For him, there was only one thing to do next: to fight it head-on and find a way to defeat Izuru, who was empowered by the Rock Aura.
In this way, whether he wins or loses, Shirou can be at peace with himself, and at least he won't have too many regrets or remorse.
"Snapped!"
In the distance, Isorti thought Shirou would continue to keep his distance, and her heart was already feeling a little anxious due to the significant depletion of her Rock Aura.
However, she soon noticed that Shirou had stopped and turned around to face her.
As a top-tier swordswoman, Isorti realized Shirou's thoughts almost instantly, and her heart was filled with a great deal of emotion, even feeling moved.
But she wasn't affected by her emotions and swung her sword with all her might towards Shirou!
The sword, imbued with the power of the Rock Essence, was incredibly heavy.
Anyone can feel the terrifying energy contained within!
As the one directly facing her, Shirou naturally felt Izuru's strength even more. However, he did not choose to escape or defend himself. Instead, he swung his longsword and, with the same decisive action, chose to confront Izuru head-on.
Of course, Shirou's actions were not reckless. While fighting Isorti, he not only activated his fighting spirit and unleashed the Silent Blade, but also used enhancement magic.
Although enhancement magic can only enhance weapons and not fighting spirit, it is already the strongest amplification method for Shirou!
"IAmTheBoneOfMySword!"
Shirou's body radiated both fighting spirit and enhancement magic, and his enhancement magic also attached itself to the wooden sword in his hand, emitting a faint blue light.
Before everyone's eyes, Shirou's sword clashed with Isao's!
"boom!"
The two wooden swords clashed, and Shirou's wooden sword quickly gained the upper hand.
Although Isorti's wooden sword was amplified by the Rock Aura, the dispersed Rock Aura could not withstand Shirou's enhanced magic and aura concentrated on the weapon.
Moreover, Izuru had just gone through a battle, and her physical strength was already severely depleted; the Rock Aura on her body could no longer be maintained.
Amidst the fierce clash, the girl's fighting spirit grew increasingly dim.
The wooden sword in his hand also showed signs of cracking.
If this continues, once his sword completely destroys the wooden sword in Isorti's hand, Shirou will inevitably be unable to stop and will directly hit Isorti, who has lost the protection of her fighting spirit.
With the enhancement of magic and fighting spirit, Shirou could hardly imagine what the consequences of his attack would be.
Even if it doesn't kill her, it will certainly leave the girl with irreparable scars...
As a partner of justice, Shirou made his decision without hesitation in a flash.
He abruptly stopped the enhancement magic, and the faint blue light on the weapon vanished.
"boom!"
After losing the boost from the enhancement magic, Shirou's wooden sword suddenly shattered.
Because he lost his weapon, he was hit head-on by Izuru's exaggerated rock-like fighting spirit and was sent flying on the spot.
Before everyone's eyes, Shirou fell off the training field. Although he wasn't knocked down, it was practically the same as losing.
"This……"
Putting aside the people watching the battle, Isorti's expression suddenly became extremely strange.
She had just felt that she should be the one to lose, but for some reason, Shirou's sword suddenly weakened at the end.
This left Isorti feeling quite bewildered. Despite her victory, she felt no excitement whatsoever, but rather a complex mix of emotions.
She really wanted to find Shirou to find out why he had suddenly stopped.
However, the excited disciples of the Water God School had already swarmed around her, excitedly celebrating that Izuru had once again defended the glory of the Water God School.
Faced with this situation, Isorti was unable to escape and became increasingly anxious, fearing that Shirou would leave.
Chapter 130 [The Indestructible Supreme Saint] Appears at the Auction!
"I'm sorry, I still lost."
Shirou got up from the ground.
Although he wasn't fatally injured by that attack, he was knocked off the field, so it was no different from losing the match.
Although Shirou knew in his heart that he hadn't lost, but only held back at the end because he didn't want to hurt Isauti, the others still couldn't see the details of the exchange clearly, and most people thought that Shirou had truly lost the match.
Under these circumstances, Shirou had no face to see Alice.
He felt that Alice must also be disappointed in him, and might even start to hate him.
However, to his surprise, Alice didn't seem to dislike him. The girl simply looked at him with a slightly complicated expression and slowly said, "You almost won, what a pity..."
"Eh?"
Shirou was genuinely surprised that Alice would treat him with such gentleness.
He originally thought that, given the other person's personality, they would most likely ridicule and mock him, and berate his appalling performance.
However, this was just Shirou's own idea.
In fact, after witnessing the clash just now, most people have already given Shirou a lot of respect.
The battle between Shirou and Isorty was truly spectacular, with both displaying their full strength.
Moreover, although many people did not see that Shirou held back at the end, many people could clearly feel that Shirou actually had a chance to win. In fact, if Shirou had not chosen to fight Isorti head-on and had instead chosen to stall for time and avoid fighting his opponent as much as possible, he could have easily won by waiting for Isorti's fighting spirit to end.
However, Shirou chose to fight Isorti head-on in the most honorable way, a demeanor that could not help but earn the admiration of many swordsmen.
At least, even if they didn't know that Shirou was the dragon slayer of Buena Village, the adventurers present were already filled with respect for him.
Alice was the same.
"Since we've already lost, let's get out of here."
Alice spoke up first. Although she didn't think Shirou had really lost, that was how the rules were, and staying here would only bring more humiliation. It would be better to leave as soon as possible.
"alright."
Shirou nodded. Although he felt it wasn't good to leave without saying goodbye, he hoped to talk to Isorty some more, at least to say goodbye before leaving.
Unfortunately, Isorti is currently surrounded by the disciples of the Water God Style Dojo, and it will probably take a long time before she can break free.
Shirou and Alice's challenge had taken up too much time, and it was already evening. They needed to get back to the hotel as soon as possible to avoid being scolded by Philip.
Moreover, they genuinely suspected that if the two of them returned late, Philip might actually go to the Knights and issue a request, asking the Knights to help find the person.
In order to prevent that from happening, Shirou ultimately left the dojo without leaving any words for Isorty, taking Alice with him.
……
Shirou and Alice traversed the city and successfully returned to the inn before nightfall.
Philip and Gilead also happened to be returning from outside, and the two sides bumped into each other.
Philip then paid for a table at the hotel.
Everyone gathered together for dinner.
A lot happened today.
Philip spoke first, looking at Shirou and Alice, clearly wanting to hear their experiences from them first.
Shirou and Alice exchanged a glance. The latter seemed a little embarrassed to speak, so Shirou had to tell the story of what happened during the day by himself.
"You guys went to challenge the Water God School?"
Philip and Kyrie couldn't help but show strange expressions, never expecting that Shirou and Alice would have such an exciting experience.
In particular, Kyrie Irwin was forbidden from ever stepping into the Suishin-ryu dojo again after she had challenged the dojo, which meant that she could not visit the Suishin-ryu dojo even if she wanted to later.
Now that Shirou and Alice have also gone to challenge the dojo, she, as their swordsmanship instructor, is undoubtedly eager to witness the battle firsthand.
Of course, Kyrie Irvine knew he couldn't do it himself, so he could only have Shirou and Alice describe the details of the battle as best they could.
"A Water God Style swordsman who has mastered the secrets of Rock Technique at such a young age? I never expected that such a person would appear in this generation of Water God Style."
Kyrie clicked his tongue slightly, not expecting that the Water God School would produce a strong person like Izuru.
"I'll beat that guy one day!"
Alice made a vow indignantly; she was arguably the most resentful of them all.
The fact that she was instantly defeated by Izuru was simply unacceptable to a girl with such a strong sense of self-respect.
Alice could not easily accept this outcome, no matter what.
"Yes, you can definitely do it."
Kyrie Iris always had great faith in her, and she smiled and offered encouragement.
Kyrie Irving then looked at Shirou and said with considerable regret, "I didn't expect even you, Shirou, to lose. You were so close to winning..."
"There's nothing we can do, we're just not strong enough."
Shirou had no intention of revealing that he had ultimately chosen to forfeit victory; such a thing was best left to him alone.
Gilead didn't care about his opponent's defeat.
After all, Gilead knew very well that Shirou's true strength was enough to defeat the Red Dragon.
With this level of ability, not to mention a mere half-step Water Saint, even the Water God wouldn't be without a chance to challenge him.
When Shirou fought Isorti, he only used the power of the Sword God Style, so it's no surprise that he ended up like this.
After recounting Shirou and Alice's experiences, Philip began to tell the story of what happened to him and Gilead during the day.
The thought of the auction the two had attended made Shirou and Alice both look on with concern.
For Alice, it was simply because the auction in the royal capital was particularly interesting, and she was eager to know the specific details. But for Shirou, the auction was far too much fun...
After all, if nothing unexpected happens, the indestructible Supreme Saint that he forged is very likely to appear at this auction.
As Shirou struggled with complex thoughts and tried to remain calm, Philip silently began to narrate.
His and Gilead's experiences were not complicated.
After setting off in the morning, the two went directly to the auction house and, because of their status as members of the Boreas family, were granted VIP boxes.
Once they arrived at the private room, they realized just how important this auction was.
Not only nobles from various families and knights from the capital, but even the second princess Ariel Anemoisra and the current water goddess of the water god school, Lydia, were present.
Of course, compared to ordinary noble knights, Princess Ariel and the water goddess Leda were merely there to make up the numbers.
In fact, the two of them did not really participate in the auction of items.
For Princess Ariel, antique gems at auctions were far too common; the royal collection contained far more valuable items.
There's absolutely no need to take a liking to it.
For Princess Ariel, the goal of participating in this auction was simply to expand her social circle, let more people know her, make friends with more nobles, and expand her prestige and influence as a princess.
As for the water goddess Leda, she was invited to participate by an old friend, a blacksmith, who strongly suggested that the items that appeared this time would surely interest the water goddess as well.
The water goddess originally didn't intend to pay attention to such words, but because she once owed that old friend a favor, and she was someone who cared extremely much about favors.
So it was only natural that I chose to attend.
The water goddess knew that her old friend had invited her there simply to increase the popularity of the auction.
Indeed, it was precisely because of the name of the Water Goddess that the auction attracted far more attention and popularity than expected. A large number of nobles and knights followed suit and came to the auction because of her appearance.
The water goddess Leda only considered this as a way of returning a favor to an old friend, and never thought that she would actually witness something special at this auction.
With this in mind, the auction officially began.
When the auction items were displayed, most of them failed to capture the attention of the Water God, the Second Princess, and others.
Philip was merely conducting a tour and had no intention of making a purchase.
Most of the participants in this auction were nobles and knights, who would bid when they saw something they wanted.
And so, the auction proceeded slowly and uneventfully.
In the end, when almost everyone thought it was almost over and there would be no more surprises, the auction organizers presented the final item after the grand finale—an extremely high-quality magic stone.
What he took out was a long, narrow object wrapped in a red cloth.
After the auctioneers lifted the cloth, everyone could see what the object looked like.
It is a longsword with exquisite, even overly refined, craftsmanship, and a subtle sheen that gives it an indescribable eye-catching quality.
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