The royal capital, Ars, of the Asura Kingdom is now at the peak of a political fight.
The group led by the second princess, Ariel, and the group led by the first prince, Graviel, are fighting fiercely over the throne.
After Darius sent people to kill Ariel, but she survived with the help of Eris, the defenses of Ariel's group became even stronger.
Different groups sent a certain number of strong people to protect Ariel's safety.
However, Ariel didn't accept all of the support from different groups.
After all, no one knows if there will be spies in such a temporary alliance.
Ariel's group is now more like a political group against Darius. Each side has completely different needs and interests. Only the common goal of defeating the current Darius maintains the balance between them.
In this situation, Ariel naturally cannot trust these partners who are gathered purely for common interests, but entrusts everything to those she can trust.
The specific members are Ariel's guardian knight, Luke, and guardian mage, Fitz, as well as Ghislaine and Eris from the Boreas family.
Luke and Fitz's loyalty is obvious.
The two have followed Ariel for a long time and are reliable and loyal partners, but although they are loyal, they are not strong enough.
Needless to say about Luke, the strength of an Intermediate Rank Swordsman is not even enough to be used as cannon fodder.
Fitz, that is, Sylphy's strength is okay, barely considered a Saint-level mage, but a Saint-level mage is not considered a strong person in the royal capital Ars where strong people gather. It's okay to guard against ordinary assassins, but if the other party sends a King-level or higher powerhouse to attack, she will definitely not be able to protect Ariel.
Therefore, after returning to the royal capital, Ariel truly relies on Ghislaine and Eris from the Boreas family.
Although after the great transfer, James Boreas, as the eldest son of the Boreas family, completely seized power and even joined Darius, his younger brother Philip has been secretly expanding his influence in these years while being nominally under house arrest.
When Ariel returned, Philip contacted Ariel as quickly as possible and lent the strongest trump card, Ghislaine, to Ariel.
This was undoubtedly great news for Ariel.
The Black Wolf Sword King's reputation is known throughout the world, and she is also absolutely loyal to the Boreas family and to the true head of the family, Sauros.
This means that she is absolutely reliable.
However, it is difficult to completely protect Ariel's safety with only Ghislaine alone.
When the three North Kings attacked, Ghislaine was held back by two North Kings.
The remaining North King eliminated all the guards, including Luke and Sylphy, and easily killed his way to Ariel's presence.
In that situation at the time, Ariel was even prepared to welcome death.
However, no one expected that at the last moment, a Swordsman named Eris suddenly appeared, instantly defeating the attacking North King and showing Sword God Style King-level skills.
The opponent didn't expect that Ariel's group would have a second Sword King, was frightened and didn't have time to react, and fled in a panic.
Therefore, the battle for the throne, which was originally very bad for Ariel, has now begun to barely maintain a balance between the two sides.
"Finally back..."
In the first two days after arriving at the royal capital, Eris immediately met with the members of the Boreas family in turn.
Since the great transfer, the Boreas family, like the Greyrat family, has been scattered in all directions. Due to Darius' attacks, they are in a more difficult situation than the Greyrat family. Eris' grandfather Sauros is still locked in prison.
Eris was obviously prepared for this situation before returning, so her mood didn't fluctuate too much and she showed unprecedented calmness.
After meeting with her family and welcoming a moving reunion, she decisively found Ariel.
Compared to the last reunion in the past, everyone's situation has changed, especially Eris' appearance has changed greatly.
The current Eris is no longer the young girl she used to be, but has become a tall Swordsman with long hair reaching her waist, and even has the strength of a Sword King.
When she came to Ariel, Ariel even felt a clear pressure.
But Eris obviously knew the limit, quickly controlled her aura, and said silently: "I will lend you my strength until Darius is killed and grandfather is rescued!"
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."
After a short conversation, Ariel officially gained another Sword King-level powerhouse.
However, the situation still hasn't become optimistic.
Darius' trump cards are definitely not just the three North Kings. He definitely also has Empire-level power, and even the water god as his final trump card.
Ariel still has a long way to go if she wants to defeat Darius and ascend to the throne.
Since Eris and Ariel's relationship was originally quite distant, the two basically didn't have any common topics. The only common topic was Shirou.
So, the conversation between the two almost naturally focused on Shirou.
"Brother...Has Shirou returned to the Asura Kingdom?"
Eris asked Ariel, she had learned about Ariel meeting Shirou at the Magic Academy.
"I don't know."
Ariel's expression was complicated, and she even couldn't hide her disappointment. "Before I returned to the country, he seemed to be saving his mother on the Begaritt Continent. With such a long distance, by the time he returns, the war may already be over."
"Is that so..."
Eris also showed unconcealable disappointment on her face when she heard this answer.
But she didn't seem to be disappointed because of the lack of Shirou as a helper, but simply felt helpless because she couldn't see Shirou in person.
Eris quickly cheered up and said optimistically: "Then let's work harder, Princess Ariel. As long as we end the war before Shirou returns, we won't involve him in danger too!"
"Huh?"
Ariel showed a surprised expression when she didn't expect Eris to say such a thing.
She looked deeply at the red-haired woman in front of her for a while, as if she saw something unbelievable, and finally took a deep breath and nodded vigorously.
"You're right, this is our battle and we need to solve it ourselves!"
Ariel made up her mind: "After I become queen, I'll let Shirou come to my palace to meet me."
"Hehe, that's right!"
Eris and Ariel smiled at each other.
After many years, the two have finally become true companions.
Next, Ariel cheered up again and gathered all the helpers she could find to discuss the next battle plan.
The participants were Ariel, Luke, Sylphy, Eris, Ghislaine, and Philip.
Ariel didn't make any extra greetings and immediately said: "After this assassination, my brother and Darius probably won't have any new actions for the time being. After all, it's hard to imagine him directly sending the water god to attack us. The water god himself wouldn't assassinate a successor to the throne."
"But Darius at least has a North Emperor in his hands, named [Peacock Sword] Aubel."
Philip shook his head silently: "Princess Ariel, you still can't be careless."
"I understand, but I'm not the fighting type after all, so I'll leave all the fighting-related matters to you."
"Of course."
Ghislaine and Eris nodded decisively, and Luke and Sylphy next to them also nodded with insufficient confidence.
Ariel then said with a serious expression: "Besides fighting, I've also thought of a good way to deal with Darius. Before using that method, I plan to prepare a suitable stage and gather actors. For this reason, I have to first confirm which nobles betrayed me while I was away, collect information, contact the spies I sent in advance, and take care of related matters everywhere...I'll probably be very busy."
"I can help you with this."
Philip immediately agreed.
"Okay, thank you."
Ariel valued Philip very much and recognized his political skills: "In order to defeat Darius' group as soon as possible, I will set up the stage as soon as possible. Fortunately, due to my father's illness, the succession to the throne may begin at any time, so the main nobles have gathered in the royal capital."
"How many days do you need to prepare?"
"Estimated three to five days."
"Understood."
Ghislaine nodded, realizing that what she had to do was to ensure Ariel's safety as much as possible in the next three to five days.
"Our disadvantage is still serious, but if my plan can succeed, it should be able to severely damage Darius' group."
Ariel said confidently: "To achieve this, I hope to get the strength of all of you. I'm counting on you."
"Yes!"
Everyone on the scene nodded deeply at Ariel's words.
Fighting against Darius is equal to fighting against the most powerful internal force in the Asura Kingdom, and everyone knows the risk of this.
Only by giving it their all will they have a chance to survive!
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While the civil war in the Asura Kingdom was in full swing, the fierce battle in the fixed barrier at the bottom of the aerial fortress was still breaking out.
Since entering the world of Unlimited Blade Works, Shirou has engaged in a fierce battle with Servant Emiya.
There is no doubt that his heart is very anxious. He knows that the civil war in the Asura Kingdom may have very bad changes at any time. If he returns one step later, Ariel and the members of the Boreas family will encounter extremely dangerous things, and may even be completely destroyed.
For this reason, he didn't have any conversation with Servant Emiya, and directly drew out the long sword from his waist and swung the Longsword of Light at the fastest speed!
"Good skill, the Sword God who created Sword God Style is indeed a genius."
Facing Shirou's attack, Servant Emiya showed a calm expression and picked up the two swords on the ground at will, and met him without any retreat!
"Bang!"
The collision of swords occurred.
There is no doubt about the power of the Longsword of Light, coupled with Shirou's Sword King-level strength, it almost directly cut off the two swords in Servant Emiya's hand and turned them into fragments!
However, victory did not come because of this.
Even if the two swords in his hand were torn apart, Servant Emiya still did not have any hesitation, and calmly constructed two swords in his hand again.
"Ding,"
The power of the Longsword of Light was weakened after the first collision. In the second confrontation, the sword in Shirou's hand was no longer able to shatter Servant Emiya's weapon.
He didn't expect that he could use this method to crack the Longsword of Light, Shirou was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, before he could react, he saw the man in red slash out an unbelievable attack from an oblique angle, directly knocking him away.
"Pa ta."
Shirou landed hard on the sand dunes. Before he could react, he found dozens of swords flying out of the ground out of thin air around the sword mound, rushing towards the direction he was in.
"!!!"
Shirou used all his strength to wave the weapon in his hand, smashing the flying weapons one by one.
At the moment of smashing about the eighteenth weapon, the weapon in his hand finally couldn't support it, and ushered in shattering under continuous impact.
Shirou had no choice but to desperately retreat, dodging the attack of the rain of swords, showing unparalleled embarrassment.
"Sword God Style is indeed a good martial art, but whether a martial art is strong or not ultimately depends on the user."
Servant Emiya stood at the top of the sand dunes, like the controller of the entire world, "In this world of Unlimited Blade Works, I have countless ways to stop that move Longsword of Light. Sword God Style's moves are too focused on one point, resulting in more attack than defense. Even if that Sword God comes in person, as long as his Longsword of Light can't instantly catch up with me, I have ten thousand ways to solve him."
"..."
Shirou couldn't refute Servant Emiya's analysis.
Because the fact is indeed like this, he can't defeat Servant Emiya with just Longsword of Light.
"What, have you given up?"
Servant Emiya showed a mocking expression when he saw Shirou's helpless appearance, "You spent decades to master a lot of skills in this world, desperately become stronger to the present, is what you achieved only this much?"
"Of course not."
Shirou said silently, he didn't say any more words, just threw out the broken weapon in his hand.
Without any weapons in his hand, he decisively unfolded the projection, and the weapon that was projected was none other than the Dragon King Sword used by the Third North God when he fought against the Third North God before!
As long as it is something he has seen, he can project it, even the Dragon King Sword is no exception!
Shirou knows that if he projects things that Servant Emiya is familiar with, it is impossible to defeat him, because Servant Emiya will definitely have the projections that he knows!
If he wants to defeat the opponent, he must create something that Servant Emiya cannot do!
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