Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 232 The Belmont Family's Magical Genius
Cheng Tian and Bazett officially completed the contract signing. Bazett could clearly feel that his virtual life was now completely bound to Cheng Tian.

However, at this moment, there is still no emotional connection between her and Cheng Tian. Even after signing the contract, in Bazett's eyes, Cheng Tian is more like an important employer than someone she needs to protect with her life.

Even if a situation arises later where self-sacrifice is required and action is taken, it will only be a decision made after a calm assessment of the current situation.

Because if she were to die in battle, she would have a second chance if Cheng Tian was willing to take on the mission. But if Cheng Tian died, she would say goodbye to this world forever.

She, Ba, wasn't the kind of person who would forgive the damned murderer who killed her. Her choice to become Cheng Tian's servant was driven by both a strong will to survive and an equally strong desire for revenge.

As long as she follows Cheng Tian, ​​she will have the chance to return to her original world and kill Kirei Kotomine, who cut off her arm!
The burning flames of revenge are another major driving force for Bazett to live.

But at this moment, protecting Cheng Tiancai is what she needs to do.

Cheng Tian certainly didn't expect the one-armed beauty in front of him, who had already completed the contract, to feel any closeness to him immediately.

The Command Seals he possesses are different from those in the original Fate setting, which can command Servants to do anything.

Command Seals: Special skills, extra skills, exclusive skills of contracted Servants. Symbols of forming a contract with the Holy Grail Servant "Bazett," theoretically possessing the power to make decisions and commands. They are the Master's exclusive mark, and their essence is a mark with powerful magical energy transformed from "Stigmata."

Each Command Seal you consume grants Bazett a special buff effect—

You can restore Bazett's HP to 100%.

You can restore Bazett's MP to 100%.

You can forcibly recall Bazett, who is in any area of ​​the same instance, back to your side.

You can hold a maximum of 3 Command Seals, and each command executed consumes 1 Command Seal; your Command Seals are reset and replenished each time you enter a new instance.

Having switched halfway through his journey to become a high-spirit spellcaster, Cheng finally has a true melee protector.

Although the war elephant mammoth was meatier and could communicate with Cheng Tian's mind, as a large animal, it was still quite inconvenient in many ways. At most, Cheng Tian could only use it as a human wall.

But Bazett, being a living, breathing human being, is different; theoretically, she can fulfill all of Cheng Tian's needs.

She was ambushed by Mapo because she was completely unprepared. If they had faced each other head-on, Mapo would have been no match for Bazett... Perhaps if Mapo were ten years younger, she could have fought him.

Cheng Tian's gaze fell on Bazett's severed arm, and Bazett, who was being stared at by Cheng Tian, ​​subconsciously took a step back, somewhat timid.

Yes, I have now lost an arm. Although I still retain some fighting ability, my value as a guard has been greatly reduced.

Contrary to her shrewd and capable appearance, Bazett is a very delicate person inside, and actually has a very serious inferiority complex, believing herself to be "a woman who can do nothing but fight".

Now that even her guards had lost their value, her feelings of inferiority became even more pronounced.

Although he didn't know what the other person was thinking, Cheng Tian knew that this girl must be feeling bad about losing her arm, so he spoke up without hesitation.

"It's alright. Follow me and take down the BOSS. We can fix our arm when we get back. In the Chosen Space, dying isn't a completely irreversible problem, let alone a small severed arm."

"...Master is right."

Bazett was taken aback at first, then his expression softened noticeably.

Yes, if he could even bring a dead man back to life and have the opportunity to return to the wondrous Chosen Space of his original world, repairing his arm was obviously not too difficult.

It seems there's no need to find those puppeteers to create a new left arm... Oh wait, I don't think I can afford a custom arm that's directly connected to my nerves. The arm repair Cheng Tian was referring to was naturally the Crimson Chaos Wand. Although it's a new addition, any servant unit can get the wand's enhancement for free, and the same healing effect as the Emerald Wand will also take effect, making healing a severed arm a piece of cake.

Even without a wand, potions of lizard power or the Church of the Holy Light are good alternatives.

"By the way, call me Cheng Tian, ​​or Orange is fine, don't call me Master, it sounds awkward."

"Oh, okay, Yu... Orange!"

"Excellent, strong execution."

Cheng Tian's hand, which was about to pat Bazett's shoulder, withdrew halfway and turned into a thumb, and Bazett finally showed his first smile since his rebirth.

After this crucial interlude, Cheng Tian still had to return to farming monsters and money by reversing the electricity meter.

Even during the period when they had just formed their contract, there were still quite a few ghost units causing trouble. However, with the presence of the Primal Wyvern and the Ghost Cicada, and with the combination of continuous Rock Slide and Flash Spell, the monster minions, who were already a level lower than them, couldn't even get close.

Cheng Tian had noticed this early on. When he was accumulating souls, he found that the drop rate of monster chests had decreased significantly. This was something he had been notified when he advanced to the Black Iron level.

When he enters D-level and E-level dungeons, the drop rate of enemies will increase and decrease. The greater the difference in strength between the two sides, the lower the probability of dropping chests and the rarity of the items will be. Therefore, under normal circumstances, high-level players usually go to the "fish pond" (a term used to describe areas where players are not skilled at farming) for the purpose of quest rewards and BOSS.

In other words, without Hong Zhen, Cheng Tian could only profit in this D-level difficulty Demon Village by finding Easter eggs and valuable items, and by defeating the gatekeeper BOSS to obtain keys and add knight armor.

Bazett, who originally wanted to fulfill his duties more, was instead placed on the Primal Wyvern with a panicked expression, forced to participate in Cheng Tian and the others' actions of acting as the Train King to frantically pull monsters, and then preparing to use the Shock Orb to AoE them all.

But Cheng Tian clearly had other ideas.

He first used the souls of the innocent to condense a red shock orb, but instead of throwing it out, a magic book appeared out of thin air in his other hand, followed by a very obvious mana consumption effect on his body.

Immediately afterwards, a huge humanoid shadow rose up directly from behind him!

If the Three Knights of Arthur saw this, they would surely exclaim in surprise—

My God! It's Merlin!
With the swing of the staff in the giant Merlin shadow's hand, the magical shockwave, which originally only affected a radius of 10 meters, suddenly expanded to more than five or six times!
A large number of flying monsters were instantly killed by the shockwave, and Bazett, who witnessed everything, couldn't help but sigh with admiration.

My Master is actually a powerful magician? What level would you rank this spellcasting ability at?

[It has been detected that you have almost perfectly completed the previous "Ghosts 'n Goblins" beginner trial. When you enter the relevant dungeon again, the template loading will be triggered.]

[[Game Master] is activated——]

[You have successfully loaded the enhanced protagonist template from the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night—"Vampire Magic Hunter/Zuster Belmont".]

[Vampire Hunter: An enhanced protagonist template, modeled after Zuster Belmont, the protagonist of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. An extremely rare member of the Belmont family with astonishing magical talent, he can unleash various powerful spells through a combination of his secondary weapon and spellbook.]

When you select to load the "Magical Vampire Hunter" template—

You will simultaneously receive the template-exclusive weapons "Zuster's Magic Book" and "Vampire Slayer".

You will simultaneously gain the template-exclusive skills 'Combination Casting', 'Whip Mastery', and 'Rapid Advance and Retreat'.

There is a 30-minute cooldown period for loading and unloading this character template.

(End of this chapter)