Dragon King's words made Shirou look surprised. He never thought the other party would create something so amazing, able to make a soul real.
You know, people's souls have always been the most mysterious thing in this world. Most people can't even understand the idea of a soul, let alone force a soul into reality.
It must have used some uncommon skills, maybe even legendary secret arts, and might have cost something to do.
Shirou really couldn't pay back the favor that Dragon King gave him, so he could only hide his thanks in his heart.
As for whether Dragon King might hurt him, Shirou never even thought about that. After all, even if Dragon King had bad intentions, Shirou had no other choice right now. Mastering Unlimited Blade Works was the only way he could convince his family to go and join the civil war in the Asura kingdom.
"Just put magic power into it?"
"Yes."
Dragon King was quite open and even a little proud, "The whole device has been adjusted by yours truly, and it's pretty much perfect. No need for more complicated actions, just let it sense your magic power, and it will automatically separate the extra half of your soul. This technology originally belonged to the dragon race of ancient times, and now, I'm probably the only one in the world who can use it."
"I understand."
Shirou nodded at Dragon King's explanation.
Although he still had a little hesitation and uncertainty in his heart, not fully ready to face Servant Emiya, reality wouldn't give him time to prepare. Every second that passed, Ariel might be in danger, and the Asura kingdom's civil war might end.
So he didn't say any extra words, didn't ask about the possible results and side effects of using this device. He just walked forward and put magic power into it.
"..."
Dragon King's eyes and pupils widened slightly at Shirou's decisive action. He obviously didn't expect Shirou to be so quick.
But then he nodded in agreement, showing clear approval in his eyes, and believing even more that his choice was right and his efforts wouldn't be wasted.
"Boom!"
At the same time, as Shirou poured a huge amount of magic power into the puppet in front of him, an amazing storm suddenly formed in front of him.
Then, the puppet's image kept changing, and finally a tall, brown-skinned, white-haired man in a red suit slowly appeared in front of Shirou.
That was undoubtedly the figure of Servant Emiya!
After Servant Emiya became real, he silently struck a cool pose, crossed his arms, and looked around thoughtfully, saying, "Looks like you finally decided to face me directly."
"I'm here to defeat you."
Shirou didn't hesitate, looking at Servant Emiya in front of him with a firm look.
It was like sparks were flying between them. Just from meeting, they gave off a cold feeling that suddenly made the atmosphere drop.
"Is that so? You think you can beat me now?"
Servant Emiya smiled at Shirou, "It's the first time someone has looked down on me like this."
"It doesn't matter what you think, all that matters is that I defeat you and save the people I want to save!"
As Shirou spoke, he put his hand on the long sword at his waist.
Servant Emiya didn't take it seriously, but he didn't underestimate it either. He quietly watched Shirou's direction and slowly raised his right hand.
"If you want to try, then try. I'd really like to know if the power you've found after giving up the path of justice is real power."
"I'll prove it to you!"
"Talking big is useless."
Servant Emiya spoke quietly, and then amazing magic power suddenly burst out of him.
Blue flames suddenly ignited everywhere, spreading quickly in all directions, covering everything.
Seeing this, Shirou's expression became serious, and he didn't do anything to interrupt.
Because he knew that he had to beat Servant Emiya head-on, and beat Servant Emiya who was using his full power, to prove that his path wasn't wrong, and was even more right than Servant Emiya's.
This would be extremely difficult, but Shirou had no choice. He had to complete this!
At the same time, Servant Emiya quickly recited the familiar chant.
"I Am The Bone Of My Sword."
"Blood is Iron and Heart is Glass."
"I Have Created Over A Thousand Blades."
"Unknown To Death."
"Nor Known To Life."
"Have Withstood Pain To Create Many Weapons."
"Yet, Those Hands Will Never Hold Anything."
"So As I Pray, Unlimited Blade Works."
Servant Emiya finished chanting Unlimited Blade Works, and the world began to turn upside down.
The furnaces of fire and the yellow ground began to replace everything. The originally closed environment became an endless sky, but the sky was full of dull haze and huge gears.
Of everyone there, only Rudeus had seen the scenery of Unlimited Blade Works, but he still showed a shocked expression.
The others, like Paul and Dragon King's familiars, were seeing the form of Unlimited Blade Works for the first time. They all widened their eyes and showed stunned expressions the moment they saw it.
Even Dragon King himself, although he had been prepared, still showed a shocked look when he saw Unlimited Blade Works, and felt a surge of emotion in his heart for this exaggerated space-changing magic.
But facing everyone's reactions, Servant Emiya, who had released Unlimited Blade Works, had a calm expression.
He just stood quietly at the top of the yellow sand dunes, looked down at Shirou standing in front of him, and slowly said in an encouraging tone, "I haven't missed anything you've experienced over the years. In fact, I've been watching everything you've done, watching the choices you've made. I won't judge what you've done, but I don't think you can win with your current strength."
"Even if I've defeated North God Kalman III and become one of the Seven Great Powers, you still think so?"
"Heh, after all, among the Seven Great Powers, except for that Dragon God, I don't think I'll lose to anyone else."
Servant Emiya said confidently, full of confidence in his own strength.
Regardless of the expressions of the other people there, Shirou's expression was undoubtedly very serious.
He didn't think Servant Emiya's words were too arrogant. In fact, after using the Servant card and having the Servant's power put on him, he understood Servant Emiya's terrifying strength better than anyone else in this world.
He was already able to fight with the Great Powers without the power of Unlimited Blade Works.
Servant Emiya himself could use Unlimited Blade Works, and his strength was definitely no less than that of the top Great Powers!
But even so, Shirou knew that he absolutely couldn't be afraid, and he couldn't give up. He had to overcome everything, defeat all strong enemies, including himself!
"I'll beat you and regain the power of Unlimited Blade Works!"
"Then try it."
Servant Emiya spoke quietly, "You and I understand the weight of this power better than anyone else. If you want to prove that you deserve to use it, then get past me and prove that you're more suitable to be its master than I am, prove that your path is more right than mine!"
The moment Servant Emiya's words fell, all the weapons in Unlimited Blade Works made a clear humming sound, as if representing Servant Emiya's fighting spirit.
Shirou didn't hesitate. He drew his long sword and prepared to fight Servant Emiya.
His current weapon was just an ordinary weapon that he had made without much care. The original Dragon Sword of Beauty and Grace had been destroyed in the fight with North God Kalman III.
But for Shirou now, he didn't need to care about weapons anymore.
He had long since gone beyond relying on weapons.
Now, as a swordsman, only his own power was most worthy of trust!
"Bang!"
In the next moment, Shirou and Servant Emiya's figures almost disappeared from the spot at the same time, and suddenly collided in a way that no one could keep up with with their eyes.
The collision of swords stirred up amazing flying sand in the dunes, also symbolizing the start of an intense battle between self and self, soul and soul!
...
While Shirou was fighting with Servant Emiya, trying to master the power of Unlimited Blade Works, things that were shaking the whole country were happening in the distant Asura kingdom.
With the defeat of the second prince, Halfas, the faction of the first prince, Gravel, completely controlled the entire kingdom.
And behind the first prince, Gravel, was undoubtedly the minister, Darius.
As the current minister, Darius was badly hurt by Shirou in his Servant form a long time ago. After even his lower body was ruined, he calmed down for a long time.
It's said that he later looked for all kinds of ways to heal his lower body, but nothing worked. Darius even wanted to go to the Pope of Milis to ask for help, trying to use Milis's divine magic to heal himself, but Milis Church found out that he was a real scumbag and directly blocked him outside the country, giving him a hard time.
This made Darius very angry, and he became more and more stubborn.
He began to think of every way to get power, to make the whole world feel his pain.
For this reason, he supported the first prince, Gravel, suppressed the second prince, Halfas, and also planned to assassinate the second princess, Ariel.
Everything was developing as he wished.
As long as things continued normally, it was almost certain that Darius would win completely.
When Gravel became king, Darius, who had supported him to the throne, would have an unshakeable position in this country.
No one could see any hope of stopping Darius. It felt like this country was going to become Darius's ruling hell, until a piece of news suddenly came out, and the people felt like they saw the light.
That was the return of Princess Ariel.
Although Ariel was only the second princess, as the only child of the queen, she had the right to inherit the throne that was no less than her two older brothers.
But as a princess, there were still too few people willing to support her, so much so that she was even forced by Darius to flee the capital and go to the Ranoa Kingdom.
At that time, to prevent Darius's Assassin from continuing to chase her, Ariel even actively put out the false news that she had died.
This news caused huge chaos within the Asura kingdom. Countless people regretted the death of this respectable and lovely princess, but they couldn't do anything about it.
After misunderstanding the news, Darius also thought that Ariel should be dead, so he didn't send anyone to chase her to the Magic Academy.
Now, Ariel's return could be said to have caught Darius off guard, making him, who was already confident that he could control the entire Asura kingdom, feel a clear threat.
However, Darius was still confident that he could suppress Ariel.
After all, Ariel hadn't returned to the country for so long. Although she had great prestige among the people and was deeply trusted and loved by the lower-class people, the faction she had within the Asura kingdom was still too weak. The nobles who were willing to follow her might not even be as good as Halfas.
Just as Darius was thinking that he could easily suppress Ariel who had returned to the country and even easily take down this second princess, the situation changed again.
The reason was Philip, who was staying in the capital.
As a member of the Boreas family, Philip had been kept under house arrest by James, who was now the head of the family.
But in fact, Philip had been secretly taking action all these years, secretly contacting the outside world, and naturally contacted many groups that were hostile to Darius.
Among them, there were many nobles with high positions within the Asura kingdom.
These nobles had long hated Darius, but they couldn't overthrow him on the surface, so they could only do nothing on the surface.
Until Ariel's return, Philip seized the opportunity, contacted all the nobles who were trying to resist, and all joined Ariel's faction in one go.
This instantly strengthened the power of Ariel's faction, and with Ariel's own influence, it suddenly became able to compete with the first prince, Gravel.
Such a change in the situation was naturally unacceptable to Darius, but he couldn't bring down Ariel head-on all at once. He was even being attacked by public opinion and suppressed by Ariel's faction.
Faced with this situation, Darius almost instinctively took the action he liked the most - assassination!
He directly sent out the three North King-level experts under his command to directly assassinate Ariel. He believed that as long as Ariel, the main culprit, was taken care of, the remaining people would never cause any trouble again!
Darius's plan was very clever, and there was nothing wrong with it, because there were not many King-level experts around Ariel at all. The only one, Ghislaine, couldn't fight against four hands, and couldn't fight against the three North Kings.
But what he didn't expect was that Ariel's faction had reinforcements fall from the sky.
When the three North Kings launched the assassination, those who came to stop them were not only Ghislaine, but also a girl who had just come down from the Holy Land of Swords - Eris!
As a swordsman with outstanding talent, Eris did not disappoint Shirou. In just a few years, she reached the Sword King level.
After hearing about the chaos within the Asura kingdom and judging the crisis of the Boreas family, she decisively rushed from the Holy Land of Swords, and successfully appeared in the most difficult period of Ariel's faction, joining forces with Ghislaine to fight against the assassins sent by Darius!
With the combined efforts of the two Sword King-level experts, even the combined efforts of the three North Kings could not compete, and they were forced to retreat.
Eris became famous in this battle. The Mad Sword King shook the capital and completely shocked all the Assassins under Darius!
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