Chapter 68 68: Ozymandias

Not only was a massive chunk of his incredibly long HP bar shot away by this arrow, but as the Noble Phantasm's additional effect took hold, Gawain was once again trapped in that pink-heart-filled "stunned" state!

White Night's commentary rang out right on cue, revealing the underlying logic behind this massacre:

"Euryale's 'Male Special Attack' belongs to an independent damage multiplier category. More importantly, as a 3-star common card easily pulled from the Friend Point gacha, anyone can effortlessly max out her Noble Phantasm level (Lv.5). Combined with the ridiculously high base multiplier of a maxed-out Noble Phantasm, it can forcibly tear through Gawain's absolute defense!"

"At the same time, the second sister's Noble Phantasm is an [Arts (Blue Card)]. The attack not only deals damage but also significantly recovers NP. Combined with Zhuge Liang's buffs and her own drain skill, she can fully recharge her next Noble Phantasm before the crowd control ends!"

"As long as we form a skill loop of [Skill Charm -> Noble Phantasm Charm -> Drain NP], this gorilla will be stuck, like a comical marionette, pinned in place by us forever!"

Over the next five minutes of the video, tens of millions of viewers across the internet witnessed the most shocking, yet most comical, one-sided bullying since the launch of "FGO."

That gorilla from the City of Nightless Castle, who could one-shot a max-level Defender and had the entire internet crying for their parents, was forcibly locked in place before Euryale!

Normal attacks? Couldn't use them!

Ultimate move? Drained away!

He stood there the entire time with pink hearts above his head, under the scorching sun, accompanied by the "pfft, pfft" sounds of shooting, as he was chain-controlled and kited to death by arrow after arrow of hearts!

The video ended.

White Night's incredibly hardcore analytical approach and the tactical loop earned through hundreds of failed attempts brought about a world-shattering explosion of excitement across the internet:

"I'm kneeling down!!! Great Master White Night, please accept my bow!"

"Holy crap, the NP drain combined with chain crowd control! This skill loop design is just genius!"

"I could tolerate the Dragon special attack, but now they're even using 'gender' as a special attack mechanic?!"

"Is this the level design of the Ninth Art! There are no absolutely invincible stats; as long as you can find the key to crack it, a 3-star card can still rub a god-tier boss into the ground!"

Regardless, by using this "Euryale cheese strategy" that White Night had paid for with countless failures, the Blue Star players, who had been stuck for an entire day, finally succeeded in breaking through the Wall of Sighs and truly stepped into the sacred domain of the Knights of the Round Table.

...

As the main storyline deepened, the cruelty of the Knights of the Round Table, the coldness of the Holy City, and the harshness of the desert environment slowly unfolded before the players like a heavy, epic scroll.

Late at night, in a student apartment in Shangjing City.

Charles, a doctoral student in the Department of History and Theology at Shangjing University.

At the same time, he was also the author of the "Historical Retrospection" research post on the Youxing Network that had ignited the entire internet—[Research Demon].

For Charles, although the combat mechanics of "FGO" were ingenious, what truly obsessed him to the point of being unable to extricate himself was the game's unfathomable and rigorously detailed mythological foundation.

"Defeated Gawain and escaped into the depths of the desert, have I..."

Wearing a VR headset, Charles followed the plot in a first-person perspective, trekking arduously through the sky-filling yellow sand.

The strong wind whipped up sand and dust, making a rustling sound as it hit his armor.

Just as the protagonist group was about to get lost in the desert, an incredibly massive shadow suddenly appeared on the distant horizon.

"What... is that?" Charles narrowed his eyes, and the view of the VR lens slowly zoomed in.

It was a giant monster, dozens of meters high, built from yellow sand and boulders.

It had the body of a lion but a majestic human face, and it was lying quietly on a sand dune, looking down at the tiny group of people.

"A Sphinx?!"

Charles's heart skipped a beat; as a history doctoral student, he was all too familiar with this figure!

"This is a mythical beast from ancient Egyptian mythology that guards the Pharaoh's tomb! Isn't this Jerusalem? How could an Egyptian mythical beast appear here?!"

Before he could react, the ground began to tremble violently!

Rumble—!

The desert ahead suddenly collapsed downward, and accompanied by a deafening roar, a super complex temple group, shining with blinding golden light, magnificent to the extreme, and even larger than the Holy City of Camelot, rose from beneath the yellow sand like a mirage!

A massive pyramid floated in mid-air, emitting the scorching radiance of the sun, instantly turning the desert into the domain of a god!

"The Great Radiant Complex Temple..."

Charles looked at the visually stunning mythological spectacle before him, his voice trembling so much that he couldn't even finish a sentence.

"This, this architectural specification... could it be..."

"Hahahahahaha—!!!"

A burst of extremely arrogant, devilishly charming laughter, even more conceited than Gilgamesh's, came from the highest point of the temple, resounding across the entire desert!

The camera zoomed up sharply toward the source of the sound.

On the throne of the massive pyramid, a man with bronze skin, wild brown short hair, and wearing extremely luxurious ancient Egyptian golden divine armor was looking down at the Master and Mash below with an expression of looking down on all living beings.

"Look up at the sky! Mortals!"

The man raised the golden scepter in his hand high, and the scorching sun in the sky seemed to respond to his power, bursting with blindingly strong light.

"Almighty gods, witness my great achievements! Kneel! Despair!"

"I am the King of Kings, the incarnation of the sun—Ozymandias (Ramesses II)!"

"Holy crap!!! Ramesses II?! The greatest Pharaoh of ancient Egypt has descended?!"

Charles was trembling with excitement in front of his computer.

"The dev's imagination is just insane! Stitching together Crusaders, Knights of the Round Table, and an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh in the same Singularity?! And this aura, this presence, it perfectly recreates this tyrant from history!"

In the live stream chat and on the forums, those players who had just escaped from the shadow of the Knights of the Round Table were once again stunned into submission by the Pharaoh's presence:

"This laughter! This devilishly charming laughter! It's so addictive!"

"Gilgamesh has met his match! If these two ever meet, won't they compete to see who can laugh louder?"

"The Pharaoh is so cool! I declare, from today on, I'm no longer a knight; I'm going to Egypt to be the Pharaoh's dog!"

However, just when everyone was conquered by the Pharaoh's tyrant-like aura of looking down on the world, thinking he was a cold-blooded god like the Lion King who treated humans as ants.

Charles controlled his VR vision, passing over the high-and-mighty throne, and looked into the depths of the temple.

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