"Indeed, the most pressing matter is still upgrading!"
Shirou withdrew his gaze from the sea of clouds outside the window and turned his attention to his Divine Grace panel. At this point, all his basic ability values had reached their limit. All that remained was to achieve a Great Deed and sublimate his attributes.
"Fortunately, I had the foresight to train my basic attributes to their max in the 'Failed Knight' world.
Otherwise, where would I get the chance to train in this
world!"
"Now, what I need to do is find a suitable enemy and defeat them!" As a participant in the Holy Grail War, there was no Great Deed more suitable than transcending a Heroic Spirit. But first, Shirou needed to decide who to use for this Great Deed.
The quality of the Red Faction's Heroic Spirits was exceptionally high; besides Caster Shakespeare and Berserker Spartacus, everyone else was qualified. As for the Black Faction, they were a mixed bag. Black Berserker Frankenstein, Black Caster Avicebron, Black Rider Astolfo. These three Servants were somewhat weaker and probably couldn't serve as a Great Deed for promotion. Therefore, only the other three were qualified: Black Lancer Vlad III, Black Saber Siegfried, Black Archer Chiron.
However, considering that the battle between the Red and Black Factions was originally slightly disadvantageous for the Black Faction, if he were to secretly take out a Black Faction general, the Black Faction would probably collapse. In truth, Shirou didn't particularly care about the Black Faction's outcome. But he was afraid that after the other six died, he would be massacred by a siege in order to end the inter-faction battle. That scenario would be unbearable for anyone!
"In that case, my selectable targets are only the five from the Red Faction."
"Excluding Red Lancer Karna and Red Rider Achilles first, does that leave only three?"
"But among these three, Red Assassin Semiramis is in the enemy's stronghold, and I won't have any chance of breaking into their stronghold in the early stages."
"And Red Archer Atalanta is always accompanied by Achilles in the early stages; those two are difficult to separate!"
"Indeed, in the end, only you are left?"
"Mordred!" After eliminating many choices, Shirou's target was only Mordred, the Red Saber. As a Saber, Mordred's strength was unquestionable. Moreover, she acted alone. This made it easier for Shirou to make a move.
"I never thought that I, as King Arthur's husband, would have to act against my son no, daughter. How strange!"
Shirou chuckled with a smile on his face. Although it wasn't him who took the Saber route, as long as it was Shirou, he would definitely take advantage of Mordred's "cheap." Thinking this, Shirou involuntarily summoned his Noble Art, Doumu Kuramasa. Looking at this weapon, which had the same appearance as Excalibur, Shirou couldn't help but smile. It seems Mordred is definitely going to get stabbed by the Curry Sword!
"Speaking of which, I seem to be able to summon another sword, right?" Remembering that divine sword that Heroic Spirit EMIYA would never forget, Shirou's mood became even more joyful. "It's decided then. Primary target: Mordred. Backup target: Atalanta!"
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Shirou's flight destination was Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There, staff from the Yggdmillennia family would meet Shirou, who had transformed into Hyouma Sagara. But Shirou didn't intend to go straight to Trifas.
Because he needed Hyouma Sagara to disappear there.
Only then could he openly appear before Darnic. Glancing at the Yggdmillennia family staff member holding a sign, looking for him, Shirou smiled and disappeared from the spot. Transforming his appearance in an unpopulated area, Hyouma Sagara thus disappeared in Bucharest.
"So, next is to go to Trifas alone and then meet with Darnic and the others." With a joyful mood, Shirou walked out of the airport using Ikki's appearance. But at that moment, he suddenly felt a gaze fixed on him.
Looking back, Shirou saw a sharp gaze.
"What a coincidence!"
"I never expected to meet you at the airport!"
"Ruler!"
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"Then I'll leave it to you, old man!"
"Don't worry, I'll get you to Trifas safely." Sitting on the cargo bed of the small truck, Shirou and Ruler Jeanne were facing each other. Feeling the gentle breeze beside him, Shirou smiled and said, "As expected of the legendary Saint, your persuasive power is truly strong. A
ride is nothing!"
"Please don't change the subject, Mr. Shirou. May I ask why you, as a Guardian, are here?" At this point, Shirou had returned to his original appearance. However, the Ruler opposite him, Jeanne, knew his true name and identity not because he introduced himself, but from her ability. As the eighth class outside the seven orthodox classes, Ruler means arbitrator. A Ruler's duty is to ensure the Holy Grail War runs normally; they are the absolute managers of the Holy Grail War. Therefore, Jeanne, who descended as a Ruler, has no Master.
But as a Ruler, Jeanne has some extraordinary privileges.
For example, she can discern Servants' True Names and information, and she can search for Servants within a ten-kilometer radius. Assassin's Presence Concealment is ineffective against her, and she can use two Command Spells on each Servant. Jeanne holds a part of the Command Spells, similar to the supervisor of the Holy Grail War; there are 14 Heroic Spirits participating.
So Jeanne has a total of 28 Command Spells, with two corresponding to each specific Heroic Spirit. And these Command Spells can be freely transferred to a Master, but all Command Spells cannot be used on one Servant at the same time. Therefore, the moment she saw Shirou, Jeanne had already discerned Shirou's true identity. In this world, Shirou's identity proof was Heroic Spirit EMIYA. So Jeanne naturally saw Heroic Spirit EMIYA's information.
Therefore, she was wary of Shirou. Because Shirou was not a Heroic Spirit, but a Guardian. As subordinates of the two great Counter Forces in the Nasuverse, Heroic Spirits' superior is the Earth's will, Gaia. And a Guardian's superior is the collective consciousness of humanity, Alaya.
Under normal circumstances, Guardians appear to stop or remove existences that would affect humanity as a whole, and are not summoned by the Holy Grail War. As a Ruler who appeared suddenly and manifested abnormally, Jeanne already had many doubts about this Holy Grail War.
Vaguely, she always felt that her mission was not as simple as just maintaining the Holy Grail War.
But the lack of information left her very confused. But now, the appearance of Shirou, a Guardian, further confirmed her judgment. Unlike herself, a Ruler, Shirou, a Guardian, must know something. Jeanne judged thus.
"Mr. Shirou, do you know about the abnormalities behind this Holy Grail War?"
"I don't know!"
"You're lying!" Jeanne's inherent skill, Revelation, told her so.
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