A shockwave was created as our weapons clashed, hard enough to break the windows and the ground beneath us. More and more was created, as I continued to fight Lancer. Defending against her onslaught as best as I could, but due to her being faster than me she got a few hits in. But, I received no damage as she wasn't strong enough to overcome Armor of Fafnir. That could however quickly change if she used her Primordial Rune, to temporarily increase her strength to a higher Rank.
I backed away from Lancer to recuperate, after our exchange that lasted three minutes and to get a view of the fight, and had we wrecked the area from our exchange of blades. The road was completely cracked, and glass laid on the sidewalk.
I took a breath and went full speed towards Lancer while trusting my sword, recreating Dante's move Stinger, which I when tried to follow up with a Million Stab. I only got in ten minor wounds before Lancer stopped the attack with her spear and kicked me in the stomach. Stunning me for a moment but, instead of following up on the kick, she retreated a bit away from me.
"Our, little fight has been fun dear, but I'm afraid we are going end our battle her Primordial Rune: Isstolpe!" I didn't have an Instinct Skill but, felt the danger and was the only thing that prevented me from becoming a pillar of ice, on the street. And I dodged, again and again, avoiding the pillars of ice Lancer was making. I did so until I felt my back hit an icy wall, fuck the bitch had looked me.
I could only see Lancer smile perversely, at me for finally realizing she had me trapped. But, I would be damned if I lost here, so I activated Draconic Strength.And I felt it Immediately take effect, my body grew slightly taller, and I could feel new appendages forming underneath my skin,
"Sorry my love but, this is the end." Statted Lancer, who was now floating a few feet off the ground, she pointed her spear at me and chanted. "Primordial Rune: Surturbrann!" A giant ball of fire shot from the head of the spear towards me and hit home and exploded causing the area of ice to become one of fire. This was most definitely an A+-Rank spell as I actually felt pain and felt my flesh boil and my skin becoming scorched by the heat.
I fought through the pain and jumped out of the inferno created by Lancer, meeting her in midair using my new temporary wings, much to her surprise.
She tried to fly away, but, in a surprise move I grabbed her spear and swung it and Lancer back down to the ground. Where she landed on her back with such force that, it lost and cracked even further.
Before Lancer could recover, I flew back down and held her by the throat with my now larger and more draconic hand.
"No, hard feelings right love?" I asked sarcastically.
"Of course, not dear." At her answer, I took Balmung and pierced her stomach with it, killing her. A few seconds later she disappeared in a flair of Ether Particles.
I sheathed Balmung and deactivated Draconic Strength making my transformation slowly recced. I was glad that I had chosen, Lung's Shard during my build or Lancer would have certainly have killed me just now. Now I just had to wait for Taylor to defeat the Magus that was hiding so that we could head back to her house.
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Now, where are you? Taylor though as she ran from the battle between Saber and Lancer like he had told her to. And he had been right about that, cause if Saber hadn't been there, Lancer would have skewered Taylor on her spear.
Now, she had to defeat Lancer's Master, cause if the Master was dead, then the Servant lose its source of Prana. But, Taylor had to find the Master first, so she had run into one of the buildings on that had an open door, to hide and cast her spell safely.
"Homenum Revelio Sonar Maxima." Taylor activated the spell that would find the Master, she felt the spell reach out and show her the location of all the humans within a block. Most were within their apartments but, one was standing on top of a roof, while no one else was.
Found you, Taylor thought, now she just needed to get the Master, and unlucky for him, Taylor had come prepared for any situation.
She reached into her pocket and summoned one of her Dolls to her hand and took it out into the open. She animated it with her Semblance and activated the spells on it. One of them allowed Taylor to see through the dolls eyes, go there and find the Master, commanded the Doll. It obeyed and flew out of her, and up the stairs of the apartment and left broke right through the rooftop access door. Taylor saw the roof through Doll's eyes before it turned to the left and headed towards the other roof where her spell had located the Master.
As it crossed the street, Taylor got a quick look, at Saber's and Lancer's fight and how much damage to the area they were causing. The Doll when finished flying over the street and was now on the other roof. And just like she had guessed, she saw the man who was Lancer's Master, and she easily recognized who he was.
The shaved blond hair, red mask, and outfit easily gave it away, for she had seen him many times one the internet and the news. This Victor was one of the many Capes of the Empire, and one she readily believed was a Magus, a term her power supplied her with. And that was also when she, finally accepted that she wasn't the only one who could use magic, a fact she should have realized, from the knowledge Alaya had given her.
But, she had to be careful, for Victor was a very dangerous man, who was wanted for many crimes. And was one of the three Empire capes, who PHO said, should have Kill Order. Due to the fact, that he had killed almost as many people as Hookwolf had. Taylor had a plan, now she just needed to execute it.
First, she had her Doll attack, Victor. She through the Dolls eyes rush Victor and tripping possible Bounded Fields the man had created around him. Taylor saw Victor pull out a gun and shoot her Doll with bullets, that hit way too hard for a pistol of that size. But, it was no great loss as the Doll, Taylor had used had just been a recon one. It had fulfilled its purpose and given her Victor's location.
So, now she could use one of the most useful spells, her Wand Magic had given her, Apparation. Taylor focused on the image in her mind and Apparated, right next to Victor was standing. But, instead of giving gave the Cape a shock, like Taylor, had been hoping for at her sudden appearance. He had instead moved like a professional and slammed his fist into her stomach sending her flying, to the other end of the roof. Thankfully due to her Aura the move hadn't done any damage to her but, knocking the wind out of her.
"So, do you wish to fight me, little girl," Victor spoke with a German accent, as he looked directly at Taylor. "If so, when let me show you how a fight between Magi is done." Taylor saw the glow on Victor's left hand to unravel and turn into a string, that shot towards her at high speed. Taylor barely managed to dodge the attack, she rolled to the and had to do so again, as the string bent and tried to strike her again. The string tried to hit her again but, missed again, this it struck the roof and made a hole straight through it.
Taylor couldn't but, swallow as the string retreated back to Victor.
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Victor couldn't help but, smile as he watched through Lancer's eyes her, fight Saber. The match was mostly equal now, but Victor that Lancer would win due to her superior speed and Skills. And after that, they would defeat the rest of the Servants and win the Holy Grail War.
And he Viktor Von Einzbern would obtain The Third True Magic and take over Old Man Acht's position as the head of the family.
Victor couldn't help but, feel a surge of anger as his thoughts went to his family. He could remember when he had declared a failure of Magus by them. And what was worse, was that had been true, he had been born with few Magic Circuits and of poor quality. So, terrible that he couldn't even use Wishcraft to overcome it.
So, his family had cast him aside only to be used as go-between them and Gesselshaft. But, when he had become a Parahuman, during an attack made by a group of heroes on a meeting he was attending, Viktor had gotten powers. Powers that suited him perfectly and even made him aware of his Origin Theft. And so he went around using the name Victor, for he would always now win. From biology to knitting, he stole everything he could get a hold of.
He could even steal knowledge from other Magi and with his Origin active even their Magic Circuits. And because that he finally gained prestige within his family. So, much so that he got sent here to Brockton Bay, to join the Empire and win the Holy Grail, he was currently participating in. But, first, he would have to beat the current opponent.
Victor was brought out of his thoughts, as he was alerted by his Bounded Fields that something was heading towards him. He pulled out his Mystic Code pistol he had made, after having been inspired by a particular man. Victor shot the thing going towards him, it went down on the third shot. He didn't move from his spot but, instead, he used Reinforcement on his eyes, to get a better look at the object.
It looked to be a form of Doll. So, it seems that Saber's Master is making her move against me. Victor decided to contact Lancer. Lancer the fight now, we need to get going.
As finished the message, Victor heard a loud pop right next to him but, instead of backing away like anybody else would do. He instead turned around, Reinforced his arm and punched the girl that had just appeared in the stomach.
But, instead of his going through it, he instead felt some sort of barrier against his fist, and instead, his punch sent the girl to the other side of the roof.
He saw the girl recover from his, and Victor could hear her slightly gasping for air. So, the barrier hadn't completely negated his attack, so Victor wondered if he hit harder, he could he break it. And so because that barrier, it seemed his gun would be useless for most of the fight but, would he still keep it out, if he needed it.
He also got a good look at her costume, and he hated it on sight it was such an insult to Magi, and the hat just made it worse. But, he didn't dismiss her staff, as that thing had the potential to be a Mystic Code. But, the mask she was wearing was, an excellent addition definitely intimidating to some, his Fashionista skills told him.
"So, do you wish to fight me, little girl." Victor addressed the wannabe hero. "If so, when let me show you how a fight between Magi is done."
After Victor had finished talking, he settled on the spell to use. He used, and Alchemy spell to transmute his glove into a string with the strength of steel he could manipulate.
He tried to attack the girl, but she had better instincts than Victor would have expected a girl her age to have and managed to dodge three of his attacks but, only by a hairs breath.
He pulled the string back and began talking. "Do, you really think that you can beat me, girl. You maybe have talent but, I have years of experience fighting other Magi, so what hope do you have of beating me." Victor saw the girls eyes glare at him through her, mask. Good, he was making her angry, and angry people made mistakes. "So, girl before I kill you, I would like to know how you are.
"I'm Salem, and I'm a hero" Salem as it were answered his question. And he wanted to laugh at her.
"You. A hero? Please don't make me laugh, you're no hero, just a little girl playing pretend, you should have stayed home with your mommy. Now let me welcome you into the Moonlit Word, Salem." He announced, he was about to attack when he felt it. The connection he had to Lancer, the stream of Prana he had been sending to her disappeared.
Shit! Was all Victor could think, at the disappearance of the link. But, that moment of absence had cost him, as he heard Salem cast a spell.
"Reducto." To that Victor quickly made a wall of Ether using his Wishcraft to do it, bypassing the utilization of an aria.
The spell Salem had cast collided with his wall, and to Victor's shock, a giant hole got created in the center.
How, the Hell! Can a single word aria do so much damage? Victor thought and when his arrived at a horrifying thought. Is she using High-Speed Divine Words? He had to kill Salem quickly or else he would himself die soon.
He focused back on his string and had it split into five smaller ones, he now could use to attack and had them attack Salem. But, this time she wouldn't be able to dodge them, however, instead of dodging she cast another spell.
"Prohibere Movere." And all five strings stopped moving and looked like they had been frozen time. Victor tried to will them to move but, found he couldn't. "Sorry, Victor this fight is over I'm done playing, Terebrare Corde." A bolt of Prana flew from the staff towards him. Victor let go of his immobile strings and move to the right. But, instead of going straight the bolt curved towards Victor and hit his chest dead on.
Victor staggered backward and looked down at his chest and saw a hole where his heart used to be. He fell down as his vision went black and blood came out of his mouth.
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Taylor was slightly hyperventilating as she stood next to Victor's dead body, a person she had just killed, and now she was ventilating even harder than before. As emotions ran through her at the action, she had just, done.
Taylor felt all kinds emotions at the moment, but the worst offenders were the guilt and disgust she felt having killed Victor, and she didn't know why. Why was she feeling guilt, Victor had been a terrible human being destroyed many innocent lives, and the world would be a better place without him. Heck, some people would be happy that he was gone, so why was she feeling guilty having killed an evil person.
Was it, because she could have taken him down without killing him, she could just as easily have stunned him and given him to the police. But, when he would just haven broken out within a day and be back on the street causing more harm to others. Taylor quickly rationalized to herself, so it was a good thing that she had killed him. But, if that was so, when why did she still feel guilt for killing him.
Taylor didn't want to feel that anymore, and she just wanted to go home back with Saber and go to sleep and deal with her emotions. But, she needed to give Victors body to the police. So, Taylor walked over to the body that was now smelling like shit. She grabbed it and Apparated down into the street with it.
There she walked away from Victor's body and over to Saber, who was talking with Captain Stacy again. Taylor saw him look away from the Captain and over to her.
"Hey, Salem did you beat the Master?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I did." She said in a solemn voice.
"Did, you kill him, Salem?" Taylor just gave him a nod in response. "Well, how do you feel at the moment?"
"Like, I want to throw up and cry." She answered honestly.
"Ah, the first time is always the worst, trust me you fell better soon. So who was it."
"It was Victor an Empire Cape, can we go home?"
"Sure, but first can you fix up the street if you're up to it?"
Taylor a quick look at the destroyed road and decided that yes she could. "I can do that." Taylor began gathering Prana for the spell and released it, "Reparo." A moment later the entire street looked it had never been broken.
"Alright, let's get back. And Captain! Victor's body is over there. Talk to you later." In moment Taylor Apparated both her and Saber back to her Workshop. There Taylor took off her costume and told Saber, that she would see him tomorrow, deciding to sort out her feelings when to as her head hit the bed and she fell asleep.
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In a candle lit room somewhere in Brockton Bay. A man with spiky white hair and tanned skin sat, he was dressed in black clothes, with a red shroud on top.
He was seated in a chair as he looked over a chess board but, this one only contained eleven pieces. "It seems that the first battle of the War has finished."
"Who were the fighters?" Another person in the room asked.
"Lancer and Saber were the one fighting."
"And who was the winner?"
"It was Saber who won the battle."
"Good, I will notify the overseer of our participation in the war and inform our partner of the results."
"Just, don't take to long or I begin to miss your company.
"Do not mock me, Ruler. Door me, Brockton Bay Catholic Church."
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A/N: I hope I made the fights scenes good enough and Taylor's first dash trauma show well. Also can anyone you tell me how you copy the text from the PHO Interlude Generator, cause I can't.
