Capítulo 52: Rating Game (II)
Good, we have one minute to make a strategy.
"Alright, Shirou. Garion Callus is a seventy years old devil that is good at close combat. He is using a Halberd. What makes him a tough opponent is his unique power. He has a power that generates an invisible forcefield around his body that can take a high amount of damage. While it sounds powerful, it has a weakness. It needs to recharge for two seconds after it is destroyed. You can exploit this weakness by using a sustained attack or a one-point attack that can punch through the forcefield and hit his real body."
"Direct Hit damage or continuous attack. Got it."
I nodded my head, but the MC declared that the strategy time was over before I could say more.
"Good luck, Shirou. Also, make sure you did not defeat him in an instant. Those viewers pay our family to watch this match."
"Understood."
With that being said, Shirou walks toward the stage where the MC asks both fighters if they are ready or not. Hearing their confirmation, both Shirou and Garion teleported to the real arena.
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|3rd POV|
Shirou looks at where he is teleported into. Colosseum, an ancient architecture built in Rome.
Shirou snaps from his thoughts when he hears Valerie's voice.
"Get ready! The fight will start at 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Go!"
Shirou quickly dodges to the left when Garion suddenly charges at him and tries to take his head.
'He is fast,' Shirou thought. 'As fast as Medea-san'
Even though she is in a Caster class, Medea is surprisingly very agile. She has a C in her agility stats.
Garion tries to attack Shirou once again, but before he could do that, a massive amount of bloodlust appears in the arena, making Garion flinch. The source of the bloodlust is the spear Shirou created using his magecraft.
On the other side of the world, in the land called Tír na nÓg, sit the three mighty gods. They are Lugh, the Gods of Light and Sun, Morrigan, Goddess of Death, Discord, and War, and lastly, Dagda, the God of Life, Fertility, and Agriculture.
Right now, they are watching the fight between Shirou and Garion. When Shirou decides to summon a rather familiar spear, it causes a commotion.
"What?!?" Lugh shouted when he saw the familiar red spear in Shirou's hand. He then looks at Morrigan before saying, "Is that what I think it is?"
Morrigan, who looked at the hologram with an intense expression, nodded her head after a few seconds.
"Yes. It has a different shape, but I know the rune around it. It is Gae Bolg."
Gae Bolg, the cursed spear of Cuchulainn. The weapon that can threaten god if it was in the hand of skilled people. The spear that was supposed to be missing after the last descendant of Setanta decided to hide it from the world.
While not as shocked as the people in Tír na nÓg, the people that know the spear really well are surprised as well.
Shirou took a deep breath before suddenly appearing in front of Garion and thrust his spear. Gae Bolg meets an invisible wall instead of cutting through flesh, and a second later, a crack appears around Garion's body, and his forcefield crumbles like glass.
Garion quickly leaped away from Shirou and got into a defensive stance.
'That is dangerous,' Garion thought. 'If he attacks me again, I will be defeated in an instant. My shield can block High-ranking area damage spells. Unlucky for me, this boy used a single-point attack, and that attack… was powerful. I cannot hold back now.'
Without any hesitation, Garion appears in front of Shirou and swings his Halbert toward Shirou. However, before it could touch the redhead, Shirou blocked it with his spear and then pushed it to the side and twirled his spear, and the shaft of the spear hit Garion Hard enough to throw him a few meters away.
Garion shook his head at the impact. While his shield can reduce the attack, he still feels the impact.
Garion gets his bearings quick enough to see an incoming attack from Shirou.
*THUNK*
The sound of steel meeting another steel echoed through the arena. Shirou lands on the ground and swings his spear toward Garion. When his spear gets blocked again, Shirou uses his other hand to twirl the spear and do various movements that continue to attack Garion.
When his swing attack destroys the shield around Garion, Shirou does a thrusting movement and hits Garion's shoulder.
"ARGH!"
Garion leaps away from Shirou as his shoulder is oozing out blood from Shirou's attack. Garion grit his teeth as he can feel he cannot move his left arm anymore. Shirou's attack successfully cut through his arms cartilage.
Before he could do anything, Shirou charged at him. Garion can block the spear attack, but he cannot block Shirou's kick.
Garion fell to the ground, and Shirou stood next to him with his spear near his neck.
"Yield."
Garion raises his hand in defeat before saying,
"I yield."
After Garion said that, both he and Shirou were teleported away from the arena. However, the only one that appears on the stage is Shirou, while Garion appears in the medical wing so the healer can treat his wound.
The viewer cheers up at the battle between Shirou and Garion.
"The winner of the first round is Shirou Emiya! Congratulations to you, Shirou! The next opponent for Shirou is Varel Mianoor. Both teams have five minutes to rest and strategize! While both teams are making strategy, let me sing you a song!"
Shirou walks to the resting section for Riser's peerage. When he arrived, Riser congratulated him.
"Good job out there."
"Thank you."
When Shirou gets inside, an almost invisible barrier appears around them; this is used so the other cannot hear or see each team's strategy.
"Now, let us discuss the next opponent. Varel Mianoor is a Jack of all trades and master of none. He is both a mage and martial arts. However, by the look of it, he will try to attack you from afar. His affinity is wind, so expect a wind elemental attack."
"Understood."
"Other than that, here go drink this."
Riser passes a small vial of potion.
"This is a potion that restores your stamina."
"Ah, can I take it later? I'm still fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Very well."
Riser gives the potion back to Hermione, who places it inside the enchanted trunk where the rest of the potion and even Phoenix tear are located.
While Riser and his peerage were talking with each other, Hardius answered Ajuka's question.
"Do you know that one of your son's peerage is a descendant of CuChulainn?"
"No. I did not know. When that boy spars with me, he is using a normal sword. He did not use that spear."
"Hmmm. Your son really got a jackpot, then. Shirou Emiya is only worth one pawn, meaning that Riser reincarnated him before he awakened his innate talent to wield that cursed spear."
"That he is."
Hardius is really proud of his sons. All of them are good men. They are a hard-working individual, and they carry the pride of the Phenex clan. However, right now, it was Riser who elevated the name of the Phenex Clan higher.
The reason? With the news of a CuChulainn descendant as Hardius' son peerage member, the devil will have a bigger chance to create an alliance between the devil race and the Celtic pantheon. Celtic is known for its reclusiveness. The only one that has an alliance with the Celtic is the nordic.
"Ding! Ding! Ding! The resting time is over! Shirou Emiya and Varel Mianoor, please get on the stage!"
Shirou took a deep breath before saying.
"Wish me luck."
"Heh, you did not need it, Shirou."
"Thanks for it, Illya."
"Ummm, I know you can do it, Senpai."
"Thank you, Sakura. I'm going now."
Shirou walks toward the stage and sees a man in his twenty standing in front of him. The man is wearing steel gloves, and Shirou knows that it is a magical item.
Just like before, Shirou and his opponent get teleported into the arena. This time, the arena is in the oasis.
"Get ready! The fight will start at 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Go!"
After Valerie finished the countdown, Varel got away from Shirou and cast his spell. Ten magic circles appear next to Varel and fire a wind spell in the form of a wind bullet.
Shirou easily dodges the incoming attack.
'His attack is much slower and weaker than what Illya, Sakura, Rin, and Caster can do.' Shirou thought while dodging the incoming attack. 'Alright, let's do this.'
Shirou summons a massive black bow and begins firing an 'arrow' toward Varel.
Varel widens his eyes when he sees Shirou firing an arrow toward him before creating a barrier in front of him.
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
Each arrow Shirou fires is equal to a mid-tier spell, and he can fire it every second. Varel can feel his reserve drained at a fast pace each time Shirou's arrow hits his barrier. Seeing he did not have time to do a counterattack, Varel began to fly around the arena at high speed.
Sadly for him, Shirou's eyes can keep up with his speed.
Varel gets frustrated as he continues to dodge and block all the incoming attacks Shirou sent to him. The plan should be for him to overwhelm Shirou with his spell and then finish him off with a surprise attack.
Instead, it was Varel who was overwhelmed by Shirou. He can already feel his reserve slowly depleting little by little. He cannot keep it like this. Varel then suddenly flies toward Shirou at high speed.
Seeing Varel decide to abandon his earlier tactic, Shirou summons the red spear and blocks the incoming punch. A shockwave appears when Varel's fist meets the spear. Shirou pushes his spear forward and then swings it to the right before using his leg to kick Varel away.
Before Varel could find his balance, Shirou already appeared in front of him and attacked him with his spear. Varel successfully blocks the thrusting attack and decides to do his own counterattack using his other hand.
Shirou dodges the incoming attack, swings his spear from the right, and uses the other end of the spear to attack Varel's head. The impact is strong enough to make Varel's vision blurry, and Shirou does not stop there as he delivers another attack and pierce through Varel's shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
Before Varel could say or do anything, both of them disappeared. Shirou appears on the stage once again, and Varel appears in the medical wing.
With this, Shirou won two times in a row.
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