Chapter 131: A Knife Formation
It's in full swing, day and night.
In addition to eating, drinking, and resting time when tired, the old and young masters and apprentices devoted all their time to the practice of blacksmithing.
The old man is like a snow-capped mountain on a plateau, constantly melting snow and turning into a river. The boy is like a reservoir under the plateau, trying his best to store water and store himself.
As for the Holy Grail War, neither old nor young are interested in participating.
In the old man's own words, what could the swordsmith's wish be?
It is nothing more than two points, forging a good knife that satisfies oneself and the user of the knife, and passing on the skills, so that future generations can stand on their shoulders and continue to study and go higher and further.
Both of these things had to be done with one's own hands, and relying on something like the Holy Grail ?—— which was an insult to the swordsmith.
And Shirou's idea is even simpler, I was originally involved, and it is already a great luck to meet the master and follow the master to learn the peak skills of my dreams, and there is no need to gamble my life in pursuit of that kind of ethereal thing. If you have that time, it is better to learn more from Master.
In a sense, both master and apprentice are incomparably pure people, devoting themselves to forging without distractions. If you change the time and place, it may be ten years of seclusion to cast knives, and then the knives are famous all over the world.
It's a pity that this is Fuyuki, the meeting point of fate, and the center of unstable fighting. Being here is destined to be unpeaceful.
The arrival of Shikiwa Weina not only allowed Shirou to see strange things that he had never seen before, but also brought strife and disaster.
Strangers, vampires, magicians, and beasts that exude the breath of death appear one after another, which suddenly overloads the teenager's originally monotonous brain, and at the same time, it also puts them in a huge crisis.
The overwhelming tide of black beasts, unheard of strange creatures, and the huge number broke the silence of the night, and also overwhelmed the pure land in the young man's heart.
Although the two rituals holding the magic knife went back and forth, no matter what kind of demonic beast they encountered, they were all slashed with one sword. His teacher, Qianzi Muramasa, is even more powerful than imagined, and he still does not fall behind with one enemy and one hundred. However, this still can't resist the huge number of beasts, and it can't hide the still very immature self and the weakness in front of the beast tide.
Gradually, the network of beast tides shrank smaller and smaller, and the small courtyard that the boy regarded as a pure land was also encroached upon by the beasts. It was at this time that the mastermind behind the scenes appeared, and the most powerful combat power of the four, Qianzi Village, was encircled and suppressed.
In desperation, Chiko Mura detonates his treasure, a forge, vital for swordsmiths, hoping to kill his enemies with flames that can melt any metal.
Unfortunately, it didn't work out, and all the raging beasts were killed, but the chaos that was comparable to the "Sea of Life" at the beginning of the creation was better than the flames.
The four races of men, women, and children were finally forced into a desperate situation, and Shirou, who was the simplest, became a master of the six gods.
"After I came to break off, the old man and Shirou took Wei Na away. I will use this knife that the old man struck to leave them with indelible scars. ”
Although the two ceremonies are women, they have a spirit that even men can't match.
She swiped her fingers across the blade of the "Other Side Cut", and the "magic knife" saw blood, and the murderous aura was even heavier. She put the injured finger to her mouth again and applied it gently, blooming in a strange color in the light of the fire.
Just as she was about to launch a final assault on the "Chaos" that was about to break through the flames, a hand reached out from behind, grabbed her by the collar and threw her out, followed by Shirou and Weina, and finally only the stout old man stood in place, still with a somewhat mean-looking smile on his face.
"The little girl is very good-looking, why is her brain not good? Now you can't stop those monsters at all, I really want to stop you until you have completely mastered the 'other side cut'. ”
"Old man......"
"Besides, you are still young, and you are still very early before death, so this task should be carried out by the old decay. Your strange eyes should have seen that the old man is not a living person at all, and he is suitable as a match for those 'dead corpses'. ”
"Master!!" At this time, Shirou also guessed the old man's plan and shouted loudly.
"Shirou, you are very talented and diligent enough, you have actually taught almost everything that should be taught, so then rely on your own cultivation, don't let the old man down!"
"But—"
Shirou wanted to say something more, but the old man waved his hand impatiently.
"If you let him go, you can go, don't talk nonsense! Little girl, drag him away for me!"
"Thank you, old man. ”
The two ceremonies have experienced countless battles in the end, and they are not too pretentious, and they grabbed Shirou's sleeve and dragged it back.
Wei Na next to him bowed deeply to the old man: "Thank you, old man, I will remember you for the rest of my life." ”
"Hahaha, good...... This time I was really lucky, not only met Shirou, but also met two very interesting women, but unfortunately the age is not suitable. ”
The old man laughed, then turned his head to look at the three tall men in black who had already stepped out of the flames.
"I didn't interrupt the old man's words, let the old man say thank you. ”
"You're welcome, Faker, I'll give you a little time. Roa was laughing, too, laughing happily, "And, I'm sorry to tell you, they can't run." ”
"Really?" asked the old man with a smile undiminished.
"Yes. Nero Kaos said sullenly.
In the next second, the waves of the Sea of Chaos rolled, releasing the primordial seed of life, evolving various flying demonic beasts and flying into the air.
However, before they could leave the fire, countless sword lights suddenly lit up in the sky, killing all the demonic beasts released by Nero Kaos.
The old man below twisted his gray beard and taunted the owner of the herd with a gaze sharper than the light of a sword.
"I'm sorry, you don't count. You'd better not underestimate the old decay, the old kendo is not good, but if you work hard, the old decay thinks that you will not lose to anyone. ”
"Really? Then you should die. Nero Kaos snorted coldly, and the Sea of Chaos continued to regenerate.
At the same time, Roa and Araya also strode towards the old man.
"Bunch of fools, don't you see? ”
The old man did not move, still maintaining the posture of twisting his beard.
"Finally, let me, a dead man, tell you one thing, never be an enemy of a swordsmith in a knifesmith's house, or be prepared to be pierced through the heart by a knife!"
The mantra is like the emperor's edict, all the knives in the small courtyard, successful, failed, complete, broken, burned by the flames, not burned, as long as it is stained with a little bit of the concept of knives, all of them rise from the ground, and a handle is swept into the air, end to end, and a line of knives is laid between the old man and Luo A.
The sword array is like a military array, and those who enter this array will be killed!
PS: It's not the same as Shirou, Muramasa seems to be quite romantic, and he once expressed envy for Gollum who spent the night at Tamamo's image of Singer's house, see FGO1.5.3 for details.
PS2: Why is Muramasa Faker? Because Muramasa is also good at creating fakes, and in 1.5.3, a pseudo-artifact was created at the end - there is no reason why fakes are better than real things, said a guy possessed by Muramasa.
PS3: If you don't mind spoilers, please continue, the last knife created by Muramasa is Du Mu Muramasa, that is, the Tiancong Cloud Sword, but everyone knows how the Tiancong Cloud Sword came about, and what Muramasa created can only be a fake, and what's more interesting is that this product claims to be this sword all my life, which is very interesting - sure enough, Shirou's series are fakes.