Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

If Shirou Emiya had faced this kind of monsters made of data when exploring the dungeon, he would have been devoured by the monster tide long ago.

There are no fatal positions, only weaknesses. It is difficult for Shirou Emiya to maintain the efficiency of exterminating monsters without using large-scale lethal attacks.

It is even very likely that he cannot keep up with the speed of the dungeon monsters, and he will be trapped and killed in the end.

What's more, monsters are not without reason, but many monsters are not as smart as humans.

Even the monsters in the dungeon will consciously protect their weak parts, and these monsters made of data are the same.

As for those monsters like machines, Shirou Emiya did not find any obvious weaknesses at all, and could only destroy them by constantly attacking them.

Fortunately, there is no monster tide in this maze, and the number of monsters is only about ten at most, which can be said to be easily solved.

But for some magicians who are not strong enough, whose servants are also average, and who are not good at commanding, if they are surrounded by dozens of monsters, they are likely to be killed by these monsters because their servants are dragged by them.

As a trial, the monsters here are indeed strong, but they are not so strong that they cannot be solved.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound of fighting continued to come from the roads completely blocked by rocks around Shirou Emiya.

There are not only two magicians fighting in an arena. Although there are many arenas, there will still be many magicians drawn to the same arena.

Especially in the first round of battle, the number of magicians has not decreased at all.

So in addition to Shirou Emiya and Shinji Matou, there are other magicians fighting in the sea of ​​​​Ichi no Tsuki.

The only thing to be thankful for is that because each battle is a one-on-one form, these magicians basically will not conflict with others.

After all, if there is a conflict with someone other than your opponent, it will basically fall into an extremely passive situation.

Although it was a one-on-one battle at the time of the final battle, it was entirely possible for a two-on-one situation to occur during the six days of hesitation.

No one wanted to face two servants at the same time, and there was no rule that servants could not attack their masters.

However, Shirou Emiya did not choose to meet the master and servant who should be next to him, because at this time, an uninvited guest came to the door.

"Sure enough, the scum is the scum!"

Full of disdain and contempt for Shirou Emiya, Shinji Matou stood on the huge rock in front of him, looking down at him.

The existence standing next to Shinji Matou, with a face full of indifference, was imprinted in Shirou Emiya's eyes.

It was a red-haired woman with a very deep knife scar on her face.

She was wearing a fiery red coat and black over-the-knee boots, but it seemed that because of the heat, or because of some other indescribable reasons, the coat was fiercely opened by her chest.

But this scene that should have made people feel shy or tempted did not feel any corresponding atmosphere at all.

On the contrary, because of the flintlock rifle she held tightly in her hand, her bright smile, her carefree standing posture, her scar that didn't look out of place, and the magnificent ocean around her, Shirou Emiya's first impression of her was that she was a pirate.

Although from a purely sensory point of view, she gave people the feeling of being more like a man.

But the open surging and the handsome face even with the scar did show that she was a woman.

However, before Shirou Emiya could speak, Shinji, who was standing above, shook his seaweed hair with a show-off and intoxicated look, and continued to speak to Shirou Emiya.

"You are really too slow. I am almost falling asleep waiting here. As my first opponent, you are really too weak. It took so long to get here, but I already got the code key--!"

"You have to understand that there is a huge gap between you and me!"

If you didn't have so much sweat dripping from your forehead---

Shirou Emiya complained in his heart.

With Emiya Shirou's vision, he knew exactly what was happening to Shinji Matou.

The sweat that kept pouring down his forehead.

His legs were shaking slightly.

His breath was a little chaotic but barely stable.

All of these showed that Shinji Matou had run all the way here to block him.

So what was the purpose of him running so hard?

It seemed that he wanted to show off his excellence in front of Shirou Emiya, as he had already got his own code key before Shirou Emiya.

He wanted to show his superiority by belittling him in front of Shirou Emiya.

Yes, this was very Shinji.

Although, it seemed that it was reasonable for Shinji Matou to do this.

But he couldn't help but complain in his heart whether Shinji Matou in this world was a little too childish, exhausting himself for such a small matter.

He could even see that the woman standing next to Shinji Matou seemed to be enduring something, but her slightly raised corners of her mouth had betrayed her.

It seemed as if she was not holding back, but just didn't laugh out loud.

Matou Shinji didn't seem to notice his Servant's expression at all, and was still telling Emiya Shirou intoxicatedly how he commanded the Servant to quickly defeat the monsters and get the code key.

Seeing Shinji Matou's expression as he was immersed in his own world, Shirou Emiya had no idea of ​​taking out the secret key he had obtained.

Although Emiya Shirou had been exploring the dungeon for less than two months, he still had some experience in exploring mazes.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to go through all the floors and mazes from the 57th floor of the dungeon back to Orario alone.

What's more, Emiya Shirou even has a cheating artifact for exploring the maze.

With the blessing of [Evil Ghost Haunting] that can fly and [Azure] that provides ultimate luck, Emiya Shirou almost found his secret key just a few minutes after he eliminated those monsters.

Although the names are very similar, [Azure] is a ring responsible for resisting fire, and [Azure] is a cross-like thin sword responsible for providing luck.

Emiya Shirou did not leave immediately, he just wanted to observe the arena more.

And his opponent - Matou Shinji and his Servant.

Chapter 542 Is it really just disgust?

"Call your Servant, I can't wait to see your furious expression after being defeated miserably by my hands!!!"

"In front of me, you have no chance of winning!"

Under the bright blue sunlight, Shinji Matou pointed at Shirou Emiya with a proud expression and made a declaration that was almost equivalent to victory.

He did not immediately ask his servants to take action just because Shirou Emiya's Servant appeared.

As Shinji Matou said at the beginning, he wanted to defeat Shirou Emiya in an upright manner.

To prove myself, to prove that I am extremely excellent, the kind of excellence that has no way of keeping up.

After just a few seconds of silence————

"I don't have a Servant—"

Emiya Shirou did not try to cover up anything, and directly told the truth about his lack of a Servant.

"Ha!? Stop joking! Your Servant must be just like you, a shady little person. He must be hiding in the dark to attack us at any time!"

Matou Shinji didn't believe Shirou Emiya's words at all. Without a Servant, how could such a thing happen? Without a Servant of his own, there was no way to win this Holy Grail War.

However, all they got in exchange was the sea breeze blowing slowly.

"Are you looking down on me!?"

Matou Shinji's entire face was twisted together, and just from the look on his face, one could fully feel his overflowing anger.

"That's the truth -"

Emiya Shirou did not evade or lie.

Maybe lying will make your enemies wary.

But Emiya Shirou did not lie about having a servant just to gain an advantage.

Just as he faced Rin Tosaka calmly, he also faced Shinji Matou calmly.

And it was this kind of calmness that made Matou Shinji's expression extremely distorted.

"Rider!!!!"

In anger, Matou Shinji immediately called out his servant's job description. You must know that in this Holy Grail War, job descriptions can exist repeatedly.

Therefore, for those Masters, even if it is just a job introduction, it is extremely important information.

"Bang--!"

The crimson fire swallowed the air at this moment and exploded from the flintlock in the hand of the cherry-haired woman.

The ammunition mixed with magic power pierced the air and shot straight towards Emiya Shirou's position.

Emiya Shirou didn't even move, standing straight on the spot, looking at the speeding bullets.

"call out--!"

Amidst the strong smell of gunpowder, the bullet passed through his face and accurately hit the rock wall behind him.

Even the woman with cherry-colored hair, who was a servant, had a slight surprise in her eyes at this moment.

Although she had no intention of taking away Emiya Shirou's life, she did not expect that he could actually stand there without changing his expression and watch her attack that grazed his cheek.

Under such a threat of death, it takes more than just great courage.

But indeed, one thing has been confirmed————

"He did not summon a Servant——"

The cherry-haired woman blew slightly into the smoking muzzle of her gun, and slowly answered the questions in her master's mind.

She had never felt the presence of a servant around Shirou Emiya from the beginning, but she did not believe in a Master who participated in the Holy Grail War, and she did not even have a servant of her own.

Whether it was the unique look in this young man's eyes that made it impossible to catch any lies, or his own temptation, it was enough to show that he indeed had no followers of his own.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

The person who clearly had no followers and was at an absolute disadvantage was Emiya Shirou.

But at this moment, Emiya Shirou's expression was extremely calm, while Matou Shinji was extremely excited.

He didn't believe it, he didn't believe it, he didn't believe that Shirou Emiya didn't have his own servant.

What Matou Shinji pursued was an equal, upright battle, a passionate duel.

Even if it was a crushing victory, it should be under the same conditions, because of his excellence, because of his talent, and it was an absolute crushing victory.

It was not like this, an advantage gained under such a fundamentally unequal situation.

For some reason, Matou Shinji wanted to defeat Shirou Emiya head-on from the bottom of his heart, and wanted to really stand in front of Shirou Emiya and laugh at him.

Obviously, for him, this was a battle that could be ended very easily, and it was a battle that other magicians envied very much, but he couldn't be happy at all.

This was definitely not the battle he expected!

The moment he saw Shirou Emiya, he knew in his heart that he would definitely compete with him.

"Really a waste!"

In extreme anger, Matou Shinji seemed so calm.

He looked at Shirou Emiya with an indifferent expression, who did not retreat at all, and hurled angry insults.

"A waste like you who doesn't even have a Servant should just stay in the academy and wait to be eliminated!"

Shinji Matou took a step forward, stretched out his hand and waved it very hard. He didn't understand why Shirou Emiya, who had almost lost the right to participate in the Holy Grail War, would still appear in the arena.

Why did he still try to collect the code key? Didn't he know that even if he used all his strength to get the code key, he would never win the Servant.

That's right, even if the enemy was not himself, but someone else, in the absence of a Servant, Shinji Matou didn't think Shirou Emiya could win.

Shinji Matou wouldn't even think about this kind of thing with a completely zero chance of winning.

"Maybe my final outcome is indeed elimination, but some things always need to be tried, otherwise how can we know what the final outcome will be--"

Faced with Shinji's ridicule, Emiya Shirou's expression did not waver at all, as if the oppression of being a Servant did not affect him at all. He stood firmly in place, staring straight at Matou Shinji.

The expression full of determination, as if he would not back down even if he knew he might fail in the end, made Matou Shinji's expression even more distorted.

His heart was extremely restless at this moment.

This kind of determination, this kind of calmness, this kind of eyes that seemed to not back down in the face of any difficulties, made him feel extremely disgusted and extremely angry.