The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 382 I only feel sorry for Giegie~
Wow, Buho!
Just now...did he accidentally fail to suppress his combat power?
As Emiya watched the Roman legions flying backward like wheat being harvested, he felt a pang of regret that he had deployed too many "Shadow Legions of Servants" at the same time.

As a result, a one-sided victory still occurred.

Among the shadows he dispatched were followers of the Knights of the Round Table, such as Gawain, Tristan, and Roland, all of whom were first-class or even top-tier. It even included Melyuchina, who had recently been entered into the system, a record of such extraordinary action.

In contrast, the opposing "Tenth Freigen Legion" only had a few officers who were equivalent to third-rate Servants mixed in, while most of the other Roman soldiers were at most "weak Servants" who were stronger than ordinary people, which is comparable to the blank "Heroic Spirits" that appeared in the previous singularity.

Although these people would be considered "super Roman soldiers" who could easily defeat the original Chaldea team in the original FGO storyline, they are nothing more than a rabble to Emiya and Chaldea now.

Based on their performance just now, it is estimated that the so-called pseudo-Noble Phantasm strategic strike technique is about 10 times more powerful than Krimshildr's fully unleashed Noble Phantasm.

If I did a little calculation, I figured if I had deployed one less of Melyuchina's Servant Shadows, I could have suppressed the attack just right, instead of sending the entire enemy legion flying backwards.

Emiya then looked at the miserable state of the Freytensis legion opposite him and couldn't help but shake his head.

Many soldiers were first thrown away, and then violently struck head-on by their comrades flying from the same direction. They were instantly severely injured and lost their ability to fight. The worst off were those at the front, because they were directly hit by the shock wave caused by the explosion of the Noble Phantasm. Some even lost their form and were shattered into pieces, becoming a pile of minced meat.

Most of the other soldiers also suffered injuries of varying degrees, which inevitably affected their combat effectiveness. Only a few, such as the centurions, corps commanders, and camp officers, who were comparable to followers, were unharmed.

Emiya scanned the area and immediately confirmed the second disadvantage of this type of army-based warfare compared to his own Servant Shadows—

In terms of burst damage, these Roman legions certainly have something to offer. However, even with equal damage output, they would inevitably be defeated by their own shadow Servants.

While some Roman officers possessed Servant-level strength of unknown origin, they were still living people. Once a living person dies, they are gone. And one's own Servant Shadow is merely a temporary projection; it can be replenished when it is gone.

On the other hand, Emiya's Servant Shadows can launch suicide attacks or human defenses at any time, regardless of the cost of mana consumption!
"Ahem... The entire army must quickly regroup!"

Krimshild was the first to recover and gave orders to the heavily wounded Roman legion. She had rolled a long way on the ground when she was blasted away, and her princess dress looked extremely disheveled. However, as a general on the battlefield, it was not a time to pay attention to details and appearance.

When Krimshild realized that her attack was no match for the "unfamiliar emperor," her first reaction was to be horrified by this illogical scene.

It's true that the "Roman Emperors" possessed strength surpassing that of Servants, but that wouldn't have been the case from the very beginning of their arrival in this Roman world.

To gain power surpassing that of ordinary Servants, one needs to leverage their fame and influence to establish a stronghold within the empire's territory, establish a stable rule, and then guide the society under their rule to develop civilization and prosperity. Only then can this result be achieved.

The more powerful and expanding the emperor's power, the more terrifying his "emperor's privileges" become. They can even extend into extremely domineering "extraordinary power" that can forcibly exert strong pressure on those around him and reduce the stats of all Servants.

In Krimhilde's mind, this was true of both Caesar, to whom she and her husband served, and of the other Roman emperors she considered formidable rivals.

As for why developing power grants the emperor personal strength, who knows? Perhaps that's just the rule of this Holy Grail War.

However, the "Sword Emperor" on the other side seemed a bit outrageous. Although each emperor had different focuses in terms of "privileges", how could anyone stand out and be able to confront His Majesty's direct army head-on?
This is unreasonable!

"I'm sorry, Siegfried..."

Krimhild glanced furtively at the spot where her husband had vanished into spirit particles, gritting her teeth in resentment. In this situation... she had no choice but to invoke His Majesty's decree!
On the other side, Emiya, holding the little girl Claudia, was still observing the strange things about the Roman legions with great interest. His leisurely demeanor showed no sign of his previous engagement with the enemy, but rather resembled a family tour group going on a trip together.

In fact, after analyzing the shortcomings of these legionary battles, Emiya realized that his Servant Shadows had no advantage over them, so he wasn't worried.

He began to observe how officers and soldiers of varying abilities cooperated with each other.

Then, Emiya further observed that the Roman soldiers equipped with short swords and javelins had aura fluctuations more similar to those of the Servant classes Saber and Lancer, while most of those launching long-range strategic strikes followed the Archer development path, and those currently establishing defensive positions and moving around to treat the wounded were likely Caster.

Although they have different career paths and different strengths, their seamless cooperation at this moment is the key to making them achieve more than the sum of their parts. This allows them to have both close-range and long-range attack capabilities as well as defensive endurance, making them an invincible all-rounder in ancient times.

Therefore, if there are other legions, there must be artillery/sniper legions with a pure Archer lineup, cavalry regiments composed of Saber and Rider, or vanguard elite suicide squads composed of elite Saber, Lancer, and Berserker, etc.

...As time went by, Emiya meticulously recorded the marching commands, combat methods, and coordination processes of these legions.

He was thinking about when he could use it as a collective combat training target for the "Chaldea Servant Army".

Moreover, training in this area isn't actually that difficult. Since Nuwa has come along this time, he can have Nuwa try to create a brand new "team battle" instance within the system built into Unlimited Blade Works to train the Servants' cooperative combat abilities.

Emiya's eyes flickered, secretly harboring a bellyful of wicked thoughts... No, how could this be considered a wicked idea? He thought to himself that this plan was clearly for the good of the Chaldea Servants, preventing them from indulging in modern entertainment while strengthening their combat power.

The thought of Emiya, who was said to be obsessed with the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, made him feel worried and he felt that this plan was quite necessary.

And I think the Servants should understand him and won't blame him, right?

Emiya pondered to himself, nodding occasionally... If necessary, he could simply push BB out.

Because if any torturous idea is said to come from BB, then at least eleven out of ten Chaldea people will believe it without a doubt—

Yeah! BB the little devil is terrifying, unlike me, Emiya, who only feels sorry for the Servants~
At the same time, this appearance also caught Claudia's eye, and the girl's expression was strange, her eyes conflicted.

She couldn't understand why this man had taken it upon himself to protect her and stop the enemy, yet he was now strolling around here unhurriedly, as if he were treating the battlefield as his home. Was he really so arrogant that he was oblivious and didn't take the enemy seriously?
If they don't move now, how will they escape if a few more legions come?

"Don't be silly, kid. Of course I know that several more legions are coming," Emiya said. He wasn't blind; the officer opposite him, Krimhild, was clearly contacting his superiors.

"Then you still-"

This was the first time Claudia had ever seen someone turn and run away when they were about to be ambushed! If this guy hadn't saved her for no reason, she would have suspected that this Sword Emperor was the enemy.

"Do you really think they went to such lengths just to capture a defenseless little girl like you?"

Emiya had previously heard Siegfried refer to the girl as a "beast," but he didn't believe that Siegfried and the king behind Krimshildr truly considered the girl a threat to the entire world.

Otherwise, Claudia would never have been on the run for so long before Siegfried personally pursued her.

Having personally experienced the terror of Emperor Charlemagne in the previous singularity, Emiya is well aware of the power of the "Beast" that truly threatens human civilization, namely "human evil."

If those so-called emperors had truly understood the dangers of beasts, they wouldn't have allowed Claudia to roam the streets for so many days.

In other words, these Roman emperors simply heard about this from some unknown source, and thus issued an arrest warrant to hunt down Claudia.

It's not surprising that Siegfried would come to capture the girl, given that he himself is a hero of exceptional virtue. There's also a possibility that he was swayed by rumors and heard about the "terrible threat of the beasts," and thus came to hunt down Claudia.

As for why Siegfried's wife and legion were also here, Emiya felt it was unlikely that some melodramatic reconciliation between husband and wife had occurred. Rather, it was something perfectly normal in this Holy Grail War—"It's them! The Fifth Macedonian Legion! The Fifteenth Apollinari Legion!"

Claudia, who was in his arms, suddenly widened her eyes and cried out in surprise. Emiya turned to look in the direction of her gaze and saw two legions arriving in neat formations. Their figures overlapped one after another, squeezing into the open space as they bypassed the obstructions of the city ruins. Each legion had about six thousand men, and the two legions had more than ten thousand men.

Each of them is accompanied by a Servant's magical energy reaction that is no weaker than that of Krimshildr, indicating that the combat power of these legions should be at the same level.

And they arrived so quickly... they really were nearby.

Emiya pondered why they were gathered here; it was now clear—there was no other purpose than war. The legion wasn't stationed nearby to capture some little girl falsely accused of being a "beast," but to fight the enemy.

So... the enemy should be showing up by now, right?
Emiya looked towards the horizon on the other side.

A rumbling, vibrating sound echoed through the ground.

Those were... black skeletal soldiers, stretching as far as the eye could see, forming a sea of ​​them. Even their steps were far more synchronized than those of the elite Roman soldiers, making them look like killing machines transformed from corpses.

Among the skeletal soldiers, a towering, black-clad man over three meters tall sat atop a giant, open-air chariot. He was entirely black-skinned, adorned with numerous gold ornaments, and carried two heavy battle axes at his side…

Emiya exclaimed in surprise, "Wow!"

Isn't this Darius III, the famous African chieftain from FGO?!

Just kidding.

Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid dynasty of ancient Persia, and Emiya also remembers him as the "arch-enemy" of Iskandar, the Macedonian conqueror.

But isn't this guy the irrational Berserker?
Krimhildr is also a Berserker, but at least she has the ability to communicate verbally.

But Emiya's doubts were soon answered.

Suddenly, a woman in a kimono with long blue hair jumped out from beside Darius III's carriage.

—Kiyohime!?

Emiya watched the third Berserker appear speechlessly, thinking to himself, "Are you three Berserker Servants with questionable mental states going to start fighting at the drop of a hat?"

……

"Oh dear, why did His Majesty specifically send me here to negotiate? Miss Elizabeth, that turpentine dragon, can hold a concert in the parish instead!"

Kiyohime seemed somewhat indignant, "Don't you think this is very unfair!"

"————!" Darius III roared in a way that was difficult to understand.

"Phew... never mind."

Kiyohime took a deep breath and looked at the opposite side—

Under the orders of His Majesty Constantine XI, whose faction she belonged to, they were tasked with persuading the seventh emperor and Julius Caesar to join their side in the event of a conflict.

...Oh dear, is it really reliable to add a second emperor to our side and form a "dual emperor" alliance, something that has never happened before?

Regardless, let's negotiate first.

"Could that poor Berserker over there, who looks like he's lost his lover, hand over this new emperor of the Realm to us?"

Despite the guise of negotiation, Kiyohime showed no politeness towards the enemy.

"Ugh, do you want to die!" Krimhilde was furious, feeling that Kiyohime had stepped on a landmine the moment she spoke.

She's still furious! That idiot Siegfried! Once again, he's wasted his life in this real world trying to be a hero—

Can't he use his brain? It's suspicious to portray a little girl as a scourge threatening the world. Now look what's happened, she's run into the line of fire of the seventh emperor!
"Well, how should I put it? Your expression is practically written all over your face! And I, too, have experienced the feeling of 'pursuing a lover but not getting them,' no, I should say 'completely losing them'~"

Kiyohime opened her folding fan to conceal her expression. "Heh, but your attitude towards your lover is truly terrifying! Unlike me, I only feel sorry for my beloved~"

"Hmph... Mind your own business!"

Krimhild glanced around discreetly. Originally, with three legions, he and his colleagues were confident they could take down this Sword Emperor.

However, the forces of Constantine XI on the other side would not allow him to succeed.

"Consider yourselves lucky! Withdraw your troops!"

"..."

After the Roman legion made its brief appearance and left, Emiya noticed that Kiyohime was looking at him.

He suddenly realized something.

The other party was ordered to make Krimshild retreat temporarily so that Emiya could be safe, so he was "indebted to His Majesty behind the other party"... In reality, he did not need such a favor.

After briefly observing the legionary combat methods of this Roman singularity, Emiya was confident that he could "build an army by himself" even without using divine artifact-level power; his Servants' shadows were an indestructible legion.

However, Kiyohime still spoke up:

"Your Majesty, my Emperor here invites you to join us. Hehe, considering what just happened, could you please give me a reply as soon as possible? Also, you probably haven't learned the details of the Holy Grail War in this world from the 'Overseer,' have you? Coincidentally, that Overseer happens to be in the church in our city—"

Emiya answered without hesitation, "It is possible, but I will have to disappoint your Emperor. Although I am very interested in the 'overseer' you mentioned, I do not intend to join any side without authorization at the moment."

"Oh dear... does that mean I failed the mission?"

Kiyohime feigned a headache for a moment, but quickly smiled gently. "However, I really appreciate your honesty. I hope you'll keep it up!"

(End of this chapter)