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Chapter 578 The Importance of Local Household Registration

"Grand Assassin, the First Elder of the Mountain." Chen Luo looked at the berserker in front of him, whose body was glowing green, with some discomfort.

Since I have neither thought of destroying humanity nor of destroying the Earth, why should I use a Grand Assassin to deal with me?

This is not fair!

Of course, Chen Luo didn't have time to think about so many things now, because the berserker opposite him, who had a large shield in his left hand and a greatsword in his right, had already raised his sword.

"Identity application! Wandering Magician." Upon seeing this, Chen Luo quickly took out his household registration book.

Fine, fine, isn't it just because you're an outsider that you're being targeted like this?

So I can just get a local household registration, right?

Gan!

[Identity application in progress - The Wandering Magician]

Application successful

[Identity Task Has Been Generated]

The original stone has been deducted.

[Raw Stone - 200]

[Holy Grail Approval]: Obtain the Master qualification for the 4th Holy Grail War, also known as a Command Seal.

Reward: 400 Primogems

While the application for an identity document requires completing tasks to be fully completed, temporary identity cards can be issued during the task completion period.

To apply for an identity, you first need to deduct the corresponding amount of Primogems as a deposit based on the difficulty of the task. Once the task is completed, the identity will be issued together with the deposit.

In other words, although the reward is 400 Primogems, after returning Chen Luo's Primogems, only 200 Primogems are actually given.

As for mission failure? Well, that means the cost of the raw stones will be deducted.

After applying for and obtaining temporary identification, Wang Hassan, who had just raised his greatsword and appeared a meter in front of Chen Luo without anyone noticing, suddenly stopped his sword from striking Chen Luo.

Chen Luo watched Wang Hassan quietly until the latter put down the sword in his hand and then dissipated into spiritual particles in his hand.

As if receiving some kind of prompting, Wang Hassan didn't say anything to Chen Luo. He stared at Chen Luo, the blue light in his eyes flickering for a moment before he turned and left.

"Phew." Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the other person leave.

If we're talking about combat strength alone, Chen Luo isn't afraid of Wang Hassan.

Although they had never officially fought, Chen Luo was capable of protecting himself.

But the problem is that it's unnecessary.

Even if Chen Luo defeats one Grandmaster, many more Grandmasters will come looking for him.

What picture?

The current peaceful resolution is undoubtedly the best solution.

Only after the other party completely vanished into spirit form did Chen Luo put the long-handled chainsaw in his hand into his backpack.

Speaking of which, Chen Luo himself seems to have a high tolerance for death. Since the Imaginary Tree has absorbed Yakumo Yukari's realm of life and death many times, her instant-death ability might not be effective against Chen Luo.

Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief, but in other parts of Fuyuki City, a large group of 80 Heroic Spirits were trembling in fear.

This is... the sound of a bell.

The first generation's bell tolls.

And it even rang twice.

King Hassan, as the first Elder of the Mountain, was not only the predecessor of all Hassans, but also the one who took the lives of the Hassans.

If a younger Hassan becomes too incompetent, too disgraceful, or has reached the end of his rope, King Hassan will appear and personally take his life.

The evening bell was King Hassan's symbol.

Coincidentally, Hassan also appeared in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Hassan the Hundred-Faced Man.

As can be seen from the other person's name, their abilities are related to transformation. And after becoming a Heroic Spirit, they gained the ability to divide themselves into 80 independent individuals.

A maximum of 80.

However, precisely because it has divided itself into 80 parts, but the total number is still one Heroic Spirit, each individual among the Heroic Spirits appears extremely weak.

However, a single individual could easily defeat a mediocre magician.

Although Hundred Faces is indeed somewhat disappointing as Hassan, at least the other party can distinguish whether the bell that just rang was an ordinary bell or the evening bell from the First Lord.

[Assassination is not such an inconvenient thing. To divide yourself into 80? Hmph! Useless! I'll take your head.]

Fearing this would happen but powerless to do anything about it, Bai Mao Hassan could only obediently wait for his death, trembling with dread.

......

After Wang Hassan left, the scene fell silent.

"That was... a Servant?" The old insect was somewhat incredulous after seeing King Hassan disappear in spirit form.

The old insect was incredulous that the other party was a Servant about whom he knew absolutely nothing.

They were also surprised that their opponent moved freely through their magic workshop, which was filled with various defensive and offensive defenses.

At the same time, he was also surprised by the sense of crisis that the other party brought him.

The old bug is one of the creators of the Holy Grail War and also has his own special intelligence network.

At least for now, there haven't been any Berserker-class Servants. And shouldn't the Berserker be Matou Kariya's Servant?

Holding a large shield in his left hand and a greatsword in his right, with blue light emanating from his body, what else could he be but a berserker?

Could he be an assassin?

Moreover... although the old insect has been worn down over hundreds of years and is indeed not as strong as before, he is still a great magician who has lived for hundreds of years. Through the construction of the Matou family over countless years, he has made the seemingly ordinary Matou family as solid as a rock.

Ordinary magicians, or even ordinary heroic spirits, can only break through by facing the enemy head-on.

It's absolutely impossible for them to come and go as freely as the heroic spirits from before.

"Alright, old bug, the troublemaker's gone, we should continue now," Chen Luo said, waving the crowbar in his hand.

"Hmph, that's exactly what I was thinking." The old insect tapped the floor again with his wooden cane, and countless insects shot into the sky once more.

Although the old bug had realized that Chen Luo was no ordinary person after the sudden appearance of the heroic spirit, it seemed useless to say anything now, as the situation did not seem to be going to end well.

If we can't play, then we'll have to fight.

If I can't beat that berserker, can't I beat you, you brat?

As the insects launched their attack, the old insects also activated all the other furnishings scattered throughout the basement.

Countless magic bullets and lasers were fired, and at the same time, a considerable number of protective magic spells appeared in front of the old bug, protecting it with almost no blind spots.

Seeing the insects swarming towards him, Chen Luo didn't use the crowbar first, but instead braced himself with both hands.

"Embrace all things!"

When Chen Luo defeated the Whirlpool Demon and protected Liyue, he also received the old man's Earth Core ability as a reward, which is basically a shield.

Chen Luo himself didn't need to use a shield against these insects; he mainly used it on Matou Kariya, whom he considered a teammate.

These insects did not attack Matou Kariya, but Chen Luo was afraid that the other party might be killed by the aftershocks of his attack.

"Hey, crowbar... the holy staff of physics, let me see your power! Fireball!" The best attack mode against the swarm of insects rushing towards him is, of course, to use fire to counter them.

Chen Luo chose the simplest and most direct fireball spell—the modified fireball spell.

Countless insects swarmed toward Chen Luo and the bar door behind him. Due to the obstructed view, the old insect could not see what was behind the sea of ​​insects at all. However, as the master of the familiar, the old insect could feel the insects' excitement.

So far, I haven't encountered any noteworthy obstacles.

As for those offensive magic spells, although they accidentally injured some of the insects when they passed by, it didn't have any significant impact.

However, what puzzled the old insect was why a dazzling barrier, like amber, appeared on Matou Kariya's body.

Kariya Matou didn't know why a shield had appeared on his body, but he knew it couldn't be the old insect's ability; it could only have been done by that young man.

Matou Kariya watched with a hint of anticipation as Chen Luo was engulfed by the sea of ​​insects.

Kariya Matou knew he shouldn't have too high expectations of a stranger of unknown origin, but things couldn't get any worse, could they?

Kariya Matou is now at his wit's end. Although he is persistent enough, he is not sure if he can successfully obtain the Holy Grail.

At this moment, a person of unknown origin claims to be the one who can grant wishes.

Since that's the case, Matou Kariya doesn't mind offering up his few, but extremely cheap, hopes.

Even if the other side fails, the situation can't get any worse.

The old bug probably had no intention of punishing itself, after all, it had only expressed its wish.

At most, he would be mocked by the old bug for his naivety and stupidity afterward.

However, the other party does seem to have something. Isn't this barrier that suddenly appeared for some unknown purpose proof of that?

"boom!"

Just as the swarm of insects was about to engulf the intruder, Matou Kariya suddenly realized what this shield-like thing was for.

After all, under the rising sun in that basement, without any protection, I would probably die a terrible death, right?

Fire magic is naturally effective against insects, let alone a modified version of the Fireball spell.

Endless flames instantly filled the entire basement; it was hard to believe that this was just the result of an ordinary fireball spell.

The scorching flames licked at everything in the basement and surged toward the old worm standing at the edge of the basement.

To the old bug's utter astonishment, the terrifying flames burned through all the layers of shields protecting it.

As the last layer of shield crumbled, the old insect took a step back, and the insects that emerged from the sleeves of the kimono shielded him from the last bit of flame.

"Phew." The old bug breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Fortunately, his magic workshop was sturdy enough to withstand the opponent's trump card magic.

Such powerful fire magic probably cannot be released continuously in a short period of time.

The basement, being the old bug's chamber, was naturally the most meticulously prepared. Although the flames had burned everything, they hadn't breached the basement.

Although the flames burned through most of the defensive magic in the basement, the offensive magic had not yet been fully unleashed.

Now it's time for me to fight back.

Old Bug wanted to see how much magic the opponent had used to unleash their trump card, how much energy they had left to block his attack, and how long they could hold out in the basement.

"Oh my, this crowbar really enhances magic. No wonder that magician didn't throw away something that's completely unsuitable for him."

But after the flames and smoke dissipated, the powerful voice startled the old bug.

With everything obstructing his view clearing away, the old bug saw Chen Luo completely unharmed, and that there was no sign of his magic power being depleted on his face.

"Alright, old bug, the probing phase is over. Are you ready to face the Five Fireballs spell?" The crowbar in Chen Luo's hand spun under Chen Luo's Gray Dance, and at the same time, with the injection of magic power, five fireballs appeared behind Chen Luo, growing larger and larger.

Although the Fireball spell could be infinitely powerful at its peak, the problem was that Chen Luo's magical power was limited. If he cast the spell on his own, he was still stuck at the level of 5 fireballs.

The old bug stared wide-eyed at the five fireballs behind the other party.

The terrifying power contained in those five fireballs was no less than that of the previous fireball.

"Your basement is too dark, and you're a dark person too. Let my fireballs purify everything!" Chen Luo pointed his crowbar and fired five fireballs at the old bug like a barrage of bullets.

"Boom!" ×5

With five loud bangs, flames once again engulfed the entire basement, completely destroying what was once a relatively intact basement beyond recognition.

The old bug, which was the target of the five fireballs, didn't even leave ashes behind.

"All done, that's a wrap." Chen Luo clapped his hands and then slowly walked to Matou Kariya's side.

"No, it's not over yet." Matou Kariya, protected by the shield, shook her head quickly after hearing Chen Luo's words, and then said to Chen Luo in a weak voice.

"That old bug couldn't have died so easily. The other party must have a backup plan and be able to resurrect. After all, he had already abandoned his human form and his body was made up of bugs."

Although Kariya Matou didn't know much about the old insect's trump card, he had studied magic for a year and was quite familiar with the Matou family's insect magic.

"Don't worry, I know that. But once they become my friends, they can't escape even if they run to the ends of the earth."