"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Mental link"

"Noble Phantasms"

POV

Chapter 27: Face the nightmares

The second the cry left Verndari's lips, Arash had already released his arrows. They whistled through the air for all of a few seconds before they buried themselves into the glowing orbs of the nearest beast to him.

The creature screamed in rage as it thrashed its head around, frantically slamming it into the ground to removed the projectiles from its eyes.

That had been the signal for the others.

Vordt flung himself forwards, clearing the distance between the two groups in a split second, mace dragging along the ground the Berserker had already set his sights on his target.

Arash widened his own eyes in alarm, already nocking an arrow to intercept the mad servant before it could bring its weapon down on his Master, the kid still in a daze.

He needn't have bothered, the second that Vordt had gotten to within a few feet of Mash, Verndari had rammed his great shield into the side of the knights head. Vordt released a howl of anger as Verndari sent him stumbling, quickly shooting a glance at Mash he nodded once to her before focusing on the Berserker servant again.

"That guy…" Arash chuckled, then steeled his expression as he nocked more arrows and refocused on peppering the creatures. Even he couldn't blame his Master for the reaction to them, they were, without a doubt, the most disgusting things he had ever seen in his life.

Vordt stumbled, the shock of the shielder strike to his face had his head snap to the side. Blind rage quickly took hold of his body as blue eyes glared down at the knight, the Berserker drew his his mace across himself before lashing out in a backhanded strike. The weapon slamming into the shield with a resounding clang.

Verndari released a grunt of exertion as the force had his legs buckle and dig into the dirt, the ground beneath his feet cracking ever so slightly. He released a cry as he pushed the weapon off to the side and thrust forwards wish his sword, strike aiming at the underside of the berserker's weapon arm.

Vordt was evidently not as insane as he had hoped, in a blur of movement that surprised Verndari, the Servant kicked away from him, then coiled his body back like a cat. Verndari had just enough time to notice the Berserker draw his weapon parallel to his body and pull his shield up to block him before the servant rocketed forwards.

Mace dragging along the ground leaving a trench in the dirt before being pulled upwards in an uppercut manner. Verndari angled his shield low to block the strike. Then released a gasp of air as the blow sent him bodily into the sky.

Vordt let out a triumphant howl before charging after the shielder servant. Only to stop when a burst of lightning caught him in the side of the head. Releasing a hiss of pain as the yellow electricity scorched the side of his helm.

Growling with rage, his head turned to see Solaire return his talisman to his belt and materialise his shield before the Berserker was on him.

Solaire widened his eyes behind his helmet as he threw his body into a roll, just underneath the Berserkers strike which impacted barely a second after he had moved, sending debris across the area in an explosion of dirt. Getting back to his feet, the Saber span around, slashing his sword in an arc at the Berserkers armour.

The grinding of metal against metal had him frown as he watched his sword just grated against the armour on Vordts chest. The Berserker released another roar before he was once again on Solaire.

The Accursed beast let out a wail of pain as the fireball impacted the side of its face, fur being set alight. The resulting wail also sent the corpses on the boy into a frenzy, limbs thrashing about and heads screaming in distress and rage.

Ash recoiled in disgust, Riders lip curled in a similar expression at the creatures.

"Filthy things." She complained "Absolutely vile to look at."

"Kill them then." Ash quickly retorted, charging up another Pyromancy before the flinging it towards the beast again, Rider spared a quick glance at the fireball before dismissing it. Charging up her own spells in her hands.

The Accursed leapt into the air, avoiding the ball of fire, eyes burning with rage as it locked onto Ash, the servant rolled to the side as the creature slammed into the ground where he had last been.

The move had been one born of animalistic rage to lash out at anything that had harmed it and it showed. The second it had touched the ground, a whip of fire latched itself around the creatures neck. Its eyes widened in alarm as it strained to pull itself away.

Rider narrowed her eyes and held firm, all of her spiked legs digging into the ground to support her as the beast thrashed around, struggling against the leash. Ash swiftly returned to his feet, gripping his sword with two hands, he slashed at the nearest leg to his body.

The limb being severed just above the heel. The Creature screamed, reorientating its body to try and accommodate for its missing limb. Raising itself up on its hind legs and trying to pull away from Rider.

"Here I come!" Leaving it open for Gareth and Sif. The Lancer's shout giving Ash just enough warning to through his body to the side before the wolf and servant came shooting past him.

Gareth with a wild grin on her face and Lance extended outwards, Sif slammed into the torso of the beast. The force sending the creature reeling and would have been enough to knock it on its back…

Had it not been for Gareth's lance penetrating straight through its chest and out the back of its body. The giant lance keeping it in place even as it screamed and thrashed around. Gareth's face showing only a slight amount of strain as the accursed continued to shriek to the skies.

"Just die like the filth you are." Rider huffed, pulling on the whip of fire with all her might. There was a sizzling sound of flesh being cooked followed by a tearing noise as the charged head was ripped from its body. A gurgling noise escaping the remains of the throat as black liquid trickled from the wound.

The thrashings of the beast quickly tapered off, limps falling uselessly at its side as Gareth flicked the body of the Lance. Face soured with disgust "Oh Lord, that smells horrible!" she wailed.

Ash was thankful that his dulled senses meant he was unable to corroborate her claims.

"You're doing pretty well, Betty." Arash mused as he fired off another dozen arrows, the Caster to his left thrust the catalyst forwards, several bright blue projectiles were sent forth and towards the Accursed charging them.

The creature snarled in pain when Arash's arrows impacted its head and eyes, its snarl devolved into a wail as the sorceries burned holes through the creatures body. The sizzling of flash and burning of hair being overpowered by the sound of pain emanating from the monster.

"I fight good when I'm stressed!" Beatrice retorted in a somewhat panicked tone "I'm actually very stressed right now!"

"It'll keep you on your toes!" Arash chuckled, then steeled his expression as he pulled back his bow. The arrow being charged with enough power that it eventually burst into flames. Letting it loose, the projectile sailed forth with a thunderous boom.

The Accused's wails were silenced when the arrow hit, and vaporized half the creatures head.

"How many of those things are left?" Arash wondered, sending a glance at the rest of the battlefield.

He clicked his tongue and immediately drew back another arrow as he saw the third and final creature charging Mash and Ritsuka.

Ritsuka blinked as he heard Mash's panicked cry, reality came back to him.

Boy, did he wish it hadn't. The first thing he saw was one of the monsters charging straight towards him, mouth split open and guttural roar emerging from its throat as it locked onto him.

"M-Mash!" He instinctively cried, the lilac haired girl allowed herself a brief feeling of relief that her Senpai was at least aware of his surroundings again.

She then focused her expression "Engaging hostile!" she cried, hand going to her new sword and ripping it free from its scabbard. She still wasn't particularly accustomed to sword fighting, Verndari had only been able to drill in the basics, although she was fairly confident that she didn't need it in this situation when dealing with whatever these things were.

She charged forwards at the same time the Accursed righted itself, glowing eyes intensified and its maw widened to reveal its crooked and sharpened teeth, lunging towards Mash. The Shielder girl, changed the grip on her shield so its held more like a Lance, swinging it in a backhanded motion at the same time that the creature lunged at her. The Shield smacked into the chin of the creature with a meaty thud, the blow snapping the head upwards and sending the beast stumbling.

Taking advantage of the new position, Mash thrust the sword upwards into the neck, the blade sinking halfway into the Accursed's throat before it got stuck. A gurgle like growl emanated from the wounded opponent as it thrashed around. Mash's eyes widened in alarm as her feet left the ground, leaving her dangling in the air, hand still gripped on the sword stuck in the monsters neck.

"Waaaaaah!" A panicked cry escaped her mouth as she was flung about, still hanging onto the sword. Ritsuka's fear slowly abated in favour of bewilderment at the sight of Mash hanging on for dear life as the creature bucked and thrashed around.

"Mash! Are you alright?"

"D-don't worry Senpai!" Mash called back "I-I've got it under contr-aaaaaah!" her last line was cut off as the creature flung its head upwards. Mash lost her grip on the sword and was sent helicoptering vertically in the air.

As she sailed through the air, she felt gravity take a hold of her and she began to fall back to the earth, looking down, she saw the creature ignore her in favour of turning its attention towards Ritsuka.

"Oh...Shit…" Ritsuka mumbled out, backing away as a guttural hiss emerged from the beasts throat.

"Senpai!" Mash cried out in alarm as she fell, then put on a determined expression as she held her shield above her head, plunging towards the ground, she thrust the shield down so the bottom point would make contact with the ground first.

Or the creatures head in this instance.

The cross shaped shield slammed into the top of the Accursed, head a cracking sound indicating that bone had been shattered as the skull caved inwards. The impact carried the beast further down into the ground, body smashing into the dirt and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Ritsuka held his hand in front of his face as the debris blew past him, lowing it, he saw Mash standing atop the remains of the creatures head. Panting before sending him a beaming smile "Hostile defeated Senpai!"

"...Yeah." Ritsuka mumbled, eyes wide "G-good work."

Verndari clenched his teeth as another blow smashed into his shield, the ground beneath his feet cracking.

Solaire took advantage of Vordts tunnel vision and ran in, swinging his sword into the right underarm of the Berserker. Vordt released a cry of rage as he recoiled his arm, standing back on his weakened legs.

Verndari released a cry of exertion as he pushed Vordt off of his shield, the Berserker stumbled backwards as it tried to re-orientate itself.

"I think not!" Verndari shouted, sword lit up with white lightning before he swung it upwards, releasing a ball which impacted the servant in the centre of his chest. The Berserker let out a cry of pain as it fell onto its back, thrashing like a flipped tortoise.

Solaire charged forwards, raising his sword above his head to strike the servant again before it disappeared into thin air. He slid to a stop, staring down at where the servant had been before he clicked his tongue "It would seem his master recalled him."

"A smart move, if unfortunate for us." Verndari sighed, then looked around "It would appear the beasts have been taken care of."

"Excellent." Solaire nodded his head, then looked over to see the Romans, still cowering behind Ritsuka "I am pleased to see they heeded my commands."

"You ordered them not to interfere." Verndari surmised "Smart, against the spiders they may have held a chance. Against these foul beings?" he shook his head.

"Indeed." Solaire nodded "However, I believe we have been afforded a brief respite."

"Indeed we have." The Looking Glass Knight nodded his head "Come, we shall see how the others faired."

"So…" Ritsuka coughed into his hand, looking away from the remains of the creatures "They were…"

"Accursed." Ash spoke up, still crouched over the remains of the one Mash had crushed "Fresh ones too."

"Wonderful. More monsters from home?"

"Indeed." Ash nodded, then stood up again and moved over to Ritsuka "They are actually creations, as I'm sure you surmised."

"They are a form of familiars?" Mash asked, surprise in her voice.

"I have no idea what that is." Ash shrugged "You recall my story of Aldrich?"

"Yeah, cannibal bishop eats people, then gods." Ritsuka surmised, earning a surprised choke of air from everyone who hadn't heard it "Ate some guy called Gwyndolin."

"...He what!?" That came from Rider, the woman gaping at him with a shocked expression "He ate him!?"

"Yeah." Ritsuka sighed "...Sorry. A little panicked so I'm being blunt right now."

"Understandable." Ash waved him off "But yes, these are the creations of Aldrich."

"So he's here then?"

"Most likely." Ash clicked his tongue "And most unfortunate. Whatever else I think of him, he is still a Lord of Cinder." he turned to Ritsuka "That makes him, how you would say, a Divine Spirit."

"...Shit." Ritsuka sighed, palming his face, then he turned back to Solaire "So...How far are we from your base?"

"A little over a days journey." The Sun knight broke out of his stupor and answered Ritsuka "Unfortunately, we will likely have to camp out during the night. The spiders emerge during that period."

Ritsuka's expression blanked, then he placed his head into his hands. Releasing a muffled scream.

The group watched him wail into his hands for a few moments before he raised his head, clapping his hands together "Alright...Lets go then."

"Are you alright Senpai?" Mash asked, taking a step forwards and reaching out to him.

Ritsuka released a forced laugh "I'm really tired right now and, no offence to any of you," he gestured to the Romans "But right now, this place is a shit hole."

"...That's fair." Aulus agreed relatively easily "To be honest, we have worse things to say about it." the man sighed "Still, I'll prepare the men Prefect Solaire." he nodded his head and moved off to the group of Romans, the troops still regaining their breath.

"So, how long as this situation been going on?" Ritsuka asked Solaire, the knight turned to him and scratched the side of his helmet in thought.

"When I was first summoned, a little over three weeks." He explained "Since then, I've been here for two." he chuckled, turning to Ash "Its quite strange to be able to accurately tell the length of time one has been around, is it not?"

"Its jarring." Ash agreed with a chuckle, turning to Ritsuka "Do you wish to ride Sif again?"

"I think I've ridden him enough for one day." Ritsuka replied with an uneasy expression, turning to Mash "I think I'll walk."

"Alright." Mash nodded her head with a smile, Rider snorted. Mash shot her a glare, to which the Rider responded with another amused smile.

"Alright guys." Ritsuka cleared his throat "Lets move."

The group continued their walk for nearly several hours in the most peculiar column of troops that could be seen.

"You. Undead." Were the words of the Rider as she approached Ash, he looked away from his conversation with Solaire and towards her unusually serious expression.

"Unkindled." Ash replied.

"I don't care, you look like a corpse, stink like a corpse and fight like a corpse." She huffed "The difference between whatever you call yourself and the average stumbling hollow is of little concern to me."

Ash huffed, then looked back to Solaire "We'll speak later."

"I look forward to it." Solaire nodded back, looking away to the front of the column as Ash slowed down to fall into step with the Rider.

"And what has this corpse done to earn your attention? O' Demon." Ash asked her, crossing his arms.

"That pyromancy you used." She began, eyes narrowed "That was a Chaos flame."

"It was." Ash admitted "Chaos is useful for dealing with those of Abyssal origins." he looked back at her "Although I assume you are more curious as to how I wield it?"

"That is an art of which few knew of." Rider narrowed her eyes "And fewer still who would teach it."

"I discovered a tome in the Smouldering lake." Ash answered honestly "I have little doubt that it is the ruins of old Izalith. After discovering it, I handed it to a pyromancer to translate it for me. That is all."

"Old Izalith…" Rider muttered looking away "...Where?"

Ash stared up at her then away "At the foot of a corpse."

"...I see." Rider nodded "I'm Quelaag."

"I don't know who you are." Ash answered honestly "If that was your intent, what was the land called when you wandered upon it?"

"Lordran." She replied, then narrowed her eyes when Ash released a bitter scoff.

"That would have been hundreds of thousands of years ago." He shook his head "In truth, I only knew what it was called because of a travelling companion had been there."

"And who was this 'Companion'?"

"A slave knight." Ash replied, then sent her a sideways glance when she stilled "Yes, he had very choice words about the witches machinations. He held a strong dislike of demons."

"Tch." Quelaag clicked her tongue, scowling "So they survived." then frowned "Hundreds of thousands of years…" she looked away "Doesn't matter, I have my answer."

Ash stared at her for a few more moments before looking away "If you say so."

"Also your use of Chaos Pyromancy is amateur at best." She said after a few more moments "It is quite honestly, one of the most pathetic things I've seen in my life."

"I'll stick with Abyssal pyromancy then."

"What!?" She hissed, glaring down at him "You...You wield abyss so casually!? Are you truly stupid!?"

"I'm more than careful." Ash shrugged.

"You fool! You're a dark-wraith in the making!" She sneered "You are either ignorant or stupid! I have seen what the abyss can do if left to run rampant!"

"So have I." Ash replied, now glaring up at her "And do not preach to me the dangers of magic gone rampant. Chaos witch." he replied in a firm tone "It was not the Abyss which birthed demons."

"You dare to lecture me?" Quelaag scoffed "Do not think me some narcissistic fool. We dabbled in chaos and all paid the price for it. Do not think that we did not suffer, or do you believe I chose to appear as a freak of nature?"

"Do you think we chose to be undead either?" Ash retorted, voice growing in intensity "Dare not claim to me that you are not the victim of your own hubris." he jabbed a finger in her direction "It was not humans who cursed themselves or brought about the cycle!"

"That was the Gods!"

"And what were the Witches of Izalith attempting to do!" Ash roared back, several heads turned back to look at the argument "Another would-be Lord who thought they should cling to power or were you attempting to recreate the flame for the benefit of all!?"

"Uhm...Guys?" A tentative voice called out to the pair.

"What!?" Both heads snapped to the voice, Ritsuka flinched ever so slightly at being under their gaze. Purposefully avoiding looking at Quelaag.

"You...you alright here?"

"…" Ash stared at him for a few moments before he exhaled "Forgive me, I allowed my emotions the better of me." he walked past Ritsuka nodding his head "I will attempt to avoid such a situation again."

"R-right." Ritsuka replied, scratching the back of his head with a small frown. He hadn't seen Ash that upset by anything before. He'd never met Rider, at least he didn't think so, so why was he so upset?

"Future conversations will be very inconvenient if you refuse to look at me." Riders voice called out from behind him "Or do you plan to merely shut your eyes whenever my form enters your vision?"

"I-I'm trying alright!" Ritsuka replied, calling back over his shoulder, then sighing "Not my fault I'm scared of spiders." he mumbled.

"Its your fault for not doing anything about it." Rider huffed, although she was clearly still annoyed by her argument with Ash "You should watch that one. He dabbles in that which he does not understand."

Ritsuka frowned "What do you mean?"

"Of course you're too stupid to know." She sighed, then snorted "Ask any of the others, ask the Sun knight what the abyss is. You will receive your answer and then tell them that Ash wields it. See how they react."

Ritsuka bit his lip. He suspected this was likely related to their world, and he didn't understand it. Although 'Abyss' sounded ominous whatever it was.

Well...Maybe Verndari would know.

"Abyss?" The Shielder stared down at his master, tone sounding perplexed "Where did you hear of the Abyss my Liege?"

"Rider mentioned it." He explained, then shrugged "I was kind of curious what it was."

"...I would be a poor source of information." Verndari admitted "I know little on the subject, save that it was something to be avoided." he hummed "Beatrice may know however. She spoke of a journey to Oolacile. That city suffered an outbreak of the abyss."

"Outbreak?" Ritsuka frowned "Like a plague?"

"Possibly." Verndari shrugged "However, I never encountered the Abyss itself, nor do I believe any of the knights of Drangleic did...However…" he paused "Ser Raime. He once accused Queen Nashandra of being Abyss spawn." he looked away "I had thought it an insult...but perhaps…" he shook his head "It matters little right now. Beatrice would know more."

"Thanks." Ritsuka nodded his head, giving the shielder a smile before he jogged over to the front of the column. Beatrice walking alongside Arash, the latter chuckling about something.

"Beatrice!" He called out, the Caster jolted, whirling around to see who had called her, she relaxed when she saw Ritsuka approach.

"A-ah. Master." Beatrice bowed her head slightly "H-how can I help you?"

"I wanted to ask about the Abyss."

Beatrice's whole demeanour changed in an instant, where had once been a nervous young girl, suddenly her eyes flashed and she straightened out her posture. Closing the distance between herself and the Master almost instantly.

"For what purpose?" She asked, her tonal shift was so surprising Ritsuka nearly stumbled over his first words.

"The Abyss." He repeated "I wanted to know about it, Rider mentioned it and Verndari said you might know about it since you travelled to Oolacile so-"

"I understand." She sighed, giving a reassuring smile "Normally whenever someone asks about the Abyss its just to preach about how evil it is or the curses it inflicts." she shook her head "Its a bit more complicated than that."

"Oh." Ritsuka nodded his head "So, what is it?"

Beatrice frowned, biting her lip "I don't know all the details of it. The Abyss is...complicated. It exists as a place and as a substance."

"That...Doesn't make sense to me."

"The Abyss as a place is...it currently resides outside the world. A separate existence more akin to one of the painted worlds." she trailed off "Ah...you have no idea what that is do you?"

"No." Ritsuka shook his head, a confused expression still on his face.

Beatrice winced, frowning in thought "Just think of it as a world just outside of a world. Like a puddle next to a lake."

"I...I think I get that." He hesitantly nodded, although he still looked confused.

"Anyway. The Abyss was said to have been born of Primeval man." She went on "It was said to be an endless all consuming void occupied only by darkwraiths which would consume all in its path." she shrugged "Although that was the story perpetuated by the Gods." she frowned "The Abyss was said to actually be quite welcoming to those who did not have their power tied to the Flame. Humans, who held the Dark Soul, could actually live there without fear of death."

"Really?" Ritsuka blinked, looking quite surprised.

"I don't know." Beatrice shrugged "This is all here say and rumours. I died before I found out."

"Oh…" He cringed "Sorry about reminding you-"

"Its fine." Beatrice waved him off.

He cleared his throat "So, could someone...wield Abyss?"

"Wield it?" Beatrice looked incredulous "The only things which actually dabbled in the Abyss were Darkwraiths. And they consumed humanity, by that I mean souls of humans, I never heard of anyone using Abyss."

"Because Rider said that Ash was insane for using Abyss or somethi-"

"He uses Abyss!?" Beatrice squealed, face etched with joy "She said he can do that!?" getting well within his personal space.

Ritsuka stumbled backwards as Beatrice face was scant centimetres from his own, a redness crept up his neck as he stumbled for an answer "Y-yeah?"

"Excuse me Master!" Beatrice virtually leapt away from him before sprinting down the column, furiously calling out Ash's name.

"Well…" Arash spoke up, eyebrows raised as he walked up next to Ritsuka "I haven't seen Betty look so excitable. I don't know if I should be happy she's not stuttering or send my condolences to Ash that he is the focus of her newfound attention."

Ritsuka cringed "S-she can't be that bad?" he replied, more to convince himself than anything else. Although he was still left with confused as to what it all meant. "Abyss huh." he muttered to himself. It sounded ominous and Darkwraiths sounded pretty nasty, consuming human souls.

Was Ash like that?

He didn't want to think so, the Saber servant had been nothing but friendly towards them and seemed repellent to the idea of consuming Olga's soul.

But then he had said that Undead like himself were made to consume souls, and he apparently wielded Abyss.

Maybe he should ask Ash about it.

Chaldea POV

"Anything?" Da Vinci asked with a frown, still staring at the screen while Romani rested his head in his hands.

"Nope." He sighed "Still no contact with them. The interference is too thick."

"I thought you said that their Rayshifting location was clear?" Olga shouted at him, although her expression was bordering on nervousness as well "If its so clear, how come we can't listen to them."

"I-it was clear when I Rayshifted them!" Romani held up his hands in surrender "It was! But the second they arrived, the interference picked up and blocked all readings."

"Tch." Olga clicked her tongue, eyebrow twitching "How long has it been now?"

"Currently?" Da Vinci crossed her arms "Over three hours."

"Are they-?"

"Dead? No." Da Vinci shook her head "The Chaldea generator is still registering the Servants drain." she replied, a small smile on her face "They are still alive."

"But we can't make contact." Olga growled to herself, biting her thumb "This is a disaster...Mechanical error?"

"Doesn't sound it." A voice replied from the door, group turning to see Cu Chulainn leaning against it with a frown. "I'd say a trap."

"That would have been my guess as well." Da Vinci replied after a few moments "The Rayshift co-ordinates were too convenient."

"So we sent them into an obvious trap!?" Olga threw up her arms, scowl on her face.

"We were desperate." Romani pointed out "The interference was all over Europe. Not enough to prevent communication, but enough to prevent accurate Rayshifting."

"...You said Accurate?" Olga spoke up after a few moments.

"Yes I…" Romani trailed off, eyes going wide "You can't mean to-"

"We're blind down there." She spoke up, expression set in a determined one "And we need eyes on the ground."

"So we wait!" Romani exclaimed "You can't mean to rush off down there right now!"

"What choice do we have!" She fired back "All I need to do is get a servant and Rayshift down there?"

"You can't Rayshift th-"

"She can." Da Vinci piped up, Romani turned to her with a betrayed look "The Rayshift into and out of Fuyuki proved it." she bit her lip "Although your affinity as a Master is rather terrible."

"H-hey!"

"Nah, she's right." Cu shook his head "Its actually horrible. I'm genuinely wondering if its a curse inflicted on you."

"Enough of this!" Olga stamped her foot "I'm going down there! Would I be able to make contact with them if I was down there?"

"Maybe." Romani shrugged "But we don't even know what's down there! You could end up in a terrible situation and we'd have no way to get you back!"

Olga took in a deep breath "Thats just something I'm willing to risk. I'm Chaldea's Director. I need to act as one. Not a stupid scared little girl."

"Direc-"

"Nice words!" Cu grinned strutting over to her and patting her on the back "You're getting better lass!" he turned back "I say she goes for it. Maybe she'll get a servant she can work with?"

Romani looked to Olga "I really...fine…" he slumped his shoulders.

"I'm not planning on going to every singularity." Olga scoffed "I just need to ensure that our current operatives are still unharmed."

"So...To the summoning chamber?"

"To the summoning chamber."

The pillar of light flashed into the air, the group covered their eyes as it died down.

"…" Then they looked up.

And up.

And up.

"...Shit." Cu whistled "He's a big one."

The nine foot metal servant turned its pointed helm towards the Lancer and then back down towards the white haired girl. Getting on one knee, but still towering over her.

The servant was garbed in dark steel armour, scaled in its design with a pointed helm and frayed red hair jutting from the back. In its left arm it held a rounded shield and a giant axe in its right.

"I-I am your Master!" Olga announced. Puffing out her chest. The Servant stared at her, then nodded its head once.

"Well. He's probably a Berserker." Cu shrugged. "You checked his stats?"

Olga did. The widened her eyes "Oh...That's a lot of A's." she then looked at its personal skills "Oh, a form of Golem?" she raised an eyebrow, frowning "Must be from the other world then." the magic resistance also wasn't great, only being Ranked at a C, the same as the Luck. However with A in Endurance and Strength and a B in agility and Mana she wasn't going to complain.

"Da Vinci." She turned around to the Caster "Get me ready for a Rayshift." the giant rose from its crouched position.

"Looks like Mr protagonist has some competition." Da Vinci smirked, then giggled "Unless you're concerned about him."

"He's my subordinate!" Olga crossed her arms and huffed "He's not allowed to fail or die unless I allow it."

A metallic groan emanated from the Berserker. Olga smirked "See? Berserker agrees with me."

"...I think that was just him moving his body."

"...Just get me ready to Rayshift!"

AN: Olga taking matters into her own hands! It will probably be just for this singularity though. Maybe, who knows.

Anyway! If no one could guess which Servant it was! Its the Dragon Slayer Armour!

Here are his Stats!

Dragon Slayer Armour

Servant: Berserker

Strength: A

Endurance: A

Agility: B

Mana: B

Luck: C

Noble Phantasm: A

Fulgur Cadens: A (Anti-Unit), Max Target: 1, Max Range: 5

Charged with the power of lightning, the Axe is slammed into its opponent with an explosion designed to crush and obliterate even the toughest of enemies.

Class Skills

Mad Enhancement: EX

It is neither sane nor insane, without a true will of its own it functions as a complicated Golem

What few original thoughts it has are few and far between

Magic Resistance: C

Personal Skills:

Battle Continuation: EX

The Armour must be destroyed, even with the loss of the head, the suit will still continue to function

Golem: EX

A suit of armour, only given sentience through retained memories of its previous wearer

Immune to forms of damage designed to kill living beings

Dragon Slayer: A

As Far as Dialogue goes.

Its literally a living suit. It can't speak. Or think that much. Thats what makes it so compatible with Olga!

It doesn't have an opinion!