Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 206 Kiritsugu: "You wouldn't harm Illya, would you?!"

Seeing Kiritsugu's suppressed little movements, Shirou Emiya smiled.

Before coming to Sunset Forest, Alice and Illya had carefully instructed themselves to keep an eye on Kiritsugu and not let him smoke too much.

Although Soul Masters have strong physical abilities, smoking can still have a certain impact on their lungs.

"That lord?"

"It was the boss who sent the message."

"Is something wrong?"

Kiritsugu pressed the cigarette butt in his hand onto the glass ashtray, and the smoke rising in the tent began to gradually disappear as its source was lost.

"That lord intends to come to Sunset Forest in person."

"They probably want to break through the poisonous miasma and enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."

After speaking, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled out several photos from under the documents. These were photos of the inside of the poisonous miasma, which had been painstakingly taken by many D-class personnel.

Emiya Shirou peeked out and his face also looked somewhat solemn.

"Is this a photo of the inside of the poisonous miasma?"

"It's truly shocking."

"There are corpses of creatures everywhere, and the entire Sunset Forest is nourishment for this poisonous miasma."

The photo shows countless colorful skeletons lying on the ground. Judging from the posture of the skeletons, the victims must have suffered a lot before they died. Some of the skeletons are even human remains.

The third root group has completed its investigation of these human remains, which belong to residents who once lived in villages surrounding Sunset Forest.

Some plants inside the poisonous miasma release strange fragrances that can affect the brain and confuse life.

These fragrances are extremely pervasive, affecting the entire periphery of Sunset Forest.

Those with soul power will not experience any problems in a short time, but those without soul power will be directly affected.

Emiya Shirou was furious as he looked at all of this. He couldn't understand what kind of person would trample on life like this!

Every time Shirou Emiya sees the deserted village surrounding Sunset Forest, he can't help but grit his teeth in extreme anger.

If the other party dares to appear in front of him, he will risk his life to use Gan Jiang and Mo Xie to cut off the other party's elbow!
"Yes, there are hardly any living creatures left in the entire Sunset Forest."

"It's like a slaughterhouse where people are raised in captivity."

Kiritsugu Emiya stood up, put the map on the table into his storage device, placed the photo back under the documents, and said to Shirou Emiya, who was standing there dumbfounded:
"Let's go, let's go to Sunset Forest together."

"Through the study of the map, the poisonous miasma is weakest in the southwest of Sunset Forest."

“Let’s go and check out the situation on the ground. Once that lord arrives, we can make a breakthrough from the southwest.”

Shirou nodded and followed closely behind Kiritsugu. He had always trusted the reliable man in front of him.

There weren't many people at the campsite in Sunset Forest at the moment, only a few guards keeping watch on the surroundings.

The camp was surrounded by level seven defensive soul guides, which, together with the linkage device, could withstand attacks from the Soul Douluo level.

However, given the current desolate state of Sunset Forest, it's impossible for any Soul Douluo-level Soul Beasts or humans to appear there.

The surrounding human cities moved away thousands of years ago, so there's no force that would choose to hunt souls in Sunset Forest, and there are no soul beasts to hunt here either.

The most valuable thing in the entire forest right now is the Seven Wonders of the Azure Phosphorus Flower, whose species is unknown.

The Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers, which have become soul beasts, are the dream of almost all poison-type soul masters. They have strong vitality and contain toxins that rank among the top three.

Moreover, because of the Soul Core, it is virtually impossible for the Dugu family to poison themselves to death.

At this moment, most of the members of the Root Third Group, where Kiritsugu and Shirou were located, were near the statue of the God of Destruction. They were using instruments to measure the strange fluctuations and energy properties of the statue.

After all, this is something related to gods, and all the data is precious. Moreover, the God of Destruction did not stop it, so the other party's divine consciousness should be inside the statue.

"Seniors, are you going out?"

A girl with long purple hair peeked out from the camp and looked at Kiritsugu and Shirou in front of her.

Kiritsugu Emiya smiled and nudged Shirou in the waist with his elbow.

Shirou turned around, waved to the girl, and said:
"Sakura, Kiritsugu and I have something to discuss."

"I'm leaving the camp to you."

Sakura nodded gently and said:

"Well, be careful along the way."

"By the way, remember to avoid the main roads of Sunset Forest. For some reason, the poisonous miasma seems to be deliberately covering these roads."

Shirou and Kiritsugu exchanged a glance, then nodded seriously to Sakura and said:

"I understand."

After saying that, the two entered Sunset Forest and headed towards the poisonous miasma border in the southwest of Sunset Forest in an almost circular route.

In the darkness of night, the entire forest was eerily quiet, with only the chilling night wind rustling the leaves and the mournful howling of air currents passing through the holes in the rocks.

Emiya Shirou instinctively pulled his black and white coat tighter around him, his brown eyes scanning his surroundings warily.

In this godforsaken place, he seriously suspected that a single brick could knock down ten ghosts.

"Even though they are all trees, I can't feel any sense of life."

Kiritsugu's black eyes flashed with a sharp, eerie light as he intently observed the surrounding movements.

Holding a pistol, Kiritsugu's martial soul is the Origin Gun, personally designed by Huo Yuhao. It is composed of a dark gold dinosaur claw bear, an emerald swan, a spirit eye, and a gun. Kiritsugu's strength is at the sixth ring, with the first three rings being transformation-type soul skills that can change the form of the Origin Gun, the last three rings being amplification-type soul skills, the fourth and fifth soul skills targeting the power of the Origin Gun, and the sixth ring acting on himself to enhance reaction speed.

The Origin Gun has the properties of severing and binding. Once it hits an enemy, if the enemy is currently using soul power, the Origin Bullet will immediately sever the enemy's meridians and then bind them together in an extremely brutal and random manner.

The opponent's soul power will rampage through the blood vessels or organs due to the incorrect combination of meridians.

This means that if the opponent uses a high-level soul skill at the moment of impact, the damage will be more severe.

Of course, even if one survives the Origin Bullet, their life is basically ruined, their meridians are disordered, and they can't use their soul power at all.

This is an extremely underhanded martial spirit, especially since Kiritsugu Emiya loves to use dirty tricks.

Carrying several shielding soul tools, he transformed his Origin Gun into a sniper rifle, found a safe spot far away, positioned himself to block the enemy, and waited for the right moment to unleash a devastating shot.

Because of the characteristics of the Origin Bullet, it deals more damage when used with soul power. Even without soul power, the Origin Bullet, enhanced by two amplified soul skills, is powerful enough to penetrate the body of a Soul Saint.

Moreover, the third group of the Root usually acts as a group. If the opponent does not use soul power, they will die. If they do use soul power, the death will be even more tragic.

Unless the opponent's level is significantly higher, and you manage to win by sheer numerical superiority.

So far, the third group of the Roots has not failed yet, and they have basically killed their opponents on the first encounter.

"Psychological effect."

"There's not much left in this forest that can move."

"The darkness combined with the sound of the wind always makes people nervous."

The two walked quietly through the dense forest, chatting as they went.

"By the way, Shirou, do you think Sakura likes you?"

Why don't you do something about it?

Emiya Shirou said somewhat embarrassedly:
"I've always considered Sakura as my junior."

Kiritsugu nodded; he didn't intend to interfere in his adopted son's love life. However, he suddenly said warily:
"Wait a minute, you're not going to hurt Ilya, are you?"

"She's your sister!"

"If you dare lay a hand on me, I'll break your legs."

Emiya Shirou, exasperated, retorted:

"Don't joke like that."

"How could I possibly do something like that!"

Kiritsugu smiled, easing the oppressive atmosphere in the forest.

"That's good."

"How's Miyu doing lately?"

"I haven't been back for too long."

Emiya Shirou smiled brightly and said:
"She has always had excellent grades, especially in mathematics."

"And he's also very interested in soul tools, so he might go to Shrek Academy in a while."

"Actually, I think the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is pretty good too. Perhaps we could arrange for Miyu to go there?"

Kiritsugu Emiya paused for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"Let's forget about the Sun and Moon Empire."

"It's not safe over there."

"Some time ago, my teammates and I wiped out a hideout of evil spirit masters."

"The evil spirit masters inside keep capturing civilians and sending them to the Sun Moon Empire."

"The Sun and Moon Empire is the lair of evil soul masters."

"I heard that the second group of the Root has infiltrated the headquarters of the evil soul masters with the help of an inside agent."

"A lot of intelligence was sent back."

"You know, I've always wanted Miyu and Illya to be exposed to the dark side of this world."

"Douluo Continent has never been a wonderful world, otherwise you and I wouldn't want to become partners of justice."

"Let them live in the sunlight."

"Xilu City is already the most beautiful place in the world."

“You’ve just joined the Third Group of the Root and are not yet aware of the situation in other cities of the Heavenly Soul Empire.”

"Those cities are like two completely different worlds compared to Xilu City!"

"Although slavery is prohibited by law, you can see the human trade in most cities."

"The number of human traffickers who have died at my hands is approaching three digits."

"If you encounter this kind of person in the future, don't hold back."

Kiritsugu Emiya's tone was icy. He was also a father, dreaming of becoming a champion of justice, and utterly despised those beasts.

Upon hearing this, Shirou Emiya lowered his eyes slightly and said:

"Yes, Kiritsugu."

"That's why I yearn to become a partner of justice."

(End of this chapter)