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

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To defend against the attacks of the Dragon Kings, the Dragon King Kingdom established the Dragon King Knights and assigned the nation's best blacksmiths to support them.

This gave the Dragon Kingdom forging technology that was almost on par with that of the Miners.

However, the forging techniques of the Dragon Kingdom differ from those of the Mining Tribe. They focus not on forging swords, but rather on smelting armor.

The Dragon Knights are equipped with the world's finest armor, so high-quality that it can even withstand a direct hit from a dragon, which speaks volumes.

Shirou originally had no chance to witness the armor-making technology of the Royal Dragon Knights.

However, because he was so eager to forge the Wanglong Armor, he chose to take the risk and, after changing his appearance, try to formally meet the Wanglong Kingdom as Muramasa.

Shirou was initially worried that the Kingdom of Wanglong might be hostile to him, so he prepared in advance to perform the Dream Summon and was ready to run away at any time. However, to his surprise, the whole process went exceptionally smoothly. After giving his name Muramasa, he even met the King of the Kingdom of Wanglong, King Wanglong 32.

In the Royal Dragon Palace of the Royal Dragon Kingdom, Shirou meets with the King of the Royal Dragon Kingdom.

This was a wise monarch with a distinctly ruthless and ambitious air.

This person was arguably the first one Shirou had encountered since coming to this world, someone with such a regal air.

Wang Long 32 was very enthusiastic about Muramasa's arrival, and the other party even wanted to present him with state gifts and receive him with the highest level of etiquette.

The reason why the Kingdom of Wanglong was so enthusiastic about the blacksmith Muramasa was because King Wanglong 32 had once bought a weapon from Shirou.

Although it wasn't the fantasy that the Greatsword Tenma had fallen, and the Dragon Slayer Greatsword had been stolen by the Sword God first, as compensation, Shirou later specially forged another famous Dragon Slayer sword for the Kingdom of Wanglong—the Unbreakable Lake Light.

As the weapon wielded by Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table, the Undying Lake Light also inherits Lancelot's heroic legend and possesses some of the dragon-slaying attributes.

Shirou presented the sword as a gift to the Kingdom of Wanglong, thus establishing a friendly relationship with the Kingdom of Wanglong.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Wanglong also deeply respects blacksmiths. In stark contrast to the attitude of the Mining Clan, who try to surpass Muramasa, the blacksmiths of the Kingdom of Wanglong are well aware of how profound Muramasa's skills are and are filled with admiration for him.

Therefore, when Shirou came as Muramasa, he not only did not encounter any hostility, but was also treated as a distinguished guest of the highest rank by the Kingdom of Wanglong.

The King of Wanglong praised him effusively and granted him all privileges, allowing him free access to the Wanglong Kingdom's forging workshops.

For this reason, Shirou witnessed the entire process of forging the Royal Dragon Armor in the Royal Dragon Kingdom.

Through this unique experience, Shirou also realized that he might be able to forge decent armor and recreate some of the Noble Phantasms that the Heroic Spirit Emiya had seen but could not project.

He briefly recalled Emiya's memories and quickly found his target—

Evil Dragon Blood Armor!

Legend has it that after slaying the dragon, the heroic spirit Siegfried bathed in its blood, which encased his entire body in indestructible armor.

Although this is a Noble Phantasm that has been elevated from the legend of Heroic Spirits, Shirou realizes that he can try to create something similar.

If one were to use the blood of the dragon from the Dragon Mountain Range to create armor similar to the Blood Armor of the Evil Dragon, it might greatly enhance one's combat power!

Chapter 241 Forging the Evil Dragon Blood Armor!

After having the idea of ​​creating the Evil Dragon Blood Armor, Shirou devoted all his time to forging it.

Taking advantage of the time when the Kingdom of Wanglong opened its forging workshop for him, he collected as many Wanglong materials as possible from the Wanglong Mountains. However, since the Kingdom of Wanglong didn't even have enough of these rare materials for its own use, Shirou had no choice but to go to the Wanglong Mountains to hunt Wanglong and obtain the materials himself.

He originally planned to activate his Heroic Spirit form and then go to Mount Wanglong to hunt down the King Dragon.

But this was unexpectedly discovered by Rachel Rudd and Alice.

Neither of them seemed puzzled by Shirou's plan to forge the Evil Dragon Blood Armor.

Since both of them knew that Shirou could forge weapons, Rigel had already accepted the Demon-Slaying Spear that Shirou had forged for him.

Although Rigel was initially very resistant and did not want to accept Shirou's things, Shirou said that it was for the better protection of him and Alice, so Rigel agreed.

The Red Rose of Exorcism was specially made by Shirou for Rigel, and even its overall size is designed to fit Rigel's hand feel.

Rijerud was very satisfied after using it, and even his overall combat ability improved, which made him praise Shirou as a very powerful blacksmith.

This time, after Shirou expressed his intention to forge the Evil Dragon Blood Armor, Alice and Rigel did not hesitate and decisively chose to help.

Normally, Shirou wouldn't want others to know that he has forging abilities, to avoid being associated with his Muramasa identity. However, since he will still have to fight in front of Alice and Rigelrude in the future, suddenly revealing the ability of the Evil Dragon Blood Armor would only arouse their suspicion.

So it's better to let them know now that we're going to forge armor.

In Alice and Rigel's eyes, Shirou wasn't forging any particularly extravagant armor. They assumed he was just making a copy of the King Dragon Armor, so they didn't pay much attention.

And so, the three accepted the Adventurers' Guild's commission and set off into the Wanglong Mountains.

The Wanglong Mountains are located in the west of the Wanglong Kingdom. They are an incredibly majestic mountain range, and due to their complex terrain, the barren areas are almost devoid of human habitation.

Their goal was to obtain materials for the Adventurers' Guild's King Dragon.

This was not difficult; in fact, it went very smoothly.

Because of the presence of Emperor-level powerhouse, Rijerud.

While Wang Long's most proficient gravity magic can defend the body, the anti-magic spear that Shirou made for Rigel is specifically designed to counter magic defense.

No matter how high the magic resistance, one shot will take you down.

After easily eliminating a few King Dragons, Shirou collected as much of their essence as possible, along with the King Dragon materials needed by the Adventurers' Guild, and then embarked on his journey home.

"Shirou, the gun you forged is even more powerful than I imagined."

Holding the exorcising red rose, Rijerud spoke with considerable shock, "I thought the exorcising effect wouldn't be too exaggerated, but I didn't expect it could even break through Wang Long's gravity barrier. If the world knew about this, it would probably cause a huge sensation."

"Just lucky, that's all."

Shirou quickly interjected, "I only forged this weapon by chance, and I couldn't forge it again after that. So, Rigd, you'd better not tell outsiders that I forged this weapon, otherwise it will be troublesome if someone forces me to forge a similar weapon."

"I know."

Rachel Luther nodded.

Shirou breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this.

He didn't want too many people to know that he could forge weapons, as that would likely lead people to believe that he and Muramasa were the same person.

While he was chatting with Rijkaard, Alice suddenly spoke up in dissatisfaction, "What? Why won't Shirou forge me a weapon too! I want one, I want one!"

"This……"

Seeing Alice's tantrum, Shirou felt quite helpless and quickly said, "Didn't I already forge a black key for you before?"

"That was so long ago! Besides, the black keys are only used in critical situations. I usually use the sword that Rigd gave me."

When Rigdell taught Alice combat techniques, he gave her a weapon.

That was something Rijrud had obtained from a demon.

Alice has used it for a long time and it's not bad.

But ultimately it's just an ordinary weapon with no special effects.

Faced with Alice's coquettish pleading, Shirou had no choice but to agree to forge a weapon for her later. However, he didn't want to forge a very good weapon for Alice, since her own strength was still too weak. If she relied too much on weapons, it could very likely affect her future growth.

After much thought, Shirou decided that the original Red Plains Hound was a pretty good sword.

As a Noble Phantasm, it has the characteristic of becoming more powerful the more blood it absorbs, which is very suitable for Alice's rabid fighting style.

Of course, the matter of forging weapons for Alice had to be postponed. Shirou needed to take advantage of the time he was still in the Dragon Kingdom to devote all his energy to forging the Evil Dragon Blood Armor.

……

After returning to the capital of the Kingdom of Wanglong, Shirou completely secluded himself in the kingdom's forging workshop.

He gathered all the essence blood of the King Dragon and refined and polished it as much as possible. With the help of the King Dragon Kingdom's technology for forging King Dragon armor, he created the Evil Dragon Blood Armor, which was very similar to the King Dragon armor but was several times, or even dozens of times, more powerful.

The original owner of the Evil Dragon Blood Armor was the Heroic Spirit Siegfried.

The Greatsword of the Demon Realm that Shirou forged was the weapon Siegfried wielded.

At the same time, Siegfried not only possessed this ridiculously exaggerated dragon-slaying greatsword, but also a suit of armor of the same level as his weapon, the Evil Dragon Blood Armor.

The Blood Armor of the Evil Dragon comes from Siegfried's own legend, "The Song of the Nibelungs." In the story, Siegfried is a prince of the Netherlands and also a knight of noble character.

More than myself, I'd rather bring hope and happiness to others.

He carried the holy sword Balmonk, which he had obtained from the Nibelungs, and made a name for himself in various expeditions and adventures.

His most famous achievement was defeating the evil dragon Fafnir—he obtained the armor formed from the dragon's blood after bathing in it.

The armor can nullify physical attacks and magic attacks equivalent to B-rank.

For attacks of grade A or higher, the defense value equivalent to grade B will be deducted before calculating the damage.

This demonstrates its exaggerated defensive capabilities, meaning that Noble Phantasms of Rank B or lower cannot possibly cause it any damage.

However, the Dragon Blood Armor has only one weakness: according to legend, when Siegfried was bathing in dragon blood, a Bodhi leaf accidentally got stuck on his back.

The area where the Bodhi leaf was located became an area that was not bathed in dragon blood, and it also became Siegfried's only weakness.

When Shirou forged the Dragon Blood Armor, he tried his best to erase this weakness, making the Dragon Blood Armor a truly flawless and absolute defense.

What he didn't expect was that he couldn't get rid of this weakness.

If one were to create the Evil Dragon Blood Armor without any weaknesses, the entire Noble Phantasm would be downgraded by one level, becoming just an ordinary armor that surpasses the King Dragon Armor. Although it would still be incredibly hard, far exceeding ordinary armor by several times, it would lose the boost from the Noble Phantasm.

Conversely, the Dragon Blood Armor, which retains its weakness, possesses an exaggerated defensive capability almost identical to the original, at the cost of that single weakness being incredibly fatal.

Faced with this situation, Shirou vaguely realized that when he was forging Noble Phantasms, it seemed that he was not just forging, but rather projecting Noble Phantasms that did not exist in this world.

This is a fact he concluded based on his past experience in forging.

He ultimately chose to preserve the weakness, creating a near-original version of the Evil Dragon Blood Armor.

This was a decision Shirou made after considering many factors.

……

After Shirou completed the Evil Dragon Blood Armor, he realized that he had to set off as soon as possible, but he was struggling to choose a route.

The Kingdom of Wanglong and the Kingdom of Aslanra are separated by the Wanglong Mountains. To take the safe route, one would need to bypass the Wanglong Mountains and take a longer detour.

This will take nearly ten months to complete.

If you go directly through the Wanglong Mountains, you will not only encounter the terrifying Wanglong tribe at any time, but you may even encounter the legendary Wanglong King.

In the most widespread legend of the Dragon King Kingdom, the Dragon King was a terrifying monster that once ravaged the world.

Even the first Northern God died at its hands.

Until one day, the successor of the Northern God Stream, the son of Kalman, the Second Northern God, accepted the commission from the demon blacksmith Julian Jalisco and personally fought against the Dragon King, finally managing to defeat him.

As a result, Julian Jalisco forged the Dragon King's body into forty-eight holy swords, thus making him famous throughout the world.

The above legends are enough to illustrate how terrifying the Dragon King was.

Only beings of the Northern God level could possibly contend with it.

If it were just Shirou and Rigel, they might be able to go on an adventure, but now that they're with Alice, they have to take the safe route.

Shirou told Alice about his idea, which undoubtedly displeased her.

"Why are you being so considerate of me? Why not just cross the Wanglong Mountain Range directly?!"

"No, safety comes first."

On this matter, Shirou and Rigel have reached a consensus that they will never let Alice be in danger.

Thus, Shirou's journey to the Kingdom of Wanglong came to a complete end. After obtaining the forged Evil Dragon Blood Armor, Shirou gained a tremendous boost and was able to embark on a new journey, officially setting off for the Kingdom of Asura.

But this situation only lasted a few days before it changed.

The moment Shirou sat in the carriage, he casually removed the eyepatch from his right eye to try and get used to his ability to see far.

He has been adapting to this routine all these days, trying his best to ensure that he can completely adapt to life without the blindfold and maintain the stability of the Demon Eye in the future.

But the moment he removed the Demon Eye, Lilia and Aisha's figures suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Before Shirou could even react, the screen suddenly disappeared.

"What was that just now?"

Recalling the scene seen through his clairvoyance, Shirou couldn't immediately pinpoint their location, but since his clairvoyance had given him this hint, it meant that he and the two were probably not far apart.

This undoubtedly means that he may be able to find his two family members again!

Chapter 242 The God and the Human Suffer Another Setback! Heading to the Kingdom of Xilong!

Upon receiving the sudden warning from Clairvoyance, Shirou didn't have time to think and immediately abandoned his plan to leave the Kingdom of Wanglong.

Although he only caught a fleeting glimpse of Lilia and Aisha, barely managing to spot them, and couldn't even confirm their exact location, having any clue was already incredibly good news.

After all, Paul had searched the world for them for years before that, but hadn't found a single clue.

Of course, Shirou wouldn't search aimlessly.