The Sword Was Born of Heaven! Unlimited Blade Works!

Clang clang clang clang clang!

Mo Shuying swung his twin blades, knocking away every weapon that came near. The familiar sight made Red Archer's eyelids twitch.

"How is this possible?!"

Red Archer stared at Mo Shuying, whose attire and fighting style were both strikingly similar to his own, his expression as unpleasant as if he had swallowed a fly.

"Hehe! Surprised? Didn't expect this? There's something even more surprising coming!"

Mo Shuying raised a hand! A mass of longswords appeared around him as well!

"Go!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The longswords shot forth in a barrage, all aimed at Red Archer!

Red Archer immediately retaliated, using the same Projection Magecraft to form longswords and fire back!

Clang clang clang clang clang!

Countless projected weapons collided and shattered in midair. The weapons that remained intact fell to the ground and swiftly dissolved into magical energy. Weapons were embedded everywhere within a hundred-meter radius, making it seem as though they stood inside some vast armory.

The spectators outside were all dumbfounded. What had been a highly anticipated battle had somehow turned into this!

"Assassin! Go! You can do it! Wooo!"

Astolfo took out his Noble Phantasm horn and blew it in encouragement. Fortunately, he had not infused it with magical energy, or it would definitely have affected some people.

Luvia and Tohsaka Rin huddled together.

Luvia said, "First Saber, now Archer. He possesses seven cards, which means—"

"It means this one person can take on seven Classes. Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!"

Just imagining facing an opponent who could switch Classes at will was enough to make anyone miserable.

"We have to tie him firmly to our chariot! Otherwise, there'll be endless trouble in the future!"

"Mm, as the saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, capture his roots! Luvia, don't you think Mo Shuying is an exceptional man? Why don't you make an effort? If you can win him over, I'm sure your family will enter an era of unprecedented prosperity!"

Tohsaka Rin suddenly urged Luvia.

Luvia froze, then flew into a rage!

"Why don't you do it yourself?!"

"I already have someone I like!"

"So do I! Shirou~~ I've always liked you!"

Luvia turned to Emiya Shirou, who stood nearby with an awkward look on his face.

"Get away from him! He already has a Saber! Don't go sticking yourself in too!"

Tohsaka Rin shoved Luvia aside and spoke quickly, making both Emiya Shirou and Saber blush.

"What are you afraid of? If it's Saber, I can accept it! I don't mind that at all! If anything, the more people there are, the more fun it'll be."

Luvia spouted something utterly outrageous! Emiya Shirou could no longer listen and was just about to stop her.

"How can you say something like that?! Do you have no sense of shame at all?!"

Tohsaka Rin wore an expression of furious disappointment, but Luvia merely tossed her golden curls and said, "What's so strange about that? Where I come from, being a mistress isn't anything shameful. If it really comes to it, you can join too. If it's you, I wouldn't mind."

"(⊙o⊙) What? R-Really!? Ah, no! I don't want that!"

Tohsaka Rin hurriedly denied it.

Emiya Shirou: "()"

Ignoring the little farce among the four of them, real men were watching the battle.

"You plagiarist!"

"Aren't you the same?!"

"Damn it! You forced me to do this!!"

Red Archer could not hold back any longer! He had always been the one copying other people's weapons until they went mad with frustration. He had never expected to experience such stifling resentment himself today.

It felt awful!

In his fury, Red Archer unleashed his Noble Phantasm!

"My body is made of swords!

My blood is iron, and my heart is glass!"

Boom!

Mo Shuying felt an explosion ring beside his ears! Everything around him seemed to be changing!

"I have crossed countless battlefields and remained undefeated.

Never once defeated, never once found a true friend.

He had always stood atop the hill of swords, drunk alone on victory.

Therefore, this life held no meaning.

Thus, this body was destined to be born for the sword.

This is... Unlimited Blade Works!!"

With the chant, Mo Shuying found himself in a world of swords.

This was a ruined land, not a complete world.

The sky was shattered, countless gears turned overhead, the earth was split open, and tens of thousands of longswords stood embedded in the ground.

"So this is your Noble Phantasm, Unlimited Blade Works? Not bad. I like it."

Mo Shuying touched his chest. Ever since becoming Archer, something had always felt slightly off, preventing him from using this unusual Noble Phantasm ability. But now, after watching Red Archer's demonstration, he could do it.

A Reality Marble could only be broken by a boundary-shattering weapon—or replaced by another Reality Marble.

In theory, as long as Mo Shuying activated Unlimited Blade Works once more, he could completely suppress Red Archer.

But he did not.

He switched Class Cards. Golden magical energy rippled outward, and Mo Shuying changed into a swordsman's armor.

"Today, I'll hand you your first defeat!"

Mo Shuying's magical energy surged in an instant! Powerful currents of air blasted the swords planted upside down around him into the air! Yet those flying blades did not fall! After turning around strangely in midair, they all pointed at Mo Shuying and shot toward him at high speed!

Clang! Clang!

Mo Shuying casually shattered them with two strikes, then looked up at Red Archer standing atop the hill of swords and raised both hands high.

"Wind King Hammer!"

Boom!

The howling wind tore through the earth and surged up the mountain! Mo Shuying showed no mercy. Wherever the sword-wind passed, ravines split open across the ground! If Red Archer failed to dodge, death was his only outcome!

Yet Red Archer merely raised a hand!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two mountain-like swords descended from the sky and landed before him. These enormous blades, dozens of meters long, were as thick as city walls, blocking the attack like the sturdiest shields.

Then!

Even the earth began to tremble.

Mo Shuying watched as the swords around him rose into the sky one after another. The sight of ten thousand swords taking flight was utterly breathtaking—the heavens themselves were filled with blades!

"Now, witness what Unlimited Blade Works truly is!"

At some point, Red Archer had appeared atop the mountain sword, at the hilt of the blade that cleaved through a thousand mountains and opened a verdant horizon. With a fierce wave of his hand, the sea of swords in the sky came crashing down like a tide, like the mightiest wave swallowing the heavens and the earth!

Facing such a spectacle, Mo Shuying gripped his sword with both hands and raised it over his head.

Bzzzz!!

The sword invisible to the eye instantly transformed into golden light! Countless lights of conviction gathered together. Mo Shuying's expression turned solemn as he stepped forward and swung the blade down with all his might!

"EX!calibur!!"

Boom!!

Golden light shot straight into the sky, cleaving apart the incoming wave of swords with a single strike! And that was not all! The golden radiance tore open the heavens, then abruptly plunged downward toward Red Archer!

"Rho Aias!"

Red Archer did not dodge either. A seven-layered shield of light unfolded above him, forming an indestructible barrier that blocked the golden radiance. Mo Shuying pressed down again, and the petal-like shields shattered one after another. But the final layer was also the strongest shield, and in the end, it withstood the attack.

By then, the sky had been cleared.

A rift torn through the heavens appeared overhead, and through that crack, it seemed possible to see a sky full of stars.

Mo Shuying lowered his sword and stood still. He knew he had already won.

His previous strike had destroyed most of the swords. It would take quite some time to restore them, and he would not give Red Archer that chance.

Red Archer also understood that if they continued, he would be the one to lose.

Even if he could fight Mo Shuying to the death, there was no need. This had been agreed upon as a spar. From the moment he activated Unlimited Blade Works, he had already lost. He was not someone who could not accept defeat.

"This time, you win."

Everything around them began to collapse. Red Archer stood atop the giant sword, and still said smugly.