It all began with a vision that showed Gilgamesh what was to come.
A man with white hair and a cane. Who could be described as determination itself, as he continuously moved on no matter the odds.
But that wasn't the only thing Gilgamesh saw that day. For in truth, he saw many things in response to his Noble Phantasm Sha Naqba Imuru activating without his consent. Showing him a garden not of his own. A rather rotten one as well.
Humanity is barely progressing, trapped by demonic beasts.
Undiscovered land going undiscovered while the fools stay in their walls or die.
A witch who plots to destroy the current era, with a determined fool going onward with no true plan in sight.
It even went beyond that filthy garden where humanity doesn't even flourish. For you see, this Noble Phantasm allows one to view more than just the current world, but other parallel worlds as well. Gilgamesh discovered that when this determined fool entered, his story had been recorded, with those part of his ongoing legend added onto the Throne of Heroes.
Because of that, the glimpses he saw showed these so-called 'heroes' active. One in a country called America.
"Caster. Is it ready?" Rolando Reeve, a police officer and Master in Snowfield asked.
"Why of course." A man with a mustache and modern clothing said with a grin. "And my, instead of using silly swords and spears," The man stopped back to show a row of massive machines and humanoid robots with guns. "Why not have Paladins with missile guidance systems and AK Units."
Another where the Greater Grail was stolen.
"RUAGH!" A man with a massive build roared out while glowing crystals were embedded in his body. Grabbing a young paladin with pink hair yelping as he was grabbed by Berserker.
"Woah there, hold on-" Berserker didn't listen and slammed Astolfo onto the dirt over and over while yelling out, "OZPIN!"
A timeline where an NPC gained life on the moon itself.
"So you're saying this Mooncell records everything?" The new Servant asked her Master Hakuno who's with Saber Nero and nodded.
"Yep." Hakuno said.
"My," The woman, Servant Ruler Jinn, smiled. "It seems I have competition."
Yes. These 'heroes' were now being allowed to be summoned across the different parallel worlds. But Gilgamesh cared not for those mongrels and instead focused on the final vision. The one where the creators of that rotting garden appeared on his own.
"This is interesting. A world with possibilities, yet possibilities that either expand or culled." A dragon of light spoke aloud, as it appeared above Fuyuki itself. It's light radiating with many gazing up.
"Culled. Sounds like my world. Hahahaha!" A dark one appearing next to the dragon of light. Radiating darkness and holding the visage of death before it.
Two beings that can create their own gardens and came from the outer realms unknown to man or the Gods of the inner world. Now appearing before the planet itself and looking down at a city full of ruin and Grimm.
"Perhaps," The dragon of light spoke. "It's time for another experiment."
"On that I agree with you." The dark one nodded.
Then like so, a great light of gold and purple emitted from the two. Slowly enveloping not just the city of Fuyuki but expanded and grew. Until it kept on growing and growing until not just all of Japan, but the entity of the world was covered in their light.
The vision ends there.
At that time, Gilgamesh knew what needed to be done.
While it's unknown what those two Outer Gods wanted, be it good or bad, Gilgamesh refused to let them do what they wanted to his garden. In that instant even acknowledging Ea would be needed at the time as the enemy he faced, while full of impudence, were threats with sufficient power that could destroy the earth. As such, he would respond in kind.
However, he first would need to watch over what was occurring in his garden with the Grimm. While he would use them, he wasn't foolish enough to let them stay upon the earth forever. After all, it seemed they were gaining some form of connection with the black mud, and all because of that fool who came here.
For when he came upon his garden, a small hole was made upon the fabric of space and time.
That's the reason these Grimm were here, and thus when the time came Gilgamesh will get rid of them once they and the mud were done culling humanity. But first he needed to clean up another mess in the form of that fool's own mistakes. Particularly, his enemy the witch where he then met her.
It was time to clean up some garbage.
Salem wasn't sure what was going on. Her plans, her schemes, all put to a halt where she found herself in a place uncertain to her. Her head feeling strange, as she felt herself receiving something that she didn't understand. But before that, what made her more confused was when she tried to attack the man who insulted her.
BOOM!
Where the entire block in front of her was covered in her flames. The ground blackening and metal poles melting a bit from the intense heat, with the oxygen being used up as the flames consumed it to grow and keep itself burning.
"Huh?" Salem said as while her magic was powerful, it shouldn't be this powerful. Surprised that her flames managed to even do all of this.
"My, my. What an irritating and uncomfortable heat you sent me. Why, it may have even made the king a little thirsty." Yet it wasn't as surprising as the man who walked through the flames without a single mark on him. In fact, he had also changed as well seeing as he had on magnificent golden armor and looked like a completely different man from the casual person before.
No, that was wrong. He was never casual at all, just his attitude. In truth he was already the same man standing before her now. Just more attentive as he smirked at Salem who could only ponder why he wasn't dead. She then saw a golden glow behind him.
Shink!
She twisted her head and avoided a sword from stabbing her through the head. Normally she wouldn't bother with things like dodging, but she did so because for a moment she wasn't sure if what she saw had been some form of magical attack, or in this case a sword somehow shot at her.
"Good eyes I suppose." Gilgamesh laughed as suddenly more golden light could be seen. This time, Salem could see what they were. Portals. Many of them with countless swords poking through them, each of them glimmering wonderfully and giving a sense of awe. "But when a King wishes for one to die, then they die."
Then in that instant all the swords flew at Salem. Much faster than even the previous ones, and while Salem could have potentially dodged them, she didn't and instead was stabbed multiple times all across her body until she was skewered. Black blood of sorts spilled out of her wounds and her body crumbled forward.
"Hmph." Gilgamesh smirked. "And to think that man had such a hard time with you. Ridiculous." Not wanting to receive his sullied blades, Gilgamesh just turned to leave already. Having won in an instant.
That round anyway.
Gilgamesh, despite knowing he won, stopped and from behind him a special defense deployment intercepted a blast of energy. Giving the slightest of turn from his head, Gilgamesh then saw the witch, despite being hunched over, having her hand raised.
Numerous hands then burst from glyphs of sorts and grabbed each sword with their vile hands, removing them and letting more 'blood' flow out before they rapidly healed up. In seconds the woman stood up looking none worse at all.
"Hyper regeneration." Now it made more sense. Servants could heal very easily, and if he recalled there was one Servant on the throne with an even greater capability to heal in seconds. This one was clearly the same, yet he did not know.
'Because she lies outside my garden.' His clairvoyance was beyond powerful and could see the hidden truths of the world and even the ever-distant future. However, this woman alongside those Gods came from beyond his garden, and as such he could see glimpses at best, not their full capability.
"Very well," Gilgamesh turned back towards Salem who glared at him. "It seems I underestimated you, as you are not an insect." A portal opened up, revealing a certain weapon. "Just a worm that needs to be cut down multiple times."
It was then the weapon known as Harpe shot out, ready to leave an unhealable wound on the witch. In this case, cutting off that disgusting head of hers. Too bad a barrier blocked it as Salem conjured one up. Thus, ruining the attack.
"Really now." Salem then spoke but with clear irritation. "While I normally don't bother avoiding those pesky attacks, I think I will if for one reason only." Salem then gave a smug grin at him. "To piss you off."
Gilgamesh's eye twitched.
In an instant countless portals opened up and shot at Salem. Ranging from regular swords to weapons that can disrupt magecraft in general. Salem didn't know this of course, but she wouldn't either way as she then dismissed her barrier and outstretched her hands while shouting.
VRM!
Then, in a move that made Gilgamesh insulted, Salem used her telekinesis to grab all the weapons shot in the air in her direction. Or at the least the ones that didn't disrupt her powers which flew past her considering Gilgamesh didn't so much as have the weapons aimed at her but aimed in her general direction. Salem then had all the weapons turn around and had them shot right back at Gilgamesh.
"Impudent mongrel." Gilgamesh shouted as he then shot more of his treasures at the weapons flying toward him. "Daring to sully the King's treasures!"
Easily he knocked down his own treasures, only to see a magical rainbow-colored beam hit him square in the chest. While his armor effortlessly dissipated the magic, the force of it actually knocked him backwards by several meters.
"My," Salem smirks. "That's more powerful than it should be." Not one to take such a hit without retaliation, Gilgamesh snarled as he opened up many portals that surrounded Salem. Then all of them fired down like a machine gun for a full ten seconds. These were weapons that could destroy the human body in less than one, and yet Gilgamesh fired his weapons for ten seconds.
However, no smile came upon Gilgamesh's face despite the fact his weapons should be doing damage. Because he knew they did no damage when the ten-second mark was up. By doing so, he saw there was nobody at all there. Instead, further back from the spot he fired, a black smokey orb was there before it reformed into Salem.
"Hra!" She then shot out lightning from her hands where a shield easily blocked it from Gilgamesh's vault. Not that it wasn't any less frustrating that this woman dared to mock him by not taking punishment. It was also problematic that she displayed the ability to use her powers without preparation or saying any words. However, the King would not fall to a witch like her.
From the Gates chains spears and arrows shot out at frighting speeds. Faster than normal bullets by three times and each of them slammed into Salem's body. Then they easily exited out making holes within her with some of her face even being ripped off. Yet instead of a skull of flesh falling out, it was more of the black 'blood' which seemed to be what she was composed of.
'Is she a tainted Servant of the corrupt Grail?' Gilgamesh then thought as he saw her regenerate. It was rare for him to be unable to deduce something, as a single glance is all it took. But because of her origin, his own eyes couldn't see the truth that she was. As such, only guesses and conductors can be made. This woman would pay for causing him to make an effort.
Either way, Gilgamesh instantly pulled out a wand from his Gate of Babylon then pointed it at Salem. With a single word that even Salem didn't understand, she then screamed as she felt her insides frying. Her own skin falling off revealing her 'flesh' which was black and putrid. "Ah." Gilgamesh smirked. "So, purification can work on you."
Salem scowled as her badly burnt off skin regenerated back while a well of anger entered her. Purification. Like the God of Light? This man didn't seem to be the God of Light, far from it, but his armor radiated a glow like the God and that angered Salem immensely.
With a scream, a dark cloud came above her as she manipulated the weather itself. Lightning and hail then came out of it and headed towards the King of Heroes while Salem then sent a massive, concentrated fire beam at the King. He didn't even move as his defensive Noble Phantasms easily blocked the attack.
CRK!
"?" Or they should have anyway. While his defensive shields were powerful, with the one he was using having an impressive eight-hundred-year history, for some reason it was being overwhelmed and cracking.
'Is she actually older than the shield?' Gilgamesh thought as the shield then broke apart as the fiery beam consumed him utterly. While his armor protected him, Gilgamesh felt the heat and he could feel his body sweating in response.
"You mongrel" Gilgamesh roared as he could not believe this witch dared to cause him to feel such a physical response. Such a crime deserved grave punishment, and from his Gate came out a sword known for the slaying of dragons, Balmung. It shot and slammed into Salem's chest with the blade sticking out. Then, to Salem's horror it glew brightly and exploded, instantly reducing her to ashes.
Gilgamesh gave a smile as the punishment had been dealt with. Yet then he saw the ashes glow brightly, and from there they reformed to make none other than Salem with even her clothes there. This should have been impossible though. Servants, while they can take heavy damage and regenerate, can't do it to such an extent as the witch. Moving without a heart is one matter but moving after being reduced from ash is inconceivable.
Salem however didn't even seem to care, having experienced such 'death' many times already. Well, maybe not the exploding sword but being reduced to ash wasn't anything new to her. However, facing this man was starting to become irritating.
"Why don't you just vanish already." Salem whispers as she then holds both of her hands which begin to glow. She then flew up in the air and then slammed her fists together. From the air matter was produced where earth formed mixed with fire to create her own magical weapons. Then she launched these earth swords at Gilgamesh while also adding a red energy beam at him.
"Mongrel!" Gilgamesh swore as he then shot down the weapons but also noticed how the less than special blades were shot down themselves, indicating that the Mystery that those magical creations were formed from must be older than his own weapons. But that was impossible, for he is the oldest hero in this world with a history of being over five thousand years old.
"Is that all you have?" With Salem not showing a hint of respect at all as she launched multiple beams that actually managed to knock down the blades with a lesser history and no magecraft disruption.
Instead of shouting, Gilgamesh just narrowed his eyes dangerously. He then opened a gate near him and out shot another weapon. This one seemingly missed Salem by a long-shot, and yet it suddenly boomeranged back and then sliced off her own limb. One that made her hiss in agony as she ceased her attacks and looked down at what should have been her right arm.
Only it wasn't regenerating.
If ordinary or magical weapons cannot work, then weapons that easily deal with regenerate are easy to use." Gilgamesh said with a smug tone while Salem glared at him. She never even knew there were weapons like this at all. However, while she couldn't regenerate the forearm, she already knew what to do.
Grabbing her shoulder, Gilgamesh then saw her literally tearing the limb off and dropping it on the ground. In an instant her own arm regenerated fully while the cut limb was just there on the earth. She managed to bypass the restriction of the blade by simply ridding the part that couldn't regenerate. It was…actually quite clever.
"But cleverness will not save you." Gilgamesh declared as he then rapidly fired at Salem. Man of the weapons shot had anti-regeneration capability, however Salem easily avoided those by simply sending a burst of electricity to intercept them and knock them down. Then, while taking a page from her subordinate, Salem flew up and her outline glowed red where she then released immense heat from her body.
The temperature around her rose dangerously. Had an ordinary person been there, they would have felt their bodies slowly burn and understood that those silly anime's that showed a person being fine near lava were wrong. Even worse, she wasn't using magic to make the area hot, instead using magic to increase the area's temperature creating a physical phenomenon of sorts through magical means. While Servants normally could withstand temperatures with ease, Gilgamesh, as an incarnate being with a true flesh and blood, could feel the heat.
While he said nothing, his throat began feeling dry alongside his skin. His armor useless as it couldn't block this physical phenomenon with the King of Heroes feeling the need to drink. Already he was becoming dehydrated, and Gilgamesh could sense his skin slowly burning. As if he'd allow this to continue!
While he normally used the Gate of Babylon to shoot out weapons, the King's vault is full of countless glorious items beyond weapons. Such as, say, a potion to make one feel hydrated and feeling cool. Though before Gilgamesh even had a chance to drink it, suddenly instead of heat, Gilgamesh felt cold as Salem went from releasing heat to emitting an icy temperature drop.
The potion 's glass instantly shattered from the rapid temperature change, and Gilgamesh felt his own body going ill from the change. Growling, and angered he had to use it, Gilgamesh launched out Enkidu, the Chains of Heaven at the witch to grab her. Salem smirked as she figured such a thing could do nothing to her at all, that she could simply break out.
Instead, once the chains tightened around her, any attempt to snap them became useless as the chains glowed as they responded to her 'divinity'. On that, Salem could only say one thing, "Wha-"
Gilgamesh then had the chain slam Salem across the building walls and drag her through them while laughing as her skin was ripped off and her blood spilled out while her body tried to regenerate, only for her flesh to rip off again. The witch smacked around like a rag doll tied up and being slammed everywhere at once. While Salem may not be screaming in pain-not that she could as her throat was then crushed-she was feeling a combination of hate and humiliation.
Eventually, the chains slammed her onto the ground where countless spears fell and stabbed into her like a pincushion. The King of Heroes, then readied to finish her off. About to release a weapon that should nullify her rather powerful regeneration ability. Unfortunately, he would never be able to test that out. For in his rage, Gilgamesh gained something many would call tunnel vision. Focusing so much on crushing Salem, that he neglected outside factors.
"GRUAH!" In this case, the Grimm.
Hearing the roar, Gilgamesh acted fast to counter-attack. But it was too late, during the battle Salem called upon her children which rushed to her side where the one leading the charge was a massive Ursa that slammed its paw onto Gilgamesh's face, sending him flying into a half-melted frost covered car.
A massive scythe slammed into the Ursa and cut it down. However, Salem called more than one Grimm, some which were Apathy which then screamed. Their power, fearful as they weren't so much as a physical threat but a mental one. Causing those who hear their wails to feel tired, sleepy, apathy to living itself.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
"Enough of the noise!" To Gilgamesh, who's will stands equal or even above the Gods, it did little but hurt his ears.
"If you don't like that noise," Suddenly Salem was behind him. "Then how about this?" The witch, realizing that Gilgamesh's armor somehow kept stopping her attacks, instead pointed her finger at the back of his head, ready to blow a giant hole in it.
A sledgehammer slammed into her and caused her body to snap.
"As if I didn't expect a sneak attack." Gilgamesh snarled as he then began launching his treasures among the unworthy. The Grimm that arrived being killed off with only the older ones surviving the weapons through their immense durability or by dodging in time. As for Salem, she was pinned down when a curved blade went through her back and kept her in place with her stuck to the ground.
Footsteps came and Gilgamesh stood above her. While Salem could see there was anger in them, she also saw curiosity. It made sense, as this was the first-person Gilgamesh saw next to that soul-hopper he couldn't properly read due to both their origins from beyond his garden. Still, that didn't mean Gilgamesh couldn't read her expressions.
"Tch." He looked at Salem with contempt. "A slippery little mongrel you are. One who seems to be nothing more than a raving child."
"Excuse me?" Salem narrowed her own red eyes, with Gilgamesh scoffing.
"I've seen bits of your origin mongrel." Gilgamesh spat at her. "And while I do not know the full story, I do know that for all your freedom to move, in the end, you are still caged up like you were in that tower." Salem's eyes glowed at the word 'tower'. "Yes. You should have remained there permanently."
"RUAGHHH!" Salem screamed as she then began emitting mana from her body. Gilgamesh actually stepped back as he saw that the potency of her mana was far too great for an ordinary Servant to even wield. Unless…
"You…You're not a true Servant, are you?" He prepared to destroy her brain. Ensure it couldn't regenerate making her useless. Salem was quicker though, as in that instant before he fired, she self-destructed at point blank range.
It wouldn't have really mattered much, on Remnant. But on earth, her very being has become Mystery, Mystery that has aged very much. Similar to Ozpin and the Grimm, Salem has also been augmented by Gaia's own laws, and on a much greater scale than Ozpin and the Grimm. For she is one who has lived beyond a mere five thousand year old legend. As such when she self-destructed, a good chunk of her mana expanded and released itself at point blank range.
Gilgamesh's armor took on the magical aspect easily enough, but the momentum and force that came with the explosion…not so much.
Windows shattered and the ground cracked open while Gilgamesh was sent onto the nearby street with a thud. Growling, he then went to stand when suddenly, glyphs appeared beneath him and hands in the form of Grimm instantly began restraining him. Magic Resistance useless against summoning magic. Then, a snarl came where the surviving Grimm then looked down at Gilgamesh with red eyes that glowed.
A claw came and slammed onto the King of Hero's armor.
Then a foot.
Then some teeth.
Multiple Grimm besieged Gilgamesh, who roared not in pain, but in resentment for being in this situation. More Grimm then came, called by Salem to join the attack. Gilgamesh opened his portals to kill them, but for each one he killed another took his place. Even worse was that specter like Grimm, the Geist, stood in front of those portals. So, when a weapon was shot, they took it over to prevent Gilgamesh from killing more of their brethren.
"You damn mongrels!" Gilgamesh roared as he saw his treasures being tainted. "Grabbing my armor, such insolence!" He got more upset when suddenly, the Geists entered through his portals along with other flying Grimm. Seconds later, they came out possessing more of his treasury with one Gesit now having a body made of swords and gold coins. Another made of gems. These Geists bursting forth and stealing his treasures.
Realing this, Gilgamesh closed the portals to stop the thefts. Yet this left him defenseless at the mercy of the Grimm. While his armor did a wonderful job protecting him from any physical harm, it didn't stop them from pounding on it with their dirty claws and slowly they began making his actual body feel the vibrational blows.
Armor might be very useful for defending the wielder from blunt attacks. However, that didn't mean such attacks couldn't be felt, as knights of old can attest as getting slammed by a blade can still be felt even while wearing armor. Or in this situation, attacked by countless Grimm which kept Gilgamesh occupied enough for Salem to reform in an instant once more. She looked far from happy though, as she was upset that Gilgamesh pushed her buttons so easily.
"Fine then. Let's end this farce." Salem said as she readied to kill this man. She was about to command her Grimm to pick him up when suddenly portals surrounded her Grimm and in positions where the nearby Geists without bodies couldn't react. Then, swords and spears shot out and one-shotted every Grimm, including the older ones like so. Yet despite that victory when Gilgamesh stood, he was nowhere pleased at all.
From his body forced to feel pain to being punched on the ground all the way to his very treasures being stolen and dirtied. His own armor, which once shone brightly like the heavens, is full of dirt, grime, Grimm drool and even had dents due to the Grimm using physical force on it. Naturally, all of this has made the King of Heroes have enough as well.
"I believe I have humored you long enough mongrel." Gilgamesh said in a cold tone.
"Likewise." Salem agreed as she saw many portals open up and surround her. Each with magical disruption and anti-regeneration capability. If all those hit her, even if through her curse she survived, she'd be an utter mess where she likely wouldn't even be able to move or think properly.
Gilgamesh then tilted his head and every weapon fired. Coming at her in all directions from top to bottom to even above and at her sides. In a quick moment she grabbed something and threw it. The weapons hit the body and soon, one could only see nothing but weapons sticking to a black body of flesh. For a moment it seemed Gilgamesh had won, with the hero thinking the same.
"Finally. You let your guard down." A replay to just a second ago showed otherwise. Salem's body was indeed hit, and it was impossible for her body to even regenerate. Which is why at that last moment Salem ripped off her head and chucked it away, allowing a new body to grow while the old got pin cushioned. Gilgamesh having not even seen it as his own portals and weapons got in the way, with the head flying above him.
Salem grabbed the back of Gilgamesh's head, gripped it with her hand, and then sent an electrifying shock directed at his brain. Gilgamesh's eyes widened while a bit of blood came out of his nose. Grunting as his armor could do nothing as she was applying her magic on the one thing that armor didn't protect.
After a few minutes of doing this, Salem then stopped, and the King of Hero slouched forward. He refused to fall though and stood if rather unbalanced.
"I must say," Salem said as she then walked in front of Gilgamesh. The victor saying her words. "You were certainly unique and far greater in power than he ever was." Her eyes then looked down at Gilgamesh in contempt. "But in the end, through means even I don't know how, I surpass you."
"Gra!" Gilgamesh then uttered rage on his face while refusing to let his knees touch the ground. Such hate that the Grimm around the group looked eager to attack, yet for some reason holding back and not attacking despite every other time they did. "I…will not…fall…"
Gilgamesh declared.
"That's what they all say." The woman then lifted her finger and from the ground countless gangly Grimm hands burst forth and latched onto Gilgamesh, actually holding him down. Then, from the woman's palm as she lifted it and leveled it towards Gilgamesh's face, a black tar-like substance shot out and latched onto Gilgamesh's face. Then, in a slow and clearly painful way-if Gilgamesh's slight grunt indicated anything-the strongest Servant with a history of over five thousand years soon vanished away like dust.
"..." Salem then sighed, feeling more tired than she ever felt before. Had things gone differently, had that man known her abilities more she might have actually lost. Yet she has won, and through victory she was also gaining a form of awareness.
The Holy Grail War.
Words were filling her mind, and while it was tough to comprehend, these 'words' were actually the knowledge given to Servants whenever they were summoned to allow them to better understand the era they're in. But due to Salem's unique…position, the knowledge she should be receiving was fragmented, and all she knew was that she could now speak another language called Japanese, there was a war called the Holy Grail War, and she was…Servant Ruler? Well, she was a ruler before she supposed.
But what was with these 'skills' she had, especially the 'Core of the Goddess (False)' one alongside these 'Noble Phantasms'? She needed answers, and she needed them now. Growls were heard as Grimm started coming to her, yet not as many as there should be. Salem sensing…something-two somethings-connected to her. So many questions, but no answers.
Then, Salem felt a presence. A hidden one, but one with negative emotions with a hint of a killing instinct. Excellent. Salem then turned to where the presence was, holding back the Grimm as she said, "You there, the one who's invisible." She gazed where the presence is at. "Tell me what is going on here. Otherwise," Salem then lifted her hand and pointed it at a nearby building. Feeling a surge of power, she never had before, she shot a beam of red energy that amazingly blew the nearest building she pointed at apart and other buildings behind it away into rubble. "You're dead."
Time to get answers.
And done. Now, I'm fully aware that maybe this battle won't fully satisfy everyone. But my interpretation is that a combination of Gilgamesh not knowing all of Salem's tricks, combined with her greater Mystery that he would never see coming, is what allowed her to win alongside the Grimm helping out a bit. Is this set to make her invincible, no. But it does give her a massive advantage against most.
Also, as Gilgamesh later realized she's not a proper Servant. In fact, she's like Artoria, a living Servant as she was quite literally pulled from Remnant and shoved into the Ruler Class while only getting half-baked knowledge from the Holy Grail. How this occurred, because of Ozpin. Most stories that don't have Zelteretch be the cause always have Shirou or others end up in Remnant have no problem. Here, Ozpin coming caused a tear in space and time, allowing the Grimm to come through.
On the brighter side, this means those like Ruby Rose and others can be Servants…which includes bad guys, but they won't be relevant here. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this battle. Until Next Time.