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

"Yes, this may be the only weakness of the Dragon God. Although he is incredibly powerful, he has not mastered the essence of all schools of thought. He is a jack-of-all-trades but master of none. However, because the skills he has mastered are already at the pinnacle of his personal field, no one can defeat him in the end."

The Second King of the North God spoke with emotion, then looked at Shirou with an excited expression, "However, Shirou, you are different. Not only have you mastered god-level techniques in different fields, but you have also completely mastered the Water God's Sword World and my Absolute Slash. Next, you only need to master the Sword God's ultimate technique, and you will truly have the qualifications to challenge the Dragon God!"

"The Sword God..."

Upon hearing the words of the Second Northern God, Shirou took a deep breath, knowing that even after passing the tests of the Water God and the Northern God, he still could not relax.

An even more crucial battle awaits him.

Only by gaining the Sword God's approval and learning the strongest techniques of the Sword God Style among the three major schools can he truly be qualified to face the Dragon God Orsteed!

Shirou then quickly bid farewell to the Northern God II and returned to the central hall of the Holy Land of Swords.

As before, the Sword God sat silently in the center of the hall, his head resting on his elbow, looking at Shirou with a lazy posture.

"Looks like you've passed those two old guys' test."

The sword god Garfalion bluntly referred to the Northern God and the Water God as "old guys."

Indeed, as the current Sword God, he is the youngest among the three schools of god-level powerhouses. The others, whether it is the Water Goddess Lydia or the Second Northern God, Shandel, are all very old. The Second Northern God, as an undead, is already several hundred years old.

The Sword God Garfalion is only around fifty years old, which is considered to be in his prime among humans, or even at his peak.

This is why, unlike the other two god-level powerhouses, the Sword God's attitude was frivolous, lacking any solemnity or reverence, instead giving off an air of sharp brilliance.

Among the three gods today, he is the only one who still harbors the idea of ​​personally challenging the Dragon God and still possesses that courage.

However, the Sword God Galfarion was also well aware of the gap between himself and the Dragon God Orsteed. With his sword, he could not possibly reach the world's strongest. That's why he stayed in this holy land of swords to cultivate successors, hoping that a suitable person who could surpass him would take his place and complete the pursuit of the strongest.

The person he had been waiting for and longing for was undoubtedly Shirou.

When Shirou first arrived at the Sacred Land of Swords, Galfarion had already sensed the immense potential within him, recognizing him as a blade no less powerful than the Dragon God Orsteed.

However, Shirou is far behind the Dragon God in every aspect and needs a long time to hone his skills before he can catch up. That's why Galfarion gave Shirou a test and tried every means to forge and temper this still immature blade until it was reborn in the furnace and transformed into the ultimate weapon that could pierce the world's strongest Dragon God!

Of course, even though Shirou has grown enough to far surpass himself when he first arrived at the Holy Land of Swords, he is still far from being as good as Orsteed.

The Sword God understood this clearly, so he slowly spoke:

"Then, prepare to face the final test. Unlike the Water God and the Northern God, I am not the type to use words to teach you how to do things or how to become stronger. I will not focus on a particular direction during training, nor will I point out the way or guide you on the path ahead."

"There's only one thing I need to do: swing my sword and kill you with this sword in my hand, or you defeat me. There are only these two choices, nothing else! Want to learn the divine-level Light Blade? Then chase after that with your sword!"

The moment the Sword God finished speaking, his figure vanished from the spot.

Its speed, almost like teleportation, directly exceeded the limits of Shirou's naked eye.

Having gone through so much and overcome one difficulty and test after another, Shirou no longer has any hesitation or confusion.

Since the Sword God wants to use battle as a test, there is only one thing he needs to do: defeat his opponent in a one-on-one head-on fight!

"boom!"

It sounds like a collision that happens in an instant, but in reality, it involves almost hundreds or thousands of impacts in less than a second.

When the Sword God Style reaches its peak, its speed is practically light.

As the strongest and only sword technique of the Sword God School, the Light Blade, in its ultimate state, is unparalleled in human strength!

Shirou is now incredibly close to the Sword Emperor in the Sword God style, but even so, he can't keep up with the Sword God's movements at all. He is completely suppressed by his opponent and can't make any counterattacks.

"What? Is that all?"

The Sword God looked at Shirou, who was being unilaterally suppressed, and even had time to speak during the battle. "Don't think I'll hold back. Unlike the Water God who is grateful to you, and unlike the Northern God who has expectations of you, I have no gratitude towards you, nor do I need you to pass on your style. My only expectation of you is one thing: to defeat the Dragon God!"

"This is my only wish, and the reason I have stayed in this Holy Land of Swords. To me, you are no different from the other disciples in this Holy Land. Before I can defeat the Dragon God, you are all just dice to me to roll at will. Only when I roll the highest six will you have any meaning to me."

"Otherwise, even if you die by my sword, I won't have any regrets, because I will keep rolling new dice. As long as I live, I will wait for the person I hope will appear. Even if that person isn't you, it's the same, understand, Shirou!?"

The moment the Sword God finished speaking, his figure transformed into a whirlwind, flashing towards Shirou at an incredibly terrifying speed. The clash of swords even turned into a torrent, sweeping across the center of this sacred land.

If Shirou's sword hadn't been Hiramune, the demonic sword Kyrie Ikusuke gave him before their parting, an ordinary weapon would probably have shattered in a clash of this magnitude.

Even though Shirou was holding the Demon Sword, he was constantly being impacted in his clashes with the Sword God, and was gradually starting to falter.

It was only at this moment that Shirou realized that the weapon held by the sword god Galfarion was none other than the weapon he had forged in his identity as Muramasa—the Fantasy Greatsword Tenma Lost.

As if to re-engrave his belief in defeating the dragon god Orsteed, he completely pulled out the weapon that was originally stuck on the mountaintop and used it to fight Shirou.

Even though the Heavenly Demon Greatsword is a two-handed greatsword, when the Sword God wields it, it is still unimaginably fast.

The swordsmanship of the Light Blade School never restricts itself to the type of sword it wields, or even whether it possesses a sword at all.

This was the principle that Professor Girenu taught Shirou Hikaru no Tachi on the very first day.

Now, the Sword God seems to be engraving this principle in Shirou's heart with his actions. Every sword he swings is so fast that the naked eye cannot keep up. It is simply unimaginable that he is wielding a huge storm blade!

"Boom!"

As the battle continued, the entire Holy Land of Swords was violently shaken; the earth trembled and the snow-capped mountains swayed.

This once barren, frozen land now appears as if a terrifying behemoth is constantly trampling it, causing violent changes that shake the earth.

Such a loud noise naturally attracted the attention of the swordsmen of the Holy Land of Swords.

Nina, the daughter of the Sword God, Gino, the genius of the Sword God School, and many other Sword God School swordsmen all subconsciously arrived at the Holy Hall where the turmoil was taking place.

The water goddess Lydia and her granddaughter Izuruti also rushed over, as did the Northern God II.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw on the battlefield.

They clearly hadn't expected that Shirou and the Sword God would engage in such a completely unrestricted battle. Both sides were using real swords and exuding extremely terrifying fighting spirit. Neither side had any limitations, and they brought their skills to the extreme.

In such a situation, it is entirely possible that the other party could be killed accidentally.

Therefore, the disciples of the Sword God School instinctively wanted to stop the fight, but they soon realized that they had no way to stop it.

The battle was so intense that not only were ordinary disciples of the Sword God School unable to participate, but even the two Sword Emperors from the Holy Land of Swords were unable to join the fight.

The clash between Shirou and the Sword God has completely transcended the realm of ordinary Sword Emperors, reaching another unimaginable and terrifying level.

At least, if the Water God and the Northern God hadn't intervened, stopping the fight between these two would have been a pipe dream.

Neither the Water God nor the Northern God intended to interfere in the battle.

Although neither of them fully agrees with the Sword God's training method of fighting with real swords and risking their lives, they do not completely deny it either.

Because Shirou's next opponent is the Dragon God, Orsteed.

To have someone of that caliber as an enemy, one must do things that are simply unimaginable to ordinary people. Challenging the Sword God is merely a necessary condition for being able to fight the Dragon God Orsteed.

Therefore, both the Water God and the Northern God calmly watched this battle, which seemed destined to destroy the world, and waited for its final end.

Only when this battle is completely decided can it be determined whether Shirou is qualified to challenge the Dragon God.

……

Magic University.

A month passed after the first test flight.

As the project progresses and becomes more complete, Vainglory's Sky Garden is gradually entering its final stages of completion.

Thanks to the generous financial support from the Kingdom of Asura, the Grerat family didn't have to worry about money at all. With full-scale production and without even considering the cost, the Noble Phantasm, Vanity's Aerial Garden, was finally completed and had its basic form!

On the day the vain sky garden was completed, everyone in the Grellat family came to the Magic University Square, nervously witnessing the enormous fortress before them.

A massive fortress, larger than the design drawings, slowly rose to the ground.

Numerous magic circles spread across it, resembling a magical steel structure that sends chills down one's spine.

But precisely because of this, the massive fortress gives people a strange sense of security, and even the thought of fighting against that Ankylosaurus no longer evokes a deep sense of despair.

Chapter 382 Unlimited Blade Works VS. Light Blade!

The Noble Phantasm, Vanity's Aerial Garden, belongs to the Assyrian Empress Semiramis and is shaped like an aerial fortress.

Although it is incredibly powerful and highly versatile, it is a weapon that even the Heroic Spirit Semiramis himself cannot easily control.

This is because the historical Empress Semiramis did not actually create the Hanging Gardens. This Noble Phantasm was merely a rumor spread by later generations, which accidentally imprinted this false history on the Empress. As a result, the concept of "the Hanging Gardens built by the world's oldest assassin, the legendary Empress" became part of history, ultimately turning into a false Noble Phantasm and a forgery.

Therefore, in a sense, the Vanity Garden in the Sky is a counterfeit Noble Phantasm, which is why it is called Vanity Garden.

By creating it through his projection ability, Shirou essentially created a counterfeit among counterfeits.

But whether it was a fake or not, when this Noble Phantasm was designed by Shirou's projection notes, brought to life by the Seven Stars' personal ingenuity, and finally made by Rudeus and a group of magicians, as well as the craftsmen of the Mines, its very existence still brought an unprecedented shocking experience to everyone who saw the Noble Phantasm in its original form.

The massive fortress has a completely different appearance from the Ankylosaurus's Sky Fortress. Compared to the Sky Fortress, which presents an overall oppressive feeling and resembles a dark fortress, Vainglory's Sky Garden is colored in brown and dark green, after all, its main body is still a manifestation of a garden.

But even though it's called a garden, the vain rooftop garden is definitely not just a simple decoration.

This giant courtyard is equipped with numerous magic arrays, including gravity magic barriers that keep the aerial garden floating, as well as a large number of protective barriers with stacked defensive attributes.

Of course, the most important thing is the black coffin of the ten and one, which Shirou personally marked on the projection notes as the core attack module.

The so-called "Ten and One Black Coffin" is a large number of magic arrays that were originally set up in the Sky Garden of Vanity. It consists of eleven identical black bricks, resembling coffins.

Each magic circle spreads out in all directions of the sky garden, and its power is like a fully loaded cannon. It automatically gathers information about the surrounding enemies and activates the spell when the enemy gets close, releasing an enormous amount of magic power.

If controlled by humans, all the black coffins could be gathered together to create an ultimate attack with destructive power almost comparable to that of a holy sword.

That is why Shirou believed that the Vanity Sky Garden was the only means to fight against the Ankylion Sky Fortress.

Of course, this is, after all, a replica created through projection, and no one knows whether its power can compare to the original Sky Garden.

But at least for now, when they saw the enormous courtyard completed and even begin to float into the air little by little after it was activated, everyone present couldn't help but feel a sense of awe, and even the Ankylosaurus, the world's strongest magician, lost some of their fear of him.

"It worked! It actually worked!"

When Rudeus saw the fully completed Sky Garden soaring into the air, he immediately spoke excitedly, but due to excessive exertion, he almost fainted.

Paul and Lilia quickly helped him up and gave him their approval.

After all, Rudeus had put in an extremely extravagant effort to create this sky garden, working almost day and night to inscribe magic circles and inject magic power to test the integrity of each part.

Such a huge expenditure of energy was an overload even for Rudeus, whose magical power was already extremely vast. As a result, the moment the Aerial Garden was completely completed, he felt like he was about to faint.

"Once it's actually made, it really looks impressive."

Qi Xing looked at the fortress in front of him with a sigh.

Although she was the main designer of the project, she herself never imagined that the sky garden could actually be completed in such a short time.

It can only be said that when people are pushed to the limit, they really can push themselves beyond their limits.

"Now that the fortress is built, should we start a war with the Ankylosaurus?"

Alice held a magic sword, her face showing an eager attitude.

She clearly preferred direct confrontation with powerful enemies to her job as a bodyguard; only actual combat could maximize the Sword King's value.

"That depends on when Ankylosaurus fights us."

Despite his weakness, Rudeus managed to speak, "The best-case scenario is that we can avoid war until Shirou returns, and then prepare together to fight the Dragon God Orsteed. That way, he won't have to fight alone."

"Shirou...shouldn't we contact Shirou beforehand?"

Luo Qixi chimed in, "He's been in the Holy Land of Swords for half a year now, hasn't he?"

"Shirou is preparing for the final battle against the Dragon God, a battle that is beyond the imagination of ordinary people like us. It's normal that he needs more time to prepare."

Paul spoke quietly, expressing his desire not to disturb Shirou.

His idea was quickly recognized by the others, so they stopped considering contacting Shirou at the Sword Sanctuary and instead began to further test the performance of Vainglory's Sky Garden.

The test ended an hour later.

Vain's Aerial Garden is indeed an extremely exaggerated Noble Phantasm. Whether it is flight speed, defensive capabilities, or offensive power, it is absolutely fortress-level. Not only can it withstand King-level and Emperor-level great magic, but a single strike can easily flatten a mountain.

Faced with such a result, everyone in the Grerat family was overjoyed; no one had expected things to go so smoothly.

Almost simultaneously, before everyone could savor the afterglow of their excitement, the radiant figure of Almanfie appeared before them.

"I've come to report Lord Percius's orders."

Upon arrival, Almanfi spoke frankly, "That lord has indicated that the ChaosBreaker, an aerial fortress, will arrive in the magical city in three days. Please be prepared, as Lord Pergius will show no mercy."

"So fast?!"

Unexpectedly, the Ankylosaurus was in such a hurry that it wanted to launch the final battle just three days after they created the Vanity Sky Garden.

Seven Stars, Rudeus, and everyone else present exchanged bewildered glances, suddenly feeling an extremely exaggerated pressure, but they clearly couldn't change Ankylosaurus's mind.

The battle between the aerial fortresses is about to begin!

……

Holy Land of Swords.