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

The girl's role in the team is that of an archer. Her skills are quite good; although she doesn't hit the bullseye every time, she is still considered an excellent support.

For some reason, Sarah showed dissatisfaction with Shirou when they first met.

Later, because of Susanna's situation, their relationship deteriorated further, with Sarah frequently expressing obvious dissatisfaction with him, leaving Shirou feeling helpless.

Now that Susanna is telling him why she's troubled, Shirou really doesn't know how to describe his thoughts.

"Cough cough..."

As a seasoned adventurer, Susanna immediately realized Shirou's thoughts.

She tried to remain calm as she spoke, "Well, Shirou, you're going to the Kingdom of Lanoa, right? We happen to be going the same way, and we have some time to travel together. If you'd like, would you like to cooperate with us a bit more? We can also teach you some adventurer experience and skills."

After thinking about Susanna's suggestion, Shirou nodded in agreement.

However, he didn't really want to learn from these adventurers who were mostly intermediate or at most advanced; rather, he planned to show off his skills in front of them.

If she knew that she was actually very powerful, Susanna probably wouldn't bother her anymore.

After Shirou nodded in agreement, Susanna happily led him to the place where the adventurers were.

As it was approaching evening, the caravan was setting up camp to rest, and several adventurers were chatting around the campfire.

After Susanna brought Shirou and Sarah over, she suggested to the adventurers that they have a match with Shirou.

Susanna did this in order to let experienced and skilled adventurers show their abilities, thereby making Shirou, who was too dabbling in many things but not proficient in any, realize the importance of mastering a skill.

Once Shirou understands that learning too many skills will not only fail to make him stronger, but will actually hinder him, he will surely realize what he really needs to do.

Susanna thought her plan was perfect and didn't expect anything to go wrong.

She first had Shirou and the adventurers from CounterArrow introduce themselves to each other.

Shirou identifies himself as a swordsman of the Kitakami-ryu school, and his adventurer rank is C.

Susanna and her teammates were not surprised and thought the ranking was reasonable.

Susanna then introduced her teammates, omitting the already known archer Sarah, and listing the others as—

The squad leader, Timothy, is a high-ranking mage.

Mimir, a mid-level sorcerer and physician.

Patrice, a mid-level Northern God Stream mage and also a beginner mage.

This is a team of five B-rank adventurers.

Susanna initially wanted to demonstrate the Water God Style technique to Shirou herself, but after thinking about it, she gave up and instead had Timothy demonstrate the power of magic to Shirou first.

Timothy is skilled in fire magic; after a brief incantation, he can unleash high-level fire magic.

Having witnessed Rudeus casually throwing around high-level and even Saint-level magic since childhood, Shirou had no sense of Captain Timothy's strength.

However, he himself became concerned about the existence of magic.

Because he had focused too much on swordsmanship over the years, he had neglected the important skill of magic.

When he was young, he learned intermediate fire and earth magic from Luo Qixi, but after all these years, he is still only at the intermediate level in these two types of magic.

As Shirou reminisced, he recalled what Loki had taught him when he was a child, and then demonstrated two intermediate spells in front of the adventurers.

Incidentally, he also recalled using sword magic.

Although he basically stopped using sword magic after becoming a sword saint and instead used projection magic directly, he did not forget this ability.

Moreover, perhaps due to Shirou's improved forging skills, the intensity of his sword magic has increased significantly compared to before, and it is now almost at the level of projection.

This made Shirou wonder if he could take sword magic a step further and elevate it to a level similar to Unlimited Blade Works.

That would undoubtedly reduce his dependence on the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

While he was pondering, the adventurers, including Susanna, were all surprised.

Shirou's magic level isn't exaggerated, only intermediate, but considering his age, it can be said that he is quite talented.

Not to mention that Shirou also possesses the unheard-of ability of sword magic.

Susanna suddenly wondered if she might have misjudged him, and that Shirou might not be an ignorant boy after all.

However, she then became more concerned about Shirou, because she felt that since Shirou's magical talent was so outstanding, there was no need for him to practice swordsmanship. He could devote all his energy to the research of magic.

Susanna then began to persuade Shirou to study magic at La Noa Magic University, believing that given time, he might become a Saint-level magician.

Shirou hadn't expected his actions to backfire, and he almost lost his composure.

In his confusion, Sarah suddenly appeared.

The girl seemed to have developed a competitive spirit because of what had just happened, and eagerly said, "You... come out and have an archery contest with me! Since you're carrying a bow and arrow, you must know how to use a bow, right? Come and have a match with me!"

Chapter 284 Archery Competition! An overwhelming gap in skill!

Shirou was genuinely surprised when Sarah proposed an archery contest with him.

He could probably understand Sarah's thoughts.

The opponent must have initially looked down on me, but I didn't expect my performance to be so good, so they became competitive.

After all, while intermediate magic wasn't anything special for Shirou himself—in fact, it was one of his weaker skills—for ordinary people in this world, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old intermediate magician was already considered exceptionally talented.

Generally speaking, most people are still at the beginner level at this age, and only a very few outstanding talents can reach the intermediate level in a certain field.

The kind of talent that Shirou and Rudeus displayed when they were young, reaching the upper level or even the saint level at the age of ten, is extremely rare in the world.

It was only when he arrived at the Holy Land of Swords and met Nina and Gino that Shirou realized there were geniuses of the same caliber in the world.

The higher the stage, the more you can see.

Perhaps when he gets to the magic university, he'll be able to meet those young people with extraordinary talents.

There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. Can I really meet the Sword God's expectations, catch up with the Dragon God in all areas, and become the strongest?

Shirou was lost in thought, to the point that he appeared somewhat dazed.

Although he himself didn't care much, Sarah saw his reaction as nothing less than admitting defeat.

Sarah was very confident in her archery skills. She came from a village in the Kingdom of Asra. Her father was a hunter. Although she was a girl, she had been hunting in the forest with her father since she was a child, and even hunted monsters, which honed her excellent archery skills.

Therefore, Sarah never believed that anyone could compare to her in archery, let alone find someone better than her among her peers.

Her reason for proposing an archery contest to Shirou was undoubtedly due to the competitive spirit of a young man.

Because she was about the same age as Shirou, she already cared a lot about him. Moreover, the moment she met Shirou, she noticed that the boy inexplicably seemed indifferent to everything around him.

Although the boy was traveling with them in the same caravan to the Kingdom of Lanoa, he never paid attention to anyone around him, as if he had never cared about anyone from the beginning and was completely immersed in his own world.

This was especially evident in Sarah's eyes.

No matter how annoying Sarah's behavior was, Shirou never showed any concern, and didn't even glance at her.

This almost dismissive reaction was undoubtedly what annoyed Sarah the most.

Therefore, she tried her best to show hostility towards Shirou during this period, in order to get the attention of this arrogant boy.

The result was still no response.

This annoyed Sarah, made her feel helpless, and she didn't even want to talk to this guy anymore.

Just when Sarah was about to give up, Susanna proposed a skills contest, which Shirou agreed to.

Sarah immediately realized that her opportunity had arrived.

She felt she had to have a match with Shirou, and if she won, Shirou probably wouldn't show that arrogant attitude anymore.

"What, you're afraid to fight me?!"

Sarah stared at Shirou.

She was worried that Shirou might be too afraid to compete, so she anxiously asked him.

"No, I can..."

Shirou hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.

Although he didn't think the competition was meaningful, and Sarah had a better chance of competing against him in anything than archery, he still wouldn't avoid such a contest.

Furthermore, Shirou also hoped that Sarah would stop showing him that hostile attitude, and this match might be a good opportunity to improve their relationship.

Shirou then had an archery contest with Sarah.

The rules are simple: each person uses a bow and arrow to shoot at a target placed on a distant tree. Whoever shoots faster and more accurately wins.

"Let me make this clear first, I'm not going to hold back!"

Sarah picked up the bow and arrow, a smug look on her face. "Unlike Susanna, I don't care what someone like you think. Even if you continue down that wrong path, I don't care at all! I will win without mercy and stick to this path until one day I become the best archer in the world!"

“That’s a good idea.”

Shirou showed an expression of approval and encouragement to the aggressive Sarah.

He did indeed think Sarah was an excellent archer, something Shirou had already noticed during their previous battles against monsters.

Although their talent wasn't top-tier, they definitely made up for it with hard work and diligence.

If you keep working hard, even if you don't become the best archer in the world, you can still become a top archer among adventurers.

"you……"

Sarah, however, seemed to dislike Shirou's reaction. Her cheeks puffed up quickly, and she stomped her foot angrily. "I'm going to completely crush you and make sure you can't make that annoying face anymore!"

Sarah was very dissatisfied with Shirou's nonchalant attitude.

From the very first day they met, she was keenly aware of Shirou's attitude.

It was as if they didn't care about anything around them, treating these adventurers like ants.

Such an arrogant and disdainful attitude might not bother most people, who might simply dismiss it as youthful overconfidence and excessive arrogance. However, for Sarah, who was also a young person, it was clearly an overreaction and hostility.

Sarah then developed a strong desire to win.

She picked up her bow and arrow and headed aggressively to the competition venue.

"Sarah, don't do this."

Susanna noticed Sarah's reaction and hoped that Sarah would go easy on her, because she knew Sarah's talent and didn't want her to undermine Shirou's confidence too much.

"Hmph, I'll teach him a lesson he won't forget!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Sarah drew her bow, aimed at the target in the distant trees, and began a spectacular rapid-fire attack.

Sarah's arrows were extremely accurate, and her movements were very efficient, which was undoubtedly the result of countless repetitive training sessions.

Shirou is also familiar with similar techniques, which is his own swordsmanship.

Sarah's archery skills are like Shirou's swordsmanship. With decent talent, countless repetitive training, and a bit of luck, she eventually achieved an incredibly high level of accuracy. After that, as long as she continues to accumulate experience through actual combat, understands the structure of monsters, and grasps their weaknesses, she can easily kill her opponents.

In the mortal world, even if such a person is called a genius, no one would say anything.

But just as Shirou's swordsmanship was dismissed as mortal by the Sword God when he reached the holy land of swords.

Sarah's archery skills are ultimately just those of an ordinary person. No matter how high her accuracy or how smooth her movements are, there's nothing more to praise.

In contrast, Shirou has always been a genius when it comes to archery.

Before he grew up to be where he is today, when he was just an ordinary student, Shirou was known as a monster in the archery club.

He was called that because his archery style was completely different from others.

Unlike ordinary people who see the target first and then shoot an arrow, Shirou's arrows reach the target before they are even released.

This is not something acquired through rigorous training; it is something we are born with.

Without a doubt, this is talent.

It is something that ordinary people can never possess in their entire lives.

Shirou was therefore hesitant, unsure whether he should demonstrate his skills, worried that it might damage Sarah's confidence.

"What, after seeing my archery skills, you're too scared to compete?"

Sarah didn't want Shirou to escape, and seeing his hesitation, she decisively provoked him.

Now that things have come to this, Shirou has no way to escape and can only nod helplessly.

He took out his bow and arrows and walked step by step to where Sarah had been standing.

His conditions were much worse than when Sarah was shooting arrows.

Because it was already dusk, and even dark.