Chapter 9: The First Singularity
Disclaimer: I don't own either of the franchises. All characters belong to either Type-Moon or Marvel.
Questions
For everyone asking, I already have a few shippings plan for my story. But at the moment they're all mostly for Ritsuka. I still haven't come up with any for the marvel characters yet. Now let's go to the other questions.
Hatred and Love: It's fine
Dovah117: I know right, its not fair. Sometimes no matter how much you save; you can never get that one servant you want the most. All jokes aside, thanks for reading my story and about your questions. Well, you're going to have to keep reading my story if you want to see which Marvel character will appear next and Spiderman might appear in the later singularities because I want to write about some lesser-known Marvel characters.
Axel363402: It depends on the power-up. For instance, Thor was only able to become Rune King after obtaining the full power of the Odin force and the power of the rune stones. Those are some specific things that Thor might not have access to and plus that form is way too overpowered. As for Captain Universe, well that power is tied to Eternity, and it could not leave the universe that it was from. So, the power was most likely destroyed with the Marvel multiverse. But if I can find a way to introduce the world tree then Dr. Strange can have the power-up. Who knows maybe I'll make an event out of it or put it in the Lostbelts.
Jose4Andres7: I'm not sure if I'll use Moonknight or not. He's kind of a tricky character to write about because of his different personalities. But if I do add him into my story than he'll probably be in the 4th singularity. If the servants did meet him, I'm sure they would be surprised and maybe a little interested in his story.
TigerWorrior1998: It will definitely be tricky with all the characters that I have planned, but I'm going to do my best. Yeah, it might have been too soon for someone like Okita to show up, but I wanted to shake the story up a bit and because of her unique condition I chose her. Now about the Beyonder. I'm just going to stick with the origins that says that he's a younger member of the beyonders.
Spiderwitch2211: Could you send me another link to your story because the other one isn't working. Or you could send me the name of your story through private messages. If you don't know how to do it than all you have to do is click on my name that's next to the title and once you're on my page than click on PM and you'll be able to send it.
Now with all the questions out of the way let's get to the story.
When arriving in the singularity Ritsuka, Mash, and the four servants would meet up with Dr. Strange and take a look around their environment.
"Sigh. Looks like we all managed to get here safely." Mash said in relief. Then out of nowhere a familiar little figure jumped onto Mash's shoulder and startled her.
"Fou! Fou! Fou!"
"Fou what are you doing here? Did you decide to come with us again?" questioned the demi-servant. But of course, Mash didn't get an answer that she could understand.
When the others noticed Fou as well they would ask the same questions and look at the little beast with some interest. But Ritsuka would ask a different one. "Wait since Fou is here does that mean he can Rayshift too?"
"It seems that way. He must have snuck into one of our Coffins. Luckily, Fou wasn't harmed and since it looks like he became attached to us. Hopefully this means that when we return to Chaldea, then he'll automatically come with us." Mash told Ritsuka while petting Fou.
"Then in that case, there should be no problems with Fou coming along." Rituska said.
Then Robin Hood decided to come up to the demi-servant and master. "Hey, master I hate to interrupt the two of you but do either of you know where or when we are?"
"O-oh yeah." Mash realized before pulling out a device. "From what the time axis coordinates say, it looks like we're in the year 1431."
"Doesn't that mean we're somewhere in the middle of the Hundred Years' War." Rituska questioned.
"Yes, it does. But to be more specific we landed in one of the respite periods of the war." Mashed answered.
When hearing this Ritsuka was left kind of shocked. "Wait wars have respite periods?"
"That's right. You see the Hundred Years' War wasn't actually fought for the full 100 years as the name would imply. Wars during this era were relatively carefree compared to what we consider as war." Mash explained.
Then suddenly the hologram projection of Dr. Romani appeared. "Mash, Ritsuka, Dr. Strange, did you guys make it to the singularity? Hello, can any of you hear me?"
"Yes Dr. Romani, we can hear you and we made it to the singularity." Ritsuka replied.
"Good, that means the rayshift was successful and our communications system seems to be working. While it's not the best quality, at least we're getting video feedback. Okay everyone, I suggest that you all start looking for a leyline." Dr. Romani said with a sense of urgency.
"Do you have any idea where we should look?" Ritsuka asks.
When hearing this Dr. Romani gave Ritsuka an apologetic look. "Sorry Ritsuka, our scanners are still a little messed up from the explosions. So, until we can get them properly working again, why don't you ask our resident sorcerer supreme."
Agreeing to this idea Ritsuka and Mash turned to Dr. Strange for answers only to find that he was nowhere to be found. But at the mention of the title sorcerer supreme Cu, Robin Hood, Ushiwakamaru, and Okita Souji would grow even more curious of the man. Not only did he feel different from everyone else, but he had a title that none of them have ever heard of. They wanted to ask their master but before any of them could, their master alongside the demi-servant and Fou ran off to look for the sorcerer.
Luckily the three of them didn't get too far as they found Dr. Strange behind some bushes. But for some reason he was staring up at the sky. Ritsuka and the others were confused until they too looked at the sky and what they found shocked them all.
"What's wrong? What do you all see?" Dr. Romani Asked.
"I'll send you visuals." Mash replied.
When Mash sent Dr. Romani visuals, he alongside everyone one else in the command room saw an impossibly huge ring of light in the sky. Lots of people in the command room reacted like Rituskas' team and wondered what could have been the cause for this phenomenon. As for Dr. Romani himself, he was shocked like everyone else. But it seems like he may have an explanation for the ring.
"Hmmm, there are no records showing anything like this happening in 1431, so that ring of light must be some form of magecraft that was cast over the satellite orbit. But I've never seen anything this big before. From what I can see, it's probably as big as North America, if not bigger." Dr. Romani informs everyone. "For now, you all shouldn't worry about it. We'll analyze it from our end. You all should concentrate on investigating the singularity but as I said before, I think it's best that you all start by looking for a leyline."
As Dr. Romani was speaking Fou who was on Mash's shoulder, saw something not too far away and prompted Mash to look in the same direction. To Mash's surprise she saw something and alerted everyone else. "Everyone, look over there! I think there's a French scouting brigade."
Just as Mash had said there were armored men not too far from the group. However, no one really knew what to do with this information. Should they go or should they stay? Unfortunately, before the others had time to think, both Mash and Ritsuka had come to an agreement.
"Senpai, should we attempt to make contact?" Mash asked her master.
Not seeing any problem with this idea, Ritsuka agreed. "Yeah, let's go."
So, before Dr. Strange or any of the servants could do anything, Both Mash and Ritsuka went to greet the soldiers. But their meeting with the soldiers didn't exactly go the way they expected it to.
"ENEMY ATTACK! ENEMY ATTACK!" one of the soldiers cried out.
When that happened, both Ritsuka and Mash were immediately surrounded by a group of soldiers on all sides. But luckily for them, Ritsuka's servants also heard the cry and instantly rushed over to protect their master.
"Don't worry my lord! We will protect you." Ushiwakamaru said as she and the other three servants landed in front of Ritsuka and Mash.
But when seeing his servant prepare to fight, Ritsuka tried to stop them. "Wait, don't kill them."
"Master please don't worry; we'll only disarm them and force them to retreat." Okita assured him.
'These guys won't be a problem at all. Man, here I was hoping to fight a good fight. Guess this will have to do for a warmup." Cu said with a bit of disappointment.
For a while both the French soldiers and servants stared at each other waiting to see who would make the first move. But then something unexpected happened. As it seemed like the French soldiers were about to make the first move, instead all but one of the soldiers suddenly fell to the floor.
Both the last standing soldier and the servants were all left confused when they saw this happen. Dr. Strange would then appear with his hand stretched out while walking towards Mash and Ritsuka with a stern expression. "What were you two thinking when deciding to come up to these soldiers like that?"
As Ritsuka and Mash heard this question, they began to panic because the both of them knew that they were in trouble.
"We thought we could get some information" Ritsuka answers
"We didn't think that they would attack us." Mash added.
"The two of you didn't stop to think that both a boy in a white uniform and a girl wearing knight's armor wielding a large shield wouldn't be a cause of concern for the people here?" Dr. Romani also questioned as his hologram appeared next to Dr. Strange.
Immediately when hearing this both Ritsuka and Mash could do nothing but bow to the two doctors, as the two adults continue to lecture the young master and demi-servant on their reckless actions. All the while the four servants of Chaldea couldn't help but watch this scene in amusement.
But while it seemed like they were all distracted, the last standing soldier started trying to quietly get away. However, the soldier was only able to take a couple steps before an arrow suddenly landed Infront of him, as Robin Hood walked up to him. "Hey where do you think you're going?"
When seeing this Dr. Strange decided to stop lecturing Rituska and Mash. "Sigh. Will continue this later for now could someone please tell that man that there was a misunderstanding."
Immediately after Dr. Strange said this, Mash would quickly go up to the last soldier and spoke to him. "Hello there. I think there was a misunderstanding. We aren't your enemies, we're just a group of travelers."
"You're not… the enemy? But you killed my friends." The soldiers argus
When hearing this Mash wouldn't know what to say, until she took a closer look at one of the soldiers on the ground. "Sir, if you look closer then you'll see that they're not dead but just unconscious."
Just as Mash had said when the soldier, Ritsuka and his servants took a closer look at the fallen soldiers, they saw that the soldiers were simply asleep and should wake up later without any problems. Upon seeing this, the last soldier seemed to calm down and be more willing to talk.
"As I said before we're a group of travelers and we would like to know what happened here." Mash asked.
"So, you all really don't know?" The soldier said exhausted. "Jeanne d'Arc has risen from the dead as the dragon witch."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. After all Jeanne d'Arc was the saint who saved France in its time of need and even as she met her tragic end, she never once showed violence to those that wronged her, especially her own homeland.
"She then went on to kill king Charles and somehow summoned an army of monsters that are now rampaging through France." The soldier continued. "We've been doing everything we can to try and stop her, but we haven't even been able to slow those monsters down one bit. Recently there were reports about monsters being cited near my fort. No one seemed to want to investigate and see if these reports were true, so my brigade and I volunteered. But to be honest with you, none of us believe that the whole brigade would even make it back."
After the soldier had told the group this, Ritsuka and the others could hear how tired the man was, yet he and the other soldiers were still willing to fight. This was something that earned the soldier the respect of everyone from Chaldea.
But Dr. Strange would have some questions of his own that he needed answers to. "Have there been any reports about people with strange abilities?"
"There have been a couple reports that weren't about the dragon witch and her army. But I wouldn't consider the things I saw from those reports as people." The soldier said while showing clear signs of fear. "You see not long after those monsters appeared, something else came as well. Apparently different people with powerful weapons started showing up. Some reports say that they were fighting against the monsters, others say that they were fighting with the monsters. But regardless of which side they're on, all the reports say that they're able to cut through entire groups of soldiers."
Soon after tell Ritsuke and the others about the reports, he would continue speaking but this time he spoke with a little more hope. "I've also heard stories from others as well, but I don't know if any of them are true or not. Some soldiers that I met often talk about strange people in weird clothing appearing to fight the monsters. Some say that these people have fist stronger than any weapon, others say that they could fly without the need of any wings. One soldier that I talked to even spoke about a red behemoth that could go through anything that was in front of him."
To the team sent here by Chaldea, the first part of what the soldier had said undoubtedly sounded like servants and if this singularity is anything like the previous one then some of the servants are most likely under the control of Jeanne d'Arc. But the other things that the soldier had said left everyone reacting in different ways. The four servants of Chaldea were confused. While at first, they believe the soldier was just talking about more servants, after all human history is vast and there could be plenty of servants in the throne of heroes that didn't use weapons. But an unstoppable red behemoth didn't quite sound right.
Ritsuka and Mash on the other hand knew that these people that the soldier spoke of were most likely from Dr. Stranges' world. But Dr. Strange hasn't really talked much about the heroes of his world so they didn't have any idea who they could be.
As for Dr. Strange, well he was lost in thought. While it was good to know that people, he knew, could have landed in this singularity. However, because the descriptions that the soldier had given him were so vague that it meant anyone from the hulk, Luke Cage, Blue Marvel or even Dr. Doom could have landed in this singularity. But when the soldier spoke about an unstoppable red behemoth, well Dr. Strange could only think of one person.
However, as it seemed like the soldier was going to say something else an explosion was suddenly heard from a distance. Of course, this sudden explosion shocked everyone, but the soldier seemed to completely panic when he heard the explosion.
"T-That explosion came from around my fort. The monsters must be attack my fort. I have to do something." The soldier frantically said as he picked up his weapon.
But before he could go any further Ritsuka stopped him. "Sir I understand that you want to go and help but, in your condition, you will only die fighting the monsters."
"So, you expect me to just sit here and watch as my allies and the people I vow to protect, be killed." The soldier argued.
"No, I'm not. I'm asking you to leave it to us and we'll deal with the monsters." Rituska countered.
When hearing this the soldier was left shocked. "But why? We just tried to kill you, so why are you willing to help us."
"Well, what happened earlier was partially our fault." Ritsuka sheepishly answered while scratching the back of his head. "Also remember when we said that we're travelers. Well, we traveled here for the specific reason of dealing with this threat."
After saying this Ritsuka turned to his servants. "Please go to the fort, eliminate the monsters and try to save as many people as you can."
As Cu, Robin Hood, Ushiwakamaru, and Okita Souji heard this they nodded their heads before quickly disappearing and traveling to the fort. Then as Fou, Mash, Ritsuka, and Dr. Strange was also about to leave the soldier called out to them.
"Wait before you go can you tell me if my friends will be okay."
"There be find. They're just sleeping and they should wake up in a couple minutes." Dr. Strange answered.
As he heard this the soldier let out a sighed of relief and watched as the three of them alongside the little creature left to join the fight at the fort.
As Rituska, Mash, Fou, and Dr. Strange made it to a point that they could clearly see the fort, they saw Cu, Ushiwakamaru, and Okita Souji fighting against skeleton soldiers while Robin Hood was providing support from on top the walls of the fort. Honestly the four servants didn't seem to have any problems, as Cu, Ushiwakamaru, and Okita Souji were easily able to cut clear through the skeletons, and those that the three didn't get were all taken out by Robin Hood. Overall Ritsuka's servants were making quick work of the skeletons and by the time the four of them finally made it to the fort, all the enemies were already taken care of.
"Hey master, you guys finally made it." Cu greeted them.
As Cu said this Ushiwakamaru would also go up to them. "My lord we've taken care of all the enemies"
"Thank you. You all did great." Ritsuka replied and without thinking he suddenly patted Ushiwakamaru on the head.
As soon as this happened Ushiwakamaru just froze in place from her masters' sudden actions and so did Ritsuka when he noticed what he had done.
For a moment the two didn't move and awkwardly stood in place until Ritsuka quickly pulled his hand from her head. "I-I'm sorry. I don't know what I was thinking."
"N-no it's fine my lord. I thought it was nice. It's just that no one has ever done anything like that to me before. So, I was just a little stunned." Ushiwakamaru assured her master while she tried to hide the small blush on her face.
After hearing this Ritsuka didn't know what to say, especially when Cu and Mash were giving him a funny look. But luckily for the young master a soldier from the fort would come up to them and give them something else to worry about.
"Who are all of you?" The soldier demanded as he pointed a spear at Ritsuka and his group.
"Please sir, we mean you no harm." Ritsuka tried to assure the soldier. "We met a scouting brigade that said that they were from this fort and came here as fast as we could when we heard the battle over here."
"The scouting brigade, are they okay?" the soldier asked.
"They're fine. We just had a little misunderstanding, so they should be coming back to the fort when they all recovered." Ritsuka answered.
The soldier seemed skeptical but eventually he put his spear down. "Although I don't really trust you. You all did save us, so you have my thanks. Honestly, I don't know how much we could have lasted. While the fort walls are mostly intact, the inside is completely ruined, and most of the soldiers are wounded."
Just as the soldier said, while the fort that they were protecting seemed okay, it really wasn't. As Ritsuka and the others looked around they saw that all the soldiers that were protecting the fort were all injured and exhausted. Even the soldier that they were talking to was in no better shape, as he had bandages wrapped around wounds that clearly haven't healed yet.
Suddenly everyone heard a roar, and the soldier began to panic.
"EVERYONE STAND UP! THE DRAGONS ARE BACK!" the soldier shouted
Immediately when hearing this the other soldiers would try to get up and prepare to fight. While Ritsuka and the others would look in the direction of where they heard the roar, they saw a small army of large armless dragon-like creatures quickly moving towards them.
"Are those dragons?" Ritsuka questioned.
"No senpai, they're a subspecies of dragons called wyverns." Mash explained. "But how are they here? Were they summoned by Jeanne d'Arc?"
"You guys can worry about that later." Cu interrupt. "Right now, you two need to focus on what's ahead. There's a lot of wyverns and only the six of us."
Thanks to Lancer, Mash and Ritsuka turned their attention towards the upcoming battle. Then out of nowhere someone suddenly appeared.
"SOLDIERS, DOUSE YOURSELF WITH WATER! IT'LL MOMENTARILY DEFEND AGAINST THEIR FLAMES!" Shouted a blonde woman in armor, wielding a flag. She then lifted her flag up as it shines a gold light that seemed to heal the soldiers around her. "ALL OF YOU HURRY, PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS AND PREPARE TO FIGHT."
"Who is she?" Rituska question.
"I don't know but for now we can count her as an ally." Dr. Strange answered Ritsuka before he lifted himself off the ground and above everyone else. This action causes the others to wonder what he was doing.
"Dr. Strange, what are you doing?" Mash asked.
"Right now, there are too many wyverns and even with the help of that servant, many lives will be lost. So, I will thin out their numbers. All of you prepare yourselves." Dr. Strange told everyone as he began gathering a large amount of magical energy into his hands. When fully charged he fired it at the wyverns but before it hit them the magical blast scattered and bolts of magical energy rain down upon the wyverns, killing many of them.
When seeing this the servants and soldiers were amazed by Dr. Strange's power. Never in their lives have they seen anything like this before. But they all had to quickly refocus because despite Dr. Strange's powerful attack some wyverns managed to survive and were moving towards the fort.
But those wyverns didn't get too far because they were soon met by the servants. Cu Chulainn was the first to charge towards the wyverns and plunged his spear through the body of one. Only to then rip it out and tear a large hole in its body. Then as another wyvern flew towards Cu trying to take a bite out of the lancer. Cu in response to this jumped over the wyvern and brought his spear down through its head instantly killing it.
Ushiwakamaru, and Okita Souji had also charged towards the battle and they were slicing through wyvern by wyvern. Ushiwakamaru ran to some wyverns that were also moving towards her. As she got closer, Ushiwakamaru sliced a wing off one of the wyverns and then proceeded to cut them all into tiny pieces. All the while she wore an expression that no one would expect her to have. Okita on the other hand seemed as if she was dancing around the wyverns as she delivered slash after slash. She was moving so fast that the wyverns couldn't even hope to catch her, much less avoid her attacks.
However, some wyverns got past the three servants and made their way to the fort. There they would either be shot by Robin Hood and some of the soldiers or blasted by Dr. Strange using his magic. But at least three wyverns were able to get past even them and would come face to face with Mash and the blonde servant.
When seeing the wyverns Mash would run up to two of them and used her shield to bash one of the wyverns, knocking it to the ground where the soldier would finish it off. While Mash would use her shield to crush the head of the other wyvern. The last wyvern would be taken out by the blonde servant when she used the tip of her flag to cut off its head.
Finally, the attack had ended and the servants alongside everyone else were able to keep the fort safe, with little casualties.
Then as the situation at the fort began to calm down a certain pink hair doctor decided to speak up. "That was a fine job everyone! But honestly, I was kind of worried with the number of wyverns that were coming your way."
"Yeah, we're just lucky that Dr. Strange was with us." Ritsuka thankfully said.
Suddenly they heard a soldier shout. "RUN! THE WITCH IS HERE!"
With those few words all the soldiers panicked and ran into the fort. All the while Ritsuka, Mash, Fou and Dr. Strange could only watch with a bit of confusion. After all, the one they call witch had just saved them, but instead of thanking her, they ran from her.
The blonde servant in question understandably looked a little hurt from their action but didn't say anything about it. But being the kind person she is, Mash would go up to her in order to try to cheer her up. "Thank you for helping us earlier."
"No, that was nothing. I just did what I thought was right." The blonde servant replied before realizing something. "It seems I forgot to introduce myself. I am servant ruler, and my true name is Jeanne d'Arc."
"As in the one that became the dragon witch." Dr. Strange questions as he prepares some spells just in case a fight starts.
"We can talk about that later." The now named Jeanne d'Arc said. "For now, we should find a safer place to talk that isn't out in the open. I suggest we go over to those trees where we can get a bit more privacy and set up a camp since it seems like the sun is beginning to go down."
"We've been invited. Do you think we should go senpai?" Mash asked her master.
"Yeah, let's follow her. Maybe we can learn something about this singularity from her." Ritsuak replied.
As they reach an agreement the four servants of Chaldea would soon make it back to the group.
"Hey, master, we're back and we've taken care of all the wyverns." Cu said as he held his spear over his shoulder.
"Welcome back and thank you all of you for handling the wyverns." Ritsuka thanked his servants.
But then Ritsuka noticed Ushiwakamaru nervously come up to him. "M-my lord, is it okay if you do that thing you did to me earlier?"
"I can, but please can you just call me Fujimaru. It's kind of strange when you call me lord." Ritsuka said as he went to pat Ushiwakamaru on the head, which the servant seemed to enjoy.
As the Group were making their way towards a small forest, the four servants of Chaldea thought that this was the best time to ask their master about the powerful sorcerer that they were traveling with.
"Master, is it okay if I ask you a question?" Okita asked as she alongside the other servants got a little closer to their master.
"Sure, what do you want to know Saber." Ritsuka replied.
"Well, it's about Dr. Strange. Who exactly is he?" Okita asked.
Ritsuka didn't seem all too surprised when Okita asked him this question. After all, who wouldn't have questions after seeing all the things that the sorcerer did today. "It's a little bit complicated but to put it simply Dr. Strange is a powerful sorcerer that comes from a different universe."
Unexpectedly, the four servants of Chaldea were shocked when they learned this. After all, for anyone to have the ability to travel to different universes means that they can use magic as strong as the second magic.
"Why is Dr. Strange here than? If he has the ability to travel to different universes, why would he come to a world that is going through something like grand order." Robin Hood questioned.
When hearing this Ritsuka would do his best to explain everything to his servants. "Well, it isn't as simple as that. You see Dr. Strange comes from a universe that was in the middle of a new age of heroes. A place where heroes of all types would appear and to face different threats. But because of an incident that they couldn't stop, Dr. Strange was transported to our world."
"Wow, I knew that he would have an interesting story, but I didn't expect anything like that." Okita said. But as it seemed like she was going to ask something else, Okita stopped when she saw Ritsuka worriedly stare at her. "Master, is there something wrong."
"Are you okay?" Ritsuka worriedly asked.
"Yeah, I am. Why wouldn't I be." Okita questions seeming a bit confused
"Well, it's because you have a bit of blood on your lips." Ritsuka answered.
When hearing this Cu, Robin Hood, and Ushiwakamaru would stare at Okita and just as their master had said there was blood on Okita's lips. But Okita would quickly wipe it away when her master told her this.
"O-oh I'm a fine master. I must have gotten hit by one of the wyverns and not noticed it. I'll make sure to be more careful next time master." Okita tried explaining as she then quickly moved up to the front of the group to where Jeanne and Dr. Strange was before anyone else could question her.
For the rest of the walk everyone was quiet until they finally reached the small forest. There the group would encounter some wyverns and skeleton soldiers. But it was nothing the group couldn't handle as Dr. Strange, and the servant made quick work of them.
Once the servants made sure that the forest was safe, Ritsuka and some others would start setting up a camp while Cu and Robin Hood went towards the dead wyverns to see if they could scavenge some meat from the creatures. Then as the sun started to set and the sky grew dark, the group would find themselves sitting next to a fire while eating wyvern meat and although it wasn't exactly the best tasting food. They were happy to have a meaty meal after a long day of fighting.
When the group finished their meal, they would be given the chance to properly introduce themselves and share information with one another. It is during this time that Chaldea learns that with the death of king Charles the seventh, a peace treaty was never signed with Philip the third. Chaldea would also learn that something was wrong with Jeanne d'Arc. As a ruler class servant, she should have been given ant- servant command spells and have the ability to see the true names of servants. But she didn't have any of that and she's much weaker than she was supposed to be. In the end everyone concluded that there must be two Jeanne d'Arc in this singularity and in order to correct this singularity they must defeat the other Jeanne d'Arc.
But before they all called it a night, Mash had to ask Dr. Strange a question. "Dr. Strange, when we were talking with that soldier from the scouting brigade,and when he told us about the reports. Do you have any idea who he was talking about?"
"Most of the descriptions that the soldier had given us were too vague for me to know who exactly he might have been talking about." Dr. Strange answered Mash. This answer seemed to leave some of the servants a little disappointed. "But when the soldier spoke about an unstoppable red behemoth. Well, I think I might know who he was talking about."
"Is he a hero?" Ritsuka excitedly asks.
As Dr. Strange heard this, he shook his head before explaining. "No, he's not. His name is Cain Marko the Juggernaut, and he is the chosen avatar of Cyttorak."
When hearing this Dr. Romani's hologram would once again pop up. "Cyttorak? Isn't that the same name as your crimson bands?"
"Yes, it is and for good reason. You see, many sorcerers including me, are able to call forth powers from different magical entities from other dimensions and Cyttorak happens to be one of these entities. As the sorcerer supreme I was given the crimson bands an artifact of Cyttorak. But as an avatar, Caine was given the crimson gem of Cyttorak, one of the strongest magical artifacts of my world." Dr. Strange explained
"Are you sure that it's really him?" Dr. Romani asked, hoping for it to be nothing more than a hunch.
"Yes, I'm sure. Ever since I first arrived in this singularity, I've been sensing a lot of different energies and one of those energies was unmistakably the power of Cyttorak."
As everyone heard this, they became worried. After all, someone with that much power who isn't a hero running around the singularity could cause nothing but trouble especially after everything Chaldea had learned about avatars of powerful entities.
But then Rituska noticed something. "Hey, does anyone know where Saber?" Rituska asked as he couldn't see her anywhere.
"Yeah, she's over there." Robin Hood answered while pointing to a tree.
Ritsuka thanked him before making his way towards the tree that Robin Hood had pointed to. As he got closer to the tree, he could hear coughing but didn't think too much about it. As Ritsuka made it to the trees he would see Saber looking up at the stars.
"Hi Saber." Ritsuka greets her.
As soon as he greeted her, Saber panicked a little before turning to him and putting her hands behind her back. It seems she didn't notice him, and he simply startled her. "O-oh hi master, why are you here?" She asked him after composing herself.
"I didn't see you at the camp, so I wanted to make sure you were okay." Ritsuka answered
"I'm fine master. I just wanted some time to myself and came here." Okita said as she looked up at the star again.
Not having anything else to say, Ritsuka would soon join her. For a while the two of them did nothing but simply stared up at the stars together. This was until Ritsuka let out a yawn.
"I'm going to go to bed now but before I go. Can you promise me something?" Ritsuka asked his servant
"What is it?" Okita questioned.
"Can you promise me that you'll be more careful when you fight from now on." Ritsuka asked as he clearly still remembers what happened after the battle at the fort and wanted her to take better care of herself.
When hearing this Okita seemed to hesitate before saying anything "I-I'll try master."
Satisfied with this answer Ritsuka would give Okita a smile before saying goodbye and going to bed. But as he left, Okita would find herself squeezing one of her hands as it was covered in some blood.
A/N: Thanks for reading my story and if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.
