When everyone entered the temple, the next person who stopped them was Tohsaka and Shirou's teacher, Souichirou Kuzuki.
"Teacher Kuzumu!" Shirou didn't expect to meet his teacher here. "Emiya, Tohsaka," Kuzumu said in a calm tone. "I didn't expect the situation to develop to this point so quickly."
"Why would you involve the kids in school in this fight?" Tohsaka asked.
"You don't understand. I will do whatever it takes to ensure her victory and safety."
"Ah, love, such a beautiful yet destructive power," Ian sighed.
"Really?" Tohsaka asked, glaring at him angrily.
"What's wrong? Although I don't agree with what he did, I respect his decision."
Tohsaka snorted coldly, then looked at her teacher, "I will deal with him."
"No, he is Shirou's opponent," Ian said.
"Why? I don't think he has any chance of winning."
"Hey," Shirou protested.
"This is the truth," Tohsaka said, waiting for Ian's explanation.
"Don't you realize who you're facing next?"
"Caster and Assassin?"
"Do you think he has any chance of winning against the Servants?"
"You're right, but you have to find a way to help him."
Ian did not argue with her, but patted Shirou on the shoulder; Shirou's body glowed with a golden light.
"This should help you last long enough until Saber comes to rescue you. Let's go." He took a step forward and instantly appeared behind Kuzuki along with Tohsaka.
"You can obviously give him the strength to defeat his enemies," she complained.
"You overestimate me," he replied, and the two of them flew into the temple at the same time. As expected, Rider stood in front of them.
"Remember, her true identity is Medusa, so be careful with her eyes," Ian reminded and then disappeared. In the center of the temple, he saw Medea sitting on a black throne, holding a long staff in his hand.
"You know, my expectations for this battle are beyond my imagination," Medea said. "This may be my only chance to defeat you."
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you," Ian said as he looked around. He realized that the room he was in was a barrier, which gave her home field advantage.
'If I remember correctly, Medea's barrier allows her to perform magic comparable to real magic,' Ian thought to herself.
"We'll see." Medea's Cloak fluttered behind her like bat wings, and she flew into the air. Ten purple magic circles emerged around her, and then emitted purple beams of light. Ian felt that the surrounding time and space were affected, causing his movements to become slow and the space to restrict him.
'Use Spacetime Magic on me?' He raised his staff, and ten magic circles materialized in front of him, emitting golden beams. The miniature space-time continuum created by Medea around him was forcibly destroyed. The golden beams continued unabated, and soon suppressed the purple beams.
Medea teleported to the right to avoid the attack, but more golden beams hit her. She pointed her staff forward, opened a space Black Hole, swallowed the beams and teleported outside the temple. Ian calmly knocked the ground with her staff, and another space Black Hole appeared behind her, returning the golden beams to the original path.
Medea ducked sideways, but one of the beams scratched her shoulder, making her groan. Before she could react further, ten more beams shot at her, so she used space teleportation again.
To her horror, she did not teleport to the location she expected, but appeared in front of Ian, and Ian had prepared ten golden beams waiting for her.
[Spatial Lockdown]
Medea mobilized all her magic power and used the buffing effect of the barrier to build countless layers of space barriers in front of her to block attacks. However, the golden beam shattered them like a broken bamboo. At this time, she only had the last layer of defense left: her shield.
Medea looked at him and sighed heavily, "Fighting with you is still the same."
"What's the same old thing?"
"It's like a teacher teaching a student... no, even worse, like an adult teaching a child how to walk. It's really frustrating."
"Haha, I can imagine," Ian said with a smile. "So, what are you going to do next?"
Medea no longer hesitated and summoned a curved dagger; this was her Noble Phantasm--Rule Breaker. It had only one function - to destroy magic. She flew towards Ian without hesitation.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Her blade sliced through the golden beam with ease, Ian erecting a towering wall of ice between them; she sliced through it like paper.
"Yes, but this alone is far from enough for you to win this battle," Ian said, tapping the ground with his staff, creating cracks and gravel. He used a simple spell that he had mastered since childhood, Vadi Vasi Spell, or the projectile spell.
The stone flew out with unparalleled power, forcing Medea to stop moving forward and dodge. Her "Rule Breaker" was only effective against magic, but was helpless against physical entities.
So, although she could cut off the spells attached to the stones, it was too late as the stones were moving fast enough to cause serious damage to her body.
Medea suddenly screamed. Although she tried to avoid the stone, her movements were still a beat slow. She thought she had escaped, but it was not the stone that hit her, but a golden beam that tore her body apart. Finally, two stones pierced her hands, causing "Rule Breaker" to fall to the ground.
"I... lost," she said.
"That's right," Ian nodded and walked up to her. He wanted to kneel down on one knee so that he could communicate with her at eye level, but he suddenly sensed danger, so he quickly backed away and tried to summon "Rule Breaker" to his side.
A strange-shaped spear fell from the sky, interrupting his Summoning Charm, but he was already on guard and had secretly used an invisible thread to pull the dagger to his side.
He held the dagger and looked up into the air in the corner of the room, "Gilgamesh, why are you meddling in things that have nothing to do with you."
"Everything in this world is related to me and is my king's business," the Hero King declared arrogantly.
"I'm here to help you," Tohsaka shouted into the room. She looked at Ian, then at Medea and Gilgamesh. "Who is that golden retriever?"
"King of Heroes," Ian replied.
"Gilgamesh?"
"You came just in time," Gilgamesh interrupted their conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"It seems that your precious servant didn't tell you why he wanted to defeat Caster and seize her weapon," Gilgamesh sneered.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Tohsaka asked.
"Did you see the dagger in his hand? With it, he can cut off the Master-Servant Contract between the two of you and regain your freedom."
"Is that true?" Tohsaka looked at Ian and asked, but Ian's eyes were fixed on Gilgamesh, "I can't wait to dig those Clairvoyances out of your eye sockets. It's a waste of money to leave such a talent in a person like you."
"Haha, if your current situation hadn't amused me, I would have cut you into pieces to punish your arrogance."
"Answer me," Tohsaka shouted.
"What he said is true," Ian replied calmly.
"Why?"
"Don't you know who I am? Do you think a person like me would allow anyone to give orders to me?" Ian explained, and then stabbed the dagger into his heart.
Tohsaka looked at her arm and found that Command Spells had disappeared; she looked at Ian with gritted teeth. Although they had not known each other for a short time, Tohsaka already regarded him as a close person. Tears rolled in her eyes.
"I trust you so much. I treat you like a father. I..."
"There is no need for this. I am a man of my word. Since I said I will help you win the war and teach you magic, I will definitely keep my promise," Ian said. "But things must be done my way, and I will never allow a looming threat of the Sword of Damocles hanging over my head that may fall at any time."
"Are you really going to keep your promise?"
"I don't need to lie to you."
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier," she wiped away her tears. "My tears were in vain." Lin An rolled his eyes; this girl's face changed faster than she could turn the page of a book.
"It's so boring," Gilgamesh said. "Since you can't please me anymore, you can go die."
Countless golden space cracks materialized behind him, and then various weapons appeared from them.