"Did it work?"
Shirou's mind completely reached its limit.
He didn't even have time to think about the feeling of that last sword strike. His mind completely shut down, and he fell straight to the ground. But Paul caught him in time and held him up.
"Shirou!"
"Brother Shirou!"
Roxy and Rudeus rushed over from the side.
They had both been watching Shirou and Paul's sword training, and they were inspired by Shirou's determination to never stop until he reached his limit.
Anyone who saw how Shirou continued to move, knowing he couldn't do it, burning his body and soul completely, just to push beyond his limits, would be amazed.
"This kid is really something..."
Paul looked at Shirou in his arms and couldn't help but sigh.
As Shirou's sword teacher, he knew Shirou's condition best.
When he first started teaching Shirou swordsmanship, he noticed that Shirou was very unique. He had a solid foundation in sword techniques, and his battle thinking was clear and decisive. He could make the right decisions in any situation, attacking or counterattacking.
This kind of person is very suitable for sword training and can show extraordinary talent in swordsmanship, especially in Water God Style and North God Style.
Because whether it's the defensive Water God Style or the North God Style that advocates winning by any means, both require making real-time judgments in battle and taking corresponding measures to win.
If Shirou practiced these two styles, he would definitely have great talent and achieve unimaginable things.
But Shirou didn't choose Water God Style or North God Style. He seemed to have a strong obsession and insisted on choosing Sword God Style.
Paul didn't agree with Shirou's choice because he saw that Shirou wasn't suitable for Sword God Style.
He didn't have the belief of being born for the sword, dying for the sword, and dedicating his life to pursuing the ultimate sword path.
Shirou's goal in wielding the sword wasn't pure, and that was his biggest obstacle in practicing Sword God Style.
So, in training, Paul deliberately increased the intensity almost every time, making Shirou struggle in unspeakable torment.
He did this to make Shirou give up, realize that he wasn't suitable for training in Sword God Style, and switch to other styles.
But to Paul's surprise, his difficulty didn't make Shirou feel dissatisfied. Instead, he became more and more courageous in the training, and even asked him to increase the intensity of the training many times.
Paul then realized that Shirou wasn't the kind of person who would give up because of difficulties.
On the contrary, he was the kind of person who could enjoy growth in difficulties and learn to become stronger in training.
After understanding this, Paul wholeheartedly taught Shirou the real Sword God Style. But he still had a hint of doubt in his mind, wondering if Shirou could wield the sword without any distracting thoughts.
And this hint of doubt completely disappeared with the near-sonic slash that Shirou unleashed just now.
Shirou was indeed an unimaginable child. His will was far beyond what ordinary people could match, and naturally, Sword God Style couldn't limit him.
"A sword without thought... It's hard to imagine you're only eight years old..."
Paul sighed and once again felt the pressure of being a father.
...
Since Shirou unleashed the sword without thought, Paul and Shirou had been sparring much less. Paul seemed to have felt the pressure from the young Shirou and began to train his own strength more seriously.
As for Shirou, although he unleashed the sword without thought, it was only a coincidence.
Since his body and mind had reached their limits, and his brain could hardly think, he finally had no distracting thoughts and wielded the sword only for the sake of wielding the sword.
After that, Shirou tried many exercises but couldn't immediately recreate the slash. But as the saying goes, as long as there is a direction, then you just need to keep moving forward.
In subsequent exercises, Shirou kept repeating the same thing, training with the sword until he was almost faint. Finally, he was able to swing the blade purely in pursuit of faster speed, without any thinking at all.
Roxy had been quietly watching Shirou's crazy behavior of almost using his life to practice swordsmanship.
Although Shirou didn't have talent in magic, Roxy decided to teach Shirou magic properly.
As for the reason, she couldn't explain it herself...
Maybe it was because Shirou's efforts had inspired her, or maybe it was because she was worried that Shirou would destroy his body by practicing swordsmanship so purely.
In short, she forced Shirou to practice magic with her for a while almost every day.
And Shirou's lack of talent in magic was only in comparison to Rudeus, who was too talented.
In fact, Shirou's magic talent was decent, at least at the average level of ordinary people. He could cast magic as long as he chanted the correct incantation.
But he couldn't do chantless magic, let alone accurately control the precision of magic.
Except in one situation.
That was earth magic.
Of course, not any earth magic, but only when using earth magic to create something like a weapon. Shirou's speed and precision in releasing magic were far beyond ordinary people.
The strange situation made Roxy feel very puzzled.
Because in her own memory, no one had ever had a similar situation. Why was magic more convenient when making weapons alone?
Although Roxy couldn't understand it, Shirou himself could probably understand it.
It had to do with his own Origin.
Although this world doesn't have such a concept, in Shirou's world, everyone has a concept called Origin.
Origin may be a creature or a tool. People are instinctively attracted to their Origin and merge with their Origin.
In Caster's field, Origin greatly affects Caster's magic, causing Caster to have unique specialties in some fields.
Shirou's Origin is the sword.
This unique Origin allows Emiya Shirou to perform unimaginable projections when projecting swords, and any weapon can be copied with low consumption and high efficiency.
Now, even if magic has turned into magic, Shirou will have a more exaggerated speed than ordinary people when he releases earth magic to construct a sword.
Of course, all of this is limited to swords, or things similar to the concept of a sword. If he constructs other things, Shirou will not have anything special.
"In that case, Shirou, you should practice earth element magic more and try to construct all kinds of weapons." Roxy said slowly, "In fact, earth elements can not only affect soil, but also affect metals and minerals. If you practices more, maybe you can directly make weapons such as knives and swords, which should be useful for your swordsmanship."
"Yes, thank you for your reminder, Miss Roxy."
Shirou smiled and said thankful words.
"Uh, uh..."
Roxy didn't expect to receive such a serious thank you, and she couldn't help but turn her head away. The roots of her ears became a little red for no reason...
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