Chapter 5 Part 3, Fated Future...

At the same time, in the streets of the town...

Kiritsugu ran through the streets of that hell, avoiding as many ghouls as he could, he was no longer in the same condition as in his best days, so he had to be careful. Heaven had become like a canopy of wings, and hell had broken loose soon after. The magus killer watched as beings much more powerful than he engaged in a fight to the death, not caring if they destroyed everything in their path.

He watched as a huge ghostly-looking ship was shooting at some kind of giant robot, this was a mechanical doll ten meters tall and seemed to be the manifestation of various weapons of war, as well as the very act of fighting and the mixture of various puppets. And, atop the ghostly ship, two beings were fighting at inhuman speeds.

On the other hand, a young boy with very dark brown hair, dressed in a white outfit, was fighting an enemy on top of a four-legged whale-shaped monster about two hundred meters long. His enemy was a knight who was wielding what, after seeing some of Muramasa's works, Kiritsugu could identify as a cursed sword.

Suddenly, one of the two beings on top of the ship, the one with a humanoid appearance mixed with the features of a raven, shouted, "Merem! I'll stop these two! Go get Altrouge!"

It seemed that the apostle was referring to the young boy commanding the giant whale dog. The boy smiled, "Being so considerate of me isn't like you, Blackmore. But, that's okay, I'll take your offer." Patting the monster, the boy said, "Come on, King of the Land, take me to the center of town."

The gigantic being turned and tried to retreat but was attacked by the knight, causing large cuts all over its body.

"You think you can run from me, Merem!" the knight screamed, but when he tried to cut the creature again, an enormous number of hybrid beings with the heads and wings of birds did not allow him to pursue them, "Blackmore, you bastard!"

Thanks to the henchmen of the crow apostle, the young boy was able to go to the center of town. Merem was going to order his great demonic beast to destroy the ground to access the place where the ritual was taking place, however, when he was about to arrive, something happened...

The ground began to shake with great force; however, this was not because of the movements of the creatures fighting in the village, it was because of something else...

And, as if it were an eruption, from the bowels of the planet, a massive column of light rose to the heavens, a column of light with the power to burn everything it touched.

"W-What the hell was that?" the confused apostle wondered after the column of light dissipated, "be careful, King of the Land."

The dog approached the huge hole left by the column of light, the dust flooded the area and Merem couldn't see anything that was inside.

A few minutes before, inside the cave...

Click!

Shirou's katanas slammed into Altrouge's claws at great speed, but unfortunately, no matter how hard he attacked, his katanas couldn't cut through her claws, and she, with her superhuman reflexes, was able to stop each one of his attacks as if it were child's play.

Shit!

The boy thought.

Now it was the Princess who had decided to go on the offensive and attacked him at high speed, trying to stab him with her claws. He was barely able to deflect her attacks, and she was increasing the speed of her attacks more and more.

Suddenly, the apostle's claws overcame his guard and headed for his body. Despite the reinforcement, the princess's claws furiously plunged into his flesh with ease, he gritted his teeth and struggled not to cry out in pain, and, taking advantage of the girl's outstretched arm, he tried to cut it with his swords, but, with a quick movement and, even with her hand inside the boy's body, she threw him several meters away as if he were a rag doll.

Shirou fell to the ground, and extremely sore, he struggled to his feet.

"Oh...? It seems you have some kind of regenerative ability," said the Princess, seeing how Shirou's wound healed at high speed.

Swallowing the pain, the redhead thought

. I can't fight her directly. My swords cannot cut her, and she surpasses me in speed, strength, reflexes, and experience.

But I don't need to win, just a cut, that's all I need...

"Since it looks like you won't break easily, I'm going to be a little harder on you," she said, flashing a morbid smile and a bloodlust he had never felt; before lunging at him with terrifying speed.

Seeing that he couldn't dodge her, even with his speed increased to double his usual time, Shirou did the only thing he could think of. He knew that he hadn't been able to do it until now, but his life depended on it, so, concentrating as hard as he could, he strengthened his body and his sword at the same time. Also, knowing that he could not jeopardize the sword that served as the receptacle for his ancestor's spirit, he began to use his Monohoshi Zao.

CRASH!

The sword stopped the Princess's claws for a few moments, but it was only that, a few moments, then the sword cracked until it finally split in half. Shirou, meanwhile, was sent flying once more, and this time, he ended up crashing into the wall and spitting blood.

Trembling, the apprentice blacksmith put all his effort to get up.

With a mocking smile, the Princess of the apostles played with the broken blade of the Monohoshi Zao, "Is this all your blades can take?" Altrouge laughed out loud, "if this is your best deed, then forget about creating a sword that can free this world from its fate."

"Time alter, double accel."

Shirou reactivated his magecraft just in time to dodge the broken blade of his own weapon, which had been thrown with extreme force and precision at him, and in the end, what was left of the sword was destroyed when it hit the wall.

"Kiddo, there is no way you can do any harm to that monster unless you use it," said his ancestor.

"I know, but it's not that easy. She must know I have it, but she must not know how powerful it is," Shirou stopped speaking for a moment, feeling his blood run down his throat, "once I unsheathe it, she will feel its power and be careful, making it difficult for me to hit her. I need to be able to catch her off guard with a quick point-blank attack."

"So, what will you do?"

"I'll risk even more..." In his belt were two swords, one of them was his trump card, and the other was the Vorpal sword that he snatched from Louvre's son.

If my theory is correct, this sword should have some effect on her.

Drawing the sword and putting away his katana, Shirou prepared to face the Princess once more, "Time Alter, double accel."

"Another sword? I hope it is not as fragile as the previous one," again, Altrouge launched herself at high speed at the redhead.

However, when she got closer, she felt as if her speed was slowing down. Something was forcing her to slow down enough that the boy could narrowly dodge her.

They exchanged attacks again, but this time, Shirou managed to hold his own against the Princess. The Altrouge's blows, while still powerful and dangerous, diminished in speed and power.

"That sword is really a nuisance!" she screamed.

Shirou managed to pull away a bit when the Princess began to show her frustration, pushing him back. With a few hand movements, he wrote something on the blade of his sword using mana, "Sowilo!" suddenly, the blade of the Vorpal sword was engulfed in flames.

Now it was he who took the offensive, Shirou quickly lunged at the Princess, but she stopped him again. And even so, the flames generated by the rune began to burn her. For a moment, they exchanged blows at high speed, and with each collision, the flames slightly burned the girl.

"Ach! Damn, this is a hassle!" said the angry girl. She was tired of a pointless battle like this, the only thing the boy had managed to do was cause her minor burns that healed instantly, but still, they were a real nuisance. "Enough! I'm going to finish this. If you have anything else, then show me now!"

Altrouge launched herself against the boy for the third and final time. But this time, he didn't fight back or try to dodge her. He lunged at her and, midway, threw his sword, "TimeAlter, Directing his hands towards the last sword that had not been used and, with Altrouge unable to stop almost in front of him, Shirou thought a prayer:

Please lend me your strength. Bring me victory! Sword of the Selection, grant me the power... To cut off the wicked!

The apprentice blacksmith drew his sword with a swift movement, known as Iaidō, and, with a loud cry, released his sword, "

NEO… CALIBURN

!"

From the edge of his sword, an explosion of magical energy transformed into heat particles was launched against the Princess, after hitting her, the light rose, breaking the ceiling of the cave and reaching the outside.

A few moments after the light was released, from outside the cave...

The King of the Land poked its head into the rift.

"Blow," Merem whispered.

The giant being exhaled a little air dispelling the dust. After it dissipated, they were both shocked at what they saw.

On the one hand, there was the same boy who had caught his attention a few hours ago in the camp. He was standing with difficulty while holding a weapon, and as a collector of relics, Merem was very envious of the boy.

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AN: I didn't post yesterday, so I will post 5 chapters today!