A/N: Dear, GhidorahFanboy, you will be sorry when Summer and Anniversary banners come around, trust me. Beside, Shiki is a better Assassin than Semiramis anyways.

In addition, I got a certain Archer from the event re-run as well, you know the one that one.

Mashu, Olga, Gudao: STOP BRAGGING!

Gudako: I AM GOING BEAT THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOU!

No.

Beta by ekaterina016.


Gudako, the Supreme Master of Chaldea

Singularity F: Cleared!

The journey continued in silence. Gudao and Gudako+Geronimo had been placed right behind Cas Cu, allowing everyone to keep an eye on them. Gudako was singing a very… strange song as well.

"Every time I close my eyes~ Wake up feeling so horny~! I can't get you outta' my mind~ Sexin' you be all I see~"

"For fuck's sake, now the Golden Wind ending song…" Gudao mumbled as he was this close to tearing his own face off.

"So," Cas Cu spoke up, interrupting the singing (much to everyone's relief), smacking his lips together a few times. "You are interested in Mister… Miss… You're interested in Chevalier d'Eon, Gudao-kun?" Then he realized something. "Wait, how do you know d'Eon is a… trap…?" Of all the useless information the Grail had to give him upon being summoned, why must the 'anime' term and meaning of 'trap' be among them?

"When we close our eyes, we can see our Servants' information, kinda' like a video game," Gudako explained. "D'Eon-chan's status sheet just tells us 'trap'."

'What is the Throne of Heroes doing?!' Chevalier flushed.

"Alright, look, I am trying to casually ease this situation, but if a mild change in topic won't do, then let's get back to the Grail," Cas Cu said. Everybody set the previous revelation aside for a more serious issue. "I have been counting the Shadow Servants we have defeated. Besides a few more Assassins, the only one left beside them is an Archer. Most likely, we will have to battle him before we can get to Saber."

"So? There are eleven Servants here, including you," Gudako pointed out. "I am sure going through him will be a breeze."

"Well, he could also be backed up by the leftover Assassins," Olga reminded the girl.

"That's correct," Cas Cu confirmed.

Gudao and Gudako held their chin, thinking over the issue. They both suddenly snapped their finger at the same time, then turned to each other.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Gudako asked her male counterpart.

"I think I am," Gudao said with a smile.

""Let's separate into two teams!"" They said in unison. ""Niccccceeeeeeeee!""

"That doesn't sound half bad, actually," Olga agreed.

"In that case, we should divide our team accordingly," Cas Cu advised. "What do you two have in mind?"

"I can go after Archer, distracting him and the Assassins, though for that I would need to keep my Lan Cu with me and I would like to borrow Babbage from you, Gudao-chan; Class Advantage and all that," Gudako requested. "Besides that, I think you should have my Lu Bu – Berserkers are very good at doing damage. Keep your Archer close though, he will be essential."

"So two for two, huh?" Gudao said thoughtfully. Perhaps Gudako was more reliable than she acted. "Alright, Charles-san, do you have a problem with that?"

"No objection," Babbage answered. "However, I require clarification. What is this 'Class Advantage' which had been discussed several times?"

Everyone was curious about this as well. What was this 'Class Advantage' Gudako had been rambling about?

Gudako jumped down from Geronimo's neck. The orange-haired girl reached into her pocket and pulled out an entire whiteboard with something already written on it: Several symbols which they recognized as Class emblems and arrows – some in red, some in blue – which point correspondingly to another Class symbols; strangely, even the Servants didn't recognize some of the symbols themselves.

"Guess I will have to do my fair share of teaching, being a senior player of the game." Gudako cleared her throat before continuing, "Alright, do you see these three?" She pointed at the left-most triangle formed from arrows.

"Those're the Saber, Lancer, and Archer Classes symbols," Olga answered with confidence.

"Correct. You see, the three classes in this triangle are called the 'Knight Classes'. They do extra damage to each other in this order: Saber against Lancer, Lancer against Archer, and Archer against Saber."

"That's a load of nonsense, Master," Lan Cu argued. "I have fought plenty of Sabers, and I stood my ground just fine."

"And did you ever manage to win against any of them?" Gudako asked with a blank face.

Cu opened his mouth to answer, but then paused, closing his mouth and holding his chin in thought instead. A slow realization crept onto his face, which was shared on all the faces of the Servants there who belonged in the so-called 'Knight Classes'.

Emiya realized he had lost to Lan Cu once, and d'Eon had defeated plenty of enemies who utilized spears and lances, but never the ones with bows.

"Huh… You might be onto something, Master," Lan Cu mused.

"Of course I am! Now, onto the next set." Gudako pointed at the second triangle. "The second set kinda' work like the first. The Servants in these classes are called 'Cavalry Classes', excluding Berserker, and again there are advantages and disadvantages: Rider against Caster, Caster against Assassins, and Assassins against Rider."

"Well, that would explain a lot," Stheno giggled, as she radiated her smug energy towards her sister (a Rider Servant), who just sighed.

"Berserker is unique because they dish out more damage to everyone, but that left them with very little defense, so they take more damage from everyone as well," Gudako affirmed, which earned her a positive '■■■■' from Lu Bu. "Well, except from one class, but that isn't important right now."

"But what of that triangle? What is this 'Moon Cancer' Class?" Olga inquired. The white-haired girl believed she knew everything about summoning Servants… until now.

"The rest are the Extra Classes, but you can ignore them for now. There are barely any Servants in those classes who are below four stars… well, except for two." She was referring to Antonio Salieri, whom she wouldn't be able to summon for a long time, and… that Servant. She did not want to think about him, fearing a mere thought would invite him into her roll. "Now, would that be enough Babbage?"

"Yes, that is an acceptable explanation," the mechanical Servant answered.

"Good! We are wasting time; the APs aren't going to spend themselves." Gudako put the whiteboard back into her pocket. "Alright, let's get to planning then."

Everyone nodded and gathered around Gudako and Gudao to strategize about the upcoming final battle.


"Alright, before we go in…" Gudako spoke from the front of the group, back riding on Geronimo's neck. They had decided to split up as previously agreed, with Lu Bu and Babbage switching their main Masters, and Cas Cu came along with the girl. "Lan Cu, I am going to have to Ascend you first."

"'Ascend', Master?" Cu asked with a raised eyebrow. "Is this another one of your strange powers?"

"Silly Cu! 'Ascend', or 'Ascension' if you want to be technical, is just a way to make Servants stronger. Now, here, hold these." Gudako handed the Child of Light four white Lancer Pieces. "Now, hold still." The orange-haired girl began to channel her Prana into Lan Cu.

Lancer started to glow. Soon, the light which emitted from Lan Cu and the four pieces consumed their vision. Once the light subsided, they saw Lancer Cu Chulainn in his new form, not that dissimilar to the previous one, but now his hair was messier and he was now shirtless.

"Hahahahaha! I feel so powerful!" Lan Cu laughed.

Stheno whispered to Babbage, "We can actually do that? Changing form and all."

"...I do not possess enough information to answer the inquiry," the robotic Servant answered with his volume set to the lowest. The loli Assassin just groaned in frustration at her current company.

"Well…" Cas Cu just mused, as he observed himself up and down, before pointing finger guns at his counterpart. "I'm sexy and I know it."

"Right back at cha!" Lan Cu replied to the compliment, returning the finger guns.

"Alright, that's enough, you two. I am not Gudao; I don't want to see two males getting too friendly with each other. Lan Cu, do you have 'Protection from Arrows' now?" Gudako interrupted them.

Lan Cu closed his eyes, then reopened them shortly after. "Yes, I have this skill you called 'Protection from Arrows' now."

Gudako nodded. She got off from Geronimo. "Alright, here's how we are going to 'distract' the guards." Her Servants leaned in, ready to listen to the order. "Lan Cu, you will charge in with Babbage as your support to take out Archer. Meanwhile, Cas Cu and Geronimo, you two will sneak around, picking out any Assassin you find, or join the main fight if necessary… but Babbage should be in the main fight anyways, so who knows? Stheno, since you are the only one with Presence Concealment, you will be on the lookout in case any Assassin try to run or catch wind of Gudao's group. Everyone gets that?"

They all nodded. It appeared Gudako could indeed be competent when she had to.

"One more thing, though," Geronimo spoke up. "Where would you be during all of this, Master?"

"I got… a few things to… collect," Gudako said with her eyes, for the first time they were with her, shifting around.

"Okay… that's ominous," Lan Cu remarked.

"Well, anyway, you guys better get started; catch ya' later!" Gudako bid her farewell and walked off, just like that.

All Servants there stood silence for a full minute, with the realization slowly hitting them their Master (despite everything they had seen so far) had just up and leave at such a critical moment.

"I stand by my words," Stheno broke the silence. "She is one of the worst Masters, ever."

Everyone began to agree with that statement.

"Let's just do this." Lan Cu steered their attention away from their now-gone Master and back to the battlefield in front of them. "Are you ready for this, big guy?" He asked Charles Babbage.

"I am not 'Big Guy'. I am Charles Babbage, also known as the 'Steam King'," Charles corrected stiffly.

"Right, whatever," Lan Cu dismissed. The Lancer activated his 'Protection from Arrows'. "I hope this works." With that, he charged in, with Babbage using his steam rockets feet to follow behind.

As soon as they came into the clearing in front of the cave leading to the Grail, they were agreed by its guardian, Archer Shadow Servant… who was none other than EMIYA. Cu smirked – it seemed he would get the rematch with that bastard bowman today.

Shadow EMIYA wasted no time conjuring up his weapons and shot them off at Cu, only for the Ireland's Child of Light to dodge, parry, and deflect every single one of them; even the ones which went through his defense just bounced off the Lancer. This is the power of the 'Evade' status. Lan Cu just grinned even wider. He knew he was good at dealing with arrows, but now with this 'Protection from Arrows' power his Master had granted him, no one could kill him.

While the real world and in-game logic of this skill worked differently, due to Gudako's interference of reality, all the Servants' skills worked like it was in the game — regardless of how illogical it would appear to be.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I AM INVINCIBLE!" Lan Cu roared as he charged the Archer, who was now forced to engage him in melee.

Cas Cu could only look on as he wiped a single teardrop from his eyes. "This is so beautiful."

Stheno and Geronimo just exchanged their weirded-out looks, and truly wondered when their suffering would end.

The answer was never.


"Well, this is unexpected," Ritsuka said as he observed the empty clearing. It appeared Gudako's team managed to get rid of Archer and the Assassins even before Gudao's team arrived. Speaking of which… "Where is Gudao anyways? …and where is your shirt, Lan Cu-san?"

"Please don't add 'san' into that nickname," Lan Cu requested. "As for where she is, well, to be honest, I have no idea."

"What do you mean? Did she run off?" Mash guessed.

"Yup," Stheno confirmed, her expression unreadable.

"And where did she go?" Olga asked further, but didn't manage to get the answer before the person in question finally came back.

"I'm back!" Gudako shouted.

"Oh, Master!" Lan Cu greeted and turned around to look at Gudako. "You are BAACC-" He didn't get to finish when he was hit by a truck driven by Gudako. The impact sent him crashing through several trees, before finally stuck upside down into the ground, and stopped moving.

"Lancer ga shinda!" Emiya shouted. [1]

"Kono hito de nashi!" Medusa followed up.

"Why do you two keep shouting it like that?" Mashu questioned.

"Umm…" Neither Servants could answer that question.

Meanwhile, Gudako got off the truck and came over to Gudao. "Sup, trap lover," she greeted casually.

Gudao was, on the other hand, quite outrageous. "Why did you kill Lancer?!" There was a short pause. "Again! And where have you been?!"

"I didn't kill him, look!" She said, pointing at Lan Cu who started moving again. "His 'Battle Continuation' will keep him alive one way or another. As for where I have been, well…" The orange-haired girl pulled out a remote with one big red button, before pressing it.

The container atop the truck opened, revealing a wide variety of objects. From kitchen utensils to video game consoles to mangas of… questionable rating to even clothing… Why were there so many panties in the piles?

"What's all this?" Olga asked, astonished at the gathering of these random items.

"Since I am here, I might as well grab some souvenirs. Here, look at some of what I got!" Gudako grabbed a frying pan out of the pile. "This is the real pan of Shirou Emiya!" The girl held the pan up high like it was some sacred object, but to all but Archer and Rider (and maybe Lancer, but he was still trying to free himself from the ground), it was just a regular pan.

"Umm…" Gudao was sure how to respond to this, mainly because he didn't know who that was — though he felt like he should.

"I also got Souichirou Kuzuki's glasses, Taiga Fujimaru's kendo sword, Kiritsuku's guns, and the best of them all…" Gudako's hand extended to grab three of the panties from the panties pile. "Illya-chan's, Rin-chan's, and Sakura-chan's pantsu!" The orange-haired abomination slammed the panties onto her face before inhaling the scent like a vacuum cleaner. "Oh, gods, I can still smell the pu-"

EMIYA and Medusa double-kicked Gudako in the face before starting to beat the living shit out of her. After a solid three minutes of taking out their anger on the midget, they had finally ceased their attacks.

They looked down at Gudako's head, which had been pulverized into the ground, only for it to return to its previous shape like a rubber ball.

"Geez, I know sniffing Illya's panty might attract the police, but you people are just overreacted," Gudako said.

Emiya, for his part, took a deep breath and turned to his Master.

Gudao just wiped beads of sweat off of his forehead. "Let's just get Saber so we can go home… then we can figure out what next," he ordered. The two original Servants from Stay Night just sighed and stepped away from Gudako. "Let's go."

With that, they marched forward toward the pillar of light which was the Holy Grail.

For once, Gudako wasn't riding on Geronimo's neck (much to his relief) – instead, she was riding on Lu Bu and whispering something to him, then she began to whisper something to Geronimo and Stheno.

"So, you have arrived," a stern voice greeted them as they arrived at the foot of the light beam. A maiden in black armor and white hair awaited them, her corrupted holy sword unsheathed and ready for battle. Saber Alter would be their opponent. "Now, then… a test."

Within a second, Saber Alter leaped forward with her sword ready.

Cas Cu was the first to meet her blade. She slashed at his chest, but the Caster managed to black the blow so it wasn't fatal. Instead of stopping and finishing one of her opponents, she moved on to the next — intending on stopping them rather than killing them outright. Unlike Cas Cu, Babbage wasn't fast enough to stop Saber from tearing his mechanical limbs into pieces.

Ushiwakamaru and d'Eon were next. They tried to block the swing of the sword – and while they succeeded, the impact sent them off their feet and sent them flying into Lu Bu, incapacitating the Berserker as well.

Rather than becoming sitting ducks, Cu and Medusa met Saber's advance head-on. Rider unleashed her dagger and chain at Artoria. The King of Knight deflected the attack with ease, but that's what the purple-haired Servant was counting on. With a tuck of her chain, Medusa's weapon wrapped itself around Excalibur and forced the blade to stop its swing. Seizing this chance, Cu Chulainn charged with his Gae Bolg ready to pierce his opponent's heart.

"Commendable, but futile," Saber commented with her eyes closed.

In an unexpected turn of event, Saber let go of her sword. Lancer wasn't able to stop his attack in time and his spear missed its target as Saber let passed through the space between her body and arm. Within the next few seconds, her arm clamped down and locked the spear underneath her armpit, and thus locking Lancer's position as well, before punching him in the face using her free arm. Cu's visage met with the hard ground — his Protection from Arrow was still on cooldown.

Saber quickly extended her hand to grab her sword before it even fell to the ground. Medusa, caught off-guard, wasn't prepared when Artoria tugged her chain and dragging the blindfolded Servant forward. Having lost her balance, Rider couldn't resist when Saber used her own chain to throw one of the Gorgons into the forest. The impact was enough to create a mushroom cloud of dust.

Artoria quickly turned to her left to block two blades shot at her by none other than the uncorrupted version of her Archer. The attack was quickly followed up by EMIYA engaged the King of Knights in melee. After a short while of exchanging blows, the two locked their blades together, one side unable to overcome the other.

"Dammit, Saber, come to your sens-" Archer's attempt to get some sense out of his old friend ended in failure when Artoria grabbed him by the face and slammed him down onto the ground.

Gudao, Mash, and Olga could only stare at the scene with horror painted on their face. The Servants… all lost to Saber. Gudako had a blank expression on her face. Wait, not all

Gudao frantically looked around, trying to find Geronimo and Stheno, but they were nowhere to be found. Were they defeated while he wasn't looking?

With no one left, Mashu ran forward, intending on protecting those who were precious to her. She could barely block a swing from Excalibur, which sent her flying and crashing into the ground beside Gudao, who quickly crouched down to check on her, while Olga only froze at their absolute defeat.

"It's over, trespassers," Artoria declared. "But since you are the Masters of these brave warriors, I shall grant you an honor…" Saber Alter lifted her sword in the air, as energy began to gather and swirl around her blade, "...to die by my Noble Phantasm."

The three could only look on with fear in their eyes, as their end seemed to slowly approach them. Olga finally broke down into tears, screaming they would die here, Mash forced herself up to try and block the attack, Gudao was panicking and was looking back and forth between Mashu and Olga, and Gudako just stared with her 'default' expression.

"Swallow the light." Saber Alter's sword turned into a beam of pure black energy. "Sword of Promised Victory. Excalibur Morgan!"

With a swing of her sword, the King of Knights unleashed her Noble Phantasm. As an entire wave of raw black light of Excalibur was about to blast them into non-existence. Mash got up despite the pain and blocked the coming attack with her shield. The lavender-haired girl tried to resist the immeasurable force of Excalibur Morgan, but slowly but steadily, she felt her strength being drained.

'I… can't…' Mash gritted her teeth. 'I'm scared… this attack… this power… what can I do…' She was so tired, and her enemy was too much, what could she-

A hand reached for Mash's own – Gudao's hands. It gripped the shield's handle along with her.

"I… I don't want to die," Gudao spoke, his voice shaking. He then swallowed the air in his throat. "So, please… Mash… let's fight this… and make it through… together…" The purple-haired girl could only stare in astonishment at her senpai.

"Mashu," Gudako suddenly spoke up. Mash turned to look at her friend, her previous exhaustion forgotten. "I believe in you," she said. Her expression remained in the 'default' state, but there was something genuine and caring about them this time.

At that moment, something awakened within Mash. Her heart raced, her palm sweated, and something deep within her heart resonated with the words of those around her.

Her shield began to grow in a brilliant light. A sigil made of beams drew itself onto her shield. "Noble Phantasm… deployed!" Mashu shouted. A barrier of energy extended from them and completely blocked the attack from Excalibur.

As the blacken light faded, everyone still conscious could only stare in disbelief the Noble Phantasm of King of Knights, one of the most powerful Heroic Spirits, was halted.

"I-Impossible!" Artoria could only scream in outrage at the display.

"O, the spirit. O, the sun. Please lend me your powers for a moment." A voice suddenly boomed behind her. Saber quickly turned around to see Geronimo kneeling down in the middle of a circle of energy. This was no doubt a Noble Phantasm. She rushed in to stop him, but it was too late. "Show the great trick once again… Tsago Degi Naley!"

An ethereal coyote appeared, towering above all of them, and howled into the night sky. As it did, a sun appeared above them and illuminated the area. The heat and aura from the radiating star burned the King of Knights into nothingness, while also healing the wounds and invigorating Geronimo's allies as they bathed under the artificial sun.

Once the Noble Phantasm subsided, Geronimo got up from his kneeling position and walked over to check on his Masters.

"Are you alright, Masters?" The Native American asked.

"Good job, Gerry," Gudako thanked with a thumbs up.

"I… thanks," Gudao managed to mutter before collapsing down.

"M-Master!" Mashu shouted. She let go of her shield and crouched down to check on Gudao.

"He should be alright; just drained, that's all," Olga reassured with a tired smile. "You just used your Noble Phantasm. It uses a lot of Prana, and even with the FATE system support, it would still be pretty draining for Gudako."

"My… Noble Phantasm?" Mashu asked in astonished disbelief. She turned back to her shield, still standing despite having no holder at the moment.

"Indeed, I have witnessed many Noble Phantasms with defensive capability before, but yours is among the forefront," Geronimo added with a smile.

Despite their circumstance, Mashu couldn't help but smile. She might be just a Demi-Servant, but she had managed to accomplish something magnificent. But, most important of all, she could protect her director, her senpai, and her friend.

"Now that's done," a familiar voice suddenly spoke up. Several pairs of hands suddenly grabbed hold of Mashu and began touching and caressing her. "How about we get a little intimate? My little eggplant?" They were Gudako's hands, acting like tentacles and began molesting Mashu.

"Ahh! Gudako-senpai, what are you doing?!" Mashu squealed as hands began to assault her.

"Just getting friendly with you, my little kouhai," Gudako answered with a perverted smile. "Don't worry, Gudao-kun is sleeping, we can do this to our heart content." That sounded like something straight out of NTR doujin.

Now, all Mash could do was moan as she could not stop Gudako. They all seemed to forget Olga, Geronimo, and the entire staff of Chaldea (through their observation device) were watching. Roman really didn't want to see their surrogate daughter being molested by this eldritch entity. They would normally ask Olga to quickly stop them, but the director looked so red and stunned that nothing would likely get through to her.

"I will go check on the others," Geronimo said casually and emotionlessly before walking away, leaving Mash to her fate.

Poor Mashu. Her corruption process had also begun.


Gudao slowly opened his eyes. The first thing which greeted him was the beautiful visage of Olga. "...did I die and go to waifu heaven?" The black-haired boy asked in his dizzy state.

While Olga had no idea what 'waifu' meant, she blushed nonetheless. "N-No, of course not, you dummy!" She casually scolded. "You are just exhausted after Mash used her Noble Phantasm."

Mash…

Gudao immediately got up, frantically looking around. "W-Where's Mash?!"

"I am here, senpai," a voice answered him.

Gudao immediately looked to the source of the voice. There, he saw Mashu sitting between Medusa and Ushiwakamaru. The boy breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he had calmed down, he finally realized the Servants were sitting around him and Olga.

"So you have awakened, Master," Emiya greeted him. "Caster Cu had already disappeared since the War is over, but he passed on his goodbye."

Gudao nodded, happy it was now over. That was when he noticed something.

"What… happened to Gudako?" He was referring to the fact she was tied up and had her head plunged into the ground.

"...you don't want to know," Lan Cu answered.

"Now that Master is awake, we should finally get the Grail and get out of here," Emiya pointed out.

"Right," Gudao acknowledged. They all got up and prepared to go get the Grail.

Babbage walked over and pulled Gudako out of the ground. "Oh, you awaken? You missed something quite wonderful."

"No, she does not!" Olga countered with a light blush.

"Anyways, are we finishing this? This prologue dragged on long enough if you ask me," Gudako said.

"Right," Gudao replied. He was quite tired of this charade as well. They really needed to find a way to revert Gudako back to normal.

With that, they marched toward the Grail, though none of them except Geronimo seemed to notice Stheno was still missing; the Caster remained silent about the absence of his most sane colleague, however. Upon reaching the base of the light tower, Mash reached into the light and pulled out the Grail itself.

"So, that's it… we have won…" Olga whispered. All her effort, all of her family fortune, all invested into Chaldea, and now it had finally borne fruit.

Everyone was smiling at their success. Gudao turned to Olga. "Thank you, Director," the boy said.

"Eh…?" The heiress was caught off guard.

"Without you, we wouldn't have survived," Gudao started. "With your advice and guidance, we have managed to win this. So again, thank you."

"No credit to me, huh?" Gudako bemused. She received a blow to the head from Emiya for ruining the moment.

"I… I…" Olga didn't know how to reply. If anything, she was overwhelmed. All these years of hard work, she had never once expected a simple thank you from anyone – she only did it to continue her father's legacy and save humanity, after all, but now… someone had finally said it. It might have been but a simple word of gratitude, but it was enough to drive this lonely girl to tears. The director sobbed, but remembering the situation they were in, she quickly regained her composure. "N-Nonsense! You and Gudako are the Masters here. It is you two who do most of the heavy lifting."

Well, it was actually Gudako and her Servants who did a lot more than Gudao (Lu Bu destroyed those Assassin and Lancer Shadow Servants, Lan Cu defeated Shadow EMIYA, and Geronimo defeated Saber Alter), but she herself caused enough… more than enough moral damage for Olga to admit that.

"Yes, but it is you who gather us here. Without you, we wouldn't have been the Masters in the first place," Gudao pointed out.

That caused the heiress to go back to sobbing. It was always Olga's dream to become one among the Master candidates of Chaldea, but her dream was shattered a long time ago. Yet now, one of those Masters was here, telling her he couldn't do it without her; essentially, telling her she was as important as he was.

"T-Thank you," the white-haired girl managed to mutter.

"This makes me sick," a new voice suddenly boomed up.

They all turned to the new voice. On the cliff nearby was a curly-haired man.

"Lev!" Olga cried out happily as she saw her old friend.

Gudako, however, knew better and she had been preparing for this moment.

Using a spell, she began telepathically communicating with her Servants, while ignoring Lev's obligatory villain monologue about how he hated Olga and blah, blah, blah, so generic; at least Zoken and Darnic had proven themselves to be genuine threats, Lev just… died two chapters in.

'Test, test, can you people hear me?' Gudako said to her Servant.

'Wh-Wha…! Master, you can use telepathy?!' Lan Cu questioned in confusion, though he kept his stoic expression as he pretended to listen to Lev.

'Yup! Is everyone now prepared?'

'Yes,' Geronimo affirmed.

'■■,' Lu Bu replied, much louder than the other two.

'I am in position and have the target in sight,' Stheno called out, causing Cu to finally realize she was missing throughout the whole fight with Saber Alter. 'I also got the package you requested, Master.'

'Good; with this, we should be good to go,' Gudako chuckled.

'Hold on?! What are you people talking about?!' Lan Cu asked.

'I know of the future… and let's keep it at that,' the orange-haired Master clarified vaguely. 'I didn't tell you because you are not the most essential Servants in my plan, while Stheno is absolutely vital. Now that it's nearly time, I believe it is nearly an appropriate time to tell you to charge up your Gae Bolg. Get ready!'

Lancer mentally nodded and began to subtly channel his Prana into his spear. Geronimo secretly handed Gudako a rope behind Lu Bu, who blocked their exchange from the mad mage. The midget tied a knot over Gudao's ankle before handing the rope to her Berserker.

Now, they were ready for "Operation: Save Olga for my own benefit".

Just in time as well. Lev finally lifted Olga up in the air using his spell after she charged at him. Above the Director was the Chaldea machine, ready to become her doom. After he explained his intention, she could only stare in despair with tears rolling down her eyes as her doom awaited.

"No…" Olga muttered in disbelief. "SOMEONE SAVE ME!" She cried.

Gudao and Mash were ready to run up, trying to get to the director, but Gudako knew that wouldn't be enough, so she finally initiated her plan.

"NOW!" Gudako shouted. Lu Bu immediately grabbed Gudao by his shirt and threw him at the director, causing him to crash into her. "Hug her!" Gudako commanded. Her male counterpart immediately did as he was told and hugged the Director tight, a hug which the white-haired girl returned with all her might.

Gudao's Servants were still confused until Gudako handed them the rope, which they saw were actually connected to their Master's ankle. "Pull!" The gremlin ordered and Geronimo and Lu Bu quickly pulled the rope, dragging their Master and Olga back down. The others followed suit and pulled the rope as well, except for Cu, who readied his spear instead.

"What are yo-" Before Lev could finish questioning what they were doing, a knife stabbed through him in the back and pierced his heart. "AGHH!"

"What a repulsive man," Stheno mused in disgust. She was chosen by Gudako to perform the sneak attack on Lev in order to cancel his levitating spell – her Presence Concealment was ranked A+, after all. The loli Assassin pushed the mage down from the cliff. "Cu!"

The Hound of Ulster leaped into the air and readied his weapon. "Your heart…" The legendary spear flared up in intense red light. "...is Mine! Gae Bolg!" Lancer threw his weapon before the mad mage could conjure up any meaningful defense.

The impact of Noble Phantasm sent a large cloud of dust into the air, and instantly the Director could feel gravity working on her once again; meaning, Lev is dead.

"Ahhh!" Gudao and Olga screamed, as they began falling and the tension of death-by-burning left them.

"Senpai! Director!" Mashu yelled in panic and quickly ran up to catch them, which she easily achieved, being a Demi-Servant, allowing them to land on each of her arms. "Director, are you al-"

She didn't get to finish when Olga dragged her and her senpai into a hug. Now, the white-haired girl was crying openly, relieved at surviving this ordeal and could no longer control her emotion.

The Servants and Gudako only looked on, until Stheno arrived with an extra package with her: a homunculus.

"At first, I was extremely confused as to why you ordered me to capture one of the wandering homunculi, and then go hide at that specific location," she pointed at the cliff where she tossed Lev down. "Now, though, I am confused at another thing. How do you know all of this? About this city, about our abilities even though you have just summoned us, and how do you know about where Lev is going to be?" The loli Assassin finished listing off her questions.

Now, every Servant turned to her, equally wanting to know how their Master/co-Master could manage to do all of this.

Gudako showed them a smug grin. "If I tell you everything, it won't be fun, will it now?" That was all she was willing to answer before she dragged the tied-up homunculus with her toward the crying Olga. "Guys!" She called out and caught the group's attention. "I got a homunculus here! We can transfer the Director's soul into it!" She was referring to the problem regarding Olga's real body's death in the explosion at Chaldea, and what standing here right now was the Director's soul.

The ground began to shake.

"T-the Singularity is collapsing!" Roman said through the wrist device. "You people need to get out of there! We are preparing the Rayshift! Just hang on for a few minutes!"

"Quick, Gudao! We have to transfer Olga into the homunculus now! Or she will be stuck here!" Gudako quickly told them. "Babbage! Gerry! Come help out as well! You guys are Casters!" Everyone who was called out quickly got up to Olga to help out with this transferring process.

The white-haired girl could only stare in astonishment at the girl she had once thought was nothing but an obstacle in Chaldea's operation. Feeling extremely guilty, Olga was about to apologize, but Gudako spoke up.

"Don't worry about it, Chief. Couldn't let you die here." A sadistic smile crept onto Gudako's face. "I still haven't lewd or extort any Quartz from you yet."

Olga suddenly felt maybe, just maybe, it might have been more merciful for her to die by being thrown into the Chaldea machine.

She's not wrong.


A/N: Nothing that needed to be addressed for now, already bragging about my roll.

[1] Forget that not everyone knows what this means. It's a meme from Fate/Stay Night and Carnival Phantasm since Lancer dies all the time in that light novel.

Lancer ga shinda! = Lancer is dead!

Kono hito de nashi! = You aren't human!