Artoria, who had been about to have Shirou Emiya use a Command Spell to unleash his Noble Phantasm, stopped and looked in surprise at Sasuke beside her.
"Uchiha?"
Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka were so shocked that they couldn't speak.
Sasuke's arrival at their side meant that Sasaki Kojiro, the Assassin, had already been defeated.
But somehow, that didn't feel surprising.
Seeing Sasuke standing there unharmed, Medea, on the rooftop, was utterly furious!
"That useless Assassin couldn't even hold off a single mage?!"
Enraged, Medea waved the staff in her hand and roared:
"But never mind. Since you've all gathered here..."
"Then you can all die!!!"
The dozens of enormous fireballs that had been suspended in midair now hurtled toward everyone below!
The scorching fireballs tore through the air with thunderous booms!
Artoria stared intently at the fireballs raining down from above, still wanting Shirou Emiya to use a Command Spell.
"Shi..."
But before Artoria could finish calling out, Sasuke's Susanoo covered them all.
At the same time, Sasuke raised his hand and formed the Tiger seal, fixing his gaze on Medea with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
[Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique]
As Sasuke unleashed his immense magical energy, he spewed out one snarling fire dragon after another!
In an instant, dozens of lifelike fire dragons charged toward the falling fireballs!
"How is this possible?!"
Medea gritted her teeth, staring at the scene before her in disbelief.
As the many fireballs collided with the fire dragons, a terrifying explosion erupted in the air above Ryudou Temple!
The fiery blast nearly lit up the sky!
The explosions came one after another, their shockwaves sweeping away everything around them. The intense heat could set anything ablaze in an instant.
Even Medea had to retreat from the blast, flying rapidly into the sky!
Meanwhile, Sasuke stood as firm as a mountain within his Susanoo.
Although the Susanoo had only its upper body, Sasuke remained utterly calm, having clad it in the Crow Tengu Armor and brought it into its third form.
An impact of this magnitude had no chance of breaking through Susanoo's defenses. It was a fool's dream.
"We're safe..."
Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka both breathed a sigh of relief.
Artoria, on the other hand, was mostly astonished.
To accomplish something like that was hardly human.
But the battle was still underway. Artoria looked around, searching for Medea.
The clash of flames had filled the air above Ryudou Temple with thick white smoke. With the scene in such chaos, it was impossible to tell where Medea was.
But Sasuke, who had locked onto Medea with his Mangekyō Sharingan from the very beginning, could see her clearly!
Sasuke gazed into the sky with his blood-red eyes.
[Amaterasu]
[Flame Style: Kagutsuchi]
Medea was still high in the air, dodging the shockwaves from the explosion.
But before the swirling smoke had even cleared, several streaks of black flame and arrows formed from black fire shot toward her!
Medea couldn't teleport away in time. She didn't even have time to cry out, and could only hurriedly raise a magical shield in front of herself!
But the first black-flame arrows to arrive instantly devoured her shield!
Medea could only dodge back and forth in midair!
But with so many black flames and arrows of black fire, quite a few still slammed into her hooded cloak!
"Ahhhhhhh—!"
Struck by the black flames, Medea screamed in the sky and began to fall.
As she plummeted, she tore off her hooded cloak, avoiding much of the damage from the black flames.
However, the flames had struck her right calf as well. With no way to extinguish them, she had no choice but to sacrifice her right leg.
Medea crashed heavily to the ground.
Now her true appearance was revealed.
At first glance, Medea had seemed like a stunning beauty, her face concealed. But without her hooded cloak, she looked instead like a woman of plain, unassuming beauty.
She had long blue hair and blue eyes, pointed ears that clearly set her apart from ordinary people, and a braid beside her left ear.
But after being ravaged by Sasuke's black flames, Medea could no longer stand. Her long hair was a mess.
As if she had sensed something, Medea struggled to lift herself and looked toward the ruined temple, still burning with flames. She cried out urgently:
"Lord Souichirou, don't come out!"
A figure dashed out of the burning temple nearby and punched Sasuke's Susanoo!
The punch seemed to be enhanced by Magecraft, and it packed a decent amount of force.
But trying to shake Sasuke's Susanoo with that kind of strength was like an insect trying to topple a tree.
"Kuzuki, so you really are Caster's Master."
Inside the Susanoo, Rin Tohsaka watched the man who had thrown the punch.
Soichiro Kuzuki.
The teacher of Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka—a lean, capable man dressed in a black suit, taciturn by nature.
Seeing that he couldn't break through the Susanoo, Soichiro Kuzuki turned to retreat to Medea's side, his expression unchanged.
But Sasuke wasn't going to let Soichiro Kuzuki escape.
Just as Sasuke was about to seize Soichiro Kuzuki with Susanoo's hand, Medea somehow found the strength to rush in front of him and shove him aside!
Sasuke hadn't expected Medea to be so devoted to Soichiro Kuzuki.
But now that they had been defeated, death would claim them one after the other.
To prevent any mishap, Sasuke crushed Medea's body in Susanoo's grasp!
"Ah—"
Medea's internal organs were crushed in an instant, and blood spilled from her mouth.
Then Sasuke hurled her forcefully toward Soichiro Kuzuki with Susanoo!
Soichiro Kuzuki had been able to fight thanks to Medea's magical protection. But with her defeat, that enhancement was gone.
Even so, Soichiro Kuzuki could have dodged Medea's incoming body.
But he didn't. Instead, he reached out and caught her.
Susanoo's throw had been too powerful. The impact of Medea's body was fatal to Soichiro Kuzuki.
He tumbled across the ground with Medea until they crashed heavily into the courtyard wall and finally came to a stop.
Not yet gone, the two held each other tightly in the final moments of their lives.
Medea's eyes were filled with tenderness for Soichiro Kuzuki. As her life faded, she spoke her final words:
"I'm sorry, Lord Souichirou..."
"It's such a shame..."
"That I can't stay by your side until the very end..."
"But at least you just granted my wish..."
Medea wanted to look at Soichiro Kuzuki a few more times, but her fading body could no longer hold on.
The next moment, she vanished completely with the breeze.
But Soichiro Kuzuki's life had not yet ended.
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