I finally won sab over / From then on, Medusa became a Devil

Boom!

With a thunderous crash, the shipping container burst apart. Gilgamesh's face was swollen beyond recognition, and a chilling gleam flashed in his eyes.

"I'll kill you!"

"I, King, swear I'll kill you!"

"I'll make you wish you were dead."

He stretched one hand behind him. Brilliant golden light appeared at his back, and an unimaginable pressure began emanating from the Gate of Babylon.

But in the next instant, anger filled his eyes. "You damned fool! You dare order King to retreat? You've got some nerve."

"Damn it..."

Gilgamesh roared in fury, but he could not defy the power of Tokiomi Tohsaka's Command Spell. He could only turn into golden light and vanish in an instant, unwilling as he was.

"He retreated?"

Seeing this, Iskandar spoke up as well. "Young Devil, this is only the first day. There's no need to rush to settle the score. I'll be taking my leave too."

With that, he pulled Waver aboard and drove his chariot into the sky, disappearing into the night.

"Then I shall take my leave as well."

Artoria fell silent for a moment. Just as she was about to leave, her body stiffened.

Someone had issued an order to her through a Command Spell.

A surprise attack went completely against her way of kingship.

But even though she wanted to resist, her body moved of its own accord.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Artoria became a blur. The invisible blade in her hand tore through the air, slashing toward Lin Luo.

At the same time.

A gunshot rang out.

Kiritsugu Emiya, who had been watching the entire battlefield, finally made his move.

He used Artoria to keep Lin Luo occupied.

His own target, however, was Medusa.

No matter how powerful a Heroic Spirit was, eliminating their Master would force them out of the war.

Boom!

With a thunderous crash.

Lin Luo easily blocked Artoria's sword.

He looked into the distance, his eyes utterly indifferent.

As for Medusa, there was nothing to worry about.

It would be truly absurd if a Heroic Spirit were taken down by a sneak attack like that.

Sure enough!

Just as the bullet was about to strike, Medusa sprang up on her long legs, effortlessly dodging the shot.

"S-sorry."

Looking at Lin Luo, Artoria apologized, the stray tuft of hair on her head drooping. "This was not my intention."

"Of course I know."

Lin Luo smiled faintly, forcing Artoria back, but his eyes were icy. "But someone deserves to die."

Lin Luo's voice rolled like thunder.

An immense magic circle appeared in the air. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled through the night, finally becoming a bolt of lightning that spanned the sky.

Chapter 50: I finally won sab over

Vast torrents of lightning tore through the heavens, like a mighty river raging through the night.

A closer look revealed countless surging bolts, as though a celestial river were pouring down from above.

"Oh no, our position's been exposed!"

Maiya Hisau's face drained of color, and she shouted, "Run, Kiritsugu!"

Kiritsugu Emiya needed no reminder. Without even taking the time to put away his sniper rifle, he was already fleeing into the distance.

His magecraft was Innate Time Control.

It was a form of bounded field, a time-manipulation magecraft that generations of the Emiya family had researched.

To use it in actual combat, Kiritsugu Emiya had reduced its scale to fit within his body, allowing him to briefly interfere with his own time.

For a moment—?〝yspirityfin??Qiajiu"tug8—!

His blood flowed faster, his hemoglobin burned, and his speed began climbing steadily.

In a brief span of time!

He had already surpassed the limits of the human body, leaving afterimages as he ran.

But however fast he was, he could never outrun lightning.

In a single instant, a sky-filling torrent of lightning poured down like a flash flood and a tsunami. Before he could even scream, he and everything around him were reduced to ruins.

"He's... dead?"

Feeling their connection break, Artoria's eyes flickered with complicated emotions.

She had detested Kiritsugu Emiya.

But now that he was dead, would she have to leave as well?

"Hey, Artoria, if you don't want to disappear, how about becoming my Servant?"

Artoria gave Lin Luo a startled look and instinctively said, "What are you talking about? You're a Heroic Spirit too..."

Before she could finish, she saw a mark flash across Lin Luo's left hand.

Artoria's eyes widened in disbelief. "You're not a Heroic Spirit? You're a Master?"

"That's right."

Lin Luo said calmly, "I never once claimed to be a Heroic Spirit. You all misunderstood on your own."

"But..."

The tuft of hair on Artoria's head sprang upright. She was utterly bewildered.

Could a Devil really become a Master?

Wasn't that a little too absurd?

But feeling herself on the verge of disappearing, Artoria spoke in desperation. "Then I entrust everything to you."

"As you wish."

Lin Luo raised his left hand and recited an incantation.

Hum!

The light of a Command Spell flashed and faded, and Artoria became Lin Luo's Heroic Spirit.

"How does it feel?"

Lin Luo smiled. "My magic power's pretty amazing, isn't it?"

Artoria gave Lin Luo a conflicted look, but still nodded. "It is. I've never felt such an abundant supply of magic power."

"Actually, there are other amazing things about me too."

"Master, please don't say things that invite misunderstandings."

"All right, I was only joking."

Artoria sighed. "It certainly didn't sound like a joke to me."

Was becoming this man's Servant to remain in the Holy Grail War really the right choice?

Lin Luo did not pursue the subject. "All right, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest. We can talk about everything else tomorrow."

Artoria nodded at his words.

Seeing that, Lin Luo turned, took Medusa's hand, and headed out.

Medusa tugged at his grip and muttered, "After treating another woman like that right in front of me, you still have the nerve to hold my hand."

Lin Luo turned back and said earnestly, "Don't worry. You're my first Heroic Spirit. That makes you special."

"That's not the point."

Medusa felt that ever since meeting Lin Luo, she had become much more talkative.

But am I special to him?

At that thought, the corners of Medusa's lips lifted slightly.

Wait!

No!

How did he get me off track?

Medusa shook her head repeatedly and stared at Lin Luo.

This man really was both wicked and a scumbag.

Lin Luo smiled helplessly. "How about this? Once we get back, let's make our relationship even more intimate."

Medusa looked suspicious at that. "You're not thinking of something indecent, are you?"

We've only known each other for two days.

Isn't this a little too fast?

"Don't worry. I just mean making you completely mine, so we can be together forever. Don't get the wrong idea."

"Together... forever?"

Medusa's cheeks rapidly grew hot, and the pupils behind her blindfold kept contracting.

As I am now!

Can I really stay with Lin Luo forever?

She admitted it!

She had fallen for Lin Luo. Otherwise, she would never have agreed to date him.

But she was a Heroic Spirit, after all, and could only exist in this world for a very short time.

If all of that really could change.

Then... that would be wonderful.

"What is going on here?"

Following behind the two of them, Artoria's lips twitched slightly.

She had the nagging feeling that she had gotten herself into serious trouble.

Chapter 51: From then on, Medusa became a Devil

The Mato Mansion!

It was late at night, and Sakura Matou was already fast asleep.

"So when you said we could be together forever, you meant becoming a Devil?"

Medusa looked at Lin Luo with a strange expression. "Is that even possible?"

Ultimately, all she had been given were memories containing modern knowledge.

"I'm not sure either. After all, this is a newly developed technique."

Lin Luo shook his head. "Whether it works on Heroic Spirits is still unknown."