Chapter 381: NO.144 Basa Kari: Truly a Gathering of Talents

Strictly speaking, a Servant is a magical phenomenon originating from another world.

This magical phenomenon is based on the rule foundation of another world, built upon the concept of 'Heroic Spirits'.

Heroic Spirits are existences separated from the time axis; they are summoned to all eras, whether past or future.

However, only the 'world' can summon the true form of Heroic Spirits; ordinary spirit mediumship can only draw a small part of their power to cause miracles.

As a compromise, the result is the 'Servant'.

They have no personality, disappear after completing their task, and are sent back to the Heroic Spirit throne—clearly a tool-like role.

Yet in such another world, there also exists a useful tool like the 'Holy Grail'.

By utilizing partial functions, one can overwrite the corresponding Heroic Spirit's personality and power onto a Servant's body, allowing a mere puppet Servant to truly manifest the Heroic Spirit's aspect.

——Although occasional mishaps in the inheritance of power and personality create some strange subspecies,

——but they are still considered quite powerful cosmic male/female ghosts.

Moreover, in this era, both bodily cultivation and bodily alchemy are not entirely legal prohibited zones.

Due to different job contents, limited numbers of resurrection insurance are set, along with initial rescue services tailored for transmigrants; these are all legitimate flesh‑crafting plans that have passed layered approval.

Those Servants affiliated with the Clock Tower are mostly able to experience that kind of 'incarnation' service.

Although they are mostly merely an aspect or a fleeting shadow of a Heroic Spirit, after truly obtaining a soul‑crafted body that fits perfectly……

this can also be considered a second life in some sense.

Furthermore, unlike a certain Solomon who completely restarted after a wish, they are guaranteed their original appearance and abilities.

These incarnated Servants not only become complete beings in the full sense, but also thereby gain the opportunities for 'change' and 'growth'.

Change: their strength and personality are no longer fixed by the original Heroic Spirit's spiritual foundation, but approach that of a normal person, with emotions and mental state even being influenced by bodily hormone secretion.

Growth: since their spiritual and physical bodies can develop and be trained normally, they naturally have room for learning and strengthening.

Some Servants, who are not as strong as they were in their prime as Heroic Spirits, also gain the possibility in this world of challenging the original Heroic Spirits.

Thus it is again the season of 'counterfeit may not be inferior to the genuine'.

Indeed, Heroic Spirits are usually welded to the Heroic Spirit throne, and only a major mishap can make them twitch a bit.

And in this world……

Although the members led by that mixed organization of the Clock Tower have already secured their foothold and established contact with the original world via the star gate,

yet no Heroic Spirit has the leisure to drop by for a visit.

So unfortunately, the showdown of counterfeit versus genuine is hard to stage.

But you can still see max‑level, max‑treasure Servants who have maxed out the Holy Grail and bond gear, invincible!!

Once again, emphasize that Basa Kari is the strongest!. jpg

The deployment of the Noble Phantasm named Nightingale Oath not only directly silenced half of the explosion that should have blazed and detonated, but also cleared Aomo's lingering drowsiness.

Although it is said that Nightingale's Noble Phantasm has the in‑game effect of removing debuffs and restoring HP, the setting is that it nullifies all toxicity and aggression within its area of effect.

While forcibly creating an absolute safety zone, it also has a recovery effect.

But Aomo actually realizes that the fogginess troubling his thoughts and memory—the essence of his hindrance—is the suppression of his id by the self, kidnapped by the collective dream.

Could this also be treated as a debuff effect?

You Servants who constantly stuff your own life's private cargo into the Master's dreams—can you finally act directly on their personality?

At the moment the burden lifts and a feeling of renewal comes, Aomo also becomes aware of something.

Nightingale's Noble Phantasm is an army‑type Noble Phantasm.

Or rather, a large‑scale AOE!

When the towering phantom in a nurse's uniform swings that giant blade to cut the afflicted area, it is not a physical entity but a burst of permeating spiritual mana from the dream, turning into countless points of light that fill the farthest reaches of vision.

It far exceeds the recorded data—effective range: 0–40, maximum capture: 100‑person level.

What does that mean?

It means many people will 'awaken' from their unconscious dreams!

For example, Tony Bianka beside him is already covering his head, realizing some sort of dissonance.

Wait, the horse‑racing festival… July 2… August 16… what day is today……?

The Siena Horse Racing Festival has one event each in July and August, but in reality the July one has already passed and the August one has not yet begun.

When real‑world memories come flooding in, anyone who realizes this issue will not be only her.

If they look into the distance and see the city boundary as a blank expanse—because no model was made, not even a texture bothered with, just a whiteboard slapped up—Aomo then faces two possible developments.

A large‑scale 'self' awakening will roil the collective dream, and since this dream is already a haphazard blend ordered by Ling, the negative impact will only intensify and become more obvious.

Either, due to the awakened crowd's lack of comprehension, panic, and suspicion, the dream's style shifts toward a nightmare.

Or else——

The crack‑crack sound of fissures rises from under everyone's feet; Aomo instantly returns to the demon realm, his four wings unfurl, and he pulls the nearby horse girl away from the ground that is gradually splitting apart.

But he also did not look at the other's reaction; instead he turned his head to stare at Miss Ling: 'Did you catch it?!'

He was asking about reality.

At the same moment Ling dragged people into the dream, in reality Texas and Lapland immediately rushed out of the team, intending to follow the attack direction and track down the culprit.

He believes Miss Mostima and Miss Shi Huaiya can both think of Nagisa Kaoru's existence, so the twin‑wolf team won't be clueless about whom to seek.

And Miss Ling's earlier words prove that they not only found the target but are also preparing to strike, thereby provoking the opponent's fierce 'resistance'.

That explosion, which suddenly burst amid the cheerful piano music, seems to Aomo like an over‑reactive stress protection.

Regardless, the opponent should now be conscious; despite the distant explosion still ongoing, Aomo still lacks confidence in the twin wolves.

Although an AT Field can be pierced by a positron cannon, and even more easily by the knife (actually a large blade) in an Evangelion's hand, this shows that the wall of the heart's defense is not omnipotent; sufficient firepower and sheer brute force can always break through.

But whether the two young ladies of Texas and the Saluzzo family can break through Nagisa Kaoru's AT Field defense…… is hard to say.

As mentioned before, without sufficient information, lacking a clear grasp of both sides' strength also means losing the point of simulation.

"Not yet..."

While floating in the void, riding the wind, gazing at the order of the red-clad nurse, a divine soldier sent down from heaven, upon hearing the question he answered decisively at first, then paused, largely confirming his present state with his real self, before saying: "Texas said give her ten minutes; Lapland said it didn't need that long, six minutes would suffice."

Six minutes is already long; the dream is about to collapse, so it's better to wake up and help chase.

Once the target is confirmed, as for pursuit, he himself also has some know-how picked up from street thieves.

But where does Lapland get the confidence to say that?

Is it because Zhu Xun lacks actual combat experience? Oh...

A flash of the other's shadow passed through his mind, which made Aomo realize he had overlooked the black wolf following beside them.

"Then let's first break free from the dream—" "Are you planning to give up?"

The second interruption in this dream left Aomo expressionless as he looked toward the silver-haired woman who stepped into the undulating ripples to the crack.

When her sky-blue high heel stepped on that corner of the collapsing ground, faint patterns began to extend from that corner.

Those were azure patterns, those were crimson patterns, together intertwining into a complex magic circle, together constructing a grand magic called 'Court'.

Forcibly binding this dream that ought to have gradually slipped out of control.

"... Not now, thank you for the assistance, Ms. Morgan."