Shirou, using reinforcement magic to strengthen his wooden sword, directly broke Nina's wooden sword, which secretly had metal pieces inside. This kind of thing might not be normal in this world, but for Shirou, it was only natural.
Never mind that his reinforcement magic had already been greatly improved. Even when he was still very weak, he could barely create weapons to withstand servant attacks with reinforcement magic.
The wooden sword in his hand, after being strengthened by him, had its level directly raised by a large amount, possessing the quality of a generally refined sword.
It was only natural that Nina's wooden sword with a metal core would be broken.
However, although Shirou himself knew these things, Nina and many Sword Saints obviously couldn't understand.
They all looked at Shirou, and then, like the guilty party blaming the victim, they took the lead in accusing Shirou!
"This guy is cheating! There's something wrong with his sword!"
"That's right, how could an ordinary wooden sword directly shatter an opponent's sword! That kid's wooden sword must have something else mixed in!"
"We must take away this cheater's qualification for the test!"
"..."
A group of Sword Saints had completely lost face and were using all sorts of means to slander Shirou.
This scene, in the eyes of the Sword King and sword emperors, was really too embarrassing. They all chose to look away, not wanting to watch these younger people lose face.
On the other hand, the Sword God watched the scene unfolding before him with great enjoyment, and he obviously had no intention of stopping it, just watching silently.
"What exactly did you do..."
Nina, after all, didn't have the thick skin of the other Sword Saints.
She changed to a wooden sword with a metal core but still couldn't break Shirou's sword. Instead, her sword was broken by the opponent's sword. This made her completely realize that the young man in front of her was different, and a complex feeling was born in her heart.
But she was, after all, a proud person and couldn't take the initiative to admit her mistake to Shirou, so she chose to ask Shirou about the situation, in order to change the subject.
"It's nothing, just using magic."
Shirou said quietly.
His words, when Nina heard them, were mistaken by Nina for magic.
Although it was the first time she had heard of this kind of magic that made weapons harder, she finally understood the situation, and her face became quite ugly.
Even though she had already chosen to cheat, her weapon was still broken by the opponent. She had no will to fight at all for a while.
Especially when Shirou saw the metal pieces that fell out after her wooden sword broke, he didn't make an issue of it or attack her.
Shirou's broad-mindedness made Nina completely realize how narrow-minded she was, and it also made her stop worrying about the conflict with Eris.
"I give up."
Nina finally chose to give up directly.
Although she hadn't been defeated, after experiencing the event just now, she had completely lost the face to continue fighting Shirou.
"This..."
Unexpectedly, Nina actually chose to give up on her own. The Sword Saints not far away showed confused expressions. They obviously hadn't seen reality as clearly as Nina, and they still harbored hostility towards Shirou, not wanting the young man to successfully pass the Sword Saint test.
Just as the Sword Saints were racking their brains, trying to stop Shirou from passing the test, and even secretly attacking the irresponsible Nina, the Sword God finally stood up.
He and the Swordsmen around him with the title of Sword King or higher all looked coldly and contemptuously at these Sword Saints, as if seeing a group of foolish people putting on an act.
The Sword God and others knew very well who was right and who was wrong in everything just now.
The so-called formal duel is not about deciding victory or defeat at the moment the sword is broken.
But only when the heart gives in to the other side, will the real defeat come.
However, the Sword God didn't scold his Sword Saints, as if he had no expectations for this group of hopeless guys. Instead, he looked at Shirou and said, "It's really embarrassing, Nina. You can't even complete a mere Sword Saint test. What kind of system is this?"
"S-sorry, Father."
Nina was so frightened that she knelt on one knee on the spot.
But she really had no face to fight Shirou. Instead of letting her continue to fight Shirou, it would be better to accept the Sword God's punishment directly.
But the Sword God didn't punish her, but coldly said to Shirou, "You kid actually used magic in a sacred swordsmanship match. This behavior must be punished."
"Is there a rule in swordsmanship duels that magic cannot be used?"
"Well, there is indeed no such rule."
"Then..."
"Then I'll add this rule today. You kid used magic in a swordsmanship duel. This violates the rules, so I have to punish you."
"..."
Faced with the Sword God's obvious targeting of him, Shirou really had no temper.
He knew he couldn't resist the other party, so he simply endured it and accepted all the punishments.
The Sword God didn't beat around the bush and immediately said, "Well, because you caused my daughter to fail the test, as a punishment, I'll let you fight directly with a Sword King."
"What?!"
The Sword God's too outrageous words stunned everyone present.
Not to mention Shirou, even the Sword Saints of the Holy Land were all stunned and looked at each other, completely not expecting the Sword God to be so protective of his daughter.
Although the Sword God usually cared for his daughter Nina, as the Sword God, he had always been fair and never showed such obvious favoritism in public.
Today, his actions were simply destroying his reputation.
It undoubtedly confused many swordsmen.
But the Sword God didn't have any intention of explaining, made a direct judgment, and returned to his original place without looking back, leaving only a few Sword Kings looking at each other.
They obviously hadn't thought that the Sword God would leave them with such a mess, actually asking them to fight a young man who wasn't even a Sword Saint yet.
This was not to mention a huge test for Shirou, but also a huge test for them, these well-known and respected seniors.
After all, no matter whether they won or lost the duel, they would be bullying the weak, and they wouldn't have any face at all.
In this chaotic situation, Ghislaine took the initiative to stand up. She took a deep breath and said to the Sword God, "Let me, your disciple, be Shirou's opponent."
"Oh?"
The Sword God glanced at Ghislaine and said with a snicker, "He's the person you brought, are you sure you won't go easy on him?"
"I swear by the title of Sword King and the [Hiramune], one of the Sword God's Seven Swords, that I will not have any personal feelings in the duel!"
Ghislaine took a deep breath and said.
The Sword God was silent for two seconds, and finally nodded, "Okay, I allow it."
"Yes!"
Ghislaine, getting permission, went to the duel arena as soon as possible.
The other Sword Kings looked at each other and finally gave this bitter task to Ghislaine. They still didn't want to get involved in this troublesome matter.
And Shirou was actually forced to duel a Sword King.
This made all the swordsmen present lose their voices.
Eris's suspected cheating matter was no longer discussed by most people because of this too outrageous punishment.
The Sword Saints who were originally very dissatisfied with Shirou's matter didn't say anything now. Instead, they looked at Shirou with pity, filled with sympathy and sadness for him.
Nina even couldn't help taking the initiative to intercede with the Sword God, "Father, I was also wrong in what happened just now. There shouldn't be such a heavy punishment, right?"
"You girl has finally realized it now?"
The Sword God looked at Nina with a smile, revealing a look of disappointment.
Nina realized that the other party had known for a long time that she had done something wrong, but she became even more confused, not understanding why the Sword God knew who was right and who was wrong in this matter, but still gave Shirou such a heavy punishment.
The Sword God didn't explain much, but just said faintly, "If it weren't for so many people watching, and I would lose face if I lost, I would have gone up myself."
"You, what are you saying?"
Nina didn't understand the Sword God's words.
And the Sword God didn't want to explain, and looked happily at the center of the duel arena.
Right now, Shirou and Ghislaine were standing on both sides of the battlefield, and like many years ago, the two once again competed with each other.
However, this time Shirou had grown too much, and his strength was even no weaker than Ghislaine's, but because he was limited by the Sword God, he was wearing overly heavy armor, so that on paper, his strength was still too far from Ghislaine's.
This battle was undoubtedly a huge challenge for Shirou.
"I'm sorry, Shirou, I won't hold back."
Ghislaine knew Shirou's situation, but still didn't show mercy and held his sword.
Of course, it was a real sword that had been sharpened.
For the Sword King, ordinary wooden swords can't carry their fighting spirit and can easily destroy the sword in their hands.
Seeing Ghislaine's actions, Shirou didn't hesitate and directly raised the Dragon Sword of Beauty and Grace that the Sword God had given him earlier.
Yes, the Sword God had never taken back the Dragon Sword of Beauty and Grace after giving it to Shirou.
This led to Shirou finally having a sword that could be useful at the moment.
Otherwise, with Muramasa destroyed by the Dragon God, he would only have Galatine left to use.
"Then, I'll go first."
Ghislaine took a deep breath, and the whole person directly bloomed with unprecedented explosive power.
Just with the appearance of that explosive power, Shirou felt a huge pressure, and the whole person had to put on full concentration to keep up with the other party's movements.
The armor restricted his fighting spirit, causing his various strengths to be restricted to the upper level of the Sword God Style, and to fight a Sword King with the strength of the upper level was a fantastic behavior for anyone.
But Shirou had no choice but to fight!
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