The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

"This level of magic sword is a unique item in Orario today, with a selling price of at least 100 million valis, and your share is 20%, you know."

Tsubaki has forged a lightning magic sword that can briefly stun a Level 6 adventurer (but it doesn't deal much damage). This is currently the top-tier magic sword in Orario, and its price should be over tens of millions of valis.

Last time, because he was acting with people from other familias, he didn't have the chance to carefully observe. Only now did Shirou Emiya begin to notice the scenery here.

And in the very center of this magnificent space, like a temple, is a huge hole. A spiral silver staircase descends into the hole. This is the entrance to the Dungeon. Crossing this silver staircase means truly entering the world of monsters.

However, although one side of the hole is a demonic realm opposed to the world, the other side is full of human hustle and bustle. The circular plaza centered around the large hole is exceptionally spacious. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it could accommodate thousands of adventurers, and this overly spacious area is actually somewhat crowded at the moment.

Avoiding their regretful gazes, Shirou Emiya passed through the crowd. Seeing the volcano and forging hammer emblem on his cloak, the crowded people tacitly made way for him.

When he first entered the Dungeon, Raul, a senior member of the Loki Familia, earnestly explained these experiences. Supporters are the cornerstone of a team and must be someone you can trust.

However, Shirou Emiya doesn't need to consider these things for the time being, because, as the goddess Hephaestus said, he doesn't need a supporter at all.

Whether it's goblins or orcs, magic stones or dropped items, he abandons them directly. Not to mention carrying them, he doesn't even bother picking them up.

In the goddess's words: "If Shirou wants to earn money, forging a sword in the workshop will earn him millions in minutes. Picking up those magic stones and dropped items would just be a waste of time!"

Because even the lowest quality magic sword, capable of only releasing a small fireball, can sell for nearly a million valis, and the magic power scale and expected power of that [Magic Sword - Spiral Sword] are record-breaking.

Tsubaki insists on doing this. If the initial research and production costs weren't so high, she would even feel that she should give Shirou an even higher percentage.

So, he doesn't need any supporters at all, or to pick up any spoils. The only thing Shirou Emiya needs to do is fight and kill monsters!

The two new members of the Ganesha Familia formed a fixed team with their senior members, while Lefiya stayed in the Loki Familia to undergo magical training with Riveria. After careful consideration, Shirou Emiya finally decided to undertake a solo adventure in the Dungeon.

The goblin monster group, which had been charging together, faltered instantly. With their low intelligence, they couldn't immediately understand the reason for their companion's death, but instinct made them feel fear towards the figure hidden in the cloak before them.

Several goblins fell to the ground, black-red blood splattering, but not a single drop could touch Shirou in the distance.

As life faded, the goblin corpses began to rot rapidly.

Ignoring the magic stone fragments that might be in the corpses, as well as the dropped item [Goblin Fang] that might be present, Shirou Emiya turned and left, continuing to hunt on the fourth floor.

However, before the fourth floor, there's no need to worry about this problem. Many adventurers are exploring this area, and some people will specifically pick up the magic stone fragments that other adventurers don't care about.

From the seventh floor onwards, as swarms of Killer Ants, which are very short and have hard shells, appear in large numbers, bows and arrows will no longer be suitable, and his main weapon will switch to swords.

Encountering a lone Kobold, without hesitation, he raised his hand and fired an arrow, piercing the monster's left eye.

The projected arrow disappeared along with his figure, leaving only the monster's corpse in place, its eye socket staring at the ceiling of the dungeon with a bloody hole.

Chapter 24: Encounter with Ais

The 13th to 17th floors of the Dungeon are known as the Cavern Labyrinth, and the 13th floor is also the boundary between the upper and middle levels.

From the 13th floor onwards, the walls, ground, and ceiling are all made of solid rock. Compared to the flat, circular labyrinth of the upper levels, the layout of the middle levels is more complex, including interwoven upper and lower tunnels. The light here becomes dim, and the air becomes humid. Furthermore, vertical caves leading to deeper floors appear randomly.

For example, the Labyrinth Isolated King Goliath on the 17th floor has an overall potential ability of Level 4, and its durability even reaches Level 5. In this area, the most powerful ordinary monster is only the Minotaur with an overall ability of Level 2.

The blonde-haired girl came to the seventeenth floor excitedly after seeing the information about the rebirth of the Labyrinth Isolated King, but she just missed it.

The blonde-haired girl, also known as Ais Wallenstein, the Sword Princess of the Loki Familia, the youngest first-class adventurer in Orario and even the world, a prodigious talent who reached Level 5 at the shocking age of thirteen, is currently burdened with pressure, or rather, debt, that is disproportionate to her age.

Even if she pays out all the magic stones and dropped items obtained from killing the strengthened dragon monsters, it's not enough. The young Ais owes a full 200 million valis at a young age, requiring her to capture Ryu 2.5 times to pay it off.

Because the middle levels have a [Pitfall] mechanism, if you accidentally fall to the 27th floor in the second half of the middle levels, you may encounter the Labyrinth Isolated King, the Twin-Headed Dragon Amphitryon, with a potential ability of Level 5 and a water combat power of Level 6.

To save money, Ais didn't even hire a supporter and rushed in with a large bag on her back.

Anyway, with her Level 5 rank and combat ability, even carrying a package, it won't delay her from hunting monsters in the upper and middle levels.

It's just unfortunate that she missed it.

"In that case, I can only go up..."

If she can't go below the eighteenth floor, she can only go up and bully the Minotaurs, Hellhounds, and Jackalopes, which only have Level 2 strength.

Moreover, the money for buying the copper-headed belt will also be recorded on Ais's account, because it is equipment for Miss Ais, which is very reasonable.

On the other side, Shirou arrived at the twelfth floor.

Strictly speaking, this is not an area that newcomers should enter. The Guild's suggestion is that Level 1 adventurers must have at least a B rank in their basic abilities to explore the 10th-12th floors.

However, young dragons are extremely rare monsters. Not to mention subjugation records, even sightings are very rare, even harder to encounter than the precious Blue Butterfly.

Shirou Emiya didn't have the luck to encounter a young dragon. If he really did encounter one, he would have the ability to maneuver and escape.

The rare young dragons can be ignored. Shirou Emiya's target on the 12th floor is orcs, a type of 1.5-level monster whose overall rating is still at Level 1, but some of their abilities have exceeded the limit.

"Found three lone orcs--"

Shirou Emiya raised his bow and launched the first attack.

An armor-piercing arrow directly penetrated the orc's throat. For a normal life, this would be a fatal injury, but the large pig-headed orc actually struggled.

The other two pig-headed orcs screamed and rushed towards Shirou, but the boy was not flustered and put away his bow.

Two longswords appeared in Shirou's hands. Facing the two enraged orcs, he didn't choose to dodge, but instead went to meet them.

However, Shirou didn't even think about blocking. Facing the orc who raised his weapon and opened his heart, he directly used a move that a normal swordsman would not easily use - he threw a sword.

Orcs have strong durability. With the power used by Shirou, this attack cannot completely penetrate its defense.

The blade pierced the orc's body, blood splattering everywhere. The orc's arm, which was raised in the air, finally drooped weakly.

The third orc made a choice that conformed to its instincts - it turned and ran.

"Trace on."

A thirty-centimeter straight-edged dagger appeared in Shirou Emiya's hand.

The orc was not moved by it at all. This level of attack was only for its durability--

The magic sword projected by Shirou exploded inside the body, directly burning its spine.

"Hoo, projecting magic swords consumes a lot of magic power." Shirou breathed a sigh of relief. The magic power consumption of projecting a magic sword will not be less than the magic power of the magic sword's magical burst. Compared with ordinary knives and swords, the magic power consumption is not on the same level at all. 8

So far, Shirou's strongest means of attack is projecting magic swords, but he cannot project [Magic Sword - Spiral Sword] with his current magic power, and the same is true for those high-powered heroic spirit noble phantasms.

"Who?" Shirou suddenly turned his head.

As an archer, his senses have always been keen. Just now, he vaguely heard a human voice.

— Magic Sword Prices:

In the original work, the price of the most ordinary magic sword, which can only fire a small fireball, ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions of valis (the power is very small, and even Lv.1 monsters may not be killed).

Currently, the pricing of unique super magic swords should be reasonable at over a hundred million or even several hundred million.

Chapter 23: A Capricious Fighting Style

Shirou Emiya came to Babel for the second time. The first basement floor of this white giant tower is the entrance to the dungeon.

The entire hall is based on blue and white colors, and black stone tablets engraved with the names of many adventurers are scattered around.

Thick and long pillars are set at equal intervals, so many that one can't take them all in at a glance.

Looking up, you will see the sky filling the entire ceiling. The entire sky gives people a magnificent sense of shock, as if a corner of the real sky has been moved here.

“Adventurer, do you need a supporter? I have the [Behind-the-Scenes Supporter] skill, which is very suitable for being a supporter. Please, please give me a chance!”

“Thank you, I don’t need one.” He politely refused the constantly pleading Lilliputian girl. This was the third supporter Shirou Emiya had encountered who volunteered.

“Those supporters looking for teams in the square are not trustworthy. If you need a supporter, it’s best to choose a partner from the same familia or a friend you know, or hire a reputable supporter from the guild for a higher price, but at least they are reliable.”

It's a small matter to encounter unscrupulous people stealing spoils, but it would be troublesome if you encounter insidious guys colluding with other adventurers in secret.

Spare weapons, no need. He has [Unlimited Blade Works] to project. Medicine, it doesn't take up much space anyway, so he can carry it with him. And the most important spoils, he doesn't want them at all.

The Goddess is so right, Shirou was speechless.

Tsubaki has just finished forging the [Magic Sword · Spiral Sword], and the current estimated price is 100 million valis, and the actual selling price will only be higher, not lower.

Tsubaki and the Goddess plan to carry out early promotion first, and then let familias with the ability to buy the magic sword bid for the transaction, and 20% of the transaction amount will belong to Shirou.

In other words, if the selling price is 100 million valis, Shirou can get a huge sum of 20 million valis. Referring to the bounty of 80 million valis for the level 1 wanted criminal, Miss Ryu, it is equivalent to earning 0.25 Ryu in one go. If the selling price can reach 200 million valis, then 20% of the share will be 0.5 Ryu.

Because only in this way can he truly go all out.

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“Gaaah—”

Fourth floor of the dungeon, draw the bowstring to the full, shoot the arrow, and a bright flower of blood blooms on the right eye of the short humanoid monster [Goblin].

It's just that the speed of the arrows is faster than their reaction.

“Right eye, right eye, right eye—” The arrows successively sink into the goblin’s right eye socket, the rhythm like a light spring rain.

Even goblins, such weak small fry monsters that cannot bring any threat, can be used to train archery and [Dexterity] skills. Shirou Emiya does not let go of any opportunity to train himself.

If it were on a deeper floor, this approach might invite risk. If the magic stones that adventurers don’t take away are eaten by other monsters, it can easily lead to the birth of “enhanced species”.

Once you reach the fourth floor and above, you need to add a step to crush the magic stones, but it’s still much easier than digging out the magic stones.

Shirou only took a very short time to cross the first to third floors, but he plans to stay on the fourth floor for a little while.

Therefore, he hopes to first use the goblins and kobolds everywhere on the fourth floor to deliberately train his archery.

Encountering goblins, shoot the right eye; kobolds, then shoot the left eye. Shirou Emiya travels through the maze, wielding a rain of death with his arrows.

At the same time, a blonde girl, carrying a sword and a huge backpack on her back, also stepped into the dungeon alone.

Seventeenth floor of the dungeon.

“Goliath, has it already been defeated?” A blonde girl carrying a huge package looked at the empty maze, her tone disappointed.

On the 17th floor, there is a huge wall in a wide maze room, called the Wall of Grief, which is the cradle where the Labyrinth Lone King Goliath was born.

Labyrinth Lone King (Boss) is a special monster individual. This type of monster is only born on specific floors and possesses potential abilities far exceeding the average level of the area.

Only one Labyrinth Lone King will be born at a time, and as long as it is not killed, no new Labyrinth Lone King individuals will appear. At the same time, the birth cycle of the Labyrinth Lone King is also much longer than that of ordinary monsters. For example, the Labyrinth Lone King Goliath has a rebirth period of up to fourteen days.

“Come to think of it, the Ishtar Familia’s expedition team seemed to have returned to the surface only yesterday. The newly resurrected Goliath was defeated by them, woo…” The girl made an unwilling sound, her figure somewhat hunched, and the package on her back seemed even heavier.

Loki Familia’s last expedition returned in defeat due to Aiz’s impulsive willfulness. Her bonus and pocket money were naturally all deducted by her guardian, Riveria, as a result, and she also had to compensate the familia for the huge amount of property lost due to her.

In addition, Riveria also strictly forbade her from entering the lower and deep layers, and even the second half of the middle layers were not allowed to go, compressing her range of activity to within the 18th floor.

Obviously, the purpose of the Loki Familia's leaders is to give Aiz a profound lesson, and at the same time let her temper her temper.

And little Aiz, fearing that she would be sold off by Riveria to pay off her debts due to too much debt, wrote a letter of self-criticism overnight, and then rushed into the dungeon to start farming monsters and picking up magic stones.

And the [Sword Princess]'s primary target, of course, is the strongest monster in the upper and middle layers, the Labyrinth Lone King, Goliath. In order to pay off her debts, the girl has her eyes on Goliath's huge magic stone and the dropped item [Goliath's Fang].

As for secretly running to the lower layers, Aiz does have this impulse, but thinking of Riveria's disappointed eyes, she still restrained her desires.

If she messes around again, she will probably be spun into a top with Riveria's copper-headed belt.

Little Aiz took out a fried potato ball from her backpack to fill her stomach, and while nibbling on the fried potato ball, she picked up her sword and headed to the upper layers.

However, Shirou is not an ordinary adventurer, and his combat power cannot be measured by the numerical values of basic abilities.

The most powerful monster on the 11th-12th floors is the Young Dragon, a small dragon monster about one hundred and fifty centimeters tall and more than four meters long, with a comprehensive ability reaching Lv.2. There is a saying that the Young Dragon can be regarded as the Labyrinth Lone King (Boss) of the upper area.

If it really doesn't work, he will take out the magic sword that Tsubaki-nee lent him and use a Lv.4 level mage's magic bombardment to kill the opponent.

At the same time, he does not plan to go deeper down. Below the 12th floor, Lv.2 and above monsters will appear in groups. That is not an adventure, but deliberately courting death.

The longbow is fully drawn, and an arrow flies out. Compared with the attack when shooting goblins, both the speed and power have been greatly enhanced.

“This vitality, as expected of a monster.” Shirou shot another arrow, piercing the orc’s knee. It fell to the ground in a mess, covering its throat and rolling on the ground.

“Trace on.”

The orc raised the heavy wooden club in his hand, attempting to strike the boy on the head. In its view, based on the other party's physique, even if he blocked, he would be smashed along with his weapon.

The few meters distance between the boy and the orc was instantly crossed by the flying sword. The blade pierced the orc's heart, but only pierced the surface of the skin and muscle.

However, he can add another strike.

The long sword remaining in his right hand stabbed straight out, hitting the tail end of the hilt of the sword he had just thrown, both the position and angle were perfect.

However, exposing his back to an archer is undoubtedly the most wrong choice, even though he is holding a sword in his hand.

Run-up, accelerate, throw, the short knife turned into a cold air and pierced into the back of the orc's neck.

The next moment, it fell directly to the ground, without a sound, and a burnt smell emanated from the wound on the back of its neck.

Even though it is just a magic sword of the lowest level with extremely small power, the released flame is not even enough to penetrate the orc's thick skin, but if it burns inside the body, even a spark is enough to cause terrible damage.

But the advantage is that it does not require chanting, and it is instantaneous. Magic swords are valued by adventurers because of this characteristic and are regarded as a trump card.

Shirou looked to the other side. The orc who had been pierced through the throat by his arrow at the beginning and lost his fighting ability was still not dead, and was still struggling to barely survive. The vitality of the monsters is truly amazing. He was not polite, projected a sword to complete the finishing blow, and shattered the magic stone in the orc's chest with a sword.