The Importance of Local Household Registration

Upon hearing Chen Luo's words, the Old Worm also revealed a sinister smile.

Did you really think that Old Worm just stood there and watched Chen Luo chat?

That's impossible. If someone has already invaded your home, you should at least teach them a lesson.

If possible, eliminating the opponent would undoubtedly be better.

Even if a Magus's possessions are depleted in battle, he can still exchange the magic circuits and magic crests of his opponent for a lot of good things. Of course, the Old Worm probably used them for research.

After all, the Old Worm was quite interested in this kind of spatial teleportation magic, as it might give him more trump cards.

As the Old Worm gently tapped the ground with its wooden staff, the insects, which had been poised to attack, swarmed forward.

"Clang!" Just then, the bell rang again.

This time, the sound came from very close to the insect nest, almost as if it were coming from inside the insect nest itself.

After the sound rang out, the insects that had been rushing towards Chen Luo seemed to be greatly frightened and instantly became chaotic.

The Old Worm also lost the ability to control his familiar for a moment, because he now sensed something extremely dangerous.

It felt as if a sharp sword was hanging over his neck, ready to fall at any moment and condemn him to eternal damnation.

But it seems that the other party's target is not themselves.

Instead...

"Really? It really is." Standing outside the bar, looking at those two blue-glowing eyes not far away, Chen Luo covered his face with a pained expression.

That's outrageous.

What merit or ability do I, Chen Luo, possess?

Chapter 578 The Importance of Local Household Registration

"Grand Assassin, the First Hassan of the Hundred Faces." 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 Grand Assassin to deal with me?

That's 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 Magus." 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?

Damn it!

[Identity Application in progress - The Wandering Magus]

Application successful

[Identity Task Has Been Generated]

The Primogem has been deducted.

[Primogem - 200]

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

Reward: 400 Primogem

While the Identity Application requires completing tasks to be fully completed, temporary ID card can be issued during the task completion period.

To apply for an identity, you first need to deduct the corresponding Primogem 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 Primogem, after returning Chen Luo's Primogem, only 200 Primogem are actually given.

As for mission failure? Well, that means the Primogem will be deducted.

After applying for and obtaining temporary ID card, King 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 King 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, King 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 King 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 Chen Luo.

What's the point?

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 of the emperor's bell.

And it even rang twice.

King Hassan, as the First Hassan of the Hundred Faces, 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 Night Bell was King Hassan's symbol.

Coincidentally, Hassan also appeared in the 4th Holy Grail War.

Hassan of the Hundred Faces.

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 Magus.

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 Night 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, Hassan of the Hundred Faces could only obediently wait for his death, trembling with dread.

After King Hassan left, the scene fell silent.

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

The Old Worm 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 Magecraft 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 Worm 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 Worm has been Erosion over hundreds of years and is indeed not as strong as before, Old Worm is still Great Magician has lived for hundreds of years. Through the construction of the Matou Family over countless years, he has made the seemingly Matou Family as solid as a rock.

Ordinary Magus, 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 Worm, 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 Worm tapped the floor again with his wooden cane, and countless insects shot into the sky once more.

Although the Old Worm 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 Worm 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 Worm, 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.

"All-Encompassing!"

When Chen Luo defeated the Vortex Archon and protected Liyue, he also received the old man's Dominus Lapidis ability as a reward, which is basically a shield.

Chen Luo himself didn't need to use a shield against these insects; Chen Luo 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 Staff of Physics, let me see your power! Fireball Technique!" 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 Technique — the remodel Fireball Technique.

Countless insects swarmed toward Chen Luo and the Bar Door behind him. Due to the obstructed view, the Old Worm could not see what was behind the sea of insects at all. However, as the master of the familiar, the Old Worm 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 Worm was why a dazzling barrier, like amber, appeared on Matou Kariya's body.

Matou Kariya n't know why a shield had appeared on his body, but he knew it couldn't be the Old Worm'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.

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

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

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

At most, he would be mocked by the Old Worm 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?

Homura Akemi is naturally effective against insects, let alone a modified version of the Fireball Technique.

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

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

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

"Phew." The Old Worm breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

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

Such powerful Homura Akemi probably cannot be released continuously in a short period of time.

The basement, being the Old Worm'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.