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

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"So, what should we do in this situation?"

The young demon Kurt couldn't help but ask a question.

"There's nothing we can do, the first to grab it wins."

"What!?"

"That's the rule for adventurers, don't expect us to be accommodating."

"..."

Kurt looked helpless. Their mere D-level team could never beat a B-level team; it was practically an impossible mission.

He then looked at Shirou, figuring that Shirou's situation was probably similar to his own, and suggested, "You're also a D-rank adventurer party, right? How about we team up? If these guys defeat the monsters first, then our quest will be...!"

"Cooperation... forget it."

Shirou didn't want to get involved in troublesome matters.

He is a champion of justice, not a pushover. He has no interest in babysitting children or anything like that.

"Heh, you little brat! You're so weak, yet you're so arrogant!"

Blaze gave Shirou a mocking look, not thinking that such a young human had any strength, and then led his men into the forest first.

Kurt wanted to cooperate with Shirou, but seeing that Shirou didn't seem interested, he had no choice but to give up.

Shirou then returned to Rigel and Alice, informed them of the situation, and stated that he would go and deal with the monster first.

After all, he had already realized the problem with this mission; if they were any slower, there was a high possibility of unimaginable casualties.

Alice and Ridge Rudd naturally had no objection to this.

Alice, in particular, was already fed up with the daily chores and now that she could finally fight monsters, she couldn't wait to kill the enemy right in the face.

But Shirou naturally wanted Alice to restrain herself.

After all, if he guessed correctly, this time the opponent was probably not some monster, but something even worse than a monster.

Chapter 190 Shirou, you, you kiss me too!

After a brief discussion, Shirou and the others immediately entered the forest.

Faced with a narrow and obstructed environment like a forest, it would be difficult for the average person to move forward smoothly and quickly; even Rachel Rudd lacked experience in this area.

However, Shirou has a wealth of experience in navigating forests. Since arriving in this world, he has been fighting monsters in the forest almost from a young age, and has extensive experience in jungle operations.

So Shirou led Alice and Rigel forward smoothly without encountering any obstacles.

However, just as they were about to enter the depths of the forest, Shirou paused slightly.

"what happened?"

Alice looked at him, puzzled.

Rachel Rudd also hesitated.

Shirou then spoke up, "There's the aura of monsters over there. I remember another adventurer team called the Guren Team went in that direction."

"What? Those guys are just asking for it."

Alice didn't care much and didn't think there was anything to worry about regarding the affairs of other adventurer teams.

However, Rijerud, upon hearing Shirou's words, looked worried and said, "Children can't handle dangerous monsters. We should go and help."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Shirou and Rigel are very similar in their ideals of justice, so they usually don't have any disagreements in situations like this.

Only Alice clearly couldn't understand why Shirou and Rigel were so concerned about other people's affairs.

They were just complete strangers.

"Helping others is helping yourself."

Seeing Alice's expression, Shirou realized what she was thinking, but he didn't impose his own expectations on her. Instead, he spoke in a way that was easier for her to understand: "If one day, Alice, you were in danger, wouldn't you also hope that someone would help you?"

"That's...indeed true."

Alice nodded.

She had been saved by others before, whether it was by a man named Emiya who saved her life a long time ago, or by Shirou's help later. Alice still remembered all of these experiences to some extent.

However, she lacked the almost fanatical sense of justice that Shirou and Rigel possessed, so she couldn't always understand their actions.

Seeing this, Shirou did not force Alice to immediately understand the concept of justice. He simply prepared for action while saying to Rigel, "Let Alice and I take action later. If you fight, Rigel, people might recognize you as a Spelud."

"I do not care."

Rachel Rudd showed extreme composure, seemingly unconcerned about whether his reputation would be affected.

Shirou sighed silently and said, "You may not care, but outsiders will. Do you want us all to be driven out of town later?"

"Well... alright, but if you can't handle it, I'll step in immediately."

"Ah."

Shirou nodded.

He completely understood Rachel Rudd's thoughts because the two were essentially the same kind of people, both of whom were willing to sacrifice themselves to help others.

This is why they are often more worried about the people around them than about themselves.

Shirow was like this, and so was Rigdal.

Alice was the only one she couldn't understand, which made her feel increasingly out of place. However, she didn't voice her thoughts and kept everything hidden in her heart.

……

After activating the Eagle Eye's perception, Shirou quickly located Kurt and his group.

This adventurer squad, known as the "Dokurabu Village Fools' Team," consists mostly of young people who have just become adventurers. They are not only inexperienced but also generally weak.

Most importantly, they have no understanding of the forest environment and are full of youthful arrogance and conceit, making absolutely no attempt to hide their presence.

This action is tantamount to lighting a torch in a pitch-black forest, revealing one's location to all the primordial beasts hiding in the shadows.

It was the worst possible move.

Indeed, that is true.

When Shirou easily found the people by following the traces they left behind, Kurt and his group had already been entangled by a monster, and an extremely dangerous one at that—the Executioner.

The so-called executioner is a humanoid monster whose true form is a zombie transformed from a dead adventurer.

As undead monsters, their strength is basically determined by the power of the adventurers they were in life. Some unusual undead monsters even inherit skills from their previous lives and may even possess intelligence.

Of course, undead monsters with intelligence can not be considered monsters in a certain sense, but rather a demon race.

The Undead Demon King Atofi and her undead army are a demon race composed of intelligent undead monsters.

That's another topic, of course.

The current situation is that Kurt and his group encountered a powerful undead monster as soon as they entered the forest. Moreover, the opponent was clearly an adventurer of B rank or above in life, and its powerful strength has not faded even after death and becoming a monster.

Kurt and his men suffered a crushing defeat as soon as they engaged in combat and desperately tried to escape.

But unexpectedly, an almond python appeared on the retreat route.

Almond pythons are monsters that appear in groups of three to five, and their bodies have almond-like patterns.

It is about three meters long, has highly venomous teeth, and is very agile.

Because they are difficult to defeat and numerous, they are classified as Rank B, making them formidable enemies.

Kurt and his companions were caught in a pincer attack by the two monsters that were practically synonymous with the Petrifying Forest and were the monsters they least wanted to encounter, and their faces showed utter despair.

"Back off!"

Just then, Shirou and Alice burst out of the shadows.

Shirou drew the demonic sword, Tsubasa, from his waist. He unleashed a sword of light of saint-level power, like a flash of light in the night, blocking the attack of the undead demon.

Alice also drew her longsword and tore the almond python's body apart!

However, unlike the slightly inferior Almond Python, the Executioner was quite powerful and seemed to have been a formidable swordsman in life.

Out of respect for the swordsman, Shirou did not tear his opponent's body apart directly. Instead, he engaged in a swordsmanship contest and, after realizing that his opponent was likely a swordsman of the Kitakami-ryu school, knocked the sword out of his hand and easily won the victory.

The reason it was so easy was not because the opponent was too weak.

In fact, this swordsman was at least at the level of a Northern Saint during his lifetime.

However, the skills of the Northern God Style are almost impossible to use in the hands of monsters that have lost their intelligence; those are skills that require a quick mind and quick thinking to use.

Conversely, if a swordsman of the Sword God style were to transform into this kind of monster, he would not only not become weaker, but might even become stronger.

Because the Sword God style doesn't involve any thinking during battle; they just need to swing their swords as fast as they can.

As Shirou pondered these matters, he picked up the greatsword the executioner had dropped and discovered that its base was no ordinary weapon. It was made of a very unique material, possessing extremely tough properties, far surpassing the weapons forged by ordinary human blacksmiths.

"Phew...really...ooh...I'm saved, thank you..."

Kurt, standing to the side, turned pale with fright and trembled as he spoke.

He had assumed it would be some powerful passerby who had saved him, but the moment he saw it was Shirou, he was immediately surprised. He hadn't expected it to be someone of similar level to him.

"This is not a place for you. Go back now."

Shirou spoke calmly, which made Kurt show a bitter expression.

He has come to realize his mistake; he almost caused the deaths of his team members.

If Shirou hadn't intervened, they would all probably be dead here.

"I'm sorry, and thank you."

Kurt expressed his gratitude to Shirou and Alice once again.

Alice was certainly not used to receiving gratitude from others, but it wasn't that she couldn't accept it; rather, she understood to some extent the wonderful feeling one gets when helping others.

However, it could be a racial custom.

Before leaving, Kurt suddenly took Alice's hand and kissed the back of her gloved hand.

Then, Kurt expressed his gratitude again and left quietly with a big smile on his face.

Alice, who was left standing there, froze, looking completely bewildered. Then, she suddenly looked at Shirou with a confused expression and began to vigorously rub the spot on her body where she had just been kissed.

"what happened?"

Shirou didn't understand Alice's reaction.

Alice, inexplicably agitated, frantically took off and threw away the gloves, saying, "I...I don't want these anymore!"

"???"

Completely unable to understand Alice's actions, Shirou didn't care about Kurt's behavior anyway, since kissing the back of the hand was probably just a custom of the other party as a demon.

Alice was very dissatisfied with Shirou's reaction. She stomped her foot impatiently and then held out her gloved hand to Shirou.

"Shirou, you, you give me a kiss too!"

"why?"

"No reason why, just give me a kiss already!"

"..."

Completely baffled by Alice's reaction, Shirou reluctantly took her hand and silently kissed it.

Even though it was Alice who initiated Shirou's actions, Alice herself blushed with embarrassment after being kissed.

He then lowered his head and remained silent.

The group continued walking into the forest.

While Shirou and the others weren't paying attention, Alice kissed the spot where Shirou had kissed her, and then immediately blushed and frantically wiped her hands with the hem of her clothes.

In fact, Shirou noticed Alice's actions.

However, considering the girl's feelings, he naturally wouldn't bring it up himself.

Shirou and his companions ventured deeper into the forest, their goal undoubtedly being to eliminate the monsters before the team known as [SuperBlaze] could reach them, preventing them from also encountering danger.

However, when Shirou and the others arrived at the scene, they found that they were still too late.

When they arrived at their destination, all that appeared before them were the corpses of a group of adventurers.