Chapter 200

Feeling the burning pain on her face, Medea was both shocked and angry, unable to help but raise her head, glaring at Bai Bai Zeming and Zhao Yun in front with those light blue eyes like a clear sky.

At the same time, white magic light bloomed on her body, continuously repairing the ferocious blood hole on her chest and abdomen.

Seeing this scene, Bai Bai Zeming was somewhat surprised; this guy's vitality was more tenacious than he imagined.

Of course, it could also be that she plundered enough lives, and the accumulated magic power provided her with higher fault tolerance.

If this is really the case, Bai Bai Zeming couldn't let her go even more!

Just as he decided to let Zhao Yun solve Medea, a calm voice came from Ryudou Temple below.

"Can someone explain what on earth is going on?"

"..."

Bai Bai Zeming was slightly stunned, turning his head to look suddenly.

Only to see a middle-aged man wearing gray pajamas standing barefoot on the ground, with a fainted monk lying at his feet, looking up and confronting him across a distance of a hundred meters.

Seeing the calm face of the middle-aged man, Bai Bai Zeming's expression became somewhat complex.

Kuzuki Soichiro, a teacher at Homurahara School, Medea's second Master.

In the original work, he is a powerful existence jokingly called the eighth class 'teacher' by the audience.

Before becoming a teacher, Kuzuki Soichiro was a member of a certain mysterious assassination organization, continuously exercising his physical fitness and killing skills for decades, so he possessed powerful combat power; after being strengthened by Caster's magic, he could even confront Heroic Spirit Servants head-on.

If Bai Bai Zeming remembered correctly, Kuzuki Soichiro even had a record of beating Saber, and was the first Master in the Fifth Holy Grail War to achieve the feat of hand-tearing Heroic Spirits.

"So it's Kuzuki-sensei..."

Bai Bai Zeming turned around, looking at Kuzuki Soichiro and smiling lightly: "Truly enviable sleep quality; the outside has already fought to this extent, and Kuzuki-sensei can actually still sleep."

"This is also a matter that confuses me quite a bit."

Kuzuki Soichiro's expression was calm, turning his head to look at Medea on the other side and saying: "Can you explain?"

Medea had long used magic to generate a new hood the moment Kuzuki appeared, covering her injured face.

Hearing Kuzuki's words, she seemed somewhat panicked, hurriedly saying: "I just didn't want to disturb you..."

Kuzuki swept his eyes over the ruins of Ryudou Temple that had collapsed around, saying calmly: "Even if the battle situation has become so intense?"

Medea fell silent, seemingly somewhat difficult to answer Kuzuki's question.

Bai Bai Zeming glanced at Medea, then glanced at Kuzuki below, realizing: "So that's how it is; this action was carried out behind Kuzuki-sensei's back, right?"

Medea raised her head suddenly, glaring at Bai Bai Zeming: "You—"

"You what you!" Bai Bai Zeming said unceremoniously, "I haven't finished speaking yet; not only this action, but the matter of you killing innocent citizens to plunder magic power, Kuzuki-sensei should also not know, right?"

"There is no such thing!"

Medea responded angrily, then looked at Kuzuki somewhat panicked: "Soichiro..."

Kuzuki's expression remained calm as he looked at her: "Is there really no such thing?"

Medea fell silent; a moment later, she bit her lower lip and nodded with difficulty.

"So that's how it is."

Kuzuki Soichiro nodded slowly, then turned his head to look at Bai Bai Zeming: "You are Bai-san from the class next door, right? Since Medea has committed such behavior, it means that things have reached the point of no return, right?"

Bai Bai Zeming sighed: "Unfortunately, yes."

Kuzuki Soichiro's gaze shifted slightly, his tone leisurely: "Then..."

Before the words had faded, he suddenly moved, his right hand grabbing toward the fainted monk at his feet like lightning.

But just before he was about to touch the monk, a purple figure flashed past, grabbed the monk, and rushed out tens of meters away, stopping between two collapsed houses.

Undoubtedly, this purple graceful figure was none other than Rider, who hadn't appeared until now!

Seeing Medusa appear, Bai Bai Zeming curled his lips, a smile appearing on his face.

"Finally came... what about the other monks?"

"Except for this one, they have all been transferred outside the temple."

"Is Yanagi Issei also?"

Medusa nodded, placing the monk she was carrying on her shoulder at her feet.

Seeing this scene, Medea finally understood; no wonder Bai Bai Zeming had been supporting alone; it turned out he wanted to buy time so that Medusa could transfer all the hostages out.

"Kuzuki-sensei..."

Bai Bai Zeming turned his head, glancing at Kuzuki Soichiro below and saying: "I am very puzzled; this monk should have been rescued by you from the house that was about to collapse, why did you suddenly take action against him?"

Kuzuki Soichiro was silent for a moment, saying softly: "Because things have reached the point of no return."

Bai Bai Zeming's expression was complex: "So, you still chose Medea?"

Kuzuki Soichiro said with a calm expression: "Since I accepted her request, I have no reason to give up halfway; in the final analysis, this matter started because of me, so it should naturally end because of me."

"Regardless of what evil deeds Medea has committed, as a Master, I am her accomplice."

Medea's eyes were full of brilliance, unable to help but say softly: "Soichiro..."

Before the words had faded, the stone bricks under Kuzuki's feet exploded suddenly, turning into an arrow leaving the string and rushing toward Medusa in front.

Medusa was shocked, hurriedly carrying the monk and retreating backward.

But Kuzuki's speed clearly exceeded the human limit; his right arm hanging by his side suddenly stabbed out like a spring, swinging dozens of afterimages that were difficult to identify with the naked eye, bombarding all the vital parts of Medusa's body.

In the UBW line of the original work, he once killed Medusa with his own hands.

But now, Medusa's Master is no longer Matou Shinji; regardless of ability values or combat will, she is far beyond the her who was launching the Blood Temple in the school at that time.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

In just an instant, the afterimages all over the sky were dodged by Medusa narrowly.

Medusa stepped on the ground, her body leaping high, her left hand grabbing the monk's clothes, her right hand swinging the chain short sword, shooting toward Kuzuki like a poisonous snake coming out of a pool.

"Pfft—"

The poisonous snake-like chain brushed past his shoulder, leaving a blood-splattered wound.

But Kuzuki Soichiro still had no expression, ignoring the wound on his shoulder, and continued to pursue Medusa.

"Soichiro!"

Seeing this scene, Medea couldn't help but shout loudly, the cloak behind her instantly turning into bat-like wings, anxiously rushing toward the direction of Kuzuki Soichiro.

Bai Bai Zeming sighed softly, looking at Zhao Yun beside him.

Zhao Yun understood, immediately driving the white horse under his crotch, intercepting Medea in mid-air.

Just like that, Bai Bai Zeming and Zhao Yun unfolded an air battle with Medea.

Kuzuki Soichiro and Medusa chased back and forth among the ruins of Ryudou Temple.

It's just that this time, the battlefield was far wider than the classroom; Medusa could fully exert Rider's high mobility, continuously swinging the chain short sword in the process of leaping and chasing, leaving one wound after another.

To be honest, for this pair of bitter lovers, Medea and Kuzuki Soichiro, Bai Bai Zeming felt sympathy.

But unfortunately, Medea had already committed various killings, taking away the lives of hundreds of people, and Kuzuki, as a former assassin, also stained quite a bit of innocent blood.

For killing this pair of Master and Servant, Bai Bai Zeming had no psychological burden at all.

Just as the great battle was unfolding in Ryudou Temple, deafening roars suddenly came from outside the mountain gate.

Bai Bai Zeming was slightly stunned, unable to help but stop his figure, turning his head to look at the direction from which the sound came.

Only to see golden ripples appearing in the distant sky, countless powerful Noble Phantasms shooting out from the ripples, bombarding the distant mountains and forests like cannonball carpet bombing.

"Gate of Babylon?!"

Bai Bai Zeming widened his eyes, stunned: "Gilgamesh intervened?"

"At this time?!"

It's broken; Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou were not Heracles's match to begin with.

Coupled with Gilgamesh's unexpected appearance and intervention in this battle, the battle situation outside the mountain gate might be more severe than he imagined!

"Can't drag it out anymore!"

Bai Bai Zeming looked and shouted: "Uncle Yun, I know you don't want to kill women, but the situation is critical now, and it can't be delayed anymore; we must solve her as soon as possible!"

"..."

Zhao Yun was stunned to hear this, then sighed leisurely, withdrew his spear and stopped his horse, selling Medea a flaw.

Medea really took the bait, taking advantage of this opportunity to dive down, her eyes staring fixedly at the battered husband below, and for a time, only the option of returning to support Kuzuki remained in her mind.

"Pfft—"

The bright silver spear head pierced in from behind, carrying blooming blood flowers and drilling out of her chest.

Intense pain struck like a tide; Medea's pupils shrank, unable to help but turn her head slightly, looking at the white horse general who suddenly appeared behind her in disbelief.

——Returning Horse Spear!

Zhao Yun looked at Medea in front with regret, then pulled out the bright silver Dragon Gall Spear with force.

Medea fell down like a kite with a broken string, planting into the ruins below with a thud.

Bai Bai Zeming flew over, hurriedly asking: "This time she won't be able to survive, right?"

"No more." Zhao Yun turned the spear body, the scarlet long hair gradually faded to black, and said with a calm expression, "Because this time, I have completely destroyed her heart..."

After landing back on the ground, Kuzuki Soichiro had already arrived at the place where Medea fell.

At this time, his situation was no better than Medea's; there were ferocious bloodstains all over his body, and blood continuously gushed out from them, making his consciousness somewhat hazy.

But even so, he still held the heavily wounded Medea in his arms, looking at that elf-like face and the light blue eyes full of longing, saying calmly:

"No need to be sad; for people like you and me, no matter when we die, it's not considered innocent..."

"..."

Medea was slightly stunned, then seemed to understand something, revealing a gentle smile.

Just as she struggled to sit up, using her last bit of strength to stroke Kuzuki's cheek, she found that he had already lowered his head, a pair of eyes losing their past colors.

Kuzuki Soichiro was, after all, flesh and blood, without the powerful vitality of a Heroic Spirit.

In the situation where blood was almost drained, the time he could persist was naturally not as long as Medea's.

Looking at the pair of eyes that had already dimmed, Medea was slightly stunned, then flowed with deep sorrow.

But this sorrow didn't last long; she soon struggled to sit up, holding the dead Kuzuki Soichiro in her arms, lowering her head gently with a gentle face, and sticking it to the other party's neck.

The next second, Medea's body crumbled inch by inch from the edge, turning into glowing light spots, completely dissipating in the air.

... Just that simple?

Bai Bai Zeming looked at the ruins in front silently.

He understood the reason why Kuzuki Soichiro insisted on fighting Medusa, but seeing Medea die so easily on love-brain, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"Love is indeed a grave!"

(End of chapter)