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

"Hello, my name is Doristina."

Doristina looked at Izuru with trepidation, sensing considerable strength from the blue-haired girl before her.

Izuru looked at the blonde girl in front of her and nodded silently: "I am Izuru, the senior sister of this dojo. If you have any questions about swordsmanship in the future, you can come to me."

"Ok."

Izoruti and Doristina quickly became friends.

Two girls of the same age easily formed a connection, and they later talked to each other and learned that they both cared about another man.

Izuru is undoubtedly interested in Shirou, while Doristina has a good impression of Emiya who attacked Darius and saved her that night.

After learning each other's attitudes, the two undoubtedly became even closer.

However, they clearly did not realize that the person they both cared about was actually the same person.

……

Shirou's influence in the capital extends beyond the Water God School's dojo.

Even after Darius's attack, something else was quietly happening in the Kingdom of Asra.

That is, all the nobles are inquiring about the identity of one person—the blacksmith Muramasa!

Yes, ever since the auction ended that day, and Princess Ariel bought the "Indestructible Sacred Stone" for an indescribable price, almost all the nobles have been very interested in Muramasa, the blacksmith who forged the weapon.

The more important a person is, the more interested they are in powerful weapons like the [Indestructible Supreme Saint].

In particular, Darius was assassinated on the same day.

It's like giving free advertising to a defensive Noble Phantasm like the "Indestructible Supreme Saint".

Many nobles desired to acquire such excellent weapons to enhance their security, since not all nobles could afford expensive magical artifacts like Darius.

Unfortunately, the identity of the blacksmith Muramasa remains a mystery.

Thanks to the old blacksmith's deliberate concealment, most people's understanding of the blacksmith Muramasa was limited to the fact that he was a young man, and they knew nothing about his appearance or identity.

Most of the blacksmiths, however, were still denying the fact that Muramasa was a young man.

They felt that Muramasa's forging skills were comparable to some of the top mining clan masters, or even to Julian Jalisco, who was said to have forged forty-eight holy and demonic swords.

It would be impossible to do something so miraculous unless one is an unimaginably skilled forging master.

Yes, beyond miracles.

Shirou's swordsmanship skills may be average, but his forging skills have earned him recognition throughout the Kingdom of Asura. Every blacksmith who has the chance to witness the "Indestructible Sacred Weapon" is immediately captivated by it, either going mad or vowing never to forge weapons again.

After all, most blacksmiths of this era are no longer able to forge weapons of the Holy Sword level. Even the strongest blacksmith would feel ashamed when he saw the [Indestructible Supreme Saint].

It was like seeing an insurmountable cliff, an insurmountable barrier.

That is why so many people yearn to find the true identity of the blacksmith Muramasa and hope that he will forge them top-tier weapons.

However, Muramasa's identity remains highly secretive, and no one knows his true nature.

Of course, nothing stays hidden forever.

When one's status and power reach a certain level, even something with absolutely no clues can be traced.

"Reporting to Lady Ariel, we have discovered the possible location of the blacksmith Muramasa."

Inside the magnificent castle.

A servant rushed in and reported to the blonde girl by the window.

The blonde girl, Princess Ariel, who held the status of the second princess of the Asura Kingdom, slowly turned around. The indestructible Sacred Sword, with its sheath already made, was hanging at her waist, and a satisfied smile appeared on her lips.

"Where is he now?"

"According to the investigation, although his identity is unknown, his weapon should have been forged at Bereas Castle, and the seller of the materials has provided a reference."

"very good."

For the princess, even if the blacksmith himself deliberately concealed his identity, as long as the supplier of the forging materials was investigated, clues could still be found.

Ariel's lips curled into a bright smile, and she said with great anticipation, "I really want to know the true identity of such an extraordinary blacksmith. It seems I need to make a trip to Boreas..."

Chapter 140 Muramasa's Sword, Sweeps the World!

Time always seems to slip away quickly without us even realizing it.

Shirou has been at the Boreas family's house for a full year, and he is now thirteen years old in this world, while Alice is almost ten.

During such a long period of time, Shirou certainly couldn't have done nothing.

His first priority was to further refine his swordsmanship.

After he showed Gilead what a real sword was, Gilead officially began teaching him how to use the Blade of Light.

As mentioned before, the so-called "Light Blade" is essentially a sword technique that approaches the limit.

By fixing the shape of the sword to the specified angle developed by the first generation of sword gods, later generations, through countless imitations and practices, have finally come close to the swordsmanship used by the first generation of sword gods.

This sword technique is called the Light Katana.

Yes, for the first Sword God, the Blade of Light was not even a special technique; he simply swung the sword based on intuition and instinct.

But with just intuition and instinct, the first Sword God's sword had already touched the pinnacle that mortals could never reach in a lifetime.

The Blade of Light is the ultimate expression of pure swordsmanship.

However, all of this is limited to the form of swordsmanship. In terms of things with a physical form, the Blade of Light is the pinnacle. But if one wants to go further and make a breakthrough, one must abandon the fixed form and reach a more metaphysical and abstract realm in order to make further progress in swordsmanship.

Of course, that's something to consider only after breaking through to the Sword King realm. For Shirou, who hasn't yet broken through to the Sword Saint realm, all he needs to do is master the form of the Light Blade, nothing more.

Mastering the form of the Blade of Light is no easy task.

The first thing needed is a sword without a heart.

True mental clarity, a transcendent state of consciousness, requires a state of complete stillness and undisturbed thought at the moment of wielding the sword.

To do this, Shirou must be alone in a space where there is no one else around, and focus all his attention on wielding his sword.

If you swing your sword with distracting thoughts, the action will lose its meaning.

A sword swung merely by imitating form is meaningless.

Only when the sword is wielded without any distractions can one's senses be sharpened with each swing.

But how much improvement does a single sword swing actually provide?

It's like adding a thin layer of skin to a huge stone brick, so thin that you can see right through it from the other side—that's all.

It only made him stronger by a thin layer of skin.

How much more do we need to accumulate?

How long would it take to accumulate enough power to reach the true Light Blade?

Even the Sword God School members themselves don't know.

Because to this day, apart from the current Sword God, no Sword God-style practitioner dares to say that they can wield a true Blade of Light.

Even though both are techniques of the Light Blade, the difference between swordsmanship can be greater than the difference between a mountain and a hill.

Every swordsman of the Sword God style is like climbing a mountain with no visible peak. No matter how hard they try, even if they reach a higher summit, there will still be unseen barriers in front of them.

That was the skill of the first Sword God.

To this day, no one has been able to surpass it.

That gap is no longer a gap between people; no matter how much you remove your excess, it is still difficult to reach the true pinnacle.

However, this kind of thinking is the source of distracting thoughts.

His strong obsession and desire to become stronger are the biggest obstacles preventing Shirou from learning the Blade of Light.

When wielding a sword, one must not have any other thoughts; one must focus entirely on the movement of the sword itself.

This was undoubtedly a very difficult thing for Shirou.

Because he is a person who has always been very thoughtful, or rather, the way the Heroic Spirit Emiya fights is to find the means to win through thinking.

However, the Sword God Style and the Light Blade seem to go against the grain, leading him down a path he cannot understand at all, and one from which he can hardly find the answers.

This is undoubtedly a huge test for Shirou.

Besides training in the Blade of Light himself, Shirou also needs to teach Alice swordsmanship.

Unlike Shirou, Alice is a natural-born swordsmanship genius. Her thoughts are never complicated, and her only obsession in battle is to get as close as possible to defeat her opponent.

It was precisely because of this pure belief that Alice was able to successfully break through to the intermediate level of the Sword God style.

The term "intermediate level" refers to a level of strength that can rival that of a knight of average skill.

According to Kyrie Irvine, Alice should be able to rise to a higher rank within a few years.

While this speed may not be comparable to Shirou's back then, it can still be described as an extremely genius-level speed.

Most importantly, Alice had neglected her swordsmanship practice in the past due to her terrible personality, but now that she has recovered, she immediately showed unparalleled talent.

Shirou couldn't help but sigh, the gap between geniuses and ordinary people is always hard to fathom.

God is always quite unfair when it comes to talent.

Of course, Shirou himself is not a true genius, but he is a hardworking genius. If his talent is not as good as that of a true genius, he will put in more effort to break through his own limits.

While teaching Alice, he also spent more time on his own training, squeezing every minute of his time into his schedule, wishing he could use every single second for the most important things.

After all, Shirou has never considered himself a genius. He has always regarded himself as someone who needs to put in twice the effort to have any hope of reaching his limit.

In short, Shirou's swordsmanship has reached its pinnacle.

But besides swordsmanship, Shirou did more than just do nothing.

For him, besides swordsmanship, there is another important matter at present: forging weapons and showing himself as a blacksmith.

For him, forging weapons was as simple as eating and drinking.

According to the old blacksmith, he possesses forging skills approaching those of the current Sword God in swordsmanship.

But Shirou still habitually became a hard worker.

For him, nothing can be considered accomplished unless he puts in enough sweat and effort.

However, his talent in forging sometimes amazes even himself.

He seemed born to forge weapons; with one effort, he could reap tenfold rewards. The weapons he casually forged with a peaceful mind were enough to astound the world.

If he were to put all his effort into forging it, risking his beliefs, he might even forge a top-tier divine weapon that ordinary people could not even imagine.

In short, Shirou realized his talent in forging, but in order to further improve his sword magic and replace the projection magic of the Heroic Spirit Emiya that could corrupt him at any time, he still had to take his forging skills to the next level.

During the past six months, he has created new works almost every so often.

He forged the treasures from his memory, turning them into concrete weapons through tempering, and then handed them over to the old blacksmith, Muramasa, who sold them as a blacksmith.

The reason for selling them is that the money required for forging is still too much.

Most blacksmiths are backed by a powerful force and rely on its supplies to maintain their daily expenses and balance.

Even with the help of an old blacksmith, Shirou still needs a considerable amount of money to forge weapons on his own.

If Shirou doesn't sell the weapons he forges, he could easily run into a cash flow crisis and be unable to produce new weapons.

This is very similar to some game companies in modern society.

Because the production costs are so enormous, and each new game has to be more refined and sophisticated than the old ones, each new game requires funds to cover the costs of the new game. This creates a virtuous cycle by continuously producing new games to supply new ones.

While Shirou's forging costs weren't as high as those of modern game development, they were still unimaginably high, considering the materials used, the workshops employed, and the costs of various procedures. Furthermore, in his desire to refine his skills, he would often push his limits and forge weapons that might otherwise break.

Under this mandatory approach, Shirou's forging costs were frighteningly high. Every time he forged a weapon, he needed a lot of money to cover the costs, forcing him to forge weapons and sell them at high prices in order to cover the expenses of forging.

Under such circumstances, the reputation of the blacksmith Muramasa grew increasingly widespread. Not only in the Kingdom of Asura, but also in the Kingdom of Wanglong, the Holy Kingdom of Milis, and the three magical kingdoms of the north, Muramasa's name began to spread, and his weapons were touted as miraculous.

However, in fact, the weapons that Shirou forged were indeed very special.

During the past six months, he focused on forging three weapons: Nero's Noble Phantasm, Primordial Flame; Gawain's Noble Phantasm, Cyclone Victory; and Siegfried's Noble Phantasm, the Greatsword of the Fallen Demon.

Every weapon he forges is incredibly amazing, and its effects are among the best.

The primordial fire goes without saying; flames are permanently wrapped around the sword, and the scorching vortex it emits after being infused with magic can devour everything around it.

The Sword of Victory is also known as the Little Sun. Although its power is not as great as the Golden Sword of Victory and the Sword of Excalibur, when infused with magic, its attacks, which sweep out like the sun, far surpass those of the Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Lake.

The appearance of Last Fantasy Claymore: Fallen Demon caused a sensation throughout the world.