Chapter 56
(T/N: Back to school, probably going to slow down translating rate)
Due to the considerable distance between the two parties, Shirou did not hear the young man's voice full of resentment and hatred at all.
But through the opening and closing of the young man's lips, he still read the young man's words.
Shirou lightly exerted force on his arms breaking the rocks surrounding him.
Then held on to the edge of the crack in the broken valley and walk out of it step by step.
He raised his eyes, calmly looked at the young man floating in mid-air with his unwavering gaze, and frowned.
Buzz-
Along with sharp tinnitus, there was a pain like a needle prick deep in his brain.
Fluctuations of rainbow colors flowed in Shirou's pupils and the surrounding world was full of signs of fragmentation.
But the moment Shirou locked his sight on the young man, his vision blurred without warning.
'Is it the price paid for driving these unfamiliar abilities beyond their limits?' Shirou frowned slightly.
The runaway blood was rushing around in his body as if it was about to burst a blood vessel.
The excessively high-speed blood supply made his brain constantly pulsate in the skull.
The blood vessels all over his body seemed to burst open in the next second.
—Fortunately, he is a Servant and also has the spirit foundation of "that heroic spirit" stored in the class card.
Even if he is suffering from severe pain that can make ordinary people fall into a state of shock in an instant he will survive.
Compared with the physical pain, Shirou frowned because of a strong doubt.
He has been deliberately avoiding everything about "that heroic spirit" recorded in the class card Archer.
However, based on the special relationship between "that heroic spirit" and Shirou whenever Shirou reads the skills of the class card Archer, it comes from the memory of "that heroic spirit".
But the memories completely ignored Shirou's subjective wishes and flowed into his mind uncontrollably.
Everything that the other party encountered during his lifetime after signing a contract with "Alaya", he found that it was just a simple scam.
The blood-stained black and white swords, the hatred towards "himself", and how many times he expected to be able to wish for a new life...
From the various memories that flashed through my mind when using the class card Archer, Shirou more or less noticed the ideals of "that heroic spirit" and the fate of "that heroic spirit".
Of course, Shirou also knows that now is not the time to entangle in the rabbit hole called "ideal" and "justice".
Compared with what "that heroic spirit" encountered those tragic experiences that had a considerable impact on Shirou's concept of life.
What he cares about now is that he has a close relationship with the enemy in front of him.
—No matter what the actual behavior is, "that heroic spirit" is still the guardian who protects mankind.
From a certain point of view, the guardian's duty is to clean up those "phenomena" produced by human beings that have the possibility of "destroying the world".
Although in actual implementation those innocent people around the "phenomenon" may be killed.
But in the final analysis.
Where a guardian appears there must be some kind of artificially created threat to humankind.
"That heroic spirit" has always felt hard to let go of the innocent people who died under his own sword and arrow.
Even so, when "that heroic spirit" came to the human world as a "guardian" he still accumulated a considerable amount of experience and knowledge of those artificially generated "phenomena".
Through the experience inherited from "that heroic spirit", Shirou didn't take much effort to see through the essence of that blue-haired young man at first glance.
Sight—
Its rationality is not much different from ordinary human beings but only its "humanity" has been completely stripped out of its body by some force from the outside world.
Rather than saying that he is a human with a soul, it would be better to say that the blue-haired young man has completely become a person who has been deprived of self-awareness.
It only relies on the predetermined "destruction of civilization".
It's just a string puppet that is programmed to act.
From a certain point of view, the existence of the blue-haired youth is very close to a so-called "guardian".
Compared to the guardian who retained his self-awareness when performing his tasks, the interference and modification received by the blue-haired youth were more thorough.
"What has changed the soul of this blue-haired young man? Honkai power? No, pure Honkai energy is just vicious energy."
Although Honkai energy can turn those infected humans into Zombies, Honkai energy itself can't interfere with human souls.
Shirou narrowed his eyes slightly.
His blurred vision became clear again as he poured all his energy into his eyes.
—To this day, Shirou still has not been able to effectively control these inexplicable magic eyes.
It stands to reason that after he took the initiative to remove the shielding of these magic eyes by the "Mother Simulator", he should see the "thread of death".
But when Shirou captured the figure of the blue-haired young man into his sight through a distance of several kilometers, he was completely unable to see the "threads" that should have existed on the young man.
Wrong...
Feeling the increasingly intense tingling pain from the depths of his brain, a "thread" began to slightly surface on the young man followed by an intense headache.
Shirou closed his eyes briefly.
After that, he opened his eyes which had turned back to amber.
Rather than saying "I can't see it"
It's better to say that the "lines" that should have existed were hidden by something that actively helped that guy.
The ability to interfere with fate will naturally be hindered by the ability to interfere with fate.
These pair of mystic eyes can look directly at the end of all things but if there is something that can modify the end of all things, then what the two sides are competing for is a contest without rules.
It turned into a pure competition of strength and understanding.
If Shirou has a further in-depth understanding of the ability of these mystic eyes, maybe one day in the future he can even use these eyes to lift the fate imposed on human beings by this "cocoon".
"Kill" is also possible.
—However, at this moment, compared with the "cocoon" that helped the blue-haired youth correct his destiny, Shirou's understanding of "death" is still too tender.
But so what?
Shirou's eyes flashed a trace of undisguised contempt.
He silently recited the projected mantra in the depths of his heart and raised the handle of the pitch-black bow that reappeared in his hands.
—Even if the pair of mystic eyes lose their function, it's not like he won't be able to fight.
It's just that the blue hair youth got the help of external power, even if he became stronger because of it.
But no matter how powerful he is, that guy is just an ordinary person who has just gained his powers not long ago.
He's an enemy with no combat experience.
Even if he doesn't use the Noble Phantasm that manipulates cause and effect, doesn't use these eyes that can see through the death of all things, Shirou—or "that heroic spirit" still has ten thousand ways to kill him.
Did you feel that contemptuous gaze?
In the pupils of the blue-haired youth engraved with circular lines, a trace of intense anger flashed.
"You mere ants dare to look at me like this."
His rationality was almost swallowed by uncontrollable violence and anger.
After being killed once the blue-haired youth endured the idea of attacking on the spot.
He indeed has no combat experience, but as an apostle who holds the power of "reason" the knowledge he has continuously absorbed from everything around him still makes his thinking and logical ability better than when he was a human being.
He is much stronger
'In terms of melee combat and physical ability, I am no match for that kid.'
Therefore, for the blue-haired youth, the best way to fight is to further the range of both sides as much as possible and use better weapons than those warships to kill that damned ant with one blow.
At this moment, the blue-haired youth suddenly raised his head.
"Oh, I really dozed off. I might as well give myself a pillow."
The corner of his mouth curved happily.
"Although you are all some damn ants, but for only this second, I'd like to frankly give you my approval."
The rising spiral tower pierced a huge hole in the volcanic ash scattered in the sky.
Through the hole, the young man saw the stars, the moon, and the satellite weapon directly above.
—No, with the eyesight of the blue-haired youth he couldn't see satellites above a thousand kilometers in the night sky.
Even Shirou with his eagle eyes cannot capture the existence of the near-Earth satellites in the night sky.
But as the apostle of Honkai, he can "communicate" with the giant spiral tower in a way unique to Honkai.
Shirou didn't care about what the blue-haired youth saw.
As an experienced warrior, the moment he saw the blue-haired youth raise his head, he couldn't let go of the gap.
He pulled the bowstring in his hand.
Between the eyebrows, left chest, neck, and both arms—five arrows fired in an instant.
Five shooting star-like red lights darted toward every vital point of the blue-haired young man's body with absolute precision.
Each of the high-speed magic arrows contains a power that rivals or even exceeds that of a rail gun bombardment.
At the same time, Shirou launched a surprise attack on the blue-haired youth who raised his head, and a thunderous sonic boom pierced the sky.
The fleet of the fifth squadron hovering near the spiral tower also launched an attack on the blue-haired youth floating in front of the tower at the same time.
Airborne cannons, missiles, rail guns, and the five arrows fired by Shirou...
Facing the firepower the blue-haired youth did not show any signs of wavering.
Maintaining the posture of raising his head, he covered the surface of the giant tower behind him with his palm.
—In an instant, the spiral tower under the command of the young man, bloomed like a flower.
'That thing is actually a living thing?!'
Shirou's pupils narrowed slightly and without hesitation, he poured all his strength into his legs.
After leaving a pair of deep footprints on the spot, his whole body jumped away.
Crack-
Accompanied by the terrifying storm the ground shook wildly.
Under the command of the young man the giant tower over 10,000 meters spiraled down.
The fleet that approached the blue-haired youth suffered the first disaster.
Less than ten warships were lucky enough to avoid the sweep of the spiral giant.
The remaining thirty or so warships were almost all torn apart under the huge silicon object, it was like shredding paper.
Among the main ships of the first team that turned back, Himeko and Olga had rather ugly expressions on their faces.
But as the captains of the anti-Honkai team who are used to sacrifice and death, they both forcibly pulled their rationality out of the subjective emotions of rage and sadness.
Not caring about the blue-haired youth, nor caring about the warships of the fifth team that were desperately escaping from the storm.
The man in the suit pulled the control stick in his hand and drove the main ship to defend at the fastest speed.
Shirou galloped in the direction.
With the long-distance communication completely cut off by the electromagnetic interference caused by the Honkai, the man in the suit and Himeko couldn't do anything to help their comrades.
Even though they saw the fleet of the Fifth Squadron being sucked into the silicon torrent.
Since they can't find a way to help their teammates, they can only do what they can.
While Shirou jumped to the highest point, the main ship of the first team ran towards Shirou without any hesitation.
Shirou transformed his body instantly into a spirit body.
After his body transformed into a spirit body, he passed through the outer shell of the warship and arrived at the interior of the cockpit.
He immediately reassembled his body.
Because of the previous experience, after seeing Shirou's body suddenly appeared, neither Himeko nor Olga showed much experience.
The moment it was confirmed that Shirou had returned to the interior of the main ship, Olga jerked the steering column in his hand,
The warship immediately drew a zigzag trajectory in the night sky, turning the glass window of the cockpit to face a giant spiral tower in full bloom.