The Sword God's attitude was very strong. He directly set the condition that Shirou must wear this heavy armor to participate in the Sword Saint test of the Holy Land of Swords. This would give him the opportunity to study swordsmanship in the Holy Land of Swords, and even teach him the Sword King level secrets of the Sword God Style.
Although Shirou couldn't understand the Sword God's request, he still chose to do as he was told.
After all, his current Sword God Style skills were indeed in a bottleneck, and even Ghislaine couldn't help him become stronger.
If he wanted to go further in the Sword God Style, the only option was to learn swordsmanship from the Sword God.
So, despite Ghislaine and Eris' opinions, Shirou silently took off his Evil Dragon Blood Armor and put on the armor given by the Sword God.
The armor didn't look big, and could even be completely hidden by clothes, but it was actually extremely heavy. In particular, this armor seemed to absorb magic power and fighting spirit, making it difficult for Shirou to move easily, and even making it difficult to release fighting spirit and magic power.
It was like how the Sword God had deliberately suppressed his strength to the Sword King level in order to fight Shirou.
After putting on this armor, Shirou's strength was also greatly suppressed, dropping back to the upper level of Sword God Style, or even only the middle level.
If he wore this armor, it would be difficult to wield even the Soundless Sword freely, let alone the Longsword of Light.
For a moment, Shirou vaguely realized the reason why the Sword God had given him this request.
The other party probably wanted to test him in this way.
If he could successfully pass the Sword Saint test under such great restrictions, he could gain the Sword God's recognition.
Otherwise, if he couldn't overcome even the slightest difficulty, then with his ordinary talent for swordsmanship, it would naturally be impossible to go further on the Sword God Style path.
"I understand, I will participate in the Sword Saint test."
Shirou understood the Sword God's meaning and nodded.
The Sword God didn't pay much attention to this. He waved his hand and said as if he had lost interest, "Go, go, come see me after you pass the test. Of course, if you can't even pass that test, then quickly get out of this Holy Land of Swords, and don't come see me again."
"I understand."
Shirou nodded without hesitation.
Even though he knew that the Sword God had deliberately given him a difficult problem, he didn't back down, but readily accepted the conditions the other party had put forward.
For Shirou, no matter how difficult the road ahead, he would not be afraid. He would use all means to completely overcome the dangerous situation!
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After leaving the meeting room of the Holy Land of Swords, Shirou struggled to follow Ghislaine and Eris out.
Because the armor on his body was too heavy, it was difficult for him to even walk normally. He would become unsteady and unable to stabilize his feet every few steps because of his overly heavy body.
"You really didn't need to accept that kind of condition..."
Ghislaine showed a helpless expression.
When Shirou was talking to the Sword God just now, she wanted to interrupt several times and ask Shirou to reject the completely unreasonable request made by the Sword God.
But because the attitudes of the Sword God and Shirou were too stubborn, her words couldn't reach their ears at all.
In fact, she didn't approve of the Sword God's unreasonable proposal at all, and she had always been optimistic about Shirou. She didn't think it was necessary to stimulate Shirou's potential in this perverted way. She only needed to teach the other party swordsmanship step by step to allow him to grow.
"Don't worry, Ghislaine."
Shirou understood Ghislaine's thoughts. He said calmly, "I'm very happy that the Sword God is willing to give me such an opportunity, because as the Sword God said, I'm just an ordinary person without talent for swordsmanship. With my ordinary talent, I will definitely have to pay a huge price to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship!"
"...But in my opinion, you have talent."
"But that talent is not enough to touch the Sword God's sword, is it?"
Shirou shook his head.
After experiencing that battle just now, he became more and more clearly aware of the gap between himself and a god-level being.
Even if the Sword God only used Sword King level swordsmanship and fighting spirit, it was enough to break all of his moves, and even the causality-hitting spear failed to defeat the opponent.
Of course, this was partly because Shirou himself was not good at using the spear, but it was enough to show how fragile and small he was in front of the Sword God.
Because the gap between him and the Dragon God he encountered before was too huge, Shirou didn't immediately notice the cliff-like gap in strength.
But now, after directly facing the Sword God, directly facing this strong man who was also a human being, he realized how inadequate he was.
Therefore, Shirou was willing to accept all conditions, as long as it could make him stronger, he was willing to do anything.
After hearing Shirou's firm resolve, Ghislaine finally couldn't say anything, and silently nodded, accepting Shirou's approach.
On the other hand, although Eris didn't say a word from beginning to end, she also felt Shirou's determination and admired Shirou even more, and realized her own shortcomings.
Because of this, she secretly made up her mind that she must become stronger in this Holy Land of Swords, and not be left behind by Shirou, but to closely follow him.
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Shirou and the others stayed in the Holy Land of Swords like this.
Since there was still some time before the Sword Saint test, Shirou and Eris each spent a lot of time privately training themselves.
Yes, since anyone can participate in the Sword Saint test, and it doesn't specify that you need to learn Longsword of Light, Eris also decided to participate in the Sword Saint test, not wanting to be left behind by Shirou.
Shirou was quite pleased with this, but because he couldn't even take care of his own affairs, he naturally didn't have the ability to guide Eris' swordsmanship training.
Because the armor given by the Sword God was too heavy, he could only use the Soundless Sword with great difficulty while wearing the armor, and it was even more impossible to use the Longsword of Light.
Therefore, Shirou realized that it would be extremely difficult for him to pass the Sword Saint test by normal means, and he had to use some unconventional methods.
Simply put, he planned to use not only the Sword God Style swordsmanship, but also all the swordsmanship he had mastered in this test.
Only in this way could he possibly pass the test in such a disadvantaged situation.
Of course, all of this was based on the premise that he needed to adapt to this overly heavy armor and be able to perform basic swordsmanship movements while bearing the weight of the armor.
If he couldn't even use basic swordsmanship, even if he had thousands of methods, he would not be able to defeat his opponent in the end.
Therefore, Shirou began to insist on jogging on the mountain roads of the Holy Land of Swords every day.
Although it was just a simple exercise, he would often start panting after only running for a while because his body was carrying too much weight.
Shirou could only rest for a while, and then continue running, repeating this cycle.
In addition to running, he would also do other exercises, especially jumping among the slopes of the Holy Land of Swords.
Because the environment of the Holy Land of Swords was similar to a canyon, with complex terrain everywhere, he used his physical abilities to climb and jump, trying to meet the requirement of climbing the mountain peak by hand as much as possible.
However, because the burden on his body was too heavy, Shirou was unable to complete the jumping action every time, and basically fell from the mountainside several times, covered in bruises.
Although there was Avalon's healing barrier, the pain during the fall could not be eliminated after all.
Shirou didn't care about this and continued this self-torturing exercise.
In the Holy Land of Swords, in addition to Shirou, there were also a large number of swordsmen.
They usually practiced swords in their respective areas, and occasionally gathered in the public area of the Holy Land to discuss the insights of swordsmanship with each other.
Among them were many talented swordsmen, such as a girl named Nina Farion.
She was the current Sword God's daughter, eighteen years old this year. At the age of sixteen, she was hailed as having unmatched talent and was awarded the title of Sword Saint.
People in the Holy Land believed that she could become a Sword King before the age of twenty, and she would definitely become a Sword Emperor before the age of twenty-five. She was currently the most valued potential talent.
Nina also had a cousin named Jino Blitz, who was the second son of the Blitz family, a branch family of the Farion family, the head of the Sword God Style. He was fourteen years old this year.
Jino was even more exaggerated than Nina. He was awarded the title of Sword Saint at the age of twelve, making him the youngest Sword Saint in the Holy Land of Swords in a hundred years.
Although his strength was still a step away from Nina's, it was hard to imagine how far this young genius could go in the future.
It could be said that the younger generation of the Holy Land of Swords was basically centered on Nina and Jino.
Most of the young swordsmen admired these two young Sword Saints.
Jino had a more well-behaved and aloof personality, so he didn't use his reputation to do anything. He just followed behind Nina every day like a tagalong and repeated the act of practicing swords.
Nina, on the other hand, was confident in her own strength and talent, and formed cliques among the younger generation of the Holy Land of Swords, and had a very high status.
She was confident that no one in the entire Holy Land, including Jino, could defeat her, so she had a very relaxed attitude towards swordsmanship.
Although she heard that Sword King Ghislaine had brought back a disciple, she didn't care at all and continued to do things her own way.
Just then, Nina heard that a young boy was constantly running on the mountain road every day and trying to climb to the top of the mountain.
Like most other swordsmen, Nina found it funny when she heard this.
Because normal Sword God Style swordsmen could easily climb to the top of the Holy Land. After all, with fighting spirit around their bodies, everyone's physical fitness was extraordinary.
Nina didn't know that the armor on Shirou's body would suppress magic power and fighting spirit, so she only thought that Shirou's behavior was very stupid.
If someone was so old and still couldn't achieve fighting spirit protection and release of fighting spirit, then they simply didn't have the talent to practice swordsmanship. Instead of wasting time, they should change careers and go home to farm.
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