However, perhaps because he had just fought the Dragon God, Shirou was not overwhelmed by the Sword God's aura and remained calmly standing in place.

This reaction undoubtedly caught the attention of the Sword God.

Chapter 262 Alice Passes the Test! Shirou Isn't Qualified to Take the Trial?

"No, I am not their master."

Kyrie immediately responded to the Sword God's words, explaining, "I simply taught Shirou the art of the Light Blade, and I dare not call myself his master. As for Alice, she is actually Shirou's disciple, but I have hardly taught her any swordsmanship."

Kyrie I always treated Shirou as an equal individual and never considered himself Shirou's master.

Alice had always been learning swordsmanship from Shirou, so she can't be considered Kyrie's disciple.

After she shared her thoughts, Shirou and Alice had mixed feelings, because they both knew very well how much Kyrie Il had sacrificed for them and that he was definitely a qualified teacher.

Shirou then decisively said, "Gilead is my swordsmanship mentor. She taught me a lot and can definitely be considered my master."

"Me too!"

Alice nodded in agreement.

"Shirou, Alice..."

Girenouille seemed very moved by the two men's actions.

She wanted to say something more, but then she saw the Sword God Galfarion stand up from his seat and walk towards her step by step with a cold expression.

Giren, Shirou, and Alice all showed surprised expressions at the Sword God's actions.

In particular, Shirou could clearly feel the sharp aura emanating from the Sword God pressing down on him, causing him to feel fear and retreat involuntarily.

But Shirou did not back down; he was not easily intimidated by mere aura.

Because aura doesn't inherently harm people, it only creates a sense of panic on a psychological level. Shirou has already faced a terrifying being like the Dragon God, so he naturally won't feel any fear when facing the Sword God's aura.

"..."

The sword god walked step by step to Shirou and Alice.

Seeing this, Kyrie Irving couldn't help but step in front of the two and said to the Sword God, "Master, what are you doing? They're just children..."

"Swordsmen are not distinguished by whether they are children or adults."

Galfarion shook his head. "If you want to learn swordsmanship in the Holy Land of Swords, you must accept certain trials."

"This……"

Kyrie Irving was unable to refute the Sword God's overly orthodox words for the time being and could only watch in silence.

At the same time, after glancing at Shirou and Alice, the Sword God looked at Alice first and said, "Draw your sword and try to kill me as best you can."

"Kill, kill you?"

Alice hesitated for a moment; she clearly hadn't expected the Sword God to make such a request.

After glancing at Shirou beside her and Kyrie Irvine not far away, and seeing that neither of them had wavered, she hesitantly drew her sword.

Alice's sword was just an ordinary iron sword, which she bought from a blacksmith of the Miner Tribe when she was in the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

Although it was just an ordinary sword, it had been with Alice for a very long time, and it had not been broken even during the time she encountered the Dragon God.

In contrast, Shirou's demonic sword Muramasa has been shattered by the Dragon God, so much so that he doesn't even have a particularly suitable sword to wear right now.

"Snapped!"

Alice drew her sword, straightened her posture, and quickly looked at the sword god in front of her.

For an ordinary person, let alone swinging a sword at a sword god, even looking directly into the eyes of that person would be difficult; they would be swallowed up by an abyss of fear.

But Alice is no ordinary person. She has experienced the cruel life on the Demon Continent, learned many techniques from Rijrud, and even briefly fought against the Dragon God. Although she suffered a crushing defeat in an instant, Alice's will was greatly strengthened in that battle.

Therefore, even when facing the world's strongest swordsman, the Sword God Galfarion, she did not hesitate at all. At least she was not afraid to swing her sword. She held the longsword in her hand as usual and carefully looked at the Sword God in front of her, looking for his weakness.

However, to Alice's surprise, she found that the Sword God's condition was very strange.

She originally thought that as the world's strongest swordsman, the other party should be without any flaws, or at least not easily reveal any weaknesses that she could exploit.

But in reality, when she actually observed the Sword God, she found that the opponent not only had flaws, but was full of flaws from head to toe. It was as if he had not made any preparations at all, and had completely exposed the areas that should have been defended.

Are you letting the water out?

Alice frowned and couldn't help but speak.

"Hehe, interesting, very interesting."

The Sword God found Alice's reaction amusing. "I am the Sword God, and you are just a high-level Sword God. Is there a problem with me going easy on you?"

"This will make me unhappy!"

Alice responded coldly.

The overly direct attitude made both Kyrie Irving and Shirou wipe away cold sweat.

The Sword God himself became increasingly interested in her, and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad at all. You remind me of Kyrie Irvine. Before his claws were worn down, that kid was just like you, completely ignorant of the meaning of 'the world is vast'."

"This... Master..."

Kyrie Irvine was surprised that his dark past had been exposed for no reason, and he couldn't help but show a complicated expression.

After confirming Alice's personality, the Sword God couldn't help but laugh and say, "Alright, you're very good, you've passed. Tell me, girl, what is your reason for wielding the sword? What is the goal you want to achieve?"

"Qualified? But I haven't killed you yet."

"You can't kill me, but you only need to show the will to kill me to pass the test."

The Sword God explained frankly, "For a swordsman, whether or not he can do it is not the most important thing. The most important thing is whether he can generate the belief that he can do it. As long as he has the belief, the sword can cut through everything, including those opponents that you cannot cut through in your imagination."

"This...so that means even the Dragon God can be killed?"

"Dragon God? You mean Orsteed?"

"That's right!"

Alice responded firmly.

Upon hearing this, the Sword God's expression relaxed, and he slapped his knees repeatedly, letting out a hearty laugh.

"Hahahaha! So that's how it is. So your target is Orsteed! Not bad, not bad at all. In that case, you'll have to kill me first! Oh, I see. You want to kill that guy? Besides me, there's actually someone else who wants to kill that guy! That's a long-awaited piece of good news, yes, it's good news!"

The Sword God's self-absorbed words left everyone present confused.

Especially Kyrie Illya, when she saw the appearance of the Sword God, she felt as if she had seen something terrifying, and the hair on her body stood on end.

Because in her memory, she rarely saw the Sword God in such a good mood, and when he was in a good mood most of the time, it usually meant that something terrible was about to happen.

In fact, the Sword God's expression quickly changed from laughter to indifference, even radiating a chilling aura more terrifying than any killing intent.

"However... it's easy to just talk a good game, but anything can only be accomplished by paying a sufficient price. Do you think you can do it?"

"can!"

Ellie answered without hesitation. She didn't try to be brave, nor did she hesitate at all, and there was no confusion in her eyes.

Because she still remembers the scene where Shirou almost died at the hands of the Dragon God in order to save her.

If the opponent hadn't used that strange ability, death would have caught up with him just one step away.

If that were to actually happen, Alice could hardly imagine the depth of regret she would feel.

Therefore, in order to prevent the fear in her heart from consuming her again, and in order to be able to stand up and save the people she cares about in critical moments, just like Shirou, Alice is determined to have the power to defeat the Dragon God no matter what, even if it costs her nothing.

"Very well, then take my sword."

The Sword God was very satisfied with Alice's attitude, so he directly rewarded her with a sword strike.

"boom!"

As the Sword God swung his sword, Alice was blasted away on the spot, crashing through the door of the entrance to the room and flying outside, where she landed in the snow.

The swordsman's movements were so fast that Shirou and Kyrie Irving didn't even have time to react or see the sword's trajectory before witnessing the outcome.

"Alice!"

Shirou and Kyrie rushed toward each other, only to find the girl struggling to get up in the snow.

Although the Sword God's sword strike was extremely sharp, it did not carry any killing intent, nor did it truly intend to harm Alice.

So much so that Alice only groaned for a moment before getting up from the ground.

"Girenou, take her to get treatment, and then change her clothes."

The Sword God seemed to have accepted Alice, and calmly said, "From today onwards, she will stay in the Holy Land of Swords to train her swordsmanship, and like the outstanding disciples in the Holy Land, I will personally teach her how to practice swordsmanship."

"Thank you... Master!"

Kyrie Irwin nodded gratefully. She knew very well how significant the words "the Sword God personally taught me swordsmanship" were; it was an honor that only a very few disciples could receive.

This means that Alice has also become the Sword God's personal disciple.

However, Kyrie Irwin did not immediately follow the sword god's instructions, because she had not forgotten Shirou, after all, she also had higher expectations for Shirou.

"Well, now that Alice's assessment is over, what about Shirou's assessment..."

"Shirou? You mean this kid?"

Upon hearing Kyrie Ian's words, the Sword God glanced at Shirou's presence.

After a brief examination, he showed an attitude of complete disinterest and said coldly, "This guy is completely useless. Kyrie Illya, take him back. He can't practice swordsmanship in this Holy Land of Swords. He's completely useless."

Chapter 263 Shirou VS Sword God!

"why?"

Upon hearing the words of the Sword God, Kyrie Irvine's expression froze.

She never expected that her master, the world's strongest swordsman of the Sword God style, would make such an evaluation of Shirou, completely denying his strength.

This was completely incomprehensible to Gilead.

After all, in Kyrie Irving's eyes, Shirou possessed a talent in swordsmanship that ordinary people could not match, a talent far surpassing his own. He not only had the potential to become the Sword Emperor, but he might even become the next Sword God.

It was precisely because she had such confidence in Shirou that she brought him directly to meet her master, the current Sword God, Galfarion.

However, to Girenou's utter surprise, the Sword God not only didn't think highly of Shirou like he did, but also gave him an extremely poor evaluation.

Gilead was undoubtedly unable to accept this outcome.

The Sword God seemed to have anticipated Kyrie's reaction. He showed no intention of changing his mind and calmly said, "You seem to have doubts about me. That's good. After all, since you became the Sword King, you have lost the will to deny the strong and have become a weak person."

"I……"

The words of the Sword God left Kyrie Irvine speechless.

Because after becoming the Sword King, Gilead lost the will to continue pursuing swordsmanship. She no longer lived and worked purely for the sword, but began to care about other things and forgot her original intention of learning swordsmanship.

However, she didn't think her problem had anything to do with Shirou, and she didn't want such a talented person as Shirou to be buried like this.

So she earnestly pleaded with the Sword God, "Master, are you perhaps unaware of Shirou's swordsmanship? Forgive my bluntness, but Shirou's swordsmanship is among the most talented I've ever seen. He mastered the Light Blade at such a young age, and he has the potential to go even further on this path! Master, haven't you always hoped to find the next successor to the Sword God? If Shirou were to learn the Sword God Style from you, perhaps..."

"Okay, okay, I know what you mean."

The Sword God seemed too lazy to listen to Kyrie's words. He waved his hand dismissively and said, "You think this kid is very talented, so you hope I can instruct him in swordsmanship, right? After all, you are my disciple, so I should give you some face. But I also need you to face reality and know what kind of guy this kid really is! If I am willing to give him a chance, can you accept any outcome?"

"This...I..."

Upon hearing the words of the Sword God, Kyrie Irvine hesitated, but ultimately nodded firmly.

Because she had complete trust in Shirou, she firmly believed that Shirou's talent was genuine.

The Sword God then gave Shirou a chance, allowing him to do everything in his power, just like Alice, to try and kill the Sword God.

"..."

Shirou was undoubtedly a little nervous about this unconventional test.

Especially when the Sword God looked at him with that all-seeing gaze, he instinctively felt a strange sense of panic and emptiness.

Just like a child who gets good grades by cheating, they are always unable to appear very confident when faced with questions from teachers and parents.

However, Shirou did not believe that he had ever cheated or taken any shortcuts in swordsmanship. He had gotten to where he was today entirely through his own hard work and dedication.

Therefore, he chose to accept the Sword God's test.

Since the Demon Sword Muramasa was already shattered, Shirou didn't have a suitable weapon at hand. After all, he couldn't possibly use the Revolving Victory Sword to pass such an exam.

Shirou then borrowed a training sword from the sacred land of swords from the Sword God.

The Sword God calmly agreed, and even lent out a rare sword from the Holy Land of Swords.

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