Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Dark Heart

Selection Matches Begin

2 days after the mall raid, the selection matches of the Seven Star Sword Art Festival begin
Commentator-"Vermillion's first opponent is Momotani, also known as 'The Heavy Tank' His 'Goliath' is a rare armor type, and he releases a heavy charge with it!"

Random student 1-" Go Momotamo!"
Random student 1-"show what D ranks are made of!"

Stella-"Unlike the idiots up there, you seem to understand your situation. Give up now or get barbecued, your choice"
Momotami immediately kneeled
"I-I give up!"

WINNER: STELLA VERMILLION

Shirou-"heh, as expected of Stella"
I turn to Momotami
"I would've considered giving Yammy's spiritual power to him if he didn't give up that easily, but I guess trash will always stay as trash, Hmph!"
I turned around and walked away

Little did I know, Nene who just happen to stand beside me heard me
"Yammy? Spiritual power?"
She then recalled a few years ago when Ikki suddenly re-awakened from F rank all the way to A rank
"Wait a minute! A re-awakening can only promote a person's rank by at most 2! So how did Ikki upgrade to A rank?! Spiritual energy......Yammy........Ikki's reawakening....."
She came to a realization
"Oh my god"

Somewhere......
Computer-"due to the selection match taking an actual fighting format, your life is at risk. If you understand and still want to participate, press the 'agree' button"
I pressed it without hesitation

???-"we met again, brat"
I turned around and saw a short girl with a red kimono
Shirou-"ah, Nene-sensei, how have you been?"
Nene-"drop the formalities, will ya? I'm here to let you know that you are to report to the director's office after your match"
Hm? This.......is disturbing. I haven't done anything wrong, so why is the director asking me to come to her office?
Shirou-"alright, I will be there"
Nene-"good"
She walked off

After the conversation with Nene, I sat down on a chair in the locker room and watched Kirihara's most recent match
Unexpectedly, he fought his opponent head on and did not rely on area invisible as much as in the anime
If I were to compare his fighting style to someone, it would be Golgious from Seven Deadly Sins, he made it look like he was teleporting, but in reality he was just moving in high speeds while turning his area invisible on and off

I turned the tablet off and began to meditate, I entered my mindscape again
As usual, the spiritual powers of the Espada that did not find a host yet shows up
Shirou-"have you chosen your host yet, Ulquiorra?"
He nodded and pointed at me
"Wait what-"
Before I could say anything, Ulquiorra's spiritual energy flew into my heart
Now this is strange, I didn't feel my mana getting a boost at all, instead I feel that my reflexes, acrobatics, energy manipulation, and swordsmanship has been enhanced by at least 3 times. On top of that, my chant for summoning my device also changed

Announcement-"Shirou Kurogane, it is time for your match, please enter the battlefield"
Shirou-"It's time for me to shine"

Tsukuyomi-"Look at this! The biggest field in the school, the Great is packed with students! The fourth match is about to begin. This is Hangetsu Tsukuyomi giving the play-by-play, and we also have instructor Nene Saikyo as a commentator!"
Nene-"hello"
Tsukuyomi-"now this is a match that cannot be missed! One is an A-rank who is rumored to be the strongest student in the history of Hagun Academ: Shirou Kurogane!"
Both girls and boys alike began to cheer for me as I walk onto this "battlefield"
"Another is someone who made it to the Seven Star Sword Festival as a first year, and also recently got promoted to a B rank knight: Shizuya Kirihara!"

Shirou-"heh, you actually showed up huh?" I will give you one more chance. Give up or you will regret it"
Kirihara-"I must kindly refuse your offer. I will defeat you and make it to the sword art festival again!"
Shirou-"So be it..........bow down to your king, bring forth endless chaos: Zangetsu!"
As usual, white Zangetsu appeared, but the aura was black and has a hint of green as outlining

Kirihara-"it's time to hunt, oborozuki!"
A golden orb comes out of the ground, Kirihara grabbed it, it transformed into a bow

LETS GO AHEAD
Kirihara immediately used his area invisible to create a forest and turned himself invisible
Shirou-"futile resistance"
I used pesquesa to scan the entire battlefield, aha found him
"Found you!"
I shot a blast of bala at Kirihara's location
Kirihara-"What the-"
He jumped to another place, I accurately shot him as well
Ikki-"heh, as expected of him, I hope Kirihara won't get hurt too bad"
Stella-"h-how is he doing this?"
Ikki-"well-"

Nene-"AHAH! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! He seriously doesn't know?!"
Tsukuyomi-"what is happening?! How can contestant Shirou know Kirihara's location?!"
Nene-"it is one of Shirou's many noble arts: pesquesa. It allows him to sense everything within 30 miles"
Stella-"WHAT?! That's just absurd!"

Shirou-"Come on, Kirihara~"
I kept on shooting bala's at Kirihara, he has no choice but to keep dodging
"This is getting pretty boring~"
He finally shot a wood arrow at me, only for it to be caught by my left hand
Kirihara-"Nani?!"

Play this battle music until the end of the battle

Shirou-"ara, Kirihara-kun, where did all that confidence go?"
Kirihara flinched at my words
"Million rain!"
I cancelled out the rain of arrows with a swing of my sword

I smirked with mockery
Shirou-"I will end your misery right here, Kirihara"
I clapped my hands together and slowly separates them

A crimson lance appeared in front of me
"Lanza Del Fuego " (spear of flame)

Tsukuyomi-"What is that?! What is contestant Shirou going to do?!"

Shirou-"don't move, stay right where you are. If possible, I prefer not to unleash this at close range"

I grabbed the lance and aimed it at Kirihara and threw it
Nene-"oh sh*t, EVACUATE THE CROWD!"
Kirihara-"what the_"

A huge pillar of flame erupted into the air as soon as the lance hits the ground
The blast was so strong that many students got blown away by the shockwave caused by it
Ikki-"KIRIHARA!!!!!!"

WINNER: SHIROU KUROGANE
Tsukuyomi-" oh no! Send in the medical personnel to the battlefield immediately!"
Nene-"that kid, his strength has grown so much since then"
She turned to the director
"Will he be charged of murder if Kirihara dies?"
Director-"it is not his fault, the warning before the battle clearly states that his life would be at risk"

Shirou-"Did Ikki seriously train this piece of shit? I'd say all that was wasted effort"
I walked off