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Chapter 8: Zouken Matou
Shirou and Sakura arrived at the Matou Estate and, needless to say, it was creepy as hell at night. Sakura opened the gates and we went inside, so far it looks fairly normal.
That is until she let us into a hidden room, and what we saw inside made us want to vomit.
Hallowed walls are everywhere, the sounds of chirping can be heard coming from within. There was a large pit at the center of the chamber; tiny things can be seen thriving inside, but Shirou can't discern what they are due to the darkness.
Me and Rider materialized beside the two of them. While Rider managed to keep her composure, I was physically gagging at the mass of insects in the pit.
"This is where Grandfather creates his familiars… it's also where I trained." Sakura explained, her voice becoming robotic.
Shirou turned to her, bewildered as he put the pieces together, "wait, you don't mean…"
"Grandfather would throw me into the pit, letting his worms penetrate me from every corner of my body…" Sakura revealed, "he would keep me there, for hours on end, to make me into an ideal Matou magus… I eventually grew numb to the pain."
Shirou couldn't believe it. How could… how could anyone do this to their own family!? It isn't right!
It… it isn't human!
[This is just a sliver of the Moonlit World. Magi train their successors in order for their legacy and magecraft to persevere in the future. Proof of that is a Magic Crest that's carved into their first born, while the second born are either killed or put up for adoption.]
I pick up one of the Crest Worms slithering around and stare at it, "the Tohksaka family had two children. It was decided that the eldest would receive their Magic Crest while the younger sibling would be put up for adoption. The Matou bloodline was dying, so per their alliance, the Tohsakas gave way to their youngest to prevent the Matous from dying out. Zouken decided to make the child the 'heir' despite already having an heir and immediately started training."
Shirou turns to me as I crush the worm in my hand, "but that was all a lie", its blood flowed down the floor, "the truth was that Zouken needed vessels to sustain himself and one that had high-quality magic circuits would sustain him longer than an ordinary human. He seized the opportunity when the Tohsakas offered to give him their youngest, as Tohsaka magi are known to have high-quality magic circuits. The first thing he did was change the child's hair and eye color, making their original lineage nonexistent, and the second was plant a worm that housed his soul so that when the time came he could take them over and continue living like the parasite he was."
My face contorts as anger takes over, "it is a mockery of human life and every moral under the sun! How DARE he think that he can manipulate his own family for the sake of his vanity!? HOW DARE HE TREAT THEM AS TOOLS, AS GODDAMN CLOTHES HE CAN WEAR!? WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THAT PIECE OF DOG SHIT, I. WILL. RIP. HIM. APART! NOT EVEN HIS SOUL WILL REMAIN!" Sparks of power began to leak out with every word, causing everyone to instinctually take a step back.
[There are things worse than death]
Shirou was left stunned by his yelling. Never once had he seen his Servant so angry before, nor have so much vice for one person even if they deserved it.
Rider was no different though she had to admit that she… liked this side of him.
'What is wrong with me?' Rider thought.
He closed his eyes, and let out a heavy sigh calming down. Suddenly the atmosphere turned stale, and seemed like the temperature dropped for some reason, but what drew their attention were Frank's eyes, specifically his left eye.
It was bleeding.
[Noble Phantasm deployed. Type: Anti-Fortress]
He opened his left eye, showing that it was back to being purple with black rims. "I think, therefore I am… Amaterasu!" In an instant, black flames burst out of nowhere from within the pit eating away at all the Crest Worms. They could hear the creatures screaming in agony as they tried to save themselves, but it was impossible.
No one can escape Amaterasu's flames.
I turned off the Rinnegan and turned to the group, "let's go… soon the flames will devour the entire house."
Shirou and Sakura watched in awe and fear as the flames danced in the pit, the cries from its denizens had long since died out. Slowly Shirou grabbed Sakura's hand and held it tight, causing Sakua to yelp at the sudden touch.
His hand was warm yet firm, but also cold.
Sakura blushed a bit and suddenly started heading up the stairs, never letting go of his hand.
As we made it back to the entrance, there was someone in front of us. He has curly blue hair that reminds me of seaweed and gray blue eyes . He was wearing a white and black jacket, a black shirt and blue jeans.
"What the hell are you guys doing here!?" He demanded.
"Nii-san…" Sakura hid behind Shirou's back.
Rider glares at her former "Master".
Shirou tried to be the voice of reason. "Listen Shinji, we need to get out here, the house is going to bur-"
"Shut up! You're here to sabotage me, aren't you!? Well, I just got a new Servant, stronger than anything you trash can muster, and he will-"
[Noble Phantasm deployed. Type: Anti-World]
"King Crimson!"
Before anyone blinked, the scene in front of them suddenly became glitchy and corrupted. When it returned to normal, Shinji was gone.
"Where did he go?" Shirou asked.
"Oh, he's been dealt with." I reassured them. Even if Shinji was an asshole, that doesn't mean he needed to die.
I lightly laugh to myself, much to everyone's confusion.
We see Shinji stuffed head-first in a trash can, struggling to get himself out.
The trash can tips over.
Shinji cries like a little bitch.
We left the house and then started hearing cracking noise. Turning to look, we see the Amaterasu flames have finally reached the surface and then rapidly engulf the rest of the estate.
Sakura looked on as her home - her personal hell - being burned to nothingness. She still remembered the day she was brought here, the day Sakura Tohsaka "died" for the sake of a monster's twisted obsessions. The only person that brought her comfort was her uncle, but even that didn't last long. Then her brother started raping her, stripling her of the one thing that still belonged to her, the one thing that she wanted to give Shirou when the time came, but even that was taken.
Maybe now she can finally have hope.
"Sakura?"
Sakura turned to see Shirou by her side, holding her hand.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Smiling softly, Sakura nodded. "Yes, senpai," she said. "I feel… I feel… like I'm finally free."
Shirou allowed himself to smile. He feared what kind of toll the Matous had on Sakura's mind. But if what she's saying is true, then Zouken's influence on her was truly gone.
Now it was time to put the bastard down.
We were walking through the area until we ran into someone we never expected.
"Tohsaka!?" Shirou cried.
Sure enough it was Rin Tohsaka, wearing a red winter coat with a black scarf along with a black skirt and long black socks under brown boots.
Rin was shocked. "Wha… what are you guys doing here!?"
"More importantly, where are you going?" I asked.
Rin hesitated to answer, but decided to tell us, "Archer reported a disturbance at the Fuyuki Central Park, and was going to head down and investigate." She noticed traces of flames coming from down the street, where Matou Estate is, "did something happen?" She asked.
"I burned down a house." I said nonchalantly.
Rin blinked once.
Twice.
Thrice.
"WHAT!?"
"Hey, it wasn't just a house, it was the Matou house." I reassured her.
"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!" Rin exclaimed, who would be on their right mind to burn down a magus' territory.
"Nah, if anything I did you all a favor. That place was just a cesspool of filth and perversity on human life; it had to go." I stated.
Rin rubbed her temples in frustration, but what's done is done. "Haaaah, you're making my job as owner of this city a whole lot harder, you know that? Whatever, let's go."
"Hang on a sec, need to do something." I said. I weaved a few hand seals, and a puff of smoke came out of nowhere. From within the smoke, there was an exact duplicate of me; clothes and personality included.
"Hey, boss what's up?" The clone asked.
"I need you to go to the highest point in the city, and keep an eye on us while we're in Central Park." I ordered.
"Kay." The clone agreed, sprouting white dragon wings and flew away.
"Alright, let's go." I said and headed my way to the park.
Everyone was left surprised by what just happened, but quickly dismissed it as they've got used to Frank's random Noble Phantasms.
They soon followed him as they made their way to Shinto.
Fuyuki Central Park
Zombies.
Dozens upon dozens of zombies were marching through the park, their moans and screeches can be heard from the entrance. We were shocked by the absurd amount of undead gathered here, it was like something straight out of a horror film. Their bodies were literally falling apart, some of the bodies looked like they hadn't been dead for too long, but they were rotting at an incredible rate.
"Is this Zouken's doing?" Rin said in disbelief.
"Most likely…" I inferred.
In the distance, someone was fighting the horde head-on, easily tearing through the zombies. His blood-red spear seemed to be radiating energy from its tip.
"Is that…?" Shirou began.
"Lancer!" I finished.
Lancer turned to look at us, he had a smile on his face. "Oi, long time no see! I'm guessing you're here to deal with this mess."
"Yup." I said, popping the "p". "But you clearly have things under control here."
"Ho, Ho! Cheeky aren't you?" Lancer quipped.
"Rin."
Archer materialized in front of us, he gave a quick glance at Lancer before looking back at us.
"What did you find Archer?" Rin asked.
Archer folded his arms, "there are undead everywhere, I estimate that there about a thousand or more. There were also a small group of undead forming some sort of perimeter at the center of this."
"Jeeeeez, this bastard really likes to show off." Lancer said.
"Well then, there's only one thing we can do..." Rin turned to Archer, who nodded in understanding at what she meant.
"There's no need for that."
Everyone turns to me, "what do you mean!? We can't get through that many undead by ourselves." Rin yelled.
I smirked, "I already have a man for the job."
Everyone looked at me perplexed before realizing who I was talking about though Lancer looked at me confused.
We see my clone standing on top of the edge of a rooftop with a bow in his right hand. The bow itself seemed to be made of purple dragon scales.
Not just any dragon, an Elder Dragon.
Even though dead, its power seemed to radiate off of the bow itself, a testament to the being it was crafted from. It is cursed weapon said to drive the wielder insane for battle, becoming dragons in the process.
The clone lets a manic smile form on his face, "let's do some damage~" He raises his left arm and opens his hand.
Black God, redeem your sins
White God, kill on instinct
[Noble Phantasm deployed. Type: Broken]
Black flames with a red outline erupt from my pawn and the form of a sword. Specifically a japanese long sword with a black blade, crossguard, and handle with a black chain at the bottom. The crossguard has four prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji (A/N: it's the kanji for "ban," meaning "full", as in "full release"). The clone proceeds to modify the sword to make it act more like an arrow. Its prongs now served to hold the arrow. As the clone pulls the string back of his bow, black energy begins to leak out from the weapon causing the ground he is standing on begins to crack and break away.
"I think, therefore I am… Zangetsu!"
The clone fires it, leaving behind a wave of destruction in its wake. "All done boss, it's your show now." The clone disappears.
"You may want to take a step back." I advised.
As soon as those words were said, everyone could feel a sudden chill running down their spines. It was the feeling you'd get from being stalked by a predator.
It felt unnatural.
The sky turns black, and they see a black comet falling straight towards the horde of zombies.
The resulting explosion engulfed the entire already in darkness, a black hole that seemed to consume anything in its path.
When everyone looked up, there was practically nothing left. No, zombies, no trees, not even the very earth was spared.
It left a literal scar on the planet.
"Goddamn… remind me to fight you again someday!" Lancer exclaimed, seemingly drooling at the idea to fight.
No said anything and simply looked at the destruction with apprehension and unease. Archer in particular as he has never seen this amount of power during his life or as a Heroic Spirit. He thought that he could still enact his plan, but with this monster around, he may have to reconsider.
Sakura was amazed, never before have she seen this level of destruction before. Frank was doing all of this for her sake, a complete stranger, and it made her happy.
Rider allowed herself to smile. It was nice to have someone like Foreigner around. Having someone who actually cares for you, who would do anything out of their own volition instead of in exchange for something else. In life, she was treated nothing short of a monster with only her sisters who actually loved her despite everything. Sakura reminded her of herself, someone slowly turning into a monster by twisted desires, and did everything in her power to make sure that never happened, even if that meant bending a knee to those same people.
Then the Servant known as Foreigner arrived.
Foreigner was powerful, and resourceful though he did seem eccentric and lacked common sense. He didn't have any need for the Holy Grail, she could feel it through their Servant-Master contract, and wanted to destroy it for the sake of others.
Rin was just trying to process what the hell she just witnessed.
CLAP
There was a noise.
CLAP
Someone was clapping in the distance.
CLAP
"MaRvELOUS! yOu arE beTTer ThaN I tHoughT."
The smoke began to dissipate, someone was standing on the other side. It was an old man wearing purple robes and had a table mantle over his head. He held a wooden walking stick, though some parts of it were burned.
"!"
"G-Grandfather…!" Sakura muttered.
"HIHIHIHIHI! AH iF It IsN'T my bEaUtiFUL gRANddAuGhtEr. mY hOw You hAve gRowN. ANd tHeSe muSt bE yOuR fRieNDS, tHaNK yOu fOr bEinG wItH MY GraNDdaUgHter." Zouken cried.
Everyone noticed Zouken's speech pattern. It was broken, like someone had ripped all of his teeth out and was just slowly choking from the blood.
He then turns to me, I could feel the malice he has been exuding being directed at me. "YoU mUsT bE tHe FReAk wHo ruinED my GRAndDAUGhter, WHO dEsTRoyEd aNY cHanCe of sAViNG tHe MAtOus."
He sounds calm but I knew that underneath that mantle was the face of someone going mad with rage. "How are you even alive anyway? You know what? I don't even care, you ruined her the moment you threw her into that cesspool you call magecraft. You have single-handedly destroyed hundreds, if not, thousands lives all for the sake of some bane notion of immortality, now tell me…" I step forward revealing a smile, "are you ready to pay the piper, worm?"
CRACK
An audible crack came from Zouken, he then spit out a tooth which seemed to melt on the floor " SuCh InPudEnCE! DO yoU tHink yOU, A mEre FAKER, cAN Kill mE!? I Will BeCoME iMMorTal eVen If i haVE to tURN tHis TOWN inTO A cITy of UnDEad!"
A magic circle appears in front of him, and in the center of it was someone I'd never thought I'd see. He has the appearance of a samurai swordsman with long indigo hair tied into a ponytail and indigo eyes. He wears a traditional light purple umanori hakama and kimono, light purple tabi and black geta with purple haori and tekkou and carries his sword on his back.
However, what drew my attention was the gaping hole in his chest… and the worms slithering inside it.
"Disgusting…" Lancer said, physically revolted at the state of this once great warrior.
Sakura simply looked away, imagining that her body was once like that… stuffed to the brim with worms. She leans on Shirou's side for comfort.
Shirou himself was sending a death glare at the monster.
Zouken cackles. "eVEn in deAth, SErvAnTs sTill hAVe theIR uSEs, deSpITE tHEIR NaTuRE." he raises his walking stick and points it at me, "KILL HIM!"
Fake Assassin began to move, he wasn't walking straight and worms were spilling out of the hole with every step.
"I think, therefore I am…"
It unsheathes its sword, it was 150 centimeters in length.
A sword that can cut anything
A god of death
A katana appears in my hand, the tsukamaki handle has a traditional diamond pattern in the negative space. It has a gold dragon styled menuki inserted underneath the tsukamaki to allow for the fingers to grip. The tsuba/handguard is gold and a deep navy blue, shaped like a hexagon with two trapezoidal halves, each with gold dot pattern patches and in a grove like motif with gold rings, inside of which are various circles in clusters of three, arranged in triangular patterns, and the gold habaki/fuller is also with a similar embossed pattern. The scabbard is black, made of traditional lacquered wood, and features several metallic ornaments on its far end, and the sageo is blue, with gold dot accents.
[Noble Phantasm deployed. Type: Anti-Unit]
In an instant, three concurrent arching blades close on me from all sides to create a prison, allowing no chance for defense or evasion.
"FRANK!" Everyone cried.
I quickly grab the handle of the sword, "don't move." In a mere blink, Fake Assassin was literally torn apart, pieces of his body were all over the ground.
Everyone looked in awe and perplexed at what just happened in front of them.
"Incredible, I've never seen a swordsman pull off a technique like that before." Lancer said, eyes wide in awe.
The Masters turned to Lancer confused, "what do you mean?" Shirou asked.
Archer scoffs, "of course you couldn't see that, human eyes can only track things for so long."
As Fake Assassin was about to deliver the killing blow, Frank unsheathed his sword.
"He created a distortion in space that engulfed his opponent which he sliced multiple times by the blade in very rapid succession within a nanosecond. Even as an Archer, I could barely track his movements."
As he said, Frank delivers a series of slashes at it, tearing the body apart with every strike. He then sheathed his sword, and the body simply fell apart.
"But that would mean he created a Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon; he managed to use True Magic in the form of a sword technique!" Rin exclaimed.
"Wow…" Shirou said.
"Yeah, he is one impressive guy." Lancer agreed.
I begin walking towards Zouken, I'm ending this now.
"HIEEEEEEE!" Zouken screech, I guess I know where Shinji got his bitching from.
Zouken tried to run, but his cane broke and he fell , the resulting fall caused the mantle in his head to fly off. It revealed half of his face was rotting with worms crawling in his skull. His left arm was completely skeletal with worms mended into it to act as makeshift nerves to move.
The other Servants were disturbed at the thing before them while the Masters were trying very hard not to thrown up.
He really is a monster, a disgusting parasite!
"n-NO! PleAse doN'T! I cAn gIVe yOU whAtEvEr yoU wANT, I KNOW oF a WaY tO gAIn tHe HOly GrAIl wITHouT bLOOdshEd! If YoU lEt mE lIVE, I Can-!"
"Stop talking, your voice is annoying." I raise the sword to his face, ready to end this madness.
"NONONONONONONONONONONOONNOONONONONONO!"
….
All over the city, the light go out.
….
All of the Servants felt an eerie sensation running down their spines, something was coming.
Something deadly.
Something begins to come to eye view. It looked like some sort of jellyfish, completely covered in black tendrils with a red outline. It was also twitching constantly and its shape was twisting, contorting, and expanding seemingly all at once like it was sick or something.
All of the Servants instinctively took a step back, this thing in front of them was unlike anything they've ever felt, it was like being drowned in a sea.
A sea of madness.
[Frank, you need to get out of there, NOW!]
I jump back and land in front of the group; they all kept glaring at the shadow in eerie silence.
"What is that…?" Sakura asked, for some reason, its presence felt familiar to her.
The Shadow expanded its…shadow… and it slowly encompasses everything around it, like a rain droplet splashing in the ground.
"hElp Me! Help m-" Zouken became covered by the darkness along with the remains of Fake Assassin. Both of their forms seem to melt into the darkness, and it is quickly retracted.
"They… they're gone." Rin stated.
The shadow began to twist and constrict as it slowly turned to us, it then shot a black line straight towards us.
"Look out!" I pushed Shirou and Sakura aside as the black line was now under me. The darkness began to engulf me as my vision became blurry and all I could see was darkness.
…
…
…
No…
DESPAIR
Not again…
SADNESS
I can't go back to this, I want to live in this world.
GREED
My friends…
LUST
I hate this…
HATE
I HATE THIS!
HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE!
"ENOUGH!"
Frank begins to illuminate an ethereal glow, it was power that he was not aware of consciously. His eyes open revealing that they were not human, but rather a symbol of the power that has been released.
The power to control all.
The power of the Mutliverse.
"You cannot taint us, daemon! You will never touch what lies beyond the primordial void! Now begone!" "Frank" announced, it sounded like the were two voices speaking at once.
Black tendrils appear everywhere, trying to absorb him once more.
In the real world, everyone held their breath as Frank was encased in darkness. Rider was about to call on her weapons ready to free him.
CRACK
A crack can be seen erupting from the cocoon, there was light coming from inside. More cracks kept appearing until the cocoon exploded, blinding everyone with its light. The black line underneath began to catch fire, and the shadow called it back letting out an ear-piercing shriek before disappearing into the night.
As the light dims, everyone sees that the shadow is gone and Frank has collapsed on the ground.
"Frank!" The group surrounded him, making sure he was okay. He soon begins to stir and comes to as his head slowly rises.
"Hey, guys." I said weakly.
Sakura tackles me, and gives me a hug. "Thank god, you're okay! We thought you were… I thought-"
I pat Sakura's head. "Me? Nah, I'm too stubborn to die."
Rider held her hand out but quickly repressed the feeling, as long as Frank was alright that was enough.
Lancer stretches his arms, "Well, since the worst is over, I guess I should return to my Master." He begins walking away.
"Wait!" I yelled.
Lancer turns to look at me. "What is it? You wanna fight me or something?"
I stand and groggily walk towards Lancer, "there's something I want to say to you."
Lancer smirks, "oh? And what would that be?"
Suddenly, he feels a cold sensation in his chest. Looking down, he sees that he's been stabbed by a very peculiar dagger.
"Rule Breaker."
Lancer felt the connection between him and his Master banished and a new one formed.
"You belong to me now, Lancer." I smiled.
Lancer just gives me a quick glaze before yelling from the top of his lungs.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?"
Omake: The No-Star Confrontation
I went to the break room to get my afternoon snack.
A while back, Ritsuka tried summoning another Servant using all of the Saint Quartz I gave her, but instead got a bunch of trash items. However, there was one that caught my eye.
Smores Ice-cream!
See, I love smores, but the ice cream version had to be my absolute favorite!
I opened the fridge and looked for my snack… only to find that it wasn't there.
"What the?" I said.
I looked frantically for the ice cream, in every nook and cranny of the fridge, but it was nowhere in sight.
"Where the hell is it!?" I yelled.
[I suggest you turn around, Frank]
I turned around to the sound and felt like I was going to pop a vein. Sitting on the table was that Shirou Emiya lookalike: Angra Mainyu.
He was eating my ice cream!
"Hey Kuro, what are you eating there?"
Angra Mainyu, Kuro, turns his attention to me, "hm? This delicious ice cream I found in the fridge. I honestly don't know why anyone would forget such a tasty treat." He took another bite.
Tick marks began to appear, "that's my ice cream dude; I was saving it for today."
"Really? Well, it's all mine now~" Kuro said and took another bite.
(Cue the Jojo music)
"You know what, asshole? You just pissed me off." I growled.
Angra Mainyu lets go of the ice cream and stands up, "really? And what are you going to do about it?" A pair of reverse grip weapons appear in both hands. They seemed to be fashioned in the shape of a mix between a beast's fangs and claws.
"I think, therefore I am… The World!"
Time stops completely and Angra Mainyu is frozen in place. I delivered the most devastating attack ever conceived by mankind.
I gave him the hardest kick I could muster.
Right in the balls.
"Time resumes."
"GAAAAAARRAGH!" Angra Mainyu collapses onto the floor, with both hands holding his crotch, "YOU... CHEAP PIECE OF SHIT! MY NUTS… MY PERFECT BALLS, MY MEEEEAAAAT!" He continues to cry.
"Good grief" I take my ice cream and leave the break room, probably going to eat in my room.
Angra Mainyu sends me an evil glare, "mark my words, Foreigner: I will have my revenge- doughhh, FUCK THIS HURTS!"
To be Continued…
Noble Phantasms used:
Amaterasu: Heavenly Illumination (A+) Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm
The highest level of dojutsu techniques, also known to represent the "Material World and Light". It produces black flames at the focal point of the user's vision. In most situations, this makes Amaterasu impossible to avoid. However, if the target can move fast enough to prevent being focused on, Amaterasu will miss them when it's cast. Once created, it will continue burning indefinitely until its target is completely incinerated. The flames cannot be extinguished with water or any other normal methods; only the user can put the flames out. Said to be "the fires from hell" and to burn as hot as the sun itself, Amaterasu burns any material — other flames included — until nothing but ash remains.
Use of this technique puts a great deal of strain on the user, usually causing their eyes to bleed. Though the user can make Amaterasu incinerate things near instantly when focusing on it, Amaterasu burns fairly slowly normally, allowing targets to remove burning clothes before their body is caught ablaze or, if it's too late for that, remove the burning body part(s) before it spreads.
King Crimson: Time Erasure (EX) Anti-World Noble Phantasm
The ability to erase time and predict the future, rendering the user invincible during this period. It can erase a given frame of time; it starts from the instant the ability is activated and can be made to last up to 10 seconds. "During" this period of erased time, only the user remains fully conscious and is the only one who can re-adjust his actions. Other people will be unable to experience anything that happens and will continue to act as they would have. After the effect of the ability ends, all people other than the user will retain no memories of anything that happened during the erased period. After the allotted time frame, people will suddenly find themselves in the situation they were supposed to be in afterwards.
In addition, the user becomes "intangible" during time erasure, allowing attacks to pass through them, as the moment that the attack would have hit was erased. However, this also means the user cannot attack while King Crimson's time erasure is active. As a result, the user relies on the ability to avoid attacks and move into advantageous positions, such as an enemy's blind spot, then quickly attack the enemy the moment the ability ends. The user may also use said intangibility for a brief period of time in order to cause an attack to pass through him and hit a different target.
Alatreon Commandment: The Dragon of Destruction's Bow (B) Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Made from parts of an Alatreon, it encapsulates the presence of dominance that made this monster so feared by all creatures. An Alatreon bow is desired by those who lust for power. With this weapon in hand, they become dragons. It utilizes the Dragon Element, a strange and unknown power that causes additional damage. Monsters that are capable of using the Dragon Element can be found in a wide variety of environments, and are generally extremely powerful and oftentimes quite rare, but they are weak to it themselves.
Tensa Zangetsu: False Heavenly Chain Slaying Moon (EX) Broken Phantasm
It is a Zanpakutō (Soul-Cutter Sword), the main weapon of the Shinigami. Each Zanpakutō is unique: the swords are reflections of a Shinigami's power and soul, and sentient beings unto themselves. The Zanpakutō's name is the name of the living spirit which empowers the sword and lends its strength to the Shinigami who wields it. Zangetsu is unique as it is the fusion of three different aspects of a soul that, for all intents and purposes, should not be possible. Its special ability is called Getsuga Tenshō (Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer). At the instant of the slash, the blade absorbs the user's Reiryoku (Spiritual Power) and releases highly condensed Reiatsu (Spirit Pressure) at the tip of the blade, which magnifies the slash attack and flies forward. This slash takes the form of a crescent moon or the shape of a wave.
Much like Archer, Foreigner uses this iteration of Zangetsu as an arrow by modifying it for long-range attacks and doesn't called it by by its full name to activate. The blade would ignite and become coated in black spirit energy with a red outline, overloading it resulting in the destruction of the area around him before firing.
Yamato: The Separation of Two Opposing Forces (EX) Anit-Unit Noble Phantasm
A dark-sword forged by a legendary demon knight who sought to protect humanity rather than conquer them. As such, it is far sharper than ordinary blades, and is imbued with tremendous demonic power. The sword is said to be able to cut through anything, even the very fabric of space itself. This ability is shown primarily through the sword's ability to create portals for its wielder to travel through. The user can utilize an ability called Judgement Cut in which he draws and swings so fast that Yamato doesn't appear to even leave its sheath (similar to Iaijutsu, a style of sword techniques). It creates a distortion in space that engulfs his target which is sliced multiple times by the blade in very rapid succession. This ability is capable of hitting any enemies that are within the rather large distortion radius. The Yamato is able (to an extent) to bring out its wielder's true potential as well as repair through that resonance.
Engraved on the body in a variety of shapes, most typically in a magic circle, a Magic Crest is a series of Magic Circuits that were given a more stable form in order to act as an archive of thaumaturgical capability. At some point of the magus' life, he will forge some of his own Magic Circuits into the Crest, store many, if not all, spells that he learned in life and then pass it down to his successor. As the process repeats itself with each new generation, the older a lineage is, the greater the number of Circuits forming the Crest, and the greater the amount of knowledge stored inside it. It is the duty of any heir of a family of magi to successfully expand and pass down the Crest to the next generation.
The Shadow Clone Technique allows the user to create one or more copies of themselves. The user's energy is evenly divided between themselves and their clones: creating one clone will give it half the user's energy, creating two clones will give each a third of the user's energy, and so on. Depending on how much energy the user has and how many clones they make, this rapid depletion of their reserves can be dangerous.
Once created, shadow clones can serve a number of purposes. They can be used as decoys, either by keeping opponents preoccupied or, because they can't be told apart, concealing the original's identity. If enough shadow clones are created, they can simply overwhelm an opponent, pinning them down or attacking from multiple directions.
Shadow clones usually disperse once they are struck hard enough, but they have been shown capable of enduring injuries for a time. When a clone's task is completed, it can disperse itself or be dispersed by its user. Once dispersed, the clone's experiences and remaining chakra are transferred back to the user. The shared experiences make shadow clones useful for intelligence gathering: a shadow clone can be sent into hostile territory, gather information without endangering the user, and disperse when finished, thus transferring what they've learned. Alternatively, shadow clones can recon an area, dispersing when they've found what they're looking for in order to let the user know the target's location.
Alatreon is part of a species of dragons known as Elder Dragons. They are very territorial as no other creature lives anywhere near their den. Alatreon might attack most of its prey from the air, giving it an advantage over most other monsters. It is known as a symbol of destruction, people fear even uttering it's name. It's rumoured to control all of the elements, but most, if not all, records of its existence have been burned.
The Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon is one fragment of the Second Magic, which is essentially the ability to create openings into parallel universes. One can then interact with the 'other side' through this gap.
The Jewel Sword and Tsubame Gaeshi, Assassin's sword technique, are both capable of causing this phenomenon.
Author Notes
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