"Boom—!"
"Boom—!"
"..."
As a huge stone axe was made by Shirou, its huge magic power burst out. It made thin lines in the air which kept spreading out.
Thump, thump...
The constant beating of the heart matched with the sound of a wide storm rushing by, as if the whole earth was starting to shake, bringing out a strange hot feeling.
"Roar!!!"
The roar of the red dragon came from the sky.
It was a sound that almost made people's hearts break and their minds tremble.
Shirou had no fear at all towards this terrifying sound that could stop a normal person's heart, or rather, fear was useless at this moment.
There was only one way to fight a strong enemy: to make your own strongest attack!
Improve, improve, and improve again...
Push the only power to the limit!
"!!!!"
It sounded like a string breaking in his head.
Shirou knew that it was the limit of humans. The nature of humans was breaking. Every time he used this power beyond its limit, he would be further taken over by the nature of Servant Emiya, becoming something between a human and a Servant, unable to live a normal person's life.
But he didn't care about the result.
At this moment, Shirou only had one thing in his mind, which was to defeat the opponent in front of him and protect the people he wanted to protect!
"Roar!"
The red dragon's roar came even closer.
Shirou could even feel the killing intent coming at him clearly.
However, there was also a strange emotion mixed in with the killing intent.
It was clear that the red dragon was becoming careful of Shirou. Even though Shirou had only created the nameless axe sword and hadn't really used its power, the red dragon could feel something dangerous from the magic waves spreading out from the boy.
Normally, it should leave this place now. There was no need to fight with an unknown human boy.
However, the red dragon's heart strangely had an odd urge, a desire from deep inside that it couldn't find the reason for. It forced it to attack Shirou no matter what.
Also, the red dragon didn't really care about Shirou's power. It didn't think that he could hurt it.
To it, this human boy was very weak. Even if he had special skills, he would be badly hurt if it just touched him lightly.
Compared to dragons, humans were such weak creatures...
"Rumble!"
So, the red dragon flapped its wings hard. It circled in the air for a while, and then rushed towards the ground like a red shooting star.
Its target was Shirou, who was standing there without running away!
"Here it comes!"
Shirou was happy instead of surprised.
Now that he had made the nameless axe sword and was ready to use that special skill, he wasn't worried about the red dragon attacking him. On the opposite, he was worried that the red dragon wouldn't attack him.
After all, the power of the nameless axe sword was a close-range ability. If the opponent kept a distance from him, he would be limited even if he wanted to use it.
The fact that the opponent was trying to defeat him head-on was the best chance!
"Trace, On!"
Shirou took a deep breath. The twenty-seven magic circuits on his arm were fully active at this moment, focused on this next attack!
Three seconds—
The red dragon's storm was already coming at him, very close!
Two seconds—
Facing the giant beast that was close by and giving off a terrifying pressure, Shirou raised the black sword high in his hand!
The huge stone axe, which didn't feel sharp at all, now burst out with swirling power!
To make his attack reach further, Shirou took a step forward and attacked the red dragon in front of him, and in an instant, he made eight different attacks!
"Crack!"
It was a weak sound, but it came from eight different parts at the same time.
Upper jaw, neck, skull, left wing, right wing, breastbone, left leg bone, right leg bone...
But this was naturally not the limit. Everything was just to prepare for the final strike.
"All process projection complete!"
"This is, Shoot Down a Hundred Heads!"
As soon as the voice fell.
The huge stone axe in Shirou's hand swung down at a speed faster than sound, at a level that even the eyes couldn't follow!
"——!!!"
The red dragon didn't even have time to react before it felt a sharp pain all over its body.
It was a fear beyond death!
"Still not enough!!!"
Shirou looked at the red dragon's strong life force. He understood that it hadn't died even after taking eight hits.
This was, after all, the strongest race in the world. Dragons had such strong life force that they could heal even after being broken into pieces.
It just needed time.
But now, Shirou definitely wouldn't give it time!
His projection skill still needed the final strike to be complete!
"Haaaaaa!!!!"
No extra actions, just pure power.
Shirou took another step forward, holding a weapon bigger than himself, and jumped into the air. He used the power of his movement and the energy of his position to speed up the spinning, to further increase the power and speed of the strike.
By loading projections, Shirou had the fighting skills of the great hero Heracles. He could easily do even this level of action!
"Bang!"
The sword spun in the air, making a sound that made people feel tight in the chest.
"Boom!"
Fear finally appeared in the red dragon's eyes. It knew that death was coming. It tried its best to defend and protect its vital spots. It even wanted to dodge and run away from this human's terrifying attack.
However, because it had charged at Shirou at full speed, it couldn't slow down its speed now, and it could only keep charging straight at Shirou.
At the same time, Shirou's attack didn't try to hit any vital spot.
His target was the red dragon's whole body!
No matter how strong the dragon's life force was, no matter how many attacks it could take, it only needed a destructive power that was above everything else to end its life in an instant!
"——!!!"
No extra steps, no waves at all.
As the huge stone axe turned into a tornado, under Shirou's twisting body, it smashed down with a power never seen before!
"Bang!"
The sword hit the dragon's body with a solid blow, completely stopping its charge. At the same time, the red dragon's huge body crashed to the ground!
"Awoo——!!!!"
The red dragon screamed without any honor. Its eyes widened completely, unable to accept its death and defeat.
However, if the red dragon could see its situation from another person's point of view at this moment, it might not have so much regret.
Because under Shirou's full-power strike, a huge crack of tens of meters was made directly in the ground.
The final strike of Shoot Down a Hundred Heads, a strike that gathered all magic power, strength, power, and energy of position, was a strike that could even kill the earth!
Only a body like the red dragon, with its level of defense, could only have its organs broken after taking this strike, and only have some small openings on the outside.
If it were any other living thing, even one that was proud of its body, it would probably be cut flat like tofu in front of this strike.
"Hahaha"
Standing on the solid ground, Shirou's eyes were focused on the red dragon's body, worried that the giant beast would come back to life.
Although he knew in his heart that it was definitely dead, he couldn't completely relax because everything just now had been too difficult.
The fight that had just happened seemed long, but it had actually happened in an instant.
The people around might not even realize what had happened before the fight was over.
The one who fell was the red dragon.
The one who lived was Shirou.
This meant that this twelve-year-old boy had completed the great task of killing a dragon, something that countless adventurers wanted to do but had never done!
Of course, Shirou himself didn't feel like he had done anything great. He just let go of the projected axe sword. He almost couldn't stand because the over-used fight was over, and the magic power suddenly went back in.
"Shirou!"
"Shirou!"
Paul and Rudeus came running from a distance.
The father and son had been hesitating whether to help Shirou or follow Shirou's wishes and run away to get the villagers to leave.
But they didn't expect that the fight would be over in less than a minute.
In their eyes, they saw the scene of the boy trying his best, challenging a strong enemy as if with his life, and finally making a miracle.
Even though it was such a great scene, they weren't very happy or excited. On the opposite, they were full of bitterness and worry.
Especially Rudeus.
This experience made him realize even more how weak and helpless he was. He could only hide behind others every time.
This feeling made him feel worse than if he had died in the red dragon's mouth.
And Shirou seemed to see his unwillingness.
The red-haired, no, the boy whose red hair had a bit of white in it, calmly touched his head and said, "Don't be sad. You should be happy. We can all go home."
After saying this, Shirou was about to take a step.
But the feeling of weakness all over his body made it almost impossible for him to stand. He fell straight to the ground, scaring Rudeus and Paul next to him!
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