I really didn't want to burn it.

"Damn it, it seems Gilgamesh and Kirei Kotomine are not reckless fools either, and they seem to have a good grasp of our movements."

"Borrowing Shirou while we're away will prove that our actions are almost always under their surveillance."

Li Ang looked at everyone and broke the silence first, speaking up.

“I was too hasty. I thought Kirei Kotomine only had Gilgamesh as his Servant, and at most the Arch he summoned. Now it seems that’s not the case.”

While Arch is indeed an excellent class for surveillance, his need to use his eyes limits his ability to stay near the Emiya residence.

However, Li Ang did not find any signs that the Emiya residence was being monitored, which means that the enemy was monitoring it through other means.

According to the intelligence Leon possessed, there really was a Servant with this ability in this Holy Grail War.

"It seems that the enemy is not only Kirei Kotomine and his Servants. If I'm not mistaken, there's probably another extremely troublesome guy among them."

After Li Ang finished speaking, he rubbed his head, clearly finding the enemy troublesome.

"Even you, Li Ang, find this troublesome? Could it be the Black Team's Cast? What's their real name?"

Chloris looked at Li Ang, who was rubbing his head, and asked in confusion. She didn't think that ordinary heroic spirits could cause Li Ang any trouble.

Only enemies with special abilities can pose a challenge for Li Ang.

"No matter how strong the enemy is, I will definitely defeat them and rescue Shirou."

Kiritsugu Emiya clenched his hands tightly together, the bulging tendons in his palms revealing his inner rage.

It has been four years since Kiritsugu adopted Shirou, and he now regards Shirou as his own son.

His care and love for Shirou was no less than that for his own daughter, Illya.

"Kiritsugu, calm down. Let's analyze why they kidnapped Shirou-chan and what's the safest way to rescue her."

Seeing the agitated Kiritsugu, Irisviel quickly told him to calm down.

In fact, Irisviel's anxiety was no less than Kiritsugu's. After learning that Shirou was an orphan that Kiritsugu had taken in, Irisviel's maternal instincts kicked in and her attitude towards Shirou completely reversed.

While she wouldn't consider Shirou her son, Irisviel at least treats him as family.

Irisviel, holding Kiritsugu's hand, calmly said, "You don't want Shirou-chan to be in danger either, right? If that's the case, then calm down."

Perhaps it was his wife's gentleness that worked, Kiritsugu's initially agitated emotions gradually calmed down, and although his hands were still clenched into fists, they were no longer trembling as they had at the beginning.

"I understand. I will definitely rescue Shirou."

With a clenched lip, Kiritsugu spoke in a resentful tone.

The Holy Grail War cost him everything, and this time he will never lose anyone he cares about again.

With a wry smile, Li Ang said, "If I'm not mistaken, that Cast's real name should be Medea, the witch from Greece."

After saying that, Li Ang sighed softly.

Medea's combat prowess wasn't enough to alarm Li Ang. Aside from the dagger that severed the contract, there was nothing else to worry about. Medea's formidable firepower was negligible in Li Ang's eyes.

What truly troubled Li Ang was the other party's powerful magical talent.

In the original Fate series, Medea, as an outsider magician, directly cracked the Holy Grail War system and illegally summoned the gatekeeper Kojiro.

In FHA, Medea was also the first Servant to discover the cause and effect of the Four Days Holy Grail.

Such talent would be considered genius even in the Age of Gods.

With this magic power combined with Gilgamesh's, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause.

"Miscalculation..."

Li Ang rubbed his head and muttered to himself.

Although I had already guessed that the oil tycoon had summoned Medea to join the battle, I thought that Medea, who was without the people's teacher, would have no desires and would probably choose to return directly, so I didn't pay much attention to her.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually joined forces with Kirei Kotomine.

"Speaking of which, why did they kidnap Shirou?"

Chloris was somewhat curious about the enemy's action.

In the eyes of the Flower Goddess, Shirou is well-behaved, clever, and harmless. Why would the other party do this?

"Shirou's words..."

“It must be my fault,” Kiritsugu said. “During my battle with Kirei Kotomine, he felt I lacked fighting spirit, and he said he would find a way to get me to fight him wholeheartedly. I never expected his method to be this…”

When Kiritsugu said this, his expression vividly illustrated what it means to grit one's teeth.

The real reason Kiritsugu was so agitated was that his son was in danger because of him.

Li Ang's eyes narrowed slightly; he had a feeling that kidnapping Shirou was not as simple as it seemed.

If you really want to provoke Kiritsugu, you can just kill Shirou at the Emiya residence; there's no need to go to such lengths.

"Anyway, I'll take care of Gilgamesh. Kirei Kotomine is your responsibility."

“I’ll take care of Medea,” Chloris volunteered. “I’d like to see just how good that Greek genius witch really is.”

Irisviel looked troubled: "But we don't even know where they are..."

"That... if I'm not mistaken, they should be in the large cavern of Mount Enzo."

Li Ang scratched his head.

Because Gilgamesh chose to descend upon the Holy Grail at Ryudouji Temple in both the Fate and UBW routes, Leon subconsciously forgot about the Great Hollow.

"Okay, I'll go rescue Shirou right now."

Kiritsugu exemplified what it means to be a concise and action-oriented person, running straight out the door.

"Sigh... This is the only way. Irisviel, you and Kiritsugu should go together. Kiritsugu's ability requires someone to help heal his wounds. Thank you for your help."

Everyone stood up and ran outside. During the process, Li Ang said to Irisviel.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Kiritsugu."

Irisviel smiled gently, then quickened her pace and slowly approached Kiritsugu.

"Are you sure you're okay..." Chloris asked Leon anxiously, "You're going to take on Gilgamesh all by yourself, are you sure you're alright..."

“No problem. Even if I can’t beat him, I can at least hold him off until Ryougi Shiki and the others arrive to provide support.”

Li Ang glanced down at the time.

"I just confirmed with Wujou Kirie, they should arrive in Fuyuki City in about two hours... Ouch! Why are you pinching me?"

"You know it yourself!"

Chloris angrily turned her head to the side.

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Yuanzang Mountain has a large hollow.

On the high stone platform, Euryale floated in mid-air, completely unaware of her surroundings.

Beneath her shone a very complex magic circle, and countless streams of magic power flowed into Euryale's body like a spring.

Such immense magical power would be unbearable even for a skilled magician, who would explode as the name suggests, but she, with the core of a goddess, absorbed all the magical power like a bottomless pit.

Several people stood beside the magic circle, with Cast, whose face was covered by a long robe, leading them. She was chanting an unknown incantation, channeling magic into Euryale's body.

After reciting the last incantation, Euryale's body flew into the sky, and countless black objects gathered towards her.

"The Holy Grail is about to descend, and until then, I entrust the protection of the Holy Grail to you."

Kirei Kotomine announced with a smirk.

"Bottle, what did your futuristic vision see?"

"Kirei-sama Kotomine..." Hikaru Heikura said, trembling, "According to my future vision, those people will arrive in 10 minutes, and the reinforcements led by Ryougi Shiki will arrive in an hour and a half."

"You heard that? Then go do what you're supposed to do."

Kirei Kotomine didn't turn around; he directly assigned tasks to several Servants.

"Then I'll try to figure out what to do with the spirit cores that the Holy Grail has already recovered," Medea said with a cold smile.

"Then I will go find Li Ang."

Gilgamesh took two steps away, then stopped and looked at a girl holding a black knight's sword.

"Hey, what are your plans?"

"I will find my enemy with my Master."

The girl snorted coldly.

She took Shirou Emiya's hand and led him to the entrance of the Great Hole.

Throughout the entire process, Shirou Emiya stared blankly ahead, seemingly unaware of anything.

The knight girl didn't care. She looked down at the dark foot of the mountain, an excited smile on her face.

"It's unbelievable that I've been able to return to Fuyuki City in this capacity... Hey, Kiritsugu. Let's settle the score from four years ago... Hahahaha..."

Chapter 164 Gilgamesh: Let's fight, Leon!

A group of people ran up the steps of Ryudong Temple. When they saw the sky turn blood red, Li Ang frowned.

Kirei Kotomine is really wicked. When he came to Ryudouji Temple before, he hid in the Great Hollow Cave without emitting any magical energy fluctuations, causing Li Ang to subconsciously overlook that place.

Now, these guys are stirring up trouble again, as if they're mocking us.

"What the hell!"

Li Ang cursed as he quickened his pace.

"They've already started summoning the Holy Grail, we need to hurry. You guys take this."

Li Ang distributed several stones engraved with runes to everyone.

"If anyone rushes to the position where the Holy Grail descends but gets held back, throw this into the Holy Grail!"

Will this work?

"It can disrupt the magic of the Holy Grail, and although it still cannot prevent the final descent, it can delay it for as long as possible."

If they can advance unstoppable, directly to the Holy Grail, and disrupt the ritual, that would be ideal.

But Li Ang didn't think things would go so smoothly for him, so of course he had to prepare a backup plan.

"In short, I must rescue Shirou."

Kiritsugu's running speed was already close to the limits of human endurance, but he still increased his speed.

"Shirou! You have to wait for me."

Kiritsugu could never forgive himself if the child who saved him from despair were to suffer any harm.

The entrance to the Great Hollow was located halfway up Yuanzang Mountain, and they saw it after running for a short while.

Looking at the dark cave entrance, Kiritsugu stopped and paused to catch his breath.

The closer the battle got, the calmer Kiritsugu became; he needed to be in top condition for the fight.

Apart from Kiritsugu, everyone else watched the cave warily, sensing that something was about to emerge.

"Have you finally arrived? I've been waiting for you for so long!"

A voice filled with murderous intent rang in everyone's ears, and then a silver-haired girl wearing black armor walked out and stood at the cave entrance.

She stared at Kiritsugu with eyes full of fighting spirit, her knight's sword, gleaming with red patterns, pointed at Kiritsugu and Irisviel.

"Oh, you two are both here! Perfect, since we were teammates before, why don't you come together?"

The girl in black completely ignored everyone except Kiritsugu and Irisviel. The sword in her hand was trembling, as if she was happy to have met her match.

“Sab…”

Irisviel called out the other person's name with concern.