In the days that followed, Shirou and the others fought many monsters.
Stone Wood, Giant Tortoise, Poison Acid Wolf, Paks Coyote...
Different monsters have different traits and extremely strong destructive power. The monsters everywhere are the reason why the entire Demon Continent is so dangerous.
For example, the Giant Tortoise has extremely strong defense. As long as it pulls its head into its shell, external attacks can hardly break through it. Stone Wood is the main source of wood on the Demon Continent. Not only is it strong, but it's also easy to light and use as firewood. The only problem is that Stone Wood itself is aggressive, and ordinary people probably can't chop it for firewood.
But this wasn't a problem for Shirou's team.
Because Ruijerd's strength was extraordinary, and after gathering his powerful power, he could defeat even the Giant Tortoise with one blow.
Shirou also had plentiful experience in fighting monsters. He could take different actions against different monsters for effective strikes. Added to that, the Sword God Style's extraordinary speed gave him an advantage. Even against fast wolf packs, he could easily defeat them.
The only problem was Eris. She was arguably the weakest of the three. Even when facing the weakest monster on paper, she had to put in all her effort and attack with extreme caution to defeat the enemy.
However, compared to when she first started fighting monsters, Eris's condition had improved quite a bit. She had adapted to the rhythm of battle and wouldn't get overly excited after defeating a monster, like she used to, to the point of getting covered in the monster's blood.
After fighting monsters many times, Eris's sword skills had improved significantly. She had even reached the threshold of the upper level of the Sword God Style, only one step away from breaking through.
Although her rate of improvement wasn't as fast as Shirou's and Isolte's, she was still a considerable genius.
After all, even Paul was only an upper-level Swordsman!
Although Paul was actually an upper level in three styles, so his strength was definitely higher than that of an average upper-level Swordsman, considering Eris's talent, surpassing Paul in the future should only be a matter of time.
How did Paul become a unit of combat power without me noticing?
"Shirou, come here!"
While Shirou was thinking, Ruijerd, who had just finished fighting, suddenly called out.
Shirou walked over and found Ruijerd looking quite anxious.
He was a little confused at first, but he quickly realized the reason for Ruijerd's anxiety. Eris had been injured in the previous battle, and there were obvious wounds on her wrists and ankles.
Ruijerd was an excellent warrior, but he obviously didn't know how to use magic, let alone healing magic.
Shirou also didn't know how to use healing magic.
But that didn't mean Shirou had no way to heal injuries.
"Wait a moment."
As he said that, Shirou took out the Sword of Promised Victory, which was wrapped in cloth, from his pack. Although the Sword of Promised Victory now had a scabbard, Shirou still wouldn't show the golden Holy Sword to outsiders easily because it was too noticeable.
Now that he was showing the Sword of Promised Victory and its scabbard Avalon for the first time, it undoubtedly surprised Ruijerd and Eris.
"The faraway dreamland, Release!"
As Shirou actively released the power of Avalon, he spread the healing power of the scabbard over Eris.
Under the protection of the healing halo, Eris's wounds gradually healed.
"Wow, so, so amazing?"
Eris looked surprised.
Ruijerd asked curiously, "Is this a magic item of your human race?"
"Sort of."
Shirou had no intention of explaining the origin of Avalon, so he let Ruijerd assume it was an ordinary magic item.
Although Eris didn't know when Shirou had obtained Avalon, she didn't think too much about it. After all, it was hard for most people to imagine being able to forge such a magical magic item.
After healing Eris's injuries, Shirou also wiped the blood stains from Eris's face and tidied up her messy hair.
Ruijerd watched all this from the side and said with a smile, "Shirou, you're a good older brother."
"No..."
Shirou couldn't respond to Ruijerd's words.
After all, only he knew that he wasn't a good older brother. He had made mistakes in the past that were hard to make up for, so he didn't deserve praise.
Ruijerd seemed to see Shirou's reaction. Although he didn't know Shirou's past, he could sense Shirou's regret.
Because he himself had the same emotions, having killed his own family in a frenzy under the influence of the Demon Lance.
So he said quietly, "It doesn't matter what happened in the past. What matters is now. You still have Eris as your sister, don't you?"
"Ruijerd..."
Hearing Ruijerd's words, Shirou hesitated for a moment, then showed a grateful expression. "I understand, so I won't make the same mistake again. This time, I'll definitely do everything I can to protect Eris."
"Yeah, that's right."
Shirou and Ruijerd understood each other and showed friendly expressions.
Eris, on the other hand, couldn't help but complain, "What? I'm also very strong, okay? I'll protect myself! And when I get stronger, maybe I'll be the one protecting Shirou!"
"Hehe, let's talk about that after you get stronger."
Shirou said with a smile.
And his reaction obviously made Eris unhappy. The girl became even more determined to become stronger in the future and completely impress Shirou.
In the evening, the group camped in the wild.
Dinner was giant tortoise meat.
This meat was originally quite terrible. Not only did it have a strong fishy smell, but the meat was also tough. It had to be stewed slowly for a long time to change the texture.
Given the limited conditions, not even Shirou could make this ingredient delicious.
For example, after Eris got used to the tasty food Shirou cooked, she suddenly ate meat that was so fishy and tough that she threw up on the spot.
Ruijerd, on the other hand, usually ate grilled meat himself and never added any seasoning.
After eating so much of that terrible food, Shirou's roughly prepared dishes felt very delicious to him, and he praised Shirou's cooking.
After dinner, Ruijerd was in a good mood, so he specially introduced Shirou and Eris to methods of maintaining weapons.
Shirou knew a lot about this, but he still listened carefully.
Simply put, you have to clean and polish your weapons often. If you ignore the blood stains on your weapons, it will not only attract other monsters, but also reduce their sharpness.
"Speaking of which, what is Ruijerd's spear made of?"
Shirou suddenly had a question.
He had actually been confused about the material of Ruijerd's weapon for a long time, because he could hardly identify Ruijerd's weapon material with the naked eye.
"It's me."
"???"
"The Superd race is born with a spear."
Amidst Shirou's confusion, Ruijerd quietly described the unique racial characteristics of the Superd race.
It is said that when a Superd is born, he has a three-pronged tail. As he grows, the tail also lengthens, and after a certain age, it suddenly hardens and separates from the body.
But even when separated, the spear seems to still be a part of the body, and it becomes sharper the more it is used.
It will never break, and it will never be broken by anything. It's the strongest spear that can pierce through everything in the world... Depending on the holder's own training, it may also grow into such a sharp weapon.
"A weapon that is bound to the body and grows with the host. There are weapons like that."
Shirou was quite surprised, amazed by the unique racial characteristics of the Superd race.
He then wondered, if he modified Ruijerd's weapon, would it affect the weapon's performance? Could it even affect Ruijerd himself?
But his questions couldn't be answered after all. The Superd's situation was too special, and Shirou wasn't shameless enough to experiment with Ruijerd's weapon.
So he just thought about it casually in his mind and didn't actively ask his questions.
...
After resting for one night.
The next day, the three set out again and successfully arrived at the nearest town, Rikarisu, before sunset.
This is one of the three major cities of the Demon Continent.
It is said that during the Human-Demon War, this was the town used as a base by the Demon Emperor Kishirika Kishirissu.
The first thing that surprises you when you see this town is its location. It's actually built in the crater of a huge circular mountain. The walls of the circular mountain have become natural city walls, blocking enemy invasions several times. Now, they also serve to prevent monster invasions, making it a natural barrier.
The center of the town is Kishiris Castle, which is half collapsed. It was destroyed during the Laplace War, when the demon king of Kishirika's faction fought the demon god Laplace.
The walls of the circular mountain are very high, so unless you can fly, it's hard to invade from anywhere other than the entrance.
There are only two guards at the entrance, but with such a location, two people are enough.
Shirou then looked at Ruijerd and said quietly, "Well then, next we need to disguise you a bit, Ruijerd."
"No problem."
Ruijerd had no objections to this.
If he entered the town in his original appearance, he would definitely be driven out, so disguising himself was a matter of course.
Shirou and Eris then began to try everything they could to change Ruijerd's appearance. First, they found black sewage to dye his green hair black. They also used a strip of cloth to cover the red gem on Ruijerd's forehead.
After roughly hiding his appearance, the group arrived at the town gate.
The demon soldiers at the gate, one with a snake head and one with a pig head, looked incredibly fierce. After seeing Shirou and the others arrive, they conducted a simple search and let them in directly.
The demons didn't seem to have any prejudice against humans and didn't have any special discriminatory attitude towards them.
The two demon guards even friendly reminded Shirou and the others to be careful of the Superd race's [Dead End].
Shirou didn't understand what [Dead End] was, but he didn't have time to ask, and he entered the town of Rikarisu.
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