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Book 2: Chapter 19: The Store’s Special-Edition Heavy Ball

“Huh?”

“That’s why I say it is a simple question.”

“I…”

“You…you don’t have memories, right?”

“So…so what?! I’m still Jeanne d’Arc even without memories.”

Although Jeanne d’Arc had heard Chen Heng say that Jeanne d’Arc Alter was a counterfeit made by Gilles de Rais using a Holy Grail, only at this moment was she convinced.

No matter what, Jeanne d’Arc indeed blocked Jeanne d’Arc Alter, who had a Holy Grail, alone.

The group had discussed this beforehand. Jeanne d’Arc would block Jeanne d’Arc Alter in a verbal battle. After all, Jeanne d’Arc Alter was quite powerful when supported by a Holy Grail.

On the other side, Chen Heng took out 12 five-meter-long flying swords from his spatial storage. These twelve flying swords were not mass-produced trash but the flying swords that true high-cultivation cultivators used. They could be used to lay the Cyclic Demon Slaying Ritual Array. However, Chen Heng did not have spiritual energy, and he could not use mana as a replacement; he could only control the swords using his attraction ability. He placed a layer of mana on the giant flying swords before using his A-ranked Dragonslayer, which increased damage to dragons, to slay the dragon. He even increased Fafnir’s gravity by twofold, preventing it from flying.

It was not that Chen Heng could not increase the gravity further but that large creatures like Fafnir drained more mana the stronger the gravity. Tripling the gravity was just nice. It restrained Fafnir’s flight while conserving mana to the greatest degree.

As a side mention, this gravity field covered 500 meters. As the increase of gravity was small, it drained less mana. However, the range was rather large, resulting in a debuff on the enemy Servants.

The most interesting battle should be Marie vs. d’Eon. D’Eon used to be a knight protector of the royal family, so he ended up holding back, just short of offering his neck to Marie to chop his head off.

The lazy Merlin used his illusions to contend with Gilles de Rais, whose Magecraft was not very high-leveled. Gilles de Rais became a Caster mainly due to the human-skin grimoire in his hand, the Textbook of the Sunken Spiral Castle. While fighting Merlin, Gilles de Rais continuously summoned water demons.

[TL Note: Textbook of the Sunken Spiral Castle: /wiki/Prelati%27s_Spellbook.]

Merlin the trash actually used the human French soldiers as reinforcements. He did not have the demeanor of a Grand Caster candidate at all. Rather, he had never taken this seriously. After all, he was the magus who taught King Arthur. How could he be incapable?

Back to the main character, Chen Heng primarily used the twelve giant swords to deal damage to Fafnir, eight of them as regular swords to attack Fafnir and inflict wounds. The remaining four spun around, accumulating power, and stabbed Fafnir whenever there was an opening.

Without the A-ranked Dragonslayer, Chen Heng might not be able to defeat Fafnir, as its dragon scales’ defense was excellent. Mash’s shield attacks were useless. Only Chen Heng’s flying swords could cause any harm.

Mash was responsible for defense, primarily for Fujimaru Ritsuka. Chen Heng did not need Mash to protect him. After all, he had a repulsion barrier and could fly in the air.

Fafnir could breathe fire, and Mash needed to keep an eye on the other Servants, in case they gave up on their opponents and went straight for Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Chen Heng truly envied Mash’s shield. It was genuinely sturdy. He even had thoughts about snatching it away to study it. In fact, he had already examined it but failed to find anything. This was especially so for its function of turning into a spiritual body, which was quite unusual.

Roar! Fafnir turned extremely violent from the incessant torment. It was helpless before Chen Heng’s A-ranked Dragonslayer suppression. However, it could not fly away due to the gravity field. It wanted to spew fire at Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka, but Mash protected the two. It wanted to spew fire at Chen Heng, but Chen Heng could fly.

Fafnir, which wanted to fly but could not, was now just a giant lizard.

Chen Heng noticed an opening in Fafnir’s defenses and sent the four giant swords, which were accumulating power, piercing through its body.

Roar! Fafnir roared furiously again. However, Chen Heng could hear weakness in Fafnir’s voice this time. Due to the A-ranked Dragonslayer, Fafnir continuously bled from the wounds he inflicted. Its regeneration ability was useless.

The time felt right. Now, Chen Heng stopped attacking and took out a Poké Ball—yes, a Poké Ball, the one for catching Pokémon. He had spent 500 points to buy the store’s special-edition Heavy Ball (grade 1).

Since receiving this mission and understanding the story of the 1st Singularity, Chen Heng wanted to take in Fafnir. Hence, he searched for items in the store to help him with that. Eventually, he found this Poké Ball. Of course, this was not an ordinary Poké Ball but a Heavy Ball. After the store altered it, it could capture more than just Pokémon; it could capture anything not human. A Heavy Ball had a stronger effect on heavy creatures.

According to the store’s introduction, this special-edition Heavy Ball would shrink the creature in the capturing process, then store it inside. If the creature in a high-grade ball were compared to a human, the human would be inside a small, two-story building, complete with furniture, electricity, and Internet.

Furthermore, the more injured the creature, the higher the chances of capture.

Chen Heng had already beaten Fafnir up significantly. It was time to try. It did not matter how high Fafnir’s loyalty would be. He would capture it first and slowly work on raising its loyalty later.

Right, I should play it safe and stab it a few more times.

With this thought, Chen Heng again sent out the swords accumulating power.

Fafnir could no longer take it. After a roar, it collapsed to the ground.

Chen Heng did not deal the final blow when seeing this situation. Instead, he tossed the Heavy Ball onto Fafnir’s head. The Heavy Ball pulled the injured Fafnir in with a whoosh. After a few flashes of red light, it spat Fafnir back out.

“Does that mean that it failed? It looks like this Fafnir has not yet been beaten up sufficiently.” Chen Heng pulled the Heavy Ball back into his hand after the failure.

“Ah! He Who Knows Fate, what is this thing?” Fujimaru Ritsuka felt very interested upon seeing the Poké Ball capture Fafnir. However, she did not understand why the dragon came back out.