Chapter 104: Coincidence

The two of them arrived in a huge residential area. Each of the houses here, while they doesn't look too big, has a luxurious design on it. Also, their residents are all part of the upper class.

It is to be expected since the average prices of the houses are in millions. Just their new residential house alone costed more than 150 Million Lungmen Dollars. With this, one can start a small company already!

Though, the main reason why he chose to live here is for two things: connection and luxury.

Instead of butting in their business all so suddenly and causing animosity, he plans to be 'friends' with them in a single hour. As to how their talks would go, it'll be based on their reaction...

As expected, some pedestrians shot interested looks when they saw him taking out a gold card before entering. Meanwhile, Surtr got too used to these gazes, thus she kept her straight face.

"Mn..? What a coincidence."

Pretending not to notice the sisters who passed them, Shiro made way to their new home. He opened the gates before being greeted by the greenery on its front yard. A slightly huge marble fountain is in the middle of the stone path.

What's more, this fountain has a bluish metal engravings. That metal is a rare one that can only be purchased at 50,000 LMD per pound. With his [Six Eyes], he saw that 14.59kg was used in it, which equates to 1,607,000 LMD.

Still, this luxuriousness didn't faze the two. Shiro doesn't value money much while Surtr simply doesn't care about it.

"A casual house. Just as what I like." He mumbled as he opened the door using the gold card. In an instant, the 'normal' looking door that's actually made up of hard metals opened with a beep.

The interior is what Shiro had expected. There's a living room, kitchen, and a second floor for the personal rooms. There's also a guest room vacant, but he's not sure if it'll be used.

He could've actually bought a mansion separate from this residential area, but chose not to since the only ones available are the ones sold by people facing bankruptcy; it needs maintenance and workers, something that Shiro finds troublesome.

"What do you plan to do now?" Surtr asked when they both sat down the huge couch.

"I'll settle some matters here in Columbia before... you know, going to Kazdel."

Silence.

As a Sarkaz, she's actually been there for a few times, yet the impression that she has of it is the worse. Seeing her own people killing each other due to conflicts of interest isn't something good to look at. They've been going at each other's neck for a hundred years now, to boot.

Then there's also Yan nearby, a country that is closed off from the rest of the world. The remaining Feranmuts living there are also in conflict. In fact, she faced one of their fragments in a form of a stone tablet that transforms into an Eastern Dragon.

With her Flame Arts, she was able to defeat it single-handedly, albeit she almost lost control due to that battle - only after a few years did she fully recover from it.

"I don't have any qualms visiting my homeland."

"...Alright."

A brief silence occurred between the two, and only after Shiro spoke did it end.

"Since there's not much to do... How about we spar?" He said.

"A spar..? It would only destroy this city."

"No, we wouldn't fight in this city. Remember Sargon's desert? We can go there right now."

"Fine."

They stood up before the aurora curtain engulfed them in a split second. When she opened her eyes, she found out that they're back in Sargon.

Shiro flipped the right side of his [Blindfold] up and confirmed that there are no people within 5,000km radius. He could actually go beyond this, but his gaze will be 'detected' by those Feranmuts. Even worse, they might come after him if it ticked them the wrong way.

Those gods are simply on another level - both in powers and temperaments.

After taking some distance from each other, they soon began their spar.

Shiro suddenly flew upwards using his Aura Wings before summoning dozens of books. Surtr also followed suit by flying at his direction before brandishing her great sword at him.

Suddenly, these books turned open and began flipping madly. When her blade is about to touch his face, it suddenly froze in place. It felt as if there's a wall blocking between them.

Seeing this, she soon disengaged, and her instincts are right. Invisible spears made up of hardened space pierced her previous location. As a result, a tear was created in the fabric of space itself, forming a crack with black void inside it.

The next second, it repaired itself in an instant.

"What was that?"

She asked with a slight surprise in her tone.

"Ah, that? I... imbued the concept of 'Infinity' in the space between us. It's still in its prototype version, so the energy consumed is quite high."

It is the result of the ability from his other Reality Marble, [Library of the End]. It allowed him to 'harden' the 'concepts' found in those books before re-writing reality.

An example of that is a book with a bunch of [Fire Magic] in it. If he used it, it has the same effect as instant cast; he'll be able to summon those fire without the creation of runic circles.

Going to that direction, Shiro used his knowledge stack and found books related to physics. One such concept that caught his attention is the concept of infinity.

In mathematics, it pertains to the endless amount of decimal numbers during convergent and divergent sequences. In science, it points out the universe's endless expansion after the big bang.

There are many other concepts similar to the two above, and those were the ones that he combined. As a result, he can 'materialize' the 'concept' of never-ending space between him and the outside world. With this, nothing would be able to touch him.

Of course, it also comes with the downsides. One of them is the cut of connection of the world, preventing him from doing his insane mana regeneration. It gets reduced by 40%, considering that the atmosphere's mana is being absorbed by him every time.

There's also the lack of oxygen and the likes, but his strengthened physique can solve it.

As for the other downside, anything 'superior' to it can break it - a strong god can break it through brute force due to the life level difference. Lastly, it consumes a huge amount of mana when more power is absorbed by it.

He can further optimize its usage, but it's for another time.

'A strike of her consumed more than 30% of my mana.' Shiro thought as he deactivated it before regenerating his lost mana. 'If its someone stronger, I might deplete all my mana for a single hit.'

Still, that's enough to turn the tides of a battle.

"Let's continue this." Surtr said with blazing determination. In the past, her power is the only one with her - the one that safeguarded her.

That's why she share the same sentiment as Shiro in regards to power.

"Sure." He replied with a smile.

Unknowingly, he started to develop the same trajectory as [Six Eyes]'s original holder...

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Fact #58: Did you know that Uncle Mylnar and Emiya Kiritsugu share the same voice actor (Rikiya Koyama)? It's also a coincidence that both of them are pragmatic, with the former disregarding a knight's honor in the modern day while the latter can sacrifice lives to save the greater good. For the background of Mylnar, he's a (former) knight of a country called Kazimiers. There, "knights" fight in arenas, much like how gladiators do. It's due to the times changing that these so-called "knights" are relegated as "gladiators" for profit, considering that many would buy the tickets to watch them; thus earning revenue for Kazimiers. Both Mylnar and Kiritsugu are also a man of few words, but terrifying once they act.