Across the heavens, I am the Avatar Sword Master

Heroic Spirits are creatures made of magic power, and their existence is directly related to their magic power consumption.

In the spiritual state, magic power consumption is reduced to the minimum.

The materialized state requires the Master to provide sufficient magic power to maintain it.

Especially in battle, the consumption of magic power increases exponentially.

When in a frenzy, Berserker will desperately squeeze the Master's magic power, even at the expense of the Master's physical condition.

The existence of the Marking Bug allows Berserker to continuously obtain a supply of magic power during battle, but this also brings great pain.

Whenever Berserker engages in battle, the crest worms in his body are awakened, begin to wriggle, and erode his flesh and crush his bones, converting his life force into magic power to supply Berserker to the maximum extent possible.

“Mmm…Mmm…Mmm!!”

Matou Kariya tried his best to hold back his cries in the room.

He didn’t understand why Berserker suddenly materialized and rushed out of the room to fight with Saber on the street, as if he sensed the enemy approaching.

However, the intense pain brought by the supply of magic power made him unable to help but make a sound, scaring Sakura who was not far away.

This was also the first time he looked so miserable in front of Sakura.

Realizing that the crested worms in his body were going crazy again, Matou Kariya quickly chose to forcibly cut off the supply of magic power between him and Berserker, and then swallowed the vitality crystal bestowed by Chen Yu.

Feeling that the mad insects in his body had smelled the breath of new vitality, he decisively gave up continuing to gnaw on his flesh and bones, and instead chose the vitality crystals that were easier to transform.

Only then did Matou Kariya stop groaning and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the life force crystals can replace flesh and blood for the engraving worms to devour, this is still only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure.

It can only alleviate the physical pain, but cannot eliminate the damage caused by the flesh being ravaged by the engraving worms.

Even after the vitality was replenished, the left eye was still in a necrotic state.

Although there was some color on his face, the entire left side of his face was like a mask, and his eyelids and eyebrows still had no feeling.

"How is your health? I just heard from Sakura that the crested bug in your body has broken out again."

As soon as Chen Yu brought Xiaoying to the first floor, he saw Matou Kariya curled up on the sofa in a listless manner. There was a small pool of blood on the floor. No wonder Xiaoying was scared.

"Kareya...Uncle, are you okay?"

Sakura ran to Matou Kariya worriedly again and gently patted his back with her little hands, hoping that this would make him feel better.

"Thank you Sakura, I feel much better now."

Matou Kariya shook his head and took some time to steady his breathing.

But her voice was still a little hoarse: "Xiaoying, continue watching cartoons by yourself. Your brother Chen Yu and I have something to do and we're going to the yard."

After saying that, he stood up from the sofa.

When the two of them arrived at the entrance, Matou Kariya felt that Sakura's attention was not on him, and he could not help coughing: "Cough, cough cough... Compared to the pain of the endless bites of the bugs in my body, the current situation is something I never dared to think about before. After all, I am a quick-learning magus, and this is all at a price... At least before the vitality crystals you gave me are consumed, I don't have to endure the pain of my body being bitten by the marking bugs, and I don't have to worry about my body being completely eaten by the marking bugs."

“But… Berserker sometimes still doesn’t obey my commands, especially when facing Saber. I can feel his resentment and anger. He is like an extremely bloodthirsty beast. If I hadn’t just forcibly cut off the supply of magic power between him and Berserker, causing him to lose the magic power to maintain his form in the present world, the battle with Saber would have continued.”

“I can sense that Berserker seems to have a special hatred for Saber. Once he lets go, Berserker will directly choose Saber as his priority target. What is the relationship between them? Even after death, he still has such a strong obsession…”

"The grudges and hatred between them cannot be explained in just a few words. If you are interested, I will tell you when I have time."

Chen Yu waved his wand and cast a cleansing spell to clean up the small pool of blood that Jiantong Yanye vomited on the ground, and also smoothed out the blood stains on Jiantong Yanye's clothes.

Matou Kariya watched with some curiosity as the blood stains on his body disappeared instantly, and even his clothes became extremely clean.

In his impression, magic is not a good thing. Influenced by Matou Zouken, his evaluation of magic is basically negative.

It was my first time to see such a refreshing “cleaning” magic. I was fascinated by the sight of the clean clothes.

Chen Yu looked at the absent-minded Matou Kariya and said helplessly, "Saber and her Master are coming soon. Do you plan to avoid them for the time being, or stay and welcome them with me?"

Originally, Chen Yu planned to deal with Emiya Kiritsugu and his group together with Matou Kariya.

After all, Matou Kariya is also one of the seven Masters.

It can at least give your words more weight.

But looking at Matou Kariya's out-of-shape appearance, if the cooperation with Emiya Kiritsugu fails and a conflict arises, he might be killed directly by the other party.

After all, Matou Kariya's physical strength is indeed too weak and cannot be compared with other magicians at all.

After hearing what Chen Yu said, Matou Kariya did not leave, but walked silently behind Chen Yu, ready to welcome the arrival of Emiya Kiritsugu and his party.

"Darling, Naiyali has brought them all here! Naiyali did a good job."

As soon as she entered the door, Naiyali trotted happily to Chen Yu and put her head close to him, like a child who wanted to be rewarded by the teacher after helping the teacher, with an expectant expression on her face.

"Well done, Naiyali, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Yu patted Naiyali's little head as a reward.

The flawless white hair is as smooth as silk and feels very smooth, making people linger and reluctant to leave.

But Chen Yu knew that now was not the time to enjoy himself. Just as he put down his hand, he saw Emiya Kiritsugu and his party stepping into the gate of Matou Mansion.

Different from Naiyali's cheerful steps, Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber's steps seemed very cautious.

The moment they saw Chen Yu and Matou Kariya, Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber immediately exchanged a vigilant look and instantly protected Irisviel behind them.

They all understood that the Matou Mansion might be a trap, especially since Maiya was still in the other party's hands.

Although the other party expressed their willingness to form an alliance, Emiya Kiritsugu also understood the principle of deception in war.

Even if Irisviel walked out of here unharmed, Emiya Kiritsugu still couldn't completely believe that she had no ill intentions.

If it wasn't urgent, Emiya Kiritsugu would rather choose to negotiate with the other party in the wilderness or an abandoned factory than come to the Matou Mansion to talk with the other party.

After all, this is the opponent's home court, and once a conflict occurs, it will be easy to be at a disadvantage.

Especially after seeing the Command Seals on the backs of Chen Yu and Jiantong Yanye's hands without any concealment, he realized that there was more than one Master in the Jiantong Mansion, and he immediately became nervous.

When Chen Yu saw the arrival of Emiya Kiritsugu and others, a bright smile immediately broke out on his face, and it also let Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber know who is now the boss of the Matou family.

"Welcome to the Matou Mansion, Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, and two distinguished ladies."

Facing Chen Yu's affectionate greetings, Emiya Kiritsugu did not look down on Chen Yu because of his youthful appearance. Instead, he stared at Chen Yu very seriously: "I heard from Irisviel that thank you for protecting Irisviel and Maiya. We came here to thank you for your help and to discuss the alliance in the upcoming Holy Grail War. I hope this will be helpful to both of us."

"That's natural."

Seeing the other party's statement, Chen Yu smiled and nodded.