I, System Creator

Miyu completed the event check-in and obtained Medea's Noble Phantasm: "Rule Breaker."

Ilyasviel completed the event check-in and obtained a Saber Pendragon figurine.

Seeing that she had finally completed the event check-in, an expectant smile slowly appeared on Illya's face.

But after Illya saw the system reward—the smile gradually disappeared.

She felt as though she had been struck by a devastating blow, one even more painful than when Medea had blasted her away just now!

Haibara Ai: "Tsk, tsk, tsk... Just as expected, no comparison, no harm. Poor Illya."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "The Blood of the Unlucky is truly terrifying..."

Busujima Saeko: "Illya... Sigh, I don't even know how to comfort you..."

Ilyasviel: "I want to cry. I really want to cry right now. Why do I have to endure pain I shouldn't have to bear at this age... I'm still just a child..."

Administrator: "Logically speaking, Luck E shouldn't affect the system... Hmm, never mind. Pretend I said nothing!"

Chu Chen immediately realized that those were not comforting words and silently shut his mouth, but—it was already too late.

Ilyasviel: "...Why do I feel worse and worse after hearing what the Administrator said? Isn't that basically saying I was an unlucky person to begin with?"

Ilyasviel: "Sob, sob, sob!"

Miyu: "Um... Illya, don't be sad. I can't use this Noble Phantasm anyway, so why don't you take it?"

Seeing Illya's expressionless face, then glancing at Illya's messages in the System Network, Miyu could not help speaking up.

After reading Miyu's message, Ai let out a deep sigh. What was an honest person? This was an honest person...

Administrator: "Miyu, Illya isn't feeling this bad because of the reward. You should keep the Noble Phantasm yourself!"

Chu Chen could not help smiling bitterly. Miyu still had not understood why Illya was upset.

She was upset because she felt persecuted by the system, as if her own system were targeting her, not because of her reward. After all, in Illya's eyes, rewards were not that important. She might care a little, but not enough to cry over them. It was just that whenever everyone received uncertain rewards from check-ins, if someone got the worst reward, everyone would tease that person about their luck. But when someone had bad luck for too long, anyone would go crazy.

Someone like Illya had been absurdly unlucky lately.

Miyu: "???"

Miyu tilted her head, still unable to understand what Chu Chen meant.

However, after seeing Illya smile in response to her, Miyu finally relaxed.

So she really is fine... Miyu thought.

"That's great... We actually managed to deal with such a troublesome Caster!"

Tohsaka Rin and Luvia walked toward Illya and Miyu as the two descended from the air.

A look of amazement could not help appearing on both their faces.

Whether it was Illya's tactics or Miyu's counterattack, both made them feel inferior. In terms of experience, they could crush Illya and Miyu, but they were still astonished by the two girls' battle.

They truly were outstanding talents worth cultivating...

"Looks like we won't have to worry about recovering any more Class Cards from now on!"

Luvia silently planted a flag. When they faced Berserker, they would probably cry.

And—

"Hey, hey, hey! This is absolutely not the time to say something like that! Do you know that what you just said is basically a flag? The more you say things like that, the more likely some powerful Servant will show up and slap you in the face..."

Chu Chen could not help grumbling as his gaze immediately turned toward a certain direction.

The next moment, an enormous surge of mana came from the darkness beneath Fuyuki Bridge.

Even Chu Chen's eyelids twitched slightly at that mana fluctuation. As expected of the Saber class; in terms of overall inherent strength, it was undoubtedly the peak among the seven classes. Moreover, the Heroic Spirit manifested by this Class Card was no ordinary Heroic Spirit.

Saber Pendragon!

"Huh? What are you talk—"

Before Luvia could finish speaking, her body and expression froze the moment her eyes swept beneath Fuyuki Bridge. Her eyes filled with utter disbelief.

Tohsaka Rin was the same. The moment she looked beneath Fuyuki Bridge, she was completely stunned.

Tohsaka Rin quickly came to her senses and shot Luvia a furious glare. Her heart was filled with anxiety.

You damned jinx! Of all times, why did it have to come true now?!

We were just saying it casually. There was no need for one to actually show up!

The Blackened King Turned into an Experience Pack

"What's wrong? What happened?"

In response to Chu Chen and the others' reactions, Illya tilted her head slightly, completely confused.

"It's here! This is practically the worst possible situation!"

At this moment, Ruby spoke in an unusually serious and solemn tone.

"Huh? What is it? I still don't understand what happened!"

Illya was covered in black lines. Could Ruby not speak more clearly? Leaving things half-said was not good!

However, what happened before her soon resolved the confusion in Illya's mind.

Heavy footsteps slowly came from beneath Fuyuki Bridge. There was even a powerful metallic quality to them. Then, a figure soon emerged, clad in jet-black armor and holding a black longsword. Her lovely face was covered by a mask that concealed her eyes and half her face, while an intense oppressive aura radiated from her entire body.

That immense mana made Tohsaka Rin and Luvia shudder in shock.

They simply could not imagine that such power came from a Heroic Spirit manifested by a Class Card.

"No way..." Tohsaka Rin stared at the enemy who had suddenly appeared, unable to close her mouth for a moment.

"A second enemy!" Luvia was equally shocked and felt like slapping herself.

Why did I have to say that for no reason? Luvia truly realized just how powerful something called a flag could be.

At that moment, even Miyu, who was usually so calm, could not help being surprised by the sight.

"Can something like this happen too, Sapphire?"

"Completely outside expectations..."

That was understandable. After all, no one would have expected two Heroic Spirits to appear in one Mirror World!

Not to mention them—even Chu Chen would never have imagined there were two Heroic Spirits here if he had not read the original work.

Chu Chen did not attack immediately. He silently glanced at the mission interfaces for Illya and Miyu first. Only after confirming that the system would not slap him in the face again did he turn his gaze toward Miyu and Illya beside him.

"You two rest for now. You must have used up quite a bit fighting Caster just now... I'll play with her!"

As he spoke, Chu Chen somehow produced a Tachi and charged directly at Saber before him.

"Teacher Chu Chen!" "Mr. Chu Chen!" Illya and Miyu cried out in alarm.

Tohsaka Rin and Luvia had also considered calling Chu Chen back, but after thinking about it carefully, they realized that he would not have rushed forward so casually if he were not confident. Besides, Illya and Miyu truly did need a good rest.

"You two recover where you are. After that battle, you really need to recuperate!"

Tohsaka Rin looked solemnly at the two behind her while tightly clutching several gems in her hands, ready to provide support at any moment.

Luvia also prepared herself to provide support with gem magecraft at any time.

The Blackened King seemed to sense Chu Chen's approach. Without hesitation, she brought the holy sword in her hand crashing down upon him.

An enormous mist of mana condensed into a crescent-shaped sword aura and shot toward Chu Chen, as if it intended to cleave the space before it in two. It shook the surrounding air and whipped up clouds of dust as it blasted toward him.

Chu Chen frowned slightly. The space before him immediately twisted, expanding into an opening like a doorway.

The crescent-shaped sword aura was instantly swallowed by that opening, and then—

Another opening unfolded behind the Blackened King, and the crescent-shaped sword aura blasted out from it toward her. However, the Blackened King turned around, using the holy sword in her hand to block the crescent-shaped sword aura.

In the moment the Blackened King turned around, Chu Chen had already arrived before her. The Tachi in his hand came down fiercely.

The ringing of metal echoed out as sparks flashed where their weapons collided.

Feeling the tremendous weight pressing against his hand, Chu Chen frowned slightly. The Blackened King's Mana Burst was really useful!

However, Chu Chen merely envied that skill. For him, a skill like that could be obtained anytime.

After all, twenty-four hours a day, Chu Chen could potentially obtain any skill or Noble Phantasm from this world.

"My sword can be used like this too!"

As he said that, Chu Chen casually swung the Tachi in his hand. In an instant, blood splashed.

A wound immediately burst open on the Blackened King's shoulder, and a trace of astonishment appeared on her face.

She seemed surprised that Chu Chen had managed to hit her despite not aiming at her...

"That was—Displacement Magic!" A look of surprise could not help appearing on Miyu's face.

That was Einsworth's specialty magecraft, so Miyu naturally knew of it.

"He can actually beat Saber into this state through nothing but close combat and magecraft..."

"What incredible strength!"

Although the battle between the two looked simple and brutal, Tohsaka Rin and Luvia could feel merely by standing nearby just how terrifying the Blackened King, Chu Chen's opponent, truly was.

The collision of their weapons alone sent waves of air sweeping outward, flinging everything around them away.

The fierce wind sweeping through the area crashed toward them like ocean waves, making Tohsaka Rin and Luvia drag Illya and Miyu farther back, afraid they might get caught up in the battle.

Facing the holy sword slashing toward his head, Chu Chen had no intention of dodging.

A spatial opening instantly unfolded, and the holy sword struck it heavily. In that instant, a sense of danger rose within the Blackened King.

Instinctively, the Blackened King hurriedly dodged to the side, making Chu Chen curl his lips.

Her Instinct ability was not weak either...

At that moment, Chu Chen more or less understood how strong he was.

The Blackened King's strength could not kill him, while he could easily take her down.

With Displacement Magic and swordsmanship working together, Chu Chen could basically make the Blackened King die before she even had time to raise her holy sword.

Even if she unleashed the holy sword in her hand, Chu Chen had a way to force her to stop using her Noble Phantasm. That was—

"Petrifying Magic Eye!"

Chu Chen's eyes changed completely in an instant, gleaming with rainbow light like gemstones.

The intense pressure made the Blackened King completely unable to move. Not only that, but the Mystic Eyes began petrifying her feet, gradually spreading upward.

These were the Mystic Eyes of Petrification that Chu Chen had chosen from Miyu's reward yesterday. He had raised them to the highest level, the Rainbow Mystic Eyes, in one go. In addition, Artoria Alter's Magic Resistance had declined compared to her original form. Therefore, against Chu Chen's Petrifying Magic Eye, Artoria could only obediently be petrified.

A cold flash streaked through the air, and a huge hole instantly appeared in the Blackened King's chest.

Slowly, the Blackened King, killed in a single strike by Chu Chen, began to dissolve into particles of light.

Chu Chen extended his right hand, and those particles returned to the form of the original Class Card.

Behind him, Tohsaka Rin and the others could only stare in utter bewilderment.

The Essence of Humanity Is "Smells Good"!

"Miyu, were you hurt just now? Taking that guy's attacks must not have felt good, right?"

Chu Chen's gaze was filled with concern. Although Miyu had looked relaxed when she blocked the attacks earlier—

That did not mean Miyu had not been injured... That was why Chu Chen asked about her condition after the fight was over.

Miyu shook her head. There was nothing wrong with her. Her defenses had been quite reliable.

However, after answering Chu Chen, Miyu could not help glancing at him.

There was no helping it. What had happened with the Class Cards today had truly shocked everyone.

Especially Tohsaka Rin and Luvia. This was the first time they had witnessed Chu Chen's abilities.

Rare Mystic Eyes, exquisite swordsmanship capable of contending with Saber, masterful Displacement Magic...

Those three alone were enough to leave Tohsaka Rin and Luvia in awe.

But this also indirectly confirmed one thing for Tohsaka Rin and Luvia: Chu Chen was probably not interested in Class Cards.