Chapter 6 – The Summonings II

Trifas, Romania, 2001

Ainz POV

After my master finished her meal, I asked her what she saw in my memories. She answered that she saw me as a black knight killing a group of ogres and goblins with brutal strength, counting coins and instructing Narberal, fighting Go Gin, announcing my plans then resurrecting said Martial Lord, and killing Buser. Most of these highlighted the times I used melee weapons to demonstrate my strength and testing how far I went by training with Cocytus.

Without needing to elaborate two of those purposes was a success, with the latter more so in my opinion, with this I can at least defend myself should I've been forced to take in close combat. Though I wonder how is my little Kingdom fairing without me around, I may be gone for only a day but I'm not sure how time works in this world and in the New World.

A day here might translate to a week there, I don't know, maybe I should've asked Cixous earlier. I know I could summon her here but it would be rude to do it right after I just dismissed her... I think? I'll just ask the Guardians when I summon them.

"Hey Caster." my master said.

"Hmmm?"

"We're going out, survey the area." preparing herself as she said so, fixing her clothes, wearing her shoes, then walking towards the door. "There's no need master, I've already did a sweep on the town and on the plains." I answered.

"But we're still gonna go." she insisted

"And why is that?" I asked

"I'll point out to you where our enemy lives." she answered, I then realized that I didn't know where exactly our enemies based at. Then again I was only looking at potential battlefields, while also looking for a perfect spot to use my magic.

Yeah going out doesn't seem so bad, with the simple and peaceful atmosphere this town has, I wouldn't mind taking a walk around either. "Alright then master, lead the way." I said, switching to my spiritual body. With that done my master took a deep breath and donned her mask. She opened the door and walked out while I followed her, we got out of the inn and walked around the town, I immersed myself into the atmosphere of the town while my master kept walking going to different places.

I noticed that whenever a poor beggar asked for food or money, she would immediately give money while with a stern tone told them to use it for food, seems like she has a good sense of morality, I wonder if this is what my master do when she is out of the Magi's domain.

Master suddenly stopped walking and pointed her finger on a large fortress atop of the buildings, outside of the town and placed on a hill of sorts "That's where the masters of black are, the Yggdimillenia Castle." she said, this makes things easier. Now that I know where they are, I can either send one of my summons, the Eight-Edge Assassins, or the shadow demons.

Granted I have to rely on Sebas to gather information again, which involves the Magi as a whole as I have no need for history because of the many times it was drilled into me by one of my middle school teachers... Anyways the grail's information was not enough for me, while it did give me the general info of the world, some details and specifics would be splendid.

"So where to now master?" I asked

She shrugs "I guess I'll go to a library, if they have one here" a library, yes perfect for gathering intelligence, but then again I may not find anything useful in there as I only have interest with information regarding Magi, it wouldn't hurt to try though once I check the perimeter.

"I'll go with you." I said to her

"Be my guest." she said, and we then went on to find a library, after an hour of searching we found one. It was near a cafe that we passed by a few minutes ago, my master went on inside but before I went in, I felt that I was being watched so I turned around and a saw dove perched onto a roof staring directly. It noticed me and shortly flew away. Strange, why would a dove see me even when I'm in my spiritual body, maybe it was one of them familiars from the grail's information, nonetheless I stepped in and explored while I casted [Detect Magic] and [Mana Essence] in different areas of the library and so far nothing.

After that I had an hour of searching and only learned that the Magi were old, as in they were ancient old, and nothing comes after that, no mentions nor speculation about modern Magi. If the Magi were able to hide from the public means they're clever, though it may have to do with killing commoners when they truly learn that magic is real.

'Come on Caster, lets get out of here' my master telepathically said

'Very well then.' I replied

I went to my master who was near the entrance of the library apparently waiting for me, she noticed me then proceeded to go out of the library. 'Where to now master?' I asked

"To the cafe, I'm hungry." she simply said, so we went back to the cafe and she ordered a simple meal. Lasagna with iced tea. A few minutes passed, my master finished eating her meal and we went out of the cafe.

'I'm guessing that we're going home?' I asked

"Of course Caster." she simply said

So went home to the inn and to our room, we then sat at our respective seats, with me on my throne and my master on a chair near the dining table. She then promptly discussed about the 7 masters of black, their names, appearances, and speciality. According to her only two of those masters are a real threat, a man named Darnic and a crippled woman named Fiore, apparently Darnic was supposed to be old but have seemed to regain his youth, and Fiore although crippled in the legs, has immense talent in magecraft.

Then it hit me, Mare also has Fiore as his name, haha what a funny coincedence. Continuing on I told her about what I noticed with a dove before I went in the library. She was surprised then told me that it may have been a familiar from the church as she said that none of the master's of black were noted to have doves as their familiar, so she told me.

"It may seem like they are cautious around you Caster."

"Why is it so master?" I asked

"They might've been scared of your looks that's for sure." she smugly said albeit a little bit.

"..."

Although she said, she seemed to be thinking of an answer. The silence went for a few seconds until I saw master frown and said "I don't really why it is though, but it's best if keep your guard up."

"If you say so." I said, after that the awkward silence came back full force, I then thought of something. Doing this might make me earn her trust more. So I looked onto her and said.

"Have you ever fly without the use of planes and such master?" I asked

My master curiously and slightly tilted her head saying "I haven't, why?" she answered, with her eyes basically insisting me to answer her. I took a peek on the window and noticed it was near to evening, perfect.

"Well master let me be the one to give you that experience." I said, her eyes widening and her smilling turning into a smile. "How!?" she asked me, "You'll see master, be patient." I answered. I grabbed my floating staff then pointed it slightly forward me into an empty spot and casted [Gate] which leads to the forest near the plains.

"You know the drill master, step inside." I reminded her, and she took a step inside the portal while I followed, not really worried if some wandering staff randomly checked our room. As I got out of the portal what greeted me was the expectant face of my master. She smiles while her brows are slightly climbing upwards, I casted some buffs on her just make sure, can't have my master dying because an enemy master discovered her flying. "[Greater Luck], [Greater Resistance], [Perfect Unknowable], [Complete Invisibility]" varying colors came unto her body. "What does that do?" she asked, "It's to keep you safe master." I answered.

"Okay then Caster."

As for me, I just casted [Complete Invisibilty] and [Perfect Unknowable], and with that we're all set. I looked to my master and asked "Are you ready?"

"Yes." she answered

"[Mass Fly]" with that, both of us glow light blue then started to float upwards. My master seems to be surprised as she keeps waving her arms and legs clumsily. I flew near her and held her hand to keep her from waving so much, a few seconds later and she got the hang of it and righted herself. I took that as a confirmation and flew upwards with her hand still held onto mine, we were high enough that the whole Trifas can already be seen.

"Woahh, this is so amazing!" she vehemently said

"Haha I know the feeling well master." I said while admiring the view.

"Come on master, we'll fly around Trifas, just hold my hand." I said and started to pratically drag her with me.

"Waaahhhh, this is too good to be true!" she said, as she continues to say more, we flew around the town while avoiding the enemies' castle, after a few minutes I thought that it was safe enough to fly around inside the town so we did just that. For my master, this experience may have been one of the best to happen in her life, I can just feel the excitement and happiness from her.

It was odd as I was strangely feeling happy for her, then again any person might feel the same thing when they brought happiness to someone. A few minutes of flying and we went back to the plains, I deactivated the spell and before I knew it my master headed right at me and strongly hugged me.

"Thank you so much Caster!" she exclaimed, looking up to me.

"It was nothing master." I said

"We should go back Caster." she said, looking up at the dark sky and the moon.

"Alright then." with that, I casted [Gate] back to our room, and just like yesterday my master removed her shoes and jumped onto the bed right after she stepped inside, sleeping like a log.

I returned to my corner where my throne is on and sat. Contemplating on what I saw during my flight with master, there are so many doves around the town, and all of them have at least level 6 mana meaning they must've been familiars, like the one I saw earlier. It was an accidental discovery, but whoever summoned those birds are obviously on the watch, as all of them were directly staring at either the buildings or at people. Watching people while they're walking or watching the buildings' lights go off, and by then flying off when it did.

I was thinking of possible causes for that kind of phenomenon to happen until a huge spike of mana exploded to the right of mine faraway, now if I can remember that's the general direction of the church. I wonder what did they do? If that was causing the birds to be on watch then it would be reasonable, as that spike is huge enough to power a 10-tiered spell. Maybe I should summon my own, [Create Low Tier Undead: Bone Vulture], although I could summon undead without the use bodies, it wouldn't be permanent and would eventually turn to dust.

"Caster, where did that come from!?" my master said with dismay, as the sight of the bony bird obviously disgusted her.

"Necromancy, I created this bird for the sake of reconnaissance." I said

"Why?" she asked

"I felt a huge spike of mana, it might be related to that dove earlier."

"I see." she said with a nod

"So can you get it out of here now? It stinks, badly."

"It'll be out in a second." I answered

Before sending this bird to the church I casted a couple of buffs on it, namely [Greater Invisibility] and [Greater Resistance] while also casting [Undeath Slave Sight], with that I walked towards the window, opened it and willed the bird to fly, its direction the church.


A few minutes later and the vulture was near the church, flying and encircling it up above. I see every area of the church, the mana dissipated quickly as I can no longer see it, but I do sense 4 focused points of mana. A second later and 4 now 5 of those moved which I am guessing are indeed servants, three are moving come out of the church except for the two which stayed there. Ordered to stay put I suppose, I then saw the features of the three servants, two of those have green hair, one man and the other a woman. The man wore a light armor which accent the Greek culture and wields, same for the woman except she wears a green dress and has a pair of feline ear and a tail.

The last one is a man, one with bleached white hair and a pale skin, he wears a black latex-like bodysuit with armor on atop of it, and by the looks of it I can slightly feel a divine presence in him. Hmmmm, then what is he? My thoughts were halted when I noticed that the woman was staring in the general area of the bone vulture in the sky, but seem to ignore and carry on to where she was going. That woman has a great presence detecting skill if she managed to locate the general location of my vulture up in the sky, an Archer class maybe? I've thought of it for a few seconds and I decided that she's definitely an Archer class servant.

Once all of them were gone I willed the vulture to disintegrate as I have no use of it anymore, but quickly took it back as I've sensed the two remaining servants moving, it was the same woman I've met yesterday one who has that slight toxic feel, around her were floating chains that seem to be following her commands as it drags a huge body made entirely out of muscles. The hulking piece of muscle was dragged into a shed far from the church, with the fair skinned woman going back to the church. Once I thought that I wouldn't be getting any more info I promptly ordered the bird to disintegrate.

I quickly took note of the servants that I saw in my mind, although all of them are my allies but at the end of the war if they survive, all of them will be my enemies. One cannot obviously share an omnipotent wish granting cup with a stranger, especially if that same cup only chooses one pair and has a will of its own. Strangely I'm looking forward to that day when all of them would be my enemies, I wonder why. Maybe my undead side is begging me to kill them hahaha, a scary thought all in all but I don't mind. Still, victory will be mine, and I get to go home once I have that ridiculous cup that took me here out of the blue.


The Church

Third POV

As the soundless room of the church continues to prevail, a voice suddenly broke that with a chant that carries power. In a room where the doors were spilling glows of red, an explosion can be heard as the glow became more luminous practically making the door itself look red.

The door opens and 6 figures revealed itself, "Welcome, servants of red." one of them spoke, a man with an exotic appearance and wears priestly garbs, it wore a smile on its lips.

"Yeah yeah, that's nice and all but where is my master?" one of them asked, a tall green haired man and wears light armor that has a Greek feel into it.

"Oh, they are safe." the man with a fatherly feel said.

"No matter, as long as I get to continue in fighting the dictators and oppressors then I'm already satisfied!" a tall brute vehemently said, with a body that looked like it just finished a steroid-filled exercises.

"I take it that you're the one who will lead the faction?" a pale man asked, he wears a black latex-like bodysuit with golden armor and cloths of red atop of it.

"Yes." the man with white hair simply answered, although one woman with cat ears and green dress chose not to speak.

"Although, if you don't mind, would you tell me your True Names?" he asked

"Hey, I thought it was rude to ask for a name when they didn't introduce themselves?" the green haired man asked.

"Oh, then I should introduce myself."

"My name is Shirou Kotomine, nice to meet all of you." he said

"Servant Rider, the name's Achilles, the hero from the Trojan War." the man answered.

"Listen well as I am Spartacus, the one who will continue to fight against the oppressors!" the huge wall of muscles practically shouted. With that personality, it's obvious he's of the Berserker Class.

"Servant Lancer, Karna, son of the Sun God." the pale man simple said.

"Servant Archer, I'm Atalanta, the Virgin Huntress of Artemis." the woman with cat ears said.

Though the three of the servants seems tense, Achilles decided to break the tension and asked "Shouldn't you also introduce your servant?" to Shirou.

"Very well." he simply replied, as his servant appeared beside him. A woman with black hair and wears a gothic dress.

"Servant Assassin, my name is Semiramis, the Wise Queen of Assyria." she said

"That's better." Achilles said with a big grin.

"Are there other servants who are summoned before us?" Karna asked, seemingly curious as to where the other servants are.

"Aside from our Assassin, Caster was already summoned." Shirou answered.

"Is that so."

"Hmmh"

They then went out of that room, with Achilles then asking "So where is my master?" persisting to look for his master.

"As I said, they are safe and sound."

"Then why are they not here?" Achilles continues to ask

"They entrusted me in summoning and managing all of you." Shirou answered

"Don't worry, all of your orders will come from your masters not from me." assuring that he will not whatsover take full control of them.

"Alright then..." Achilles accepted albeit a bit reluctantly, getting cautious about the priest but is disappeared when he saw the man's warm smile.

"You can all go on to your separate ways, we'll call if we need something." Shirou announced, and all of them promptly switched to in their spirit mode, except for Berserker, it was not long before Semiramis decided to knock the brute out with her poison.

The tall brute fell to the ground with a resounding thud, which are then wrapped with long chain, and dragged into a faraway shed.

"Honestly, that brute will be a chore to look out for." Semiramis complained, huffing as she did so.

"Don't worry Assassin, you'll manage somehow." Shirou said

"Very encouraging master." Semiramis said sarcastically

"Hahahaha." Shirou laughed, after that a comfortable silence engulfed. Neither of them saying anything to break it, but suddenly Shirou said.

"We are one step closer to my goal Assassin."

A sound of confirmation was the only answer he got, "But that Caster may get in the way.", again Semiramis didn't say anything, only making a 'hmm' sound as a confirmation.

"We will eliminate that servant, whatever the cost of it may be." Shirou was determined, as helping and giving salvation to all humans was the only goal and wish he has. With what happened to him in the past, it was surprising that he wasn't summoned as an 'Avenger' class in the previous war.

Maybe it was a sign that he was still considered a saintly servant as he only wants to help and save people, and him getting incarnated instead of dying was a sign of God helping him in his goal, whatever the case it may be. He will use this chance to finally give humanity the salvation it needs.


A.N

Aaahhh, as you can see the red servants are mostly the same from the anime/light novel as not only are they monsters in their own rights, meaning lasting much more longer in this fanfic. Mostly I just thought that the red servants doesn't need any changing soooo there you go. hahahahahahaha XD

Anyway, it means that the servants of black are still available to change, but I do like to be still the same sooo uhhh go easy on me lel ;3