Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Chapter 338 The World's Strongest Swordsman - Defeat

Just like Democritus's atomism, the forces of existence in Shana's world are a fundamental component of the present world.

Everything is constituted and supported by the power of existence.

The immense power of existence can generate extremely powerful distortions in the mortal world, even capable of devouring an entire city and causing it to disappear from the world.

Although Shirou Emiya cannot mobilize the power of existence like the Flame Haze, any existence will become different when infused with the power of existence as vast as a city.

If Shirou Emiya were just an ordinary human from that world, the simplest outcome would be his direct transformation from a human into a torch.

After all, apart from the Crimson Lord and the Flame Haze, the only being capable of bearing the power of existence is the Torch.

But Shirou Emiya possesses a unique quality that no one else in the world has—magic.

Under such indoctrination and output, magic and the power of existence were forcibly intertwined, even if it was unknown whether they were compatible, they were forcibly compatible due to the circumstances at the time.

This is why, after the incident involving Shirou Emiya, he returned to Fuyuki City with such a strong magical power that it attracted the attention of all the magicians in the city.

It was precisely because of the fusion of the power of existence and Shirou Emiya's magic that his mental world became even more bizarre.

At this moment, the terrain of the entire street seemed to begin to change, and the ground, which should have been made of extremely hard material, began to change.

Emiya Shirou's chanting did not pull the enemy into his Reality Marble.

Instead, under the interference of the power of existence, the Reality Marble began to invade and replace the outside world, centered on Shirou Emiya.

"pound--!"

This is the sound of a person's foot landing heavily on the ground.

The sound of footsteps was as loud as a nuclear explosion, causing the ground beneath them to collapse as if it had shattered, turning into countless pieces of broken stones and rubble.

Emiya Shirou transformed into a true thunderbolt, unleashing a storm and a surge of energy as he charged toward Edelweiss's location with terrifying speed.

Meanwhile, the entire street seemed to be assimilated by something, or perhaps replaced by something.

In addition to the swords that were already scattered on the ground, more and more swords gradually appeared, embedded in the ground.

Before Shirou Emiya could even react, those swords shot up from the ground at speeds far exceeding the speed of sound, far beyond what the naked eye could track, and hurtled toward Edelweiss's location.

A dense swarm of sword arrows, like wasps, rushed toward Edelweiss.

"Clang clang ...

The sound, like the clanging of iron, echoed continuously in the air, while a pure white figure hovered and swirled in the air.

With a phantom-like speed of swing, he deflected all the incoming sword arrows.

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang!"

Even sound couldn't keep up with the speed at which Edelweiss deflected the sword arrows.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!"

Emiya Shirou suddenly raised the seemingly ordinary, unremarkable longsword in his hand and slashed at Edelweiss, who was blocking the incoming sword arrows, while flashes of crimson lightning surrounded him.

His gaze met hers in the air, and sparks flew out like electric current from friction.

"【One-Sword Asura】!!!"

At this moment, amidst constant conflict and with his magic power almost depleted, Shirou Emiya begins his final struggle!

Two items: [Possessed by Evil Spirits] and [External Release of Magic]. [One-Sword Asura].

"choke--!"

The crimson greatsword slashed out with a lightning-like trajectory, causing the entire air to tremble under its strike.

"call out--!"

The light, pure white longsword left a trail of pure white as it sliced ​​through the air, easily parting the atmosphere with a single strike.

The crimson greatsword, made of seemingly ordinary dark iron, clashed heavily with the pristine white twin swords.

"clang!"

Amidst the deafening sound of hammering, a direct assault was launched.

"Bang————!"

The blast exploded at the moment of impact.

With a deafening roar, a powerful shockwave erupted centered on the two individuals.

The ground beneath their feet shattered, sending rocks flying and the resulting gale-force winds carrying thick dust that shot out in all directions.

Even so, Shirou Emiya was still at a disadvantage in the fight, and was suppressed by Edelweiss.

But in the instant the shockwave erupted, countless sword arrows shot out from the ground, still firmly surrounding Edelweiss and piercing through him without any mercy.

"Boom!"

With heavy footsteps, Edelweiss suddenly kicked Shirou Emiya away, and then, like a storm, brandished his twin swords.

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!"

A violent collision unfolded in mid-air.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

A series of explosions, too loud to hear clearly, continued to occur.

"Forge it to its very bones! Burn it to its very soul!"

As if stating something, Shirou Emiya spoke in a low, extremely calm voice.

The red hair, which was originally only slightly white, turned snow-white in an instant, as if its vitality had been frantically overdrawn. The hair climbed to the top of the head from the roots in an instant.

"Whoosh whoo ...

More sword arrows appeared on the ground in an instant, constantly being pulled out of the ground and flying towards Edelweiss's location.

"drink----!"

Edelweiss, amidst the smoke, suddenly let out a cold yelp, and a powerful surge of magical energy erupted from her body.

At that moment, none of the sword arrows were deflected.

She crossed her two pure white swords in front of her chest, and a tremendous amount of magic power surged forth.

The white figure vanished instantly, only to reappear in front of Emiya Shirou in the next instant.

However, Shirou Emiya had already anticipated this moment. The sheer number of incredibly difficult battles within such a short timeframe gave him an extremely strong combat instinct.

He suddenly swerved to the side.

It felt as if some sharp, unidentifiable object had swept past my eyes and lightly grazed the tip of my nose.

That was a slash. Gliding past him, almost invisible to the naked eye—it was the pure white sword in Edelweiss's hand.

“Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!”

Edelweiss's swordsmanship was now fully on display.

With each breath, Edelweiss unleashed a series of undetectable attacks. If it weren't for Shirou Emiya's powerful dynamic vision, he wouldn't have been able to detect these silent yet deadly attacks.

"Fantasy Collapse—!"

A few words escaped from Shirou Emiya's lips.

Sometime later, a spiral-shaped arrowhead appeared on the ground behind Edelweiss.

At such close range and in such a short time, even Edelweiss would have had difficulty reacting in time to cut off the explosion.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a tremendous roar exploded out.

Shirou Emiya and Edelweiss were both caught in the incredibly powerful explosion and were sent flying backward by the shockwave.

However, this does not mean the end.

At such close range, the explosion of the spiral sword would have been unbearable even for Shirou Emiya, who was wearing two demon-possessed armors, had it not occurred behind Edelweiss.

"Fight to the death in dire straits, never to yield!"

Without any intonation or defiant tone, Shirou Emiya stated a fact as if he were simply stating a fact.

Countless sword arrows, ignoring the nuclear-bomb-like explosion, continued to rush into the smoke.

"Pfft——!"

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

"boom--!"

"boom----!"

“Puff——!”

Several voices rang out one after another from within the smoke.

A figure, no longer so white, emerged from the smoke.

Compared to her previous ease, Edelweiss was now in a much worse state, covered in dust and stones, with blood constantly flowing from various parts of her body. She hadn't expected that this boy could do such a thing.

Such a close-range explosion, if it hadn't occurred behind me, or if I hadn't managed to cut off some of the blast damage at that moment.

It's likely that Shirou Emiya has already died from the illusion he himself created.

However, she wasn't allowed to think too much during the battle.

A golden sword appeared in Shirou Emiya's hand.

For some reason, the moment Edelweiss saw the sword, she knew deep down that she had absolutely no chance of resisting it.

But now, it's completely too late to dodge.

The explosion caused by the sword arrows that emerged directly from the ground, coupled with the constantly flying sword arrows.

If she hadn't suffered such severe damage, she naturally wouldn't have taken it seriously. However, after consuming Shirou Emiya's illusion at close range, Edelweiss's actions were no longer as effective as before.

Under Shirou Emiya's reckless attacks, which disregarded his own life force, Edelweiss was forced into this position.