Magic world

"Rider, go help Berserker and kill Assassin." Ito Cheng ordered in a loud voice while avoiding the tentacle attack. Then he threw Illya to the left, shook his right arm lightly, and put the obsidian dagger that slipped from his sleeve into his hand, turning it over and reflecting a bright white light. Beam.

In an instant, there were only a few muffled sounds of "Puff...", and the pitch-black tentacles immediately broke apart under the sweep of white light, and turned into pitch-black clouds and drifted into the air.

Then Ito Cheng retracted his arms and turned his fingers, shooting a stream of flames at the insects that had regrouped on the ground.

"call!"

The flames pierced the sky and accurately landed on the pile of insects.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

Immediately, the screams of insects rang out in the night sky.

At this time, Ito Cheng stopped moving, squinted his eyes slightly, and carefully observed the surrounding situation, looking for the figure hiding Matou Zangyan.

"boom!"

But at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the Matou residence not far away.

Hearing the roar, Ito Cheng immediately raised his head and looked around... A large ball of fire burst out from the Matou residence, burning towards Berserker and the Rider who rushed over.

However, this flame was just an ordinary mortal fire. It had no effect on the heroic spirits Berserker and Rider, and they easily resisted the flames. But correspondingly, as the initiator of this flame, Matou House burned ragingly in this fire.

"Did you run away?" Ito Cheng said with narrowed eyes.

"Put me down quickly, you idiot!" Just as he was thinking like this, Ilia, who had been carrying him as something for a long time, finally found an opportunity. He said loudly with an angry face.

"I forgot about it." Ito Cheng looked down at Ilia who was being carried by him, chuckled, and put Ilia back on the ground.

"Asshole!" Illya yelled as soon as she stepped on the ground and kicked Ito Cheng's calf.

Ito Cheng chuckled and ducked out of the way.

"Hmph." Illya snorted coldly when she saw that her sneak attack failed. I gave up any intention of causing trouble again.

"The enemy has escaped, what are you going to do now?" After a pause, Illya asked.

"Put out the fire first and see what is left in the house. If you are lucky enough to get something, you can use tracking magic to trace the whereabouts of the other party." Ito Cheng lowered his head and thought for a while.

Say it. Ito Cheng didn't hesitate, and immediately walked to the Matou house where the fire was burning and stood there. He took out four crystal gems and threw them towards the house.

Then the next moment, there was a soft "pop" sound, and a large amount of cold air quickly spread from the flames. In the blink of an eye, a pitch-white frost mist formed and covered the flames, forming clear ice crystals that froze the original raging fire.

A cold building that looked like something from a fairy tale immediately appeared in front of everyone.

Ito Cheng stepped forward, breaking through the obstacles in front of him first, and walked into the dilapidated Matou mansion. Illya didn't say anything and followed into the house silently. Finally, there is the relatively petite rider.

As for the big man Berserker, he consciously entered the spiritual state. Disappeared from where he was.

"With everything burned like this, can we really find anything useful?" Looking at the scene inside the building, Illya couldn't help but wonder.

"That's why it depends on luck." Ito Cheng chuckled.

"What if I can't find it?" Illya asked arrogantly.

"Liangban." Ito Cheng said nonchalantly.

"I regret cooperating with you." Illya sighed. Then, without waiting for Ito Cheng to ask questions, he continued, "I thought I could take it easy from now on, but I didn't expect it to be so bad the first time I went out. I really don't know what it will be like if I continue." .”

"Oh, it's just that an enemy has escaped. At most, the intelligence advantage has disappeared, and we have returned to the normal state of mutual alert. It is not as pessimistic as you said. Still, you are not ready to be attacked by the enemy anytime and anywhere. Get ready, Illya." Ito Cheng glanced at Illya beside him and said.

"Who said they were not prepared! It's just that a certain person clearly had the advantage in intelligence and strength, but he still made things so bad. For example, in the previous battle, it was clear that Rider and Berserker could attack the Assassin together. The enemy was defeated in one fell swoop. Take it, why do you want Rider to hide? You can’t even figure out such a simple formal judgment. I really wonder how you can live for so long. Are your previous enemies all idiots?" Illya said in a mean tone. said sarcastically.

"Are you really sure you want me to explain why you want Rider to hide?" Ito Cheng stopped, turned and looked directly at Illya and said softly.

Although Ito Cheng did not show any pressure, for some reason, Illya still became nervous and her expression became hesitant.

"Tell me, tell me, I want to see what the reason is?" Illya said firmly, holding on to her momentum.

"Okay, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you." Ito Cheng retracted his gaze, started walking in Matou's house again, and explained, "First, because we have to avoid berserkers. As a berserker, although berserkers can Simply distinguishing between friend and foe does not mean that he will care about his allies when fighting, so in order to avoid accidental injuries, I did not let Rider come up to assist."

"Second, it's because of that old man. His name is Matou Zouken. He is the head of the Matou family and a great magician who uses insect control. As an old monster who has lived for who knows how many years, he has great experience in magic warfare. I have a lot of experience. Although I am sure to protect myself or even kill him, I cannot guarantee whether you will die due to negligence, so I need to keep Rider by my side as a precaution so that I can save you at the critical moment."

Hearing this, Illya's cheeks turned red rarely, not because of shyness or anything else, but just out of embarrassment and slight indignation at being treated as a burden.

"As for the final reason, I wanted the rider to act as a facilitator, giving the enemy a fatal blow when necessary or tracking the enemy secretly to prevent situations like this. It's a pity that it didn't succeed." Ito Cheng concluded. said.

The two of them stopped talking and searched the dilapidated Matou house in silence.

"Looks like you're lucky." After a moment, Ito Cheng, who found a room that wasn't very damaged, chuckled. Then he and Rider started searching the room.

It's a pity that although this room is well preserved, it is obviously a room that is not often used. There are no items in it that seem to be used as information sources. Therefore, after searching for a while, Ito Cheng and Rider He stopped and left the room to search for the next place.

In this way, one after another, Ito Cheng and the others searched five or six rooms before they finally found two popular items. A half-burnt piece of clothing and a well-preserved metal plaque.

"Let's go to the next place." Ito Cheng said.

"Isn't this the last room? Is there any place that hasn't been searched yet?" Illya asked, feeling tired of the search.

"Insect Nest." Ito Cheng said softly.

"Insect nest?" While repeating, Illya couldn't help but picture a room full of disgusting bugs in her mind, and then she turned pale and trembled.

However, Ito Cheng ignored Illya's changes and walked straight out of the room, searching the dilapidated Matou Residence again.

The hard work paid off, and seven or eight minutes later, Ito Cheng found the location of the insect nest.

It was a large, dark room. The air inside was damp and cold, exuding a faint disgusting smell. A downward cement staircase connected directly to the bottom of the room.

Ito Cheng took the lead and walked up the stairs into the insect room.

"Is this... a summoning magic circle?" Illya hesitated as he looked at the huge magic circle carved on the ground.

"Tsk, it was so clean. Not even a bug was left." On the other hand, Ito Cheng didn't pay much attention to the magic circle carved on the ground, but muttered in a low voice with a somewhat unhappy expression.

"What are you looking for that thing for?" Although the voice was very low, the key point was that it was too quiet in the insect room, and it was so close, so Illya could clearly hear Ito Cheng's muttering, with a strange look on his face. asked.

"What else can we do? Of course we can use it as an information source to track the old man's whereabouts." Ito Cheng said angrily.

"What a pity..." Then Ito Cheng sighed in a low voice.

"Okay, let's go."

After saying that, Ito Cheng stopped staying in this insect room and turned back to the ground. Illya and Rider left the insect room immediately.

Less than five minutes after they left, with a faint hissing sound, pitch-black maggots surged out from the cracks in the basement one after another, gathered into a group, and then rapidly changed, until The final form of the Matou Zoun inkstone stands in the center of the stone chamber.

"It looks like I have to hide for a while." Matou Zangyan said softly with his eyes narrowed.

Then the body dissipated and transformed into a group of fat maggots, crawling and crawling in the stone chamber, starting a new round of their breeding activities.

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"Grandpa is dead, grandpa is dead..." On a remote path not far from Matou's house, the downcast Shinji Matou muttered to himself with dull eyes while walking forward mechanically. Said.

Behind him was the burqa girl Assassin. At this time, her eyes flickered slightly, and she stared unblinkingly at Shinji Matou's vest...