Servants like Starhowl, who could control other people, could not fully display their abilities without cannon fodder.
So... New Penacony was sincerely recruiting cannon fodder to make the Holy Grail War more interesting.
These NPCs could serve as cannon fodder, controlled pawns, troublemakers, hidden masters, magical energy crystals, hostages, and human-shaped piggy banks.
Chen Li would grant these NPCs the right to participate in various Easter Egg events, and they could take the miraculous buff-granting food they obtained out of New Penacony. But if they were killed, all the "food" and Easter Egg items they had obtained would drop. That was why they were called human-shaped piggy banks.
Of course, death for NPCs was not true death. They would simply wake from the dream and permanently lose their qualification to enter New Penacony.
And if some NPCs were strong enough, they could even try to seize the Master qualification from a true Master.
"Alright. But does the Holy Grail really have the power to grant any wish?" the Saintess asked.
"Of course. For example, you could revive the people who died in that purge just now. But I wouldn't recommend wasting your wish like that."
"And even if you don't obtain the Holy Grail, as long as you accept the invitation, I'll give you some mysterious little gifts first."
"What mysterious little gifts?"
"For example... helping you solve the Gastrea virus problem."
"But haven't the Gastrea already been almost wiped out by you?" the Saintess asked.
"But these Cursed Children are still alive. As carriers of the Gastrea virus, if the infection rate in their bodies exceeds the limit, won't they eventually become Gastrea too?" Chen Li looked at Enju Aihara.
"...Mister Miraculous Forger, I apologize for my rudeness earlier. Perhaps you truly are an unimaginably gentle person." The Saintess