Chapter 38: Ultimate · Emperor Domain

"Why aren't you transforming, Berserker?", Illya innocently asked.

"No, that…", The transformation hadn't stopped, the sword and sheath had already merged, and the drive system was fully activated.

So the words Shirou couldn't bring himself to say, the Emperor Armor said for him. Using Shirou's voice, "Emperor Armor, Combine!"

At this point, BGM should be playing, the belt flashed with special effects, and even included a line.

"This body is made of swords!"

System: ["Pose now! Quick, if you don't pose I will!"]

Practice proved, even in front of cool armor, not even the system could resist.

"Berserker?", Illya tilted her head.

Shirou couldn't take it, his expression turned colder than Archer's, paired with the aura of Mad Enhancement, he was simply invincible.

He clenched his fists, crossed them in front of his chest. In the next second, golden streams of light swept over his whole body.

Then, Shirou lowered his arms with considerable momentum.

He thought it was very embarrassing, but Illya and the two maids already had stars in their eyes.

Under the noble, supreme golden light, eagle arms, tiger shoulders, mastiff back, rhinoceros legs, dragon body, covered Shirou in order.

At last, he was entirely surrounded by the armor.

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[Name: Emiya Shirou (Servant)]

[Age: Not important]

[Class: Berserker]

[Strength: B+]

[Agility: A+]

[Endurance: A]

[Mana: B]

[Luck: C]

[Noble Phantasm: Pseudo Emperor Armor. Alias: Gleaming Emperor Armor]

— Rank: A → ?? (Upgradeable)

— Type: Anti-Evil Noble Phantasm

— Attack Range: 1 → ?? (Can cover the entire battlefield)

— Description: A representation of splendor and majesty, authority and power, justice and light.

—: Noble Phantasm Effect One :—

— Defense: Capable of resisting A to below A-level physical, magical, and energy attacks. At the same time, it converts the received damage into mana to restore itself.

—: Noble Phantasm Effect Two :—

— Offense: This body is made of swords. The special origin grants the armor diversified offensive weapons (must be summoned and projected by the user).

—: Noble Phantasm Effect Three :—

— Ultimate: Emperor Domain. Can devour specially alchemized Noble Phantasms and the special traits of Phantasmal Species to proceed with infinite growth.

(Legend: The true version is an armor bestowed by the sun, the representation of Solar Heavenly Principle. Possesses the power of yin and yang and the five elements, created to save the world as the ultimate armor.) Based on that, though its power is not even one ten-thousandth of the original, it is still the nemesis of evil, symbolizing the most noble and exalted existence in the world.

[Class Skill: Mad Enhancement: EX (As the price for losing reason, all your stats increase. Rejoice, no more D and C level weakling stats!)]

[Innate Skills:

— Absolute Rationality: A (Due to unknown reasons, you won't lose reason. You can maintain absolute calm at all times. Perhaps, it's no longer calmness, but emotionlessness—tsk, to trade emotions for absolute rationality, are you even human?)

— High Jump: ? (Nothing much to say. Boy, if you want the whole world to become your harem, jump as high as you want~), Swordsmanship: D, no comment (Weakling)

— Projection Magecraft: E → A++ (Originally just temporarily materializing real-world objects, nearly useless. But the individual named "Emiya Shirou" subverted this, capable of perfectly duplicating objects (limited to swords, others consume 2–3x mana and drop one rank, including swords), and even replicating the original user's skills during duplication. (Although counterfeit, it has a very high cost-performance ratio).

— Archery: A (Blending with nature, there's no need to care whether the arrow hits the enemy or not, perhaps the release is decided based on the aftermath seen. Comparable to the "void" realm in martial arts. (This is the only skill of yours worth showing off).)

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This was Shirou's current status screen.

The armor had directly sublimated into a Noble Phantasm, bringing him a huge boost.

Now, he could be considered a top-tier Servant.

In this Holy Grail War, unless Gilgamesh pulls out EA, or Artoria has her scabbard, Shirou doesn't even know how to lose.

Even if Gilgamesh draws EA, he still dares to let that ancient fat tiger know what it means to high jump under the sunset.

If you can't get braised pork elbow, then just capture your heart.

Serious version: If the enemy doesn't use nukes, we won't send out the Twin Swallows.

"Oh!", Illya's big eyes sparkled like stars, "So cool, Berserker!"

"R-Really?", Shirou snapped back, wanting to feel proud, striking a cool pose.

Completely forgetting that he had just said it was too embarrassing.

"Truly impressive, Berserker," Sella clasped her fingers together, sincerely praising, "You are now a powerful hero."

'So I wasn't strong before?', Shirou focused on the key point.

"Berserker… like," Liz stammered.

"Hmm?", That drew Sella's attention.

"…The armor… I like."

"Mm," Sella nodded.

"It's truly a perfect set of armor, but… isn't it a bit too over-the-top?", Jubstacheit was puzzled.

How could he know, that after Shirou put it on, the armor had already sublimated into a Noble Phantasm.

"Berserker, take it off, Illya wants to try too," Illya directly reached out and hugged Shirou… his armor.

"Sorry, Illya," Shirou squatted down in a powerful pose.

"This armor, only I can use it."

"Why?", Illya was unhappy. She also wanted a cool armor set. At least, after seeing Shirou's armor, she really longed for it. Don't say girls don't care about armor.

With the design of Emperor Armor, just wear it outside, and if you've got a decent build, anyone will think you're cool.

[A/N: Proven: My own sister told me, doesn't include other girls.]

"Illya-sama, don't be unreasonable," Sella bowed slightly and said to Illya, "This was a weapon built for Berserker. It's normal that only he can wear it. And judging from your build, it's not suitable for wearing this kind of armor."

"Stingy!", Illya puffed her cheeks in anger.

"Illya-sama… don't be mad," Liz comforted.

Shirou also said, "It's fine, Illya. If there's a chance, I'll make a set just for you. But before that, to celebrate the successful birth of the armor, let's have a feast."

Shirou disengaged the transformation.

The Emperor Armor's power wasn't at all like a regular A-rank Noble Phantasm, so its flaw was also very obvious, it consumed a lot of mana.

Its mana consumption rate nearly matched that of Heracles in the original story.

Fortunately, Shirou didn't need as much mana as Heracles, so it wouldn't cause Illya the same pain she suffered after summoning Heracles.

But when Shirou put on the Emperor Armor, it was clearly visible that Illya was in pain.

Even if she endured it and didn't want it to be noticed, Shirou still picked up on it.

So unless absolutely necessary, he must not activate the armor.

"Feast?", Sella said oddly, "Feels like opening champagne in advance."

"What's wrong with that?", Illya said confidently, "Berserker is the strongest, he will never lose to anyone."

Even without any other reasons, just for not letting down that trust, Shirou had to give one thousand percent of his seriousness.

'Illya saikou!'

[T/N: Saikou means 'The Best' or 'Supreme'.]

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