The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

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Bernice and Elna, warrior sisters of Tiel Skula Lv.5 in the Fighting Nation.

Later, her three daughters were sent into the Kali Familia, and Bernice even briefly served as their instructor.

However, those children did not inherit their family's fighting talent, but were, like their mother, lacking in ability.

In the end, she mercilessly expelled these girls from the Fighting Nation.

Bernice thought.

Bernice was not in the mood to pay attention to them at this time. What she cared about now was the imminent deathmatch with Algana and Bage, the sisters.

Bernice slowly closed her eyes. She was aware that her and her sister Elna's chances of winning were less than 30%.

But even so, she would never run away. Either she would achieve herself with the enemy's death, or she would use her life as a stepping stone for her opponents to ascend to heaven.

After a while, Bernice opened her eyes and reached out to pick up the letter from Orario.

However, as her eyes scanned the letter line by line, Bernice's face quickly darkened.

"'Found a man worth serving for life'?"

She crumpled the letter into a ball, veins bulging on her forehead, and roared in a low voice: "These cowardly wastes actually degenerated to this point."

In Amazon's concept, prostitution is not a shameful profession.

Those girls, with blood similar to hers flowing in their veins, knelt down and worshiped a man so easily, which made the proud female warrior feel a personal humiliation.

"【Amazon's Owner】? There is a man who dares to use such a title!"

"It can only prove that this title was dedicated by them."

Although news from Orario was delayed when it reached here, it eventually arrived through various means, such as merchant ships selling magic stone products.

"Men actually dare to call themselves 'conquerors'?"

Seeing that the children were very energetic, Goddess Kali had a whim: "In that case, why don't we all go to Orario together~"

The Holy Staff Festival and the Monster Festival, two festivals in Orario, happen to be scheduled for the same day this year.

Since many of these heroes are elven mages, the Holy Staff Festival has gradually become one of the festivals valued by the elves.

The history of the Monster Festival is relatively much shorter. It was planned and organized by the Ganesha Familia after the end of the "Great Struggle" era.

Each time the Monster Festival is held, it attracts a large number of city residents to watch.

After the end of the Dark Ages, the atmosphere in Orario was once very depressed, and the residents were full of worries about the future.

Therefore, although the name is "Monster Festival", which sounds related to adventurers, it is actually an event purely for city residents.

For high-level adventurers like Shirou and Riveria, the Monster Festival is not attractive at all.

Moreover, the performance match between Lv.1 monsters and gladiators may be interesting to ordinary residents, but it is somewhat boring for high-level adventurers.

The square is decorated with colorful tiles and exquisite gardens, and a statue of a goddess stands in the center. This statue does not depict a specific goddess, but a display of the concept of "goddess".

What came into view was a simple stage set up in the center of the square, with several young and beautiful human girls standing on it.

"This, what is this..."

Riveria asked blankly, unable to believe the scene before her.

Shirou looked at the "Holy Staff Festival" brochure in his hand, his tone somewhat subtle.

The girls on the stage are not mages, or even adventurers with divine grace, but professional stage performers, responsible for performing a "magical girl" image created by the gods.

Shirou flipped through the brochure: "Well, it seems that since a long time ago, the number of participants in the Holy Staff Festival has been decreasing, and it has gradually become difficult to find sponsors, and the event was once on the verge of being discontinued."

However, instead of calling it the "Holy Staff Festival", it would be more appropriate to call it the "Magical Girl Festival".

"Want to go? Riveria?"

"This... forget it."

Riveria was obviously not interested in those performances. She shook her head slightly and said, "Why don't we go to a coffee shop or just stroll around the city."

The lead dancer "Magical Girl" on the stage paused the performance and announced loudly with a magic tool that amplifies sound.

The Holy Staff Festival entrance ticket comes with a number, and all viewers have the opportunity to participate in the lottery.

Soon, the dancers dressed as "Magical Girls" began to draw prizes from a dark box pushed up by the staff.

"Shirou,"

Riveria suddenly turned her head, looked at Shirou, and asked in a low voice: "Ais said that the dragon girl called you 'Father'?"

Shirou nodded: "Well, I don't know the specific reason, maybe it's because I was the first human she saw?"

New life takes the first person they see as their parents, such an explanation should make sense.

"Finally, the special prize, congratulations... guest number 479!"

"Eh?"

Riveria was stunned for a moment, then looked at the ticket in her hand: "It seems to be my number."

The lead dancer on the stage continued: "Congratulations to guest number 479 for winning a set of magical girl costumes, including all decorations, accessories, and magic wand!"

Lefiya picked up a package placed at the door in confusion and examined it carefully for a while.

"I opened it... This is, clothes?"

Something floated down from the clothes, and Alicia caught it: "There is a note here, let me see."

At that time, Riveria did not claim the special prize at the Holy Staff Festival, but slipped away directly.

Lefiya looked at this unique style of clothing: "Could it be that this was bought by Princess Riveria?"

Alicia immediately became interested: "Does Her Highness actually like this style? How cute!"

"Princess Riveria would be very beautiful if she wore this kind of clothes."

Learning the cause of the matter, an elf girl said excitedly.

Another elf carefully touched the fabric, her tone somewhat dissatisfied.

"In that case, why don't we design and make one ourselves, and make it a gift for Princess Riveria!"

However, few people knew that these sisters actually had an older sister.

That older sister was completely different from them, lacking any talent for battle.

She had withdrawn from the ranks of warriors early on and become an ordinary citizen of the Fighting Nation.

What disappointed Bernice even more was that they never demonstrated a "warrior's heart."

Cowardice, evasion, fragility—these were Bernice's assessments of them.

"Right now, the eldest of them should be seventeen or eighteen years old."

The ability scores of all four of them had reached the limit of Lv.5. Next, the winner would upgrade, and the loser would die. This was the rule of the Fighting Nation, and it was also the fate they had long accepted.

In terms of combat talent, they were inferior to Algyana and Bage, the younger sisters.

This was the Amazonian warrior of the Fighting Nation, Tyrskula; these were their values.

She tore open the envelope, unfolded the letter, and began to read it with difficulty—although Bernice was not illiterate, she was not very good at reading.

"Boom!"

She suddenly slammed her fist into the bedside table, and the wooden cabinet instantly shattered, sending splinters flying. Bernice clenched her teeth, making a chilling sound.

She didn't actually care that her nieces were working in the Ishtar Familia's brothel.

However, what she found unacceptable was that those girls were succumbing to a man from the bottom of their hearts.

"[Amazon's Owner]"

Bernice's expression twisted completely when she saw this title.

"The people of Orario would actually allow such a thing to happen!"

"This is a stain on our clan!"

Although the Fighting Nation, Tyrskula, was closed off, it was not completely isolated from the outside world.

And when the Amazonian warriors learned of this matter, their reaction was unanimous—they felt a deep sense of shame.

The silver-haired, brown-skinned female warrior roared: "Defeat him, conquer him, ravage him! Only in this way can we wash away the shame of our clan!"

252

Chapter 252: The Magical Girl Festival.

The former originated from a magical superpower, commemorating heroes and archmages who made great achievements in ancient times, such as subduing monsters and slaying dragons.

As time passed, this commemorative nature gradually faded away. In modern times, the Holy Staff Festival is more like a grand festival for archmages.

Its main content is to transport some low-level monsters from the dungeon to the surface, and then arrange for gladiators selected by the Ganesha Familia to fight them. These gladiators are mostly experienced lower-level adventurers.

Ganesha hopes that by organizing such an activity full of competition and entertainment, the residents will see that monsters are not terrifying and insurmountable existences, but opponents that can be subdued by brave adventurers, thereby inspiring everyone and helping the city regain its former vitality.

The reason is simple: they already have many opportunities to deal with monsters on a daily basis, and there is no need to watch monster battles when they are above ground.

The Monster Festival is held in the circular arena on the far east side of Orario, while the Holy Staff Festival is held in the square on the west side of the city.

Riveria and Wemiya came to the scene of the Holy Staff Festival, and she was stunned by the scene before her.

They wore light and fluttering, gorgeous costumes with lace straps, and their clothes were adorned with sparkling crystals. They held heart-shaped magic wands and sang and danced on the stage in a lively manner.

"It seems to be called 'Magical Girl', a character attribute designed by the gods."

Riveria's tone was particularly tangled: "The last time I participated in the Holy Staff Festival... was ten years ago. At that time, the Holy Staff Festival was still a grand gathering of archmages, a stage to showcase magic and skills. Why has it become like this?"

"Later, this 'Magical Girl' project was proposed by a certain god as a way to save the Holy Staff Festival."

Judging from the effect, that god's strategy was very successful. Many spectators gathered under the stage. Today's "Holy Staff Festival" at least doesn't have to worry about being discontinued for the time being.

Wemiya looked at the performance on the stage, then looked at her and asked, "If we hurry to the arena now, we should still be able to catch a performance of the Monster Festival."

"Thank you all very much for your support. Now, we are going to have a lottery!"

Riveria stopped and looked at Wemiya, smiling: "Do you want to wait and see the lottery results? Maybe we can win a prize."

Wemiya: "Of course."

They weren't interested in the prizes, but the lottery process was also a kind of fun.

The first few prizes were quickly announced, and several audience members were selected. Among them, the second prize was a signed photo of a "Magical Girl", the third prize was a peripheral towel, and the participation prize was a discount coupon provided by a certain sponsor.

Hearing this explanation, Riveria breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although she had believed from the beginning that it wouldn't be "that kind of situation", she couldn't help but feel a little concerned.

Riveria was about to continue asking something when—

The "Magical Girl" on the stage announced the result in an excited tone.

Her ticket number was exactly 479.

"Congratulations, Riveria."

Wemiya congratulated with a smile.

Riveria's expression froze.

The next day, at the Loki Familia's residence.

"By the way, whose package is this? There's no name on it."

Alicia walked over and glanced at it: "Then we can only open it and see, but be careful, it might be an explosive."

Lefiya opened the package and surprisingly took out a "Magical Girl" uniform.

She read it once and said in surprise: "This seems to have been sent by the 'Holy Staff Festival', addressed to Lady Riveria."

However, the staff member in charge of selling tickets happened to remember her number, so they were very dutiful in sending the prize to the Loki Familia.

"It's also possible that Shirou likes it."

She thought secretly.

Seeing Lefiya and Alicia fiddling with the beautiful clothes, many of the surrounding elf girls gathered around.

"Well, but the fabric and quality of this dress are a bit poor, and it doesn't quite match Lady Riveria's temperament, and the size may not be accurate..."

Lefiya had a flash of inspiration and suggested.

"That's right, this kind of clothes seems to be the 'Magical Girl' style invented by the gods. We can ask the goddess Loki for advice."