With the help of the Evil Dragon Blood Armor, Shirou successfully blocked the attack of the Shirone Kingdom's prince.
But he didn't feel proud of this. Instead, he showed a lot of caution.
After all, this Prince Zanoba's power was very strange.
Just from the moment of the clash, Shirou felt that Zanoba's pure strength was even greater than that of the undead Demon Lord Atofe he had encountered before.
But how could that be possible?
How could a human have physical strength surpassing the Demon Lord level?
Besides, Zanoba didn't seem to have gone through strict training. That was definitely not a body built through training. It was more like a natural state.
Thinking of this, Shirou suddenly remembered a rumor he had heard in the Holy Country of Millis.
Back then, after saving his aunt Therese, Shirou had been curious about something: the girl called the God Child that Therese was protecting.
Although she was a young girl, she seemed to have the power to shake the entire Holy Country of Millis.
Shirou had been puzzled at the time, but because things happened so suddenly, he didn't have time to ask about the specific situation before separating from the God Child girl.
Later, Shirou privately inquired about the concept of the God Child.
Only then did he understand why the so-called God Child had such a huge impact on the Holy Country of Millis.
Simply put, in this world, some children are born with something special.
Talking about something special might make people think of deformed children, but most of those children look very normal.
But on the other hand, only their appearance can be considered normal.
They have special abilities from birth.
For example, extremely fast speed, extremely great strength, more sensitive hearing than others, weight as light as a feather or, on the contrary, especially heavy, can freeze everything touched, can spit fire from their mouth, shoot poison from their fingertips, can instantly move short distances, their eyes can shoot light, all poisons are ineffective, they don't get tired even after not sleeping for a whole day, they can have sex with hundreds of women at the same time without getting soft, etc.
Children who are born with supernatural abilities like this seem to be called God Children in this world.
Of course, not every God Child has strong abilities.
Some children are born with only meaningless abilities, and may not even realize that they have special abilities until they die.
At the same time, some children have abilities that are almost like side effects, causing various disastrous tragedies after birth.
Those children have a name opposite of God Child: Curse Child.
Of course, that's not something to understand now.
In short, the existence of God Children is not considered special to the people of this world. They are super powered people who are always born by chance among tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people.
The God Child of the Holy Country of Millis is one of them, and has special abilities that can shake the entire Holy Country of Millis.
After understanding the concept of the God Child, Shirou, who is now facing Prince Zanoba of the Shirone Kingdom, suspects that Zanoba should also be a God Child.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the abnormality in his power.
Shirou's idea was quickly confirmed.
When Zanoba saw that Shirou wasn't defeated by his punch, he showed a shocked expression and said, "It's unbelievable. This prince has never seen anyone who can withstand my punch. A fragile human body shouldn't be able to withstand this prince's God Child strength."
Zanoba admitted that he was a God Child.
In fact, Zanoba is not only a God Child, but also born with great strength and a very strong and hard body. In other words, he's bulletproof.
Of course, saying bulletproof just means against weak swords and spears.
Once the power reaches a certain level, his body will definitely not be able to withstand it.
Shirou, confirming this, revealed an understanding expression, and quietly replied: "It's because of this armor I'm wearing. It can help me resist damage."
"Oh? Armor? There's something so special?"
Zanoba's eyes lit up slightly.
He seemed very interested in the existence of armor, and even wanted to discuss it with Shirou further.
But before that, Zanoba obviously hadn't forgotten that they were still fighting. He quickly put on a pose again, looking like he wanted to fight Shirou.
Seeing this, Shirou shook his head and said: "Forget it, you're not my match."
"It's rare to be looked down upon like this. This prince is, after all, known as the Head-Removing Prince."
Although Zanoba spoke with arrogant words, there was a strange sense of self-deprecation in his tone.
Shirou didn't understand why Zanoba's attitude was so strange, and just used practical actions to show why he thought Zanoba was not his match.
"Whoosh!"
Along with Shirou's swing of the magic sword Muramasa.
His Sword God Style skills were fully released.
The speed of Longsword of Light was so fast that the naked eye couldn't keep up.
Although Zanoba was born with divine power, his speed was obviously not a match for Sword God Style. He was easily circled around by Shirou and hit by a sword.
"Puchi!"
Although Zanoba's body was harder than ordinary people's, he obviously wasn't immune to pain. Moreover, Shirou's swordsmanship didn't stop there, and he swung dozens more swords in the blink of an eye!
"!!!!"
It seemed like a long time had passed, but in reality it was just a moment.
Shirou silently sheathed his long sword.
Zanoba was already covered in wounds, bleeding non-stop, and fell to the ground with difficulty.
"So I said, you're not my match. Although the power of the God Child makes you naturally strong, without skill and training, that's all there is."
"Indeed. I lost."
Zanoba knelt on the ground, showing a bitter expression.
However, he didn't seem to be obsessed with winning or losing this battle, and simply accepted the fact that he had lost.
Shirou became even more confused about this strange Shirone Kingdom prince, and didn't know what he was carrying that would make him participate in such a losing battle.
But he didn't have time to worry about other people's affairs. It was more important to take Lilia and Aisha away now.
After seeing Shirou defeat even the God Child Zanoba, the Shirone Kingdom's knight order had completely lost the will to fight, and all showed desperate expressions.
Shirou protected Lilia and Aisha, and walked step by step out of the palace.
On the way, he saw many important people from the Shirone Kingdom, and even the king of this country seemed to be among them.
But Shirou didn't care at all, and still only did what he had to do.
And the Shirone Kingdom didn't dare to provoke him, this powerful troublemaker, and let him take people away, without even thinking about sending anyone to stop them.
Shirou successfully took Lilia and Aisha out of the palace, achieving the feat of fighting against one country alone.
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After Shirou took Lilia and Aisha back to the inn, he completely relaxed, and talked with Lilia and her daughter about what happened during this time.
From this, he learned that Lilia and Aisha were directly transported to this Shirone Kingdom due to the Great Transfer.
Because of the influence that Roxy had left in this country, the mother and daughter had not been treated badly at first. Shirone Kingdom even thought that Roxy might come back at any time, so they treated them fairly well.
However, as Roxy's departure time grew longer, the Shirone Kingdom gradually lost interest in the mother and daughter, and began to become casual.
It was at this time that Prince Pax seized the opportunity, and in order to obtain clues about Roxy, forcibly placed Lilia and Aisha under his management, and imprisoned them immediately.
Pax didn't originally have the ability to do so much.
But this prince was very capable. He secretly hooked up with the slave market, and then used the slave market's relationship to hire private soldiers, kidnap soldiers' families, and even threatened the soldiers, telling them to listen to his orders if they valued their lives.
Under this circumstance, Lilia and Aisha had no way to resist.
Although Aisha had tried to write letters to Paul for help, all of her actions were blocked by Pax.
It wasn't until Shirou arrived that the mother and daughter were finally freed.
In fact, it wasn't just Lilia and Aisha who were freed. All of the soldiers under Pax were also freed from Pax's control.
Shirou's arrow almost made Pax lose his ability to take care of himself. Although he was barely alive, he was no different from a dead man.
The soldiers who had been threatened by Pax were all overjoyed.
The female knight named Ginger even secretly came to find Shirou and conveyed her gratitude to him.
As for Zanoba.
According to Shirou's inquiries, although Zanoba was a God Child, he was not well received in this country.
Because Zanoba didn't know how to control his abilities when he was young, he accidentally strangled the king's main wife's son with his bare hands, removing the opponent's head at a birthday party.
From this, he got the nickname of Head-Removing Prince.
If the king hadn't valued his God Child power, he probably would have executed him long ago.
Zanoba probably fought Shirou to protect the kingdom because he was spared his life, even if he was unhappy about it.
Although Shirou had lost interest in the affairs of the Shirone Kingdom, the results still reached his ears.
First, the Shirone Kingdom tried its best to block all information, so that no one would know that Shirou had broken in and retaken the Lilia and Aisha mother and daughter.
Second, Pax Shirone was exiled by the king for various evil deeds.
The God Child Zanoba was also exiled abroad by the king for doing nothing. It was said that he was going to study at a magic university.
The reason was probably because the king realized that Zanoba's strength was not as strong as he had imagined after experiencing this incident, and was no longer willing to spend money to support the child.
But this was just the king's personal opinion.
Zanoba's strength was not weak, but he just happened to encounter an opponent who countered him, like Sword God Style.
If he were to face a slower style like Water God Style, his unimaginable strength would probably be able to break through all defenses.
In short, Shirou had officially concluded his trip to the Shirone Kingdom. After finding a way to settle Lilia and Aisha, he would set off on his journey again.
And the next stop was the long-awaited Asura Kingdom.
By then, this journey across the world would come to a complete end!
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