Chapter 43: Strategist, Time for Overtime

The explosive popularity of "FGO" on Blue Star not only drove a traffic frenzy across the entire Youxing Network platform but also fostered an extremely hardcore "academic discussion" atmosphere among the player base.

After experiencing the initial clearing of Fuyuki City, the "flying dragons to the face" in France, and the liver-bursting hell of Da Vinci's infinite lottery, the average progression level of the players finally improved.

As a large number of players began to possess multiple max-level Servants, the first "FGO All-Servant Strength Tier List," co-produced by high-end players, made its debut on the Youxing Forum.

The top T0 tier of the list was undisputedly dominated by a few names:

[Saber Artoria]: An impeccable heavy-armored ground meat grinder, with her ultimate move "Excalibur" washing the entire screen.

[Archer Gilgamesh]: Invincible anti-air, fire suppression with the Gate of Babylon, everything can be shot.

[Saber Siegfried]: Dragon-slayer trait, the eternal god for specific stages.

However, at the very bottom of this list, in the place jokingly called the "sewer (T3 tier)" by players, lay a five-star SSR card radiating brilliant golden light.

[Caster Zhuge Liang (El-Melloi II)]

In the Shark Stream Room, PD was letting out a helpless long sigh at the Zhuge Liang he had just pulled on screen.

"Brothers, I got spooked again. A double gold in a ten-pull, and it turns out both are this damn strategist."

PD opened Zhuge Liang's status screen with a face full of disdain:

"Look at this status. As a five-star Caster, his normal attack's magic damage is outrageously low! His ultimate, 'Stone Sentinel Maze,' doesn't even deal any damage; it's all freaking slows and crowd control!"

"The most frustrating part is his skills, [Discernment of the Spirit], [Strategists Advice]... they're all buff skills that add attack, defense, and a tiny bit of skill points (SP) to teammates."

"I spent thousands of yuan to pull a five-star, is it just to have him stand on the high ground and cheer for others?"

The bullet chat was also filled with agreement:

"Indeed, this card is simply the shame of five-stars."

"In a tower defense game, the pressure on the defensive line is so high, and high-ground spots are extremely valuable. You definitely want to place high-burst Casters or Archers! Putting a support with no damage is just occupying a spot without doing anything."

"I've already thrown him in the warehouse to gather dust. I advise everyone not to level him up; it's a waste of EXP materials!"

In this parallel world, the players' thinking was still stuck in the shallow logic of "only a Servant who deals damage personally is a good Servant."

They didn't realize at all what the term "Support (Gua)" meant in the Type-Moon world.

Until 8:00 PM that night, the server-wide announcement suddenly lit up, accompanied by an extremely eerie and oppressive Japanese-style BGM.

[Chaldea Emergency: Rashomon Great Grudge Rising — Ultra-High Difficulty Challenge (Raid) Open!]

"Ultra-high difficulty? Just in time!"

Seeing the announcement, PD immediately rubbed his hands in excitement.

He now held a max-level Gilgamesh and Saber in his hands, considering himself invincible.

Without hesitation, he entered the first stage of the Rashomon event, [Oni-Slayer Grade].

The VR screen shifted; a drizzling rain of blood fell from the sky, and an ancient Japanese torii stood at the end of the road.

[Battle Start!]

However, as soon as the battle began, PD and the millions of viewers in the stream felt something was off.

In previous stages, monsters would walk out slowly, leaving players enough time to accumulate Cost to deploy Servants.

But the monsters in Rashomon—those crimson "Oni" wielding spiked clubs—were not only massive and had extremely high health, but their movement speed was as fast as mad dogs!

"Holy crap! What is this movement speed?!"

PD hurriedly deployed Cu Chulainn and Georgios to block the path.

But the Oni's attack power was terrifying to the extreme!

The max-level Georgios, under the siege of three Oni, didn't even last ten seconds. His shield shattered, and he was instantly killed on the spot!

The defensive line collapsed instantly! The Oni roared as they rushed into the blue gate.

[Mission Failed]

"How the hell are you supposed to play this?!"

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