NOVEL NEXT Chapter 10: Akame
"So, young man, can you tell me why you're here?" Bulat pointed at Shirou from a distance while holding a spear in his hand.
"Hmm? Want to communicate?" Shirou lowered both hands holding his swords, as if he had let his guard down. "I have no hostility. The reason I came here is just to find something, and this thing is in your base. So, can you give it to me?"
"Oh? Tell me what it is."
"It seems difficult to explain clearly. Can you allow me to enter your base and search for it?" Shirou said casually.
"Are you kidding? Are you stupid?" Before Bulat could speak, Mine couldn't help but shout, "You not only broke in but also entered our territory to search. Do you think we're fools?"
"Mine is right. Unfortunately, what you're saying is a bit unrealistic. We're not generous enough to let strangers enter our residence." Bulat also spoke up. "It seems you're not very sincere. If you were sincere, you should tell us your origins."
"There's nothing I can do. I'm telling the truth. There's nothing I can do even if you don't believe me." Shirou waved his hand and said helplessly.
"Is that so..." Bulat looked serious, pondering Shirou's words.
"Hey, Bulat, you're not really believing what he's saying, are you? He's our enemy." Mine said anxiously, staring at Bulat.
Bulat didn't respond to Mine's words but took a few steps forward, as if he held no hostility towards Shirou.
"I also think we can talk. It's not impossible to enter the base, but..."
"What?" Shirou asked lightly. As if wanting to hear Bulat's words clearly, he also took a few steps forward.
"Destroy!!!" A cold shout was heard. Along with this shout, a small figure jumped down from a tree behind, and the katana in her hand slashed towards Shirou, who was defending.
At the same time, Bulat, without any warning, thrust his spear directly at Shirou, but he wasn't finished. Mine, who had gathered enough strength, raised her weapon without hesitation, and a beam of light several times stronger than before attacked Shirou.
An attack from three sides!
The three members of Night Raid never believed what Shirou said from the beginning to the end, and they had no intention of letting him leave alive. They were assassins, not a charity organization. When a stranger found their base, they had no choice but to kill him. Bulat was only pretending, his real goal was to cover Akame's presence and use Incursio to deliver a fatal blow, while Bulat and Mine ensured success.
But was it really as they expected?
*CLANG!* *CLANG!* *CLANG!*
The sound of two swords clashing echoed far into the depths of the mountains, accompanied by a low chant.
"Spirit and technique, flawless and firm. Our strength rips the mountains. Our swords split the water. Our names reach the imperial villa. The two of us cannot hold the heavens together."
Along with the chant to release the true name, Shirou also moved. Facing the fatal situation of the three people in the night raid, he released the true name of his treasure without hesitation and used his special skill – Triple-Linked Crane Wings.
In the first move, two short swords floated from the air, forcing Akame to sheathe her sword and defend herself.
The second move was two more short swords flying out and colliding with the beam of light coming in the air, giving Shirou time to react.
The third move, the two swords in Shirou's hands had completely changed their appearance. A long sword with a groove like a feather on its blade collided hard with Bulat's spear as he swung with all his might. For once, both sides, who originally had a large gap in strength, fought evenly.
"What? What kind of Imperial Arms is this? I've never heard of it before." Bulat was surprised.
The situation that should have been a certain kill was instead disrupted by the opponent. The opponent's Imperial Arms were even stranger. How was he actually using it?
Although he was surprised, he didn't slow down. He exerted his strength to release the two swords on the spear. The spear swept and hit Shirou's two defensive swords. His initial intention was to use this to push the opponent back and maintain distance between them so that the advantage of his long weapon could be revealed. He also knew that the opponent's martial arts were superior. Once he could fully use the advantage of his long spear, combined with the strength of his teammates, they would win.
Thinking this, his spear struck the twin swords hard, and the tremendous force knocked Shirou down hard. But at this moment, Bulat thought it wasn't good. The opponent's defense didn't use any strength at all, but instead used his own strength to quickly escape from the battlefield.
"Hah..." Shirou used Bulat's strength to distance himself from the three members of Night Raid and stood firmly on a large tree in the distance. "Are you going to attack me? The coordination is really perfect."
The voice came out, but no one responded. Now that hands had moved, there was no use in saying more.
The first to act was the girl holding the katana. Suddenly she exerted strength and ran towards Shirou like a nimble cheetah, but she didn't move in a straight line. Instead, she kept changing directions back and forth.
Bulat wasn't far behind, and he was the first to arrive. Relying on his terrifying defense and physical fitness, he directly charged at Shirou without regard for anything.
Facing this situation, Shirou didn't panic. The short sword in his hand disappeared. He extended his right hand, and a simple long bow appeared in his hand. His left hand quickly drew the bowstring, and several red arrows were firmly placed on the bowstring, and the cold arrows pointed far towards the two attackers.
"Not good." Mine, observing from a distance, felt something was wrong.
She didn't have time to think about where the other party got the bow and arrows. The Pumpkin in her hand, which had been switched to shotgun mode, fired a series of bullets and attacked.
Although the power of Pumpkin in shotgun mode was slightly reduced, the density and speed of its attack were unmatched in sniper mode.
Ordinary bows and arrows certainly couldn't block all the bullets from the sky. After all, the gap between cold weapons and hot weapons could be said to be a gap of eras. However, what Shirou had in his hand wasn't an ordinary bow and arrow, but a Noble Phantasm he projected. He wasn't an ordinary person, but a Heroic Spirit who had fought on battlefields thousands of times.
The sky full of red arrows spurted out like a fountain, pressing the light bullets in the sky and rushing towards Mine like a destructive force.
"Damn it, don't underestimate me!!!" Mine roared. The danger of the threatening attack made her mind surge, and the power of Pumpkin increased again.
However, the gap was too large, both in terms of strength and density. Red arrows continuously fell from the sky. From time to time, arrows penetrated the defense of light bullets and fell beside Mine.
"Mine!!" Bulat immediately turned and charged towards Mine's side, swinging his spear to deflect the barrage of arrows.
"Die!" The girl hiding beside swung the blade in her hand and slashed at Shirou's neck, who was continuously releasing arrows without stopping.
*CLANG!*
What was heard wasn't the sound of a blade piercing flesh, but the sound of swords clashing.
"I must praise your killing ability, Akame!"