"Ah? What was that?" Shizuku, holding Yoisame, didn't have time to discern what had just flown past before she was caught in a sudden explosion. The oncoming storm blew her and Stella backward. But that was all. Under Shirou's precise control, the explosion caused by the arrow was perfectly contained in front of Shizuku, causing no harm to either of them.
Even so, both Shizuku and Stella, who had directly faced the explosion, felt a lingering fear. After all, from a visual standpoint, the sudden attack seemed to include both of them. It was truly fortunate that they weren't harmed!
"Are you two okay?" Hearing the voice from behind, Shizuku and Stella, who had been somewhat scared, immediately turned around and saw Shirou's figure.
"Brother!" Seeing Shirou's arrival, Stella immediately rushed over. On the other side, Shizuku, who was about to smile, seeing that reinforcements had finally arrived, suddenly noticed Oborozuki in Shirou's hand, and her expression instantly tightened.
"Was that arrow shot by you?" Hearing Shizuku's question, Shirou smiled and said, "Of course, it was me!"
Seeing that it was indeed Shirou, Shizuku shouted in exasperation, "Did you include us in your attack range?"
"How could that be! I calculated precisely how much destruction it could cause!" Seeing that Shizuku had misunderstood him, Shirou quickly explained.
"How could it be that precise!"
"But I can indeed shoot that precisely!" Looking at the somewhat disbelieving Shizuku, Shirou said earnestly, "I would never joke with my friends!" Looking at Shirou's serious expression, Shizuku finally believed his words.
After all, Shirou's character could be seen in his daily life.
"I understand, I apologize to you, I was overthinking it!"
Looking at Shizuku's sincere expression, Shirou smiled and said, "Not warning you was partly my fault; you don't need to apologize!"
"No, a mistake is a mistake, an apology is due when due!"
After a sincere apology, Shizuku looked for the missing Ikki and asked in confusion, "Where's Brother? Where did he go?"
"That kid was slow, I left him behind!"
"Oh, I see!" Although she said that, in her heart, Shizuku was constantly thinking. She knew her brother Ikki's speed; it was impossible for him to be simply left behind by someone, but Shirou wouldn't lie to her about that either. This meant that Shirou's speed had far surpassed her brother's? Considering the distance from where they had been exploring to here, and the time it took him to arrive after she sent the message, Shizuku gained another layer of understanding of Shirou.
Unfathomable! The strength of this man hidden in the shadows was unfathomable! His strength was probably even more terrifying than she imagined!
Just as Shizuku was pondering Shirou's strength, Stella's shout suddenly roused her. "Look at those stone giants!"
Hearing Stella's cry, both the pensive Shizuku and Shirou, who was checking Stella's condition, quickly looked over.
The sight before them left Shizuku somewhat disbelieving.
The shattered rocks attracted each other like magnets, reassembling themselves. The giant's shattered remains once again formed a humanoid shape. But this time, it didn't form a giant. Instead, it transformed into dozens of puppets, slightly taller than Shizuku. Shizuku noticed an even more exaggerated anomaly in this scene. She felt fine, silken strands of magic power distributed between the magnet-like clinging stones. That's right, these weren't rock monsters at all. Instead, they were rocks manipulated by someone using magic threads.
"A Noble Art?" Looking at the situation before her, Shizuku couldn't help but become serious. After all, from this scene, it seemed the enemy might be hiding nearby, ready to ambush them at any moment.
"Don't worry, leave this to me!" Standing in front of
Shizuku and Stella, Shirou said seriously, "I won't let them harm you two!"
"So, just wait here for my triumphant return!" Looking at Stella, who was eager to fight after being surrounded by dozens of puppets, Shirou patted her head and said with a smile, "But I feel like my body is already almost fine!"
Looking at Stella, who pouted with a dissatisfied expression, Shirou said with a smile, "I don't care what you feel, I care what I feel! In any case, no fighting!"
"Yes!" Facing Shirou's domineering attitude, Stella responded with a flushed face. Looking at her expression, Shirou knew that the child was probably lost in her own thoughts again. After all, this girl was a bit of a pervert!
He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Shirou turned his head and looked at the puppets rushing towards him, then summoned his Noble Phantasm, Doumu Karumasa, and Stella's Princess Dragon Killer.
Under Shirou's training, the flame ability gained through Loki's blessing was already extremely proficient. But because each Blazer only had one ability, without summoning the Princess Dragon Killer, Shirou simply couldn't casually display his abilities. Therefore, to openly use fire, Shirou had to summon the Princess Dragon Killer as a cover.
Thinking of himself wielding two greatswords, Shirou couldn't help but smile. It was quite incongruous! But this was his style! The magic power within his body began to flow, then transformed into blazing flames swirling around Shirou, burning fiercely in the air.
Shirou, enveloped in flames, calmly said to the surging puppets, "Be consumed in a funeral of fire!" Then Shirou unleashed a terrifying strike against the surrounding puppets. In the face of this strike, no puppet could last for even a second; they were instantly incinerated. Even though they were made of rock and soil, this still couldn't stop them from being burned.
Wielding two flaming greatswords, he weaved back and forth among the puppets. With every dash, puppets were cut down by him. Soon after, he discovered the core of this group of puppets.
"I see, so he manipulates the surrounding puppets through this one? So the enemy isn't in this vicinity right now?"
Realizing this fact, Shirou immediately projected Toudou Touka's Noble Phantasm, Narukami. He converted his magic power into lightning, then spread it along the
magical threads that controlled the puppets.
"He's over a hundred kilometers away from here? It seems the opponent is no ordinary person!" After his lightning magic attack reached the opponent, Shirou, realizing the opponent's location, became excited. Being able to manipulate puppets to attack them from over a hundred kilometers away meant the opponent was definitely a noteworthy adversary. Thinking this, Shirou's fighting spirit, which had been dormant for a while, reignited.
"An attack spanning over a hundred kilometers?
Interesting!" Saying this, Shirou summoned Oborozuki and once again transformed Narukami into an arrow, nocking it onto the bowstring. "It's rude not to reciprocate! You try this attack that spans over a hundred kilometers!" With a full smile, Shirou released the bowstring. This arrow instantly streaked across the sky.
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