Facing Servant Emiya, Shirou chose to project the Dragon King Sword.
After realizing that he couldn't beat his opponent with just the Sword God Style technique, Shirou gave up the speed-focused Sword God Style and instead chose to project North God Third's weapon – the Dragon King Sword.
He did this because after confirming that he couldn't win against Servant Emiya with Sword God Style skills, Shirou decided to change his strategy.
For him, the best way to defeat Servant Emiya was undoubtedly projection.
However, ordinary projection wouldn't be enough to defeat Servant Emiya, because if it was a projection he could use, Servant Emiya would naturally be able to master it as well.
Therefore, Shirou had to try to project a projection technique that Servant Emiya had never seen and couldn't master.
The Dragon King Sword of North God Third, which had given Shirou himself a huge headache and almost defeated him, was undoubtedly the best choice!
"Projection, start!"
Shirou slowly raised his right hand. He suddenly began to recall the appearance of the Dragon King Sword he had seen, and to conceive the core of the Dragon King Sword.
The prerequisite for using projection is to analyze the essence of the weapon, imitate the core of the weapon, and finally completely reproduce the form of the weapon.
Each step is very complicated, and even creating the outer shell would be difficult for ordinary people.
For Shirou, projecting ordinary creations would indeed take a lot of energy, but only when projecting creations like swords would the speed increase countless times!
"Boom!"
Intense magic power erupted in Shirou's hand and gradually began to form the shape of a two-handed greatsword.
"Basic structure, analyzed!"
"Component materials, analyzed!"
"Manufacturing technology, copied!"
"Experience gained, copied!"
"Creation concept, completed!"
Every detail of the Dragon King Sword was completely reproduced in Shirou's mind, from every line on the sword to the many materials of its construction, and the user's own technique was completely copied one-to-one into his hand, restoring the Dragon King Sword.
In an instant, the moment he held this weapon, Shirou almost gave off an aura similar to Alexander himself, giving people North God-level pressure.
"Oh? You have this trick up your sleeve."
Servant Emiya smiled with interest when he saw Shirou's action. "Indeed, this is something only you can do. Weapons are different from Noble Phantasms. Even if you and I project the same weapon, I can't restore the same technique as that North God Third, nor can I use this Dragon King Sword, because I haven't learned North God Style."
"..."
Shirou didn't respond to Servant Emiya's words.
Because this was precisely why he chose to project the Dragon King Sword.
A long time ago, when Shirou regained his ability to project, he discovered that he couldn't freely project weapons from this world.
Or rather, although he could project identical weapons, because the weapons in this world weren't particularly powerful themselves and focused more on the wielder's technique, Shirou couldn't directly gain powerful power even if he projected weapons from this world.
The reason for this was probably the difference between Noble Phantasms and ordinary weapons.
The reason why Noble Phantasms are Noble Phantasms is because they are the sublimation of a Servant's history and experience. They are not just simple weapons, but more of an essence condensed from memories.
This meant that the past Emiya Shirou could inherit part of the Servant's experience and technique when projecting Noble Phantasms, and instantly use the projected Noble Phantasm.
But ordinary weapons are different. The weapon itself doesn't have experience or memory. Even if you project an identical weapon, you won't be able to improve yourself immediately if you can't use it as skillfully as the original owner.
This is also why Shirou can't project the Water God's sword or the Sword God's sword and instantly possess the fighting strength of these two god-level powerhouses.
The past Shirou therefore rarely projected weapons from this world, at most projecting them casually to use as expendable items.
But this projection of the Dragon King Sword is different.
The reason is that the Dragon King Sword itself is special enough as a weapon, and it possesses a powerful force comparable to a Noble Phantasm. At the same time, Shirou himself has now, after training, basically reached the level of North God Style's royal class. Even compared to North God Third himself, he is not too far off.
Because although North God Third has the name of North God, his North God Style skills aren't exquisite. Because he relied too much on the power of the Dragon King Sword, Alexander's strength was at most North Emperor level, far from the level that Shirou couldn't imitate.
With his current North King-level strength, Shirou is fully qualified to wield the Dragon King Sword!
"Boom!"
As Shirou suddenly raised the greatsword in his hand above his head, the surrounding sand suddenly stopped flowing, suppressed by the exaggerated power as if it had fallen into a standstill.
This was undoubtedly the gravity magic of the Dragon King Sword!
Although the projected Dragon King Sword is one level weaker than the original, the gravity magic it releases still exudes exaggerated pressure.
Faced with Shirou in this state, Servant Emiya's expression also became serious.
He no longer stood leisurely on the sword hill as he had before, but silently raised his hands and projected his favorite Kanshou and Bakuya.
Seeing Servant Emiya's actions, Shirou didn't waver. He just tried his best to lift the Dragon King Sword in his hands and suddenly swung it down!
"Twenty Slashes!"
As the most classic move of North God Style, Shirou's ordinary Twenty Slashes isn't considered an unimaginable technique, let alone compared to Longsword of Light.
But wielding the Dragon King Sword, the power of this strike was so exaggerated that it almost tore the earth, drawing a long crack in the red sand.
"Bang!"
Shirou's figure appeared in front of Servant Emiya at extreme speed.
This extreme Twenty Slashes was not only so fast that the latter couldn't react, but also so powerful that it couldn't be blocked.
Even if Servant Emiya used his favorite Kanshou and Bakuya to parry, he couldn't completely block it and was sent flying!
"!!"
Seeing this scene, Shirou didn't waste the opportunity and immediately followed up, unleashing even greater power.
Just as he was trying to defeat Servant Emiya with a single sword, he never expected that all the blades on the ground would suddenly jump up.
At this moment, the thousands of swords in the entire forge-like world, under the control of an invisible hand, began to brew amazing killing intent at extreme speed!
Must block them!
An instinctive thought arose in Shirou's mind.
As someone who had briefly used Unlimited Blade Works once, Shirou knew better than anyone what this scene meant.
If he relaxed his vigilance here, he would be instantly defeated!
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly, fiery spirals exploded in all directions, and nearly a thousand, nearly ten thousand swords emerged from all directions, rushing towards Shirou at extreme speed.
For a time, Shirou used the power of the Dragon King Sword at the fastest speed, using gravity magic to strengthen himself and create a gravity shield!
But even so, he couldn't completely block the almost exaggerated amount of swords!
"Puchi!"
As the unknown sword flew past, Shirou's forehead and cheeks were cut by sharp blades, and his body was covered in tears!
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, all the swords completely fell.
Shirou was covered in injuries and struggled to insert the Dragon King Sword into the ground. Although he had expected this result, he still showed a helpless expression.
The power of Unlimited Blade Works is still too exaggerated. Even if he wields the Dragon King Sword and uses North God Style swordsmanship, it's difficult to destroy all the swords.
As long as you are in this world full of infinite swords, it's extremely difficult to defeat your opponent head-on!
The only way to do this is to create a weapon that is even more exaggerated than Unlimited Blade Works, one that can completely eliminate and destroy infinity from its very roots!
"Projection, start!"
The moment the thought flashed through his mind, Shirou had no hesitation. He directly abandoned the Dragon King Sword in his hand and started a new projection.
That was everything he had accumulated since coming to this world. It was the ultimate sublimation of all his current skills!
Only this technique is something he believes Servant Emiya can't do no matter what!
Therefore, as long as he used the next move, he might have a chance to defeat Servant Emiya. No, he must defeat Servant Emiya!
"Projection, Excalibur!"
Faced with Shirou's actions, Servant Emiya was obviously prepared.
He had long known about Shirou's trump card and had naturally made all his preparations to break Shirou's final move!
Ultimate magic power began to spread across the sand dunes of Unlimited Blade Works, like a terrifying sandstorm, sweeping everything in the bounded field!
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The battle between Shirou and Servant Emiya was in full swing. Although the process was briefly described, it was actually an extremely long battle.
Both sides are extremely stubborn beings, so a winner wouldn't be easily decided.
And the civil war in the Asura Kingdom was also undergoing new changes every second.
The day after the assassination attempt, Princess Ariel began to prepare to defeat Minister Darius.
She first went to the Water God Style dojo.
Knowing that the current Water God, Reida Reia, was on Darius's side, Ariel still went to meet her openly.
The reason for this was that everyone knew that the current Water God wasn't really helping Darius do evil.
The Water God's only goal has always been to protect Darius's life.
Because Darius had saved her life when she was young, the Water God later swore that she would never watch Darius die. But the Water God actually didn't approve of Darius's actions, and only protected him out of gratitude. Therefore, the Water God only unilaterally guaranteed that he wouldn't die.
Darius couldn't command the Water God, let alone order the Water God to kill someone.
Ariel went directly to the Water God Style dojo precisely because of this.
As a result, the Water God didn't do anything to her. She politely entertained Ariel and had a brief conversation with her.
Ariel's purpose wasn't to meet the Water God, but for another purpose.
She asked the Water God to see a girl named Doristina. The Water God hesitated for a few seconds, but finally agreed.
During Shirou's first assassination of Darius as Servant Emiya, he accidentally saved an innocent girl from Darius's subordinates.
That girl was Doristina.
Doristina was later taken in by Water God Reida and became a disciple of Water God Style. Today, her talent is considered good, and she has intermediate Water God Style strength. Although she can't be compared to exaggerated geniuses like Eris and Isolte, she still has decent talent among ordinary people.
When Ariel found Doristina, the latter seemed to realize the reason why the princess was looking for her.
In fact, as she thought, Ariel's request was that Doristina stand up and identify Minister Darius's actions of abducting innocent girls.
Due to Darius's past misdeeds, many noble children had suffered, not to mention many innocent common people.
Darius suppressed these matters back then, but not all of them disappeared. Philip had been collecting a lot of relevant information in the royal capital over the years.
If Doristina, a firsthand witness, could testify, it would be even more certain to completely discredit Darius and make him a target of public criticism!
If Darius became someone that everyone in the Asura Kingdom hated, then the nobles on Darius's side would have to weigh whether they should continue to support him.
Doristina agreed to Ariel's proposal without hesitation.
The time she was captured by Darius was also a lifelong shadow for her. Although the current Water God who took her in was Darius's companion, the Water God herself wouldn't interfere with Doristina's views on Darius. Therefore, Doristina had been trying to find ways to take revenge on Darius.
The Water God didn't block Doristina's choice.
She really seemed to only care about whether Darius was alive. Apart from that, she had no intention of interfering with anything related to Darius.
Ariel obtained an excellent trump card and officially began to make final preparations.
She first sent invitations to the nobles of the entire Asura Kingdom, hoping that they would attend a banquet held by Ariel herself.
This Hongmen Banquet-like action undoubtedly alerted First Prince Gravel and Minister Darius, but the two had made it clear that they had long wanted to target Ariel, so they didn't refuse and planned to achieve their goals during this banquet.
Under the mutual calculations of both sides, a banquet involving all the nobles of the Asura Kingdom officially began.
During this process, Ariel was almost inseparable from Eris and Ghislaine, constantly on guard for possible assassination attempts.
The result was unexpectedly calm.
In this way, the banquet smoothly arrived on the day it was held.
The formal confrontation between Ariel and Darius began here!
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