"Just bear with it for a little while." After trying once, Oberon also lowered his flag and gave up, but he didn't plan to abandon his goal, he just hadn't figured out what to do next. He couldn't see Jiang You's specific abilities, but the fact that he could turn the Abyssal Worm into a card to eliminate its influence was indeed terrifying. The countermeasures he could think of would likely still fall under that effect.
"I say, aren't you worried that I'll kill you, you Myth?" Jiang You looked at Oberon in front of him. This guy didn't seem like the type who couldn't grasp the situation. It stood to reason that he would at least pretend to be afraid, wouldn't he? "I'm on Morgan's side, you know."
"I'm pretty good at tailoring my approach to the person. With your personality, speaking openly would be better, right?"
"Am I that easy to read?" Jiang You always felt that the few high-level characters he encountered seemed to see right through him, with the exception of two who were the Counter Force. Those two simply couldn't comprehend human thinking at all.
"If you were going to do it, you would have done it already. You wouldn't have waited until now." Oberon could see that Jiang You was a guy who feared trouble, and he wouldn't do a single thing that he wasn't interested in. "What I don't understand is where this inexplicable goodwill you have for us comes from? You seem to want everyone to get a living ending?"
"After all, most people who play games have a collection habit." Jiang You had previously thought he had missed out on many characters in the game, but now he realized that if he had said some kind words back then, he would have acquired some of those characters. But it wasn't a big problem; now that the Throne of Heroes had been broken open for him, he wouldn't need to pull for characters anymore, they would all be self-selected. "And most people prefer a Happy Ending, don't they?"
"Treating us as game characters? You might be even more vicious than I am." Oberon frowned. He found that what Jiang You said was true. Judging by Jiang You's previous behavior, he had a vague feeling that he might be a character in a story, just as his name, Oberon, came from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Their world might really be a game. The high-level combatants were all some beautiful, strong, and tragic Fairies. Isn't this obviously a gacha game! So the question is, who is the target audience for this game? Is he also a character in it?
"In a sense, you're actually right." In fact, Jiang You had been mind-reading Oberon from the very beginning. The words this guy spoke could be trusted at most fifty percent of the time. He was also worried that he would be tricked by this old schemer. Why not use a convenient ability if he had it? "And, this game is essentially an eroge."
"Mind-reading? How terrifying... Hearing you say that makes me want to destroy this world even more." Oberon declared that this world had even less value now, and he suspected there were players who wanted to screw him over.
"It's just background setting. Once you grow big and strong, you can retire, just like a certain company making an all-ages game based on Naruto... Anyway, your world is real, but the story's themes are heavily emphasized. Look at Zeus's story; if you take it out on its own, isn't it just a pure eroge?" Human history was like that, with both myths and historical facts lacking similar stories. Compared to mythology, Fate/stay night was considered quite mild. "So, next I'll lead humanity out of this muddy pit. Oberon, I'm not too comfortable with you staying here, so why not come out with me and relax? Artoria Caster, you too, don't stay here. Put your mission aside for a moment and go out to play."
"It's really troubling when you keep calling me Artoria Caster!" Seeing that she was also involved, Artoria Caster hurriedly shook her head in refusal. This was her first time meeting Jiang You, and no matter how much she lacked common sense, she wouldn't go with a stranger. "Can I refuse? Actually, I quite like it here."
Jiang You knew she was lying, of course. After all, Artoria Caster's treatment by the fairies since childhood had been anything but pleasant. "Then I'll have to ask Morgan to come and get you. With my current standing with her, she'd definitely agree to a small favor like this. Besides, you're the true Child of Prophecy; if I whisper a few words in her ear, she definitely won't let you off."
"Are you some kind of treacherous official?!" Artoria Caster couldn't hold back. Wasn't this a blatant threat? But after shouting, she saw Oberon's gaze and realized she was no match for the person before her. Her spirit immediately deflated. "Fine... I'll go with you."
"Don't be so downcast." He actually quite liked Artoria Caster's lively and boisterous personality; at least she was more likable than the original version. "The world over there is more inclusive and gentle. They've long been used to strange characters appearing around them, although those who start dueling at the slightest disagreement might seem a bit odd to you at first."
The plot for Fuyuki Jiang You in the Fifth War Timeline advanced relatively early, and he was left to his own devices for a long time. However, releasing a place where everyone can use Yu-Gi-Oh! cards into a world that ostensibly lacks supernatural powers would indeed be irresistible, which caused the process of these people becoming Duelists Brains to be slightly faster. Come to think of it, if ordinary people had special abilities, they would also find ways to use them more.
"Dueling at the slightest disagreement?" The ahoge on Artoria Caster's forehead almost curled into a question mark. "How is that inclusive and gentle! I'm not going, I'm not going!"
"It's not what you think..." Jiang You thought for a moment and decided to prescribe the right medicine. This Artoria Caster was also of the Artoria lineage, so the conditions for winning her over were almost the same. Moreover, she didn't have a good childhood, nor did she have any habit of maintaining her face. Therefore, she was actually simpler. Jiang You took a hamburger out of his inventory and threw it over. He couldn't quite remember what Artoria Caster liked, but most Artorias liked this kind of high-calorie food, and even White Lancer Artoria, who said she wanted to stay healthy, couldn't resist it. "If you come with me, I'll cover all your food expenses."
"I'm going!" After just one bite, Artoria Caster immediately changed her stance, agreeing to leave this place with Jiang You and declaring that she couldn't stay in this wretched place for another moment. With the stomach of the Artoria lineage, her current living expenses were still quite difficult to keep her full.
"This makes me a little worried about whether you'll be tricked..." Oberon suddenly realized if this girl he had watched grow up was a bit too naive... although a large part of this was also a result he had caused himself.
"More importantly, are you Merlin?"
"No, how could I have taught such a stupidly simple spell?" Oberon refused to admit it.
"Oh, right, I just gave her the mind-reading effect. The kind that reads your mind one-way, specifically against you." Jiang You enjoyed watching the drama unfold.
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