Saber POV

The war is brutal, no matter the age, but now, with my current status as a servant, immunity to almost everything that can be aimed at me and my speed, i managed to keep casualties to a minimum. Most battles end with many desertions, surrendering and with great popular support from the local population, they know their rightful king is back.

It's the final push, i can feel Shirou anxiety through our link, a simultaneous attack on both britain area warlords. They are allies against the Emperor, and together kept my people suffering under their thumb for generations. This ends today.

The closer i approached the palace, the more refined and well equipped the troops, and now the number of "proto-dreadnoughts" increased too. Bigger, stronger, but still, too mundane and young, no mystery behind those giants of steel. Their armors are cut by my Excalibur like a knife through butter, and I don't even need to remove the invisible air.

I finished pierce the center of mass of the last dreadnought. the giant stumbled and fell in front of the palace gate, i´m above it´s fallen carcass. Multiple soldiers with carapace armor appear, they wear dark green, dark brown, dark gray and black. They all wear skull masks and have melee weapons, swords, spears, and the so called chainswords.

"You will die here, warp abomination, beings like you are our specialty." Say one of the soldiers, before i slash him in half, for his shock and of his comrades.

They try to surround me and attack me simultaneously, smart, against a normal human . In a split second, i slash every single one of them, with my mana burst, my speed supersonic, my sword strikes, cutting anything without difficulty.

A robbed man appears, he has a black cloak and the same skull mask, but a bone crown on top of it, made of human fingers it seems. He is probably the unspeakable king, it makes no sense, why is he here? The ground tremble, he starts to laugh hysterically, something is wrong, i feel sick, no it´s not his "soulless ability", the tremors increase, as the sky starts to darken, something big is happening, the unspeakable king is decapitated by my sword, i won't give him any chances, i hear Shirou's voice on my head.

"Saber! We don't have time, i need you to go to the roof of the palace, a transport ship will get you, we are in deep trouble! We need you… They awakened something… They made something!" Shirou voice says into my mind through our link. I followed his orders, and an imperial aircraft arrived almost 10 minutes later. Understandably, the airspace was not safe until earlier today, i had to destroy many of the anti air weapons yet it just increased my tension. Shirou needs me, and i might not arrive in time.

Shirou POV

After the defeat of Uilleam the Red, and recover my weapons that i dropped in panic, i holster them and enter the palace. There i inspected his library, many occult books, he was indeed, like the king of Akkad, a sorcerer. Last time i could not read the contents, Malcador confiscated all books, here i could péek and see how this world sorcery is unlike mine, as i skim through the books, i noticed a few things, first, warp sorcery is deeply related with deals, pacts with the warp denizens, the so called "demons".

It seems that the red skin that give him his nickname, was related with the "bless" of a warp god called Tzeentch, something about natural talent with sorcery, sometimes it was tied with a metamorphic bless too, as the god was related with things like chaos and change.

The library has access to some sort of laboratory, the smell of rotten things and chemicals is strong. I can see many creatures inside glass tubes with fluids, monsters with multiple eyes, similar to the creature fused with the controller. I incinerate the creatures one by one, shooting at the glasses with my plasma pistol.I started to read his notes, as Ushotan walked in the place, with bolter in hand after hearing the shots, he frowned as see me reading the papers, worried.

"Hey, "kid", you should not read those cursed things, they are dangerous. " Says Ushotan.

"First, there´s 14 years that you still keep calling me kid, the name is Shirou, i´m no kid anymore ok? Second, i need to know what the asshole did. It seems Uilleam the Red made something, and lost control of it." I say

"...Uh… Sure ki… I mean, Shirou, did you find anything?" He asks with a shit eating grin.

"...I don't like where his notes are going…" I tell as i flip the pages.

Ushotan frowns and joins me, reading the papers i finished reading first, seemingly confused, since it's full of technical and arcane terms and references. I finish reading the notes, making sense of all of it, it takes some minutes.

"He was trying to find a body to a "greater demon" to possess, the more powerful the better, but he decided to rig the thing. Tried to outsmart the demon. He would use the powers he got from the demon to restore an ancient… Titan… Whatever it is, he wanted to find the "first titan" that he believes is here on Terra, but he found one that is "close enough", an old prototype. He was repairing it, and sacrificing bodies to it, in a ritual, it seems the bodies would become the thing's flesh, and host the demon essence, until full possession happened, and the giant titan would become a demon titan, hosting a great demon. " I say, then i look at the electronics that he used on the controller construction, several spare parts. "He wanted to rig the body, somehow create a way to remote control the creature, and put it on a leash, it would be the demon controller that i blew up."

"Titans… I only heard stories about them, some warlords had a few in the past, most were destroyed in battle, they didn't have the means to repair the gigantic machines… So… What now?" Ask Ushotan

"Now we go to Malcador with all the notes and try to find the locat…" I try to say

The ground starts to tremble,we leave the palace running, to see what's happening, we jump on the rooftop of a building, i arrive earlier using my jetpack, Ushotan arrives a few leaps later. We see a mining installation slightly outside town, it's being torn apart from inside, something it's emerging. I can see an enormous mass of metal, flesh, tentacles and miasma emerging from the mines. I contact Saber.

I charge my special rifle with my special bullets, i overcharge them with magical energy, they are now for all intents, explosive bullets, e mount it on the building rooftop and start to shot at the monstrous creature, it's almost 10 km away, i can only see it due to its size and due to the fact i´m above a skyscraper. The explosive bullets are accelerated by time alter to hypersonic speeds, and in the moment of impact, they vanish, after collide with a translucent dome like barrier.

"Even if my bullets hit the thing and exploded… It would not amount to much, look at the size of that thing… And two thirds of it is still inside the mine… The armor thickness…" I say as I try to estimate the size of the creature.

"We need firepower, we need to pinpoint that thing to the imperial artillery." Ushotan says, as he picks a small boxy thing, and points at the creature, it's a laser, to pinpoint the target location, he says some command codes through radio and tells the artillery to shoot there with everything they have, then the explosions start. The thing leaves the ground, walking forward, i receive a call from Dumont.

"Lord Emiya, we from the Terrawatt clan were informed about the location of a godmachine near your position, we need you to secure it for…" He tries to say and i cut him

"Not sacred anymore… I mean, it´s possessed by some sort of being from the warp, it's full of rotten flesh, eyes, sharp teeth and tentacles…" I say to him and send the video feed through the communications, using my new video system that´s on the helmet.

"By the Omnissiah… That´s tech heresy! Fuse a filthy warp being with the machine spirit of a sacred avatar…" Dumont says, shocked.

"Well, I guess Uilleam was the definition of heretic. The question is, how much firepower do we need to stop that thing? It's huge and is almost out of the mines it was buried in; if it reaches the city, it will be a bloodbath." I ask

"...It needs to be purged, we cannot let such heresy exist! We can't leave a single part of that left!" Dumont says.

I watch as the missiles and artillery shells impact the giant thing, it roars, the inhuman shriek gives us chills as it slowly leaves the crater, it´s void shields holding the multiple impacts and explosions. The thing points its cannons in one direction and opens fire. Multiple explosions can be heard. Ushotan seems overwhelmed with reports on his comm, it seems the artillery group got hit hard.

"They are being hit hard…" Ushotan says after finishing hearing the reports, many Thunder Warriors and civilians watch on the streets, the defeated enemy soldiers that aren't dead and surrender, being restrained and taken to transport to military prison. .

"Then we retre…" Before i can finish, i see a blue beam of light move on the rooftops in hypersonic speeds, then jump and collide with the giant, it's Saber, after the impact, that end with her bouncing back, and the giant intact, she release her invisible air, into a air slash at the giant, that impact with the void barrier.

Saber holds the beautiful holy sword with both her hands, now visible to everyone, the entity opens fire against her, she dodge and deflect the shots with her sword, these attacks, they are charged with warp energies, they have some mystery on them.

The giant releases a giant purple energy whip, Saber hits and crashes against a building, she stands up, her helmet cracked and she seems to be hurt. I approach her jumping the rooftops, reaching near the edge of the city.

"Saber! We need to retreat, this thing is too strong!" I say

"No… That thing it's all in the way of… My grail. '' Saber says, i freeze, it takes me a while to understand, the place we are, it's not any nation, i didn't paid attention before, the location of the nations didn't matter to me, Japan was gone, but i never tought about her homeland, i´m a idiot.

"The emperor said… I can rebuild Britain, i can have Camelot again, Shirou. I can fix my mistakes." Saber says, i can see her eyes tearing. "...I need my land back… My people are still here, i need to save them…" She pleaded.

"I… Then, let's give them a miracle… " I look at the creature, and start to send all my magical energy to Saber.

I flew with my jetpack landing at her side, the sight of the giant firing, made most people run, some seemed frozen, or too curious to have self preservation, or too brave, like the Thunder Warriors, to leave. They all observe in horror as the invincible monstrous giant keeps being hit by artillery like it's nothing, and suddenly, pointing it´s main cannon towards Saber, a massive energy blast starts to charge at the tip.

"By the power of the command spell i order you, destroy the Demon Titan with the power of your Holy Sword Excalibur! Release your noble phantasm!" I order as i lift the hand with the command spell, the back of my hand shines, the second command spell is spent, fading slowly from it. Saber receives all my magical energy, plus the power of the command spell.

Ost: Sword of Promised Victory

Particles of golden light start to emerge from the ground around the entire city, the civilians and Thunder Warriors look at the scene in awe as the Holy Swords start to shine a golden light, growing in size as a massive pillar of light.

"The dream, that all soldiers scattered on the battlefield, past, present and future, hold and mournfully exalt as their last moments approach… She carries their will as her pride, bidding them to remain steadfast in their loyalty, now the undefeated king sings aloud the name of the miracle she holds in her hands… Its name is…" I say in a trance, as i watch again, the greatest of all holy swords.

""Ex…" Saber says as she lifts the sword, bringing it down in a mighty swing, that releases a gargantuan beam of golden holy light. "...calibur!"

The wave of holy energy collides with the purple beam from the giant demonic canon, both energies struggle briefly, then, the holy light persists, forcing it back and then, pierce the shield of the giant great demon, impacting on the eldritch abomination and erupting in a pillar of holy light, that sears and vaporizes the entity, purging it completely, metal, flesh, and even the demonic soul. The dark sky is pierced open by the giant pillar, and suddenly it clears up again, the heavy charged clouds suddenly reacting to the disturbance and start to rain, as Saber looks stoic at the crater lifting the sword high in the air. The civilians and Thunder Warriors cheer loudly, lifting their arms in the air, the name Lion King is repeated again and again in a cheer.

Somewhere in Maulland Sen

The battle is brutal, as the Emperor and Custodes advance, following a formation of armored vehicles in the front, between them, teams of the Elite of the Thunder Warriors, each group of Thunder Warriors, lead by one Custodes. The Emperor, escorted by the brunt of the Custodes, walked on the center of the formation, any sorcery that were capable of overcoming his Custodes or Thunder Warriors defenses, would be negated by him.

The massive advancing line made again a inverted "V", with the Emperor near the tip of the formation, and following behind, were vast numbers of mundane imperial army soldiers, mostly with lasguns, the first charge would ignore the mundane and defeatable enemies, on a fast advance, with the purpose of disable mounted weapons, fixed artillery and the stronger enhanced and supernatural enemies, the brunt of the enemy forces would be dealt by the normal combatants, and the rest of the Thunder Warriors.

Most genetic altered warriors, witch-marked man and zealots being crushed by stronger, more trained and better equipped imperial warriors, the Custodes taking the frontline against psykers and sorcerers, the Thunder Warriors being more vulnerable, even with their minds protected, focused on the other enhanced soldiers.

The witch marked men and mundane soldiers were dealt by a mix of the imperial army and first legion at the rear. Since it was their second large-scale mission, this time they took the support role, something they didn´t enjoy, yet, the emperor decided to preserve them.

The Emperor waltzed through the sorcerous barriers, shattering them with raw power, walking straight into the temple, meeting the priest king.

"Your deals with the ruinous powers end today." Says the Emperor.

"Apostate! Heretic! You believe you can challenge my gods? Even with your frauds, your pseudo fairy tale heroes, you can´t do nothing against the power of the gods! I am their voice, the instrument of their will i am the…" He gasps, the Emperor hand is already on his throat and he is lifted in the air, he tries to do something, his eyes shine red, he want to transform into something, the word being want, since the sword of the emperor pierce his chest, the emperor release his neck and hold him in the air, pierced by the sword, being the thing lifting his impaled body, the priest convulses as he start to transform, but is soon engulfed on the sword flames, being turned into ash, the emperor not patient or willing to wait a dramatic transformation or waste his time on a stupid duel.

"Confiscate all archeotech, artifacts, tomes, books and computers. Incinerate the rest, including all the cultists and soldiers, they are all tainted.." The Emperor says. "Now all we have left is the Ethnarchy, Ursh and Nordafrik.. Then…" He looks up to the sky. "Prepare to deploy the XVIII legion. We have a lot more leeway now, can´t let the "kids" do all the work right? The legions need more experience too… I bet Malcador would agreed with me if he was here.""