"Holy Spirit?"

If it were just a simple new race, Rin wouldn't think much of it.

But the description here was clearly somewhat special.

In the Cardinal World, spiritual beings other than material life mainly consist of three categories, Elemental, Demonic species, and Angels.

However, Artoria's appearance added a completely new type of spiritual being, the Holy Spirit.

Not Heroic Spirits, but a new race born from Type-Moon Heroic Spirits merged with the rules of the Voice of the World.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 142: Cognition

"What exactly does 'Holy Spirit' refer to?"

"Special life forms born from the beliefs, memories, thoughts, and cognition of living beings, accumulating a large amount of magicules."

Violet explained: "The three great spiritual beings restrain each other, Elementals restrain Demonic species, Demonic species restrain Angels, and Angels restrain Elementals."

"And Holy Spirits, in this network of relationships, hold a neutral position, they neither restrain any race nor are they restrained by the three races."

If Elementals, Demonic species, and Angels are likened to the three points of an equilateral triangle.

Then the Holy Spirit is the center of this triangle, the apex that the concept of humanity can reach.

"The Star King Dragon created the world, first creating the spiritual world, and then the material world came into being."

From this perspective, spiritual beings are even older than the concept of matter.

Similar to, consciousness came first, then matter.

"But Heroic Spirits are precisely the opposite."

The emergence of Heroic Spirits signifies the beginning of matter determining consciousness.

People's cognition and thoughts gave birth to the Spirit Core of Heroic Spirits, which is equivalent to the material world creating the spiritual life form of Heroic Spirits.

Yes, not Holy Spirits, but Heroic Spirits.

Holy Spirits cannot be created by humans.

This is a brand-new experience that Rin brought to the Cardinal World by analyzing the Type-Moon World.

If you really want to say who created the Holy Spirits, that could only be Rin.

Because it was he who brought Artoria to this world.

"Human delusions will affect Heroic Spirits…"

"What about Artoria?"

Rin asked, "Will the humans of this world have any negative impact on her?"

For some reason, Rin thought of certain adult scenarios.

Humans add settings to fictional characters, and then forcefully turn them into sexual deviants.

After all, according to Violet, matter determines consciousness.

Wouldn't that be like an anime Rin watched called Re:Creators, where Heroic Spirits would be limited by the cognition of mortals?

"No, they won't."

Violet: "The birth of Heroic Spirits is only related to cognition at the very beginning."

This is fundamentally different from the characters in Re:Creators.

"Once Heroic Spirits descend, they are truly existing life forms and will no longer be constrained by the thoughts of others."

So Rin doesn't need to worry that Artoria will be corrupted by human beliefs.

Leaving aside that Artoria comes from another world, even the Heroic Spirits born in the Cardinal World are fixed once they descend and are almost impossible to change.

"Wait a minute."

"Violet, do you mean that it's not just Artoria? Other people, as long as they meet the conditions, can also create new Heroic Spirits by gathering the faith of the populace?"

"Yes."

Violet: "Artoria has already become the origin and progenitor of all future Heroic Spirits, the King of Holy Spirits."

Since the concept of Heroic Spirits has already been brought to the Cardinal World by Artoria.

This means that Heroic Spirit summoning is shared by everyone.

As long as one's ability is sufficient, anyone can create Heroic Spirits.

"Can any kind of Heroic Spirit be molded?"

"Theoretically, yes."

Violet: "However, it requires a certain degree of legendary fame, sufficient human faith, and a huge amount of magicules."

Among these three, magicules is the most crucial.

If there are insufficient magicules, even if you imagine a god, it would just be a superficial imitation.

"Moreover, the same legend can give birth to more than one Heroic Spirit."

Take a certain country as an example.

Suppose a legend of a certain hero is widely circulated in the country.

Then this legend will become the medium for summoning Heroic Spirits, that is, the legendary story.

"But this is not resurrection."

Violet added, "The summoned Heroic Spirits are created from nothing by people and have nothing to do with the original heroes."

"Even if one Heroic Spirit has already appeared, a second and third can still be summoned."

"These people may have similar personalities, similar appearances."

"Or they may be completely different."

"For example, some King Arthur are male, while others are female."

When Violet said this, Artoria clearly wanted to say something.

However, Violet's emotionless face was too imposing.

"Rather than calling them Heroic Spirits, it's better to say they are a family of Heroic Spirits who inherited the same name."

Of course, such a thing would not happen to Artoria.

She is unique.

All possibilities will be personally controlled by her as part of the Knights of the Round Table.

As for other Heroic Spirits, as long as they can complete the evolution from Heroic Spirit to Holy Spirit, they can integrate all legends and become a unique existence.

"Holy Spirits are the superior form of Heroic Spirits."

"The difference between the two is like that between a Demon Lord and an ordinary monster, there is an insurmountable chasm."

In summary, Rin brought a brand-new power system to the Cardinal World and even created a spiritual life form comparable to the three ancient races.

...

While Rin was communicating with Violet, Artoria was already overwhelmed by the massive amount of information.

The progenitor of Heroic Spirits, the King of Holy Spirits.

"Let me process this."

Artoria was still a bit confused.

She became stronger, then she became a King, and also the King of Holy Spirits and Heroic Spirits.

"Don't force yourself."

Rin patted Artoria's shoulder and said, "You just need to do what you like."

Artoria is Rin's person, it's impossible for her to go out and unify all Heroic Spirits.

Otherwise, the Cardinal World would probably give birth to another True Hero, and then establish a kingdom exclusive to Heroic Spirits and Holy Spirits.

"I understand."

Artoria looked at Rin gratefully: "By the way, Justeaze and Irisviel, they should also receive the Voice of the World's gift, right?"

"Justeaze definitely can."

"As for Irisviel, it's hard to say."

Having roughly understood Artoria's situation, Rin summoned Justeaze from the Bounded Field.

"Justeaze?"

"Rin!"

As soon as Justeaze appeared, she first bowed to Rin, then quickly surveyed her surroundings.

"Is this the new world?"

"What a rich magical energy!"

Justeaze immediately sensed the power of the Cardinal World.

(To be continued.)