Ian was suspended in mid-air, and Ea was right in front of him. He was locked in a box, and his body looked strange, often showing double images; it was as if time was passing quickly. He opened his eyes at dawn and exhaled before the sun completely set.
"The real Ea should involve the specific [Authority]. Considering the existence of Akasha, this makes things complicated." He doesn't know much about [Authority] or the use of laws in this universe, but he knows that even if his true body is here, he cannot use his laws.
This is because Akasha, a being far more powerful than Cosmic Will, does not allow anyone to interfere with the laws of this world, even if they meet the requirements of willpower. According to Ian's inference, the completion of the law needs to interact or connect with the core of Source or Akasha, so True Magic should be involved in the law.
Time passed and everyone woke up. When Tohsaka and Sakura had breakfast and were getting ready to go to school, Ian walked towards them.
"The night has passed. You should be ready to deal with Saber."
Tohsaka said nothing, so Ian explained, "As long as there are two servants alive, Gilgamesh can forcefully summon Holy Grail. We don't have time for you to be indecisive."
"I'm not indecisive. I just don't want to say this in front of her," Tohsaka pointed at Sakura and said, Sakura pretended not to hear what they said and continued to eat with her head down.
" Nothing will happen to Shirou. He shouldn't have been involved in this fight in the first place."
Ian did go to school with them, but in the afternoon, he accompanied them to Shirou's house. They somehow reached an agreement, agreed to a "friendly match", and found a place to start the battle.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Saber charged in a zigzag route, trying to avoid these energy blasts, but to no avail. They were extremely fast and had irregular trajectories. In addition, Archer also laid invisible magic traps around him.
Saber suddenly felt something and dodged to the right. The place where she was just now suddenly erupted into flames like Hell; it was like a volcanic eruption.
Saber thought she had escaped this trap, but there was another one. When she landed, vines appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around her legs. She quickly cut them off with her sword, but Archer had already fired two golden energy beams.
Her fighting instinct was activated and she blocked one, but another penetrated her armor.
"Why don't you just admit defeat and end this meaningless battle," Ian said.
"Absolutely," Saber knelt down on one knee and supported her body with Excalibur. "Archer, you don't need Holy Grail, so why do you continue to fight?"
"I need it to give me a real body."
"I know you can create a body yourself."
"It's not that simple." Winning Holy Grail is very important to Ian, because it is the only way for him to become an official "legal citizen" of this world and not be restricted by Akasha.
"I thought that of all people, you should understand my desire the most."
"Your approach was wrong from the start," Ian replied. "You should have pursued Second Magic, which would allow you to travel between parallel dimensions. In this Infinity universe, there must be a dimension in which Camelot still exists, or a dimension in its infancy. You could have been an advisor to your younger self and prevented her from making the same mistake."
"Maybe you are right, or if I had taken that path, the results would have been different," Saber slowly stood up and replied. "Anyway, since I still have the chance, I will never miss it. Come on... Excalibur (Excalibur)."
Saber's sword finally appeared, and then released a dazzling light. Ian watched all this calmly. A gap opened in the Void behind him, revealing a huge cannon. The cannon fired a strong beam of energy, blocking Saber's last desperate blow.
When everything calmed down, Ian was unscathed, but Saber's armor had disappeared and her body was covered with scars. She could hardly hold on.
"Saber," Shirou shouted, rushing to her side.
"Master, I'm sorry."
"No, it's me who should apologize. I'm too weak to help."
"No, you have tried your best, that's enough," Saber replied, and her body slowly turned into light. Before she dissipated, Saber recalled everything she had experienced. Although Holy Grail War was short this time, she still felt the warmth from her master. So, she dissipated with a smile.
Ian looked into the distance. Only the last piece of the puzzle remained to gain true freedom and achieve his main goal in coming to this world. He took Tohsaka and left, while Sakura stayed to make sure her senior was okay.
A few days later, Ian and Tohsaka used stealth to infiltrate Einzbern Family. As they expected, Gilgamesh attacked Illya and Berserker. Illya was a Homunculus that was created as a container for Holy Grail. Therefore, Gilgamesh plans to kill Berserker and forcibly remove Holy Grail from her body.
Ian had to be extra careful to avoid being discovered by Clairvoyance of Gilgamesh. So, he used all his Anti-Divination and anti-detection spells to watch the battle from a distance.
Berserker is being unilaterally Carnage to protect his Master. His true identity is Hercules, and his Noble Phantasm allows him to avoid death unless killed 12 times based on his Twelve Labors.
However, this ability was useless to Gilgamesh, because he used the King's Treasure to ruthlessly crush Berserker. Although the latter broke the limit and miraculously survived a 13th life, this did not change the final outcome.
Bang!
A shield materialized, blocking the spear that stabbed Illya. Then, a white light enveloped her, and she disappeared.
"Are you finally willing to face me? I don't plan to run away this time."
"Take care of her," he said to Tohsaka, and then walked towards Gilgamesh. Tohsaka grabbed his arm, "You will win, right?"
"Of course," he replied with a smile and touched her head. He looked at his opponent, "Netheril, it's time to shine again."
He immediately activated his Noble Phantasm, pulling himself and Gilgamesh into a Reality Marble.
"Is this the legendary Netheril? It's much more beautiful than I imagined," Gilgamesh said, looking at the beautiful city floating in the distance. "I really can't wait to make it my bag."
Without saying a word, Ian directly activated Golem Legion, sent them to attack Gilgamesh, and activated all the artillery in the city. Gilgamesh turned the King's Treasure to maximum power and annihilated all the legions.
He summoned a golden book, and holding the book, Gilgamesh began to pour out powerful spells like crazy. However, he soon fell into a disadvantage, because Ian could use his Mystic Codes to use tactics similar to his.
Gilgamesh summoned Ea and Chains of Heaven without hesitation. Ea released an energy wave, destroying all the legions. At the same time, the chain attacked Ian, trying to seal him.
'Awakened Ea? That's not enough,' Ian thought. 'And I won't give you a chance to breathe.' He unleashed hundreds of spells to block the chains, while Floating City continued his tug-of-war with Ea.
Then, he showed his final trump card-Void Main Cannon.
Boom!
The power of the main gun was amazing, but it was still not enough to suppress Ea. What Luck had was that its task was only to distract Gilgamesh. A chain suddenly appeared from behind and pierced the Hero King's arm. The worst thing was that this thing contained an extremely powerful and evil curse to ensure that he was completely incapacitated.
"Let me go, you bastard," Gilgamesh roared.
"You could have easily won this battle if you had used all your strength Ea," Ian said. "Unfortunately, your overinflated ego has led you to believe that there is only one opponent worthy of your full strength - your late friend, Enkidu."
"Stop talking nonsense and let me go."
Ian ignored him. He used Floating City to use the strongest Sealing Arts this body could perform, capturing Ea and Chains of Heaven. Then, he walked up to Gilgamesh and dug his eyes out from their sockets.
"This is a perfect gift for Luna," he murmured to himself.