"I should be able to destroy it," said Caster. "My Grand Princess form should up my parameters just enough."
"Well then, I might as well guarantee it," said Kyo. "By my command seal, I order you: destroy the Chaos Grail and return alive."
Caster chuckled. "You know I can't guarantee both."
"Well, if this is the last time we see each other, then farewell, Haruka."
Caster charged in. She struggled with the light and intense energy surrounding the grail that kept blowing her away.
"Get out of here, Waver. Make sure the Mages' Association can get here," said Kyo.
"You're not escaping?"
"I have to make sure Caster can destroy the Grail."
After much hesitation, Waver made haste out.
Caster finally managed to gain a foothold and fired a Lily Tourbillon at the Grail. Strange energy was being released from the Grail as she was struggling to destroy it.
"That missile would look really good right now…" thought Kyo.
Finally Kyo went in and fired his wand at the Grail. It was finally starting to succumb to the pressure of their combined strength.
However, Kyo was thrown across the theatre and nearly knocked out by the sheer energy.
Eventually, Caster had to use the strength she had left to bring her friends back and fire off Grand Liberation at the Grail.
The blast caused a massive surge of energy to envelop them.
Kyo woke up to be sitting among a colorful crew of heroic figures in what appeared to be a medieval Mead Hall
"Drink up, Lord Ishikawa," said a big red-haired man "We got a big day tomorrow."
"A hangover is the last thing you would want for such an occasion," Kyo replied. "Wait, what are doing tomorrow?"
A lean, handsome man with a mole and a spear replied, "We are the ones you chose to destroy that pesky device."
"What device?"
A blonde feminine swordsman spoke up. "We haven't filled you in properly yet. The Chaos Grail is trying to use you as a vessel after Haruka Haruno destroyed it."
"A vessel?"
"I doesn't help your case that you are probably the only original character in that story," a second spearman replied.
"That's hardly the point, Cú Chulainn," said the other blue-haired spearman.
"Sorry, Diarmuid." Cú Chulainn replied.
"I, Iskandar, king of conquerors, will be riding you to destroy the Grail inside you and those spearmen and the lovely Artoria Pendragon will accompany you," said the red-haired man
"I'm flattered," said Kyo.
Artoria continued. This Chaos Grail threatens us as it plans to create a universe that will tear the divide between reality and fiction. It thinks you will be the perfect vessel as your origin seems to best reflect that. Not to mention you bear the markings that previous masters used to wield us."
Suddenly a strange woman in a cloak entered the room, and everyone brandished their weapons.
"State your business, Medea," said Artoria.
"Relax, woman," said Medea. "I am only requesting to join this little quest."
Everyone was skeptical, except Iskandar. "I trust her," he said, "we need all the help we can get."
Everyone lowered their weapons but kept a stink eye on Medea. Eventually Iskandar said, "Well, let's hit the hay. We leave bright and early."
The next morning, they all boarded Iskandar's chariot and they headed out.
"We don't really need two mages," said Cú Chulainn, "Kyo is enough badass for this crew." Kyo blushed at that flattery.
"Please, you have no idea," Madea replied, crossing her legs and arms. "He's a mere amateur compared to my prowess."
Iskandar had to stop the chariot for a second. They were being attacked by a squad of mercenaries.
Artoria, Cú Chulainn, and Diarmuid jumped out and began defending against these mercenaries. Artoria especially had the upper hand, as she managed to block every single spear blow and cut through several of them.
However, they were quickly being overwhelmed, so Medea just snapped her fingers and several of them were blasted with energy.
"We had it under control," Diarmuid said.
"Yeah, totally," Medea replied.
"So, this is Kyo Ishikawa," an imposing blonde man said who emerged from the forest.
"You were also called to stop this, Gilgamesh. Don't act so high and mighty. This grail will affect all of us." said Artoria.
"Oh," Gilgamesh replied. "For a mongrel like him?"
Kyo exited the chariot. Gilgamesh summoned several swords from glowing portals and fired them at Kyo.
He fired his wand at these weapons, causing a chain reaction that made them shatter.
"Hmm. He has some skill. I'll stand aside and help this mongrel. But not just for my will."
He joined them on the chariot and his mercenaries stood aside.
They reached a large and deep crater with a glowing orb in the middle.
"Here's the place," said Iskandar.
"We will leave you here," said Artoria, "but we will be with you until the Grail is destroyed. Our powers will be your own. The seals should be sufficient to use us."
They then vanished. For a second, Kyo saw markings cover his arms and felt a huge flash of pain and almost collapsed.
When he got back up he began to approach the orb, which he assumed was the Chaos Grail trying to use him.
He thought about what Artoria told him about their power. He took out the Azoth Sword given to him by Tokiomi. He began to picture her sword, which he assumed was the legendary sword, Excalibur, that she wielded.
He reached out his hand and his body began flowing with energy and everywhere and he began glowing red.
It was an intense feeling but he needed one of their powerful weapons to destroy the Grail for good. It took a long time but eventually he was able to pull it off. He was carrying King Arthur's sword.
When he began to approach the Grail it started shooting energy at him. He had to run fast along the edges of the crater to dodge its attacks instead of descending the crater straight to it.
He was getting close but he got careless and it shot a blast at him that hit right next to him, causing him to fall several feet to the bottom of the crater.
He tried standing up, but he failed. He must have broken a leg.
From where he was, he quickly grabbed Excalibur and vertically swung it onto the Grail before it could make another attack.
He had to apply an incredible amount of force to break it. It was slowly starting to shatter. He felt intense energy coming from the Grail. It felt like it was splitting him apart. However, he persisted and split the grail in two and the blast knocked him back to the side of the crater.
After that experience, all he could do is rest and hope and pray that he would be rescued.