DanMachi: Unlimited Blade Works

"Giant Man-Eating Plant!"

"Grow without end! Until you wither from exhaustion, squeeze out all your power!" The moment Revis's words fell, the vast cavern trembled violently. Ais, who was about to strike Revis, quickly stopped her sword and looked up. Even the others turned their gaze towards the source of the vibration.

As if sensing everyone's attention, the giant man-eating plant parasitizing the quartz pillar trembled intensely. A terrifying sound, as if something was being sucked dry, emanated from the quartz pillar. The plant acted like a tyrant, wantonly drawing nutrients from the pillar.

With a snap, several cracks suddenly appeared on the quartz pillar. At the same time, continuous tremors spread from the giant man-eating plant to all the tentacles and vines throughout the vast cavern. These tentacles and vines swelled like galls, then pulsed with terrifying intensity.

The next moment, in the vast cavern, all the flower buds on both the ceiling and the surrounding walls bloomed simultaneously. All the colorful petals, all the man-eating flowers, blossomed. At the same instant, countless man-eating plants were birthed from the flower buds.

As the giant man-eating plant parasitizing the quartz pillar completely died, hundreds of man-eating plants descended from the sky, landing amidst the crowd. It was as if the people were falling into a monster swarm.

"How... how can there be so many?!" Looking at the densely packed monsters around them, even the Level 2 adventurers lost their will to fight at that moment. There was simply no way to survive such a situation! This was truly a monster feast!

"Everyone gather together, don't get separated!" Shirou shouted, grinding his teeth as he surveyed all the monsters around him. How much did that damned animation studio cut?! They even cut out a grand scene like this?!

"Ais, ignore us, go deal with that red-haired woman, so she doesn't ambush us."

"But…!"

"No 'buts'! Trust me!" Shirou quickly shouted, seeing Ais's hesitation. Hearing Shirou's command, Ais, who had been struggling between returning to support her teammates or continuing to engage the red-haired woman, immediately charged out.

Watching Ais swiftly depart, Shirou casually swung his sword, slaying a monster that lunged at him, then surveyed his surroundings. "Alright, so what do we do next?"

Looking at the adventurers who had gathered to resist the monsters but whose eyes were filled with despair, Shirou knew he had to find a way to boost their morale first. He still had about half of his magic left. If he were to unleash Gae Bolg again, he would fall into a state of having no magic left, which would truly put him in danger. Moreover, the release of a Noble Phantasm affects everyone indiscriminately; there were teammates here, so he couldn't easily unleash a powerful ultimate move.

This meant that the decisive blow still had to rely on Lefiya's magic; only that could avoid harming their allies while only attacking enemies. In that case, he needed to buy Lefiya time to chant.

Indeed, I still need to boost morale first!

"Bete, move aside!" A large amount of magic flowed into his hands, and the blueprint of a gigantic weapon appeared in Shirou's mind. It was not a human weapon; it was a Divine Construct.

"Green Horizon that Splits a Thousand Mountains"

As magic surged, a blunt greatsword over ten meters long appeared in Shirou's hand. Through his magic, Shirou manipulated this greatsword to sweep horizontally.

Green Horizon that Splits a Thousand Mountains is one of the twin swords owned by Zababa, the God of War in Mesopotamian mythology. Its other name is the Mountain-Slaying Sword. It is a giant, boneless greatsword that can cut and open even a thousand mountains. It doesn't cut with an edge, nor does it open with sheer mass.

This Divine Construct encompasses the concept of a "horizon." This is the principle by which heaven and earth are absolutely separated, and as a result of this principle manifesting within the sword's flash, this greatsword can easily cleave a thousand mountains.

Previously, when fighting Angra Mainyu (or Angelica, an Archer-class servant similar to Gilgamesh), Shirou's projected version of this sword was dismissed by Angra Mainyu as a mere prop with the appearance of a Noble Phantasm, a paper-thin Noble Phantasm. Although he had barely managed to analyze its structure, he couldn't project it. But after Shirou's recent research into the divine artistry contained within Bell's Hestia Knife, his projected version of this weapon finally possessed a trace of its original splendor.

With a single horizontal sweep, all the man-eating plants touched by this blunt greatsword were completely severed. This attack didn't come from the weapon itself, but from the principle contained within it! However, even with just this mere trace of the principle, this projected weapon could no longer withstand it.

After Shirou wielded Green Horizon that Splits a Thousand Mountains for just one swing, the sword completely shattered. But that single swing instantly annihilated all monsters within a ninety-degree radius in front of Shirou. Hundreds of monsters died in an instant.

"My Projection Magic isn't strong enough! Otherwise, I could definitely obliterate them with a single strike!" It wasn't a lack of magic, nor a lack of knowledge, but rather that Shirou's Projection Magic hadn't reached that level yet.

Although his mouth was full of complaints, Shirou's eyes were filled with joy. Because he had already seen a bright future. Sooner or later, he would project the Chains of Heaven and the Sword of Rupture, Ea, chain up Gilgamesh, and let him taste the power of Ea. Just thinking about such a scene made Shirou unable to stop smiling.

However, now was not the time to persecute the King of Heroes; there were still hundreds of man-eating plants waiting for them to deal with!

"Everyone, don't panic! Trust me, victory will be ours!" Looking at Shirou, whose fist was raised high, and recalling that god-like strike from earlier, the flames in everyone's eyes began to burn brightly. Their fighting spirit was ignited!

"Oh!!!" Seeing that everyone was no longer despairing, Shirou quickly said to Lefiya, "Lefiya, prepare your magic! Annihilate them all!"

"Yes!" Lefiya responded firmly. The current her was not the somewhat timid Lefiya from the original story. Planting her staff firmly into the ground, Lefiya began to chant her magic.

"[By the name of Veshan, I wish!]"

"[Ancestors of the forest, noble kin.]"

"[Answer my voice, come to the plains!]"

"[Linked bonds, pact of the feast.]"

"[Dance in revolving rings!]"

"[Come forth, Fairy Ring!]"

"[I ask you—lend me your power!]"

"Elf Ring"

This was Lefiya's strongest magic, the ability that would allow her to succeed Riveria in the future, a magic called Elf Ring. Through this magic, she could use the magic of other elves. Similar to Riveria, who was known as the "Nine-Magic Princess" because she could use nine types of magic, Lefiya, capable of using thousands of types of magic, was the true "Thousand Elves" of Orario.

As the Elf Ring completed, the golden magic circle turned emerald green. The Elf Ring began to enter its next phase. Threatened by Lefiya's magic, almost all the man-eating plants streamed towards her. But the people guarding her here would never let the monsters simply rush past!

"Broken Phantasm Ten-Strike!"

"Since you're so close, then enjoy the taste of explosions!" Shirou, who unleashed ten explosions by firing ten arrows consecutively in mid-air, stood before Lefiya, holding his greatsword and sternly pointing at the man-eating plants before him. "Here, passage forbidden!"

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