Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

Shirou was well aware that he didn't possess the necessary talent for the Sword God Style, so he wasn't anxious at all and steadily improved his strength.

At the same time, because Shirou is already an intermediate-level swordsman of the Sword God style, he participates in the monster hunting activities that take place throughout Buena Village almost every month.

……

In the great forest of Buena village.

The monster-hunting group, formed by the noble knight Paul, is once again mobilized to hunt dangerous monsters in the forest.

In a monster-hunting team that consisted almost entirely of adults, a red-haired boy of about ten years old stood out.

He was Shirou, who came with Paul to eliminate the monsters.

Shirou carried a longsword and a longbow on his back, with a quiver hanging from his waist. Because he was not yet fully developed, he was easily overshadowed by the other members of the expedition team.

However, no one present dared to underestimate Shirou. The villagers from Buena Village who came to hunt monsters all held this boy in high esteem, no less than Paul.

"over there!"

As they entered a certain area of ​​the forest, Shirou suddenly stopped, his eyes sharpening as he noticed a part in the shadows in the distance.

At the same time, he took the longbow off his back without any hesitation, took an arrow from the quiver at his waist, drew the bow, and shot it with unparalleled accuracy!

"Snapped!"

The arrow traversed space and struck the enemy in the shadows!

"Roar!!"

A roar rang out, and everyone realized that a leopard was lurking in the dark shadows. The leopard's body had obvious excess magic power, and quite clear magic patterns had condensed on it.

Although Shirou's arrow hit its opponent, it failed to penetrate the monster's hide, only causing a minor wound.

"Everyone, line up!!"

Paul then realized what was happening and quickly ordered the villagers of Buyena to form a battle formation.

Even so, it was still a step too slow.

The monster's cheetah was faster than anyone could imagine. It suddenly darted through the shadows and pounced on a villager who had no time to react!

"careful!"

Paul cried out in alarm, but it was too late to defend himself.

The villagers targeted by the monster showed expressions of despair, and in their panic, they were even at a loss for how to react, completely forgetting to defend themselves.

In this chaotic moment, a sword beam flew over from afar.

Like Paul, Shirou was unable to react in time due to the distance, but he did not sit idly by and wait for his death. Instead, he threw the longsword on his back and used a throwing technique to throw the blade in front of the cheetah!

"!!!"

The leopard didn't expect the human to abandon his weapon so easily. After dodging the attack, it simply pounced on Shirou's direction.

As a monster, it possesses a certain degree of intelligence and has even fought against human adventurers to some extent in the past.

Therefore, he knew very well that human swordsmen would become powerless and easily eliminated once they lost their weapons.

That's what it thought, and that's what it did...

The villagers of Buena and Paul were equally panicked upon seeing this, finding it hard to imagine how Shirou, who had lost his weapon, would fight such a monster.

However, even in this moment of despair, Shirou's expression remained unwavering.

He watched the cheetah charge towards him, his gaze fixed intently as he opened his right hand—

"Projection, start!"

In an instant, the soil on the ground rapidly condensed into the shape of a sword blade, and the temperature of the flames suddenly scorched the earth.

A longsword radiating a scorching heat appeared in his hand!

Although the longsword was far inferior to a meticulously crafted weapon, as Shirou activated his enhancement magic, the fragile blade was immediately reinforced and began to possess materials no less than those of a fine weapon!

Shirou gripped his longsword tightly, his attention completely focused on the monster attacking him!

"Mind's Eye - Slash!"

As Shirou focused all his attention and brought his swordsmanship, honed over many years, to its peak, his figure suddenly intertwined with the monster!

"Kacha!"

The next instant, as dark green blood splattered out, Shirou's blade easily tore the monster's body apart, leaving a clear sword light in the air!

Like a dance under the moonlight!

"This……"

Everything that just happened was too fast and too surprising.

For a moment, even Paul and everyone in the village of Buena were stunned by Shirou's incredible fighting skills and were speechless.

Chapter 53 Thousand-Mile Eyes

Shirou used projection magic to create a sword out of thin air.

However, compared to the projection magic of the former Heroic Spirit Emiya, his speed in creating weapons is not only much slower, but the quality of the projected weapons is also far inferior.

The reason for this is simple: Shirou wasn't using projection magic at all, but rather magic he learned from Rocchi.

By combining water magic, earth magic, and fire magic, Shirou successfully created a magic that could create swords out of thin air, which he called sword magic.

Even after Loki left, Shirou continued to train in magic without interruption, and now he can unleash sword magic at a considerable speed, creating weapons out of thin air.

Furthermore, due to Shirou's special affinity with swords, he can completely abandon chanting when using sword magic, and can even create weapons with only extremely short incantations, just like his previous projections.

Shirou believes that he is able to do this because when he uses sword magic, his body instinctively memorizes the steps of the magic, and just like the projection magic of the past, he can release the magic in a fixed order by relying on a prepared switch.

Of course, this ability is limited to projecting weapons. Shirou is so familiar with the feeling of projection that he can create weapons purely on instinct without chanting. For other types of magic, he still needs to chant to use them.

On the other side, although Shirou's magic and swordsmanship had greatly impressed everyone, the villagers of Buena Village dared not relax their guard because they were still inside the forest and there was always the possibility of wild beasts appearing at any time. They continued their monster hunt with extreme caution.

Under Paul and Shirou's leadership, ordinary monsters were no match for the two.

With Paul's swordsmanship and Shirou's long-range support using his bow and arrow, monsters of average strength were eliminated without even a chance to attack.

In particular, thanks to Shirou's overly keen observation skills, even the most well-hidden monsters have no way to escape detection.

Due to his naturally superior dynamic vision, Shirou's eyes are far beyond those of ordinary people. The future Heroic Spirit Emiya even possesses a C-rank telescope, an extraordinary visual ability known as the Eagle Eye, which allows him to see the entire town and search for enemies simply by looking from a high place.

Because of his exceptionally sharp eyes, the Heroic Spirit Emiya's abilities are so exaggerated that he can accurately snipe any opponent moving at extremely high speed within a distance of 4km with his bow and arrow, and he will never miss.

Although Shirou doesn't yet possess the exaggerated clairvoyance and archery skills of the Heroic Spirit Emiya, his observational abilities still far surpass those of ordinary people, even exceeding those of Paul, who comes from an adventurer background.

Even the slightest sound in the forest would be clearly seen by him.

This gives Shirou an extremely strong advantage in the narrow and secluded space of the forest, allowing him to anticipate the monsters' movements and react accordingly.

……

"Let's call it a day."

After patrolling the forest again and finding almost no unusual monsters, Paul declared the monster hunt over.

The villagers of Buyena breathed a sigh of relief and then all surrounded Shirou.

"Holy crap, Shirou, what were you using just now? Magic?"

"It's unbelievable that a sword suddenly appeared out of his hand!"

"And Shirou, your swordsmanship is amazing! It's just as good as Paul's!!"

"..."

The villagers praised it loudly with excitement.

They were all amazed by Shirou's incredible skill and were very grateful for his help, which prevented any casualties from the hunting party.

You should know that before Shirou joined the monster hunt, even with Paul's protection, the villagers often got injured and had to go back for treatment.

With Shirou's addition, the monster-hunting team achieved a miracle of zero casualties, and the villagers couldn't help but admire Shirou.

"No, I'm far from being as good as Paul."

Shirou spoke slowly. Although others might see this as mere humility, Shirou was well aware of the gap between himself and Paul.

Even with just that silent katana move, Shirou is far from reaching Paul's level.

After Shirou finally escaped the enthusiastic villagers, Paul quickly came up to him and asked in surprise, "Shirou, did you learn that fighting technique yourself?"

"Combat techniques?"

"It's that move where you throw the sword!"

"This……"

Shiro was somewhat surprised by Paul's reaction.

His decision to throw the sword was purely instinctive, and in a sense, it was also a combat skill that Shirou Emiya possessed.

With the ability to project, Shirou can consume weapons at will, and even use them as purely consumable items.

Its ultimate technique is called Crane Wing Triple Strike, which creates three identical Noble Phantasms in succession to deliver an unavoidable and fatal attack to the enemy.

After thinking it over, Shirou could only explain that it was his own temporary reaction.

Paul was deeply shocked upon hearing this and murmured, "Shirou, are you really not considering giving up the Sword God Style and switching to the Northern God Style? You are absolutely a genius of the Northern God Style! If you come to study the Northern God Style, you might reach the advanced level at an unimaginable speed, or even surpass the advanced level!"

"..."

Shirou did not react to Paul's assessment.

He simply maintained his usual calm demeanor and quietly said, "I'm sorry, Paul, but I still want to learn the Sword God Style. Please don't try to persuade me otherwise."

"That's...ok."

Because it was a topic that had been discussed many times, Paul knew that Shiron wouldn't easily change his mind.

In fact, although Shirou's talent in the Sword God style is average, his strength lies in his solid foundation. Now, step by step, he has reached a level that even Paul can hardly handle.

With two sons, one a swordsmanship prodigy and the other a magic prodigy, Paul, as a father, truly felt a bit of pressure.

The group gradually left the forest while talking.

As the hunting party was about to disband, Shirou saw Roltz walking at the end of the group. Since he was an old acquaintance, he immediately went up to greet him.

But Roltz seemed to be half-stunned, completely unaware of his actions.

"Roltz?"

"Ah... it's Shirou." Hearing Shirou's voice as he leaned closer, Roltz finally snapped out of his daze. "Sorry, I was just spacing out."

Is something on your mind?

"This... never mind, it's just a small matter."

Roltz didn't seem to want to bother Shirou with his own affairs, and waved his hand with a smile.

Seeing this, Shirou didn't press the matter further and could only watch as Roltz's seemingly dejected figure gradually disappeared from his sight.

Chapter 54 Should I take a bath with Mom?

After the hunt, Shirou returned to the Grerat family home.

"Young Master Shirou, you're back?"

When the maid Lilia saw Shirou return, she immediately came to greet him, taking the longsword and bow from him with remarkable skill.

Shirou was used to Lillia's enthusiasm and didn't pay much attention to it. After changing his clothes in his room, he planned to go to the kitchen to cook dinner.

"Shirou, what are we having for dinner?"

Senis returned from practicing medicine outside. As the only person with healing magic, she often went out to treat the villagers.

She had been traveling and looked tired, but as soon as she entered the house, she became gentle and affectionate, even hugging Shirou from behind and stroking his head.

"Let's have grilled fish and mixed vegetable soup."

Shirou pondered for a moment, then silently responded, scratching his cheek with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Although he had long been used to Senis's harassing behavior, he hadn't felt anything before because his body was still that of a child. But now that he was gradually entering puberty and his body was beginning to change into that of a teenager, Senis's sometimes overly intimate actions were still quite a headache for him.

So, Shirou quickly pushed away Senis, who was still trying to stick close to him, and said with a sigh, "Senis, you should go take a shower. I'll prepare hot water for you."

"How sweet of you, Shirou! Do you want to take a bath with me?"

"How is that possible?!"