Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

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To his utter surprise, the other party instantly deduced that the gun he had made for Rachel Rudd was Muramasa's work.

This made Shirou realize that he would probably have to reduce the number of times he forged weapons by hand in the future, and that he should forge weapons as Muramasa in order to reduce the number of flaws.

Fortunately, Rigel ignored Auersted's ramblings. He stared coldly at Auersted and shouted without turning his head, "Shirou! Run! Take Alice with you!"

"!!!"

Without hesitation, Shirou grabbed Alice's hand immediately upon hearing Rigel's reaction.

He had already sensed the terror of the enemy.

Staying behind at this point would only be a burden. It would be better to leave with Alice, then try to perform a dream summon and return as the Heroic Spirit Emiya to provide support.

That's his idea.

This cannot be considered a wrong idea.

However, even the right idea can become wrong when it encounters the wrong object.

"Boom!"

Before Shirou could escape with Alice, a startling roar suddenly erupted from behind.

Shirou turned around blankly and saw that Rigel had been instantly smashed away by Orstide. Rigel flew through the air for a long time before finally crashing to the ground, unconscious.

"Rigid Rudd!!!"

Upon seeing this, Alice panicked first.

Her relationship with Rachel Rudd could now be described as that of master and apprentice, so naturally she wouldn't just stand by and watch him be killed.

But Shirou still stopped Alice.

Because it was clear that the other party could not possibly be a match for Orstide.

If even an Emperor-level being like Rijrud could be instantly killed, it's enough to show that the opponent's strength is far above that of an Emperor-level being, meaning that the person in front of them is a God-level being.

But why?

Why would a god-level being attack me?

Human God?

Just because you heard the name?

Shirou's thoughts were fleeting; he almost instinctively drew the Demon Sword Muramasa, along with Avalon and the Sword of Victory.

The current situation leaves him no room for holding back.

But he still greatly underestimated the power of a god-level expert—

"Boom!"

Alsted's mere aura was enough to overwhelm Shirou and Alice, making it impossible for them to maintain their freedom of movement.

At the same time, the silver-haired man walked over step by step and said coldly, "Apostle of the God of Man, after you die, go and tell the God of Man that the Dragon God Orstide will definitely kill you."

Chapter 253 Heroic Spirit Emiya VS Dragon God!

A silver-haired man named Alsteid suddenly attacked, instantly killing Rijrud, and at the same time revealing his identity—

【Dragon God】Olsteed.

It ranked second among the seven major powers.

One of the strongest people in the world in the true sense.

When such a terrifying being appears before you, and even shows hostility, anyone would undoubtedly feel an indescribable fear.

Shirou was no exception.

But before he felt fear, he was more worried about Rajirud's safety.

At the same time, he also didn't want Alice to be harmed because of him.

So in that instant, without much thought, he quickly shielded Alice behind him and took out Avalon and the Sword of Victory, attempting to give them to Alice to protect her safety.

However, Alice is clearly not the type to be blindly protected.

Even though she felt an unprecedented sense of terror, the red-haired girl mustered all her strength to draw the longsword from her waist and stand beside Shirou.

"..."

Shirou had no choice but to comply with Alice's choice.

After all, he was already pushing himself to the limit by focusing solely on the actions of [Dragon God] Orsteed, and it was impossible for him to care about the people around him, let alone stop Alice from fighting alongside him.

At this moment, in Shirou's mind, the battle between Orsteed and Rigelud was replaying itself over and over again.

Although he did not witness every detail of the entire process, he basically watched the whole thing.

The fight between Alsted and Rijrud was very brief, lasting less than ten seconds at most, before Rijrud was defeated.

However, Shirou did not sense any exaggerated power from that battle that Alstead possessed that Rigelrude could not match. On the contrary, Alstead's power was released with great restraint, or rather, it seemed that the opponent did not intend to use his full strength, but only retaliated against Rigelrude's attack to the minimum.

However, even with such a passive counterattack, Rachel Rudd could not withstand it and was quickly defeated.

This is not because Alsteed unleashed a faster or stronger speed and power than Rijrud.

Orstide's contribution was not exaggerated.

The reason for Rachel Rudd's defeat was the difference in skill!

Indeed, the man in front of him, named Dragon God Orsteed, possesses almost exaggerated combat skills that even Rigellud cannot match. Even with his clairvoyance, Shirou cannot see every detail of the opponent's movements. He only senses that every time the opponent makes a move, Rigellud himself will fall into a slight disadvantage.

Each time it is attacked, it will slightly lose its balance; each time it launches an attack, it will slightly become passive.

This situation repeats itself several times within a second.

What ultimately accumulated were enormous flaws.

That flaw was enough to force a warrior of Ragnarok's caliber into a corner, little by little, until he was defeated and unable to defend himself.

The reason for this outcome is singular—the absolute gap in martial arts skills.

In a duel between two strong individuals, such a one-sided suppression would not occur. The direct reason for this situation is that Orsteed possesses martial arts skills a hundred times stronger than Rijrud's.

The difference in martial arts skills between the two was so great that even with just a few basic techniques, Alsted was able to put Rijrud at a constant disadvantage until he was defeated.

However, this also made Shirou realize a problem.

That is, the Dragon God could have defeated Rijerud much more easily. Anyone could see that this second strongest power in the world had the ability to easily kill Rijerud, who was at the Emperor level. However, Orsteed did not do so. He only used the minimum amount of action, and even deliberately used the fastest speed to make Rijerud unable to resist, as if he did not want to use too much power and wanted to end the battle as soon as possible.

Shirou keenly noticed this, but he couldn't understand why Orsteed was acting this way, lacking information in this regard.

At the same time, he no longer had time to think about all of this further.

Because Alsteid has already come from afar!

"Clap."

"Clatter." "..."

Orsteed moved slowly, as if he was deliberately slowing down, or perhaps he simply didn't care about the speed at which he finished off his prey.

Every time Shirou and Alice took a step forward, they could clearly feel their hearts racing.

They could even clearly sense the approach of death.

“Woo… Woooaaaaaaaah!”

In this almost maddening situation, Alice was the first to move.

Acting on instinct, Alice seems to be fighting against this sense of despair by deciding to take concrete action against her opponent.

Even if her opponent is the Dragon God, she will never back down.

"Alice!"

Seeing this, Shirou was too late to stop her and could only watch helplessly as Alice rushed in front of the Dragon God, drew her sword, and slashed directly at Orstide.

"The Silent Katana!"

Alice's movements were elegant and skillful, a perfect strike for her, but the attack, which was enough to make even an A-rank magical beast unable to withstand it, failed to elicit the slightest reaction from Alsteid.

The latter simply blocked her sword with the palm of his hand.

As a result, this movement alone caused Alice's body to spin like a tornado, then fly out and fall straight into the distance.

Seeing this, Shirou became extremely anxious and immediately tried to catch Alice's body, but found that he was unable to move at all.

It was as if every move he made was locked down by the enemy.

This was the first time Shirou had encountered such a situation.

No, this isn't the first time!

He had encountered similar situations before.

That was a long time ago, when I met a woman named Reda, the water goddess, in the capital. The essence of the Water God Style that she displayed was just like this.

When this profound technique is unleashed.

Everything in the world, even the air currents, is under the control of the man before him!

The reason Alice was just knocked back was also because Orsteed simply used the Water God Style parry, which caused Alice's sword to be knocked back by its own attack.

“Ah…!”

While Shirou was unable to move, Alice slammed into the rock wall and fell down, taking a pile of rock fragments with her.

Faced with the girl's critical condition, which could even be fatal, Shirou was in a state of utter panic.

"!!!"

He didn't have time to think things through before rushing towards Alsteid.

"Alice Bereas Grerat, your swordsmanship has improved a lot this time. Perhaps you can break through your bottleneck."

Orsteed paid no attention to Shirou, silently commenting on Alice's swordsmanship.

Shirou didn't care about Orsteed's completely disregard for him; he didn't care whether the other party regarded him as an ant.

All he knew was that he had to do was to take a piece of flesh from this confident, godlike being, even if it meant risking his life!

"Pfft!!"

The moment Muramasa drew his demon sword, the Blade of Light flew out of Shirou's hand.

Ever since Shirou learned the Blade of Light, almost no one has been able to see through the speed of his sword. Even on the Demon Continent, few can stop his sword, which cannot be caught by the naked eye.

However, the Dragon God did it.

"...!"

Orsteed calmly raised his hand, as if he had anticipated the sword's trajectory, and gently pinched the tip of Shirou's sword. With a slight exertion, he caused a crack to appear in the Muramasa sword.

It's only natural that Muramasa would develop cracks; it was never a finished product to begin with.

Even so, the opponent's power was exaggerated to an almost unimaginable degree.

The power of the Dragon God is so great that it inspires despair.

"The Blade of Light, becoming a Sword Saint at such a young age... I couldn't possibly not know you."

Orsteed looked at Shirou's face, as if lost in memories and thought, "As expected, you must be an apostle of the god of men. It was that guy who bestowed these powers upon you."

"If I said no, would you believe me?"

"I don't believe it. Beings related to gods and humans must be very good at deception."

Alster calmly denied Shirou's words, then silently and gently waved his free hand down Shirou's shoulder.

"Kacha!"

After the shock that was almost indescribable.

Shirou's right arm was severed and flew off.

The profuse blood and unimaginable pain nearly made Shirou faint. The Dragon God even punched him in the chest, sending his body flying a great distance through the air. He then rolled on the ground for a while, gliding, before collapsing like a tattered piece of cloth.

"Hey! Shirou! Hey! Big brother!!"

Alice panicked. She had just gotten up from the ground when she saw Shirou covered in blood.

In her haste, she had no time to think further. Gritting her teeth, she crawled on the ground with all her might, wanting to continue fighting the Dragon God.

Facing Alice, who was already severely injured but still wanted to resist, Orstide did not care and calmly said, "To deal with human swordsmen, as long as you cripple the arm that wields the sword, it is easy to render them unable to resist. Even the Sword God and the Water God are no more than this."