This is an A+ rank Noble Phantasm; in the original work, the fantasy impact of "Rider's Reins" could even briefly block the release of the A++ rank "Excalibur."
A normal Heroic Spirit, caught completely off guard by this attack, would certainly be sent back to the Hall of Heroes on the spot… but Qin Chuan was clearly not one of them.
"How could this be...!?"
When the white horse beneath him collided with Qin Chuan, it wasn't Qin Chuan who let out a scream, but rather the celestial horse beneath him.
It didn't even register a scream, because it struck Qin Chuan headfirst, so Tianma only let out a muffled, shrill groan before its entire body disintegrated.
It felt as if it had been countered by some force; the Pegasus, being a fantasy species, was instantly destroyed by the terrifying power, turning into specks of light and dissipating.
Startled, Medusa lost her footing on Pegasus and, propelled by the impact, crashed into Qin Chuan's arms.
Qin Chuan 343 clearly had no intention of showing mercy; the moment Medusa slammed into Qin Chuan, a terrifying force erupted from his body.
boom!
Medusa's body was instantly thrown back by that force, flying backward and finally landing on the edge of the rooftop, almost falling off.
That was the recoil force from the "ki" covering Qin Chuan's body. It was a defensive ability that Qin Chuan had developed by spreading "ki" all over his body in order to prevent himself from following in the footsteps of Goku in "Dragon Ball Super".
The Pegasus that crashed into Qin Chuan was annihilated by Qin Chuan's "qi" without leaving a trace.
Medusa was luckier—because Pegasus disappeared, the force of her collision with Qin Chuan was greatly reduced, and Qin Chuan's "qi" no longer considered her collision a threat.
So when Medusa collided with Qin Chuan, she was only bounced back by the "qi" and then slammed to the ground, without causing any major injury.
Compared to the Pegasus that had vanished without a trace, Medusa was in much better condition.
(bgei) "Cough...cough cough!"
Medusa, injured by the backlash of the "qi," lay on the ground, coughing violently a few times, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth—although not serious, the "qi" had still left her with some injuries.
What made Medusa feel even more humiliated was that... the reason she wasn't ejected directly from the rooftop was actually thanks to the chain binding Qin Chuan's wrists.
Indeed, the chain attached to the spike she initially threw was now tied to Qin Chuan's wrist at one end and to her own hand at the other.
Just now, when she was about to be ejected off the rooftop, it was this finite chain that caught her, preventing her from falling off the rooftop and only landing on the edge.
Because Qin Chuan is standing while she is lying on the ground, the chain looks like a dog leash—Qin Chuan is the standing master, and she is the lying pet dog.
"You launched an attack without permission as soon as you met them, and this is the consequence. Learn from this experience."
Qin Chuan stepped forward, looked down at Medusa lying on the ground, and said with a smile.
He had no intention of fighting Medusa at first; it was this guy who attacked him on his own initiative and ended up being injured by the "qi" on Qin Chuan's body.
The only action Qin Chuan could call "fighting" from beginning to end was probably swinging his right hand and pulling Medusa over.
……
Soon, Qin Chuan bound Medusa (5) and Qibabalin (7) together from head to toe—using Medusa's chains.
Because a single chain was insufficient to bind Medusa's entire body, Qin Chuan retrieved more chains from her body before finally securing her completely.
"Ignorant person!"
Bound tightly, Medusa lay on the rooftop floor, her face showing shame and indignation, and cursed at Qin Chuan.
On the one hand, when Qin Chuan took more chains from his body, his hand touched many places he shouldn't have, so saying "rude" was perfectly acceptable.
On the other hand, it was because the way Medusa was bound by chains was not quite normal—although it did restrict her movement, the chains were wrapped in rather strange places.
Simply put, while these chains restricted Medusa's limbs, they also accentuated her figure, making her already tall stature even more prominent.
"Oh my, I never knew I had this talent... But I really didn't mean to."
Qin Chuan smiled as he looked at the bound Medusa—he hadn't intentionally used this method of binding to accentuate her figure; it just happened to achieve this effect unintentionally.
However, he didn't care about Medusa's opinion, after all, Medusa was currently just his prisoner:
"You should be glad that the situation is rather special right now, otherwise I probably would have already taken care of you."
Since the new Lesser Grail hasn't been created yet, Qin Chuan certainly can't just kill Medusa directly—otherwise, he would lose the soul of a Heroic Spirit.
Originally, because Shitonai was taken away by him, this Holy Grail War would be missing one more Heroic Spirit's soul, but even missing one Heroic Spirit's soul was enough for the Lesser Grail to appear in the world.
If there were one less, the Lesser Grail might not even be able to make a difference in the present world, which would be unacceptable.
However, if this continues, Qin Chuan might capture all the Heroic Spirits of this Holy Grail War alive, and then eliminate them one by one as if lining them up after the Lesser Holy Grail is completed.
Moreover, now that Qin Chuan has captured Medusa... it seems necessary to go and see Matou Sakura as well.
After all, Medusa is clearly Matou Sakura's Heroic Spirit, just like in the original work—it seems that Matou Sakura and Medusa have good compatibility, and she can summon Medusa without using relics.
However, if I go to see Matou Sakura, someone will need to help bring Medusa back to Reines, or at least keep an eye on her so she doesn't wander off.
"Then let Shido come."
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan thought of Shidone—she just happened to want to come to this world to help, so Qin Chuan could call her back.
Qin Chuan then removed the "King's Army" effect from Shido Nei, and the next moment, Shido Nei appeared beside Qin Chuan.
However, Shido, who appeared beside her, was still in bed, wearing pajamas and fast asleep.
Chapter 550 Medusa discovers things are not so simple
"Well……"
Seemingly sensing the change in her surroundings, Shido let out a soft groan, then slowly opened her eyes, waking up groggily.
If she were still in her "Ilya" form, she probably wouldn't have woken up so easily during the 12 hours her functions were shut down.
But thanks to becoming a Fusion Heroic Spirit, her energy is much better than before. She no longer needs to sleep through the entire 12-hour sleep period; she can make up for it by catching up on sleep.
"I've woken up, and I'm back in this world."
Qin Chuan looked at Shidone, who was lying on the ground still wearing her pajamas, and smiled as he reached out and pinched her cheek, which seemed to finally wake her up completely.
Even so, she still reached out her hand to Qin Chuan, a slightly coquettish expression on her face.
Qin Chuan didn't refuse. He reached out and picked up Shidone from the ground. Seeing the satisfied smile on her face, he pointed to Medusa next to him.
Medusa was still bewildered when Qin Chuan suddenly brought out a little girl—until she heard Qin Chuan say to Shidone:
"See this guy? She's the Rider for this Holy Grail War. I've tied her up. You can take her to Reines for me to keep her there."
"Hmm...? This guy with the eye patch?"
Upon hearing this, Shido turned his gaze to Medusa, who was bound by chains beside him—because she possessed the legendary petrifying demon eye, Medusa wore an eye patch on her face.
That eye patch is Medusa's Noble Phantasm, "Self-Sealing Dark Temple (BreakerGorgon)," which allows her to use the Petrifying Eyes once it is released.
“That’s right, this is Medusa. You should have heard of her.”
Qin Chuan nodded and explained Medusa's origins to Shido, lest Shido accidentally remove Medusa's blindfold and be petrified.
Shido's "magic resistance" is only C, which can only barely deflect ordinary magic. Faced with such a high-level petrification magic eye, she cannot be immune to its effects.
Medusa's lips twitched when she heard Qin Chuan's words—she had actually considered trying to trick the little girl into taking off her blindfold and then using her Petrifying Eye to win.
Unexpectedly, Qin Chuan immediately revealed her identity, causing her original plan to fall through.
"I see, it's a Gorgon."
Shido suddenly realized that Ilya, who was formerly known as Illya, had made many preparations for the Holy Grail War within the Einzbern family and was very knowledgeable about various myths and histories.
Medusa is a name that resonates throughout mythology. When it comes to the ability to petrify, most people immediately think of this legendary Gorgon with snakes for hair.
Although Medusa's hair doesn't look like a snake, but rather long, flowing purple hair, the eye patch on her face definitely seals the Petrifying Eye.
It's now impossible for Medusa to trick Chidone into removing her blindfold.
"Such a dangerous woman, should I freeze her in ice, just like I did with that Archer?"
Shido jumped down from Qin Chuan's arms, and then transformed—the pajamas she was wearing disappeared, replaced by the ethnic-style clothing she wore as a heroic spirit.
Medusa watched the changes in Zhidu's body and immediately understood why Qin Chuan dared to entrust her to such a little girl.
It turns out that this little girl is also a Heroic Spirit—after changing her clothes, Medusa could even feel the chill emanating from Shido.
"There's no need for that. As long as we don't take off her blindfold, this guy isn't a threat right now."
Qin Chuan said with a smile, "After all, the fantasy species summoned by Medusa's Noble Phantasm 'Rings of the Hero' has been smashed to pieces, and it is probably difficult to recover from this Holy Grail War."
As a Rider, Medusa has lost her strongest Noble Phantasm mount, and now her only threat is her Petrifying Eyes.
"Hmm...is it really just because there's no threat?"
However, after hearing Qin Chuan's words, Zhi Du suddenly narrowed his eyes, looked Medusa up and down, and turned to ask Qin Chuan.
"Dad, you don't actually like women with a figure like Medusa, do you?"
Because there were too many women in Qin Chuan's family, Shidou also learned that Qin Chuan seemed to have a penchant for this kind of thing.
· ······.···· ········
When she heard Qin Chuan tell her not to freeze Medusa, her first thought was that Qin Chuan might have taken a liking to Medusa.
After all, even though Medusa wore an eye patch, it wasn't hard to tell from just the lower half of her face that she was pretty, and the fact that she was bound by chains only accentuated her figure...
Shido looked down at her own body and felt a little deflated—because her body was an artificial human, it was basically stuck in this state and there wasn't much room for growth.
"What are you thinking about?"
Qin Chuan patted Zhi Du Nei's head impatiently, telling her not to overthink things.
To be honest, Medusa did have a good figure and appearance, but Qin Chuan didn't have much interest in her.
…
The reason for this is that Medusa is a Heroic Spirit—ultimately destined to be sent into the Holy Grail as nourishment, and cannot remain.
Leaving behind only one Servant is the limit. After storing the souls of five Servants, the Lesser Grail will manifest and become the Holy Grail Vessel.
In other words, aside from Qin Chuan and Shido, all the other Servants are to be dealt with by Qin Chuan, so he naturally wouldn't have any other thoughts about them.
Unless Qin Chuan can find a way to force the Holy Grail to descend without destroying the Servants.
That way, he could find another way to complete the main quest "obtain the Holy Grail in the Fifth Holy Grail War," and perhaps deal with these Heroic Spirits in a different manner.
After handing over the task of escorting Medusa to Shido, Qin Chuan flipped over and jumped off the rooftop.
He was naturally not afraid of falling to his death—flying was practically a basic skill in the Dragon Ball world, and only Master Roshi hadn't learned it until Dragon Ball Super.
After Qin Chuan left, a silence fell between Zhidunai and Medusa.
After a while, Medusa looked at Shidone with a somewhat strange gaze—though Shidone couldn't discern her expression because of the eye patch.
She asked in a strange tone: Mio
"What about your father...?" (5)
She just heard Shido call Qin Chuan "Dad," but some of Shido's actions...
"Stop arguing."
Zhidu glared at Medusa, interrupting her with displeasure.
Chapter 551 Reunion with Matou Sakura
In a Hyatt hotel room, Sakura Matou sat at the desk, flipping through magic books she had brought from the Mage's Association.
The book contains theories related to spirit summoning—because the essence of the Holy Grail War is spirit summoning rituals, Matou Sakura has spent almost the entire past ten years researching this area.
Although her skill level in this area was already quite good even within the Magic Association, she was still not satisfied. (Yo!)
The reason is simple... she hadn't figured out a way to make Heroic Spirits remain in the mortal world forever. (San)
The existence of Heroic Spirits is already quite extraordinary for magicians. The Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City originated from the Third Law, and the Heroic Spirits it summoned far exceeded ordinary summoning rituals.
To preserve a heroic spirit of this caliber in the mortal world, even disregarding other factors, the sheer amount of magical power required is far beyond what an ordinary magician could withstand.
The reason why the Masters of the Holy Grail War can use their own magical energy to support the Heroic Spirits in the present world is because the Greater Grail helps to bear the vast majority of the magical energy consumption.
Sakura Matou is very self-aware; she doesn't believe her magical power can rival the Greater Grail, so she's now placing all her hopes on that all-powerful wish-granting machine.
However, she originally thought that she could summon Qin Chuan and have victory in the bag... but in the end she summoned Rider Medusa instead, which made her very disappointed.
Of course, it wasn't just disappointment; Matou Sakura was also furious and wanted to find out who had summoned Qin Chuan first.
Matou Sakura had her suspicions about Reines, but she couldn't figure out where Reines could have gotten Qin Chuan's relics, so she kept those suspicions to herself.
Just as Matou Sakura was flipping through her magic book, pondering how to gather information about other Masters and Servants more quickly, a noise came from the side.
The sound came from the window, clearly the sound of the window being opened—Sakura Matou could even feel the wind blowing in through the window.
Sakura Matou was momentarily lost in thought—the feeling of the window being opened and the wind blowing in reminded her of the situation before she left Fuyuki City.
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