34 Asuna's Joining
The next day at noon, the boys and girls all gathered in the Servant Department.
"By the way, Shirou-senpai, how did yesterday's battle go?" Mash looked up at her senpai and asked.
"Hmm, although the monster was tricky, the partner who called me over was super strong, so the fight went very smoothly." Shirou told the girls about the battle he had earlier.
Asuna's heroic spirit Minamoto no Raikou was indeed very strong, but not only was the heroic spirit powerful, Asuna herself tangled with the monster, showing combat awareness, calm decision-making, and decisive action far beyond ordinary people, which allowed the heroic spirit's power to be displayed almost perfectly.
Perhaps even if the heroic spirit Minamoto no Raikou herself were summoned here directly, she couldn't be much stronger than this possession summoning mode.
"So awesome! Isn't this a super powerful new partner? Is she a student from somewhere? Or a working adult?" Mash asked excitedly.
She had long hoped for a strong partner like Grandpa King Hassan.
"So I've already invited Asuna to come here this noon," Shirou said.
"Asuna?" The three girls simultaneously looked up at the boy. Another girl from somewhere?
At that moment, the door was knocked.
"Excuse me." The door opened, and a girl with flaxen long hair, exuding a good wife and wise mother aura, walked in.
"Please come in! This is her, Asuna Yuuki, a classmate of mine from the same grade—you all must have heard of her." Shirou smiled and introduced her to his companions.
"Yahallo~! Classmate Yuuki. Didn't expect you to be a veteran player." Yuigahama said in surprise.
"Yahallo! Yuigahama-san, are you all partners here?" Asuna said somewhat surprised to see so many girls.
"Yes, although at first you were dragged into it by me, now everyone has decided to help out as partners! Yuigahama, you know her, and this one is..." Shirou said, preparing to introduce the partners one by one to Asuna.
Asuna waved her hand and smiled, saying, "No need. I still know these few. Yukinoshita-san, Mash-san, hello. I'm Asuna Yuuki, my game name is Asuna."
"Wait? Yuuki-san, you're that Asuna?" Yukinoshita also asked in surprise.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Asuna asked confusedly.
"I had previously asked you to provide me with monster info from FGO," Yukinoshita said.
"Ah! Then you must be the Snow Meow Who Loves Mr. Pan!" Asuna suddenly realized, and looking at the cold girl, she felt quite a bit of closeness.
"Eh? Really? Then that's the shining group leader! I'm Sable, Don't Run Off, hehe, seems like such a fate!" Yuigahama affectionately hugged Asuna and said.
"Really, now that I think about it, there are so many people from this school in our group," Asuna said moved and surprised.
"Of course! It's so fun... no! Such a dangerous thing can't be ignored!" The girls said with righteous solemnity.
And such an exciting and fun game, the slightly dangerous feeling is exactly what makes people unable to stop playing.
"That's great! Shirou-senpai, a powerful partner has joined." Mash clenched her small fists and looked happily at the boy.
"Well then, everyone please take care of me. Just call me Asuna! Friends all call me that." Asuna said with a smile.
"The pleasure's ours, please take care of us!" Shirou nodded.
"Please take care of me too, Yuuki-san, and thank you for the info earlier. Having a reliable partner join will help us deal with these monsters as soon as possible," Yukinoshita nodded in agreement.
"I told you, it's Asuna! And can I call you Yukino?" Asuna stepped forward and took the black-haired girl's hand.
"Um, um... if you want to call me that," Yukinoshita said quietly, blushing.
"Ah? Yukino, are you shy now? No way, Yukino's number one best friend is me!" Yuigahama, a little jealous, hugged her.
"Yuigahama, don't hug me so close, it's hot," Yukinoshita tried to push her away but was hugged even tighter.
Mash watched silently for a moment, then suddenly realized and also opened her arms to jump in.
"Yukinoshita-senpai! Please let me join too!"
"I told you, don't come closer!" Yukinoshita shouted, blushing.
"Today is really peaceful." Shirou, sitting aside, slowly took a sip of tea.
From then on, after school and on holidays, Shirou and the girls would take time to come out together and solve problems in the otherworldly space.
Clearing monsters became very smooth.
On one hand, it was because Asuna had joined. As a game expert, she was always able to quickly make the most reasonable tactical distribution against monsters of different classes.
"What are you staring at! You're not a pig, you're a dragon! Then slaughter it! That's it." Asuna taught Shirou the correct way to use Saint George, who wasn't a meat shield but the strongest dragon slayer.
"Got it! Asuna-sensei." Summoning Saint George, Shirou put away his notebook.
He leapt towards the underground magic pig, took off his cloak with one hand and drew Ascalon with the other.
He swung the cloak to envelop the monster and slashed with the sword, "You are a dragon, guilty!" — [Blessed Sword of Mighty Slaughter (Ascalon)]
"Roarrr!" Then the magic pig let out a miserable scream, the dragon pig was cut in two with one stroke.
Then Shirou, skilled, stood side by side with Asuna who made a V sign, and pressed the photo button. Recently, the photos on his phone with girls seemed to be increasing gradually.
On the other hand, with Merlin as support, their combat power also rose a lot. Ushiwakamaru's skill "Tengu's Strategy" combined with Merlin and Mash could increase charging speed.
Because it was a five-person team plus a small Da-chan, using Noble Phantasms became convenient, and combat efficiency greatly improved.
In the otherworldly space, dozens of wolf-headed monsters with red glowing eyes appeared, showing sharp claws or weapons in their hands, growling threateningly, drooling—looking less like intelligent beings and more like furious beasts who lost their minds.
Monsters assigned with various classes behaved like berserkers and recklessly charged.
"No matter how many times we fight, I still can't get used to these crazed monsters. Even goblins in games usually have some intelligence,"
Yukinoshita said while summoning Ushiwakamaru and dodging with a swallow-like agile movement.
When facing this kind of group monster, once they get close and latch on, it's almost impossible to break free, with disastrous consequences.
"These monsters are abnormal, they have no fear as living beings at all, they must be controlled by something," small Da-chan said, flying in the air with a worried expression.