Disclaimer The works of Type-Moon and Jō Taketsuki are their own. Not mine. This is fan-work for my enjoyment, and hopefully yours.

I suggest you play BGM of battle scenes, such as EMIYA remix.

06. Vision: Overload

A girl with long and flowing dark brown hair was fidgeting nervously on her seat. She was not used being in the middle of a crowd. If somebody was asked to describe her appearance, he would say 'beautiful'. Her face projected the aura of refined nobility and her eyes shone with intelligence. She could be likened to blooming sakura flowers.

She was Mariya Yuri, 15 years old. Enrolled as Third year student at Jounan Academy Middle School. She was member of Tea Ceremony Club. Currently she was wearing scarlet hakama and furisode worn over white kosode, the official outfit for a miko.

She was also a hime-miko stationed in Kanto region. Her place of duty was just a small shrine only visited by locals, but she had no complaints about it. She also possessed a relatively strong ability of Spirit Vision.

Just a few days ago, she received a vision of an Authority related to Genesis of the World.

Because of that, the HCC ordered her to go to Kumamoto to help the local branch. Supposedly, a Campione was staying there.

Her younger sister, Mariya Hikari, was tagging along as observer. Yuri actually objected, she thought that it would be too dangerous to get close to one of Raksasha Raja, but Hikari insisted. And the supervisor of Tokyo region just shrugged and let Hikari followed along.

Now, Yuri and her younger sister were inside a room in one of HCC local base, with around 30 other hime-mikos. They were all gathered from around the country, each had some talents. Some had strong Spirit Vision like Yuri, others had future prediction, Divination, psychometry, and similar abilities.

Mariya Hikari didn't have similar ability with the rest of them. Her power was named 'Disaster Purification', something in entirely different nature. She was twelve years old and still in sixth grade elementary school. Her hair was short and black. Just like her sister, Hikari also wore miko outfit. In fact, the majority of people inside the room wore miko outfit.

The time was only 9 pm. Yuri and Hikari already had dinner before.

The room was big and set up like audiovisual room. A big screen was set on one side of the wall, with four projectors showing four different displays, dividing the big screen.

Yuri was sitting in one of the seat with Hikari sitting next to her. There were many hime-mikos around her, sitting and chatting with hushed voices. They seemed to be gossiping. There were many speculations on why they were gathered here.

Of course, whatever happen must be related to the five individuals that showed up at Kumamoto city. Each one was special, and one of them must be a Campione.

Sometimes there were excited voices of young girl screaming "kyaaa kyaa" like fangirl. Or a sigh of longing of a young girl dreaming about the gallant individuals. It couldn't be helped that hime-mikos were young girls, and the four persons mentioned before were dreamy.

The fifth was ignored though. No one could see her appearance.

The object of their fantasy was not limited to the two men, but also included the two young women. Sometimes there were voices saying "ah... onee-sama..." among them.

Yuri already received a brief report summarizing the situations about the five individuals, now called "Iriya Group". Even Yuri had to admit, from what she saw in the photos, the four mysterious persons were dreamy.

Yuri had only arrived this afternoon, but she was already invited to four different fanclubs (for four individuals). The members were not only hime-mikos but also included female members of HCC.

But Yuri didn't join any. She knew that even though their outer appearance was harmless, Campione was a devil king. They were dangerous existence. They were tyrants. Yuri's own personal experience with Balkan Devil proved this.

"So, which one do you think I should join?" Hikari asked Yuri's opinion while reading several leaflets. "I think that Stantavo is handsome, but his personality is too wild for my taste. I like Kiritsugu more. He feels more like an older brother type. I wonder why?" The leaflets were made by each fanclubs promoting their respective idol.

"Hikari!", Yuri turned to her sister. "I told you we are not joining!"

"Ena also like Kiritsugu more. I think that he is adorable somehow."

Suddenly a young woman with long black hair and carrying a long rod-like object covered with clothes entered the conversation. She wore a school uniform unlike the other hime-mikos who wore miko outfit.

She was Seishuuin Ena, the premier hime-miko and Yuri childhood friend.

"Ena! You are also sent here?" Yuri spoke with surprised voice.

"Yes. Well, I actually invite myself when I heard there is something interesting here." Ena said while sitting beside Hikari. "More importantly, do you think Kiritsugu and Guinevere really married?"

"I hoped they are only siblings! " replied Hikari with cheerful tone.

"Hikari! Ena!"

"Come on Yuri, don't tell me you are not curious. Which one is which lover?", Ena said to Yuri while putting down her things.

Yuri blushed and stammered "L-L-Lover?"

"Of course. Two men and two women staying together. They must have done something interesting every night!" Ena said in conspiratorial manner.

"Every n-n-night?" Yuri's mind imagined things and went wild.

"They may even swap!" Ena teased.

Yuri's head overheated. "Swapped? Shameful! Immoral! Devils! " Yuri's eyes looked blank, lost in fantasy. "Next they will not be satisfied and want more. They will demand tribute of young girls...", she murmurred in small voice.

Yuri's eyes landed on the leaflets. "That's it! The fanclub is a ploy to gather the tributes for the devil king. This is the way to gather tribute without stealing others portion. Each have a fanclub so they can pick it, and not taking from other's fanclub!" Yuri grabbed the leaflets from Hikari's hand.

"Hikari, I prohibit you to join any fanclub. You will end up as sacrifice for the devil. Your innocence. ..."

Yuri's rant was interrupted by an announcement. Someone had taken a stage in front of the room and spoke to microphone.

"Aah. Test. Test. Good evening everyone. My name is Sayanomiya Kaoru, heir of Sayanomiya family and History Compilation Committee Supervisor for Tokyo region. I am the person in charge for this operation tonight."

The one speaking was a young woman dressed in man's clothes. She had delicate and androgynous appearance. Her hair was cut short like a man. She was young but she exuded the air of competence.

Yuri stopped her speech and listened intently. The others hime-mikos were doing the same. The announcement would tell them their purpose here.

"All of you already know about a group of individuals that appeared recently. They are suspected to be Campiones or Heretic Gods."

Kaoru motioned for someone to come to the front. A hime-miko with short hair and gentle face walked to the front of the room beside Kaoru. "This person here is Suzuhara Kaori. A local hime-miko from Kumamoto."

That hime-miko's face looked pale, Yuri observed from her seat, conveniently located at the front row. Maybe she was sick?

"She braved herself and met the group today afternoon. She gained valuable information and survive the meeting. Give her applause!", Sayanomiya Kaoru said and clapped her hands.

Sound of applause echoed in the room. 'Ah so that is why she is pale'. Yuri could understand her feelings. Meeting a Campione was truly a terrifying experience. The young girl awkwardly bowing and fidgeting from the attention.

Kaoru motioned the hime-miko to go back to her seat. She continued speaking, "What we managed to guess from the conversation is that all five of them are Campione."

Surprised gasp was heard throughout the room. There were many excited murmur and exclamation.

Kaoru knocked the table in front of her repeatedly. "Silence please. Silence. Okay. Next, they seems to have a leader. 'The Fifth', a young girl, is the leader. Apparently she is the strongest one in the group, they claimed."

This time the crowd surprised reaction got louder.

"Silence. Silence. No, I will not answer now. Please listen to me first." Kaoru tried to get control of the crowd. "Next, we managed to get the name of 'The Fifth'. She is called Iriya." Kaoru waited a moment until the voice died down again. "Thus, we will call their group as 'Iriya Group'".

Five Campione? A young girl as Campione? Yuri was in disbelief. Which one was more absurd of the two?

The crowd was becoming noisy. "Silence. Order please. You are all hime-miko, not just rabid fangirls. Control yourself." After Kaoru said this, the noise disappeared. The fangirl hime-miko remembered about their duty here.

"Now, Suzuhara-san not only managed to get contact with them. She also successfully negotiated with them. They agreed to fight the Heretic God that appeared in Kyushu around 4 days ago. Not only that, they agreed to hold battle at non-populated area that we pointed out."

The screen now showed a map of the local area, a red circle marked the conflict site.

"They will fight tonight. This is a good opportunity to see their powers. We need to know more about the authorities they possess. For that, we put surveillance method around the area, cameras and the like. Some of hime-miko and mages with farsight skill are deployed a distance close to the site."

"And now for the real purpose that we gather you here..."

Yes, this location was actually way out of the city, even farther from the conflict site. Of course it was safer than being closer, but why? Not only they had no special talent to see faraway, the distance was too great to do that skill.

"Please look in front of you. The big screen will display four different footages from different cameras at various angle. They will switch point of view depending on the situation. So it will show Campione(s) fighting a Heretic God from four different views."

Yuri was astonished by the technology. The screen now showed different sights, looking at the planned confrontation spot. One of them looked like a satellite view.

"You don't need to observe with magic. We already have other teams doing it. What we want is information about their authorities. You are all gathered here because you have talent with Spirit Vision or related ability."

What? But Spirit Vision couldn't be controlled at will. And it was best to try divining something by direct sight or direct contact. But to tell them to look at video footage...

Kaoru looked at her audience who was now murmuring and protesting. "Yes yes I know. Direct line of sight. But honestly, do you want to go near a battle between Campione and Heretic God.?"

Instantly, the whole room became silent.

"Thought so. Anyway, we can't risk your lives and talent. So, there is no other choice. Please watch the screen and try to feel with your Spirit Sense. We know that the chance of vision is very low, but we will try anyway. Also, who doesn't want to watch this?"

Several voices stated their agreement. Who didnn't want to watch their idols?


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Seishuuin Ena was chatting with her childhood friend Mariya Yuri, catching up on each other's news. Actually she was not really interested in joining fanclub. All she was interested in was strong people that she could fight. So she was now scouting to see whether these people are really strong.

She didn't care about getting a vision to help the Committee. Her power was not specialized for that. True, she had some form of Spirit Vision, but it was not strong enough for this purpose.

The hime-mikos in the room were relaxing, chatting with each other. They were on standby because there was still no sign of Campione or Heretic God. An earlier update said that Iriya Group had left the hotel but vanished somewhere.

A little over an hour later, the screen switched to display something. A flying object was floating high in the sky.

What is that? That is so cool! Ena also want to ride that! Can Ena ask them to take her on board?

"They are wearing unusual outfit..." Yuri said from beside her. They were sitting with Yuri on the left, Ena on the right, and Hikari in the middle.

"I think their costume is cool! With that airborne vehicle, they were like something from a movie." Ena said with excited voice. She hadn't watched too many movies, but she had seen enough from television.

"Hmmm. I can't see what Iriya is wearing. It is in gold color..." Hikari was intently staring at the screen, now showing the Iriya Group close up. "And that formation... five different colors..." Hikari was thinking loudly.

"Do you remember something Hikari? It may be important! " Yuri pressed her sister.

"Ummm. Ah. I remember. They reminded me of Super Sentai (Power Ranger)!"


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Sayanomiya Kaoru was discreetly listening to conversations in the room. You could never know where and when a prophetic vision happened. A hime-miko might utter a revelation while watching and not remember about it after.

So she listened to selected few chosen for their strong talents. There were various recording devices at every corners of the room, but she wanted to listen directly. The exceptional hime-mikos were carefully arranged to sit on the front row. Kaoru sat at the side of the big screen, near enough to eavesdrop without being too obvious.

She paid special attention to Mariya Yuri and Seishuuin Ena. Both were special in their own way, and the younger Mariya had special powers... and then she heard Mariya Yuri said "important" with alert tone. She sharpened her ears and listen.

Power Rangers?

She looked back at the screen. True, they were five person in different color costumes. Red, Silver, Black, Blue, and Yellow (gold). But their costumes were not uniformed. And Silver was not the standard color, sometimes the Sixth Ranger use silver color though. Usually there was Pink Ranger, for the only female member.

The order was messed up. Red was not the leader, but Yellow. There were three females.

They already had outlandish vehicle. Would a giant robot come out next?

Kaoru told her thoughts to her subordinate, Amakasu Touma. He was assisting her for this operation. "What do you think?"

"I would say that it is ridiculous notion. But everything about them is ridiculous that I cannot dismiss it outright. Even John Pluto Smith acts like a comic book superhero, so why not power rangers?"

"I guess we can only wait and see." Kaoru ended the conversation and went back listening to the hime-mikos. She left Touma to write a report for the higher-ups. Apparently he wanted to assign a new code name or something.

Blue Knight. Red Knight. Iriya Rangers. Well, she had no real objection to the code names. They were clear and straight, without any confusion. The new code names were announced to all of their agents and the hime-mikos in standby.

After waiting for about an hour, the Heretic God finally came

And then the Blue Knight fought him alone.


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Ena was watching the battle between the Blue Knight and Heretic God Nezha.

It was fascinating.

For Ena who trained in many branch of martial arts since childhood, she could see the level of the fight between them.

They already mastered the art of spear wielding. Their skill already reached perfection. Unfortunately the video feedback didn't perfectly convey the battle. The frame couldn't capture the high-speed motion, the video was dim because of lack of lighting, and the screen was blurry from the magnification. Despite all of that, Ena could still recogize the combatants skill level.

Ena stared at the screen, mesmerized. How many years until she could move a spear like that? What kind of practice she should do to be able to...

Her thoughts stopped, interrupted by a change in the battle. The Blue Knight used a strange technique that pierced Nezha's chest. This feeling... that spear was special. A magical artifact. He didn't use his personal skill but the weapon's special attribute.

Ena didn't care. She didn't think it was unfair. She herself used special weapon and Nezha also used his many formidable weapons.

She half-listened to Yuri who was giving lecture to her sister about the nature of Nezha. She already knew the general outline of his legend.

"Nezha was born as a son of Heaven Army General Li Jing and Lady Yin. He was the third son. One night his mother had a dream that a daoist put something in her stomach. Lady Yin was pregnant for three years until she finally gave birth to a lump of meat."

"Li Jing who was furious thought that it is demon, and cut the meat with his sword. From the opening, a child, already grown up as three years old infant, came out from the meat. This signified his nature as semi divine and semi devil."

"He always made trouble, so he got nicknamed, The Enfant Terrible. One day, he killed the dragon prince. His father was angry with him because he brought conflict between Li family and the Dragon King. To end the conflict, he returned the body he received from his parents by committing suicide."

The Heretic God was using an Authority to heal his wound. Ena imagined if she fight the god, what method would she use to seal the immortality?

"The spirit of Nezha came to his mother in a dream, asking his mother to create temple for him. His teacher said that by people worshiping him and burn incense for him, he could be revived. Lady Yin built the temple in secret, hiding it from Li Jing."

"People began worshiping him and he got popular. He healed sickness and granted miracles to his worshiper. Eventually his father found out and destroy the temple, even when it was so close for Nezha's revival."

"Nezha went to his teacher and his teacher created a new body from lotus root. An immortal body. Nezha hunted his father and wanted to kill him. Their conflict came to an end after another Daoist Sage intervened and forced them to make peace."

Hikari asked a question, "if his body is immortal, doesn't it make him invincible? He can't be killed."

The screen was now showing the Blue Knight jumped to the air and threw his spear. A loud explosion and bright light filled the display.

"Well, Ena don't know. If it is Ena fighting him, I will hit him over and over until he die. Maybe they have the same idea."

"Ah!" Yuri suddenly exclaimed. "The Blue Knight died."

Really? The screen was still showing static. Nothing could be seen other than dust and smoke.

An agent was listening to his earpiece and whispered to Sayanomiya Kaoru. Kaoru addressed the hime-mikos using the microphone. "Update of the situation. The Blue Knight was hit by Nezha's weapon and presumed dead."

There were many murmurs in low voice discussing the latest situation.

It seemed Yuri 'Saw' the death of Blue Knight. Ena wondered who was who in the Iriya Rangers. She could only identify Matilda.

"I guess Iriya Group is in trouble. One of them has been defeated. ..." Mariya said with scared voice.

"Hmmm..." Ena replied with non-committal answer. The battle could still go both ways. They still had four persons on their side. She turned her attention back to the big screen.

The screen now showed Nezha. He was injured and bloodied. His golden armor cracked and the Red Armillary Sash missing.

Did they aim to destroy the child god weapon one by one?

Suddenly two of the display switched and showed a black shadow falling from the flying vehicle. It crashed to the ground in spectacular manner. Then it jumped.

The display now zoomed in and followed its trajectory. It was a humanoid figure, black skinned, tall and muscular. For a giant figure, he was quite flexible, somersaulting in the air like that.

What is that he is holding? A sword? That THING? A huge slab of rock shaped into a sword?

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

He landed in front of Nezha and loudly roared. His voice even reached the listening device, even though it was far away.

"Update: Subordinate God Hercules. We think it is him." Kaoru said in trembling voice.

The giant swung his arm. Nezha blocked with his spear.

Nezha was sent flying.

The Heretic God crashed to a boulder and disappeared in cloud of dust.

"The Sixth Ranger has arrived." Hikari said with sparkling eyes.

So I guess they intended to use the same strategy as I would. Hit him until he drop dead.

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"Amakasu...Amakasu!"

Amakasu Touma broke free from his spellbound condition. He finally broke off his eyes from the screen and turned to his boss.

Sayanomiya Kaoru apparently had been trying to get his attention for a while. She pouted and said "Your analysis of the fight." She stated her demand.

Analysis? How could he analyze this? His tiny brain was still processing and taking in the sight on the screen. The middle aged man with glasses took a deep breath and started collecting his memory of the fight.

After the initial strike which sent Nezha flying, Hercules chased him and swung his sword several more times, sending Nezha flying each time.

It was thought that at this rate, it would be over soon. But Nezha managed to stand his ground after being sent flying five times. He was still only blocking by using his spear, but it appeared that he became stronger.

Hercules was attacking with super strength. His sword strike was a blur. His slashes were coming from all directions. He chased Nezha around like wild beast.

And Nezha was blocking that monster with only his spear. He had no room to maneuver, or to switch weapon.

Hercules swung his sword horizontally. Nezha blocked, his spear held by two hands, his feet planted on the ground. Nezha was pushed back, but he stood his ground.

And then the child god sent his first attack.

The two now exchanged attack and defense with superhuman speed. It was too fast to follow. They moved away from place to place, wrecking the ground they stepped on. The earlier fight with Blue Knight also wrecked the ground, but the current fight was on another level entirely.

"I think..." Touma said after taking a deep breath. "Nezha is still injured after that last attack by Blue Knight. That's why he is weaker earlier. Now he had recovered by using immortality, and then he can match his power with Hercules."

"It still looked like one sided to me.", Kaoru squinted her eyes, trying to see better.

"Nezha's movement is becoming more and more flexible. He is waiting for an opening to use his other weapons.", Amakasu said. The exact moment he said that, the battle situation changed.

It happened exactly like he predicted. Nezha used Universal Ring to block Hercules overhead blow by one hand, his feet sunk to the ground. His other hand moved to stab Hercules!

And it was stopped by Hercules skin.

No wound. Not even a scratch.

Nezha used the same tactics several more times, stabbing at different part of the body.

All in vain. Hercules body was impenetrable.

"What is that? Is it an Authority? " Kaoru asked.

"Maybe. Hercules wore a skin from Nemean Lion. The skin is impervious to sharp weapon." He recounted a part of Hercules legend. "But I see no skin as his clothes... mysterious..."

Nezha apparently realized that he would not be able to defeat Hercules at this rate, so he let himself blown away with Hercules attack. He righted his posture in the air, summoned his Fire Wind Wheel, and flew upwards.

Hercules tried to reach him by jumping, but he easily avoided him.

Nezha held the Fire-tipped Spear by two hands and took a stance in the air. He was gathering energy at the tip of the spear. It glowed fiery red.

Nezha then launched himself downward, thrusting the spear, right to the middle of Hercules chest! Hercules didn't dodge, he met the attack head on, swinging his large sword from the side...

"Hoooooooaaaaahh"

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

An explosion heard.

Hercules chest was now a large gaping hole. It seemed that he was dead. His body was unresponsive. Unbelievably, his body was still standing.

Nezha didn't fare any better. He got hit on the side by Hercules sword. The hit blew him away and he was crouching some distance away. There was a gaping wound on his left side. His spear had flown somewhere, and he summoned it back to his hands.

The Enfant Terrible was still alert. It looked like he still wanted to attack Hercules. Why? Wasn't he dead?

He was stopped by arrows shot from above and had to leap back. The arrows exploded when touching the ground.

One of the display showed the flying vehicle. The Red Knight was shooting arrows with a speed beyond normal human. And that arrows were not normal!


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After Ilya had sent Berserker, Ilya and company started their mini conference.

"What about Lancer? Should we bring him back?" Rider asked.

"No. I feel safer if I can install him. And I don't want to use a lot of prana in this situation." Ilya answered, still surveying the battle below.

"From what I see, there are two strategies we can use. His strengths are his weapons and his immortality. Either we destroy his weapon one by one, or we kill him quickly with anti-immortal weapon." Archer was tracking Nezha with his eyes and readying his arrow.

This few nights, Archer didn't stay idle. When a sword maniac like him had access to humanity's biggest treasure vault containing innumerable legendary swords, anyone can guessed what would happen.

Archer told Ilya to let out all the weapons collection inside Gate of Babylon so that he could record them. Swords, spears, halberds, axes, shields, maces, anything that could be classified as 'sword'. Many of them had already been seen before by EMIYA, but the collection was so vast that there were many more he had not seen.

Ilya indulged Archer's request and let him see lots and lots of weapons, and she was also training at the same time. She rained weapons to Archer in controlled speed and let him traced them and blocked the torrent of weapons with their copies. They hadn't finished recording everything, but they already made sufficient progress.

Anyway, he already had immortal killing weapons before, but now he had more!

Saber didn't know that though. "You have weapon that can kill immortal? "

"Yes. Anti-immortal, and also anti-divine. Cursed spear that prevent healing. Ilya also has them."

Ilya's face became blank, a sign that she was accessing Gate of Babylon data. Saber's eyes narrowed, reminded of something. She dismissed the memory and continued discussing the plan.

"To destroy his weapons, we need a very powerful attack. That sash is the weakest weapon but it can withstand anti-army Noble Phantasm. We need to hit it with powerful attack, but..."

Saber indicated their surroundings. "We are being observed. By many. I guess it is this History Compilation Committee, but if there are other Masters... We should not show all of our skills."

If there was a Servant, there would be a Master. And Holy Grail War. They must assume that they would fight other Servants later.

"Then I guess I will attack. I have both immortal slaying and powerful attack, and enemies would not be able to guess my skill. So, what should I do?" Archer asked which strategy they would use.

Saber replied, "Better to kill him quickly. Aim for the kill with immortal slayers. When it failed, attack him with A-ranked Noble Phantasm. After a few more attacks, switch back to immortal slayers. Repeat until he died. Ilya, prepare to back up Archer."

"Oh. He managed to kill Heracles once." Ilya peered below. "Gate. Anti-immortal. 10." The weapons were ready inside her mind, she just needed to load and fire them.

Archer shot some arrows to cover Berserker revival. They were low rank Noble Phantasm, but they were enough as a threat.

"Trace on."

When Berserker had fully revived , the former Counter Guardian traced a scythe and altered it into arrow.

He aimed the arrow at The Third Prince.

"I need him distracted so he can't avoid me." Archer said.

Ilya smiled. "Alright. Heracles. Go mad." The magic circuit in her body flashed red. She released her suppression of the Mad Enhancement. Berserker's true power was unleashed.


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Mariya Hikari was watching the screen, entranced. This was a fight between divine entities. She felt lucky to be able to witness it. By right, she should not be here at all. She was only a young hime-miko apprentice and she didn't have the suitable skill. Only her connection to her older sister and the whim of Sayanomiya Kaoru let her be present.

She didn't really understand the move and countermove, and the video framerate was not enough anyway. But she could imagine the power involved in the fight from the way it left destruction. The big boulder that turned into rubble, the ground wrecked only by footsteps, the many sparks when their weapons clashed.

Hikari unconsciously entwined both of her hands in prayer. The latest situation was not looking good.

That Hercules had been killed by a spear thrust coated in fire. Nezha was avoiding arrows and forced to jump away.

Hikari still stared at Hercules. The Heretic God still treated him like a threat, so maybe...

Her speculation proved true, the corpse was glowing red and moved.

Hercules body regenerated. The wound closed, like watching a film being rewind. A time reversal?

"Immortal...", someone said, her voice echoed in the silent room.

A fight between immortals? The winner would be the one who exhausted his lifeforce first?

Suddenly there was a shout, and one of the hime-miko pointed at the display at upper right. There, it showed the Red Knight holding a wicked looking scythe. He made it into arrow and nocked it.

"HARPE! THE IMMORTAL SLAYER HARPE!"

Another hime-miko suddenly entered trance, shouted, and fainted. She was soon evacuated by the medical staff.

"Harpe, a weapon granted to Perseus to kill Medusa. It can kill immortal." Her big sister Yuri murmured. Hikari was grateful for the information, but it looked like Yuri was speaking monologue.

Perseus' weapon? So that means Red Knight is Perseus or usurped it from Perseus?

Suddenly the display on lower left caught her attention.

Hercules body changed, his muscles swelled, and somehow Hikari knew that his power increased.

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

Hercules screamed. Hikari's heart felt like it stopped when she heard it.

It was shocking. I saw him from far away using video footage, it was blurry and sometimes out of focus. The quality of the sound was very bad. But I felt genuinely afraid. I want to escape. I don't want to be here. I want to go home.

He was still screaming. It was like a howl from insane warrior. She heard several whimpers from other hime-mikos.

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

With an explosive roar, Hercules charged to Nezha.

This time, Nezha threw his Universal Ring to the air and blocked Hercules attacks with his spear. The Ring was attacking Hercules but he didn't seem to notice. Nezha and Hercules clashed their weapons, but this time Nezha always pushed back.

Nezha could only block. Hercules swung horizontally like typhoon, and slashed downward like waterfall.

CLANG!

Hercules sword smashed Nezha from above. Nezha could only hold his spear with two hands and block. His feet sank to the ground. Hercules raised his sword overhead and slashed downward again.

CLANG!

Nezha's feet sink lower and a crater formed around them. Hercules raised his sword again and...

Nezha suddenly twist his body to the side. He barely avoided an arrow, but it still scratched him. But his stance was broken and..

CLANG!

He blocked Hercules sword but was smashed to the ground. He was now laying on his back. Hercules sword swung again.

Nezha rolled over and avoided the sword strike, but several projectiles shot to his position and he must dodge again.

The arrow shots was coming from the flying vehicle! It had moved its position so the Red Knight could aim for Nezha from the back! He shot again!

"GAE BUIDHE! THE YELLOW ROSE!" There was a hime-miko shouting in trance somewhere. Hikari didn't bother looking around. Her eyes were transfixed to the screen. Actually, her eyes were moving between four screens, searching for the best action.

Again, the arrow only scratched Nezha. He seemed to have good instinct. But another shots were coming at him, this time around ten projectiles. But each projectiles had different shapes?

Nezha evaded the projectiles but Hercules was now upon him. Hercules swung his sword horizontally and Nezha was sent flying again. But this time he used the Fire Wind Wheels to correct his posture and escaped to the sky.

"Update: The projectiles all have immortal slaying attribute or a curse that prevent healing." Kaoru said frantically.

Hikari studied Nezha more intently. He appeared to have several scratches that didn't heal. Even the gash from Hercules sword earlier already closed, but the tiny scratches didn't heal.

Nezha seemed to be out of breath. He had to escape to the air where Hercules couldn't follow. He seemed to say something to Iriya Group.

"Look! Upper left!" Someone pointed. At the display, the Red Knight held a different sword. It looks like a drill? Is that a mistake of camera distortion? How can a sword shaped like that?

The sword was changed to become thinner and longer, becoming an arrow.

"CALADBOLG! THE SPIRAL SWORD!"

Another shout. A sound of someone collapsing was heard from somewhere in the room.


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"Damn! He has good instinct." Archer and Ilya had shot several anti-immortal weapons but they were all avoided. Nezha sacrificed his ability to block Berserker to avoid being hit by the arrows.

"Oiii. Don't you think that it is unfair to fight with more people?" Nezha shouted to them, floating in the air. At this point it was useless to shoot more, as he could just fly to evade.

Ilya shouted back. "Hmmph. There is no shame in fighting with superior numbers. Just like you said, fighting them is fighting me, this is my ability. Blame yourself of not bringing more allies with you!" Ilya folded her hands and showed "Superior Pose".

Archer ignored Ilya who was imitating Gilgamesh and said, "I need him to stay still, then I will hit him with this."

"I am the bone of my sword"

He traced Caladbolg and altering it into arrow.

"Leave it to me". Rider stepped to the front. She shouted to Nezha. "Third Prince Nezha!"

Nezha reflexively looked at her, wondering why she called him. Rider removed her blindfold and opened her eyes. Mystic Eyes of Petrification were activated and Nezha's movement became stiff. He directly saw her square shaped inhuman eyes. Like grey crystals, they were the highest rank among mystic eyes. Even if they couldn't petrify him completely, they were enough to freeze him for a moment

"Still not enough, Ilyasviel!" Saber shouted, while telepathically conveyed what she wanted to Ilya.

Gate of Babylon opened, and rained weapons that cut off Nezha's escape route. Archer nocked Caladbolg II and pulled his bowstring.

All space around Nezha would be filled by rain of anti-immortal weapons. A small space was purposefully left clear on the center, for Caladbolg path. Nezha felt pressure to his body and his agility decreased significantly. He would not be able to escape. He must confront the attack head on.

"Caladbolg!" Archer shot.


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Sayanomiya Kaoru was in very disconcerted state. Several hime-mikos had collapsed after having revelation and must be evacuated to the medical wing. Of course, she was worried about their health, but their revelations were more troubling.

She initially thought that the job would be simple enough. If they could narrow down the nature of the Authorities, then they could guess from what god the Authorities usurped. Or if they were gods, what were their identities. And the low chance of any vision happening meant that Kaoru thought that she would not have to work at all.

It was unfortunate that there was no vision during Blue Knight battle. So she was kinda glad when the first revelation appeared. When the Red Knight was using Harpe, she was sure that he was somehow related to Perseus. That was one down, she thought.

But then he used Gae Buidhe, and if Amakasu can be trusted, it was a lance from Irish origin. It had attribute of a curse inflicting never healing wound.

And then he used this drill-like sword, which according to Amakasu, also from Irish legends but owned by different hero, Fergus.

Then there was that many weapons shot from the Outlandish Flying Vehicle, each one had anti-immortal attribute. By this time, the number of hime-miko who fainted reached nine.

And now, rain of weapons fell down from the Outlandish Flying Vehicle, with circle shape, trapping Nezha. The Red Knight released his arrow and...

Nezha thrusted his spear forward, the tip was blazing red, ...

BOOOOOOM

The screen became filled with light. After that it was filled with static.

While waiting for the screen to be back to normal, she asked her subordinate. "What was that?"

Amakasu Touma corrected his glasses. The ninja replied, "I guess the arrow is the ultimate attack. They trapped him so he cannot avoid, but Nezha meet it with his spear."

The screen was back. The display showed that the Outlandish Flying Vehicle had been pushed back a little, possibly by shockwave. Nezha... He was crouching on the ground. Did the attack threw him back to the ground? She noticed something...

She spoke to the communicator. "Zoom on Nezha's spear."

The screen zoomed on the Fire-tipped Spear. It was unclear image, but she could see the change. Half of the spear tip had gone. I don't know which one is more ridiculous, the arrow or the spear.

Her thought was interrupted by a roar.

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

Hercules jumped and attack Nezha, who desperately tried to evade and dodge. This time Nezha looked tired and had difficulty reacting to Hercules assault.

Suddenly a shout from one of hime-miko echoed in the room.

"HRUNTING. BEOWULF SWORD!"

And then the hime-miko fainted.

Kaoru wanted to bang her head to the table. Even she knew who was Beowulf, a famous hero from England's ancient story. But how did Red Knight own that sword? Counting so far, he already showed four legendary swords. Did he get them from four different gods?

She focused her attention back to the screen. Nezha was being pushed back, and now a red bullet shot from the Outlandish Flying Vehicle targeted him. He leaped back to evade both Hercules and the red bullet, but the red bullet changed direction and strike true!

Nezha blocked the red bullet with his spear, but it exploded and he was blown away.

So that was Hrunting. It can track enemy like its legend. She watched Hercules assaulting Nezha and noticed that another red bullet was shot. Another one? He can shoot them more than once?

Nezha leaped back as before and blocked again, but the second bullet created bigger explosion than the first. Another projectiles launched from above, this time there were around ten, aiming for Nezha. They all had different shapes. Nezha avoided them and blocked again.

Kaoru watched as the previous scene repeat itself, Hercules was assaulting, third red bullet shot, and Nezha desperately blocked it. However the third bullet explosion was even bigger. Is it more powerful each time?

Nezha seemed to realize this too. His spear shaft was damaged at many places. If this went on, the spear would break.

So when Hercules was coming for him, he did something different.

He launched his Universal Ring and it enclosed the stone sword.


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Archer was both annoyed and amazed. The spear must be something near a Divine Construct. It could defend against A-rank Noble Phantasm repeatedly. He needed a few more strikes to destroy it. So he changed tactics, using Hrunting to distract him while Heracles attacked. Either Hrunting hit, or Heracles smashed him.

Ilya also helped, shooting at him when there was an opening. The plan was going well so far.

And then Nezha used his ring to encircle Berserker axe-sword. The axe-sword was just a normal slab of stone, it was not Noble Phantasm. So he could destroy it by...

"Ring, become smaller!" Nezha shouted.

The axe-sword broke from the Ring pressure. Berserker still swung the broken half, but Nezha kicked it while wearing Fire Wind Wheel on his feet. It was destroyed to pieces.

Heracles was still assaulting. He used his hands to try grabbing Nezha.

Nezha escaped to the sky and gathering energy. Archer shot Hrunting one more time, but this time, Nezha evaded it by flying erratically in the air. He took a stance and kicked downward, Fire Wind Wheels burning with energy, aiming at Berserker's head.

Berserker's head was blown off.

"Ugh. Second life." Ilya grimaced.

Nezha was not idle. He directed Universal Ring to enclose Berserker;s body, constricting his arms. Without his weapon and arms, Berserker threat level would significantly decreased. Berserker had revived and regenerated his head, but his arms were restricted.

"Ilyasviel, withdraw Berserker." Saber said to Ilya. "Archer can delay him for a time. Quickly!"

Archer began shooting arrows without being prompted. Ilya used her Command Spell, "Berserker, return to me!" The Command Spell on her body flashed. Berserker instantly teleported and changed into spirit form beside Ilya.

Nezha looked confused when Berserker suddenly disappeared, but he soon was busy blocking arrows. He couldn't move freely, harrased by many arrows.

"Now Ilyasviel, ask the Gate for a weapon for Berserker. A big sword or axe is good." Saber said.

Ilyasviel materialized Berserker and gave him a big golden axe. This was the one that the Gate think suitable for him. But before she could send him back down, there was a change in situation. Nezha was saying something.

"He is chanting something. An aria?" Rider said. She already wore her blindfold again.

"O Father, lend me your Heavenly Army. O Father, give me command of your army.

Army of Heaven, heed my call. By my father's name Li Jing, I command you!

Come to this place and vanquish my enemy!"

From the sky above them, suddenly appeared rays of light. The clouds broke, and an army descended. They were coming in formations, forming ranks and filling the sky above them. The soldiers were floating on something like dense clouds.

Nezha was still below, he shouted, "Ooi, you said there is nothing wrong with more numbers! I bring my allies here. You can play with them!"

"Servants! They are Servants!" Rider exclaimed in surprise.

"Calm down! They are very low level Servants. Only slightly stronger than human." Saber said. "I have seen this type of Noble Phantasm before. Summoning an army of Servants. Look closely, there was no strong Servant there."

"True. It seems the prince can call his father's soldier. But he can't command the higher ranking officer. All of them are lowest rank soldiers..." Archer said, but his brows narrowed. "But their numbers... according to legend, Sun Wukong faced 100.000 celestial soldiers commanded by Li Jing. I think the numbers matched..."

"A hundred thousand!" Ilya shrieked.

Archer sneered, his eyes burning with excitement. "Did you forget what our power is? Now is the time to stop holding back. Let's show them. We will match numbers with numbers."

"Steel is my body and fire is my blood"

Swords started appearing from thin air. Not only swords, spears, halberds, maces, all kind of weapons. All of them were Noble Phantasm. Facing the front, ready to be launched, their numbers had reached hundreds, and more kept appearing to become thousands...

They were appearing on the right side of Vimana. "I will leave the left side to you." Archer said to Ilya in challenging tone.

Ilya put her hand on her hips and smiled ferociously. "If that is what you want. Gate of Babylon. 1000. Gilgamesh mode. Load."

The golden ripples appeared on the left side, and from there all kind of weapons, all Noble Phantasm, emerged and aimed, ready to be launched.


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Mariya Yuri was watching the screen with sweaty palms. The battle excited her, even though she would not admit it to anyone. At the same time, she was also anxious, hoping for the victory of the Campione. She shook her head. Yuri needed to focus, she actually had a duty here, trying to glimpse whatever Authority Iriya Group had.

She watched as Heretic God Nezha broke Hercules sword, and catching him with his Universal Ring when suddenly Hercules disappeared. It seemed that he was withdrawn.

And then Nezha summoned an army. That was Army of Heaven, each of the soldier was Celestial Warrior stronger than any human. They were all wearing chinese style armor and helmet, armed with lances, shields, and swords. They were flying by riding on clouds. The army were descending by batches, forming ranks and formation that filled the sky above, and there were radiant lights illuminating them. Everyone can see them clearly despite it being nighttime.

"A hundred thousand." Yuri said without realizing it. It was told in the story that the size of the Army of Heaven is 100.000, and that was the numbers that Sun Wukong faced when he rebelled against heaven.

"Amazing.", Yuri heard Ena's voice, her tone in awe. Yuri had to agree. She herself couldn't look away from the sight.

"How... how can they win against that?", Hikari asked, her voice small and anxious.

Yes, no matter how strong they were, they were only six person. Even if all of them were as strong as Hercules, and that was already too strong, what could they do against onslaught of an army? Even if the Red Knight could shoot arrows very fast, what difference would it make against Army of Heaven? The sheer numerical difference would decide the winner. There was nothing they can do. And if they lost... then... this city... this prefecture...

Her gloomy and panicked thoughts were cut short by a large sound.

"Curtana! Sword of Mercy!"

A hime-miko was standing with glassy eyes. She was in a trance. As usual she would collapsed after this and...

Unexpectedly, she continued shouting.

"Næġling! Dáinsleif! Claíomh Solais!"

And then she fainted.

But her shout was continued by another hime-miko.

"Joyeuse! Durandal! Thuận Thiên! Clarent! Beagalltach!"

And another one, and another one, and another hime-miko entered trance and shouting names of legendary weapons. Soon, it couldn't be differentiated who said what, as many hime-miko were shouting at the same time, and fainted one by one.

"Spear of Lugh! Gram! Arondight! Hauteclere!" "Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegār! Gae Bolg! Ascalon! Balmung!" "Gae Dearg! Brionac! Caliburn! Merodach!" "Précieuse! Houtengeki! Gungnir! Fragarach!" "Durindana! Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē! Muramasa! Harpe! Caladbolg! Moralltach!"

What? Why? What happened? Yuri looked around her. Why are all of them entered into trance at the same time? And then Yuri's eyes went back to the screen.

In the display she didn't see before, showing the space around Flying Vehicle, were swords. Swords, swords, swords were appearing. There were also lances, halberds, and all kind of bladed weapons. Their numbers kept increasing. The screen resolution was bad, but she could see that they were all special, magical weapons. Her jaw dropped down seeing it.

But why do they only appear on one side?

And as if on cue, there were holes forming on the space on the other side of Flying Vehicle, and from them many kind of weapons emerged. They were all the same kind as weapons on the other side, all mythical weapons with very powerful force.

Hhhhhhggg!

Yuri felt her head hurt. They are all legendary weapons, numbered in thousands. If I force myself to receive vision on them, I will be overwhelmed. Control yourself, no need to see their nature, she told herself.

Yuri looked beside her. Hikari had averted her eyes from the screen, breathing hard. Ena was watching the screen with gritted teeth, her hands clutching hard the long rod object she carried. Other hime-miko's condition were not so good. Many of them were being evacuated. Yuri estimated the hime-miko who were still standing numbered seven. This included Yuri, Hikari, Ena, and Kaoru. And that Suzuhara that was introduced earlier.

"Army of Heaven attacking!", Ena informed her. Yuri saw the screen again.

Meeting the advance of the Celestial Army, was the infinite volley of swords.


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So, I will leave it there.

AN

1. My english is horrible

No excuse. I will try to compensate with story content. At least you understand the story

2. Mariya Yuri is first year student of high school!

That was in Campione timeline. This story happened before that.

3. Sixth Ranger?

Some series start out with a particular type of ensemble, with a certain number of characters and a defined role for each: a Power Trio, for example, or a Five-Man Band. Then in the second season, a mysterious new character appears, fighting the protagonists and antagonists alike! After many misunderstandings, the new character is revealed to be a good guy and joins the team.

Any new character that joins an established ensemble and knocks it out of one of the traditional categories (and possibly into another) is a Sixth Ranger.

4. Visualize Nezha

If you want to see him fighting jumping around and using all his weapon

go to youtube and type: /watch?v=2OhkifRyIyA

Monkey king vs Nezha

5. Noble Phantasm

God Hand: Twelve Labors

A blessing of Gods, as well as a curse. It is a Noble Phantasm given to Heracles, representing immortality. This Noble Phantasm does not have an overt external manifestation such as a weapon or armour, but if you hazard to put a shape to it, the body itself can be called the Noble Phantasm. God Hand turns one's body into a tough suit of armour and nullifies all attacks Rank B or lower, regardless the attack being physical or magical. It also has the effect of automatic resurrection after death. Because the resurrection effect has 11 uses, Heracles cannot perish unless killed 12 times. In addition, due to Ilya's immense magical energy, given enough time, the lives lost can also be regenerated.

Resurrection as well as attack-nullification. Besides these two effects, God Hand also possesses a third effect: rendering an attack that it has experienced before useless. Regardless how powerful is the Noble Phantasm that defeated Heracles, it would be completely nullified after he resurrects.

Cybele ,the Mystic Eyes of Petrification , are Rider's Mystic Eyes. It was said to be a "curse of the gods sealed by the powers of shrines." Though petrification sorcery is no strange thing for modern Thaumaturgy, even if its users are rare and few in numbers, Mystic Eyes capable of petrifying others are something that nobody, human or not, possesses in the present era. They are designated as Jewel under the Noble Colors system, which surpasses the Gold-ranked Eyes of the Dead Apostles and are exclusively possessed by Holy Spirits and Magical Beasts from the Age of Gods.

The eyes, almost too abnormal to be called eyeballs, are gray with an appearance similar to crystals. Despite their abnormality, Shirou believes that they are too beautiful for any human to possess, and could either be art the gods admired or a nature they cursed. The corneas do not take in light, and the pupils see the world through a square. The irises are solidified, not allowing the eyes to close, and the millions of cells that make up the retinas are composed of the Sixth Imaginary Element. It affects all targets within the owner's field of vision, regardless of whether said targets are looking at the Eyes physically, or if they have their eyes closed but continue to view her with their mind's eye, as it is a curse to look upon her in any way.

Those who possess Rank C or lower in Mana will be immediately petrified, while those with Rank B may or may not be affected depending of the conditions. Those with Rank A or higher won't be petrified, but will sustain "pressure" from the Eyes and receive a one rank-down to all parameters. The entire body of the target will be affected, including clothing and weaponry, "killing them while alive" as they are turned to stone. The ability is viable in petrifying a group of enemies, but it would not be useful against an infinite number like the horde of shades spawned by Avenger. The amount of energy it uses is comparable to also fighting them off with her Noble Phantasms, so it would quickly drain her faster than simply fighting them off in melee combat.

Caladbolg II: The Fake Spiral Sword

Caladbolg is the demonic sword wielded by the Irish hero Fergus mac Róich in Celtic mythology. The version that Archer projects has been altered to improve its function as an arrow.
In the legends, Fergus mac Róich was the former king of Ulster and foster-father of the hero Cú Chulainn. However, he was tricked out of his kingship, and later allied with Connacht, an enemy of Ulster. During the decisive battle between Connacht and Ulster, Fergus was able to corner the enemy king who had betrayed him, but was prevented from killing him. It is said that he redirected his rage at this turn of events upon three hills, using Caladbolg to blast their tops clean off.

Archer encountered the original sword at some point during his life, adding it to the numerous Noble Phantasms stored in Unlimited Blade Works and allowing him to modify it to suit his fighting style. He projects it to be used as an arrow rather than a sword, with the improvements aimed to make use of it as an A-rank Broken Phantasm. He chants the first line of Unlimited Blade Works' incantation before firing it and, despite being renamed with the "II", he still only chants "Caladbolg" to activate it. When utilized as a close-combat weapon, he thrusts it to pierce the opponent.

The blade of the sword coils into a spiral that can penetrate any target by creating a twisting distortion in space when fired. When fired at Caster, it is powerful enough to easily break through her magical defenses simply as an aftereffect of it being purposely fired at an area far away from her.

Gáe Buidhe: Yellow Rose of Mortality

It is a cursed spear 1.4 meters long that inflicts wounds that cannot be healed naturally or with magecraft. It was a gift given to Diarmuid Ua Duibhne by Manannán mac Lir, the king of fairies, and he normally keeps it wrapped in a talisman cloth to seal its abilities and keep it from revealing his identity.

Unlike most other Noble Phantasms, the abilities of the spear are passive in nature. It does not require its name to be called upon in order to be utilized, allowing it to instantly actualize its curse of mortality upon striking the enemy. The spear lowers the opponent's maximum health limit, thus limiting healing and regeneration abilities to the point where the opponent received the injury.

Immortal Slaying Scythe, Harpe

It is a divine sword from Greek mythology used by Perseus to kill the Gorgon Medusa and one of the many weapons inside Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon. It is described as a monster-killing holy sword with a special shape similar to a scythe, having the cutting edge on the inside of the blade, though it isn't actually an outstanding sword by itself. Its true strength is its trait of Refraction of Longevity, which is a divine ability that nullifies the "undying attribute" of immortals and inflicts wounds that cannot be restored by any methods other than healing in accordance to the natural laws. It is one of five Noble Phantasms given to Perseus, the most legendary artifacts given to a single person in Greek history, for his quest to slay Medusa. It was given by Hermes, and as it was returned to him once the task was completed,

Hrunting: Hound of the Red Plains

It is one of Beowulf's magical swords. He used this sword in his battle with the mother of Grendel. It is capable of sensing and tracking Grendel.

Archer encountered it at some point in his lifetime, allowing him to add it to the database of Noble Phantasms stored within Unlimited Blade Works. He doesn't use it as a sword, but rather prefers to project and use it as a projectile Broken Phantasm from his bow.

It is a pitch-black weapon, with a few small edges coiling around the thin core, spiraling around it and somewhat curving outward. He uses it from atop the Center Building in Fuyuki City during Fate/hollow ataraxia, and shoots it four kilometers towards Saber and Shirou on the broad bridge. Once fired, it turns into a magical bullet enveloped in a red light that reaches speeds of Mach 10 on the most direct path to its target, and it will continue to pursue the target, even if parried, repulsed, or avoided, as long as the shooter keeps aiming at them. While it is normally impossible to change targets after firing, he is able adjust for such possibilities and have a single path be capable of striking two enemies.

He can shoot it over five times in a row, and he adds more magical energy to charge the shot each time. The second shot has a charging interval of twenty seconds, and the time increases after he places more power into it, with twenty-five seconds for the third and thirty for the fourth. He can further adjust and charge the shot by taking five more seconds.