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

In order to prevent the Pope from gaining further merit, he tried every means to stop the blacksmith Muramasa from coming into contact with the Holy Sword of Milis, and even more so, he could not allow the other party to successfully repair the Holy Sword of Milis.

Before the Pope could speak, Carlisle, the Grand Master of the Temple Knights, spoke first: "The blacksmith Muramasa is the top blacksmith of the Kingdom of Asura, a master craftsman recognized by many powerful humans. How can he be considered an outsider?"

"Even if it is the God of Craftsmanship, it is the God of Craftsmanship of the Kingdom of Asra. What does it have to do with our Holy Kingdom of Milis?"

The bishop was unconvinced and directly refuted him.

Carlisle, as if he had expected this, sneered and said, "Since the founding of the Church of Milis, Saint Milis has always been advocating equality, unity, and friendship among people. It was one thing to insist on not letting the mining god of the Mining Tribe come to repair the Holy Sword, but now he doesn't even recognize the human blacksmiths as his own people? Is this kind of isolated and self-imposed attitude a sign that he intends to betray the doctrines of the Holy Kingdom of Milis?"

"..."

Carlyle's sharp remarks left the cardinals speechless.

The Cardinal's attitude became quite indifferent.

After all, the Knights Templar were originally on his side, but Carlisle, in order to maintain his own position, used the matter of repairing the Holy Sword to further enhance the status of the Latorrea family, and unknowingly sided with the Papal faction, which was a clear betrayal to him.

Therefore, the Cardinal directly stepped in, saying, "Sir Carlisle, your statement based on the teachings of Saint Milis is indeed correct, but there is still a problem: who can prove that this suddenly appearing man is the blacksmith Muramasa? As far as I know, this blacksmith Muramasa was introduced by a country nobleman from the Kingdom of Asura. But how could a country nobleman have contact with a master craftsman? Could this be a conspiracy to steal our national treasure, the Holy Sword!"

The Cardinal directly accused Shirou of a serious crime, his words so sharp they were aimed directly at Shirou himself.

Carlisle could not accept such words. He immediately said, "The person who introduced Muramasa is my son-in-law, Paul Greirat. Paul was formerly from the Notos family, one of the four great lords of the Kingdom of Asura. Although he severed ties with his family, he later became the leader of the S-class adventurer team Black Wolf Fang. His status and strength are quite good, so it is only natural that he has the ability to contact the master craftsman Muramasa!"

"Heh, that sounds nice, but we know very well that Paul is a drunkard who drinks every day. Moreover, with the support of your Latorrea family, he has committed all sorts of illegal and criminal acts in the Holy Kingdom of Milis, forcibly taking slaves from noble families and seizing private property! If it weren't for the protection of your Latorrea family, such a criminal would already be in prison!"

"I've said this before. Paul's actions were not a crime; he was simply rescuing innocent people affected by the Great Migration of the Kingdom of Asura's territory of Fituia. Extending a helping hand to the unfortunate is also one of Saint Milis's teachings!"

"Hmph, spouting doctrines all the time, Carlisle, are you pretending to be a devout believer? You're just an ordinary commoner who married into the Latorrea family. You should be grateful for the mercy of the previous head of the Latorrea family to have achieved your current status. Don't continue to be foolish!"

“My background has absolutely nothing to do with this.”

"..."

In an effort to prevent Shirou from touching the holy sword, the Cardinal has apparently begun to resort to unreasonable and disruptive tactics.

He offered every possible reason he could to try and prevent it from happening.

The Pope remained silent on the matter, as if letting the Cardinals perform their own act.

In the end, it was one of the knights who couldn't help but step forward and stop the cardinal's unreasonable ramblings.

“Your Excellency Cardinal, your reaction is too strong. Whether the identity of the blacksmith Muramasa is questionable is not something that can be influenced by our words. We can only prove it with facts.”

"Are you stating the facts?"

The cardinal looked at the other person, intending to lash out, but immediately shut his mouth after seeing the other person's appearance.

Because he had already recognized the knight who spoke as a person of noble status, the current Grand Master of the Instructional Knights, one of the three great knightly orders, Jargardnashvinik.

Jargard remained unmoved and quietly said, "Since Muramasa is a top-notch blacksmith, he naturally possesses exceptional skills. A simple demonstration of his abilities would be enough to dispel all doubts."

"That's...indeed true."

The Cardinal was speechless with rebuttal to Jargard's words and could only silently agree.

Seeing that the farce seemed to be over, the Pope smiled and looked at Shirou, saying, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Lord Muramasa, but things are as you've seen. Now I'm afraid you'll need to prove your identity."

The Pope's open and transparent attitude, and his neutrality throughout, demonstrate his high level of political acumen.

As Shirou sighed inwardly, he quietly spoke up: "The method of proof is very simple. I remember I sold a weapon to your Milis Church before, didn't I?"

“Indeed, I once purchased the weapon you forged, the Sword of Victory, from Yars, the capital of the Kingdom of Asra.”

"The sword's blade is made of Yiqing iron stone, and it contains three pieces of blazing sun stone, along with a special magic array barrier. It can instantly release light waves that can destroy everything. However, because the blazing sun stone needs to absorb heat to continue operating, it can only maintain its effect when the sun is out during the day."

“That’s right, this is something only you, Lord Muramasa, would know. At the auction, no one except me touched this sword, which means that only you and I in the world know the specifics of this sword. I think no one will have any objections now.”

The Pope was not surprised at all by Shirow's statement and gave it his approval without hesitation.

The Cardinal wanted to say something more about this scene, but it was clear he was at his last gasp.

He could only watch helplessly as it all happened.

Ultimately, under the Pope's arrangement, Shirou was soon invited to the blacksmith shop of the Church of Milis.

Upon learning of the arrival of the blacksmith Muramasa, almost every blacksmith displayed an attitude of worship, even disbelief, looking just like a little fangirl meeting her idol.

However, they also knew the importance of repairing the Holy Sword, so they wouldn't bother them at a time like this.

Shirou was then able to come into contact with the Holy Sword of Milis alone and discovered that the weapon had been weathered by the elements over the years and was so fragile that it would shatter at the slightest touch.

This problem is even more serious than his invincible golden sword.

It's no wonder that none of the blacksmiths in the entire Holy Kingdom of Milis could repair this sword, because any attempt to forge it would inevitably shatter the blade.

However, Shirou has unique skills, so there's no need to worry about this.

That's enhancement magic!

Chapter 234 Forging the First Divine Weapon! The Golden Sword of Eternity!

In this world, the essence of magic is the manipulation of elements. Through understanding and using various elements, incredible changes can be created.

However, precisely because of the limitations of the elements, the power of magic does not possess some beyond miraculous imaginations.

At least, things like enhancement magic don't exist in this world.

Shirou realized this a long time ago, so he has been deliberately hiding his magic, even using imitation sword magic instead of projection magic.

After all, no one knows what strange changes his magic, which doesn't exist in this world, will cause.

If it provokes a reaction from certain important figures, it would undoubtedly be a very bad outcome.

For this reason, Shirou only uses magic in extremely rare circumstances.

Just like now.

Faced with the Holy Sword of Milis, which has been worn down to its limit by the long years of weathering, it would be impossible to repair it using ordinary forging techniques, and it might even cause greater damage.

Therefore, the material is first reinforced using enhancement magic, then continuously modified with exquisite forging techniques to ensure that the degree of material mixing does not change after the enhancement magic fails. Finally, the repair and forging are completed in one go, making the weapon look brand new.

With these ideas in mind, Shirou began to try forging.

But after only getting started, it had to stop immediately.

He encountered a problem: the material of the Holy Sword of Milis was too rare. Even if it was reinforced with enhancement magic to ensure that it would not be damaged, unpredictable accidents would still occur in the subsequent process of fusing materials and mixing strength.

Simply put, as a weapon from a thousand years ago, the Holy Sword of Milis is made of materials that are no longer available for repair.

However, the strength of the Holy Sword of Milis is beyond imagination.

Forcibly mixing and filling with other materials will result in inconsistent strengths, leading to incompatibility issues.

To solve this problem, we either need to find materials that are highly compatible with the Holy Sword of Milis and ensure that there are no conflicts or problems after the materials are mixed, or we need to abandon the original framework of the Holy Sword of Milis and recreate a completely new weapon based on the original Holy Sword.

Shirou considered these two approaches and found that approach one was almost impossible to complete.

The material of the Holy Sword of Milis was not ordinary. After carefully scanning it with his Enhancement Magic, he discovered that the material of this holy sword was almost unprecedented.

The strange materials mixed in with the material even made Shirou feel a kind of oppressive aura similar to that of a red dragon.

It is suspected that the material used in its creation was from the body of some kind of dragon, or a magical beast comparable to a dragon.

Shirou can only create a weapon of the same level if he can kill a monster of the same level and use its body as material to refine it.

Otherwise, under the existing conditions, the only solution is to abandon the original framework of the Holy Sword of Milis, redesign it, and create a completely new weapon.

Shirou then approached the Pope and shared his thoughts with him.

He had assumed that such a rebellious idea would be rejected by the other party.

To everyone's surprise, His Holiness the Pope generously said, "If it is necessary to destroy the existing holy sword, then destroy it, as long as the new holy sword contains the same materials as the original holy sword."

"Why? Isn't the Holy Sword a national treasure of the Holy Kingdom of Milis?"

"It is called a national treasure, but it is actually an ancient artifact from a thousand years ago. The purpose of the Holy Sword is to unite faith, not to actually fight. And faith will not disappear. As long as the essence of the weapon remains, even if its outward appearance changes, the people will not abandon their faith."

"..."

Upon hearing the Pope's speech, Shirou once again marveled at the old Pope's wisdom.

He then decisively began the work of resetting the Holy Sword.

Of course, this is undoubtedly not a simple matter.

Putting aside the manufacturing issues, a certain cardinal, upon learning of the situation, immediately rushed over to cause trouble, declaring that the Holy Sword must not be allowed to be destroyed.

Fortunately, the Pope had anticipated this and managed to temporarily suppress the Cardinals.

Shirou was thus given precious time to craft weapons.

Before melting down the original holy sword, Shirou carefully studied the Holy Sword Milis and discovered many valuable forging techniques.

For example, by mixing these high-level monster materials into weapons, the barrier to crafting divine artifacts can be significantly lowered.

After witnessing this technology, Shirou even suspected that if he had enough materials, he might be able to forge a weapon of divine quality, or even restore the divine weaponry of Excalibur.

He was very excited about the idea.

But he knew now was not the time to do that.

Resetting the Holy Sword of Milis is not a simple matter. Even with permission to melt down the original Holy Sword, Shirou must be careful to ensure that the newly created Holy Sword is not too different from the original Milis Holy Sword. At the very least, its appearance and power must far surpass the original Holy Sword.

Under these circumstances, Shirou had no choice but to rack his brains.

To explore the possibilities of various forged weapons.

Finally, he did indeed come up with a very suitable idea.

He planned to fuse his shattered Golden Sword of Victory with the Holy Sword of Milis, thus achieving a true reinforcement by complementing the materials of the two broken swords.

At that time, they might be able to create an even stronger holy sword than the two holy swords.

Once he had the idea, Shirou immediately took action.

When the Holy Sword of Milis was melted down, Shirou didn't feel anything. He could even feel a kind of joyful, jubilant sound produced by the Holy Sword after it was melted down.

But when it came time to melt down the invincible golden sword, Shirou's heart skipped a beat, as he understood the feelings of the people of the Church of Milis when they learned that the holy sword was to be melted down.

This feeling is extremely complex, and I am extremely reluctant to part with it.

The invincible golden sword that had been with him for so long was about to be completely melted down and turned into nothingness.

Shirou felt a surge of intense emotion, even a strong sense of reluctance, and almost wanted to give up.

But he finally made up his mind.

How can you gain something more important if you don't give up some things?

People can only move forward after letting go of the past.

After regaining his resolve, Shirou forged both the Holy Sword of Milis and the Golden Sword of Victory in one go. The two weapons turned into boiling liquid in the scorching flames, eventually merging and mixing together until a peculiar, pulsating sound suddenly rang out.

Shirou's body reacted instinctively.

At this moment, he was like a dancer on a stage, a speaker in front of a crowd, and a painter alone in his room.

He is creating a completely new work.

This work is a blend of his own efforts and those of an unknown blacksmith from thousands of years ago, which he meticulously overturned and then carefully collected and mixed together.

From the basic form of the sword, to its solidification, to polishing and forging...

In the process of many steps.

Shirou even gradually forgot about time, feeling as if he were becoming one with the forging workshop before him, the forging tools becoming his own hands and feet, and the forging time never passing.

But time does eventually pass.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west for who knows how many times.

Shirou finally raised his head.

He silently gazed at the extremely dark room, where only the flames of forging flickered and rose thick, murky smoke.

He was the only one in the forging workshop.

And the weapon he had already finished forging at some point.

That's a sword.

The form of the sword is exactly as the word "sword" represents, without any superfluous elements; it is the pure and simple form of a sword.

The sword's shape resembles the invincible golden sword; it is a holy sword that is entirely golden.

But it is completely different from the invincible golden sword.

Every part of this sword reveals its unique characteristics, a result of the collision between two different craftsmen across eras, ultimately creating its extraordinary details.