Chapter 17: The Final Battle Begins
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"This is an absolutely terrible idea" Billie the Kid said as the masters and servants remaining stood around the war table.
"I think its a great plan!" Ford replied as he moved one of the pieces on the board. "Think about it, we do it like that, then all points will be covered".
"I am not exactly in love with this part of the plan" Toko mentioned, pointing out the area in the hills.
"Well, its the best way for you and Horus to operate".
"And we need someone to deal with that".
"They will be expecting us to attack from all sides. Even the sky" Terry Blood told them as they looked over their own War Table. "However, they wont be expecting us to make use of the Tower. Castor, did you complete your preparations?"
"Yes sir. They wont know what they will be hitting".
"ALright. Rune, Set, you know your targets?"
"Yessir. We will take them down".
"Alright. Masters of Archer, Castor, Assassin, and Rider should stay here with me though".
"Sorry, that won't work" Rune replied.
"Their assassin and his Master will both be participating in the assault" Toko told them, moving some peices around. "Their goal will be simple. They will try to strike and eliminate our power base, and they wont hold back. While the frontal assault attacks us, they will come at us from behind, sneak attack us, like what happened near the start".
"And to do that, I will need to be near the battle, keeping Assassin supplied with mana".
"Fine. In that case, Berserker's master, I will need you here".
"I cant promise anything. Why?"
"Because of their assassin. They will absolutely, positively..."
"...think that we will go after them. And they will be expecting that" Toko explained. "Which means, their Headquarters will be a trap. In order to face us, they will hole up in there, but they will need a certain amount of masters on the outside to handle the situation".
"They will probably be expecting this, but what they dont realize is that we still have the advantage with Zeus".
"They will press their advantage with the god" Suzuki told them, moving the Zeus piece towards the city. "And it will be even more intense then before".
"We need to attack from all sides, in a litteral sense. And most importantly...we need to steal..."
"We need to protect..."
""The Holy Grail!"" (Yep, it split screened)
"So lets get our forces into position".
"So lets get ready for our final assault".
"Team one. Standing by" Rider mentioned as an astral projection of her master, Kasai Kori, stood with her. Right at the moment, they were on a boat well off the coast, preparing for an ocean side invasion.
Kasai however looked out through her binoculars, to scope out the situation.
"It looks like...there is some girl there, and the one we believe is Archer of Black".
"So they brought artillery to shell us before we could reach the beach huh? Interesting".
"Team two is so far in the clear" Castor of Red replied, as he stood on a hill that overlooked the entire surrounding area. A projection of Marco was with him as well. "I am well in the back, so I dont see my opponent".
"Watch out for Assassin then. We have a report they lost their rider somehow, probably due to Grail".
"Understood. And Lancer of Red?"
"We have no idea what he might do now. Be careful".
"This is team three" Assassin of Red reported as he and Rune looked over the area. "We have confirmed multiple targets to strike. But we dont see their Saber. They have not detected us".
"THis is Team Four" Sabre of Red reported, a bit annoyed. "It appears that the enemy sabre has not appeared yet. I do not think that one would remain hidden though, which would imply she was back at base for some reason".
"This is Team five" Archer of Red reported, watching from the sky. "I have confirmed visual on their Lancer. It looks like my opponent is her...and here I wanted a rematch with their archer".
"This is team six" the projection of Berserker's master reported. "I think I drew an unlucky straw or something. I am looked at another Berserker".
Everyone on comms went silent for a moment.
"...Berserker vs Berserker fight?"
"...huh".
"Good luck!"
"Try not to die!"
"Hey! Dont count us out like that! I have a Berserker too!"
"But they have the home field advantage, dont forget".
He just sighed. "Yeah, I know".
"Alright then...and begin!"
The moment that happened, all members of Red Team went in for the kill.
Rider of Red launched herself off the boat with the projection of her Master as she summoned her mount, and began racing towards the beachfront at top speed.
Meanwhile, Billie made sure to hold his master's hand.
"You can do it. We all believe in you. So...lets work as an awesome team, Master".
"Un!" she replied, much more confident then when she started in this Grail War. And then...she activated her magic.
Even if most Servants had some form of magic resistance, even powerful versions, it did not make them completely immune. But even more importantly...Mika-chan was a water user. Stationed at the beach front. That was why they were assigned there, rather then somewhere tehy could hold the enemy Archer off at.
"Ice Spectacle!" Mika cast, and then suddenly huge amounts of ice spikes shot out of the ocean and at Rider.
"Ha, you think that normal Magecraft will..." Rider started, when one of them hit her...and it actually hurt. The moment she realized that, she slowed her charge and focused on evasion. "Damn, that girl has quite the..."
Suddenly, Rider found herself dodging as she realized she was being targeted by Archer in her evasion paths.
That was the fearsome defense put up by one Master and one Servant. Mika launched an all out water assault, and then BIllie targeted the areas Rider would evade to and shot them with his more powerful attacks. They were clearly prepared for such an attack, and planned accordingly.
"Well, we knew this would happen..."
Flashing back to the war meeting...
"Dont forget, they have Horus and his Noble Phantasm, Eye of Horus. They will see us coming no matter what plan we make".
"Which means, catching them off guard is impossible".
"Not...quite" Set replied. "There might be a way. But it will involve our Sabre overloading his power in a spectacularly unstable and random way. That will create so many potential possibilities, it should be able to slow down his ability and make it harder for them to predict what we will do, since we will be basing how we attack and evade on whether we will get hit and affected by the storm or not".
"Fine then. I shall show you the true power of a God" Zeus mentioned as he took a step towards the city. ANd with that step, he summoned his Divine power...and overloaded it in the sky, causing a massive storm of Divine Lightning to appear and create an epic level storm in an instant.
"Where did this storm come from?" one of the students guarding the main way into the city asked.
"Its the enemy" another replied. "Look, it appears their GOd is here, and in his true form".
Indeed, the group looked, and saw a giant, glowing, divine looking man approaching them. They could feel his power, and it was massive leaps beyond their own. There was no way they could fight him. They were basically toast.
"Interesting...no Sabre came to fight me?"
"I have a problem!" Simon called out, or his projection did anyways.
Standing in from of him now, it was not just Berserker of Black...but Sabre of Black had appeared as well.
"Sabre...Sabre is here for some reason!"
"What?!" Icarus' master replied, even more shocked. This was far from anything he had anticipated. "Is this confirmed? Both Berserker and Sabre are there?!"
"Indeed! They are both here! Can someone send me backup?"
"I am too far, on the other side" Rune reported.
"But then...other then Assassin, all Servants are accounted for right? Do they plan on sending Assassin after Sabre?"
"Its possible..." Set mentioned. "But this doesn't feel right. Why are there so many students guarding the front?"
"Wait, wait...you two said you have eyes on Castor?"
"Yeah?"
"Is he smiling?"
Rune looked through the binoculars again.
"...yes. And he is looking towards Sabre".
"Yes, Suzuki-chan?" Serdtse-sensei replied as he answered his phone.
"Everyone has eyes on their target. Do it, now. Lets start the party".
"Rodger!" Serdtse-sensei replied, as he went over to texts and sent a single word in a group chat. "Go".
"You heard him! Lets do this!" Hanaba Kyosuke-kun, Yamagi Reika-chan, Yamari Uzumi-chan, and Takeru Hoshi-kun confirmed as they got the text, and activated a new App on their phones. "Access Code: Full Throttle!"
It also seemed like they were doing some syncronized movement as well. "Syncro Code: Megaburst!"
And then, suddenly they were surrounded by a sphere of glowing light...as several, no dozens, maybe even hundreds, of cars began to glow around the city...and then flew into the air and towards each other. COunltess parts on them moved and re-arranged themselves accordingly, forming various parts and features. In addition, then many of them began to connect together, linking and hardening themselves.
And then, in the end...it became one form, combined of multiple Ford Mechars. It was...Ford Mechar: Prime! And in its core, four chairs raised out of hte ground with those four in them.
"Takeru Hoshi, taking command!"
"Yamagi Reika, priming weapons!"
"Hanaba Kyosuke, securing functions and targeting!"
"Yamaru Uzumi, handling support systems!"
""""Ford Mechar: Prime! Ready to fight!""""
Meanwhile, counltess members of the Red Faction looked at this scene as if they wanted to believe it was all fiction, that they were watching some children's TV show.
"...you have got to be kidding me..." Zeus said, wanting to facepalm.
"Cool! Can I get one of those?" Icarus asked.
"Just...don't let them distract you and charge forward!"
Zeus decided to do exactly that, and charged forward towards the giant robot with a fistful of lightning. Mechar Prime however went and matched that punch, grabbing it in his fist. Naturally, Zeus tried to use his lightning to electrocute them instantly...
"Ha! We have access to rubber and insulation! It won't be that easy!" Reika shouted.
"Activating Booster Punch!" Kyosuke reported.
"Go! Booooster Punch!" Hoshi shouted energetically as the free hand with the aid of boosters in the arm went and impacted Zeus right in the face, and made him stumble backwards. "Yeah! Take that!"
Meanwhile...
"Damn, this Lancer is fast! Why dont you just go stab yourself, Lancer?!" Icarus shouted as he evaded all the incoming attacks. That said, she was clearly very determined to hit him. Icarus had a clear advantage since he could fly, but she was launching attack after attack to make it bothersome.
"Quickly! Take him down! We have places to be!"
"Indeed! There are many puritans we must burn!"
Icarus quickly drew his weapons and fired a huge volley of arrows. Both Ren and Lancer managed to dodge, but they were being exhausted. Icarus had the advantage here, the only drawback being that Ren could easily supply her servant with mana either then his master could for him.
"At least you are making progress!" Simon said as he avoided another attack along with Berserker. "These guys mean business! I am two against one here!"
"Well then, in that case...use that plan!"
"...alright then, but understand how dangerous this could be" Simon replied, as he looked towards his Berserker. "Berserker...Max out Mad Enhance!"
And then, just like that...Berserker seemed to totally lose it as it gained huge amounts of power. Simon floated backwards meanwhile and took a laid back position.
"Well, its pointless to try and coordinate now. Better just let him rampage and hope for the best".
"Good. And with that distraction, we will be moving out".
As Castor of Red said that, a huge shadow began to appear over him. No, rather, it was something else entirely. It was Sky Tower, a tower which along with the land it used to be on, floated in the sky. Only, the once empty island was now filled with something...it was filled with Castor's Territory. Indeed, Castor of Red's land was headed right for the domain of Black, with all the potential danger that it would impose.
"Progress is proceeding as planned" Castor reported, as the floating island headed towards the city.
However, his barrier suddenly took damage as several attacks hit it, and one broke through and caused him damage before he could pull himself back.
"...and I have found some trash known as Assassin of Black".
"Hey, Castor. Impressive barrier...but, I am afraid you made a mistake already".
Suddenly, Castor felt his entire body pulsate, and brought him to his knees.
"As an Assassin, you should consider the possibility I have poison".
He felt it pulsate again, as his strength was leaving him.
"...you...what the..."
"This is a special poison. Its meant for something far more powerful then you, a certain something or someone, but...I have more of it, so its fine to test and confirm its effectiveness".
Castor then dropped to his hands and knees, in clear and visible pain.
"YOu trash! What the hell is this?!"
"Its a Holy Grail War of course" Horus told him, smiling. "ANd we are playing to win".
"You...you should not have made it here so easily..."
"Well, lets just say we have found a way to make everyone happy".
And yet, right when he looked on Death's door...it looked as if he was surged with mana and vitality.
"Now, take this!" Castor screamed as he launched multiple attacks using his territory and Noble Phantasms.
"Tsk. A Command Spell huh?" Horus said. "No...perhaps, two of them? That was powerful poison after all".
He dodged, and went after Castor again. Castor teleported himself, only to barely avoid a dagger thrown at him. And yet, a second dagger seemed to have been thrown as it hit his arm. Still, the Command Spells in place let him resist the poison, at least for now.
Horus however disappeared from view. This caused Castor to move to the side, and begin making use of his Noble Phantasms to just attack everywhere that was not here. Still, things felt as if they were tense, as multiple attacks and strikes came at him.
"You really are an annoying piece of trash".
"And you are an annoying biggoted old fart!"
"You dare say that to me, your superior?!"
"Last time I checked, you were not my superior! YOu were barely even important!"
"Shut your damn mou...th..." Castor started to scream, when he felt two knives plunge into his back.
"The thing about racists, is that they are very easy to distract" Horus said, walking over and picking up his knives. "Well then, I suppose phase one is done..."
And then, he saw it again, in a vision. As the Sky Tower came to a halt...and then started to slowly descend and lower itself to the ground as Castor's territory disappeared, he saw it again. Toko, dead on the ground. And he saw someone else there, besides himself...it was Assassin of Red.
"...this is a Greater Holy Grail war after all...I wont let that happen" Horus decided for himself, before he decided to move out. "I wont let anyone take anything away from me ever again".
AN: And so, the final battle is on! Who will claim the Holy Grail? Who will get their wish granted? Who is scheming in the shadows? It looks like we are close to finding out!