Shirou fought Muya, the captain of the undead demon king Atofe's personal guard.
The undead demon king Atofe was quite famous.
She began to show her strength in history during the Second Human-Demon War.
As one of the five great demon kings, the daughter of Necros Lacrosse the Undead, Atofe served as the vanguard of the demon race in the Human-Demon War. Although not very smart, she possessed extremely high fighting ability and endurance, and was feared as a cruel and violent demon king.
But Atofe's power was not just her personal strength.
What truly made her feared by the world was the undead army she trained, like iron cavalry.
Because Atofe, as the undead demon king, had a special ability to make a contract with individuals and transform them into undead, with almost endless lifespans, she often subdued strong people with potential by force and forcibly turned them into her subordinates.
Over time, Atofe built an almost terrifying undead army, each member of which was recognized by Atofe herself as a brave person, and even included some strong humans, who became her subordinates by submitting to Atofe.
This shows how exaggerated Atofe's undead army was.
And as the captain of Atofe's personal guard, Muya's strength was obviously great.
The greatsword he wielded was clearly a huge weapon and an exaggerated motion, but the speed was so fast that it could almost create afterimages.
Of course, no matter how fast it was, it still couldn't catch up with the Sword God Style's Longsword of Light.
Shirou easily dodged Muya's slash and swung his sword back in a collision.
But at that moment, Shirou clearly felt a strong sense of unease.
That was the fact that before his sword reached Muya, it was affected by a strange energy. The originally extremely fast Longsword of Light was briefly delayed before reaching its target, so that its speed slowed down too much and was completely caught up.
"This is...magic?"
Never would he have thought that magic would appear in a swordsman's duel.
This was the first time Shirou had encountered such an unexpected event.
For a moment, his movements slowed down slightly.
When the captain of the guard, Muya, noticed this, he decisively launched a pursuit, gathering power in the greatsword in his hand and suddenly swung it.
"North God Style Constant Form Two, Circle Heaven Bloom!"
As Muya spun around with extremely amazing movements, the greatsword in his hand surged like a storm, directly stirring up a surge and waves in the air.
Ordinary people simply couldn't dodge the impact of this kind of force.
But after all, Shirou had learned the Sword God Style, the fastest swordsmanship in the world.
He didn't hesitate at all, jumping back instantly and dodging Muya's slash at the last moment.
But this was not the end.
As the demon king's guard, although Muya's sword tip failed to touch Shirou, he then directly raised his right hand and unleashed magic with almost fleeting speed.
"Magic power, blast of flames wrap around my body!"
On Muya's body, an astonishing amount of magic power was transformed into heat that could burn everything around it, spreading out with incredible explosive force.
Witnessing this scene, Shirou felt extremely familiar.
That was the scene that often occurred in Buena Village when he was fighting his younger brother Rudeus, practical magic.
Because chantless magic hasn't spread in this world, most of the magic in the world is generally large-scale and slow to prepare, so ordinary mages aren't good at one-on-one duels, but prefer to slowly prepare magic under the protection of warriors.
Shirou has fought so many powerful enemies so far, and only a handful of them know how to use magic.
The demon king's guard Muya in front of him was one of them.
Although the other party's magic wasn't instant-cast magic without chanting like Rudeus, his extremely fast magic chanting still made his magic no different from instant-casting.
And the most important thing was that Muya's magic was not only fast, but also extremely powerful. The blast of flames he released instantly almost evaporated the space, covering the adventurer's guild in flames, and even directly smashed a huge gap.
The demon adventurers were so frightened that they ran away on the spot, and Eris was not injured only under Ruijerd's protection, which shows how great its power was.
"Bang!"
The amazing firestorm ended.
The entire adventurer's guild can be said to have been turned into scorched earth.
The demon king's guards didn't take any extra actions at all. They still stood on the spot, letting the flames rush towards them, and didn't take any action.
It was as if this wasn't a hot firestorm, but just an insignificant breeze.
"Clatter."
After releasing the power of fire, Muya silently stared at the direction in front of him.
In the ruins created by the flames, Shirou's figure gradually emerged. At the most difficult moment, he directly split the flames with his sword.
But this action couldn't perfectly stop the vortex of flames.
As a result, there were obvious burns and scorch marks on Shirou's body.
However, the boy's eyes were still sharp, and the bright eyes were not affected by the amazing power just now, and his footsteps didn't retreat at all.
"Interesting."
Regarding Shirou's attitude, Muya couldn't help but let out a sigh of praise, "Even after seeing this kind of power, you're still not shaken. If Lord Atofe sees you like this, she will definitely appreciate you and want to bring you under her command."
"I have no intention of becoming a demon."
"That's not up to you to decide."
"..."
Muya's voice slowly fell.
Shirou couldn't respond to this.
Because he had indeed felt the horror of the undead demon king.
After all, Muya could be said to have successively displayed swordsmanship at the level of the North Saint, and magic at least at the level of the Fire King, or even above that.
Shirou had learned some North God Style from Paul.
Therefore, he knew very well that North God Style learners were generally a group of people who were not obsessed with the sword itself, but used all their abilities as much as possible. As long as they pursued victory, they didn't care about the form of the sword.
Because of this, Muya would use swordsmanship and magic one after another in battle.
And the other party's swordsmanship and magic were not something that ordinary people could compare to.
Adding them together wasn't just one plus one equals two, but a complete greater than two performance.
Shirou would undoubtedly be unable to defeat Muya with just the swordsmanship of the Sword God Style.
"..."
The moment he reached this point in his thinking, Shirou immediately made a judgment.
Since he couldn't win by relying solely on swordsmanship, the only way was to bring all of his abilities to the extreme and pursue the only chance of victory.
"Projection, start."
There was no extra hesitation and not much preparation.
Shirou had already prepared to use all his cards before this battle even started.
Facing the majestic demon king's guard, he couldn't be careless in any way. Only by bringing his own strength to the limit would he have a chance to pursue that only chance of victory.
"Pa!"
As Shirou once again drove the magic circuits in his right hand after a long time, a blue light lit up on his arm.
No one could understand this strange phenomenon.
Although Muya noticed something was wrong, he didn't react much. Instead, he silently gathered even more exaggerated magic power than before to release magic.
"Spirits of fire that fill the heavens and earth"
Muya's chanting this time was much slower than before.
This also meant that the magic power he gathered and the formulas he condensed were more advanced than the attack just now.
Shirou knew that he couldn't avoid it, and he didn't have any intention of running away, so he simply stood there and began to prepare to condense magic power as well.
"I Am The Bone Of My Sword!"
Shirou raised his right hand.
While wielding his sword forward, he began to project in front of him.
Muya noticed his actions, but couldn't understand what kind of magic Shirou was using, or rather, he never thought that a Sword God Style swordsman would also use magic.
Unlike the North God Style, which is willing to learn any moves and even keen on learning various skills, the Sword God Style has a strong obsession with swords, and often doesn't accept any skills other than swordsmanship.
In the brief hesitation, Muya still didn't stop his movements, and a clearer chant came from within the black armor.
"Spirits of fire, grant me power [The Burning Heaven]"
Muya released a fireball in his hand that was almost as hot as the sun.
The quality and energy of the fireball were unbelievably exaggerated. Just looking at it would cause a stinging sensation in the eyes as if staring directly at the sun.
Facing this kind of attack, unless one's body was as hard as bedrock, no one could withstand it.
Shirou also had a clear understanding of Fire King-level magic.
The human body couldn't withstand that level of power.
Even if he was now a Sword Saint, he couldn't split the flames with strength alone using swordsmanship.
In this way, the only thing he could rely on was his projection.
And he did indeed have full confidence in his projection.
Even Fire King-level magic might not be able to be blocked.
"Trace, On!"
"The Seven Rings that Cover the Burning Heavens!"
An astonishing amount of magic power suddenly appeared in Shirou's hand, and a petal-shaped shield composed of seven faces appeared in front of him, overlapping layer upon layer, and finally forming a circular shield of seven pieces.
This was a rare defensive Noble Phantasm among Servant Emiya's abilities.
It originated from the Trojan War in Greek mythology, when Ajax used it to block Hector's spear, creating a bronze shield covered with seven layers of oxhide.
Its defensive power was so strong that it could withstand anti-city Noble Phantasms. Each of the seven petals was enough to match a conceptual city wall.
The former Shirou could only project one petal. Only existences of Servant Emiya's level could completely carry out all the projections.
But now, Shirou directly created three petals, forming an amazing defense line, blocking all attacks.
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