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

Although his opponent didn't exude any pressure, his pure skill was so great that he even suspected his opponent was no less than a sword god.

"Ding,"

"Ding," "Ding,"

Shirou and Shotel had a few brief encounters.

Although they appeared to be evenly matched, Shirou clearly sensed that his living space was being compressed little by little. The stick in Shandel's hand was like a chain, constantly restricting the space in which he could dodge.

Left with no other choice, Shirou realized that he could not escape Shodel's control with pure swordsmanship. So he first used the Water God Style to parry Shodel's attacks, and then, in the next second, projected a bow and arrows and fired several arrows directly at Shodel's face.

"Snapped!"

Xiangdel flicked his staff, creating a barrier that easily deflected the arrows. He then exclaimed in surprise, "Water God Style? Archery? This is truly unexpected."

"..."

Shirou was the one who was even more surprised by Shandel's statement.

He was almost certain that the man in front of him was not some passing swordsman; even if he wasn't a god-level expert, he was at least a top-tier emperor-level powerhouse.

Neither side has used their fighting spirit since the start of the battle, but Shirou has been suppressed to the point of almost being unable to breathe, which is enough to demonstrate the opponent's strength.

Left with no other choice, Shirou stopped holding back and activated the projection, creating Gan Jiang and Mo Xie. He then grasped the two swords and displayed his most proficient swordsmanship, the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

He had already prepared for a life-or-death struggle.

To everyone's surprise, Shandel's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing this, and he excitedly said, "Just as Garr said, you have great potential to learn the Northern God Style, Shirou."

Chapter 278 The Second King of the North God, Shandel? Shirou's Clash with the North God!

"Beishin Ryu? Who exactly are you...?"

Sangle's unusual attitude made Shirou vaguely realize the other party's identity and purpose.

His brief moment of distraction and deep thought was seized upon by Xiangdel, who wielded his long staff like an extended arm, stabbing it towards him with remarkable agility!

Shandel's martial arts skills were extraordinary, and most importantly, his experience was incredibly rich. He could even predict Shirou's movements, as if he could see what would happen a few seconds later, and launch counterattacks against Shirou in advance.

Even though Shirou projected Gan Jiang and Mo Xie and used his most proficient Heroic Spirit Emiya swordsmanship, he still couldn't withstand the opponent's continuous rapid attacks.

However, it seems that Shandel is also unable to break through Shirou's defense. Since the Heroic Spirit Emiya's swordsmanship is a very special parrying technique, coupled with Shirou's Mind's Eye ability, even if he can't keep up with Shandel's movements, he can still respond from a special angle.

After gradually adapting to Shandel's offensive, Shirou was even able to launch a counterattack!

"Kacha!"

With astonishing movements and the techniques of the Sword God Style, Shirou instantly arrived behind Shandel and launched an attack while his opponent was in a blind spot.

He thought his sword strike would at least injure Xiangdel, but Xiangdel easily dodged his attack.

Even though the opponent's eyes weren't looking behind them, it was as if they had eyes in the back of their head, easily predicting their attack path.

Shirou is very familiar with this ability, because it is an ability he also possesses, a technique called Mind's Eye!

This is undoubtedly a very surprising fact.

After arriving in this world, Shirou encountered many powerful individuals, but most of them did not use the Mind's Eye technique.

Because Emiya's Mind's Eye is an ability honed through countless battles, fighting as a guardian in endless time and space.

The foundation of its technology lies in the pseudo-intuition honed through countless battles with enemies of different abilities, forged in blood and fire.

Even if most people possess innate abilities like intuition, they rarely possess acquired skills like the Mind's Eye of the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

After all, it was not something that could be honed in a single battle or two battles, but rather required countless encounters to transform into a real skill.

At least, ordinary humans only have a lifespan of one hundred years. Even if they spend all their time fighting and don't eat or drink, they may not be able to turn the Mind's Eye technique into reality.

"..."

While Shirou was surprised that Sangle was actually cunning and began to doubt his true identity, Sangle was equally surprised by Shirou's actions and couldn't help but say, "Sword God Style, Water God Style, Northern God Style, you really have learned all the sword techniques that can be learned. But there is a saying that you can't master everything. If you don't delve into a field, you can't become a true master."

"I know."

Shirou, of course, understood the meaning behind Sangle's words.

He thought the same way when he was training with Paul, which is why he only learned the Kenshin-ryu style of swordsmanship.

However, as time went on, Shirou realized another truth: ordinary people are not qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with geniuses.

Even if Shirou focused all his time on the path of the Sword God style, compared to true geniuses like the Sword Gods Galfarion, Iris, Kyrie Irvine, and Ginobili, he would never be able to catch up with them. Instead, he would fall further and further behind.

Even if an ordinary person without talent puts everything into it, they will never be able to catch up with a talented person in the slightest.

Shirou understood this principle, so he chose to take a different path, which was to use his special ability of projection to learn and master all the skills in the world.

Learn as many martial arts skills as you can.

By using projection to fill in the body, one's body can memorize almost all the moves. Even if one cannot reach the pinnacle in one path, as long as one integrates countless martial arts, one may still be able to break through the shackles of mortals.

This is why Shirou now possesses Saint-level skills in three styles: Sword God Style, Northern God Style, and Water God Style.

Now that he has confirmed that Sangle's strength is at least top-tier Emperor level, Shirou dares not hold back any longer. Holding Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, he launches a surprise attack!

He started with the Sword God style.

Although the armor prevented him from wielding a true katana of light, the silent katana was fast enough to be effective against opponents who were not sword masters.

"!!"

As expected, Shandel was unable to keep up with his speed.

Although once inside Shandel's attack range, Shandel can easily catch any opponent with his staff, his legs cannot keep up with the speed of the Sword God Style if he is outside the staff's attack range.

"Snapped!"

Using the Sword God Style to close the distance, and just outside of Shodel's attack range, Shirou raised his hand and threw out the Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords.

This is a technique of the Hokushin-ryu school, a throwing technique that every Hokushin-ryu swordsman must use.

Because the Kitakami-ryu do not care about weapons, they will even carry several knives with them and throw them as hidden weapons when necessary.

Shirou projected this skill from the sword of the Kitakami-ryu swordsman in the holy land of swords, and has been constantly improving it through practice. Combined with his clairvoyance, it now has an extremely exaggerated level of accuracy.

Even when they are far apart, they can easily hit the spot where they are meant to hit.

However, an attack of this level would naturally be impossible to hit Shandel.

The opponent, wielding a long staff, easily knocked Shirou's weapon away.

Undeterred, Shirou continued to project a pair of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords, throwing them towards Shandel!

"Interesting magic, it can even create weapons, this is the first time I've ever seen this."

Shandel showed interest in Shirou's projection magic.

Shirou was also happy to see his opponent's attention drawn to his magic, because everything he had just done was in preparation for the next attack!

"Crane Wings, don't fall!"

"With skill and dedication, even Mount Tai can be reached!"

Shirou chanted the inscriptions on Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, and decisively made his move, raising the third pair of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie projected in his hand high!

"Heart Skill, Yellow River Crossing"

"Only names, separate from the heavens."

"Two heroes, destined to part ways!"

After Shirou completed all the preparations.

Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, who had been flung away by Shandel, are now surrounded by Shandel from all sides under Shirou's deliberate control.

And because of the unique properties of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie themselves.

Weapons are attracted to each other.

Therefore, the three weapons are now in a perfectly timed and targeted manner, effectively blocking all of Shandel's positions and completely locking him down!

Having done all this, Shirou launched his attack without the slightest hesitation.

With his twin swords swung with all his might, Shirou seemed to already see his sword piercing through Shandel.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had gone too far. Using an attack of the Crane Wing Triple Strike without knowing Xiangdel's identity was a bit of an overreaction.

However, Shirou's thoughts only lasted for a moment.

He soon realized that his idea was too naive.

Because Sangle, facing the triple attack of Crane Wings with no way to avoid it, did not show any panic. Instead, he maintained the same posture as before, calmly wielding his staff and, as if by magic, simultaneously blocking Shirou's sword from three directions.

Even though the opponent didn't use any battle aura, the oppressive force emanating from the sword was so strong that the projected Gan Jiang and Mo Xie couldn't withstand it and were completely destroyed!

"Wow, I didn't expect to see such a move. You're actually more talented than I thought."

Xiangdel laughed heartily.

He calmly received the Crane Wing Triple Strike and had no intention of seizing the opportunity to attack Shirou. He easily twirled the staff in his hand and caught it.

Even if Shirou is slow to realize things have gone wrong, he has now come to the sense that something is amiss.

He looked at the man in front of him with a helpless expression and said, "Lord Shandel, you are not some nameless swordsman passing by, are you? May I ask your identity?"

"Oh my, finally this question!"

Shandel wore a satisfied expression, as if all his performances had been for the sake of hearing Shirou ask this one question.

He then raised his right hand arrogantly, made a strange pose, and then laughed loudly, saying, "I am Alex Rebek, invited by the Sword God to teach you the swordsmanship of the Northern God Style."

"Alex Rebek?"

Suddenly, he heard the other person give their name, but Shirou had absolutely no recollection of the name.

Or rather, although he had a vague recollection, for various reasons, Shirou couldn't remember it at all.

Seeing Shirou's reaction, Shandel, or rather Alex, was quite disappointed, but he seemed to have expected it and quietly said, "Alright, I haven't used my old name for too long. Shirou, you can just call me Shandel from now on. I've been using this name to communicate with people for the past hundred years."

"a hundred years?"

Unable to tell if it was the truth or a joke, Shirou's brain was somewhat in a state of malfunction due to the excessive amount of information he had absorbed.

Of course, what surprised him the most was what Shandel said next.

Xiangdel put away his stick, revealing a frank attitude, and smiled as he said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Because I've been living in seclusion, I rarely mention my real identity to anyone lately. It's normal that you don't understand. In short, my original name was Alex Rebek, and my more well-known identity was the previous Northern God, the Second Northern God."

Chapter 279 Let's temporarily abandon using swords as weapons, Shirou!

"Beishen II?"

Upon hearing this name, Shirou finally remembered where he had heard the name Alex Rebeck before; it was in the book "The Tale of the Northern God Heroes" that he had read before.

Moreover, it's not just recorded in the book "Tales of the Northern Gods" that the name of the Second Northern God, Alex Rebek, is very famous all over the world because he has performed countless heroic deeds. He not only killed the Dragon King who was entrenched in the Dragon King Mountain Range, but also resolved the conflict between humans and demons and eliminated undead demons...

Of course, the reason why Shirou didn't immediately recognize the name Alex Rebeck was because the name appeared so long ago, generally in legends from a hundred years ago.

Around a hundred years ago, Alex relinquished his title as the God of the North and went into hiding in a deserted place, with most people believing he had long since died.

However, it is clear that the Northern God II did not die.

Shirou was able to make this judgment because he had once fought against the immortal demon king Atofi on the Demon Continent and learned from him that the first Northern God, Kalman Rebek, and Atofi were husband and wife, and their child was the second Northern God, Alex Rebek.

As a descendant of the Undying Demon King, the Second Northern God is undoubtedly also an undying, possessing a near-infinite lifespan. Coupled with his strength as the former Northern God, dying is harder for him than for an ordinary person to live.

As for the specific strength of the Second Northern God, one can see how exaggerated it is by looking at the fact that the Northern God is ranked seventh among the seven great powers' stone tablets.

However, it is unknown whether the "Northern God" on the stone tablets of the seven great powers today refers to the Second Northern God.

Regardless, as the second generation of the Northern God, Shandel holds a status on par with the Sword God Galfarion, and his top-tier strength was clearly demonstrated in his battle with Shirou just now.

Even when Shirou used the Crane Wing Triple Strike and the techniques of the three schools of swordsmanship he had mastered—the Sword God, the Northern God, and the Water God—he couldn't harm his opponent in the slightest.

Shirou, therefore, no longer harbored any competitive spirit and instead became concerned about a statement his opponent had made earlier.

"Lord Beishen, you said you came here to teach me swordsmanship?"

"Yes."

In response to Shirou's question, the Northern God nodded frankly. "As the Northern God, I have experienced countless battles and challenges. Together with my former companions, I defeated many opponents and became a hero amidst the worship of the world. But that was a long time ago. I gradually realized that one cannot live to become a hero. So I chose to end my life as the Northern God Alex Rebek and become the current Shandel."

"In the name of Shandel, I travel around the world, searching for promising talents to spread the teachings of the Northern God Kalman I. Simply put, I teach those with potential the swordsmanship of the Northern God style and train them to become Northern Saints, Northern Kings, or even Northern Emperors. For example, the Qiba Sect of the Asura Kingdom, the Northern Emperor Ober with the Peacock Sword, is a disciple I have mentored."

"The reason why the Northern Divine School can still have influence in this world and even obtain a specific title without having a fixed dojo is because I am secretly supporting it."

"I see……"

Shirou had been confused for a long time.