Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Fashion handed itself a rolled-up piece of paper to the person next to it.

Esdeath grabbed the paper and casually tossed it around, scattering the rolled-up paper in her hand.

She looked at Fashion with some confusion.

"Don't worry, Lady Esdeath, you're about to witness something incredibly shocking."

As he spoke, he rolled up the paper and held it in front of him.

"Lady Esdeath, cut down on this paper, but don't use your full strength. It's not that bad yet."

"clang--!"

A slight tremor reached Esdeath's hand.

The rolled-up sheet of paper now has the hardness of steel.

"how did you do it."

Fashion lifted his clothes, revealing a mass of flesh and blood in a glass jar inside his abdominal pocket. The mass of flesh and blood was connected to his arm by a tube, through which blood flowed.

"This is the flesh and blood of that red-haired boy. I extracted his cells and cultured them over a hundred times to create a piece of flesh and blood with some similar meridians to his body."

As he spoke, he picked up his glasses and continued explaining to Esdeath.

"I discovered this by accident. This energy can strengthen things. Wood can become harder, swords can become sharper, and it even has the power to strengthen the body."

As he spoke, Fashion slammed his fist into the ground, and bursts of cracks and shattering erupted beneath their feet.

"boom--!"

Esdeath and Fashion leaped into the air, and the cliff they were standing on was shattered by Fashion's punch.

He understood the enhancement magic used on living beings that Emiya had never been able to comprehend.

"Let's go. It looks like the encirclement is complete. Tonight, we can't let a single member of the Night Raid escape!"

Seeing the nose jumping around next to Fashion, Esdeath immediately took notice; the [Infantry] had already surrounded Night Raid.

She leaped down and ran towards the base of the night raid.

A smile appeared on the face of the fashion expert as he jumped down with Esdeath.

On the other side ————

"Search, the figure that just jumped out of the explosion is definitely still around here."

Back when Shirou Emiya caused a ruckus at the experimental base, the big-eared woman had already sent someone to notify the Imperial Guard.

However, as everyone knows, the guards arrived at the scene rather slowly after Seleu's self-destruction.

However, they saw an extremely fast shadow flash past them at the moment of the explosion.

"Cough—! Pfft—!"

Emiya leaned against a tree branch, breathing heavily, as if trying to control something.

At this moment, Emiya's entire right arm had disappeared, leaving behind a perfectly clean cut.

At the last moment, Emiya severed his own arm and forcibly used his breathing technique, disregarding the limits of his legs, to instantly distance himself from Seryu.

But time was too short, and Emiya had no chance to escape the blast radius. He was directly hit by the flames, and the flesh behind him was burned and rotted.

Emiya felt like he might fall into a deep sleep at any moment. The feeling of forcibly using magic power when it was exhausted was extremely unpleasant.

Magic is derived from life force, but the sources of magic are divided into two categories: the major source and the minor source, which are the life force of nature and one's own life force.

Obtaining large-source magic is extremely difficult; most magicians use small-source magic.

The magic power used by Shirou Emiya is called Origin.

Just considering the concept of life force, it's clear that overuse can have negative effects on the body. Therefore, magicians gradually generate and accumulate magical energy within their bodies. The amount accumulated varies from person to person, with more skilled magicians accumulating more.

If you continue to use magic when your magic is completely depleted, you will disproportionately overdraw your life force.

This overdraft is irreversible.

He suffered such a horrific attack, and he overexerted his life force. In addition, he had extremely serious injuries, and the loss of his right arm also caused him to lose too much blood.

Emiya felt as if someone was tightly gripping his neck, making it impossible for him to breathe. It was as if he would lose consciousness and die on the spot in the next second.

Testimonials

Before I knew it, with four updates every day, tomorrow will be Friday, and I'll be going to put my book on sale soon.

Thank you all for reading. It's really great to see your comments and discussions every day.

My writing style is weak, the plot is clichéd, and there are some strange words used. I don't quite grasp the personalities of many characters, and I haven't thought through the details.

Furthermore, I'm lazy, so I usually don't check for errors in my writing. I just post it as soon as I finish writing it. I apologize to readers who see typos or sentences that are incomprehensible.

I'm not good at writing, so I can only keep writing like this, making progress as slowly as a snail.

Anyway, I can't feel any progress in myself (laughs).

As for how well it will perform after it's released, I don't have high hopes.

My grades have always been like this, and I don't have any special requirements for them. I'm just happy that people are watching.

Having tickets, rewards, and subscriptions would be great, and I would definitely be happy. Without them, I would be sad.

They won't ask everyone to vote more or anything like that.

I've been letting things take their course, and I haven't asked for any votes since I started writing the book (laughs).

Oh, I think I subtly expressed my desire for votes; please just pretend you didn't see it.

As for the frequent updates after the book goes live, I'll take a short break tomorrow, Friday. [PS: I'm going home for the Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday] There will only be two updates. After that, it will continue with four updates until the end of next week. Unless there are special circumstances, there should be two updates most of the time.

[Note: Special cases include when the author is bored, has a burst of inspiration, celebrates their birthday, finds money, gets a girlfriend, gets two winning streaks in ten consecutive games, gets the game they want for free, offers bounties, receives help from powerful figures, etc.]

After all, working four hours a day is quite stressful.

I once wrote a free book. That's just how people are; they don't want to continue writing free books because they lack motivation, and they're afraid that no one will read paid books once they're published.

Finally, I would like to thank the readers who have been following my book all along. The irregular update time and unpredictable writing style are indeed very difficult to bear.

I'm sleeping in tomorrow, so there definitely won't be any updates before 10 AM; only VIP chapters will be available. [laughs]

Chapter Ninety-Six: An Extremely Dangerous Situation

"call--!"

"ha--!"

Shirou Emiya is currently in a dilemma, but the current situation leaves him with few options.

He took off his clothes, gritted his teeth, and bound his severed arm with the clothes, breathing very rhythmically.

"Tick-tock..."

Crimson drops of blood fell, staining the vibrant green leaves scattered on the ground with a color that didn't belong to them.

Emiya plunged the reverse blade in his hand into the tree trunk beside him, panting heavily as he tore off the remaining clothes and skillfully bandaged himself.

Back in middle school, Emiya had fought with delinquents countless times, ending up with a body full of injuries.

Therefore, Emiya has some experience in treating injuries.

He could feel his body getting hot, pain spreading throughout his body, his strength constantly draining away, and his power rapidly diminishing.

It was as if Emiya could truly feel his life gradually coming to an end, constantly tormenting his nerves.

Shirou Emiya could only desperately use his breathing techniques to stop the blood in his body from flowing out.

This excessive use of magic caused Emiya's vision to become increasingly blurred as he constantly depleted his life force.

But he had no choice but to do so, because if he didn't forcibly draw on the magic power within his body to stop the bleeding, he would soon die from excessive blood loss in this forest.

We have to get out of here.

Emiya was panting heavily. The bleeding in his body had been temporarily stopped. If he didn't engage in strenuous exercise, he could stabilize his injuries for the time being.

However, the guards around him were constantly searching around him, and he didn't know if any Teigu users or people with strong senses would appear during the day.

This is definitely not a place to rest properly. Once you fall into a deep sleep, you'll be completely at their mercy.

The only place where Emiya can rest and recuperate is the Night Raid base. He must return to the Night Raid base before dawn, concealing his presence, to recuperate.

"puff--!"

A very soft thud sounded around the guards, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, they couldn't possibly be sneaking around the forest while searching, and the sound of Emiya landing like a cat was even quieter than the sound of them walking in the woods.

The guards didn't even notice the unusual noise.

Of course, that's not the worst part.

"Look! There's blood on this patch of ground!"

"Over there?!"

"Quick! Chase after me!"

"Be careful! That's the kind of person who could force Captain Seryu to self-destruct!"

"Don't rush into battle when you encounter him. First, use a signal flare to notify the surrounding guards and surround him as quickly as possible. Some people have already gone to notify the Hunters that they will be here soon."

With the noise, Emiya knew that the place where he had just been resting had been discovered, and a series of footsteps were chasing after him from afar.

If he had been hiding in that area, he might not have had any chance to leave when the Hunters arrived.

"Found it, it's here!"

This area had long been completely surrounded by the guards. Even if they managed to evade the pursuing troops, countless members of the Imperial Guard were still searching for Emiya within this forest.

It was just a careless oversight on his part that was discovered by those lazy and good-for-nothing members.

These were all side effects of Emiya's life gradually fading away; his senses became extremely weak, and he couldn't even detect the Imperial Guards ahead.