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"Sneak attack!"
[Chat]: BROTHER CHEN USE YOUR BRAIN
[Chat]: WHICH SCOUNDREL IS SHOOTING FROM THE SHADOWS
[Watching]: those arrows are the size of sword blades
[Counter_Question]: is that an Archer? Archers in this game do close combat. when have you ever seen one actually use a bow?
[Honest_Answer]: the swimsuit Artoria in Maverick's stream used a water gun. then still had to finish with Excalibur.
[Agreeing]: I thought "Archer who uses a bow" was theoretical only
The arrows that followed the first were not arrows in any practical sense of scale. Adult-arm-thick, fired in quantities that the word "volley" didn't fully communicate. The first wave alone had pierced Drake through the chest — Spirit Core shattered on contact.
The second wave dealt with the Death War Elephant.
An arrow appeared from the same direction and drove through the elephant's abdomen at precisely the moment the anti-fortress death ray had finished charging. The subsequent detonation of that much concentrated energy in an enclosed space produced the specific type of explosion that Teacher Pu, mid-vomit on the deck, encountered as a direct full-body experience.
"Oh my GOD—"
The explosion swallowed Teacher Pu and Darius III entirely.
Nero, ascending in the air for another pass, was covered by the third wave before she'd finished the trajectory — already exposed, already committed to the angle, exactly where the Archer had calculated she'd be.
"I'm a little rusty. The execution was slightly below my standard. But in terms of results — acceptable. Let's do another wave."
Twelve arrows on the next volley. Simultaneously.
Then his hand reached into the void again and closed around another handful.
He aimed toward the Prison Castle.
[Chat]: WHO IS THIS
[Chat]: THOSE AREN'T ARROWS THOSE ARE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
[Lore_Debate]: isn't that Lü Bu? the Twin-Tails? Red Hare among horses, Lü Bu among men?
[Counter]: he was summoned as an Archer though
[Responding]: God Force has six forms — saber, spear, club, halberd, sword, and bow. the light cannon mode is sealed because he's Archer class not Lancer, but everything else still works.
[Watching]: Little Cat is in the stream. she's very excited.
[Chat]: LITTLE CAT SUMMONED LÜ BU
[Chat]: FIRST CHINESE HEROIC SPIRIT SUMMONED ON THE ENTIRE NETWORK
Little Cat — the streamer who'd received the spot thirty minutes before the broadcast started and had caught up on Holy Grail War via short videos while panicking — had done one thing correctly: she'd let the compatibility summon run without trying to override it with a specific catalyst. The summon had given her Lü Bu, the Archer class Servant who had never appeared in the game's entire four-day release history, who was currently firing twelve arrows simultaneously at a flooded Fuyuki City with the calm of someone taking a pre-breakfast stroll.
Max had redesigned the visual from the FGO reference — working from a different artistic source, producing something that, when it appeared on screen, could only be described as a Demon God's descent. The Noble Phantasm settings remained unchanged: God Force, one weapon with six transformations, the apparatus designed by Chen Gong for Lü Bu's full combat range.
[Chat]: Laomao is going to get the win
[Chat]: Laomao whose Servant is in a bathhouse
[Chat]: because everyone else is getting deleted by arrows
[Concerned]: I'm a bit worried about Maverick specifically. this is Lü Bu. "A true man born between heaven and earth, how can he long remain subservient to others." he does not stay loyal.
[Counter]: Maverick has Emiya Kiritsugu's face. honey trap strategy.
[Horrified]: you are suggesting Maverick should do a hot dance for Lü Bu with Emiya Kiritsugu's face on.
[Horrified_But]: ...it might work though.
Back on the Golden Hind: riddled with arrows, bow deformed beyond original shape, deck compromised, undead crew not regenerating fast enough to matter anymore. Drake leaned against the rudder.
David was still trying. The Command Seal mark on his hand was glowing.
"Are you kidding me — I command with a Command Seal: Drake, don't—"
"Don't waste it, Master." Drake's hand came up and stopped his. "My Spirit Core is already shattered. This is as far as I go." She looked at him. "But your battle isn't over. Stay behind this — it's your best magical energy cover now."
"We agreed to win this together!"
Drake looked at his face for a moment.
Then her hand pulled him in. She pressed him beneath her on the deck — her body covering his — and her voice dropped to something meant only for him.
"Live. Master. Then go win it in my place."
"DRAKE!"
[Chat]: ...
[Chat]: ...
[Chat]: the pirate era ends here
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