Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

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After Shirou said those words, he realized the situation himself.

Since the other party is a knight from the royal capital, he is basically from the Water God School.

In fact, Izuru quickly nodded: "That's right, I am a disciple of the Water God School and serve as a trainee knight in the Knights Order. Although our Water God School is strong in frontal combat and defensive operations, it lacks sufficient offensive capabilities, making it difficult to catch such agile thieves."

"indeed."

Shirou had also learned the Water God Style and knew that its characteristics were clumsiness and inflexibility, but as a compensation, the Water God Style had an extremely exaggerated defensive capability.

Whether it's swordsmanship, archery, or magic, the Water God Style can easily catch any attack coming from the front. In fact, the ultimate Water God Style can even deflect the opponent's attack, killing the enemy with its own moves.

Since Isorti is a successor of the Water God School, it is only natural that she is not good at capturing agile thieves.

"You are very fast. Among the swordsmen I know, only the Sword God style can do something similar."

Izoruti asked curiously.

"Indeed, I am a superior swordsman of the Sword God style."

"So young and already a superior?!"

Hearing Shirou's words, Izuru was quite surprised, but she quickly added, "However, I am also a superior Water God Style practitioner, so perhaps we can have a match."

"This……"

Shirou was indeed very interested in what Isorti had to say.

Because he had never actually fought against a swordsman of the same level.

Paul, putting aside the fact that the other party was a superior, was purely an insult. In reality, Paul's rank was at least that of a quasi-saint.

As for the kidnapper who abducted Alice earlier, although he was a superior Kitakami Ryu, Shirou was using the Dream Summoning form at the time, so he cannot be used as a reference.

Therefore, if I could have a duel with a swordswoman of such high-level Water God style right now, it might provide me with some experience.

Unfortunately, Shirou doesn't have time for that right now; he needs to find Alice, who's running around like a stray dog.

Therefore, he reluctantly declined, saying, "I'm sorry, I have other things to do right now."

"I see. That's a pity."

The blue-haired girl showed obvious regret, but she didn't press the matter. She spoke frankly, "In that case, I won't bother you any longer. But before you leave, could you tell me your name?"

"This……"

Shirou hesitated for a moment when asked about Izuru's request, but considering her willingness to help him, he honestly replied, "My name is Shirou, Shirou Grellard."

"Shirou...Grellard?"

When Shirou revealed his surname, Isorite showed a distinctly strange expression.

Because Grerat is a noble surname, this is practically common knowledge in the capital.

Shirou then quickly left under Izuru's watchful gaze to find Alice.

After returning to the Knights, Isorti was still thinking about Shirou.

As the successor of the Water God School, Izuru is a highly talented genius, or rather, a super genius.

Because she became a superior water god at the age of ten and was steadily moving towards the saint level, she is now less than twelve years old and can even be said to be half a step towards the saint level.

The current Water God values ​​her highly, believing her to be the successor to revive the Water God School, defeat the Sword God School, and reclaim the Holy Land of Swords.

Under her tutelage, Isoru naturally also aspired to defeat the Sword God School's opponents.

However, the opponents Izuru had encountered in the past were all weaklings. Not only among the Sword Gods, but among her peers in the capital, she couldn't find a single worthy opponent.

Izuru was both happy and vaguely lonely, because she couldn't find a companion to walk alongside her.

She felt very sad whenever she saw her peers in the dojo studying swordsmanship together, but when they faced her, they were all respectful and dared not say a word.

Is there no one who can have the same strength as me?

Izuru often had this thought.

But in reality, she couldn't find such a place.

After all, a ten-year-old Upper Water God is practically a genius among geniuses in the capital.

However, the moment Isara saw Shirou, her heart wavered. The instant she saw Shirou's movements, she judged him to be a swordsman no less than herself.

Although it was the Sword God School, which was his enemy, Shirou's actions of punishing evil and promoting good still won him Isorty's favor.

If it were Shirou, he might become someone who could advance alongside me in swordsmanship...

This long-cherished wish arose in Izuru's heart.

This thought grew stronger and stronger, to the point that she began to become somewhat absent-minded while patrolling as a knight, and even wished she could immediately put down her work and go look for the boy who had appeared suddenly like the wind and then disappeared just as suddenly.

……

On the other side, after parting ways with Isorty, Shirou immediately went to a high place in the royal capital. With his Eagle Eye activated, he quickly found the familiar red-haired girl in the crowd.

However, Alice's current situation is a bit strange. She seems to have had an argument with someone, and then she followed several unfamiliar men in a certain direction.

"Alice!"

Shirou thought Alice was in danger and rushed over to her rescue.

Upon arrival, Alice and several unfamiliar men exchanged bewildered glances.

"Shirou, you're here!"

Alice was very excited to see Shirou arrive. "Perfect timing! Let's go challenge the Water God School's dojo together!"

"???"

Shirou's brain almost went blank for a second when Alice said something so explosive. He had no idea what was going on.

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"Go and challenge the Water God School's dojo? What's wrong with you?"

Shirou looked at Alice, who was in front of him with great interest, or even extreme excitement, and for a moment he was completely confused about what was going on.

While Alice was excited, she knew she had to explain the situation, so she quickly explained what had happened to Shirou.

In short, Alice overheard something about the Water God School while she was strolling around the capital.

The reason is that the current Water God of the Water God School, in order to hone his disciples, has issued a challenge to swordsmen of all schools. Anyone who can challenge the Water God School and defeat the strongest among the current generation of Water God School members can receive a reward from the current Water God.

Although the water god did not specify the content of the reward, he was, after all, a dignified water god and one of the strongest in the three major sword styles. Whatever he bestowed, even the simplest sword technique, would be enough to benefit an ordinary swordsman immensely.

As a result, the Water God School's dojo was filled with challengers during this period, with young swordsmen from all over the kingdom coming to take on the challenge.

However, the water god also clearly stated one condition: the challenger's age cannot exceed twenty years old.

Because if someone is over twenty years old, it's equivalent to crossing a generation, and in that case, there might even be a Saint-level powerhouse, which would be tantamount to the strong bullying the weak.

Of course, the Water God also deliberately stated that if someone is under twenty years old and has already reached the Saint level, they can also participate in the challenge.

Although everyone knows that this task is extremely difficult.

After all, a Saint-level being under twenty years old has a very high probability of reaching the God-level.

Upon hearing this, Alice immediately showed excitement. She had intended to participate in the challenge against the Water God School, but before she even set off, she overheard several Water God School disciples belittling other sword styles, even the Sword God School.

The reason is that among the various swordsmen who came to challenge, including the swordsmen of the Sword God School from the Holy Land of Swords, almost none of them could successfully complete the challenge against the younger generation.

Even the most confident swordsman, upon arriving at the Water God School's dojo, may initially overcome numerous obstacles, but once he encounters the strongest Water God School swordsman, he is utterly unable to defeat him, and cannot even break through his defenses.

Some even suspect that the strongest Water God Swordsman of the younger generation has reached the Saint level and become the new Water Saint.

However, this is clearly just unfounded speculation.

In short, because such a super strong person has emerged in the younger generation of the Water God School, the disciples of the Water God School are now very confident that the Water God School will inevitably rise in this generation, and other sword styles, even the strongest Sword God School at present, will definitely not be a match for the Water God School.

Most people wouldn't pay much attention to these kinds of words; they'd just listen and move on.

But not Alice.

As a meticulous person, Alice reacted like a dog whose tail had been patted when she heard someone belittle the Sword God style.

Both Kyrie Irwin and Shirou are users of the Sword God Style, and both are people whom Alice greatly respects.

When faced with someone belittling the Sword God Style, which in turn belittles Kyrie and Shirou, Alice couldn't possibly accept it. She immediately refuted them and engaged in a heated debate with several disciples of the Water God Style.

After a brief argument, the disciples of the Water God School seemed to realize the situation and understood that the girl in front of them was probably also someone who wanted to challenge the school. So they said that they would let their strength speak for itself and that if she was capable, she should go directly to the Water God School's dojo to challenge them. If she won, they could say whatever they wanted, but if she lost, she should keep a low profile.

After hearing this, Alice felt that it made sense and readily agreed to the condition of challenging the Water God Sect.

That's how Shirou witnessed everything upon his arrival.

"Shirou, let's challenge the Suijin-ryu school! Let's prove to them that the Kenjin-ryu school is the strongest swordsmanship!"

Alice began to speak with great interest.

She is now clearly very interested in this matter. Rather than proving the strength of the Sword God Style and the Water God Style, she is now more interested in challenging the dojo.

This is undoubtedly because Kyrie Irgen had previously mentioned that when he was young, the Sword God had taken him to challenge the Water God School and defeated all the disciples of the Water God School at that time, to the point that the Water God had to take action.

Alice has always admired Gilead.

The opportunity to do the same thing as Gilead was the greatest joy for Alice.

"A challenge, huh...?"

After listening to Alice's words, Shirou finally understood the situation.

Normally, he would definitely stop Alice's actions, since challenging other sword dojos is fraught with too much uncertainty.

Philip entrusted Alice to him, and he undoubtedly had to consider her safety; it was best not to take such a risk.

However, Shirou himself is not entirely uninterested in challenging the dojo.

His swordsmanship has reached a bottleneck, and Kyrie Irving keeps telling him that he will only teach him the Blade of Light after he has mastered the true sword.

Shirou still hasn't grasped what a true sword is.

He therefore really wanted to spar with swordsmen of the same level, hoping to understand the essence of the sword through swordsmanship combat.

For a moment, Shirou was caught in a long dilemma.

He finally nodded silently: "Alright, I'll go with you to challenge the dojo."

"Really?!"

Alice was surprised that Shirou agreed so easily. After a moment of surprise, she laughed and hugged him, "I love you to death, Shirou!!"

"..."

Shirou was truly exasperated by Alice's overly strong likes and dislikes, which were almost like those of a pet dog.

He agreed not only because he wanted to challenge an opponent of equal caliber, but also because he believed that since it was the dojo of the Water God School, there must be powerful swordsmen protecting it.

Beings of that caliber wouldn't bother with young people like them; in fact, if they encountered danger, they might even receive protection from the Water God Sect, making it a safer option.

Shirou then agreed to Alice's request, and together with the red-haired girl, followed several swordsmen of the Suijin-ryu school to the Suijin-ryu dojo.

The Water God School's dojo is located in the upper floors of the royal capital, almost right next to the residences of the nobles.

The reason for this is twofold: firstly, the current Water God's status is prestigious enough, and he is recognized by all the nobles; secondly, there are enough strong members of the Water God's faction, so if any danger arises, they can come to his aid immediately. Compared to the Knights, the Water God's faction makes the royal family and nobles feel more at ease.

The dojo covers a vast area, its expansion reaching the size of several football fields.

Today, however, the Water God's dojo was quite lively. But "lively" might not be the right word; the atmosphere here was more like one of anger and killing intent.

"Are they here to challenge us again?"

Upon seeing Shirou and Alice arrive, one of the teachers of the Water God School seemed quite used to this situation and calmly welcomed the two inside.

At the same time, Shirou and Alice realized that they were not the only ones who had come to challenge the dojo; a large number of swordsmen who looked like adventurers had also gathered there.

The dojo of the Water God School was therefore particularly crowded, with all sorts of noise and disturbances making the scene comparable to the busiest street in the capital.

"When can we challenge them?"

Alice was assigned a seat on the edge and was told by the Water God faction that she had to queue up before she could challenge them.

Seeing this, a disciple of the Water God Sect said absentmindedly, "There are probably still about fifty people ahead of you. At a rate of one person every half hour, it will probably be the third day."

"what?!"

Alice was immediately unhappy when she heard that she would have to wait in line for three days before she could challenge the champion.

She roared, "Why should we have to wait until the third day to challenge them?"

"There's nothing we can do. The Water God's reputation is too great. All the swordsmen who consider themselves skilled come to challenge us after hearing the conditions, leaving us no time for proper training."