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

Alice uttered some outrageous words.

Shirou and Rijkaard both gave wry smiles.

Both of them were well aware of how terrifying the Crimson Dragon was, so naturally they dared not have such a crazy idea.

It should be noted that among all dragons in this world, the Crimson Dragon is the most dangerous and ferocious species. Each one is at the level of an S-class monster and is the strongest monster in the Central Continent.

The Crimson Dragon has an even greater characteristic: it moves in groups. If you encounter it in the Crimson Dragon Mountains, it is likely not just one, but a group of hundreds.

The Red Dragon also possesses an extremely exaggerated ability to detect things, and it will never let any creature that invades its territory go unpunished.

Therefore, from any perspective, crossing the Crimson Dragon Mountains is a foolish thing that is no different from courting death.

"Let's take a detour to the Red Dragon's lower jaw."

Shirou and Rijkaard made their decision quickly.

"Why? Shirou, didn't you kill the Red Dragon before?"

"Huh? How did you know?"

Shirou was surprised to learn that Alice knew he had killed the Red Dragon.

Because he never mentioned that he was the one who killed the Red Dragon, this secret was kept hidden for a long time, leading Shirou to believe that he hadn't been exposed.

Alice smiled slyly and said, "That's because I investigated it later. After all, the dragon slayer of Buena Village is so famous that a little investigation would reveal who did it."

"Then why didn't you expose me back at the Water God School?"

Shirou still remembered that a long time ago at the Water God Dojo, when many adventurers questioned whether he was a dragon slayer, Alice had vehemently denied it and helped him out of the predicament.

At the time, he believed that Alice genuinely didn't know she was the dragon slayer, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Well, that's because I'm kind-hearted..."

Alice blushed and turned her head away, seemingly quite shy.

Seeing this, Shirou smiled slightly, realizing that Alice had been secretly watching over and helping him all along, which warmed his heart.

"Shirou, you once killed the Red Dragon?"

Ridge Rude, however, asked Shirou out of curiosity.

Shirou didn't hide anything about it and quietly explained how he killed the runaway dragon in Buena Village. Although it was an amazing feat, it wasn't too exaggerated when you think about it carefully.

Despite being a dangerous creature, the Red Dragon actually has a weakness.

Despite their formidable combat capabilities, they are unable to take off from flat ground due to their rather poor flight ability.

If the Red Dragon wants to fly, it can only jump off a high cliff or glide up a slope of a certain length to take off.

Although the mountains on the central continent are very high, most of the terrain consists of flat plains and forests.

Therefore, once the red dragon falls to the ground, it will be unable to immediately fly into the sky, thus giving you the opportunity to destroy it.

Of course, even if it can't take off, the power of the Red Dragon is still not to be underestimated. Shirou paid a considerable price to destroy that Red Dragon, and even caused himself to be further corrupted by the soul of the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Rijerud admired Shirou even more and nodded, saying, "If it's a stray dragon, it can indeed be eliminated after paying the price. But if it's a group of red dragons, it's simply not something an ordinary person can handle. If you really want to say who can do it, it can only be the top-ranking powers among the seven great powers. Otherwise, even the Northern God or the Sword God would probably turn back halfway."

"Top powers?"

Upon hearing this unfamiliar term, Shirou and Alice looked confused.

Rijerud explained quietly, "What you ordinary people don't know is that there are also superior and inferior powers among the great powers. The gap between them is even greater than the gap between inferior powers and ordinary people. In the current order, the superior powers are the four: [God of Skill], [God of Dragons], [God of War], and [God of Demons]. The inferior powers are the [God of Death], [God of Swords], and [God of the North]. While the inferior powers can fight against the Crimson Dragon, they cannot cross the Crimson Dragon Mountains. On the contrary, the superior powers can travel freely in the Crimson Dragon Mountains."

"There's such a difference?"

Shirou and Alice were both surprised.

They had assumed that the great powers were already beyond description in this world, but they never expected that there would be such a clear hierarchy among the seven great powers.

"I wish I could become one of the great powers."

After listening to the story, Alice uttered words that most people in the world have said.

Shirou had his own thoughts on this, but he was definitely not the kind of person who enjoyed fighting.

Rather than defeating the great powers of the past and seizing their titles, he truly hoped to simply gain greater power to protect those he wanted to protect.

……

Shirou and the others continued their journey along the foot of the Red Dragon Mountain Range.

Despite being at the foot of the mountain, the chances of encountering a red dragon are actually not high, because red dragons mostly live in cyclical groups and rarely leave the group to roam alone.

The red dragon that Shirou encountered was an extremely rare occurrence.

Normally, this is simply impossible.

For this reason, caravans can often be seen coming and going near the Red Dragon Mountains.

However, most caravans travel with a strong guard.

This is certainly not to prevent the Red Dragon. Even the strongest human adventurer would likely not survive an attack by the Red Dragon.

Compared to natural disasters like the Crimson Dragon, which have a low probability of occurrence, the guards mostly faced bandits and brigands roaming the Crimson Dragon Mountains.

Using the natural environment of the Red Dragon Mountains as cover, they attacked caravans everywhere, seizing their wealth or simply collecting tolls.

Shirou and the others encountered this several times, but neither Shirou nor Rigel ever made a move. Alice alone drove all the bandits away.

This made Rijerud realize that the human world was not a safe place either. Or rather, it was precisely because it was a relatively safe environment compared to the Demon Continent that such evil forces were born. If it were an environment like the Demon Continent, where monsters were everywhere, there would be no space for these bandits to survive.

Shirou neither confirmed nor denied this.

Having inherited Emiya's memories, he naturally knew that as long as there were humans in the environment, such heinous acts were almost impossible to eradicate.

Even if an ideal paradise could be created in a region for a short time, it would be impossible to achieve the salvation of all mankind.

An absolutely perfect paradise does not exist.

Shirou no longer fantasizes about that meaningless absolute beauty; he prefers to protect the small world he can touch in the palm of his hand—that's enough for him.

Chapter 251 The First Encounter with the Dragon God.

After several days of travel, Shirou and his companions were getting closer and closer to the red dragon's jaw.

During this time, Alice frequently engaged in combat training with Rijrud.

She used to train with Shirou, but since some point, she stopped practicing with him and started sparring with Rigel instead.

Shirou didn't understand Alice's choice at first.

It was only after asking Alice later that I learned what she was thinking.

It turns out that Alice noticed that Shirou's swordsmanship was completely different from ordinary swordsmanship.

Although on the surface Shirou's swordsmanship is just ordinary Kenshin-ryu, in reality his swordsmanship has long since incorporated too many things, including not only Kenshin-ryu techniques, but also the swordsmanship of the Heroic Spirit Emiya, and even some techniques of Hokami-ryu, making it extremely complex.

Although Alice is now a high-level Sword God, she doesn't actually have any special talent in swordsmanship; she fights purely based on intuition and recklessness.

Getting her to learn swordsmanship according to the proper procedures is as difficult as getting a disobedient child to study diligently at a desk for ten hours.

Just as everyone has a different personality, different people also have completely different characteristics in swordsmanship. Forcing someone to copy another person's swordsmanship, especially to copy other people's methods of practicing swordsmanship, will not only not bring any benefits, but will only have a bad influence.

Shirou confirmed this, so he simply let Alice learn swordsmanship from Rigel.

Although Rachel Rudd knew nothing about swordsmanship, as the saying goes, if you're good at one thing, you're good at everything.

Even if she doesn't know specific sword techniques, Rijrud's combat skills are certainly not a problem. He only needs to teach Alice how to fight and the details she should pay attention to during combat, which will be enough for Alice to learn a lot.

Furthermore, for Alice, who relies more on intuition than on formulaic swordsmanship, Rigel's combat techniques are clearly easier to master than Shirou's swordsmanship.

That's why Alice's strength has improved significantly recently.

When Shirou occasionally trains with Alice in combat, he has to be a little more serious in order to deal with her strong attacks.

Although she is still far behind Shirou in reality, Alice's rate of progress is extraordinary.

All of this is exactly as Shirou had imagined.

Alice has a greater talent in combat than him. All he needs to do is put in enough effort and follow the right path to reach heights that are unimaginable to most people.

"ended."

"Huff...huff...good..."

Another sparring session with Rijerud ended, and Alice finished her training, exhausted.

Shirou watched the whole thing and learned a lot.

He also noticed that recently, Rijkaard had stopped teaching Alice specific combat techniques and stopped asking her if she understood.

The reason for this is quite simple: Alice has already learned most of Rigel's techniques, and Rigel is no longer able to teach her anything more.

"Alice."

As Alice was drenched in sweat and eager to return to a secluded place to dry off, Rijrud suddenly called out to her. Rijrud clearly wasn't playing a prank; he spoke seriously, "From today onward, you can call yourself a warrior."

"warrior?"

Upon hearing Rijerud's words, both Shirou and Alice could sense that this name was unusual.

Recalling that Rijerud once claimed to be the leader of the Spelud warriors, it's likely that the word "warrior" was an extraordinary title for the Spelud tribe.

"This sentence means..."

Alice didn't react as quickly as Shirou, and belatedly asked the question.

"It means you're already capable of handling things on your own."

Rachel Rudd answered calmly.

"..."

Alice fell silent, then quickly entered the tent and disappeared.

Seeing Alice's state, Shirou and Rigel exchanged a smile.

Both of them were used to Alice's personality, and they knew that when Alice left without saying a word, it was probably because she was excited and shy. She was too embarrassed to show her emotions, so she hid away from people.

After a while, Alice composed herself and ran back.

"But Rachel Rudd, I still can't beat you at all!"

"You don't need to defeat me; a warrior only needs to meet certain conditions to be called that."

Upon hearing Rijerud's words, Shirou explained from the side, "In other words, the so-called warrior should be a concept similar to the advanced level of the Sword God style, a rank title."

"almost."

Rijerud nodded. "This title was used within our Spelud tribe, but the Spelud tribe no longer exists, so the title is meaningless now."

"That's not true, I'm very happy."

Alice answered forcefully.

Her enthusiastic attitude left Rachel Rudd speechless, and his smile only grew brighter.

……

Another half-month journey has passed.

Shirou and the others finally reached the lower jaw of the red dragon.

This is a valley with only one road leading forward. Although it is not as straight as the Holy Sword Street, it is still a single path without any forks.

At the same time, this area is considered unclaimed territory, located between national borders and belonging to no country.

This means that passing through here will lead to the Kingdom of Asura.

Alice's face was filled with excitement as she approached the end of her journey.

On the other hand, Rigd and Shirou looked relatively calm, even more serious than usual.

Both were experienced soldiers, so they knew very well that the more unintentional the moment, the more likely they were to encounter unspeakable trouble.

You can only relax when things are completely finished; otherwise, you must never let your guard down.

After quickly assessing the road ahead, Shirou and the others officially entered the Red Dragon's jaws.

The road was very calm, as if we had entered a silent world.

In the silent world, only the footsteps of Shirou and the others could be heard.

And so, onward, onward...