Anime Crossover: The Small Workshop System's Aggressive Feeding

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"Not enough magic."

The third finger,

"Rias's destructive magic seems powerful, but its endurance is pitifully poor. The same goes for Akeno's lightning. You are used to winning with one blow, but you have never thought about what to do after the enemy has withstood your first wave of attacks."

"Also, there's the issue of an unstable mindset."

Zhou Ye lowered his hand and calmly summarized, "You are too easily swayed by your emotions. Anger, fear, and pride will all become weaknesses that the enemy can exploit. You cannot adapt to high-intensity, high-pressure continuous combat. It can be said that a brutal training session has exposed all the problems that you had not noticed before."

With each word he spoke, Rias's expression grew increasingly grim. By the time Zhou Ye finished speaking, a flame of defiance had ignited in her crimson pupils.

"We are demons!"

She couldn't help but retort, "Our fighting style is to crush the enemy with powerful magic, not to compete in physical strength like humans do!"

"A foolish idea."

Zhou Ye's evaluation was merciless.

"Is this the laziness you so-called pure-blooded nobles have developed in peacetime? Just because you have powerful magic doesn't mean you don't need to exercise?"

Rias caught her breath, unable to refute.

"Faced with absolute speed, you don't even have a chance to unleash your magic."

Zhou Ye's gaze shifted to Cang Na.

"And you, Miss Sidi, your tactical analysis is indeed excellent, but can your subordinates execute it perfectly? When the battle situation changes in ways you did not anticipate, will your computer crash instantly?"

Cang Na's lips pressed tightly together. Zhou Ye's words had precisely struck at her greatest worry. Her retinue was indeed not capable of executing her orders perfectly like chess pieces; the battlefield was ever-changing, and any slight deviation could lead to complete collapse.

Zhou Ye didn't stop; his words, like cold blades, continued to cut through the pretense of everyone present.

"Shiyu, your mind is your only slight advantage right now, but your body is your biggest weakness. Even the weakest newcomer could have your neck snapped before you could even come up with a plan."

“Jianzi, you have eyes that can see through yin and yang and an unyielding will, but you have the will but not the body to turn it into power.”

"As for you,"

His gaze fell on Saeko Busujima, Gillespie, and Rika Minami, among others.

"You are among the best warriors in the human race, but much of your combat experience in the battles of the mystical side is flawed. You need to forget the past and relearn how to fight and how to kill non-human beings."

"Yura Tsubasa, Kusashita Reiya, Luca Lu, Hanabi Momo, Megumi Tomoe, Nimura Ryūko, Toujou Shiroto, Kiba Yuto, Rena Rei, Kara, some of you are human, some are cat demons, and some are fallen angels, but I've noticed that your mentality is the same as that of the newcomers who just came into contact with mystical powers, Miko and Utaha. Your mentality is completely not right. Just because you were lucky enough to help Siddy win against her good-for-nothing fiancé doesn't mean you are strong. Yesterday's training proved a lot. I'm recording here how you failed in training. Failure is not terrible. What's terrible is not adjusting your mentality in time after failure."

You could hear a pin drop in the entire restaurant.

Shame, resentment, shock, frustration… a multitude of emotions surged within the girls. For the first time, they were forced to confront their weaknesses so clearly—those fatal flaws concealed by their status, talents, and past glories.

"Therefore, you have many subjects to train in." Zhou Ye closed his book, stood up,

"From today onward, forget your identities, forget your powers. You are merely the most basic trainees. Training will begin with physical fitness, progressing to basic magic control."

As soon as he finished speaking, the space behind him distorted like ripples on water, and a pure white crack slowly opened.

This time, what appeared before everyone was no longer the bulky, metal fortress-like tank-class Honkai Beast from yesterday.

That was a group of... or rather, an entire order of knights.

They are also mechanical creations, but their bodies are more slender and agile. They possess a centaur-like structure, standing on all fours, while their upper bodies resemble those of knights wielding lances and massive shields. Their entire bodies are covered in streamlined dark silver armor, with blue energy arcs flickering at their joints. Their electronic eyes, emitting a cold and merciless red glow, silently lock onto each "prey" outside the rift.

The quantity is at least fifty.

【Mechanical Honkai Beast Knight Class】

They didn't roar; they just stood there silently. But the oppressive feeling created by their speed, power, and precise coordination was far more suffocating than that of the hundred tank-class Honkai Beasts from yesterday.

"These... are the Knight-level?" Rias's voice was a little hoarse.

“They are perfect teachers.” Zhou Ye’s voice carried a hint of mischievous amusement. “They are twice as fast as you and five times as durable. Their spears can easily interrupt your spellcasting, and their shields can effectively defend against low- to medium-intensity magical impacts. They excel at charging, encircling, and precise point-and-click attacks.”

He stepped aside, clearing a path to hell for them.

"They will tirelessly teach you what speed is, what endurance is, what... struggling in despair is."

A devilish smile appeared on Zhou Ye's face.

"Today's lesson is very simple."

"Survive for ten minutes under their siege."

……Finish.

Zhou Ye's voice echoed in the pure white training space, and the mechanical knights instantly stopped moving, frozen in place as if time had been paused.

Before them lay a devastated battlefield.

Rias collapsed to the ground, her long, crimson hair plastered messily to her sweat-drenched cheeks. Her school uniform was tattered, revealing large expanses of pale skin covered in marks left by the mechanical spear. Although she wouldn't truly die within the [House of Time and Spirit], the pain of being pierced through was no less intense.

Her once-proud destructive magic failed to completely destroy even one of the fifty Knight-level Honkai Beasts when they were surrounded.

Sona's situation was even more dire. This intelligent student council president's meticulously calculated tactics were rendered useless in the face of an absolute speed difference. The mechanical knights' charging speed far exceeded her expectations. When the first move was wrong, the entire game collapsed.

She knelt on the ground, her glasses long gone, her blue pupils filled with tears of resentment.

We...we lost...Zhunai's voice was as weak as a mosquito's buzz. Her lightning magic was like a massage to these well-armored mechanical knights.

Kiba Yuuto was immediately knocked unconscious; his demonic sword was shattered in the first charge, and a mechanical spear pierced his heart. Although he quickly revived, the continuous pain completely shattered the proud knight's will to fight.

Kasumigaoka Utaha huddled in the corner, trembling all over. Her wisdom seemed so pale in the face of absolute violence.

Miko Yotsuya, Saeko Busujima, Nami, and the others... without exception, all lay on the ground, panting heavily.

ten minutes.

They didn't even last five minutes.

Once was an accident. Zhou Ye's voice rang out above them, eerily calm. But twice?

Rias struggled to lift her head, wanting to refute something, but the words wouldn't come out.

Three times?

Cang closed her eyes. No matter how many reasons or excuses there were, they all seemed so powerless in the face of this bloody reality.

Three consecutive crushing defeats told them the cruelest truth—they were too weak.

So weak it's despair-inducing.

Now, are there still people who think they don't need to start training from the basics? Zhou Ye looked around, and no one dared to meet his gaze. Are there still people who think that with their current strength, they can fight against Kirkbor?

silence.

Dead silence.

Rias clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. She remembered what her brother had once told her: Rias, the first thing a true strong person must learn is to acknowledge their own weakness.

She lowered her head deeply.

I...I accept your arrangement, Zhou Ye. Please...please teach us.

These words were like a signal flare. Everyone else lowered their proud heads as well.

"Me too..." Sona's voice choked with emotion. "Please guide me."

Starting from the very basics... Zhu Nai bit her lip, "We are willing to accept any training."

Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction. Only pride that has been utterly shattered can be reshaped into true power.

"Very good. Starting tomorrow, except for the days when women are unwell, basic training will be from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM every day. There will also be an hour and a half of theoretical lessons in the evening." His voice brooked no refusal: physical fitness, speed, magic control, combat skills, mental fortitude... I will start from scratch and teach you all what combat truly is.

Zhou Ye waved his hand and closed the spatial rift, and those terrifying mechanical knights disappeared into the pure white.

Now, go back and rest. Tomorrow, the real training begins.

After they left, Zhou Ye stood alone in the pure white space, his expression turning serious again.

Of course, he wouldn't be idle.

After Rias's engagement was resolved, he could roughly predict the chain reaction that would follow, but he couldn't fully guess what kind of butterfly effect it would trigger.

Chapter 131 Armed Doll, Crimson Dragon Emperor Draig

In the pure white space, Zhou Ye stood alone.

The clamor of the girls' departure seemed to have never existed; now only boundless silence remained, and even the movement of air had completely stopped.

His expression showed no sign of relaxation; on the contrary, it was even more serious than during training.

The real enemy won't give him a training plan, nor will they heal him after he falls.

Zhou Ye extended his right hand, palm facing upward.

The power of the Herrscher of Reason within his body began to operate, and countless blue data streams appeared out of thin air, swirling and intertwining above his palm, analyzing the underlying structure of concepts such as "life," "armor," and "protection."

Then, a wisp of reality-distorting power originating from a fragment of [Talking Tom], carrying an absurd meaning, quietly merged into this data storm.

The originally complex structure was simplified and reorganized into a more direct form, while retaining its core functions.

A doll, about half a meter tall, slowly took shape in the blue light.

It has a face similar to Zhou Ye's, but it has been sculpted into a cartoonish version, with big eyes and round cheeks, making it look harmless.

The doll's body is made of an unknown silvery-white metal with a smooth surface, but its joints shimmer with the glow of energy.

Zhou Ye flicked his finger, and two orbs of light entered the puppet's body.

One is the "Heart of Vitality," which endows it with the ability to self-repair and heal.

The other group is the [All-Encompassing Weapons], which can conjure various weapons according to the needs of battle.

He transformed Saeko Busujima's swordsmanship experience, his initial understanding of space, and the instincts from countless battles into a data stream and infused it into the core of this puppet.

【Om—】

The cartoon doll's big eyes suddenly lit up, flashing with a lively brilliance.

It stretched its small limbs and then awkwardly gave Zhou Ye a knightly salute.

Despite its comical appearance, its hidden potential is enough to make any Gold-level expert uneasy.

Zhou Ye did not stop.

His creation of this armed guardian puppet was just the first step.

He raised his hands again, this time the target he had constructed was even more illusory and terrifying.