Fast!
Too fast!
Shirou felt the force and speed of Ghislaine's sword just now. His muscles even reacted late, sending out uncontrollable tremors.
That was an exaggerated speed he hadn't expected at all. The sword seemed to traverse time and space, capable of appearing anywhere at will, unleashing a strike with divine speed beyond sight!
This is the power of the Sword King!
When Sword God Style reaches the King level, the speed it possesses is so unimaginable.
If Shirou's combat experience wasn't rich enough, and his Mind's Eye ability to handle unknown situations wasn't sufficient, he probably would have been defeated instantly by Ghislaine just now!
However, thankfully, Shirou's combat experience was rich enough, and coupled with Servant Emiya's Mind's Eye, he could capture even strikes his eyes couldn't follow with his intuition.
But even so, the force from Ghislaine's sword was completely irresistible. The pure difference in power was even great enough to send Shirou flying, along with his sword.
Therefore, Shirou immediately realized the disadvantage of close combat. Or rather, he had no chance of engaging in close combat with a Swordsman of this level!
"What's wrong? Afraid to attack?"
Seeing Shirou pushed back by her, not only did he not reorganize himself to attack, but instead tried to create distance, Ghislaine frowned slightly.
It wasn't that she thought Shirou's choice was too cowardly. After experiencing that sword strike, he must have realized how powerful her Light Katana was.
Yes, Ghislaine's casual attack just now had already used the ultimate technique of Sword God Style, the Light Katana.
It's a skill that Sword God Style Swordsmen can only comprehend after reaching the peak of their abilities.
And Ghislaine, as a beastman, with the blessing of the beastman's natural gifts, her sword skills' speed and power were far beyond ordinary people. She could even wield the Light Katana with one hand, completing a divine-speed iaido strike that the eye couldn't follow.
Although wielding a sword with one hand would reduce power and damage, the one-handed iaido strike possessed an extremely difficult-to-defend reaction advantage.
So, the fact that Shirou was able to block Ghislaine's sword with his intuition and reflexes, although partly because Ghislaine hadn't gone all out in order to test her opponent's strength, was enough to show how quick Shirou's reactions were. That was a reaction that only came from countless trials and battles.
Ghislaine was very interested in Shirou because of this, very curious about how much more surprise this young boy could bring her.
Seeing Shirou create distance from her, Ghislaine assumed that he planned to take time to reorganize his stance, so she didn't pursue him further.
In the battle just now, she had instantly judged that Shirou's swordsmanship level was only that of a high-level Sword God Style.
Wanting to defeat the Red Dragon with this level of fighting power was clearly wishful thinking.
So, unless the rumor of him killing the Red Dragon was just a boring rumor, he must have some special ability that she couldn't understand.
As Ghislaine was thinking this, she suddenly saw Shirou pick up a bow and arrow from the ground. It was a bow and arrow that was usually placed outside, the string still brand new.
Ghislaine was undoubtedly very confused by Shirou's actions.
Putting aside the fact that Shirou's action of suddenly picking up a bow and arrow as a Swordsman was very abrupt, the main thing was that he only took the bow, but there were no arrows around for him to use.
Without arrows, how could the bow be used?
Before Ghislaine could think, Shirou had already given the answer.
"Projection, start!"
Accompanied by Shirou's projecting action, alternating streams of hot and cold water and flames appeared in his hands out of thin air.
The elements contained in the earth showed obvious changes in his hands, and finally directly projected a short sword that looked very similar to an arrow!
"This is... magic?"
Ghislaine noticed Shirou's actions and couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression.
She never expected that Shirou, a Sword God Style Swordsman, had actually learned magic.
Moreover, his magic was very strange. That kind of magic that created weapons out of thin air was something that even the knowledgeable Ghislaine was seeing for the first time.
While Ghislaine was curious and full of interest in Shirou, Shirou's heart was already extremely tense about the power of the Sword King before him.
In that brief exchange just now, Shirou realized that engaging in melee combat with Ghislaine was an almost impossible task.
The difference between the two sides in terms of speed, strength, and swordsmanship was not to say like heaven and earth, but at least the difference between a giant and an ant.
Shirou had absolutely no chance of defeating Ghislaine in close combat.
Therefore, Shirou decisively changed his approach. Since swordsmanship couldn't allow him to defeat Ghislaine, he would use another technique he was good at, archery!
Relying on the long-range poke ability of the bow and arrow to pull at the opponent as much as possible was the only way he could continue this battle.
Moreover, because Shirou hadn't prepared arrows in advance, he could only choose to use sword magic to create weapons as a substitute for arrows.
The magic of swords wasn't projection magic after all, and the difference between the two wasn't just in quality, but also in the speed of activation.
Shirou chose to create a powerful enough weapon for this, relying on the magic of swords to create a powerful weapon that existed in his memory, trying to establish enough suppression in one strike to defeat his opponent!
"Projection complete."
"This is, Fake Spiral Sword!"
Shirou took a deep breath, placed the strange weapon created by the magic of swords in his hand on the bowstring, and drew the bow with an extremely stable posture!
Fake Spiral Sword.
One of the projected Noble Phantasms possessed by Servant Emiya, and also one of the few weapons developed by Servant Emiya himself. It was a projection and modification of the famous sword "Caladbolg" from the Ulster legends. It not only had extremely firm properties, but also had a spiral blade.
Putting aside what kind of effect this spiral blade would have when used in swordsmanship, at least, when Servant Emiya used it as a bow and arrow, the spiral blade could provide further, and even far beyond imagination, kinetic and potential energy for the shooting of the bow and arrow.
Before the Red Dragon battle, Shirou had spent a long time trying to use the magic of swords to replicate this powerful ability of Servant Emiya.
But because the activation speed of sword magic was slow, it couldn't be used temporarily at close range, so he wasn't able to use it when facing the Red Dragon.
At this time, facing Ghislaine who was deliberately holding back, not planning to close the distance in time, Shirou naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity that her carelessness created for him!
Shirou merely placed the Fake Spiral Sword on the bowstring, and an indescribable sharpness and destructive power emanated from the space out of thin air!
"!!!"
For a time, Ghislaine's beastman fur began to rise inexplicably.
As a beastman, her senses were far beyond ordinary humans, so even from such a distant place, the pressure exuded by Shirou's projected Fake Spiral Sword was firmly fixed on her.
At this moment, Ghislaine finally lost any sense of ease. She gripped the black blade at her waist firmly with both hands, her whole body was like a cheetah, the muscles all over her body suddenly tightened, as if she would launch at an unimaginable speed at any time!
Because of this, Shirou felt a surge of oppressive feeling that was almost about to devour him. The Sword King's all-out attack, the mere preparation was enough to make his heart stop beating.
But Shirou didn't hesitate at this time.
The arrow was on the string, it had to be fired!
Even if he lost, he had to show his full strength!
"IAmTheBoneOfMySword."
Familiar chanting emerged from Shirou's mouth. His magical energy at this moment was completely concentrated on the arrow in his hand, and without hesitation, he released the bowstring towards Ghislaine's position!
"Snap!"
Space seemed to be shrunk into a line in an instant!
Shirou and Ghislaine were separated by a long distance.
But this distance was crossed by a beam of light in an instant!
"Boom!"
In the eyes of the surrounding people, the arrow shot by Shirou was like a stream of light tearing through space, breaking the air and tearing open a clear crack!
And with an absolutely inescapable speed, it arrived in front of Ghislaine in the blink of an eye!
However, Ghislaine had never thought of dodging from the beginning.
As the Sword King of the Sword God Style, she had been prepared from the beginning to block Shirou's attack head-on.
"Puchi—!"
Ghislaine moved.
In the eyes of the crowd, Ghislaine's actions were perhaps best described not as creating afterimages, but her self being a frozen moment in time.
It is said that when an observer approaches the speed of light, a clear Doppler shift phenomenon can be observed.
When the speed is too fast, the colors received by the sight will show a special phenomenon of blue shift or red shift. That is not just a visual illusion, but a wave vibration produced by the space itself.
The swordsmanship of the Sword God Style is like this.
The so-called Light Sword is when the speed of the sword is so fast that it approaches the speed of light, and even the movement of a person alone can cause the Doppler shift phenomenon.
Such divine speed is the Sword God Style!
"Crack!"
The Fake Spiral Sword shot by Shirou was broken head-on by Ghislaine's black long sword. The fragile weapon created by the magic of swords was no match for the divine-speed sword strike.
Moreover, Ghislaine's action itself didn't stop because of this. When the Light Sword was swung, if it didn't hit the opponent, it would never stop!
"Boom!"
In the eyes of the crowd, the long distance between Ghislaine and Shirou seemed to be compressed into a point in an instant.
The sword in the former's hand didn't stop at all, and it tore open the space straight, arriving at Shirou's throat in the blink of an eye!
"Click!"
The sword was stopped at the last critical moment.
Ghislaine seemed to have maintained her rationality at the last moment, not being swallowed by her beastly nature. She stopped in time, so she didn't hurt Shirou at all.
But even so, Shirou felt that he had experienced nearly a thousand deaths in that instant, and felt how terrifying the existence of a Sword King level expert was!
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