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

Shirou drew the demon sword, Wind Breaker, from his waist, unleashing both magical power and fighting spirit.

However, he did not take immediate action.

He discovered that Giles was holding an orc child, as if the other party had anticipated this situation and prepared a hostage in advance.

As the Northern Saint, Giles can be considered the culmination of the Northern Divine School.

He would not hesitate to use any despicable or dirty means.

Most importantly, his preparations were extremely thorough. Even though he knew Shirou was already poisoned, he still used the hostage tactic. He was extremely cautious and didn't want to give any openings.

Unfortunately, this tactic is indeed quite disgusting.

Faced with the orc child thrown out by Giles, Shirou had to abandon his original plan of a direct attack, which caused a momentary opening in his movements.

Giles seized the opportunity, using the recoil from pushing the child away to jump to the right, and raised a seemingly ubiquitous longsword, throwing it straight at Shirou's face!

"Ding,"

Faced with this attack, Shirou could only swing his sword to defend himself.

But as a result, the original rhythm was completely disrupted.

Every move required by the Blade of Light was blocked by Giles, preventing it from being used effectively.

"Hehe, I can tell you seem to be in a lot of pain, but that's only natural."

Giles laughed as he caught the longsword that flew back without hesitation. "After I learned that you were a sword saint on the ship, I have been studying the techniques to counter the Blade of Light. It is not difficult. After all, the Sword God Style is the strongest sword style in the world and has been studied by countless people. The strongest secret technique, the Blade of Light, naturally has countless ways to counter it."

"However, most people don't have the ability to break the Blade of Light. In terms of pure skill, the reason it is the strongest is because no matter how much we study it, we can't figure it out. But I am a Northern Saint after all. As long as I make enough preparations, even the Blade of Light is not insurmountable. That is the characteristic of the Northern God Style. As long as we prepare in advance, even if the opponent is a sword god, we may not be unable to defeat him!"

Giles spoke with confidence.

Then, without hesitation, he raised his sword and charged toward Shirou. But as he did so, he suddenly drew a short sword from his waist with his left hand and stabbed it toward Shirou's chest and abdomen.

Even so, this move is still a feint.

Giles actually raised his right foot, and a short blade flew out from the heel of his shoe, clearly coated with poison.

The techniques of the Kitakami-ryu school are so complex that it's impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Most people would be completely bewildered by this skill and would be utterly unable to mount a proper counterattack.

Shirou was also unable to respond effectively. In his hasty defense, he sustained another wound, which further aggravated the poisoning.

"Hehe, isn't the Northern God Style interesting? Unlike your Sword God Style, which only advocates frontal attacks, our school has all sorts of strange and unusual techniques. Don't think that's all."

Giles laughed heartily, as if victory was assured.

In fact, to the naked eye, the battle before us has indeed tilted in Giles' favor.

But is that really the case?

"That's almost it."

Despite Giles's mutterings, Shirou remained calm.

He glanced briefly at the orc children in the distance, and after confirming that the distance was no longer enough to affect them, he looked back at Giles.

"What did you say?"

"Unfortunately, even if you think you've prepared enough, you still can't win."

"Kid, are you out of your mind?"

Giles didn't take Shirou's reaction seriously, thinking that the other man was just delirious from being poisoned for so long and was talking nonsense.

But Shirou clearly had no intention of talking nonsense. He simply sheathed the demon sword, Wind Breaker, at his waist and took out the Golden Sword of Certain Victory from his back.

"That sword..."

Seeing Shirou's actions, Giles frowned slightly, sensing something amiss.

But he did not leave.

In the past, he would have simply left at the slightest sign of trouble.

But this time was different; his resentment towards Shirou compelled him to kill this wretched brat.

After all, Shirou was essentially the one who ended his grand plan to capture the beastmen. Not only were all the slaves he had captured unable to be taken away, but all his subordinates were also killed.

Giles had to kill Shirou to vent his anger, otherwise he would leave empty-handed and slink away.

This is also the main reason why he didn't take advantage of the night to escape, but instead attacked Shirou.

"Kid, today I'll show you what happens when you want to be a hero—you end up dying on the roadside like a stray dog!"

Giles then resumed the movements of the Northern God Style.

But Shirou completely ignored all his reactions, silently focusing his magical energy on the holy sword in his hand.

Shirou had already planned to use the Golden Sword of Certain Victory, but Giles's act of taking the beastman child hostage prevented him from using such an exaggeratedly powerful Noble Phantasm.

However, there's no need to worry for now.

Giles, due to his overconfidence, was lured to such a remote place by Shirou.

Then there's only one thing to do next—

"Projection loading! Magic release! Full power!"

Shirou gathers all his magical power into the holy sword in his hand!

The longsword in his hand suddenly burst forth with golden light!

"What!?"

Giles never expected that Shirou would use such a bizarre move. His intuition as the Northern Saint finally came in handy, but it was too late to escape!

"boom!"

As Shirou swung his holy sword with all his might.

An astonishing radiance, almost illuminating the entire forest, burst forth.

"boom!"

As the earth trembled and the holy sword shattered, the fierce battle came to a complete end!

Chapter 214 No matter what, brother must protect sister!

Shirou won the battle against Hokusei.

This battle, though seemingly brief, was actually more dangerous than any battle he had ever experienced, even surpassing his fierce fight against the immortal demon king Atofi.

Perhaps only the pressure he felt when facing the water goddess Leda could compare to it.

The reason for this is not only because Shirou used his original form this time, instead of activating his Heroic Spirit form beforehand, but also because he was poisoned by Giles beforehand, putting him in a disadvantageous situation from the start.

As the Northern Saint, Giles is capable of using any insidious trick. If the opponent were even more wicked, preparing more traps and hostages, Shirou might be completely helpless against them, as he wouldn't be able to freely use the invincible Golden Sword for fear of harming the hostages.

Fortunately, Giles had enough confidence in his own abilities and did not make any further preparations or set any more traps.

Therefore, Shirou was able to easily defeat it by only unleashing the Golden Sword of Certain Victory.

Unfortunately, with Shirou's outburst, the invincible golden sword finally reached its limit and shattered into pieces.

It is likely that only by restoring it with extremely high skill can it be repaired.

Shirou currently lacks the means to repair the Golden Sword of Victory, and most importantly, he has no way to alleviate the severe poison inflicted by Giles.

With the accumulation of toxins, he even fainted immediately after the battle ended.

……

the next day.

When Shirou woke up, he found himself lying in a beastman's wooden hut. The hut was a temporary structure, as the original forest had been burned down.

The orcs had no choice but to temporarily relocate their base here.

Now that he has woken up, it is highly likely that the beastmen saved him.

It must have been Justaf who helped.

As Shirou was thinking this, he was about to get up when he felt a distinct dizziness. In his daze, he noticed several beast girls coming in from outside.

Upon discovering that he had woken up, a large group of orcs rushed in, including Justaf.

From Justaf, Shirou learned what had happened the night before.

Since Shirou had already shot and killed all the smugglers, including the mastermind Giles, who also died by Shirou's sword.

The Orcs' crisis was officially resolved.

The orcs then focused their attention on putting out the fire.

It wasn't until later that Shirou was found unconscious on the altar.

Some of the beastmen who didn't know Shirou initially planned to capture him, but when Captain Justaf saw this, he immediately stopped them and calmed Shirou down to treat him.

However, the beastmen's treatment methods are limited, and they can only barely suppress the toxins in Shirou's body.

If a complete cure is truly desired, it would be best for Shirou to go to the Holy Kingdom of Milis and receive treatment and baptism from a proper priest.

The Holy Kingdom of Milis, founded on religion, is arguably the most skilled place in the world when it comes to healing magic, so detoxification is naturally no problem for them either.

Shirou was aware of this and was about to set off when he learned that the Great Forest had entered the rainy season and was experiencing torrential rain.

It would be impossible to cross the forest and reach the Holy Kingdom of Milis within three months unless the rains receded.

This means that Shirou can only stay in the Beastmen's territory for the time being.

Incidentally, Rijrud and Alice have successfully reunited and arrived in the Orc territory, each finding a place to rest.

"Thank you very much."

Upon learning that the beastmen were willing to take them in, Shirou expressed his gratitude.

Upon seeing this, Justaf immediately showed a look of fear and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, how could you be thanking us? Lord Shirou, you are the great benefactor of our beast race!!"

Justaf's attitude was very respectful.

Last night, Shirou's spectacular feat of single-handedly wiping out all the smugglers shocked all the beastmen.

The beastmen children have even come to regard Shirou as an idol.

Afterwards, the orcs investigated and found out the truth about the kidnapping incident.

In short, a large smuggling organization is attempting to kidnap the guardian deity of the Deludians, the [Sacred Beast].

It's that big white dog.

Because the sacred beast is a special creature, it seems that many people want to obtain it, but it is a difficult goal to kidnap the sacred beast by ordinary means.

Even if they succeed, the soldiers with a keen sense of smell will quickly catch up and it will soon be taken back.

Therefore, smuggling organizations took advantage of the rainy season.

The rainy season will last for three months.

In preparation for the rainy season, the soldiers in each village put in their best efforts, and every village was very busy.

Most importantly, boats cannot be sent out to sea during the rainy season.

As long as the sacred beast is kidnapped and sent to the Demon Continent before the rainy season arrives, the beastmen warriors will not catch up with it, and they will be able to escape completely.

The smuggling operation was going smoothly; they even managed to capture the sacred beast. However, they never expected that a traitor would emerge from within their ranks.

That's Giles.

Giles's target was not the sacred beast, but the beastmen's slaves.

Furthermore, Giles is more likely trying to seize power within the organization, which is why he sabotaged his rival's plans.

In short, he deliberately summoned Shirou and Rigel, gave them the information, and then notified the Beastmen warriors, leading to a battle between the two sides.

Giles then took the opportunity to attack the orc stronghold, setting it ablaze and carrying away orc children and women.

If Shirou hadn't possessed clairvoyance, the other party's plan might have actually come to fruition.

It was precisely because of Shirou's intervention that the Beastmen were extremely grateful to him, regarding him as the great benefactor of their entire race.

From top to bottom, regardless of gender, the beastmen held Shirou in high esteem and admiration.

In a human kingdom, it would even be to the point of erecting a statue in his honor.

As a well-developed young man, Shirou also attracted the attention of many beast-woman warriors, which truly gave him a headache.