Shirou Emiya is determined to kill all the cursed spirits and evil spirits

"...Curser?"

Barely suppressing the anger in his heart and refraining from attacking directly, Emiya tried to inquire about the other party's identity.

Although his whole body is filled with ominous cursed energy, he still looks like a sub-human, which is very strange.

"No, I guessed wrong."

Covered in stitches, he continued to walk forward, his arms open and an exaggerated smile on his face.

"I am a cursed spirit!"

It wasn't out of bad taste, nor was it out of any kind of arrogance. Rather, he felt from the bottom of his heart that being a cursed spirit was something that made him feel quite happy.

After all, the world is full of humans who can kill and give life at will, and are not bound by any rules. Isn’t this worth being happy about?

"Cursed Spirit?!"

Emiya was deeply surprised by this.

So far, he has gained a lot of knowledge from the world of spells, and he also clearly understands that even a special-grade spell spirit is only several times stronger than a first-grade spell spirit in terms of power, and it is not reflected in wisdom.

But it would be fine if the cursed spirit could communicate normally with humans, but why is its appearance almost the same as that of a normal human?

"Really? You look so surprised. How can I explain this to you..."

Instead of choosing to fight Emiya directly, the cursed spirit even pinched its chin and pondered, as if trying to teach him these things.

"Have it!"

"Cursed spirits are a collection of cursed energy flowing from humans. Even if they don't actually exist, they can easily manifest as a powerful curse, even if they don't have a universally recognized, terrifying image."

"For example, there are many famous monsters and strange stories, such as Miss Hanako in the toilet or the Nine-tailed Demon Fox."

"Spellcasters register these as special-grade false ghosts and are wary of them. Powerful curses with unknown identities are often classified as false ghosts first..."

"But that's too one-sided. People are afraid of more than just these imaginary stories."

In ancient times, many ignorant people were always afraid of ghosts and gods, but it is different in modern times.

Except for certain special moments, most people have little respect for ghosts and gods. Even if they are afraid of urban legends, it only happens in special places.

But there are some things that humans have been afraid of since the beginning of their existence, and that is——

"...natural disaster?"

Emiya subconsciously spoke out when he thought of this possibility.

"Bingo~ Correct."

"People have always feared the earth, the forests, and the oceans... The cursed energy flowing into them is too great, so they gained wisdom before they were formed and remain dormant until now."

“I’m proud to be your partner.”

During their first few conversations, the other party casually revealed a lot of information, and this information was exactly what surprised Emiya.

It is true that humans fear the earth, which may be hit by natural disasters at any time, and the ocean, which is still unfathomable.

But according to the other party, these fears have actually formed curse spirits a long time ago, but their intelligence far exceeds that of ordinary curses, so they have been hidden until now?

You can imagine how important this kind of information is.

"So, do you know from what fear I was born?"

Without waiting for Emiya to respond, this guy answered on his own.

“It’s humans.”

"I am a cursed spirit born from the hatred and fear of man towards man, and I understand these human emotions better than anyone else."

"So... just call me the real one, Emiya-kun."

boom----!

The moment he finished speaking, he stomped on the floor and came behind Emiya at an extremely fast speed, stretching out his palm to touch his shoulder.

Bah!

Unfortunately, Emiya is still one step faster.

Gan Jiang Moye slashed at the opponent's outstretched arm without hesitation, splitting the guy's palm and half of his arm into two pieces.

After the attack, Emiya immediately jumped away because his intuition told him that he could not be touched by this guy.

This nonchalant attitude, conversation and sudden attack were just to touch him, which was obviously impossible.

However, nothing resembling blood flowed from the opponent's broken wound.

"Ah, it was clearly protected by cursed energy, so how come it still broke?"

"Is it a weapon that has a bonus against attacking cursed spirits?"

Like a rag doll, the cursed spirit's palm was only connected by a few threads, but it was checking its wounds as if it felt no pain at all, and even pulled the threads and swung them a few times.

This series of actions even made Emiya begin to suspect that the guy in front of him was not his real self at all.

Things like puppets, even those that look just like real people, exist in the magic world.

But the next second, the other party once again asked Emiya a new question.

"I say, which came first, the soul or the body?"

"Isn't there a question like, which came first, the chicken or the egg? So, do you think the soul resides in the body, or is the soul encased in the body?"

Emiya was stunned.

Is this asking him which is more important, the soul or the body?

According to the birth process of life, most people would naturally think that the body is conceived first and then the soul is born. However, if we consider it from the perspective of the Heroic Spirits, it is clear that the soul comes before the body.

"The latter."

He didn't think about the other party's problem seriously. The reason why Emiya was willing to talk was not only to obtain information, but also mainly to wait for support from Nanami Kento.

After all, this was what they had agreed upon.

"Oh, we do have a lot in common."

Although they were enemies from every angle, the real person smiled happily.

He raised his arm, and as he spoke, the wound on it began to heal at an extremely fast speed.

"Whenever the soul is before the body, the shape of the body is affected by the shape of the soul. This is not healing, but simply steadfastly maintaining the shape of one's soul."

"You should have understood, right?"

"My technique is to touch the soul and change its shape..."

"——[Transformation without Action]."

Volume 1: Chapter 50: Hope? Justice? Miracle?

What kind of state should the soul be in?

I'm afraid that the vast majority of people in the world, including magicians and sorcerers, cannot give a relatively objective answer.

Although Emiya does believe that the soul exists, but saying that the soul can determine the state of the body, such a thing...

As far as he knew, only the so-called "Third Law" could influence reality by materializing the soul.

But the cursed spirit in front of him told Emiya that his technique was to touch the soul and change its form, which in turn affected the survival of the real body.

Simply unheard of.

Does this mean that even if his body is cut into two pieces, as long as his soul is not harmed, this guy can still restore his body by restoring the form of his soul?

It sounds like this is completely different from the way ordinary people fight.

And because of the technique, Emiya must not be touched by this guy during the battle, otherwise he would not understand what the attack and defense battle at the soul level is like.

There is no doubt that the cursed spirit standing in front of Emiya is definitely above level one.

Always maintaining a state of alert, Emiya's eyes kept scanning the opponent's body full of seams, trying to find any weaknesses or flaws.

But at this moment, the cursed spirit on the opposite side spoke again.

"Emiya-kun, humans don't actually have hearts."

"Humans have souls, but they don't have hearts. They are two completely different things."

"They imagine things they can't see to be too magical. But I, the only one who can see the structure of the soul and can change the form of a creature by touching it, understand that joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are merely the products of the soul's metabolism. Calling such a thing a 'heart' is a bit of a stretch."

"The soul is like the body, there's nothing special about it. It just exists here."

Having said this, the cursed spirit showed a hint of sigh on its face, as if it felt regretful about it.

"So-called right and wrong are nothing more than meaningless things humans use to constrain themselves. In reality, all human souls are similar. Just because someone is a good person doesn't make their soul purer, nor does being a bad person make it more polluted."

"So you understand, life has no value or weight. Like water between heaven and earth, life is just a cycle of reincarnation."

"You and I are the same, meaningless and worthless. Because of this, you can do whatever you want!"

He is obviously just a cursed spirit that was born not long ago, but he seems to have formed a fairly complete outlook on life and values.

Because they think everything is meaningless, they do evil without restraint. This is really a very evil idea.

Having said that, I haven't seen him give away all his meaningless things?

Even though the cursed spirit's words made sense, Emiya was not shaken at all. Instead, he became more determined to kill this guy.

A cursed spirit that possesses intelligence and is determined to act recklessly is much more dangerous than a cursed spirit that only acts on instinct.

After realizing that Emiya didn't listen to his ideas at all, Masato's hand, which had been raised due to his growing emotions, slowly fell.

"What a pity! I thought you would understand me if it were you."

"After all, your soul is different from everyone else's...very special."

"Even a powerful sorcerer's soul is only structurally more stable. But yours is different from everyone else's."

"The soul should be a meaningless substance, so dark that it only overflows with impurities...your soul emits a faint but alluring light..."

"Hope? Justice? Miracle?"

"What kind of light is that? I'm really curious! Very curious, extremely curious!!"

Like a child who has found a new toy, or perhaps just a psychopath having a seizure.

He twisted his grip on his wrists, his whole body trembling with excitement.

"If I can thoroughly study your soul, my technique will surely be able to achieve a decisive sublimation... Don't worry, I won't damage such an important soul as yours."

"How about coming over to my side?"

He asked this as he couldn't help but lick it with his tongue as if he had seen some delicious food.

"Oh, of course..."

Emiya suddenly relaxed his body from his guarded stance.

Then, at the moment when the opponent also began to relax, he threw the weapon in his hand without hesitation, allowing Gan Jiang Moye to form a spinning posture in mid-air and cross-attack the opponent.

"Of course I have to kill a disgusting guy like you without mercy!!!"

"Trace on!"

From the beginning to the end, Emiya had never killed any human being with his own hands, and he had not yet experienced that kind of growth.

Normally, when facing this cursed spirit that looked almost human, Emiya should have restrained himself. But for some reason, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, and only wanted to kill this cursed spirit that had harmed so many people with his own hands.

"What? You didn't run away, but came towards me instead?"

"Then you better be careful not to get touched by my hand!"

As he spoke, the real person also covered his palms with the surging cursed power in his body, crossed them in front of his chest and grabbed the flying blade.

boom--!

There was a sound like steel colliding, and in the end, the real person's palm was cut in half by the high-speed rotating blade.

Without giving him time to shudder, Emiya rushed forward and raised the sharp blade in his hand high—

"You guys really don't learn from your mistakes!"

Using cursed power to fight against the husband and wife swords that have exorcist properties is a very wrong act in itself.

boom--!