mega1987: By the gods, I hope not! Ishtar has shown that she still powerful despite not relying on her Destructive Noble Phantasm. The island wouldn't survive from her Noble Phantasm.
iZuikaku: Well, why not? I could do that. I mean, Ritsuka can find ways to force her to do that.
Kian Xki: Thanks for critiquing my version of Kurumi if she were become a Servant. I could see that I was wrong. So she's an EMIYA in a sense due to her versatility, huh?
PatrickStarSpongy: Thanks for the correction and clarification, I already replaced them on the whim.
Chapter 40: The Underworld
The Hurricane Twins were intimidated just from their entrance alone. Never have they thought that the Tohsaka Twins will interrupt their bout. That was not cool!
They also knew that the Tohsaka Twins aren't human in the beginning with but they didn't expect that they are this powerful. It seemed that they underestimated them.
"Oh, look what do we have here?" Ishtar begin. Her eyes glowed with mysticism that rivaled the bright moon. Ereshkigal was just quiet but remained an inquisitive stare at the other twin.
"You have no business in here, [Goddess]! This is our fight!"
"Repeat. You have no right to barge into our fight!"
Both Yuzuru and Kaguya sweatdropped. It seemed that they have no choice but to face them first in order to fulfill their promise.
Ereshkigal and Ishtar then observed Shidou and Tohka on the ground with contempt. Shidou immediately was aware that they were being looked at.
"P-please, [Goddess] can you stop them?" Shidou shouted with all his might as he pleaded as Tohka hold on to him. Ishtar just chuckled from hearing it.
"Shidou boy? Stop them? You've got to be kidding me…" Ishtar then released a heartful laugh. Both the Yamai Twin are in unease; even though Ishtar was just mocking Shidou doesn't mean she wouldn't even try. "Although, it would be fun doing it."
"Ainu-san, was it? Why do you interrupt our fated fight?" Kaguya was the one who started. Her face was scrunched up with worry. She wasn't even
"Hmmph, you didn't listen well, kid." Ishtar bragged as she leaned toward her large bow. Her large bow, Maana, supported her illusionary weight. Ishtar even has the guts to yawn in front of her. "I'm a little bored right now, so why not make your first move."
Kaguya was offended but was too afraid to move but Yuzuru was the one who attempted to assault Ishtar in the sense she was trying to gauge her powers. Her weapon flailed as she tried to swing it at Ishtar.
The chains seemed to ripping apart the winds as it violently produced harsh winds. Ishtar just gracefully avoided them with her gymnastic-like movements. It is as if she was performing a ballet in the mid-air. She even evaded the winds that tried to cut her, as if she can see them with her glowing eyes.
"What's wrong? Why not let the other one join in the fray? Are you too afraid to face me?" Ishtar teased them both. Kaguya was really afraid of Ishtar this time but she was good at hiding her emotions but not as good as Yuzuru.
Yuzuru just stared longingly at Kaguya and Kaguya just looked at her awkwardly. Then Yuzuru shifted her gaze back to Ishtar again.
"Argument. Kaguya can act whenever she wanted too, whether she will fight beside me or not and you have no right to imply that my sister is a coward!" Yuzuru fiercely defended her sister.
"Y-Yuzuru…" Kaguya just floated there dumbfoundedly when Yuzuru just defended her for a small reason.
"Declare. I am more than enough to face you!" Yuzuru exclaimed.
"Relax, I didn't said something about your sister being a wimp. It's just that are you sure you can land a blow on me as easy as you thought? I'm giving you a chance?" Ishtar just showed off as she stretched her arms wide in front of them. What's worse is that Kaguya was well aware that Ishtar has the power the back-up what she just said. She could feel that Ishtar was just playing with her.
Whats more if Ishtar's other twin join the fray? Ereshkigal was quietly floating not that far from Ishtar, observing them in silence.
Nevertheless, Yuzuru answered with another strike from her chain whip, waves and waves of slicing winds erupted from her weapon's immediate carves.
As usual, Ishtar evaded them like it they are nothing; she danced in the midair with fluidity and grace. However, this time, Ishtar pointed Yuzuru with her index finger and middle finger and shot out a light beam.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
Yuzuru was hit on her chest, shoulder and legs. It made her flinch for a moment; an excruciating pain circulating her whole body but she remained upright no matter what. Of course, Ishtar couldn't bring herself disable Yuzuru on the spot, that's why she opted to lessen the magic input to almost mere a quarter of her usual shots. She never has thought that she could still inflict serious injuries.
Kaguya was shocked when Yuzuru was injured for they have this basic knowledge that not everything can scratch them on earth, but when they realize this for the first time, it seemed that they became more conscious.
"Sister!" Kaguya was worried about her dear sister but Yuzuru just chill.
"What's this? Worried about your sister, Kaguya-chan?" Ishtar once again tease Kaguya. As a result, Kaguya was getting irritated. She was about to move when Yuzuru stopped her.
"I can still fight, sister." Yuzuru explained. She remained emotionless as she was but in reality, she was already at 70% best after Ishtar shot her with her degraded Gandr.
Ishtar didn't give her any chance to recover and just straight up became offensive. Ishtar swing her body in an axis in attempt to give Yuzuru a downward kick on her head, Yuzuru meanwhile was still stupefied from Ishtar's speed. It seemed that she hasn't prepared in time to deflect, retaliate or avoid Ishtar's divine kick.
"Yuzuru!" Kaguya couldn't help it, her sister was hurt and she might die for real. With her speed, she managed to tackle Yuzuru away from Ishtar and carry her away from Ishtar. Kaguya intended to escape from them at once, they could be in danger if they kept it that way.
tsk* Ishtar was irritated from their action as she just stared at them at the distance as they were fleeing away from her. She could catch them of course, but she has no desire to do it. She has other plans.
Ereshkigal immediately raised her spear at the top of her head and begin to spin it it became a blur and crackling with energy lightnings. The arcs of lightning steadily increased in volume and spreads throughout the air.
*KZZZZTTT*
Honestly, the lightnings weren't harmful directly but they are really dangerous if others wouldn't be careful. Shidou hugged Tohka very tightly as the mystical lightning struck the land repeatedly and dangerous but thanks to Mashu's Noble Phantasm, which can protect an entire country if used carefully, the people currently on the island were safe from any harm.
Lightning struck the oceans repeatedly, and in a kind of horrific event, it turned the water into blood red. This quickly spread through out the ocean until it reach a respective boundary. The blood red water tossed and created waves, even with no wind present controlling them.
The night that was supposed to be filled with stars became a complete darkness that swallowed the light.
All in all, it became a complete nightmare.
Ereshkigal was supposed to establish a simple bounded field but it seemed that it went overboard 'accidentally'. It was heavily influenced from her being a Goddess of the Underworld and due to her free reign on this world. Her magical probability just skyrocketed in instance.
In short, instead of creating a bounded field, Ereshkigal managed to remove a large portion of area that included the island itself and separated from the earth and isolated it into a void. Ereshkigal was terrified for a moment because of her own raw power as a Divine Spirit. As a Servant, she expected that her class container will make her abilities to be constrained on purpose.
Turns out she doesn't have any kind of limiter so its kind of she made it overrated. At least she did her job done.
Even the ships that are floating in the skies weren't safe and were caught into the oblivion.
"This…this is impossible." One of the staff from the Arbatel said with fear. He even tried to tap the screen if the readings were just right. They were not in danger per se but their mana readings go shit crazy. Their radar are nearly useless in this situation, all they could have pick up were the various lightning disturbance.
"What is it?" The Captain became curious; even he was aware of the drastic changes happening outside. The screen that was showing the island showed proof of it; the sea became blood and the skies became pitch black.
"The mana readings are at their top bar, our instruments are getting crazy, sir, what do we do?"
"Remain in passive. Does the Bandersnatch deployment unaffected?"
"Affirmative sir. Other than the high mana detection waves, no other changes has been detected—wait, our invisibility façade are in failure. We couldn't longer maintain our invisibility."
"Such bad luck, dropped the camouflage and focus on the deployment of Bandersnatch instead."
"Yes, sir."
In the same vein, the ship Fraxinus also wasn't lucky either. Their invisibility façade were temporarily in shambles too, they couldn't maintain it too so they dropped it entirely and maintain in flight.
"What in the name of…" Kyohei was really confused and terrified. All they can detect in their radar are crazy mana readings from everywhere. High levels of energy meant they could destroy everything inside the Fraxinus at any moment but nothing happened. He could only thank that the territory that was shielding them from the outside influence is still up and running.
Even the other members of Ratatoskr could only stare in awe and fear. The changes to the island as well as the ocean and the skies undergo drastic changes and their radar was unstable because of it. The only conclusion they could get from this crazy phenomenon is that this could be the work of a powerful spirit.
All in all, even with the clouds removed, the two ships were floating blindly in the atmosphere of this limited area. Poor Arbital and Fraxinus, when will they set their sight to each other before either one could be potential destroyed by the place.
At last the crazy lightnings ceased and stillness could only be found. Little did they know that they are separated from the physical realm into the netherworld.
Even without uttering the Noble Phantasm or create a disastrous firepower, Ereshkigal managed to exceed her expectation and it quite terrifying.
Kur Kigal Irkallaaa!
Ereshkigal wanted to put the influence of the underworld onto this island and seal it from the outside world. Her idea of bounded field was just as simple as that. Never have she thought that the result was quite the opposite.
Instead of the field changing to the underworld, a small part of the world was transported into the realms of her desired version of the underworld. They were completely cut out from the world itself and no one needs to know that.
Ne, sister have you done this?! On your own?
Y-Yeah, I think so…
Don't be ridiculous! I could tell that we are now in the underworld but whose underworld was it? We couldn't have been back to our world, are we?
No… this is not our world. We are still in the same world. The underworld here was empty so when we first arrive here, this version of underworld immediately crowned me as its Goddess… Its that I didn't expect that it will result into this.
Transported into the large underworld? That's insane.
Yeah, I swear it was just an accident!
Tell me, can we still return?
Wait a minute, I'll figure this out … Thank goodness, since I have a complete authority in this version of underworld, I think I still can.
That's a quite a relief… hold it for now, we must deal with the naughty twins first!
On it, sister!