Madness in Ancient Rome.


Gwen prepared to fight against her enemy under the moon that he had summoned. The girl didn't know what exactly it was, but she knew that standing under its light would weaken her, and as such she needed to avoid it at all costs. As long as she could keep her Hallowed Mist field around her, she'd be safe.

Her enemy jumped at her and tried to crush her using his fist, but she jumped out of the way and slashed him in the arm, yet this had little to no effect on her opponent, who just hit her and launched her against a nearby rock.

The doll girl slowly got up, hurt from the strike, yet making sure that she kept her concentration in order for the Hallowed Mist around her to remain. Seeing that she wouldn't be able to beat her rival in strength alone, she decided to use her agility to overcome him.

Dashing around him, the girl focused on quick strikes without giving her enemy the chance to retaliate, and when he did manage to land in an attack, she quickly got up and continued with her strategy. With her Hallowed Mist around her, Gwen could weaken his attacks and keep herself in top shape, but even it couldn't stop the effects that the summoned moon had over her.

It made her weaker, slowed her movements and distorted her vision. The Hallowed Mist shielded Gwen from the full extent of the moon, but it couldn't stop all of them. Despite this, she kept herself strong while waiting for the others to arrive at her locations.

Gwen dodged a powerful kick while slashing one of her enemy's eyes and quickly moving out of the way to avoid a giant boulder that he tried throwing at her before jumping straight at her and trying to crush her. The girl summoned 3 of her needles and threw them at him, two landing straight in his chest while she threw the last one towards her enemy's neck. She jumped at him, grabbing the needle that had been thrown against the neck and using the cord of the needle, tying around his neck.

Using this, she launched him towards the ground and pinned him, digging the 3 needles deep into him while throwing two more at his knees, making sure that her enemy wouldn't be able to move.

"That's that, you really were a tough enemy to face" - she said as the moon above her disappeared, returning her to her regular strength.

"Gwen, what happened?" - Ritsuka's voice called out to her from the distance - "We lost you and couldn't communicate with you" -

"Oh, everyone, how nice to see you all again. Sorry, I was busy dealing with…" -

Before Gwen could finish speaking, the man she previously fought yelled incredibly loud and broke the needles before jumping a huge distance and escaping the place.

"The… Man who escaped just now" -

"You got into a fight with an enemy Servant and you managed to keep him at bay, pretty good Gwen" - Cu said while he got close to the girl.

"Thanks a lot Chulainn, but he did something strange and… Took my strength away, even with my Hallowed Mist I still couldn't be at full strength' -

"Roman, do you know who she fought?" - Mash asked through her comms.

"Not a clue for the moment, but what I could tell is that he is a Berserker Servant, no doubt about that " -

"A Berserker huh? Hey Heracles, looks like you have someone you can fight later" - Artoria said to the giant Servant on their side, who just grunted in what Gwen assumed was an agreement.

While they were talking in the place about what had happened to Gwen, someone approached them from over a hill, and slowly started to walk towards them.

"All of you, outsiders" - the voice of a girl caught their attention. She was similar to Artoria, but was a lot smaller, had green eyes and wore a red attire - "You fought the enemy general… My uncle" -

"Your uncle? Oh dear, I'm sorry for hurting your family" - Gwen said as soon as the girl finished her sentence.

"Who are you exactly? You don't look like anything I've seen in Rome, even after the arrival of the United Empire of Rome" -

"United Empire of Rome? What do you mean lady?" - Ritsuka asked while walking to the front.

"Umu? You don't know what I'm talking about? Have you just arrived at this place?" -

Ritsuka was going to answer the girl's question, but before he could, a huge yell was heard in the distance and an army showed up from the horizon.

"There she is! She's the one who attacked general Caligula!" - one of the soldiers yelled as the rest charged against Chaldea and the girl talking to them.

"More soldiers of the United Empire? Outsiders, help me deal with these traitors to the glory of Rome, then we shall talk in peace!" - preparing a red sword and entering a combat stance.

The Servants summoned their weapons as well while Ritsuka put his right hand as a finger gun.

"Bang" - the boy said, and a small red and black projectile shot from his finger against one of the soldiers, making him fall to the ground stunned.

"Senpai!" - Mash yelled in surprise - "That's…" -

"Gandr. How did you manage to do it kid?" - Cu Caster asked.

"Da Vinci put it into the Mystic Code, and I wanted to try it for the first time. Feels pretty good" - he answered with a smile.

They couldn't finish their conversation however, as the enemies were getting closer and closer. Before they could attack them however, Cu fired a fireball from his staff, making a huge wall of fire and stopping the advance from their enemies.

"Amazing, mage! You would make for a great lieutenant for Roma!" - the girl yelled before launching herself at their enemies with her red sword.

"Thanks, but I'll pass" - Cu answered while creating fiery dogs and ordering them to attack the soldiers.

Heracles grunted and leaped against the soldiers, killing several of them merely with a swing of his sword, leaving Artoria, Mash and Gwen next to Ritsuka.

"They're making quick word of them" - Artoria said - "There won't be much for us to do" h

Gwen smiled at her friend's comment, but her smile turned into a frown as she saw a mist roll from behind the enemy soldiers. It slowly seeped into the bodies of the dead and brought them back to life, reminding Gwen of the cruel mist she fought back in Runeterra.

That's when she realized, her demons wouldn't be staying back in her own world, they would chase her wherever she went.

One of the undead soldiers set eyes on her and immediately attacked, but the hit was blocked by the light of Artoria's Excalibur, but he wasn't the only one. Soon, the rest of the undead soldiers started to ignore the Servants that were fighting against them, setting their eyes on Gwen.

She wasn't the only thing that they were focused on however, as the undead soldiers soon turned on their alive comrades and started to kill them in order for the mist to resurrect them.

"What is this? We never fought anything like this before, this is necromancy!" - Nero yelled as she saw the undead soldiers.

"The Black Mist… Why is it here?" - Gwen asked in fear as she tried to comprehend what was going on - "No… Doesn't matter why they're here. I fought them once, and I'll do it again!" -

Using her scissors, she sliced through the soldiers coming against her, causing them to disappear into the mist that once brought them back.

"My name is Gwen, and I fought the Black Mist once! I'll cleanse this world from it too!" -

As she yelled that, Gwen launched her needles against a group of them, piercing them and clearing the front lines as the Servants and Ritsuka joined the attack.

"Gwen! You know what they are?" - Mashu asked as she blocked the hit of one of their enemies, allowing Cu to destroy it with a fireball.

"They come from the Black Mist! They're specters, we need to destroy them to free their souls!" - the girl explained as she cut one of them using her scissors.

"As if I'd allow such evil spirits inside my beloved Rome! Join me, warriors, let's kill all of them!" -