Chapter 6: The Shinjuku Outbreak part 1
Servants are a really stupid thing to exist. If a heroic spirit has already died, why are you able to bring them back for this holy grail war? What even is the holy grail war? I constantly ask myself that after I kill heroic spirits with my own.
Enkidu was special in that way. He obeyed my orders, he killed the other heroic spirits without hesitation. After that stupid corrupted servant killed Enkidu, I'll never forgive them.
I have two servants left, Berserker and an altered Archer. My berserker class servant's true name is unknown but the altered Archer is Arjuna. After I win this war, my wish to the grail will be for holy grail wars to never exist again.
This is my city, known as Shinjuku…
It took a week for us to get to Shinjuku. Surprisingly, we didn't have any battles up until now which is quite a relief. Both Shirou and Bam have been getting along quite well meanwhile Assassin has been getting along more with the altered mage.
Shinjuku wasn't that huge to my surprise, but I could tell there have been many fights that have gone on in this city. Some of the buildings show markings of getting freshly rebuilt which is odd. Why would Shinjuku be such a hotspot for fights?
"Master, I sense many servants here. Do you still want to enter Shinjuku?" Bam asked me. I'm aware that he's being cautious and wants me to be the most safe, but there'd be no reason for me to leave if we walked for literally a week to get here.
I nod my head at Bam, confirming that I still want to enter Shinjuku. Even if we have to fight, I will try my hardest to win even though I'm a mediocre mage.
While standing at the entrance of Shinjuku, we heard fighting between servants. Multiple beams of light came from the ground and clearly went high enough for us to see it at the entrance.
The beams of light were black but had streaks of red in them. Those beams of light aren't holy whatsoever, they're clearly altered.
The servants were shouting, but I couldn't clearly hear what they were saying due to me being too far away. It's clear to me though, that the servants here are stronger than what we expected.
It's clear as to why the buildings were getting destroyed now.
"Gae! Bolg!" I heard a servant yell. It was clear what he said as he screamed so loud that I'm sure people even from a mile away would've heard it.
"Gae Bolg..? That's a noble phantasm name isn't it?" Bam asked the altered mage. The altered mage nodded his head but he shrugs his shoulders directly after. "I'm not sure what heroic spirit would have that noble phantasm though. I've lost most of my memories when it comes to proper heroic spirits."
Well isn't that great. The altered mage actually doesn't remember something for once.
"I suppose we'll see whenever we face him." We walk into Shinjuku, where arrows get shot at us directly after we even took one single step in.
Luckily, Bam could deflect them with his mana alone. That was really impressive!
"Master. Would you hide outside of Shinjuku while the altered mage stay's with you? We don't want you dead." Emiya asks both the altered mage and I.
I look over at the altered mage. He nods his head, and so do I. "Thank you master." The altered mage and I walk outside of Shinjuku while Emiya, Shirou, and Bam walk further into Shinjuku.
"Gae! Bolg!" I heard my servant yell at the top of his lungs, throwing his spear into the enemy servant that was in front of him. I still don't know my servant's true name but Gae Bolg was something that only Cu had.
It's possible that I have an altered Cu as a servant, but I would've never thought that Cu could be altered.
The servant that my berserker was fighting, instantly died after he released his noble phantasm and pierced into the servant. Wow that servant was weak. To die from one single noble phantasm?!
Arjuna wasn't in Shinjuku at the moment but he was near it. He was primarily scouting out people that were entering Shinjuku and shooting at them. If they don't die from the arrows he shoots, then they are deemed worthy to enter.
Berserker returned to me, with blood on his spear as always. He never holds back against enemies which is the best thing to do. If my berserker held back against enemies then he wouldn't be worthy to be my servant.
"Are you really going to be sitting down at this roof top all day? Didn't you say you were one of humanity's strongest masters? I say you're pretty weak, especially since you're one fourth of mage king Solomon."
I suppose he's right, I am one fourth of mage king Solomon and I will prove that to him eventually. Nobody has been proven worthy enough to see my power and nobody will until I fight against him.
"Did I give you permission to speak to me like that Berserker?"
"Did I give you permission to ask me if I cared? You're just a lowly peasant." Berserker was cold even towards his master. It's not like I mind, it just means that I have to boss him around more.
"Berserker, you killed that enemy servant with ease. Does that mean people are getting weaker and weaker?"
"No, it's that I'm too strong for these servants. I'm stronger than that servant that you call Enkidu!"
"I wouldn't say that, but if you think that then it's alright I suppose." I take a cigarette out of my pack and light it. I take a drag, and then I notice that there's multiple servants walking into Shinjuku.
Sigh.. So many servants walking through Shinjuku, do they really never learn that they can't win? Regardless, even if they aren't strong it just makes my berserker stronger until I fight him.
"Berserker, do you think you can defeat those servants that just arrived?"
"Of course. What the hell do you take me as? Just give me some time, I'm not fighting them right away." Sigh, I really wish that I had a more obedient servant.
Why can't he be like Arjuna and obey me? I suppose that I'll have to wait, it doesn't have to be rushed but it would be better if they died quicker.
Berserker disappeared from my sight. He probably went back to fight somebody.
I'm really curious what type of servant he is. Who is his master in particular? He can't be masterless, from the stories that I've been told he is severely strong and not a servant to joke around with.
I was told that he was known as 'One of the 8 great evils' and if that's the case then I'm well prepared to fight one of them.
I clench my fist, and stand up. The sky was beautiful as always, as it was a dark red. The dark red is signifying that he is getting stronger and stronger.
The sky was a dark red instead of a blue or purple like it usually is. It was weird, almost as if somebody truly evil was waking up. I remember scenarios that went on in my past life. They were almost identical to this.
The skies turned dark red, a beam of darkness came out from somewhere and then a tough fight started. That's all my past life was especially before I became a protector of the underworld.
We were walking through Shinjuku, but there was nothing really going on. The fight stopped that we heard earlier which really was odd. How could a fight end so quick? How strong is this servant?
"Archer, Assassin, how strong are you two?" I ask them. I am pretty cautious when it comes to teaming up with people. I can't team up with people that can't even kill a weakling of an enemy so it's best to be cautious.
"In terms of normal servants, we would say we're pretty strong but not strong compared to servants like Gilgamesh. We can definitely compete though." That brings relief to me. If they were weak, that would've probably killed my motivation, but I am Kiri's servant so I have to follow his order regardless.
Shinjuku is silent as of right now, all we're hearing is ourselves which really is awkward. There's no servants fighting, there's nobody in sight, it's almost like we're the only ones here as of right now.
".,.." I spoke too soon. "Gae! Bolg!" A spear got thrown in our way. It was the same noble phantasm that we heard in the last fight if I remember correctly.
Somehow, even though the spear was going as fast as lightning, I managed to dodge it. "Ooh? Amazing! You're going to be one tough opponent!" I look over at where the spear got thrown.
I couldn't make out who the person was, and I really don't care. All I care about is that they're an enemy. I motion at Archer and Assassin to stay out of this fight and to save their energy.
"What are you doing in Shinjuku? This is MY city!" The person jumps down, running after not me but his spear. I let him grab his spear because I believe that if he didn't have his spear it would be disrespectful due to him being at a disadvantage without it.
Of course, I was never summoned with my sword but at least I have my noble phantasm which can make a spiritual sword that's a replica of his sword. I also have my second and third noble phantasm but I rather not show those right away. It's not as if he'd know who I was based off of them though, I'm not a proper holy spirit. I'm not meant to be in this holy grail war but I'm in it regardless.
The enemy servant and I were looking at each other, face to face.
"Berserker."
"Avenger." We both said our classes. I'm fighting against a berserker huh? This is my first battle as a heroic spirit so I'm really not sure how this is going to go. Knowing I'm not in my prime for some odd reason, I can't kill him by just snapping my fingers but regardless I know I can win.
"You're the third avenger I've fought all week. Do you think you'll be the strongest one?" He asks me. I ignore the question, as I use one of my noble phantasms to create a sword made out of spiritual energy.
I held the sword in my right hand, it felt light as if there was absolutely nothing in my hand.
The sword was in my hand though. It was confirmed.
The enemy servant held his spear, aimed directly at me.
I charged towards him. I was faster than him as he couldn't react to me.
I swung my sword, but he somehow managed to block it with his spear. "Don't even think you can keep up with me." He let go of his spear for a split second, and swung his arm, punching me in the stomach. This forced me to back up.
"You can't just rush into fights like that Avenger." Archer spoke to me through telepathy.
"Shut up, don't tell me what to do." I spoke back to him. I was confused. I was faster than him, but he somehow managed to block with his spear?
"You seem to be deep in thought, Avenger." Berserker raised his spear once again and aimed it at me.
Once again, if I was summoned in my prime he would've been already dead. I could've snapped my fingers and he would've disappeared.
I charge towards him again, but this time I couldn't even get up to him.
Arrows got shot at me, similar to earlier and I couldn't react to them on time.
One.. Three.. Five.. Ten.. So many arrows got shot into me. I felt as if I was going to disappear. Have I always been this weak?
"Arjuna?! I told you not to interfere in my fights!"
"He's.. Evil.." Berserker revealed the other heroic spirits' names. Arjuna huh..
I started to see flashbacks to my past life. "No.. No.. No!" The arrows disappeared, and I slowly started to heal.
"Noble Phantasm! World breaker!" I started to use my third noble phantasm. The world around me started to crack. The ground, the buildings, even my own skin. I knew I wasn't going to die from this.
World breaker destroys many things around me, including myself but I heal back from it depending on how much damage I do to the things surrounding me.
It may seem like a cheat code, but in reality it's a gamble. If I don't destroy enough things then I would die. That's why it's only really useful if I'm fighting in a city or some place that I'm surrounded by objects.
I look back at Assassin and Archer, luckily they aren't getting hit by my noble phantasm. I then look at Berserker and he is getting affected by it. He's slowly taking damage, crumbling apart.
The wounds in me are healing.. "Gae.. Bol-!" The servant named Arjuna shoots arrows at Berserker. Is Arjuna really betraying his comrade? Or is it because he's already so close to death?
Or perhaps it's that Arjuna has already figured out the flaws to my Noble Phantasm. Either way, I stop my noble phantasm as I'm fully healed from it.
Arjuna is looking down at me while I'm standing here, exhausted by using my noble phantasm. World Breaker exhausts me when I use it. Of course, when I was in my prime I could have world breaker activated 24/7 but now that I'm a heroic spirit and not in my prime I can't.
"It would seem that you're not as evil as I thought. You have the same goal as me. Do you not?"
"What is that goal you speak of?" I ask Arjuna.
"Eliminate all evil and save the world. Is that the same goal that you have?" I nod my head to his question. "We will possibly fight in the future, but now is not that time. As one of the eight greatest evils is rising soon."
One of the eight greatest evils? What could he possibly mean by that? Is there really going to be a huge threat to the world or something? Why is that evil in Shinjuku of all places?
I try to say another word, but Arjuna was already gone from my sight. Berserker is gone, and Arjuna is no longer here. "Bam, Shirou, Emiya, are you three alright?" I hear master speak to me through telepathy.
"Yeah.. Come into Shinjuku as soon as you can. Something tells me the real battle is coming now.. Berserker is gone, which is the best thing that could've happened."
"Good. I'm on my way now."