However, although the improvement in combat power in various aspects was very obvious, Shirou's foundation, the Divine Blessing, had improved very slowly. After several months of training, Shirou's current basic physical ability values were already close to their limit.
It should be noted that in Orario, it only took Shirou less than a month to raise his basic ability values from zero to max. But here, it took several months and still hadn't reached the limit, still a bit short. This was the flaw caused by insufficient combat.
At the same time, in this world, high-level combat was also lacking. Although there were many strong people, only the top few could help him advance. But these people were not someone he could challenge just because he wanted to. Many of them were leaders of organizations. To challenge them, he would have to be mentally prepared to challenge their entire organization.
In that case, the only one he could challenge was Edelweiss, who was by his side. But with his current relationship with Edelweiss, he simply couldn't bring himself to defeat her in a way that would cross the Great Feat. And if it was just defeating her, it probably wouldn't be enough. It seems this world no longer has the function to help him continue moving forward. It's time for him to prepare to leave here.
"It's really fast!" Looking at the moonlight in the sky, Shirou couldn't help but sigh. The next world probably wouldn't be as peaceful as this one. After all, his next goal would be to advance, and it would probably be a bloody battle!
"It's a bit hard to leave!" But this was his current fate.
Until he had enough power to crush everything, his journey could not end! He had to keep fighting. This was
the inevitable path for those with the Divine Blessing.
"Before leaving, I'll train my Divine Blessing to its limit!"
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Against the night, Shirou returned to his dormitory. As soon as he stepped inside, he heard lively discussions.
"Ah, when will Brother be back?"
"
Who knows?"
"Ikki, don't you know either?"
"According to recent patterns, he should be back soon!"
Listening to the discussion of the few people inside, Shirou's eye twitched involuntarily. "I say, it's already night. Why are you still in my dormitory?!" Walking into the room, looking at Stella, Nagi Arisu, and Shizuku sitting on the sofa, Shirou complained helplessly.
"Brother!" Seeing Shirou's figure, Stella quickly jumped off the sofa, rushed to Shirou, and questioned, "Where have you been lately? Why do you disappear every afternoon and only come back at night?!"
"I told you I had things to deal with!"
"Oh! Just spill a little!" Seeing Shirou refuse to say, Stella stepped forward, hugging Shirou's arm, shaking it repeatedly. Looking at the pouting Stella, Shirou was filled with helplessness. Then he suddenly said, "I really have things to deal with."
"And not only do I have things now, but in a while, I'll even have to go abroad for a period of time."
"Abroad!" Stella, bewildered by Shirou's sudden news, couldn't help but let go of Shirou's arm. Shirou also quickly dodged and placed his jacket on his bed.
"Abroad? When? Will it affect the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival?" Seeing Shirou was going abroad, Ikki stopped watching the show and quickly asked.
"I'm not sure of the exact time, but it shouldn't affect the selection matches. As for whether it will affect the main tournament, that's unknown!" According to Shirou's plan, he intended to leave after the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival representative selection matches. As for whether he could return in time, that depended on fate.
After all, the current Shirou couldn't manipulate the time interval using the golden pocket watch. The next time he returned could be in the next second, or it could be years later. No one could say for sure. Therefore, whether he could participate in the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival truly depended on destiny.
"How could this be!" Seeing that Shirou might not even be able to participate in the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival, Ikki's face showed a surprised expression.
"Brother, do you have something important to do? If so, I can help you!" Seeing this, Stella also quickly stepped forward and said.
"It's nothing major, just some rather complicated matters!" That's right, just some complicated minor matters. Shirou's journey was destined to have only two possibilities: victory or defeat. As long as he succeeded, the setbacks along the way would merely be complicated minor matters.
"So, please don't worry about me!"
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The next day. Today, for a change, Shirou didn't disappear in the afternoon. After defeating his opponent for the day, Shirou leisurely strolled around the school with Stella and the others.
"Brother, don't you need to be busy today?"
"Let's just skip it today. After all, everyone needs to rest!" Shirou, who had already contacted Edelweiss via phone, didn't plan to go to the patisserie today. After all, he had just told them yesterday that he would be leaving.
Today, he should spend some good time with them!
"Not busy today? That's great!" Seeing that Shirou was free today, Stella cheered happily. Even Shizuku and Nagi Arisu on the side couldn't help but smile. After all, it had been a while since they had chatted together like this.
Only Ikki's expression seemed a bit serious at this moment. After hearing that Shirou was going abroad, he suddenly remembered Shirou's past words. Shirou once said that his father was someone who wanted world peace, but if his father were to see him now, he would definitely kill him with his own hands! So, what exactly was Shirou doing now to be like this? Ikki didn't know, but it must be a dangerous matter.
In addition, he once heard Student Council President Kurono Shinguuji say that when Shirou first met them, he scared them quite badly with his killing intent. This made Ikki even more worried about Shirou's current situation.
Shirou was well aware of Ikki's worries. After all, this guy had been wearing a heavy-hearted expression since early morning. This made it impossible for Shirou not to know. But Shirou didn't intend to explain; after all, such things couldn't be explained clearly.
And just as everyone was laughing and talking, Shirou and the others' student handbooks rang one after another.
Looking at the opponents displayed for their next, which was their last, match, Shirou couldn't help but smile, "It seems my spot in the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival is secured." Shirou was very familiar with his next opponent, a senior who had already lost three matches.
This person had once dueled Stella, and at that time, he surrendered after being startled by Stella's flames.
Therefore, Shirou had a strong impression of him.
"My opponent isn't very strong either!"
"My opponent is quite strong, so it'll depend on luck!"
Stella and Nagi Arisu on the side also spoke about their opponents, only Ikki, looking at his student handbook, was stunned.
"What's wrong, Brother?" Hearing Shizuku's question, Ikki said gravely, "My opponent is the Student Council President, Touka Toudou!"
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