The third transformation is into the wrought Iron magus isn’t it

Interesting, never have i seen a fanfic with fate stay night illya whos the main while also having shirou around. Usually people make him the protagonist

Bro really said SIX YEARS and then didn’t update again. Lol. Lmao, even.

Cheers though, best SAO story by far.

This chapter introducing Kuradeel really does a great job at hinting at how emotionally unstable he can be with his rapid emotional highs and lows.

I could just imagine the video of that encounter happening. Shirou deflecting while landing critical hit after critical hit on the armored beetle as it desperately attempts to inflict any sort of damage on Lind to finish her off, the second HP bar disappears and it's focus changes to Shirou, now launching barrage after barrage of attacks, only for him to keep up his immovable defense consisting of a flurry of sword strikes with the smoothness of his Sasaki as he dances around the boss. Everyone watching it happen with the camera moving along the legs of people standing and the forms of people sitting on the ground and watching it happen, making it seem like the camera is moving around in a circle to show that all this is happening with an audience of fighters. Just pure cinematography. I think I might have seen this type of scene in an anime tbh.

The event terrifying enough to require a third form! The formation and announcement of Laughing Coffin! Enter the...I can't think of a name. But imagine he finds out about them, and knowing he could save a lot of people if he eliminates them, proceeds to have a mind of steel moment and take out their whole guild solo? It'd be epic, but also suitably terrifying.

Didnt much care for silica in the original, but the way you’ve made her in this story is really something. Shes awesome lol.

For anyone interested, there is a continuation on sufficient velocity

Rather than wait another 5 years, perhaps we can convince you that this one has been enough?

... Why does it feels like this Shirou is the Shirou before the Grail War, its like his mentality stopped growing. I mean, first, Ilya is dying already..

Random idea with the death dojo/church/corner, but since you seem to have altered Kibaou's role in the plot and he hasn't done anything "evil" in a long while and seems mostly neutral-positive now, I figure you could add a new corner for the equivalent of purgatory, those who are going through redemption by your plot changes and have Caren Hortensia as the guide, would love to see the levels of suffering she makes them go through wirh her personality as the purgatory dead end place.

Hope this updates soon

I Hate how Shirou just casualy solve every problem like he can solo all content. Like he is literally a cheater. Hate his character concept itself. I wish PoH will kill him.

Super good others tho.

if Klein somehow became a servant, I think he would be in the Rider class with his Noble Phantasm being Boaty McBoatface 3 which is launched towards the enemy

LMAO WAIT. Was that great wave smashing into the rocky cliff and sunset behind Ilya and Hexadecimal a reference to Rock Lee and Might Guy?

THIS IS GOLD THANK YOU.