Chapter 352: Fate/Fateful Night Twenty-Six
Three days later, the door to the dojo opened on time, and the "man" who came out startled Rin and Sakura.
By the way, these two girls have been living in Shirou's house and have never left......
First, the fact that the engraved worm on Sakura's body was removed must have been exposed, and the old man of the dirty inkstone of Makiri may be thundering now. If Sakura follows Rin back to the Tosaka family, where the defense is weak, it is very likely that she will be killed by the forces belonging to the Maki family, and then be robbed along with her sister, who finally recognized her again, which is very dangerous. Staying in the Wei Gong family, there are still four powerful people in the family who can protect them, which is relatively cost-effective.
Ever since Archer spoke up, he had been very consciously responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the two girls - anyway, he was nothing more than a heroic Shirou, and after knowing this, Rin made it easier to arouse him, and it was completely a pampered eldest lady posture, probably called "killing ripeness"......
Second, this pair of fatherless and motherless sisters do need a relatively safe environment to repair their relationship.
In the end, blood is thicker than water, and in just three days of hard work, the relationship between the two of her has almost recovered, and she often lowers her voice and frolicks, just like two children who have not yet reached adulthood. It is estimated that Archer is also quite devastated, the house was given to them when he was alive, and after he died, he had to cook and serve them water, and serve them like daughters.
All in all, after the agreed "three days" had passed, the two girls came to Shirou's cultivation room on time and waited for him in anticipation and uneasiness.
And when he really came out of it...... But it's completely different from what they imagined.
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"This guy...... Isn't it strong? Rin looked at Shirou with empty eyes, "It seems to be a little taller than before." β
"After all, the seniors have been in it for six months, which is equivalent to half a year." Sakura carefully observed the contours of Shirou's body, and blushed slightly after discovering that he was indeed a lap older than before, "If you maintain high-intensity training for half a year, it is possible that your muscles will become more developed......"
"The master's training in the house can really be called 'high intensity'." As one of the devil instructors, Saber's tone was full of relief, and there was a slight sense of dΓ©jΓ vu that the child he had been carrying was finally out of the way, "The tree is responsible for teaching magic, Nobita-kun is responsible for teaching physical arts, I am responsible for teaching swordsmanship, and Archer is responsible for teaching projection magic...... It's really not easy for the master to be able to stick to it. β
"No, there's just such a small place in the room, what kind of assault training are you doing?" Rin shook her head, but then she thought about the magic of Nobita and the tree, and muttered to herself, maybe there was any way they could turn the room into a prairie or something?
Shirou didn't join their conversation, in fact he hadn't said a word since he came out of the room. He just stood there silently, looking at Rin and Sakura with eyes that seemed to be a world away, slightly confused in the strange. For the two girls, they had not seen each other for three days, and the nature was no different from that of the other weekend, and they did not notice anything. But it's a different story for Shirou...... He'd been in the house for six months, and he hadn't seen Rin for half a year, so it was normal for him to feel alienated.
This time out of the mountain, his previous clothes were naturally changed and replaced with a set of dark black wide-brimmed sweatshirts, and there was even a layer of leather on the outside, which looked very much like a person from another world who had crossed over from a certain continent. The bronze leather material is tight, and it is equipped with bracers, heart armor, knee pads, and leather gauntlets of the same material, although it looks a little chilling, but Sakura and Rin both feel the incomparably powerful flow of magic from under the bronze leather armor, which is not much better than some of the heroic spirit's defensive treasures.
In addition, he also carried a jet-black sword box on his back, and a sword was placed in the box, and the sword body was all contained in the box, only the silver hilt was exposed.
His eyes were like stars, he didn't say a word, and his eyebrows were depressed, as if he was in a state where he could burst out and kill at any time. As soon as they made contact with these emotionless eyes, Rin and Sakura were a little flustered, especially Sakura, who was too familiar with this kind of indifferent gaze...... For a while, she was tortured by the dirty inkstone of Jian Tong and couldn't stand it, and after her body and mind were completely numb, her own eyes were like this. There is no highlight, no look, it seems to be just a dead thing with its soul stripped away, the only difference is that Sakura was like a broken puppet at that time, but now Shirou is like a war machine ready to go, and he will kill all sides with a single command.
"That, Nobita-kun?" Rin reached in front of Shirou's face and snapped his fingers twice, but fortunately his instinct was still there, and he finally blinked, "Why did this guy become like a robot?" That's not what he did! β
Sakura looked at him timidly, and the man in front of her seemed to be different from the warm-hearted senior in her memory, which made her a little afraid to recognize her.
"Don't worry, it's all normal." After training with Bruce for twelve years, Nobita has already accumulated a wealth of offensive and defensive experience, and he has a good grasp of Shirou's condition, "It's just a temporary aphasia caused by not speaking for a long time, and he hasn't recovered from the 'training' situation at this time, so he's a little sluggish." It's only three days for you, but it's six months for him, give him some more time. β
"Wait...... What does it mean to not speak for a long time? Rin was keenly aware of the meaning of the sentence, "You won't even let him speak?" β
"It's not that we don't let him say it, but ......" Nobita glanced at the tree standing behind him, and saw that he was still smiling kindly, and he still didn't want to destroy his perfect image in everyone's hearts, and he memorized the black pot, "In the first few days, he was really able to speak, probably after being beaten, he shouted a few times at the top of his throat, and it didn't take long for his voice to be dumb." Later, the amount of training increased, and Shirou simply stopped talking in order to save physical strength, and he didn't speak for more than five months...... Of course, the part of the brain that is responsible for verbal communication is not damaged, and it can still be spoken, but it needs to be used to a little. β
"......" listened to his description, and Rin's eyes suddenly became complicated when he looked at Shirou.
God knows what kind of hellish six months he went through to come out, and he was about to be tempered into a living Vajra......
"Hahaha, Shirou, congratulations on your successful graduation! If nothing else, you are now the best of the 'humans', and it seems that few people on Earth can defeat you. Nobita patted Shirou's shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a fluttering eyebrow, "After so much time, haven't you forgotten why you practiced in the first place?" β
"......" Shirou didn't speak, but shook his head firmly.
"It's good that I haven't forgotten. As it happens, your chance to kill all sides will come soon. Nobita smiled and said, "As long as you defeat the strongest in this Holy Grail War and return triumphantly as high-profile as possible, you will inevitably send a message to all the magician families in the world that the head of the Emiya family has risen, and this head of the family is also extremely powerful, and any enemy of his will be ruthlessly crushed." In this case, no matter how unwilling the people of the Tong family are, they can only obediently accept the facts...... Sakura doesn't have to worry about when she will be caught back to the Makiri family. As long as Shirou exists for a day, those who are young will not dare to move for a day. β
"To hold power in your hands is to seize the initiative."
Shirou nodded, signaling that he understood.
"Well, looks like you're fully prepared." Seeing him nod, Nobita also took out a pink wooden door from his pocket, "In that case, Shirou...... Let's go. β
"Meet the legendary King of Heroes."
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Germany. In a forest. Einzberen family fief.
A one-sided tΓΊ shΔ is going on.
But see ...... The delicate courtyard was littered with severed limbs and several human heads, and the cuts in the broken limbs were neat, as if a living person had been cut by a piano wire in the process of high-speed movement. The blue liquid gushed out of the fracture and seeped into the ancient tiles and wide flower beds, giving it an inexplicable sense of dilapidation. The Einzberen family is famous for their research on androids, and these dead humanoid alchemy creatures are essentially androids, and because they are so similar to humans, watching their stumps spread on the ground is easy to make people's psychological pressure soar......
The ancient castle had been blasted open by some sharp weapon, and as far as the eye could see, there was also a layer of pale blue "blood" floating in the ruined corridor, and the lifeless shells of the androids were staggering across the corridor, their pupils dilated like dead humans. The blue blood gradually coagulated on the icy ground, as if it had been covered with a smooth gel.
At the end of the cloister, a palatial two-storey reception hall became Illya's last line of defense. Berserker took a semi-crouched position, his right hand holding the massive flint-sharpened axe, ready like a wild dog. There were several wounds on his black iron skin, blood pouring from his rocky muscles, and the monster's breathing was a little messy.
On the other hand, his opponent was still radiant and imposing, not to mention the wounds all over his body, not even a little worn, and the continuous blows of the berserker were stunned in front of him.
"Being summoned as a 'madness' class, do you still have this level of sanity...... Oh, that's a pretty good job. Although his height and physique were suppressed, the hero king did not have the slightest timidity, and he faintly overwhelmed this god from Greek mythology in terms of momentum, "In the end, servants like us with 'divinity' may be attracted to each other under the guidance of fate." Right...... Hercules. β
"Woo......"
The frenzied Berserker did not react to his name, he still crouched like a canine whose territory had been encroached upon, axe and sword in hand, and a low roar like a thunderbolt erupted in his throat. The eyes that had not yet been completely devoured by reason were staring at the other side, as if they wanted to find even one chance to attack from him.
But he never found it.
"It's useless, it's futile for you to do anything before this king."
At this point, Gilgamesh doesn't really care about the rules of the Holy Grail War...... Because according to the regulations, in order to maintain the secrecy of the war, it is best to fight the Holy Grail War at night when ordinary people have to sleep. And he did the opposite, striking hard in broad daylight, smashing the Yellow Dragon, almost smashing the entire Einzberen family. If it is really to be investigated, it is undoubtedly not in accordance with the rules.
"You probably don't understand it, but ...... You are a respectable opponent, at least, worthy of this king's 'reciprocal' attitude to communicate with you. After all, Gilgamesh still gave Hercules a very high evaluation as a king, although his lofty tone did not become humble after giving a high evaluation, for him, the recognition in his heart and his words and deeds are completely different things, "This king should give you a chance to hand over the little chalice behind you and spare you from death." β
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Berserker suddenly became furious, as if offended, and swung his axe and sword, letting out a thunderous roar.
"Oh......" Several circular golden silhouettes faintly appeared behind Gilgamesh, and various blades were slowly pushed out of them by a repulsive force, like a missile silo about to be launched. His snake-like gaze flickered back and forth over Illya and Berserker, and his voice was completely cold, "So it seems that this king is nosy." β
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According to the original script, our king of heroes will adopt a tactic called "fixed-point output", which is called flying a kite and consuming the opponent to death without taking any risk. As the oldest hero in history, Gilgamesh's "King's Treasure" is a collection of nearly all the treasures in history, and its collection is large enough to discourage other second- and third-rate heroes. Just by opening the treasure house, countless treasures will be projected like a rain of rain, and most of the Heroic Spirits can be blasted to the slag. And this process of "opening the king's treasure" is almost magic-free for Gilgamesh......
Even if Hercules bears the name of the gods, he will not be able to exert all his strength in the face of such an opponent - Gilgamesh does not need to compete with him, just distance himself and open the king's treasure and bombard it indiscriminately. Normal attacks cannot penetrate Hercules' base defenses, but ...... When the Noble Phantasm rains down on you, it's a different story. It didn't take much, twelve offensive treasures fell on his body in turn, and it was enough to break through his invincible "Golden Twelve Trials".
There's a reason why Gilgamesh is called the "Immortal Killer", and in most cases, in terms of frontal combat, second- and third-rate Heroic Spirits will melt directly into his Noble Apparatus Rain, and they are not even qualified to walk in front of him. And a line of heroes, such as Ramses II and the like...... It may not take so much effort to avoid the Noble Rain, but even if he dodges his flat A, Gilgamesh still has powerful Noble Phantasms such as "Heaven and Earth Obediently Open Star" and "Heavenly Lock", and it is not much of a bargain to fight him in hand-to-hand combat.
Hercules himself is by no means a mediocre hand, but in terms of attributes, treasures and attack patterns, he is basically restrained by Golden Flash, and he really can't win if he takes the head......
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"Huh?"
In the last moment, Gilgamesh clearly felt a slight fluctuation in space, and suddenly turned to look in the direction behind him. There was only one broken wall that had just been blown apart by itself, and the flower beds, paths, and broken floor tiles were piled up with fragments of the limbs of the androids, which were paved in a crooked manner. At least as far as the eye could see, everything was the same as it had been three seconds ago, and there was no threat.
However, the hunch of the hero king is rarely wrong...... For thousands of years, the wise Gilgamesh left one of the oldest epics in the annals of history, and his wisdom has been elevated through countless generations. The hard power he possesses symbolizes the culmination that the Heroic Spirit can reach, and he can sense the traces of the space-time structure being distorted by some force in advance.
Countless golden disc arrays erupted behind him, and fierce soldiers poured out, aiming at this empty field of flowers.
Nearly ten seconds later, a pink wooden door suddenly appeared in the garden.