While Shen He was enjoying a rare life of salted fish, the whole world gradually recovered from the pain of war.
The sale of virtual sleeping cabins and war weapons, as well as the development of Sky Garden, became the main work of the Chaldean forces.
The former was managed by Tony, and the latter was handed over to Semiramis.
The World Security Council seemed to understand that the changes that Chaldea brought to the world could not be stopped, and they were unwilling to stand completely on the opposite side of Chaldea. All choices were determined by the size of interests.
However, in order to compete for interests, some secret means are still in progress.
It's just that Shen He no longer cares about those.
The Queen's ability is stronger than he imagined. With several appearances in the media, she has established the impression of Sky Garden to the whole world, making everyone look forward to the future and believe that they are about to usher in a new era.
And her own popularity has also reached its peak in this short period of time.
Semiramis seems to be very clear about the role of topicality in the information age. She has given herself a label of "arrogant but caring for the people". She has won the love of many people through means such as "establishing a medical sanctuary", "personally treating the wounded", and "rewarding and punishing in moderation", which makes more people yearn to live in the Sky Garden.
She knows how to use her charm to hype.
After Shen He found that everything was in order, he quickly let it go and only maintained a minimum understanding to allow his thoughts to develop further.
In addition, he spent more time on the servants.
For example, he taught Violet to read, played games with Hubie, trained with Jeanne, and even occasionally took Ryougi Shiki to stroll on the street and buy cat food for her Persian cat.
The summoning stones have accumulated to 40 again.
However, Shen He did not make a new summon because he already felt that he did not have enough energy to put on each servant.
Semiramis, an orthodox heroic spirit, was fine. For a long time after Hubie was summoned, he just obeyed orders as a tool or weapon, which made Shen He a little sad and ashamed.
She is just like Violet, in a critical period of knowing "self", and I should have spent more time with her.
Establishing a "bond" with a servant is originally the job of a master.
Moreover, the system seems to have some problems.
That evening, Shen He brought a group of servants to the copy of the Mechanical Era as usual, preparing to brush more mechanical hearts for Hubie.
Shen He's level at this time has reached level 39.
As the level increases, the difficulty of upgrading becomes greater and greater. Even if he calls all the servants with combat power every time, the speed of upgrading has slowed down a lot.
After all, no matter what, you can only brush for one hour a day.
The second limited-time copy event has never come.
Now the cumulative number of summoning stones has exceeded 250. The last time it was 150, the copy of the Magical Forbidden World appeared, but the system did not change at all when the numbers were 200 and 250.
Is there a malfunction?
Obviously impossible. After all, the system has never said that a copy event will be opened every time 50 summoning stones are accumulated. This is just Shen He's guess based on the changes in several existing events.
But if this continues, the upgrade speed will become slower and slower.
"Master."
Violet landed next to Shen He from high altitude, holding a large bag full of spoils.
"Well, you've worked hard."
Shen He came back to his senses, put the mechanical hearts back into his backpack, and then touched Violet's little head.
In order to save time, all the servants separated, and he was alone in the center of the crowd to practice fighting monsters, ready to accept the spoils brought by others at any time.
"Master, unhappy?"
Violet hesitated for a moment, and still looked at Shen He quietly with her gem-like eyes.
Because of the full level of bond, she can always keenly perceive Shen He's emotions.
At first, she didn't understand what those emotions meant, and she didn't know what she could do, but now, she also hopes that she can be like Sister Jeanne and drive away those bad emotions for the Master.
"No, I'm just thinking about something." Shen He smiled dumbly.
Violet's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment, but she said nothing, nodded obediently, and flew back to the sky.
Although she was getting farther and farther away, she kept her sight on Shen He until she could no longer see him. She bit her lip slightly, revealing a distressed look.
She had read so many books, but the Master still treated her like a child. He
was unwilling to tell her anything.
Shen He kept his sight on Violet until she disappeared into the sky.
It has been half a year since she came to this world.
Perhaps only in Violet can one clearly perceive the passage of time, because her changes are the greatest.
In just half a year, she has changed from the cold, confused, scarred little girl who knew how to follow orders to the cute, smart, and quiet little princess she is now.
Shen He's mouth curled up slightly with a smile.
It must be said that he enjoyed this sense of accomplishment.
In the past, when he watched animations, movies, and novels, the characters that impressed him the most were often those who had various shining points but ended in tragedy. The feeling of wanting to save would always overflow in his heart and could not be dispelled for a long time.
Well, he really deserved to be the protagonist.
Shen He was a little proud for a while, and then he couldn't help but blush for his own childishness. Expecting to become the protagonist or something like that was just an idea that only middle school students would have.
Let's look at something more practical.
Shen He looked at his system panel. He was only a little bit away from reaching level 40. The huge number on the experience bar was moving towards the end little by little. That was the help from all the servants.
Finally, the experience bar broke through the limit.
The familiar heat flow instantly swept through his body, strengthening every part of his body, including the magic content, which was further improved.
"Ding, congratulations to the Master for reaching level 40, the limited-time event dungeon is open, and the limited-time Servant up card pool is open..."
Shen He was shocked.
The second event dungeon is open.
The days of being idle are over again.
It turns out that after reaching 150 stones, the event is not opened according to the accumulated number of stones, but according to the level?
Shen He did not notify the other servants, but looked at the newly opened event dungeon himself.
Special · Kill the Red Eyes.
It turned out to be this world...
Shen He looked at the two words "special" added in front and roughly guessed that this might be another event dungeon with the Holy Grail intruding.
However, the combat power of this world is much weaker than that of the Magical Index world.
Shen He quickly recalled the plot of Killing the Sister in his mind. Even Esdeath, who is known as the strongest, probably would not be the opponent of the current level 37 Qi Shen.
I always feel that... it would be better to make this dungeon the first dungeon.
Shen He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The embarrassing situation in the Magical Index world when the servants were not trained enough and had insufficient strength and had to rely on limited-time enhancement cards is still in front of us.
Forget it, it's useless to think too much about things that are out of control.
Shen He quickly moved the screen to the summoning interface. Sure enough, after the comprehensive card pool and the mechanical card pool, there were some more activity card pools.
The first up servant that appeared on it was
Esdeath.
Shen He shuddered subconsciously.
For some reason, he suddenly had a strange feeling when he saw this name, as if she would be a very troublesome guy.
No, she was originally a very troublesome guy.
Unlike Semiramis's feminine style of the empress, Esdeath is a standard cruel queen.
"What's wrong? Master, being dazed on the battlefield is a serious problem!"
Jeanne jumped over from a distance, put the big bag full of mechanical hearts on her body on the ground, and seemed to wave her hand in front of Shen He with some dissatisfaction.
"The new activity copy is open." Shen He explained, "I'll let everyone come back."
A summoning channel was established in his mind to transmit information. After a while, figures appeared one after another around him.
"A new world has appeared?"
"What kind of world is it?"
"Fourth place, you should not go, stay in school and look after that kid."
"Why? I want to go too, and don't call me fourth place!"
Shen He looked at the noisy servants in front of him, feeling helpless.
There are more people, but correspondingly, it is more difficult to look after them.
For example, Misaka Mikoto, it's okay to brush the dungeon, but the cruel and bloody world of Zanmei is not suitable for her at all.
"Okay, let's go back first." Shen He clapped his hands.
The time for this dungeon was almost up, and everyone returned to the room in the castle. Misaka Mikoto was still arguing with Accelerator.
"Mikoto, this time is really not suitable for you to go." Shen He took off his shoes and sat on the bed, looking around at everyone, and finally set his sights on Misaka Mikoto, "This world will probably be very cruel and bloody, and everyone there lives in killing and being killed. I don't want you to go."
"..." Misaka Mikoto's face gradually flushed.
With her personality, she would immediately explode if she was looked down upon like this.
But looking at Shen He's eyes, he couldn't say anything.
Because Shen He was right.
Here, even Violet can kill the enemy without mercy. Although Saiki Kusuo will not kill people, he is the servant with the greatest effect.
"There's nothing wrong with this." Jeanne walked over and gently hugged Misaka Mikoto in her arms. "Killing is not something to be proud of, so you just need to keep it like this. This is also the common wish of the Master and everyone. It's better to say that a cute Mikoto like this is what everyone needs."
Jeanne said, it was really Shen He's idea.
Misaka Mikoto was summoned purely because of love.
But because of love, Shen He did not want to see her forced to change herself.
Sister Misaka just needs to be a mascot.
This team also needs such a mascot.
"Breasts, breasts... I can't breathe."
Misaka Mikoto struggled to break free from Jeanne's arms, her face flushed.
Although she couldn't fully understand what Jeanne said.
But she had always been eaten up by Jeanne, as if she had met her nemesis, so she could only stay there with lingering fear, fearing that she would be carried away again.
"If nothing unexpected happens this time, there shouldn't be much of a problem with strength." Shen He glanced at the others and continued, "In short, let's first figure out the situation, and then choose the method that will bring the most benefits... In addition, this time I want to bring an 'outsider' with me."
"Outsider?" Everyone didn't understand what Shen He meant.
"That's right." A card appeared in Shen He's hand.
Temporary Servant Contract Card.
It can be used to contract a non-servant character to follow the Servant into the rest of the world, limited to event copies.
This special item card is extremely difficult to draw. Since it was opened, it has never appeared in the entire Magic Index copy. This only one was drawn in the ten consecutive summons when the Empress was summoned before.
"Who does the Master intend to take?" Jeanne asked.
"If I can only take one person with me, it'd be Tony, of course." Shen He seemed to have thought of something interesting, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. "The importance of the Sorcerer Supreme Tony to us is completely on a different level from the others. Ever since I got this prop card, I have been looking for an opportunity, but I didn't expect it to come so soon." Of course,
you can't just pick any world to take Tony to.
The copy must make the conceited and arrogant Tony more deeply aware of the greatness of Chaldea and his own insignificance, so as to enhance his sense of identity with Chaldea.
Nothing is more effective than personally participating in saving a world in dire straits.
There are not many worlds as dire as Zanmei.
"I think it should be okay." Jeanne was the first to express her opinion.
She naturally supported Shen He, and the others had no objections. Most of them would not care about such "small things".
"Then it's settled." Shen He clapped his hands, "I'll tell you about the general situation of this world..."
In fact, it's not just Tony who needs to increase his sense of identity.
People like Violet, Accelerator, Misaka Mikoto·Alter, etc., the only reason they entered the other worlds to fight was to help Shen He.
This sometimes makes Shen He feel a sense of burden.
Compared with a group of subordinates who only obey orders, he hopes to get partners who can understand and support him. The sense
of accomplishment of changing the world.
The joy of saving tragedy.
And the sense of fulfillment of fighting with companions and embarking on the journey together.
These are what Shen He has found in the past six months as the Master.
After Shen He finished telling the story, the atmosphere on the scene was quiet.
Apart from the girls with different personalities, the whole story of killing the girls is actually very simple, so simple that everyone can feel the cruel atmosphere very intuitively.
The brutal empire, the people in dire straits, the killer who fights back.
Either you die or I die.
This is the whole story.