Shirou came to Ryudou Temple alone, saw the Holy Grail floating on the temple in the distance, and saw that there was no one everywhere. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that things were not that simple.

At this time, black sludge that was completely inconsistent with it was actually left on the Holy Grail. As it flowed to the ground due to gravity, the surrounding areas were covered with sludge, and flames ignited.

Looking at the black mud, Shirou finally understood why Red A and Muramasa told him that the next war would be the most intense.

"Don't come into contact with this black mud." This was Shirou's intuition. He could feel that nothing good would happen if he came into contact with this black mud.

However, Black Mud was conscious. Seeing Shirou slowly moving away from them and planning to go directly to destroy the Holy Grail, Black Mud naturally would not give up and directly formed a humanoid monster and rushed towards Shirou.

"Huh, naive." Shirou directly projected the wings of Icarus in God of War, which of course was not affected by the sun, and flew directly into the air to avoid the black mud's attack.

Not to be outdone, Black Mud transformed into a giant beast and chased Shirou.

Shirou planned to attack the Holy Grail directly, but unexpectedly, the next second, a black light struck directly, interrupting Shirou's flight and causing Shirou to fall into the black mud.

Although the black mud instantly surrounded Shirou, Shirou did not lose his mind because of this. He felt that something was protecting him.

Although Shirou didn't know what was protecting him, he couldn't think about it so much for the time being. The person who attacked him just now appeared.

Wearing a black full-body armor with red stripes, and a red-striped mask on his head, every movement can arouse fluctuations in magic power, and he holds a dark black double-edged sword.

Seeing the enemy appear, Shirou didn't hesitate at all and directly projected Pandora's reincarnation mode with full firepower.

Countless missiles flew directly towards the enemy, but the opponent simply waved his sword again, and the magic light cannon rushed directly towards Shirou, not only blocking all attacks, but also breaking the Pandora mode.

Shirou didn't expect that the enemy was more difficult than expected. He was just a simple guardian, so how powerful he would be behind the scenes.

"Stop, you are no match for me, Shirou Emiya." The black swordsman finally spoke, with the same cold and calm tone as Shirou.

"Now that you know who I am, you should also know that I will not give up." Shirou looked at the black swordsman in front of him, projected the Crimson Queen, and fought directly with him in close combat.

The sword lights crossed, and both sides were testing each other, but the black swordsman did not have any dissatisfaction, and instead enjoyed the battle.

"Emiya Shirou, as another one of your mentors, how could I lose to you?" The black swordsman opened his magic power and directly deflected Shirou, causing Shirou to give up the attack temporarily.

"Artoria, saber, is that you?" Shirou got the memory of Red A and knew his former heroic spirit, Artoria Pendragon.

"I didn't expect you to know, Shirou Emiya. Then you should understand that you can't defeat me."

"It's hard to say. After all, I am a man who will never give up." Shirou had no choice but to project Frostmourne again, hoping that this power could help him.

Ice surrounded Shirou again, but this time, Shirou did not put on full body armor, only his right hand and right foot were surrounded by armor, and the ice did not capture his consciousness again.

At this time, Shirou discovered that two golden chains appeared on the original sword Shen of Frostmourne surrounding the sword, protecting Shirou from being affected by this power.

"Thank you, Lancer and the unknown servant." Shirou held the hilt of the sword and felt that the power continued to increase, and the ice also affected the black mud, reducing part of Saber's magic power.

"So, will the black mud increase your magic power? Saber."

"Huh, even so, I won't lose."

The black light rushed directly towards Shirou, but this time it was protected by ice, and the ice wall appeared directly in front of Shirou, completely resisting this attack.

Shirou raised his sword directly, and countless ice picks appeared out of thin air to attack their enemies.

Saber is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. She constantly interrupts the attack of ice picks with external magic power, and even directly attacks Shirou with curry sticks from time to time, but she is blocked by the ice wall that appears at the right time.

The war situation temporarily turned into a protracted war.

However, the opportunity to break the deadlock suddenly appeared, and Shirou did not expect that besides Saber, there was more than one enemy in the black mud.

A gunshot rang out, and Shirou was shot in the shoulder by the sneak attack. Looking towards the direction of the attack, Shirou saw an unexpected person.

"Long time no see, Shirou, you have grown up." Emiya Kiritsugu, a man dressed in black who sacrificed everything for justice, appeared at the scene.

"Father? No, this is the enemy transformed by black mud." Shirou looked at his old friend, and you can imagine how much his heart fluctuated. Even though he was not the original Shirou, the memory of Kiritsugu's influence on him has always remained.

In Shirou's mind.

"What's wrong, Shirou, keep attacking." Kiritsugu continued to shoot at Shirou, but Shirou didn't fight back and simply resisted the attack.

"Stop it, don't continue." Shirou had no way to attack Kiritsugu and could only keep avoiding him.

"Shirou, come on, attack me." Kiritsugu kept provoking Shirou and attacking him.

But how could Shirou attack Kiritsugu, the person he respected the most?

After a while, Kiritsugu seized the opportunity and wounded Shirou. Looking at Shirou who fell to the ground, Kiritsugu showed no signs of wavering and planned to give Shirou the final blow.

Just when Shirou was thinking about letting it go, Kiritsugu suddenly stopped attacking, unable to pull the trigger again.

Although this Kiritsugu is made of black mud, it also contains Kiritsugu's beliefs.

In the end, Kiritsugu's heart defeated the pollution of the black mud and successfully regained his consciousness. However, due to the failure of the black mud's control, the supply of magic power was directly interrupted, and Kiritsugu slowly disappeared.

"Dad!" Seeing Kiritsugu gradually disappearing, Shirou couldn't control his tears. Even though he had been stripped of all emotions, his body was still crying involuntarily.

"Shirou, you have grown up. Please stop this war." Kiritsugu looked at the grown-up Shirou and felt happy in his heart.

Finally, Kiritsugu completely turned into black mud and disappeared in front of Shirou again.

But Shirou had already received Kiritsugu's final entrustment.

"I will never forgive you. I will definitely destroy the Holy Grail. Dad, please protect me."

Shirou decided that with his last trump card, he must destroy the Holy Grail, not only for Rin and the others, but also for Kiritsugu.

In an instant, Shirou was surrounded by golden light, and his magic power was consumed instantly. The magic power that appeared even affected the black mud.

"Is this, what is it?" Saber looked at Shirou, and her heart was shocked by the fluctuation of magic power.

The light dissipated, and Shirou was seen with two daggers stuck on his waist, a golden wool draped over his right shoulder, and red tattoos engraved on his body.
Chapter completed!