Chapter 691

Turning on the lights in the house, Su Xiao sat on the sofa in the living room. Nearby were Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and the dying Matou Kariya. As for Matou Sakura, she was sitting beside Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Su Xiao tried to view his own Heroic Spirit attributes, and lines of text appeared.

Heroic Spirit Name: Bai Ye

Gender: Male

True Name: Su Xiao

Class: Berserker

Alignment: Neutral/Chaotic/Evil

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Strength: A+

Endurance: A+

Agility: A+

Magical Power: B

Luck: E- ~ C+

Noble Phantasm: A

Class Skill: Mad Enhancement (C)

Notification: This skill has been immunized by the Blade Master Lv. 30 additional ability "Mind Blade."

Inherent Skills:

Demon Hunter (A++)

Mind's Eye (C)

Blade Master (A++)

Firearms (B+)

Demon-Resistant Constitution (B+)

Spirit Shadow Constitution (B++)

Devouring Core (EX)

Seeing that the Devouring Core was judged as EX-rank, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed; he thought of a possibility.

Heroic Spirits are composed of energy. If a Heroic Spirit's energy can be absorbed, then the value of defeating a Heroic Spirit will increase significantly. But there is a considerable risk in this; after all, it is competing for energy with the Holy Grail.

Although the Devouring Core does not devour souls but rather energy, whether it will cause a backlash from the Greater Grail is still unknown.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, the Reincarnation Paradise notification appeared.

【Entering World: Fate/Zero.】

World Difficulty: Lv. 20

World's Source: 5.2%

World Introduction: Legend has it that the Holy Grail is a treasure that can grant the owner's wishes. In order to pursue the power of the Holy Grail, 7 mages each summon a Heroic Spirit to engage in a battle for the Holy Grail; this is the Holy Grail War.

Mages: The daily lives of mages are mostly occupied by "research." Those who use magecraft outside of research are in the minority, such as using magecraft to replace labor.

Those who use magecraft as a tool rather than for research (such as an Assassin using magecraft) are called Mage-Users and are looked upon with contempt by mages.

Even among mages, few use magecraft in their daily lives; this is "Mystery Concealment." If this rule is not followed, the Mage Association will use extreme methods to prevent the world from knowing about magecraft. If a mage uses magecraft in public, they are very likely to be purged.

Whether magecraft is powerful or not depends on the number of magical circuits in the body. The number of magical circuits is fixed at birth and cannot be increased by external forces under normal circumstances. Therefore, mages accumulate bloodlines over several generations, allowing their descendants to have bodies suitable for magecraft, thereby naturally possessing more magical circuits.

Heroic Spirits: Only "heroes" whose great achievements remain as legends after death and who have become objects of faith can become Heroic Spirits. Usually, Heroic Spirits are summoned by the world as a force to protect humanity. And the Heroic Spirits summoned by humans are called Servants.

Main Mission: Heaven's Cup.

Hunter Mission: None (No rule-breakers in this world).

Warning: Please do not mention anything about the "Paradise" in this world. If the warning is ineffective, you will be forcibly executed!

Notification: Detected that the Hunter has not mastered the language of this world. 100 Paradise Coins have been consumed to automatically master the language of this world.

Just as Su Xiao finished reading the world introduction, the Reincarnation Paradise notification appeared again.

【Detected that the Hunter has reached the prerequisites for the talent awakening mission. Talent awakening mission is activating...】

【After the talent awakening mission is activated, you will obtain three opportunities. If you fail three times in a row (a talent awakening mission is issued once per derived world), the talent will never be awakened.】

【The talent awakening mission level is 10 levels higher than the Hunter's current level.】

【The talent awakening mission is extremely dangerous; over 50% of contractors cannot complete it.】

【Warning: Any matters related to the talent awakening mission must not be disclosed by the Hunter. Violation will result in forced execution!】

【Talent awakening mission has been activated. The Hunter can view it freely.】

The notifications related to the derived world were white, while the notifications related to the talent awakening mission were blood-red.

Su Xiao had wondered before why he had never heard a whisper about something as important as talent awakening. Now it seemed this was normal.

Disclosing any related matters would result in forced execution, which showed how significant the meaning of talent awakening was.

Su Xiao opened the mission list. The first thing that caught his eye was the main mission.

【Main Mission: Heaven's Cup】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 18

Mission Introduction: Touch the Greater Grail by any means.

Mission Information: The Greater Grail will appear at the final moment of the Holy Grail War.

Mission Deadline: 15 natural days.

Mission Reward: 5000 Paradise Coins + 6 attribute points.

Mission Penalty: Forced execution.

【Talent Awakening Mission: Arrive at Ryudoji Temple】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 3

Mission Introduction: This is the first ring of the talent awakening mission. There are three rings in total. The mission difficulty will continue to climb, and the difficulty cap for the final ring is Lv. 26.

Mission Information: To ordinary people, Ryudoji Temple is just a local scenic spot, but to mages, this temple is an extremely excellent spiritual land.

Mission Deadline: 4 natural days.

Mission Reward: None.

Mission Penalty: Deduct one talent awakening opportunity; you cannot accept talent awakening missions in this world again.

Su Xiao sat on the sofa, looking ahead, seemingly thinking about something.

Judging from the current situation, the main mission doesn't need to be worried about for the time being; focusing on the talent awakening mission is the right path.

To Su Xiao, even if this main mission fails, it doesn't matter; he has one exemption for main mission failure.

The good news is that there are no rule-breakers in this derived world. The main mission + talent mission is already enough to give Su Xiao a headache; if a Hunter mission were added, he would be overwhelmed.

Assuming Su Xiao encountered a rule-breaker like the Clown in this derived world, then his attempt to complete the talent awakening mission would be pure wishful thinking.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

While Su Xiao was pondering, a burst of violent coughing came; it was Matou Kariya, who was vomiting large mouthfuls of blood.

Matou Kariya was already very weak. Unfortunately, Su Xiao had no potions that could be used on outsiders; No. 1 Potion could not be used by anyone other than himself.

However, even if Matou Kariya died, Su Xiao had other substitutes, such as Matou Sakura.

"Today is your 'lucky day'."

Su Xiao squatted in front of Matou Kariya. Matou Kariya's pupils began to dim; his will to survive was not strong. After all, Matou Zouken was dead, and Matou Sakura had regained her freedom.

"Sakura is fine... cough, cough."

Matou Kariya coughed up another mouthful of blood while speaking. Matou Sakura sat beside Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, looking at him calmly, with no visible emotional fluctuations.

"Does the matter of having your childhood sweetheart stolen not matter?"

Su Xiao's words directly provoked Matou Kariya's anger.

"That was Aoi's own choice, I..."

Su Xiao smiled and turned his head to look at Matou Sakura.

"She was tortured by that old worm for a year; this is Tohsaka Tokiomi's choice. Perhaps one day, for the sake of magecraft, the Aoi you speak of will face the same situation. Even her own flesh and blood don't matter, let alone a wife."

After Su Xiao said this, the dying Matou Kariya began to tremble. He automatically imagined a scene: Aoi, completely naked, being thrown into the worm pool, struggling and crying in the pool.

"No! It's all Tokiomi's fault! If it weren't for him, Sakura wouldn't have encountered this kind of thing."

Matou Kariya roared almost screaming.

"So, do you want to take revenge on him?"

"Of course... I want to, kill him, must kill him, for Sakura, for Aoi, for Rin."

Under Su Xiao's incitement, Matou Kariya, with a mouth full of blood, gritted his teeth. Matou Sakura, witnessing this scene, shrank her body.

"You have good luck today. If you can manage not to die, perhaps you will have a chance to take revenge on Tohsaka Tokiomi."

Su Xiao didn't want to carry the physically frail Matou Kariya; he was a burden. He simply modified the man. If he died, it could only be said that he couldn't escape his fate. If he didn't die, perhaps he could disguise himself as the Heroic Spirit Berserker, while Su Xiao himself disguised as Berserker's Master.

"Then, let's begin."

Su Xiao took out several test tubes, which contained: diluted Hashirama cells, Lancelot's blood (in a berserk state), and ultra-high concentration RC cells (Ghoul cells).