Paradise: Ready Player One

No matter how coveted other magic families are, they dare not set foot in the territory of the Matou family.

Just like the Tohsaka family, although the Matou family occupies a small area, the strictness of the various magic barriers and traps arranged is not inferior in the slightest.

After all, the Matou family has been operating here for hundreds of years.

However, this fortress-like magic castle ushered in several uninvited guests tonight.

There is no doubt that it is Chen Ming and his party.

Although Nadeko didn't know why her brother came here, she had 100% trust in Chen Ming's actions.

Skahajon moved his nose slightly, and then frowned, with disgust visible to the naked eye.

"This strong rotten smell is really disgusting"

Chen Ming stared at the layers of barriers in front of him, and gave up the idea of ​​breaking in directly. No one knew what kind of barriers that old bug had planted here.

Even if you have enough confidence in your own strength, there is really no need to get involved.

In case the real master has not been found by the time, he has already fallen into a mess.

"Master, borrow your magic gun"

Faced with Chen Ming's request, Skaha naturally would not refuse, but asked curiously.

"Do you also use long guns?"

"Not really, but the Noble Phantasm, as long as it instills magic power, it should be enough."

As Chen Ming said, he took over the magic gun named "Piercing Death Fly".

This treasure that descended with the servant is actually just another form of expression of the "third method", not a prop in the strict sense, and there is no room for certification.

However, as its master's master, Chen Ming still has the right to use it.

With the infusion of magic power, the originally dim magic gun began to emit dazzling brilliance.

Even if the real name is not liberated, this magic gun still has a very high magic-breaking attribute. This is not only because of the characteristics of the magic gun itself, but also the embodiment of Skaha's "A" level of magic power.

Chen Ming assumed a throwing posture, even though he didn't have relevant "spear" skills, but with Chen Ming's current level of martial arts, he could easily find the most suitable way to exert force.

It looks more or less like that.

As for locking the enemy's position, Chen Ming didn't need it. The "magic gun" itself had inscriptions similar to "tracking" and "locking".

As long as he was within a certain distance and held this magic gun, Chen Ming could sense the enemy's position.

"Got you!"

Chen Ming looked towards a certain place in the Matou family's mansion, and threw the magic spear in his hand.

A red streak broke through all the barriers in front of him in an instant, and sank into the depths of the mansion at a speed that was hard to catch with the naked eye.

"It seems that you need to practice your use of long spears."

Scathach said something abruptly behind him.

Immediately, Chen Ming felt a chill down his spine, and the unhealed injury on his left arm kept reminding him of what a terrible thing Scathach's teaching method was.

The buildings in the deep underground of the mansion have a boxy shape, and they have an astonishing depth.

Almost no light can reach here.

The perimeter of the wall is full of uniform holes.

This is the wormhole where the Matou family used to raise the engraved worms.

Under the darkness, the rustling sounds of arthropods crawling can be heard everywhere.

Just listening to this voice is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Let alone a little girl like Tohsaka Sakura.

Even before witnessing the horrific things beneath him, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, tears kept rolling in his eyes.

Facing the abyss so close in front of her eyes, all Tosaka Sakura can do now is to tightly hold on to Matou Zouken's clothes and pray in a crying voice.

"Grandpa...why did you bring me here...can you take Sakura out of here...I'm so scared..."

"Sakura, do you know why I adopted you from the Tohsaka family to the Matou family?"

Matou Zouken remained unmoved, and stretched out his hand to gently stroke Tohsaka Sakura's soft short hair.

"Because... Sakura needs to inherit the magic seal of the Matou family"

"You're such a smart and sensible girl. You remember everything that grandpa told you before."

Matou Zouken's tone became more and more satisfied, but what he said made people shudder.

"But Sakura, your imaginary number attribute doesn't match the magic of the Matou family, so you need to be transformed first, and the specific method is to implant enough engraved worms into your body."

"Engraved worm?"

"It's what's under you"

As Matou Zouken said, a simple basic lighting magic popped out from his fingertips, and he threw it in front of him.

Tohsaka Sakura could finally see clearly the engraving worm wriggling underneath, and she was so frightened by just one glance that she collapsed to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, you will live with them for a long time to come. Pain is inevitable at the beginning, but it will be fine once you get used to it."

As he spoke, Matou Zouken lifted Far Bisakura's collar, making a gesture to throw her down.

The engraved worms who sensed the fresh life became restless one by one, and piled up layer by layer, trying to get closer to Tohsaka Sakura.

"...Mom...Rin...Father...Uncle Kariya...Who can save me..."

Tohsaka Sakura whispered helplessly.

"As the foster daughter of the Matou family, the first lesson I want to teach you is, never pin your hopes on others."

Matou Zouken said in a cold tone.

But in the next second, his face suddenly changed. He felt that the barriers he had arranged around the mansion were being destroyed layer by layer at an alarming speed.

Before Matou Zouyan could react, a dazzling horse pierced through the upper building and directly pinned him in place.

Chapter 259 Rescue

It all happened so suddenly.

Tohsaka Sakura didn't even realize that the current situation had changed, she was still slumped on the ground, sobbing silently under the shroud of fear.

Until the cold moonlight sprinkled on her immature face through the broken roof.

Only then did the haze in Tohsaka Sakura's heart dissipate a little.

"Ahhhhh!!"

However, the shrill cry that followed brought Tohsaka Sakura's attention back to reality, and subconsciously looked back.

The scene that came into view made Tohsaka Sakura's blue pupils suddenly shrink.

Being nailed to the ground, Matou Zouken couldn't help howling, his skinny body twisted back and forth in horror, under the old skin, it seemed that some insects were wriggling non-stop.

The "hissing" sound of insects can be heard vaguely, conveying emotions of fear and pain.

The more you look at it, the harder it is to connect with people.

The shock of this scene made Tohsaka Sakura lose the ability to think for a while.

that's the truth.

In order to survive, the first head of the Matou family had already given up his original identity as a human being.

The human body that looks as thin as a mummy is actually formed by the aggregation of countless bugs.

In the beginning, Matou Zouken continued his life, in fact, to witness the realization of his ideals.

But his method of immortality had substantial flaws as early as 200 years ago.

Time has eroded Matou Zouken's soul.

Therefore, even if you get fresh flesh, it will start to rot as soon as you get it, so it must be replaced regularly.

Later, the time that the physical body can last becomes shorter and shorter.

It used to be able to function for more than 50 years as long as it was replaced once, but now it needs to be replaced every few months.

The pain and fear of the erosion of his body gradually drove him crazy, and finally only the obsession of "not wanting to die" remained.

The man who had a great ideal in the past and wanted to eliminate all "evil" in the world has died.

What's left is just a bunch of obsessive bugs who rely on parasitic others to prolong their lifespan.

And the most restrained engraving worms are flame and light.

And the magic gun powered by Chen Ming's magic power was naturally tainted with his sun-like heat, plus the magic gun's own magic-breaking attribute.

It can be said that Matou Zouken was restrained to death.

When the magic spear pierced through the worm's body, the burning pain of the soul did not stop.

The pain, which was almost forgotten, struck again, as if it wanted to swallow up Matou Zouken's consciousness.

The engraving worms carrying his consciousness instinctively wanted to run away in all directions, away from this terrifying magic gun, but they couldn't do it anyway.

This magic gun seemed to nail Matou Zouken in place together with the space.

If this continues, the vitality of this worm body will inevitably be exhausted.

Matou Zouken realized this very clearly, and his fear of death became more and more intense.

But this didn't make him lose the rationality that a magician should maintain. After knowing that relying on his own strength, he couldn't pull out the magic spear, he turned to seek external force.

Matou Zouken endured the pain that penetrated his soul, parted his mind, and gave instructions to the surrounding insects.

After all, this is the wormhole, the base camp of the Matou family.

Nothing would be missing without these nasty bugs.

Countless swarms of insects of different shapes began to respond to Matou Zouken's call, surging like a tide.

This frightened Tohsaka Sakura and wanted to escape from here.

But in an instant, the entire step was filled with engraved worms, and she had nowhere to hide, so she could only curl up and try her best not to touch these worms.