The Temple Knight Order showed a very disgusted attitude towards Shirou. Almost without saying a word, and without even intending to ask anything, they directly surrounded him.
Faced with the reaction of these Temple Knights, Shirou frowned slightly.
After all, he hadn't done anything from beginning to end, he had simply followed them here, but these knights of the Temple Knight Order showed hostility towards him without saying anything or even asking. Such a high and mighty attitude was really unpleasant.
At least Shirou had instinctively developed a dislike for the Temple Knight Order as an organization.
"Who are you?"
The Temple Knight Order hadn't quite reached the point of directly arresting people. They came up and questioned Shirou, putting on an act of wanting to reason with him.
"Um, well..."
Therese tried to say something to let others know that Shirou was a good person who had saved her and the Holy Child.
But the Temple Knights didn't even want to listen to her and rushed directly to Shirou, forcefully trying to pull the Holy Child away from him.
"No, don't."
The Holy Child seemed to be afraid of the Temple Knights' actions and instinctively tried to dodge.
But the Temple Knights ignored her and tried to drag the Holy Child away.
"Clap!"
Shirou had no choice but to intervene, pushing away the approaching Temple Knight. His hand involuntarily reached for the magic sword Wind Break at his waist.
His act of resistance undoubtedly aroused the hostility of many Temple Knights in an instant.
These knights in blue armor were like a group of startled beasts, all drawing their long swords at their waists and aiming them at Shirou.
"Huh? Wait, why is this happening..."
Therese was completely confused.
She never expected that her act of bringing Shirou back to the church headquarters would cause such chaotic consequences.
It wasn't that she was worried about Shirou, after all, she knew very well that Shirou's Sword Saint-level strength couldn't be threatened by these ordinary Temple Knights.
The main problem was that if Shirou clashed with the Temple Knights here, it would not only lead to Shirou becoming enemies with the church, but her original plan to win over Shirou would also immediately fall through.
Feeling the tense atmosphere in front of her, as if they would start fighting with swords at any moment, Therese racked her brains but couldn't think of a solution and fell into complete confusion.
"Thief, quickly release the Holy Child!"
A high-ranking Temple Knight looked at Shirou with a stern face, the long sword in his hand scattering light under the sun, giving people a sense of extraordinary momentum.
At the same time, the other Temple Knights also showed cold expressions, looking as if they might kill someone at any moment.
Shirou no longer had any good feelings for this group of Temple Knights, so he didn't have a good expression either. He said frankly, "I didn't grab your Holy Child, but I don't think you people who draw your swords at random are good people either. If you keep pointing your swords at me like this, what if I just take this Holy Child away?"
"As expected, this guy is a bandit trying to kidnap the Holy Child!"
"Foolish guy, this is the headquarters of the church, surrender now!"
"The holy Milis will give you ruthless punishment, you thief!"
The Temple Knights spoke one after another, not seeming like they could communicate at all.
They had completely regarded Shirou as a suspicious person who posed a threat and wanted to take him down directly.
Of course, Therese couldn't just watch this happen. In desperation, she quickly pleaded, "Don't do this, Shirou is not a bad person."
"Therese, have you become a running dog of the enemy too?"
"That... I haven't, and Shirou isn't an enemy either."
"Shut up! It was already a huge mistake that you didn't protect the Holy Child. If you don't want to add more to your sins, don't cause any more trouble for yourself now!"
"I..."
"There's nothing to say. This man is probably a heretic. The Temple Knight Order has the power to judge heretics. Even if he's innocent, killing him won't cause any trouble afterwards. We absolutely cannot allow anyone who might threaten the Holy Child to exist in this world!"
The captain of the Temple Knights made a decision without hesitation, directly and decisively.
"..."
Shirou really had no hope for the brains of this group of religious people.
He was already prepared to kill people here and then escape the Holy Milis Kingdom with Alice and Ruijerd.
Although he felt sorry for Paul, he had no choice. He decided to prioritize protecting Eris first.
At the moment when Shirou had made a decision and even the starting stance of Longsword of Light had been unfolded.
"You, listen to me."
The Holy Child, who had been standing in place in fear, suddenly spoke, "Brother Shirou is not a bad person. He saved me and Therese from the evil guys."
"What?"
They didn't expect the Holy Child to take the initiative to speak and defend Shirou.
All the knights were immediately hesitant. After all, they could ignore anyone's words, but they could never disobey the Holy Child's opinion.
Therese breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that as long as the Holy Child spoke, the Temple Knights would definitely not cause any more trouble for Shirou.
However, what she never expected was that the captain of the Temple Knights, after being silent for a while, actually spoke with a cold expression, "Damn heretic, you actually dare to brainwash the Holy Child and instill wrong ideas in her. Your crime is doubled, and you are unforgivable. You must die here today!"
"..."
Not to mention Shirou, even Therese was speechless at this kind of weird thinking.
The Temple Knights, as one of the most conservative forces in the church, were simply a group of stubborn people who didn't listen to anyone and only believed in what they were convinced of.
In religious forces, they were undoubtedly the sharpest sword and would never easily betray their faith.
But at the same time, they were also almost impossible to have any normal communication with.
Unless it was an object that could arouse their approval or an existence with a higher status, it was almost impossible to persuade them.
"Do it!"
The Temple Knights had completely lost their scruples and directly took action, wanting to take Shirou down.
Faced with all of this, Shirou finally had no more hesitation.
Since the other side didn't even want their face anymore, there was no need for him to hesitate.
Now there was only one thing to do - fight!
"Clap!"
Wind Break at Shirou's waist was suddenly unsheathed. His blade cut through space, drawing a silver arc in the air, and rushed in front of the foremost Temple Knight at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye!
One strike landed!
In the instant before anyone could react, a Temple Knight had already been directly struck by Shirou.
However, what confused Shirou was that he had not shown any mercy when he attacked. He completely didn't want to care about the relationship with the Holy Milis Kingdom and wanted to kill all these knights with donkey-like brains.
But when he attacked, he found that his sword did not penetrate the knights' bodies.
Although that armor couldn't stop Shirou's swordsmanship at all, the bodies of the Temple Knights seemed to be blessed by some kind of invisible armor, which could not be broken through!
"A special defense barrier-type magic?"
Shirou was interested in the Temple Knights' magic, because it might be able to strengthen his Avalon.
On the other side, the Temple Knights were all taken aback when they saw Shirou's actions.
"Longsword of Light? This guy is a Sword Saint? How can he be so young?"
Almost every time it was the same reaction.
Shirou was getting tired of it.
But he also knew that this reaction was normal. After all, ordinary Saints were no longer ordinary people in this world, and Sword God Style Saints were even the best among Saints. Even geniuses needed decades of hard work to break through ordinary Saint-level, let alone Sword God Style, the strongest and most difficult style.
"Bang!"
"Clap!" "Bang!"
Now that he knew that these Temple Knights were all protected by defense barriers, Shirou no longer hesitated when attacking. He almost unleashed the most extreme Longsword of Light.
In an instant, several Temple Knights fell to the ground under his sword.
Although the defense barriers spared them from fatal injuries, the pain of being slashed was still unavoidable.
In the blink of an eye, only a few of the originally numerous Temple Knights were still standing.
This included the captain of the Temple Knights.
"So you're a Sword Saint... I never thought that the inheritor of the Holy Land of Swords, who once wiped out demons and protected humans, would become so ignorant and evil."
"In my opinion, you guys look more like the embodiment of evil."
"Boring verbal dispute. We represent the Milis Church, the great Saint Milis. What we represent is the absolute justice in this world!"
The captain of the Temple Knights said as he stepped forward. He held a broad-bladed long sword that was larger than ordinary weapons, and there were obvious magic marks on his body.
Based on the feeling Shirou had just had in battle, these Temple Knights should all be magic swordsmen.
They used various divine spells of the church while using swordsmanship.
Although ordinary Temple Knights had unique skills, they couldn't stop Shirou's slashes at all.
But the captain of the Temple Knights in front of him was obviously not one of them. Shirou even felt a pressure from the other party that was comparable to Giles, or even above the North Saint.
"Heretic, die!"
When Shirou's whole body tensed up and he prepared to face a hard battle, the captain of the Temple Knights had already rushed towards him with his weapon.
The other party's speed was not fast, but it gave people an unspeakable explosive force.
Relying on an extremely exaggerated charging speed, he instantly approached Shirou.
However, in terms of speed, Sword God Style would not lose to any style.
Shirou easily dodged the Temple Knight Captain's slash and forced him back with a backhand slash.
But still the same as before.
Under the blessing of a strange defense barrier magic, the Temple Knight Captain's body was not affected by this slash. Because his will was strong enough, he didn't even feel the slightest pain.
Of course, Shirou had already been prepared.
He waved his sword calmly, constantly launching slashes from various angles, forcing the captain of the Temple Knight Order back again and again, making it impossible for him to parry at all.
This was the advantage of the Sword God Style.
No matter what the situation, you could occupy the absolute dominance of the battle.
"Damn it!!!"
The Temple Knight Captain finally became anxious. He risked getting hurt and swung his sword at Shirou.
Shirou instinctively waved his sword to block, but he never expected that the other party's slash was incredibly powerful. It actually smashed him away with one blow, and even the magic sword Wind Break showed some cracks.
"A blessing spell?"
Shirou looked at the somewhat shattered sword and realized that the Temple Knight Captain's methods were very unique and could actually damage the weapon itself.
If he continued to fight like this, Wind Break might be directly destroyed.
Helpless, Shirou had to take back the weapon!
Since the weapon would be destroyed, he would just use magic directly!
By using sword magic, he could continue the battle without having to worry about damaging the weapon!
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