"..."
Alexander's face was very ugly. When Shirou directly caught the King Dragon Sword that he swung with all his might, he showed an almost confused look for the first time.
That was not some deceptive trick, nor was it a reaction to a sudden accident.
But it was real unease about the current situation, and fear that his power had not produced the results it should have.
The Third North God, as one of the seven great powers, can be said to be the one with the least power-like spirit that Shirou has encountered so far.
Although Shirou hasn't met many people of that level, he knows very well what level of heart and will a true power-level expert possesses. That is a state that only real experts obtain after countless reflections on themselves through long time.
However, Alexander didn't give Shirou this feeling of being a strong person. Not only did he not seem like a strong person, he even made Shirou feel inferior to the Water God Reida Reia he had met before.
Although the Water God was not one of the powers, the Water God's heart and strength were those of a true power. She would never be confused or shaken by anything, and would swing the sword in her hand accurately and decisively in any situation.
As for Alexander, he completely relied on the power he got from the King Dragon Sword.
Or rather, because the King Dragon Sword itself was too powerful, Alexander had almost never experienced powerlessness and frustration in the past.
For example, Alexander is like a young man with decent talent, who relied on a good family and status to enter a good high school, get into a good university, and work in a good company. Everything went smoothly, but it was not until he really entered society and encountered people at the same level that he realized the taste of so-called frustration for the first time.
And because he had almost no experience in facing setbacks and defeats in the past, he completely didn't know how to deal with the inner chaos brought about by frustration, and couldn't even put on a normal fighting stance, showing qualities far inferior to even ordinary swordsmen.
Shirou understood Alexander's mood, but he wouldn't show mercy because of the other person's mood.
Now, even if he had to use dirty methods, he would never stop here, and would defeat this Third North God completely without hesitation!
"Bang!"
After Shirou noticed that Alexander couldn't react correctly due to his shaking, he decisively rushed forward, and the completely revealed form of Excalibur suddenly swung out, directly using a Longsword of Light.
After the collision just now, Alexander seemed to be afraid of fighting Shirou head-on, so he stopped swinging the King Dragon Sword and instead used gravity magic to try to escape this attack.
"Rock Cannonball!"
Seeing this, Rudeus decisively released magic from the side.
He had been gathering magic power from the beginning, preparing to release magic. Now he seized a very good opportunity and directly knocked Alexander, who was about to take off, down from the sky!
Roxy also swung her staff, quickly chanted, and completed the magic.
"Appear, earth wall!"
Roxy created walls of rock in all directions around Alexander, making it impossible for Alexander to use gravity magic to dodge.
Shirou was thus able to rush in front of Alexander!
"Damn it!!"
Seemingly not expecting the other side to be so unscrupulous, Alexander was furious, but he couldn't vent it. He could only watch helplessly as Shirou's Longsword of Light, which could not be followed with the naked eye, came toward him.
"Boom!"
A violent storm, mixed with dust, smashed a huge pit in the ground.
Shirou's full-strength strike directly sent Alexander flying. Even though the latter opened a gravity shield in time to resist fatal injuries, he couldn't completely erase the power of the Longsword of Light, and a clear slash wound appeared on his chest.
After retreating rapidly, he landed directly in front of a cliff deep in the maze. Since the surroundings were narrow, it was clear that he had nowhere to escape.
In contrast, Shirou and others were now fully prepared and had plenty of combat power.
The situation had completely turned in Shirou and the others' favor.
"Give up, Alexander."
Looking at Alexander, who was struggling to get up from the ground and panting, Shirou looked at him with calm eyes and showed a cold expression.
Although it wasn't his own power that defeated the opponent, he wasn't the kind of fool who was obsessed with winning one-on-one. As long as he could win, it didn't matter what methods he used.
On the other side, Alexander silently got up from the ground, stuck the King Dragon Sword in the ground, and leaned on the sword.
His eyes swept over Shirou and the others one by one, as if he couldn't imagine that he would be forced into such a desperate situation by such a group of weak beings, and his heart was extremely confused and shaken.
But on the surface, he still insisted, or stubbornly said: "You think you've won? I haven't used my full strength just now. I didn't want to use unstoppable violence against you weaklings, but since you've forced me to this point, don't blame me for what happens next!"
"..."
Shirou, of course, would not be careless about Alexander's words. He immediately put on a defensive stance and told Rudeus and the others to retreat as much as possible.
Although he didn't know what kind of moves Alexander would use, it was best not to let the people around him be affected. Shirou was determined to end this battle completely by himself.
"Come on, let me show you the true power of me as the North God!"
Alexander looked at the people in front of him with cold eyes, roared and raised his sword, posing. "This is not a crisis, or rather, a crisis is the best touchstone for a hero! I will defeat all of you and complete the mission of a hero! Come on, witness it, as the Third North God, reverse the situation!"
In an instant, Alexander's body burst out with some kind of amazing aura, and the King Dragon Sword in his hand instantly burst out with energy that made the entire maze space fall into chaos.
That was a complete gravity field, completely disrupting the gravity of this space.
Not to mention Shirou, who was relatively close, even Rudeus and the others who were far away felt a sense of weakness like when you are in an elevator, were instantly thrown to the ceiling, and then thrown directly to the ground the next second.
The completely chaotic gravity made the entire space full of discord, and the laws fell into chaos.
"Oh oh oh oh oh!"
Alexander himself took advantage of the opportunity when everyone lost their balance and tried his best to swing the long sword in his hand, but he didn't aim at anyone present. Instead, he smashed the sword on the ground, or rather, on the wall of the maze. After the giant sword smashed the wall, the entire maze began to shake, as if it couldn't maintain its support and a huge collapse could happen at any time!
"Not good!"
Rudeus realized what Alexander was doing as soon as possible. He immediately reminded: "That guy wants to destroy the maze itself. If that happens, mother will also be in danger!"
"Rudeus, use magic with me!"
Roxy made a decision as soon as she realized the situation.
She and Rudeus released earth-type magic together, forcibly building new earth walls on the collapsing walls to maintain the balance of the maze.
But this balance was fragile, especially because Alexander's power was too exaggerated. He only needed to make a similar move once to completely smash the maze.
By then, not to mention Zenith, who was at the core of the maze, Rudeus and the others might even be severely injured by the collapsing maze without the protection of gravity magic.
Faced with all of this, Shirou realized that he had to stand up and stop Alexander's actions.
Although the vision at the scene was completely disturbed by gravity magic and dust, Shirou immediately captured Alexander's figure with his clairvoyance.
So he decisively approached the opponent at maximum speed and raised his hand to use a Longsword of Light.
Alexander naturally noticed Shirou's movements. He now had no courage to confront Shirou head-on, so at the moment when Shirou was about to approach him, he decisively activated gravity magic, changed direction in mid-air, and successfully dodged Shirou's sword.
Shirou would naturally not allow Alexander's behavior of only wanting to escape. Although he couldn't use gravity magic, he still had ways to pursue in mid-air.
"Pa!"
Shirou gathered the magic power in his body and suddenly swung a sword aura in Alexander's direction, which was the light released by the golden magic power.
"Boom!"
Alexander seemed to have never thought that Shirou would have such unique methods. His actions in mid-air suddenly stopped, and he was finally smashed away directly by the majestic magic power.
Shirou seized the opportunity to shorten the distance and rushed to Alexander again.
At the same time, due to the inertia brought about by the acceleration, even if Shirou's sword was not a Longsword of Light, its speed and power were exaggerated to an unimaginable level.
Alexander raised the King Dragon Sword in his hand to parry in a state of extreme, but he still couldn't offset the impact and directly crashed into the rock wall.
Shirou seized this opportunity to launch continuous slashes at Alexander, each sword containing his own understanding and mastery of swordsmanship.
That was no longer a simple Sword God Style, but a unique sword belonging to Shirou himself, mixed with the swordsmanship of Servant Emiya, King Arthur's swordsmanship, North God Style, Water God Style, and other martial arts!
"Bang!"
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Shirou didn't know how many swords he swung, almost as if he had suppressed Alexander to the point where he couldn't move in an instant.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
When all the magic power and fighting spirit were gathered at one point, what Shirou swung out was his own sword intent, which had reached the limit, a sword that exceeded the level that a king should have!
"Rumble!"
In the end, the terrifying sword intent completely tore apart the ground behind Alexander, smashing out a terrifying crack that was nearly a hundred meters long!
When everything ended, Shirou silently looked at the battlefield in front of him, where not even a trace could be seen.
All the emotions in his heart had been vented in the battle just now, and now he had no extra words to say.
Even the Third North God, under such circumstances, it was hard to imagine being able to survive.
He won, defeated the North God...
Even so, Shirou's heart had no joy.
After all, this battle should not have happened, and there was no reason for it to happen, but everything turned into reality in such a terrible situation.
Shirou could only sigh silently in his heart and turned to look at Rudeus and the others.
"Won? Did we win?!"
Rudeus got up from the ground with a dusty face.
Just now, he and the others were completely thrown away by the gravity barrier released by Alexander. He even felt that several of his ribs were broken in the process.
But now, after discovering that the Third North God had been completely defeated by Shirou, Rudeus completely ignored his injuries, excitedly got up from the ground, and waved his hands.
"He actually really did it..."
Paul and the others also got up from the ground one after another. They first looked at Shirou, who was the only one still standing in place, and showed a stunned expression.
Immediately afterwards, everyone's faces showed extreme excitement like Rudeus.
"Great!"
After extreme excitement, Paul and the others immediately reacted and realized that they shouldn't be too excited now, because Zenith was still trapped in the magic crystal.
So everyone immediately calmed down and no longer immersed themselves in excitement and joy.
Roxy and Elinalise first tried to remove the magic crystal's restriction on Zenith and discovered that they were easily released from the crystal.
Although Zenith didn't immediately regain consciousness, she was still breathing.
This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Especially Paul. The last time Shirou saw him looking so nervous was when he was waiting for Rudeus to be born in the delivery room.
After discovering that Zenith was still breathing, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he was completely freed from the chaos.
Geese also went to collect all the magic crystals along the way. Each magic crystal was a priceless treasure, and they could get a lot of money if they sold them.
This was an irresistible temptation for any adventurer.
Just when everyone present felt extremely excited, successfully rescued Zenith, and obtained a lot of rewards from the maze, so much so that they were too happy, Shirou's expression suddenly became extremely tense.
He turned around in surprise and looked at the place where Alexander fell.
After being subjected to cuts that were almost too much to bear by Shirou, Alexander was no longer human-shaped.
But seemingly because he was a descendant of an undead race and possessed terrifying vitality comparable to that of an undead race, Alexander still hadn't died.
He struggled to get up from the ground, covered in blood, and said gritting his teeth: "Must become a hero... must carry out justice to the end... Because I am the Third North God, the successor of North God Kalman!! I will definitely not lose!!!!!"
In an instant, Alexander's body exuded a terrifying aura.
That was some kind of aura that Shirou had felt before.
A long time ago, when he fought the Undead Demon Lord Atofe, he had witnessed the existence of this aura from that demon lord.
And that seemed to be the strongest mystery of the North God Style.
"Retreat quickly!"
Without time to think, Shirou, while scolding everyone, unfolded a projection with one hand and instantly released a shield with a petal shape—the Rho Aias!
At the same time, Alexander's terrifying slash arrived completely in the next moment!!
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