Their commission was suspicious.

"..."

Although Chen Luo really wanted to teach Merlin a lesson in the harsh realities of life, he hesitated because of the raw gems...

Chen Luo's antenna is this kind of thing. It can project what a person sees or thinks onto a television set or any object that can display images, but the requirement is that the user must stand up straight and then raise the antenna.

These are two mandatory regulations.

Merlin was tormented by Chen Luo in the same way back then, so Merlin is now very interested in criticizing Chen Luo's posture.

"Another one, please." After finishing her meal, Artoria turned to the kitchen and said.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Here he comes." Judah's Oath came out carrying a bowl of braised chicken and rice.

Judah's Oath seems to quite like Artoria as a diner.

At least Artoria provides a place to dispose of the "food waste" generated by the Judah Oath while practicing cooking skills.

Yes, "kitchen waste" at the level of a culinary master.

This level is already at the level where even if the new product experiment fails, it's still better than the food Chen Luo originally made.

The footage available through Chen Luo's livestream became the perfect source of entertainment for Artoria while she ate.

According to Artoria, isn't it a normal physiological reaction to feel hungry as soon as you see your own dining table?

"Hmm, Chen Luo, do you think Mash and the others might seek your help now?" Merlin suddenly asked.

"I don't think so. They're just a bunch of zombies." Chen Luo shook his head.

"Sigh, I think so too. It's a pity we can't take the gamble," Merlin said with some disappointment.

After receiving a reminder from Saint Martha last night, Mashu and the others set off for Lyon this morning to search for the Dragon Slayer.

After scouting around a city along the way, Mashu and her companions finally arrived at Lyon, the city they had once known.

The reason I say "in the past" is because Lyon is now a ruin, filled with undead and wyverns.

The information Mash and the others received was that before Lyon fell, a warrior wielding a two-handed greatsword, as the city's guardian, repelled the wyverns and skeleton soldiers that attacked the city.

Unfortunately, a bunch of Servants later flooded into that city, and after the Guardian Servants fought with the enemy Servants, their whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

When Mashu and his companions arrived in Lyon and prepared to split up to search for the dragon slayer, they were entangled by the city's undead and two lone dragons, and were caught in a fierce battle.

As Chen Luo said, Mashu and the others did not seek help when faced with these living corpses that had been turned into monsters.

This relieved Chen Luo, as it proved that Mashu and the others had not developed a habit of relying on the magical girl Teriri.

Perhaps they will only seek help when they are in a crisis.

Although this will reduce Chen Luo's raw stone income somewhat, it will at least allow them to achieve sufficient growth.

Chen Luo had no idea when the Magical Girl Merry website would suddenly become unusable.

In the unlikely event that such a thing were to happen, their extensive experience would ensure that these individuals would not despair when faced with adversity.

"Damn it, my reward (Original Stone)."

Although, Chen Luo was still quite heartbroken.

“You…you’re the one who didn’t want them to rely on you too much, and now that they’re not asking for your help anymore, you’re the one who’s heartbroken.” Merlin looked at Chen Luo with a wry smile.

"What do you know? This is called a struggle between morality and thought."

While Chen Luo and Merlin were bickering, Mashu, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Jeanne d'Arc, Queen Marie Antoinette, and Mozart encountered the Servant who turned the city of Lyon into a living hell—the Phantom of the Opera.

With the Dragon Witch's authorization, all the wyverns in the city obey his commands, thus giving him absolute control over the city.

The fact that all the human soldiers in this city were turned into zombies was his doing.

"He still dared to come out when we had four Servants on our side; he's truly brave," Chen Luo praised.

"What do you mean 'our side'? That's called Fujimaru Ritsuka or Chaldea's side," Merlin reminded her.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Luo had bound himself to the Chaldea faction.

With Chen Luo's repeated support, Chaldea naturally felt embarrassed to refuse Chen Luo's companions' requests.

Despite the fact that Chaldea, as humanity's last hope, is wary of any strangers who help them, the magical girl Teriri is able to quickly become one with them.

What is social anxiety?

This is called social anxiety!

Social terrorists!

Defeating the Phantom of the Opera is not difficult. Chaldea has four Servants. Even if the Phantom of the Opera has the support of wyverns and zombies, battles between Servants are never something that lowly soldiers can interfere with.

At least wyverns and zombies are not qualified yet.

Solving them is a bit troublesome, but definitely not difficult.

The most crucial question is, how dare you, a two-star Servant, fight against Servants who are guaranteed to be four-star?

Mozart? Mozart is just a support character, ignore him, he'll lower the average star rating.

(Star rating does not represent strength, but rather rarity.)

But before one wave subsided, another arose.

After Mash and the others defeated the Phantom of the Opera, the doctor brought them even worse news—Chaldea detected an incredibly powerful life force, surpassing that of a Servant, rushing toward Mash at breakneck speed.

Furthermore, it also comes with the Spirit Origin reactions of three Servants.

This is quite a surprise.

Then Mashu and the others faced a choice.

On one hand, there is the extraordinary life force and the danger posed by the three Servants; on the other hand, there is the urgency to find the dragon slayer.

It is precisely because of their extraordinary life force that they are in even greater need of dragon slayers.

But there's no time left.

But if Mash and the others abandon that Servant now, they may never have the chance to find him again.

All of this requires instructions from the last human master, Ritsuka Fujimaru.

A life-or-death decision had presented itself before her.

Faced with the choice of fleeing immediately or searching for the dragon slayer, Gudako made her decision...

Dr. Roman: @MagicalGirlTeriri, please help!

"..." Chen Luo, who was looking forward to seeing what Gudako would decide, received the message.

Magical Girl Teriri: What trouble have you gotten into this time, after only one night?

Chen Luo then displayed a hint of bewilderment.

Dr. Roman: It's not that we've gotten ourselves into trouble, it's that trouble has found us. There's a super-powerful life force rapidly approaching; it's probably a dragon. Does the all-powerful magical girl Teriri have any solutions?

Magical Girl Teriri: Then run!

Dr. Roman: I can't run, I probably can't...

Even though Dr. Roman didn't get a definite answer from Chen Luo, Gudako on the other side also made the decision to find the dragon slayer.

Running away now will only make things worse!

Faced with a difficult choice, humanity's last Master made the right decision.

Magical Girl Teriri: So you mean you could have run away, but you decided to risk it all for a chance to save the world, is that right?

Dr. Roman: Pretty much. Almighty Teriri, are there any gadgets that can help us?

Magical Girl Teriri: It depends on what type of items you want.

Magical Girl Teriri: What about items that allow for mutual destruction? I have an item that can send the other person to their doom, but the side effect is that you won't escape either, plus you'll take half the Earth with you.

Dr. Roman: Don't say such terrifying things! And is the magical girl Teriri really that powerful?

Teriri the Magical Girl: Does anyone here know how to use a bow? I have a bow here that becomes more powerful the farther away the target is. It can be used for long-range sniping.

Dr. Roman: Sorry, no. And what the heck is this prop? Why does it sound so bizarre?

Magical Girl Teriri: That's a really mean comment. My gadgets are usually this weird.

Magical Girl Teriri: That gun has a very strong attack power and can launch a powerful attack, but it will burn away half of your own health.

Dr. Roman: ? ? ?

Magical Girl Teriri: An umbrella that can attract natural disasters? But what kind of natural disasters it will attract is uncertain, and the conditions for using it are somewhat harsh.

Dr. Roman: ...

Magical Girl Teriri: Fine, I choose you! An illiterate hatred magnet!

Dr. Roman: Wait, what is that? Did you mistype something?

Teriri the Magical Girl: Anyway, you'll see once you use it, but first you need to make sure none of your teammates are illiterate.

"Oh, Miss Mashu, why are you looking at me like that? Isn't the most important thing right now to find the dragon slayer?" When Jeanne noticed that Mashu and the others, who were searching for the dragon slayer, were suddenly staring at her with strange looks, Jeanne felt as if she were being subjected to a great deal of malice.

"Um... Miss Jeanne, could you please close your eyes for a moment?" Mashu made an impolite request.

"???" Joan of Arc tilted her head.

Only after confirming that Joan of Arc had indeed closed her eyes did Mash and the others see a statue emerge from the communicator.

It was a human-shaped statue with its right middle finger pointing upwards.

Mashu and the others looked at the statue and didn't feel any urge to attract hatred.

After Mash and the others casually placed the statue in one place to attract aggro, they immediately followed the doctor's instructions to find the faint Servant reaction.

However, when Mash and the others finally found the severely wounded dragon slayer in a castle, they heard a roar filled with rage.

"Ugh, I'm so angry!" (Roar, my rage!)

Then came a sudden, earth-shaking tremor.

"I didn't expect this illiterate hatred attractor to actually work." Moving upwards from Mashu's perspective, Chen Luo and the others could clearly see a white-haired, illiterate village girl frantically unleashing her Noble Phantasm at the statue.

Every now and then, she would kick the lower half of the statue hard with her long, black-stockinged legs.

What an enviable... yet heartbreaking statue.

Chapter 988 Gangatia! The Temple of Time!

"Where did you get all these strange gadgets?" No matter how many times Merlin exclaimed this, he would still be surprised when the facts were presented to him.

Where did this thing come from?

"It's just a byproduct of the gacha system. I didn't think it would be of any use, since I really didn't expect to know anyone who is... illiterate," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

Even Abby couldn't mock that broken statue, so Chen Luo never expected it could actually be useful against Jeanne d'Arc Alter.

Chen Luo's warehouse contained many of these outrageous items.

Or rather, the gacha pools where you can use Primogems to draw cards generally won't contain anything too bad.

One-star and two-star characters are the minority in the Primal Stone gacha pool; they're very rare. Three-star characters are the most common, and among them, there are many oddities…

For example, this [Illiterate Hatred Attractor] was originally a three-star item, but after the River God's ability was enhanced, it became a four-star top-tier item.

After sponsoring this item, Chen Luo also received 80 Primogems.

How effective is this item? So effective that even when Mash and the others sneaked out to escape, Jeanne Alter didn't notice.

It wasn't until Chen Luo snapped his fingers to cancel the summoning of the golden item that Jeanne Alter calmed down and noticed Mash and the others who were trying to sneak away.

Chen Luo wasn't deliberately trying to trick Mashu and the others; it was just that the golden item was almost at its usage limit.

Even a top-tier four-star item couldn't withstand Jeanne d'Arc Alter being treated like this, and Jeanne d'Arc unleashed several Noble Phantasms in a row.

If it weren't for Jeanne Alter possessing the Holy Grail, her magical power would have given out long ago.

This [Illiterate Hatred Attractor] happens to be a special item with a conceptual element, which cannot be completely replicated by the Void Treasury.

In order to avoid permanently losing the golden illiterate hatred attractor, Chen Luo had no choice but to cancel the summoning.

"It's Lancelot!"