Sorry this took so long to get together. i ended up getting a little hooked on under Night In-Birth and decided to stop procrastinating on finishing Hyrule Warriors Legends. Hope you enjoy this, though.
The monsters lurking in the forest were torn through like paper.
This was what Jeffrey had expected. After all, Berserker's True Name was Heracles. He was the greatest hero in Greek mythology. And even if the monsters managed to kill him, he would still have ten lives left. Upon killing a chimera, Berserker let out a loud roar before continuing forwards.
"Glad we're not his enemies." Lancer muttered.
"That thing's a monster." Harry replied. "And to think he has to die twelve times before going down for good."
The two of them continued after Jeffrey and Berserker, cutting down a few monsters that popped up along the way.
Fate/new dawn
Chapter 16: Siege - Something Wicked This Way Comes
"OPPRESSORS!" Berserker of Alpha yelled as he charged towards the homunculi standing in the foyer.
A volley of magic spells were fired and bombarded the Heroic Spirit of Madness, but failed to slow him down. The mad gladiator began to slash through the homunculi effortlessly. Artificial humans were no match for a Servant, a Heroic Spirit of legend.
"My love conquers all!" Berserker shouted before punching a homunculus so hard that he was sent flying to the end of the hall.
Saber sent a cross-shaped energy blast towards the crowd of homunculi, killing a number of them before she ran towards the crowd and began slashing away at them. Rider followed after her and Archer began firing swords from his bow to support. More homunculi rounded the corner and began rushing to the battle.
"Ryujin!" Caster shouted before shooting a fireball at the approaching homunculi, blowing most of them up.
"How many homunculi did Caster create?" Saber growled. "There's almost no end to these guys."
Contrary to Saber's statement, this wave of homunculi was actually reaching its end. The remaining homunculi didn't last long because, again, they were no match for legendary heroes. The hallway ended in a T-shape intersection.
"Okay. Let's split." Marcus said. "We'll cover more ground this way."
"Serena, Abraham, you're with me. We'll take left." Marcus said. "Wasley, Lily, Ian, you three will take right."
The group split and went their respective ways.
Meanwhile, the two Omega Masters had reached the front wall and found the gate open with dead homunculi on the ground.
"S***." Harry cursed. "Looks like Alpha's found Caster and got here before us."
Jeffrey smiled. To him, this meant more people to kill. Berserker started advancing towards the gate and his Master followed closely behind.
"Of course it can't be simple." Harry sighed before he and Lancer went in.
The four of them walked into the castle and saw the dead homunculi spread all across the entry hall. There were close to a hundred dead bodies on the floor and the Omega Masters could see one stuck in the wall at the end of the hallway. Harry was baffled at the sight of that and wondered how that homunculus got there.
"Must've been a hell of a fight." Lancer said. "Shame I missed it."
Berserker started walking again, crushing some of the bones of the homunculi under his massive feet. Jeffrey followed after the massive Servant, stepping on the heads of the homunculi seemingly on purpose. Lancer was the next to follow after before Harry went, carefully trying to avoid stepping in the blood. The four eventually reached the end of the hall.
"I'll take right." Jeffrey said before walking in that direction, Berserker following after him. "Take care of yourselves."
"C'mon, Lancer." Harry said before signaling for Lancer to follow as he took the left hallway.
"Take my pride, oppressors!" Berserker of Alpha shouted as he plowed through crowds of homunculi.
"Jaden Scha-" a homunculus yelled before being cut off by Assassin stabbing him in the throat before going for the heart.
A small group of homunculi came of hiding behind the group and attempted to fire some spells, only for Caster to turn around and launch a fireball that them, blowing them up.
"Caster certainly was busy." Ian stated. "These homunculi are fairly low quality, but good God, there are tons of them!"
"But Daddy, that just means more bodies to cut up!" Assassin called back, voice having a cheerful tone despite talking about killing people.
One homunculus decided to fight smarter. He was non-fatally cut by Berserker's sword and fell down, playing dead. Lily walked by as the group continued pushing through the vast waves of homunculi. That homunculus then grabbed a nearby sword and attempted to stab Lily, only for Ian to punch him in the face before taking the sword and stabbing him with it. Ian smiled but quickly corrected himself as soon as he realized he was.
"Take cover!" Wesley shouted before ducking into one of the rooms on the side.
Ian grabbed Lily and pulled her into another one of the side rooms. A large group of homunculi began unleashing a torrent of spells with Berserker taking most of it with an unwavering grin on his face. Assassin ducked into another side room while Caster used magic to quickly up a barrier for a brief moment. Berserker continued walked towards the homunculi, not being slowed down by the fierce storm of magic spells being unleashed on him.
"Good! More!" Berserker laughed.
"Fuhahahahaha! Love! Love!" he shouted as he began to mow down the homunculi. "My love shall destroy all oppressors!"
'I get that Berserkers aren't known for their sanity, but man, he has lots of loose screws.' Ian inwardly snarked.
Berserker's attacks stopped the magic spell barrage and allowed for the others to come out of hiding. Assassin dashed towards the homunculi and proceeded to cut as many of them apart as she could. That group of homunculi went down fast and the team was able to progress without any more hindrances. The hallway took a right turn and led to a staircase.
"Well, that was very underwhelming." Marcus stated.
The swarm of homunculi that Marcus's team faced was extremely unlucky. All Servants with them had the Magic Resistance skill. Although archer had it at D rank, Saber and Rider had it at B and A rank, respectively. Using magic against them was like poking a heavily armored knight with a wooden stick; useless and ineffective. All of the spells were canceled out easily and the two of them were not slowed down in the slightest.
"But oh well." he shrugged. "Let's get going. Caster's likely setting up traps as we speak. If we rush her, she'll likely falter in designing them."
"Curses!" Caster of Omega growled as she observed that nothing worked to slow either of the two teams down.
"We're pretty much throwing pebbles at a metal wall, though." Ada said. "What did you expect would happen?"
Caster turned to one of the homunculi. "Go to the third floor. Have the servants clear it and prepare to release the White Chimeras."
The homunculus froze up upon hearing Caster's command and Ada stared at Caster with a horrified expression.
"T-Those things?" Ada blurted out. "Caster, are you serious? Do you remember how many homunculi died getting those things in their cages?"
"Master, if we are to stop the invaders, we must use everything in our arsenal." Caster responded.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Ada said. "But I'll allow it."
"What are you standing around for?" Caster said to the homunculus. "Go deliver my commands!"
"Y-Yes, My Lady!" the homunculus bowed briefly before rushing to complete his task.
"Master, if I may ask, what happened with the White Chimeras?" Mordred inquired.
"It was three weeks ago."Ada began. "Four days after the castle was completely set up and fairly early into the War."
"Caster had produced a large amount of homunculi by then. There were roughly about three hundred of them. She then created some chimeras that were stronger than your average one. The lion that composed the main part of the body was white, so we called them the White Chimeras. Well, upon their creation, the White Chimeras lashed out violently. One nearly killed Caster, who sent all of the homunculi to either kill them or force them into their cages. Whichever was possible. After that was done, there was blood everywhere in the areas where those monsters were."
"Mor-Mor, how many homunculi do you think were left after those things were put in their cages?"
"Half?" Mordred guessed.
"No." Ada shook her head. "Only fifty."
Even though Mordred was wearing her helmet, Ada could tell that she was horrified.
"M-Master, are you sure that allowing the White Chimeras loose is a good idea?" Mordred asked.
"I don't know." Ada said. "But we need to throw everything at our enemies."
Jeffrey had ended up taking a different path than the one that Ian's team went down and ended up taking another set of stairs. He had Berserker enter spirit form, lest the massive Servant make the stairs collapse. When he reached the top of the stairwell, he saw a bunch of homunculi waiting.
"Thank you! F*** you! Here comes the enemy!" Jeffrey posed dramatically before Berserker materialized and rushed towards the homunculi.
What happened wasn't even a battle. It was a straight-up massacre. The homunculi didn't stand a chance against the mighty Heracles and Jeffrey just stood in his spot, cackling psychotically as he watched the hopeless struggle. Eventually, there was only one homunculus remaining.
"Stop." Jeffrey commanded before walking over the cornered homunculus.
Jeffrey pulled out a knife and began to stab and cut the homunculus, cackling like a maniac while the helpless victim screamed.
A similar situation unfolded on Harry's side of the castle. Lancer cut through the swarms of homunculi in that area. His spear was like a hot knife and the homunculi like butter.
"Is this the best you've got?" Lancer yelled, agitated. "I died singlehandedly holding off an army! I fight Grail Wars for the opportunities to fight powerful opponents again! Does these look like poweful opponents? Or does this even look like a fight?"
"I doubt Caster can hear you." Harry said.
"She probably has familiars positioned in here somewhere." Lancer replied. "I doubt she's dumb enough to not keep an eye on things while her castle is being invaded."
"Fair enough." the shaggy man said.
Marcus' team had cleared their part of the second floor. Marcus then pulled his radio out and contacted Ian.
"Ian, are you there?" Marcus asked.
"Yeah. I am." Ian responded on the other end of the line.
"How are things going on your end?"
"They're going okay." Ian answered. "Going a little slow, though."
"You guys alright?"
"Yeah. Oh, we're ready to go to the next floor. We'll likely end up meeting soon. See ya, Uncle Marcus."
Marcus put the radio away. "Let's get moving."
"Is everyone on the upper floors?" the homunculus sent by Caster asked.
"Yes." said another.
"Good. Release the White Chimeras and get to the floor above as quickly as you can."
That homunculus turned to leave as soon as he saw the cages all the way open. The others followed quickly behind him.
Ian's team reached the top of the stairs and the first thing they saw was blood on the floors and walls.
"What happened?" Lily asked, scared.
"I don't know." Wesley said. "It's like some kind of monster was let loose here."
"Must've been a long time ago." Ian said. "This blood is old and crusted."
"A most dangerous and evil oppressor is on this floor..." Berserker said.
The group continued but saw no homunculi were on the floor. Berserker eventually heard something.
"The oppressor draws near." he said. "The rebellion will start soon. Prepare yourselves."
Lily hid behind Caster and Assassin nervously drew her knives. Soon, a deep, booming, fierce snarling was heard and it was drawing ever closer.
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Wesley muttered.
"Daddy..." Assassin looked back at Ian, a terrified look in her eyes. "We're scared."
A White Chimera rounded the corner. It was twice the size of the chimeras that the group had seen before. The lion part of its body was white and the mane had purple tips, the goat was burgundy, and the snake was a brownish-gold with blue eyes, a purple tongue, and black underside.
"Dear God..." Wesley muttered nervously.
The White Chimera then let out a terrifying roar.
Edit: Fixed a grammatical error and some spacing issues.
And now there's some nightmare fuel; the White Chimeras.
So anyway, in the beginning AN, I mentioned getting hooked on a new game. Under Night in-Birth is one of those games that is obscure but good. i got one of its updated re-releases, exe Late, on Steam and I love it! It's a lot of fun. Definitely go check it out. I especially recommend that you do if you plan on getting Blazblue Cross-Tag Battle. I got UNIEL because it's the only one of the franchises in BBCTB that I am completely unfamiliar with and knowing is half the battle.
Now for the reviews.
LunaRose2468: Thanks.
KnightOfZaku: Thanks. At least one Servant will die by the time this is over.
Guest: Firstly, the way you type is just...why did you capitalize every word? I actually liked Iskandar and Gilgamesh's design. As for Jeanne, i don't really care that much but am a little confused about the choice of hair color. But that seems to be what all anime representations of Jeanne d'Arc go for. But thanks for your opinion on this fic. I saw Infinity War. Loved it. But that dream of yours is outright impossible.
So, I have to wrap this up quickly. You all know the spiel. Bye!
