Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 380 Detecting High-Magic Dimensions
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

As a massive summoning ritual was set up, several members of the secret order simultaneously began to infuse their magic. The one chosen to stand in the center of the magic circle was a nun of about seventeen or eighteen years old. She looked slightly nervous, but as the magic circle in front of her was activated, she slowly closed her eyes and held a strange scale in her palms.

next second.

The dazzling light swallowed the scales in her hand, and a tall and heroic figure appeared. He wore a smart dragon leather armor and carried a long spear on his back. As the light gradually dissipated, the church members around him knelt on one knee and respectfully said, "Your Excellency Saint George."

—Saint George the Dragon Slayer (High-Ranking Heroic Spirit) (Six-Star Gold).

usually.

When mortals die, they are transformed into heroic spirits, which can greatly enhance their strength. If they also have the blessing of legends, the enhancement will be even more astonishing.

The dragon slayer is a product of the church's deification.

The dragon slayer was summoned in the form of a spearman. Although he did not wield the Spear of Longinus, it was still the legendary spear used to slay dragons. After glancing at the members of the Hermitage around him, Saint George, summoned in his youthful form, glanced at the tense nun before him and said gently, "Stay here."

"What happens next is not something you can interfere with."

After saying this, the dragon slayer leaped into the air, gripped his dragon-slaying spear tightly, and headed towards Napoleon's direction.

However, just as they were leaving Notre Dame Cathedral...

George the Dragon Slayer suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the Arc de Triomphe. His brows were furrowed, and his expression seemed to show a deep sense of apprehension. He murmured, "Is His Majesty here too?"

The War of Heaven.

wrong.

It should be said that all those within the monotheistic religion who bore the title of 'Saint' were prepared to join forces and fight to the death against that Emperor!

Duncan's dominance in that era was truly terrifying.

Although magic wasn't as widespread then as it is today, and was mostly in the hands of wizards, during Duncan's time, the Monotheistic Church still absorbed a considerable amount of ancient Greek magical knowledge. Most of these spells, assimilated by the Monotheistic Church, were controlled by beings who bore the title of Saint, and almost all the Saints at the time were prepared to die at the hands of this sovereign.

Including the dragon slayer Saint George before them, the final choice of the Monotheistic Church was to have Saint George wield the 'Spear of Longinus' and wear the scarab beetle and the crown of thorns, etc., to delay His Majesty for a short time in order to buy time to kill Queen Triss the Raven.

Even a dozen fully armed saints were not confident enough to deal with His Majesty, and the dragon slayer Saint George only dared to say that he could hold him off for a short time.

If it really is His Majesty who has arrived, then there is no need to fight for the Holy Grail this time.

The dragon slayer abandoned Napoleon's direction and flew through the darkness toward the Arc de Triomphe.

"who?!"

Ekaterina's cold rebuke rang out, and as she swiftly cast a spell, familiar-like summoned creatures emerged from the shadows on both sides and then attacked the figure in front of her.

puff!
A cold light flashed.

The familiar summoned by Catherine was pierced in an instant, and a blood-red spear emerged from the darkness, followed by a handsome and imposing young man. He wore a magnificent dragon-hide armor and stared intently at Duncan in front of him. His terrifying strength was like the spreading dragon's might, making Catherine feel numb all over. However, Duncan, standing on the Arc de Triomphe, remained calm and composed.

"The Dragon Slayer - Saint George".

Duncan's expression showed a hint of surprise; finally, a Heroic Spirit of sufficient stature had appeared.

He stood atop the Arc de Triomphe, looking down at the dragon slayer before him, and slowly said, "Having seen me, you have nothing to say, dragon slayer?"

In an instant.

The surrounding space seemed to be distorted, and some kind of terrifying magic began to surge. This time, Ekaterina truly felt the legendary dragon magic. The location where Duncan was was like a huge vortex of magic, which instantly suppressed the faint dragon aura on the dragon slayer Saint George.

Beneath the Arc de Triomphe, St. George, the Dragon Slayer, remained silent for a moment, then knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty!"

"It's been a long time, but you still look as radiant as ever."

That's right.

Duncan smiled, and the moment he raised his hand, a stream of magic flowed into Ekaterina's body, causing her to blush slightly with excitement. After all, he wasn't a true Master, and replenishing magic could only be done through special methods.

A normal Master doesn't have to go through this much trouble to provide magical energy to a Servant.

"Ah."

Duncan said with a pleased expression, "That's thoughtful of you."

As long as he is still willing to address him as "Your Majesty," Duncan generally will not take direct action.

Saint George the Dragonslayer is the Guardian Saint of Great Britain, personally recognized and appointed by Duncan. The Brotherhood of Witchers, which he founded, was financially supported by the Empire and was responsible for cleaning up various monsters left over from the Dark Ages for hundreds of years.

The focus is on the North Germanic and Kipros regions, where Duncan was essentially the financial backer of most of the mysterious forces in the Middle Ages.

The saint stared intently at Duncan before him and said in a deep voice, "Does Your Majesty also wish to vie for the Holy Grail this time?"

If that's the case, then the church has no hope of winning.

To defeat His Majesty, one would need to find the legendary holy relic to summon the archangels under God's throne, but even then, the chances of victory would be slim.

After all, this emperor can summon the Norse Valkyries at will.

Duncan slowly shook his head and said, "This time, I am the summoned adjudicator."

"You want to fight for the Holy Grail."

"Then go ahead."

The Holy Grail ritual in Paris involves two Grails. One is a physical Grail, which serves as the vessel for wish-granting, miracle-granting, and divine-granting magic. It can be used to grant wishes, such as resurrection of the dead, immortality, and endless wealth. Basically, any wish that is not too outrageous can be fulfilled.

The second Holy Grail is invisible; it is essentially the energy left behind by the deceased Heroic Spirit, used to break through the barriers of the real world.

This invisible Holy Grail is what Duncan needs; it can help him touch the roots of the world.

The root cause lies in the very foundation of the real world.

Upon hearing Duncan's words, St. George, the dragon slayer before him, breathed a sigh of relief. He respectfully rose, bowed, and then quickly left.

On the Arc de Triomphe.

Duncan gazed at the distant battle raging and the departing dragon slayers. After a moment of contemplation, he took out a strange dragon horn and handed it to Ekaterina, saying, "The Holy Grail ritual in Paris needs to be controlled so as not to affect other places."

"Can you use it?"

Catherine carefully reached out and took the dragon horn, saying respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Duncan nodded and said, "Alright. Go ahead."

"Use a barrier to temporarily isolate Paris."

Catherine's figure quickly disappeared, and after arriving in an area near the outskirts of Paris, she swiftly set up a magical ritual, then blew the dragon horn in her hand.

In her shocked gaze, a hazy female figure appeared.

The other person wore a magnificent golden winged crown and exuded a powerful, godlike aura. His dark eyes were filled with the cold indifference of death as he quietly scrutinized Ekaterina before him. Even though Ekaterina had been transformed into a heroic spirit after her death, she still felt an inexplicable pressure.

—Valkyrie (Norse demigod) (summoned creature).

In the legend.

His Majesty the Great King of Kings possesses the power to influence the Norse, Celtic, and Greek pantheons. In Scandinavia, he is considered a warrior admired even by Odin, a guest of Valhalla, and a figure to whom Valkyries personally poured wine. He might even become one of the chief gods of Norse mythology if he so desired. In the British Isles and elsewhere, this King is considered the reshaper of the Celtic pantheon, a chosen one of the goddess Sulis, and a hero selected by gods such as Athena, Minerva, Diana, and Artemis.

It now seems the rumors were true; he really could command the 'Valkyrie' of the Norse mythology.

With the appearance of the Valkyrie, white phantoms began to appear throughout Paris. Even at the guillotine in Place de la Révolution, a blurry figure wearing a crown appeared, seemingly unaware of anything, leading his queen and lingering near the guillotine.

—Robespierre (White Ghost) (The Uncorrupted) (Guillotine Judgment) (Area Enhancement) (Six-Star Silver Gray)!

—Jean-Paul Marat (The Jacobin Ghost) (Five-star Gold)!

—Louis Saint-Just (Archangel of Terror) (Archangel of Revolution) (Jacobin Ghost) (Five-Star Gold)!

The specter of the Jacobins.

On the other side of Paris, the battle at Napoleon's palace had reached a fever pitch.

After Robespierre's spirit appeared, the guillotine, symbolizing the revolutionary trial, also appeared, instantly splitting a certain spirit summoned by the royalists in two. With the death of this spirit, his soul power seeped into the ley lines of Paris and flowed into the intangible Holy Grail vessel through the arranged ritual.

—The Greater Grail (31% complete)!
Duncan glanced at the gold outline marked on the projection screen, then turned his gaze to Napoleon in the distance.

—Napoleon (Emperor of France) (Military Genius) (Leadership) (Extraordinary Anecdotes) (Special Heroic Spirit) (Six-Star Gold)!
【alarm! alarm! 】

[The target is a special Servant summoned through an anomaly; they may carry memories from parallel worlds or derivative timelines!]

The world's restraining force needs to be revised.

The direction of the mansion.

The powerful spirit summoned by Napoleon Bonaparte has fought his way out, facing attacks from numerous forces. He is as ruthless as a veteran who has survived countless battles. As he draws the French sword from his waist, a terrifying winter storm descends upon the entire Paris region in the instant he swings it.

This is no longer conventional magic.

—Winter in Austerlitz [Anti-City Noble Phantasm]

Almost at the same time that Duncan sealed off the entire city of Paris, Napoleon, who had slain three heroic spirits in succession, also launched the Winter of Austerlitz. The entire city of Paris seemed to have been transformed into a battlefield, and the army led by Napoleon Bonaparte suddenly unleashed an astonishing fighting force.

As his figure galloped across the battlefield, the guards surrounding the mansion began to gather around him. Under his command, these mortal soldiers were able to threaten the powerful heroic spirits summoned nearby.

—The French Guard (High Morale) (Battle Veterans) (The Glory of France) (Three-Star Gold)!
Artillery bombardment.

After the nearby Imperial Guard held off the enemy's offensive, Napoleon's spirit stood in the most prominent position, and as the cry of an eagle rang out, it was as if a thousand troops were awakening from the land of death.

This is a reflection of an era out of place: the old guard of the French emperor.

"Truly a military genius!"

Seeing Napoleon's command and control at that moment, Duncan couldn't help but admire him. He truly deserved to be called a renowned military genius; his ability to control the entire battle situation was astonishing. Duncan relied on a godlike perspective, while Duncan relied purely on war instincts, almost single-handedly turning the tide of the entire battlefield by summoning the French Guard.

"He seems to be the Napoleon from the normal historical timeline?"

"Perhaps they even suffered a defeat at Waterloo?"

The history of the Root World has been altered by Duncan, but the World Restraint Force seems to still have a residual timeline. The abnormal time and space represent the world's ascension and also the possibility of allowing parallel worlds to exist.

It's like a line that, at a certain point, suddenly starts to branch into parallel lines, but ultimately only the original line represents the true history, which is the true reality.

The original world has begun to capture parallel and derivative worlds.

—The Greater Grail (46% complete)!
Because of Napoleon's emergence, the entire Paris region was transformed into a battlefield, and the Directory suffered a severe blow. Not only the royalists, but even the Jacobins ruthlessly attacked them. Furthermore, as the forces of white terror surged, there were signs of riots among ordinary people in Paris.

Paris today is a closed incubation zone, where only the final victor will be qualified to step out and face the challenges of the whole of Europe. In order to strangle the French Revolution, the Second Coalition against France has begun.

Dimensional space.

Just as Duncan was observing the turmoil in Paris from a godlike perspective, a slight tremor suddenly occurred in the dimension in which he was located. Immediately afterwards, the huge feather-shaped nebula in the background began to surge, and the star beacons also began to shine.

"A new dimension has been discovered?" The Three Corpses' excited voice suddenly rang out.

Duncan completely ignored him.

He stared solemnly at the distant, deep void. As the huge, feather-shaped nebula pattern changed, a Milky Way nebula, like a reflection, appeared on the dimensional plane, then kept overlapping, as if reality and void were merging, and then changing again. Chaos filled with disorder contained extremely terrifying energy.

He actually had some difficulty capturing stable spatial nodes.

Duncan slowly raised his hand, the legendary value of the dimensional level was constantly consumed, and his true form transformed into a huge giant reflection, locking the spatial level with his authority.

finally.

A notification appeared.

"New spatial beacon captured!... Warning! Warning!... Target dimension is in a chaotic state!... Extreme danger!..."

Everything began to change.

On the dimensional beacon captured by Duncan, a strange green light first appeared, warm and loving, then a strange blood-red light, passionate and fierce, followed by a calm blue light, rational and wise, and finally a hazy purple light, which, although not as bright as the other colors, was full of mystery and allure.

Duncan fell silent.

After a moment, he said to the three corpses in his sea of ​​consciousness, "Haven't you always wanted a human body to play with?"

"How about I let one of your human hosts go in and have some fun?"

The three corpses were instantly rendered speechless.

He had something to say, but he didn't know whether he should say it or not. However, considering that the person in question was someone he couldn't afford to offend, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, acting as if he hadn't heard anything. He retreated into his sea of ​​consciousness like an ostrich, utterly cowardly.

He wanted a human form to play around with; he wanted to go out and be a king, to lord it over others and have a good time.

But he'd be a fool to go to that ghostly place that emits eerie four-colored light.

Duncan couldn't help but chuckle at the cowardly look on the three corpses' faces.

As the massive, feather-like nebula rotated in the dimensional plane, he anchored the newly discovered spatial beacon. As for when to begin exploration, that would have to wait until the human host arrived.

This should be the first high-magic plane he discovered, and it might even be a super-magic world.

"Then the plan will have to be changed."

"This alternate Napoleon summoned from a parallel world might have other uses for me?"

Duncan could summon many of his former subordinates, but those truly capable of handling large-scale situations were few and far between; most were just average. This Napoleon, a spirit seemingly appearing from a time paradox, suddenly caught Duncan's attention. He wanted to try imprinting his soul onto Napoleon and bringing him into high-risk worlds as epic character cards in his inventory.

For example, that dimensional beacon emitting eerie four-colored light—he brought in a few epic character cards (Engraved Souls), which should come in handy sometime.

Anyway, Duncan has already mastered some of the abilities of the extraterrestrial demons, and he is now very familiar with the methods of possession.

As long as magical power is allowed to exist, he can possess and resurrect it.

of course.

The prerequisite is that you can first control the spirit origin of that Heroic Spirit located in the Throne of Heroes, that is, the essence of the soul.

………………

(End of this chapter)