Chapter 191: Meager Understanding

A/N: Welp. It's the last 2 weeks for this semester, so things have been hectic. I do apologize if the updates go intermittent, but everyone can still expect an update of a chapter every 2 days at least. After those two weeks, we'll be going back to the stable 1 chapter per day.

Enjoy~!

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Clang-!

Stab-!

A curved blade was sent downwards at Shiro's position, but the latter easily blocked it with his golden sword and stabbed the attacker's neck with his black sword.

At this moment, his mind is simply set on one thing: battle.

He is so immersed into it that he momentarily forgot his previous plans and focused on utilizing his skills to their highest degree.

[Sword Mastery (Grandmaster--95%)-->(Grandmaster--98%)]

[Spear Mastery (Grandmaster--92%)-->(Grandmaster--98%)]

[Whip Mastery (Grandmaster--91%)-->(Grandmaster--98%)]

[Dagger...]

Under the siege of countless god-level entities, it is surprising that he, a maxed-out Demigod, could massacre them like vegetables. Though, his power is attributed to his temporary materialized soul, [Paragon Martial God], and [Lord of the Mysteries]. Them, and the [Critical Strike] ability that allowed him to have an even higher enhancement.

Suddenly, he threw the [Golden Osmanthus Sword] away and turned it into its [Release Recollection] state. It didn't end there as his black sword turned into a metallic longbow.

With a single step, he reappeared in the sky. Pulling the bowstrings, a dark golden arrow was generated between his fingertips.

Sou-!

The arrow was released, cutting through space until it reached its target, Heimdall.

'What-?!'

Due to his extremely sharp senses as well as semi-omniscient eyes, he can only put up his beloved sword Hofuo before the arrow exploded.

BOOM-!

Unfortunately, he wasn't the actual target of this attack, but the soldiers underneath him. Right after the arrow turned into countless fragments, it exploded with a huge blast radius.

Seeing this sight, Shiro was unmoved.

'Hm... It can mimic these guys pretty good.' He thought after snapping out of his immersion. 'It's power to draw evil is its specialty, indeed.'

[Angra Mainyu] is well-known as the incarnation of evil in Zoroastrian myths. Though, everything is different in Fate world. Rather than being the son of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god of Zoroastrianism, he is a mortal human.

Due to the villagers' rituals, they forced onto him every bit of evil from this world. His body is inscribed with different kinds of curses and he was forced to live until he died out of old age. When he was summoned as a Servant, he was killed since his physical parameters are insanely weak.

It was supposed to end there, but mankind wished for "his" continued existence. They wished for someone to blame all their misfortunes and failure, hence the grail took that as a "yes" and allowed "him" to contaminate the grail from the [Lesser Grail].

"His" attacks went well in the first half for Kiritsugu, but even "he" didn't expect that man to have the will of steel. He simply sacrificed everything in his vision just to have the chance to destroy the contaminated [Lesser Grail].

Now that "he" is facing yet another enemy like Kiritsugu, "he" immediately used 30% more of "his" power and summoned forth the evils directed at him, be it in the past or present. "His" overall power totaled to 50%, something unbearable for most living beings. Even so, "he" couldn't perfectly mimic some entities in Shiro's record. As for his future...

..."he" couldn't see anything even with his Noble Phantasm.

Bang-!

Bang-!

Bang-!

Three sniper shots resounded in this battlefield, killing three Aesirs in one go.

"YOU!"

A distinct man flew out from his position and struck Shiro with his single-edged hammer. Lightning arcs danced at his side, flying straight to Shiro consecutively. Still, these attacks couldn't penetrate [Infinity] with ease. Only a crack was generated.

By the time he is about to retreat, ten blade strikes covered his sight, leaving him with no choice but to sustain his injuries. Most of the cuts are shallow, but there are two strikes that reached his ear and shoulder, respectively.

Just as he is surprised by it, he could only see a phantom of a Boddhisavatta with eight different weapons before his consciousness went dark.

Thud-!

A second later, his head fell into the ground together with his body. His widened eyes showed the surprise that this Aegir had felt before his death.

The entire battlefield went deathly silent. They didn't expect that Thor, one of the strongest Aesir, would fall just like that.

Meanwhile, the man who caused all of this stood in a daze. His eyes showed his understanding of countless armaments. With his realization right now, he kept on grasping his previous selves' understanding of these [Concepts]. There is no need to immediately create new understandings as these would suffice for the time being.

Since his past selves are literally focused on [Wisdom] and the [Armaments] itself, their own insights regarding this is literally overkill.

"Kill!"

It wasn't known who shouted it first, but the opposing side saw it as an opportunity to kill Shiro.

Bang-!

Bang-!

Bang-! Bang-! Bang-!

"Man, this is why breakthroughs in a middle of a fight is pure bullshit."

Space rippled before a figure exited from it. He is exactly the time clone that Shiro had entrusted the [Cosmic Destroyer] into. He has his normal form, so it wasn't a problem for his stature to fight as usual.

Using its [Sniper Form] and [Rifle Form], he sprayed countless bullets into the battlefield, killing tens of thousands in one go.

Moreover, Shiro's max-level Willpower prevents anything like his clone acting against him, making it perceive him and Shiro as one and same. if he didn't have this, he might hesitate to use this power of his, considering that there had been a few cases of it happening.

To be exact, the owner of [Lord of the Mysteries] had his clone used against him, almost killing him if not for the fact that his "enemy" needed him alive at that moment.

Placing the stock in the middle of his shoulders, he began shooting rapidly. 6 out of 10 was used to suppress the higher-leveled enemies, the Aesirs, while the remaining bullets are used to kill cannon fodders.

It also didn't help that there's no Soul Points to be gained here, so his satisfaction is less. Though, he really can't complain about being able to [Devour] this huge EXP bag after this.

Bang-!

Bang-!

Surprisingly, the situation went into a stalemate with Shiro's clone holding the fort. Not only that...

"I understand."

The light of intelligence can be seen in Shiro's eyes once more. He grasped the black sword in his hands, feeling its weight that he couldn't notice before. Simply put, it is a weapon jam-packed with countless [Concepts] relating armaments. Even with his current understanding, it wasn't enough to know a bit of it.

Truly, it was all reduced into a "meager" insight thanks to this sword.

Seeing this, the clone said, "You made me work hard. I'll be resting now, bye."

He threw the sniper alone back to Shiro before disappearing in countless motes of light. Then, he wordlessly held his sword with his two hands and brought it above his head.

[Armament Convergence]!

[Critical Strike]!

The moment he brought it down, black transparent light descended into this world. After that, this world crumbled into nothingness, reverting his vision back to the real world...

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A/N: Hello everyone! Our finals are over, so the update schedule is back to the usual. I'll also be revising the earlier chapters starting 19, so you can check it out if you want to. There'll be an announcement as to whether it is revised right at the beginning of the chapter.

Happy reading~!