"Even though they may have been a cheap imitations. You still managed to project Divine Constructs while continuing in sustaining this Reality Marble."
Shirou glanced to his side before completely turning his body around after he heard Angelica spoke.
"Your very existence is flawed. You may have proven to be a hindrance in the last legend we have written and put into motion for humanity." Angelica stated coldly as she took an odd looking sword from the golden ripple that appear right in front of her. "Your irksome ability, your strange use of magecraft, and your abhorrent self-destructive conviction. They will be torn to pieces along with this world!"
A torrent of powerful destructive red magical energy enveloping the blade of that strange looking sword.
Shirou tried to use his Structural Grasping to analyze the sword, however when he attempted to do that, his senses cease completely.
'What the hell is that sword? I can't analyse it at all?!' Shirou thought in panic when he found himself unable to analyse that particular sword. Even with the use of EMIYA's eyes, analyzing let alone reproducing that sword is impossible.
Shirou sighed and close his eyes in resignation. Even though, he couldn't analyze that sword, he can still sense it's destructive power.
It's power is so frighteningly strong to the point that it makes the greatest Noble Phantasm he had in his Reality Marble looks like a second-rate weapon.
Realizing that there's not a single blade in his Reality Marble that can match that sword, Shirou prepare himself for a desperate countermeasure.
"Oh wow, I'm honored you'd bring something like that out for me. There's no blade in this world that can stand equal to it." Shirou muttered calmly as he commands every blades in his Reality Marble to come forth to his calling.
"So, while it may be rude. But, I have to pay you back WITH EVERYTHING I GOT!"
Weapons from swords, axes, spears, shields, halberds anything that would count as a weapon was summoned to his side almost like an entire army.
They floated next to him menacingly awaiting but a gesture to attack the enemy and impale her by the thousands. He himself wasn't too sure if this would work but it was the only thing he could do right now besides lay down and die.
Angelica who was watching looked unfazed by the sight of so many weapons join together. Her weapon erupted in an angry-red glow and emitted so much blood-lust Shirou could feel it even from far away.
"Return to the beginning- ENUMA ELISH!"
With that, the two attacks met; one swarm of weapons versus the origin of all weapons.
He could already feel his connection to the weapons breaking by the thousands and yet he ignored it in favor of focusing on the still-alive weapons. He was slowly pushing her weapon back as impossible as it sounded that even he was surprised.
"HAAAAAAH!" he yelled out and just when he thought he was going to win the exchange she spoke.
"IT'S FUTILE!" she yelled out harshly "EVEN IF YOU PILED EVERY WEAPONS IN THIS WORLD TOGETHER ITS WORTHLESS AGAINST THE STRONGEST!"
His feet left a sizable impact in the ground and he could see the tides now turning. Her 'sword' if you could even call it that, was now so close to him that not even his mightiest swords could stop it.
Excalibur? Destroyed, Gram? Destroyed, even swords that were said to be unbreakable broke in the face of the Noble Phantasm.
Every weapons that he launched at the torrent of destructive red magical energy, whether it famed ones, treasured ones, legendary ones, magical ones, Divine ones, Demonic ones, and dragonic ones. They all were torn asunder.
It truly was the ultimate sword that had no equals.
Surely enough, every heroes and blacksmiths who saw his acts will probably wanted to strangle him to death for the blasphemy that he's currently doing.
He didn't care though, he thought nothing of the weapons, and they resembled more to him like graves then actual treasures Noble Phantasms used by heroes. Like EMIYA he had no pride in his craft, and simply used the tools he was given.
Soon enough, the moon in the world darkened and Shirou knew unconsciously that she was gone.
Of course, with her gone he had no more mana to supply himself with and his Reality Marble would crumble in but a few seconds.
"Yeah, you got that right." Shirou said softly. "It's as you say..., there are times when just one thing can outweigh everything else in the world."
And with that, the torrent of magical energy from the strongest sword slammed into him and all he could see was darkness.
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Zelrech was standing in his own space, looking down at the wretched-looking (ex) hero of justice through his special Mystic Code, who had set his ideal aside and prioritized the happiness of his loved one.
Zelrecht had to admit, throughout the parallel worlds he had been through. This was the first time he had seen Emiya Shirou abandoned his ideal like this. The existence known as Emiya Shirou can not lived or found anything fulfilled in his life other than saving people's life.
The very thought of saying Emiya Shirou betrayed his ideal was preposterous. It was the same as saying Gilgamesh was humble, which was impossible if his travel throughout the multiverse was anything to go by. And yet here it was, happening right in front of him.
Emiya Shirou is Undoubtedly his most-watched human throughout his parallel world travel. The drama, the fighting, the struggle. Oh! How he loved every part of it. He was such a great source of entertainment that each Shirou that he had seen, though ended the Holy Grail War in different ways, would always come out and strive to be a hero of justice, one way or another. Simple-minded but he enjoyed all of them nonetheless.
However, it got quite boring when he saw all of them go down the same path. In the end, most of them made the deal with Alaya and became a Counter Guardian. Some died on a battlefield. And very few lived to old age with a family. He was almost done with observing the existence known as Emiya Shirou until he came across this particular parallel world version of Emiya Shirou.
In this world, despite having similar background story like most Emiya Shirou that exists in every parallel worlds in the Kaleidoscope, the path that he eventually chose to walk on has caught his attention, because unlike most Emiya Shirou that he has encounter, this one took a very different path that makes him so different from the rest of his other iterations.
If most iterations of Emiya Shirou that he had encountered so far took the path to become a Hero of Justice, this one however, is willingly decided to abandon his ideals and become a villain for the sake of one person happiness.
His little sister's happiness.
He have watched how this Shirou met that Sakatsuki Miyu girl, that moment when he saved her from that falling rubble, and also the moment when he and Kiritsugu took her in into the Emiya household so that they could use her power to save their dying world.
He have watched how this Shirou bonded with the Sakatsuki girl to the point where they eventually became a true brother and sister, thanks to Miyu for using her own power to make that happen.
He have also watched how miserable he is after his sister was kidnapped by his so called best friend, Julian Ainsworth, and how he struggles to get her back.
He have watched how he lost that Sakura girl by the hands of her own brother, he have watched how Shirou got tortured by assassin-Shinji and attain the power of his potential-futureself by making a pact with his Counter Future-self through the class-card, he have watched how he single-handedly defeat the other contestants of the Fifth Holy Grail War in a single night, he have also watched his declaration to abandon his ideals and become a villain on the face of Julian Ainsworth all for the sake of saving his sister.
He have watched how he fought against Gilgamesh-Angelica to the death to buy his sister enough time so that she could teleport into a different parallel world where she would be safe from Ainsworth, a world where she could be safe from her potential tragic fate as a tool that can be use to save the world and be discarded later on, a world where she can make many friends and have small-share of happiness.
He have also watched how this Shirou took a blast from the ultimate sword head on and ended up in his current situation.
After seeing the struggles, sacrifice, and suffering that he had gone through for the sake of his little sister's happiness, he must say that of all the iterations of Emiya Shirou that he have seen, this Emiya Shirou intrigued him the most because he's so different from the rest. This Shirou wasn't born broken and distorted like most Emiya Shirou who experience a tragedy known as the Fuyuki Great Fire, and although he did suffer from a similar tragedy in his youth he managed to stay sane, although he did ended up broken and jaded after he keeps losing his loved ones. This Shirou isn't the one that ended up as a Hero of Justice like most of his other iterations, but a villain who decide to disregard himself and the world for the sake of saving the life of one person. This Shirou is also not the novice magus like most of his iterations who learned how to use magecraft on his own that uses an unorthodox method like creating magic circuits by canibalising his own nerves, but a magus who has been properly trained by the magus killer both in magecraft and combat technique.
Zelretch had to admit, compared to most of his other iterations, this Shirou is the third strongest of Emiya Shirou iterations right after his Counter Guardian and Nameless counterpart. In fact, he might just be the perfect guy to carry out the mission he was about to give him.
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Okay, he got to admit that there's another reason why Zelretch has been observing this Emiya Shirou. Not only had he been observing his life journey, but he's also been observing his skills as well. And after watching him single handedly fought the other contestants of the Fifth Holy Grail War in a single night, he must say that this Shirou is probably the most skilled iteration of Emiya Shirou as a magus compared to his other counterparts, evidenced by how he manages to find a trick to create a cheap-knockoff of a Divine Construct with his projection magecraft during his fight against Gilgamesh-Angelica.
That's why he decided to choose this iteration of Emiya Shirou to help him with the mission to save a world which is on the verge of destruction. And of course his help will be rewarded.
Zelrech was on edge and he wasn't often like this. There's a Parallel world out there where the Age of the Gods hadn't ended yet, however that world is currently on the brink of extinction because the big Spider from the Oort Cloud whom currently slumbers in the underground of South America will awaken in a few years as result of the Carnage and Chaos that will be made by a very problematic Terrorist organization known as the Khaos Brigade.
The chaos that this terrorist organization will cause, will eventually resulted in the death of the planet itself, and its death cries will awaken "The Spider" from its slumber which will resulted in mass extinction of mankind and phantasmal creatures along with the Earth losing its anthroposphere.
This terrorist organization need to be stopped at all cost, however, the situation doesn't require him to intervene directly just yet. That's why he decided to seek help from his most-watched human throughout the parallel worlds he had been through. Emiya Shirou.
Although, Emiya Shirou is not the strongest person that have ever existed in this whole multiverse, he is however, the most versatile fighter that he has ever encountered. His strange ability to create and replicate weapons which is on the level of a Noble Phantasm makes him the ideal person to ask for help.
He's confident that with Shirou's help and the army that he's currently amassing, there might be a chance for him to put an end to those "Invaders of Parallel Worlds" once and for all. But, he got to admit that Shirou's power alone might still not be enough. Granted, Shirou's projection would be a lot stronger in that world given the abundant mana in the air and the influence of Gaia was limited because the Gods were still around. But the impending threat demanded Shirou to have more power.
Which is why, before he sends Shirou into this parallel world, it would be wise if he prepared him with a few essential treatment. But the most important thing is that he needs to prepare him with a powerful tool.
The tool that he will gives to Shirou is actually can be considered a Divine Construct that originally came and was forged by the Personification of God in that Parallel world.
This tool is among the thirteen strongest ordinance in that Parallel world, and it holds the power kill powerful beings like the gods and dragons.
With this tool along with Shirou's talent of making weapons that could reach the level of Noble Phantasms, he's confidence that Shirou should be able to take up this task.
With every preparation has been completed. Zelretch immediately activated his Second Magic spell and transported Emiya Shirou away right before the Ainsworth could imprisoned him.
He was quite interested to see what sort of development this Emiya Shirou will make, he wanted to see what sort of phenomenon this iteration of Emiya Shirou will make to the people around him and what Fate has in-stored for him.
"I'll be expecting good results from you, Emiya Shirou." Zelretch said with a small smile as he starts to observe the beginning of his Adventure in the new Parallel world of DxD.
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When Shirou began to regain consciousness, his body felt sore all over his body and his head was a mess. It was like he's having a bad hang-over.
With great effort, he pushed himself off to a sitting position and look around his surroundings.
Shirou found himself waking up in a quiet alleyway. There was no one in the alley except him, and there was nothing in the alley that could help him figure out where he was. The only items he could find in the alley were some old posters and a rusty green dumster.
'Where the hell am I exactly?' Shirou wondered in his thoughts as he tried to figure out how did he end up in this alleyway.
From what he can remember, he was fighting against Angelica with her Gilgamesh card installed, in order to buy some times for Miyu to escape to another world where Julian and the Ainsworths won't be able to reach her.
He had the upper hands during the battle at first when it was proven that his Unlimited Blade Works is a direct counter to Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon power. Unfortunately, the tables are turns when Angelica took out her Sword of Rupture in the last moments.
He was locked in a power struggle with Angelica for a moment as he tried to fight back her strongest attack with all of the weapons he had in his Reality Marble. Unfortunately, no matter how many weapons that he piled up together to fight back against the Sword of Rupture. It turns out that all of them are no match for the strongest sword. And when his connection with Miyu finally severed, he took a direct hit from the attack of the Strongest sword in the existence.
He was passed out back then, he thought that when Angelica defeated him back in that fight, she would try to bring him to Julian and imprison him so that they can use him against Miyu in case that they somehow manage to bring Miyu back. But, it seems that they decided to dispose of him instead. They must've thought that he's as good as dead when he took a direct hit from the sword of Rupture.
However, they are wrong.
He's not dead yet. He's still alive. And he hardly believe it himself.
It was truly a work of miracle.
Shirou stands up back to his feet and slowly walk towards the entrance of the alleyway with a stumbling gait as he decided to find out the location of his whereabouts instead of staying in that Alley.
However, before he steps out of the Alley, Shirou abruptly stop himself when he realized that he's still wearing his ragged clothings that already covered in dry blood. If he steps out to the city like this, surely he will only attract unwanted attention especially from the local police officer.
With that, after muttering 'Trace On' Shirou projected a new set of fresh clothes that consists of a long-sleeves black shirt, a slim blue jeans, and a black jersey jacket.
Shirou then slowly started to take off his tattered clothes, but before he took off his pants he felt something from inside his pocket, Shirou reached into his pocket and took out a small square object which turned out to be an envelope that seemed to be meant for him judging by the words "To: Emiya Shirou" was written on it.
Feeling curious Shirou then open the envelope and pull out its contents. Inside it, Shirou found two piece of paper which he assumed as the letter and also a black Visa credit cards with the initial S.E. on it.
Shirou is quite surprised when he found the black credit card. This is because a black credit card is an ultra-exclusive card offered by some card issuers and typically reserved for their wealthiest customers.
Although, he can be considered wealthy after receiving Kiritsugu's inheritance since his passing, however, as long as he can remember, he never have a black credit card.
Feeling curious, Shirou then flip open the paper and then read its content.
Dear Emiya Shirou,
Greetings to you lad, by the time you read this letter, that would mean you have already woken up. Right now you are probably wondering where you are right now and thought that Julian Ainsworth have decided to dump your 'corpse' in this tight alleyway, right? Well, that's too bad because it wasn't that Julian kid who did it, but it was me, Zelretch!
Shirou stops reading the letter in his hands for a second and blinks.
He doesn't know why, but after reading that last sentence, the image of a certain old Dead Apostle suddenly appears on his mind.
'Why is that line sounds so familiar?' Shirou thought for a moment before shaking his head and continue reading the letter.
Alright, enough with the jest, and let's get to the point. As I have said before, my name is Zelretch, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, The Wizard Marshall of the Clock Tower, the third Dead Apostle Ancestor, Master of The Second True Magic Kaleidoscope, and you young Emiya Shirou, have been chosen as my new field agent in my latest Operation of Parallel Worlds project. I have sent you to a parallel world where the Age of the Gods haven't ended yet, and the reason why I sent you to this world is because I need your help to save this world, Emiya Shirou. This world is currently in danger and is in the brink of extinction because in a few years from now the Ultimate One who slumbers in the Underground of South America will awaken.
The moment Shirou read the sentence that mentions the Ultimate One that slumbers in the underground of South America is about to awaken in a few years, he can feel a tremendous chill creeping down to his spine as a sense of fear emerge in his heart.
How come he's not scared when he read the prediction that the Dreadful "Spider" from the Oort cloud is about to awaken in a few years.
He had heard plenty of scary rumors about the "Spider" from many fellow spellcasters and mages back when he and Kiritsugu used to travel the world.
Even Kiritsugu himself who always tried to do his best to become a Hero of Justice that can save many people from perils, often tells him to never mess with the "Spider" that slumbers in the underground of South America for that creature is a monster that will kill anyone who approach it instantly, and if that monster wakes up, then it will bring nothing but complete extinction of mankind and all living form in the Planet.
I know you must be scared when you read the news that the "Spider" will soon emerge from hibernation, however, don't worry because I'm not asking you to kill him because I already know you won't be able to despite all Replica of Noble Phantasms that you had. What I want you to do is to prevent it from waking up from its slumber by getting rid off the cause.
Shirou felt a little relief when it was mentioned that he wasn't asked to kill the "Spider", but instead to prevent it from waking up.
'But, what does he mean by getting rid off the cause.' Shirou wondered curiously before he continues reading the letter.
There's a major terrorist organization in this parallel world called the Khaos Brigade, and they're not your run of the mill terrorist organization. This organization consists of not only criminals from human kinds, but also malicious people from the Supernatural Beings. Their numbers were large enough that they were able to wage war on several mythologies at once.
This organization will spread carnage and chaos all across the planet until to the point where their chaos killed the planet and we both know we don't want that to happen. Unless, if you want the "Spider" to awaken from its Slumber as well as the other Ultimate Ones being send to this planet.
'Of course we don't. No body in their right mind want that to happen.' Shirou utters grimly in his mind.
It's bad enough to know that the "Spider" will awaken when the planet dies, but to have the other Ultimate Ones being send to this planet as well?
He might as well commit suicide than living in a world that's being wrecked by the Ultimate Ones.
He then continue to read the letter.
Now, don't worry. I'm not asking you to get rid off the whole organization because that would be too much for you and I don't want you to end up like your worst iteration. So, instead I want you to get rid off a few people with strong potentials that would lead to the awakening of the "Spider". You'll find their names on the other piece of the paper.
After reading that last sentence on the letter, Shirou takes a quick moment to take a look at the content of the second smaller paper, inside it he can see five names being written on it.
Levionese Nebiron.
Rizevim Livan Lucifer.
Altrouge Brunestud.
Daybit Sem Void.
Jester Karture.
After looking at the names written on the second paper, Shirou went back to reading the letter.
You might not know who these people are, but in time you will. And you will also finds out why I want you to get rid off them, eventually.
Now... you're probably wondering why I choose you to become my field agent in this Operation of Parallel World. The reason why I chose you and not anyone else is because I have confidence in your ability. I have seen how you fought in the Fifth Holy Grail War and defeated the other contestants in a single night. I must say I'm quite impressed with your display of skills, although I can't really approve of your decision to doomed the whole world even if it's for the sake of saving your loved one. So, you can consider saving this world as your punishment for dooming your own world, and if you succeed in saving this world then I will reunite you with your little sister as a reward. But, that's only if you succeed and actually took this mission seriously.
P.S I've given you a black credit card with some money in it that accommodate you for a year. The amount is not unlimited like the weapons in your Reality Marble, so use it wisely. I've also given you an extra tool that will aid you in your endeavor. And if you're wondering how to use the tool, that's for you to find out on your own. Don't be lazy. Train yourself and learn how to use the tool I gave you.
P.S.S Oh, and one more thing. You don't have to hold back when you're using Magecraft. I've partially sealed away EMIYA's presence in your body, so you should be able to use his strength without any drawbacks.
That's all I can tell you for now, I'll see you around when the moment I'm actually needed comes. Good luck, Emiya Shirou. I'm expecting good result from you.
Yours truly,
Zelretch.
The moment Shirou finished reading the letter, it suddenly dispersed into blue motes, a similar effect that always happened when he dismissed his Projections.
'Well, I guess that's that then. It seems like my fate has been decided.' Shirou mused with a smirk while staring at the list of names of the people he needs to eliminate in order to prevent this world from being wrecked by the "Spider".
This is rather ironic actually, because just a while ago he was a villain that decide to doomed the entire mankind from his world for the sake of saving his sister's life, but now he's suddenly being forced to become a Hero to save this world from a calamity that's about to come in a few years from now.
Honestly, Shirou is feeling rather reluctant to take back the old ideals that he have discarded, but if he have to walk through hell in order to be reunited with his sister, then it's something that he's willing to do.
"Sorry Miyu, but it looks like I'll have to make you wait a little longer. I'll take you to see the ocean just like you wanted, when we see each other again." Shirou muttered with a smile as he thinks about Miyu again.
He then looked at his left arm that has partially become tanned. "Looks I'll be needing your strength for a bit while longer."
After saying that, Shirou continue his activity which had been delayed, which was to replace his tattered clothes with the new clothes he had made with his projection magecraft.
Once he's done changing into his new clothes, Shirou put the paper containing the list of names of the people that he must kill and also the black credit card into his pocket before stepping out of the alley.
He took a quick note of his surroundings before turning to the right and starts walking. He has no idea where he is right now, but this place is definitely not Fuyuki.
He can tell from how the pedestrians all around him looked like. They're not Japanese or Asian in general. They all looked Caucasian, and the words on the signs on the street posts and shops that lined the sidewalk which were written in Latin also a big give away that he's definitely not in his home country. He can only assumes that he must be either in Europe or North America.
As for why Zelretch decided to drop him in a foreign land instead of his own country of all places, he can't be sure.
"I suppose it's time to look for information." Shirou said to himself. If he wants to find out where he's right now, then he needs to find information about it. And while doing that, he also thinks that it would be wise if he also searches for information about this world in general.
After all, if he wants to carry out the task that Zelretch had entrusted to him, then he needs to get to know about this Parallel world first before he can plan out his next course of action.
This would be the start of his Adventure of Assassination in this parallel world to prevent the awakening of the Ultimate One that resides on Earth.
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To be continued.
A/N : Greetings readers, Frozebudy here. Welcome to the reboot version of my first story. As you can see, I decided to rewrite my story entirely because the first one didn't came out exactly like how I wanted it to be. So, I decided to change the plan that I have prepared for the story with a new one. With a different version of Shirou Emiya as the Protagonist and also a different plot. However, there's still one thing that I couldn't decide yet.
You see, in this story I'm planning to give Shirou a Longinus Sacred Gear to give him more power up. But since I don't want to make him too OP, since that would be boring, I decided to give Shirou either the Innovate Clear or Incinerate Anthem.
But I just can't decide which one that I should give him. Which is why I'd like to hear your opinion on this matter. Which Sacred Gear should I give to Shirou? Innovate Clear or Incinerate Anthem? Give me your answer and reason in the comment box.
Okay, that's all for now everyone. The next chapter will come once I've decided which Sacred Gear that I will give to Shirou to compliment his power.
Frozebudy out.