The silver-haired man named Orsted suddenly attacked, instantly killing Ruijerd. At the same time, he announced his identity:
[Dragon God]Orsted.
Ranked second among the Seven Great Powers.
One of the strongest in the world in the truest sense.
When such a terrifying being appeared before you, and even showed hostility, anyone would undoubtedly feel indescribable fear.
Shirou was no exception.
But before he felt fear, he was even more worried about Ruijerd's safety.
At the same time, he even more did not want Eris to be hurt because of him.
So, in that instant, he didn't have time to think too much, and quickly protected Eris behind him. He also took out Avalon and Galatine, trying to give them to Eris to protect her safety.
However, Eris was obviously not the type to be protected passively.
Even though the red-haired girl felt an unprecedented terror, she tried her best to draw the longsword from her waist and stood beside Shirou.
"..."
Shirou had no choice but to go along with Eris's decision.
After all, it was already very difficult for him to focus on the Dragon God Orsted alone. He couldn't pay attention to the people around him, let alone stop Eris from fighting with him.
At this moment, in Shirou's mind, the battle between Orsted and Ruijerd was constantly replaying.
Although he didn't completely witness every detail of the entire process, he basically watched the whole thing.
The battle time between Orsted and Ruijerd was very short, less than ten seconds in total, and Ruijerd was defeated.
But from that battle, Shirou didn't feel that Orsted possessed an exaggerated power that Ruijerd couldn't compare to. On the contrary, Orsted's power was released in a very controlled manner, or it seemed that he didn't intend to use his full power. He only countered Ruijerd's attacks to the minimum extent.
However, even with such passive counterattacks, Ruijerd couldn't resist and was quickly defeated.
The reason for this wasn't because Orsted released faster and stronger speed and power than Ruijerd.
Orsted's power output wasn't exaggerated.
The reason for Ruijerd's defeat was the difference in skill!
That's right, the man named Dragon God Orsted possessed almost ridiculously amazing fighting skills that Ruijerd couldn't even come close to. Even with Shirou's Clairvoyance, he couldn't see every detail of his movements clearly. He only noticed that every time he took an action, Ruijerd would fall into a slight disadvantage.
Each time he was attacked, he would lose his balance slightly; each time he launched an attack, he would fall into a passive position.
This situation would repeat several times within a second.
The accumulated result was a very large opening.
That opening was enough to force a warrior of Ruijerd's level into a desperate situation, bit by bit, until he was defeated without being able to resist.
The only reason for this result was the absolute difference in martial arts skill.
If it were a confrontation between strong opponents, such a one-sided suppression would be impossible. The direct reason for this was that Orsted possessed martial arts skills a hundred times stronger than Ruijerd.
The difference in martial arts between the two sides was so great that Orsted only needed to use some basic skills to constantly put Ruijerd at a disadvantage, until he was defeated.
However, this also made Shirou realize a problem.
That was, the Dragon God could obviously defeat Ruijerd more easily. Anyone could see that the second strongest of the world's great powers had the ability to instantly kill Ruijerd, who was at the Emperor level. However, Orsted didn't do that. He only acted to the minimum extent, and even specifically tried to make Ruijerd unable to resist as quickly as possible, as if he didn't want to use too much power and wanted to end the battle as soon as possible.
Shirou keenly noticed this, but he couldn't understand Orsted's reason for acting this way. He was lacking information in this area.
At the same time, he no longer had time to think about all this any further.
Because Orsted was already coming from the distance!
"Tap."
"Tap." "..."
Orsted's movements were slow, as if he was deliberately slowing down his pace, or maybe he just didn't care about the speed of dealing with his prey.
Shirou and Eris could clearly feel their heartbeats quickening every time he took a step forward.
They could even clearly feel the arrival of death.
"Ugh... Uwaaaa!"
Under this almost maddening torture, Eris took the first action.
Eris, acting on instinct, seemed to want to fight against this feeling of despair, and decided to use practical action to attack the opponent in front of her.
Even if the opponent was named Dragon God, she would never back down.
"Eris!"
Shirou saw this and didn't have time to stop her. He could only watch helplessly as Eris rushed in front of the Dragon God, drew her sword, and swung it directly at Orsted.
"Soundless Sword!"
Eris's movements were gorgeous and skilled, the most perfect strike for her, but the attack that was enough to make an A-rank monster unable to resist didn't cause the slightest reaction from Orsted.
He just gently blocked her sword with his palm.
As a result, that action alone caused Eris's body to spin like a tornado, and then she flew out, heading straight into the distance.
Shirou was completely anxious when he saw this. He wanted to catch Eris's body as soon as possible, but found that he couldn't make any movements at all.
It was as if his every action had been locked down by the enemy.
This was the first time Shirou had encountered this situation.
No, not the first time!
He had encountered something similar before.
That was a long time ago, when he met the woman named Water God Reida in the royal capital. The mystic art of the Water God Style that she displayed gave this same feeling.
When that mystic art was used.
Everything in the world, even the airflow, was under the control of the man in front of him!
That was why Eris had been knocked back just now. Orsted had simply used Water God Style's deflection to cause Eris's sword to be pushed back by her own attack.
"Uwa...!"
While Shirou was unable to move, Eris crashed hard into the rock wall, and then fell down, along with a pile of rock fragments.
Faced with the girl's situation, where she was badly injured and might even lose her life, Shirou was completely desperate.
"!!!"
He didn't have time to think too much, and he rushed towards Orsted.
"Eris Boreas Greyrat, your swordsmanship has improved a lot this time. You might even break through your bottleneck."
Orsted didn't look at Shirou at all, and silently commented on Eris's swordsmanship just now.
Shirou did not care about Orsted's actions of completely ignoring him. He didn't care if the other party regarded him as an ant.
All he knew was that what he had to do was to bite off a piece of meat from this existence who was so confident that he was like a god, even if he had to die!
"Pfft!"
The moment the magic sword Muramasa was drawn, the Longsword of Light flew out in Shirou's hand.
Since Shirou learned the Longsword of Light, hardly anyone had ever seen through the speed of his sword. Even in the Demon Continent, few people were able to block his sword that couldn't be followed by the naked eye.
However, the Dragon God did it.
"...!"
Orsted calmly raised his hand, as if he had already anticipated the trajectory of the sword. He gently pinched the tip of Shirou's sword, and then, with a slight force, caused cracks to appear on the magic sword Muramasa.
It was only natural for Muramasa to have cracks. It was never a completed sword to begin with.
But even so, the other party's power was exaggerated almost beyond imagination.
The power of the Dragon God was powerful to the point of despair.
"Longsword of Light, to become a Sword Saint at such a young age... it's impossible for me not to know you."
Orsted looked at Shirou's face, as if he was lost in memories and thoughts, "As expected, you must be an apostle of Hitogami. That guy must have given you these powers."
"Would you believe me if I said no?"
"No, those related to Hitogami are very good at deceiving."
Orsted calmly denied Shirou's words, and then, with his free hand, he silently swung it towards Shirou's shoulder.
"Crack!"
After an impact that was almost impossible to describe in words occurred.
Shirou's right arm was directly cut off and flew out.
The dripping blood and unimaginable pain made Shirou almost faint, and the Dragon God even specifically punched him in the chest, sending his body flying far away in the air. Finally, he rolled on the ground for a while like he was gliding, and then fell down like a rag doll.
"Hey! Shirou! Hey! Brother!"
Eris was anxious. She had just gotten up from the ground and saw Shirou covered in blood.
In her eagerness, she couldn't think too much. She gritted her teeth and crawled on the ground with all her might, wanting to continue fighting the Dragon God.
Faced with Eris, who was already badly injured but still wanted to resist, Orsted didn't care and said calmly: "To deal with the Swordsman of the human race, as long as you cripple the arm that uses the sword, it's easy to make them unable to resist. Even Sword God and Water God are just like that."
"..."
The Dragon God's words sounded quietly.
Shirou was no longer able to respond.
This was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a terrifying opponent. The sense of pressure was no less than when he encountered Angelica, who used the Gilgamesh card in his previous life.
This was a truly god-level powerhouse.
An opponent that humans couldn't reach.
To be honest, Shirou felt a stronger sense of helplessness than when he faced Angelica.
Should he just give up...
He had basically completed many of the things he wanted to do in this life, and the only regret was that he hadn't been able to find Zenith.
But Paul should be able to complete all of that for him.
He will definitely be able to find his wife and rebuild the family.
Even though he wouldn't be in that family, it didn't matter...
While Shirou was in a daze, the Dragon God walked towards him step by step.
Even when he saw Shirou covered in blood like this, he still didn't forget to follow up his attack, clearly hating Hitogami's apostles deeply.
Seeing this scene, Shirou was powerless to resist and could only watch helplessly as the other party approached.
But what he didn't expect was that Eris actually blocked in front of him with all her might.
Even though her body was already falling apart, Eris didn't give up her intention to protect Shirou.
"..."
Seeing this scene, Orsted showed a troubled expression, but this only lasted for a moment before he stretched out his hand to knock Eris away.
But before that, Orsted stopped his movements.
Because he saw something that surprised him.
At the same time, Eris and the black-haired masked girl in the distance were also surprised.
In everyone's eyes, Shirou used his only remaining arm to take out a golden card. The card had the Archer's crest drawn on it, and it was engraved with delicate carvings.
At this point, there was no turning back.
In order to protect his sister, Shirou disregarded everything and used his trump card——
"Dream Summon!"
In an instant, a thunderous sound rang out.
Shirou's figure was enveloped in a cloud of white smoke. After a while, he appeared in front of everyone in another form.
It was the figure of Servant Emiya!
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