Chapter 64: Water down, ho down.

Ash blinked several times, staring at the now named Edward Teach with furrowed brows before he slowly looked over to Euryale – the Goddess still fidgeting uncomfortably – until Asterios stepped in the way of the Goddess, blocking her off from sight with a menacing growl on his face.

Blackbeard's giddy expression soon vanished, replaced by an annoyed scowl "Hey, hey!" he made a shooing motion at the Berserker "Get out of the way, you're blocking my sight of Euryale-chan!"

"Euryale-chan?" Ash whispered to himself under his breath, still at a loss for words as to what was going on, if the expressions of the other members of the crew were any indication, he wasn't the only one.

"Move, move!" Blackbeard clicked his tongue "Damn, I wanna stare at Euryale-chan's petite figure that looks as though its made from the most delicate glass…" his voice left him in a frustrated whine at this point "I wanna sear it into my brain before I can actually get a hold of her and gently rub the skin between my fingers like dough…" he waved his hand "Come on, don't deny me this man!"

"You got bigger problems, ass!" Drake shouted at him "You've been harassing me for days now! But you're in deep shit this time, I'm gonna make sure you-"

"Huh?" Blackbeard's expression did a complete one eighty, the man staring towards Drake with a perfect mask "Sorry, I didn't see you there. I have this thing where my eyes and ears filter out old hags." his expression morphed into a grimace "I mean, what's with the way you dress too? Exposing those useless breasts." he shrugged "I mean, yeah they're big but that's really all you've got going for you…" he paused before he cupped his chin, squinting his eyes to get a better look at Drake and giving a thoughtful hum "I guess the scar's alright." he admitted "But that's really it...your age is the real problem."

Blackbeard widened his eyes and snapped his fingers "That it!" he grinned "You're like one of those ship Captains who get these stupidly large boats to cover up their own insecurities." the extended finger pointed towards her chest "Exposing all those while you're some hag is really kinda embarrassing to see if I'm being honest." a frown made its way onto his face "I guess if you were half your current age you'd be alright but...well…" he gave a lopsided shrug "...You're just past your prime. Like a fruit that's been left out too long." his expression turned dreamy "If Euryale-chan is the finest grape to ever bless this man's vision...you're like some raisin I found down the back of a chair."

David stared up at the Captain, wincing as he saw her expression and then looked back to Blackbeard "Sorry!" he called out to the man "Looks like she stopped thinking about halfway through your speech!"

"Really?" Blackbeard let out a 'hrmph' sound "Suppose that's kinda typical for the elderly."

"...Huh?" Mash jolted as she came out of her trance, her expression warped into one of shock "S-Senpai…" she whispered to Ritsuka "What is that?"

Ritsuka was still staring at Blackbeard with his mouth slightly agape before it snapped shut "I...I think that's Blackbeard?"

"No." Mash replied in a dead voice "I refuse to believe it. I cannot accept that he is also a Servant. I will not."

Their exchange – however – did not go entirely unnoticed, Blackbeard's eyes snapped towards the hushed voices with a particular fervency to them and fixed themselves entirely upon Mash. The man's expression was still blank as he scanned her up and down.

"Eek!" Mash recoiled at the sudden pressure she felt, holding her shield out in front of her.

"Hmmm…" Blackbeard's left hand move to cradle his chin, the man soon gave subtle nod of his head before grinning "Yes! I approve of you!" he spoke with such fervour that had Mash dread what exactly he approved of. He held both his hands out and formed a square with his fingers, focusing entirely on the Shielder "That nervous energy contradicted by that confident stature, that one visible eye which shines with perfect innocence and that marble like skin…" he grinned at Mash, gifting her a thumbs up "Yes. I one hundred percent approve!"

"S-senpai!?" Mash recoiled away from the man, actually hiding behind the Master with a horrified look on his face "I'm scared!"

"Oh?" Blackbeard titled his head "A Senpai-Kouhai relationship as well?" his eyes gleamed "Yes! A close second to Euryale-chan! Not bad girl!"

"She's a little young." Boudica gave Blackbeard a disapproving scowl as she stepped towards the Shielder to obscure her from view – in much the same way Asterios had done to Euryale – unfortunately it brought her in Blackbeard's cross-hairs.

"Woah!" Blackbeard let out a surprised shout as he gaped at Boudica "This power-! This-this is…" he rested his hand over his heard and grinned "This is big Onee-san energy! That girl! She's...she radiates pure energy, as if she were born for the role!"

"H-huh!?" Boudica paused, staring at Blackbeard with wide eyes "What do you-"

"She's even got massive boobs that don't feel tacked on!" He exclaimed, throwing his hands up in victory "The promised land indeed! She'd ensnare a younger brother figure and pull them into the valley of no return! I can almost feel the warmth coursing through my body!"

"…" Boudica's expression had become one of horror, a quiet snickering brought her burning gaze onto Archer. His face instantly reverting to a more composed one as he still sat cradling his injured shoulder.

"I'm getting distracted with all these beauties!" Blackbeard cursed, slapping himself on the forehead "I'm here for Euryale-chan first and foremost." his eyes fell onto Ritsuka and his expression turned blank "You're the Master here, right?"

"H-huh?" Ritsuka blinked then nodded his head "Yeah…"

"Good." Blackbeard grunted "Makes things easier. Hand over Euryale or I'll gut you and through your body to the sharks." the tone in which he delivered the rather brutal threat was one without a hint of emotion within it, as if the affair would be nothing more than a chore for him.

"Why do you want the Goddess anyway?" Ash inquired, pulling his greatsword free from the scabbard on his back "What value is she to you?"

"...You ain't blind, are you?" Blackbeard gave Ash a funny look "Just fix your eyes upon her! Ain't you ever seen something more beautiful in your life?"

Ash slowly looked away from Blackbeard and stared at Euryale, the Goddess gave him a raised eyebrow at his blank expression before the Unkindled turned away and back to the Pirate. "...It...she doesn't look hideous but I see no reason to pursue her."

"That's the entire point of my purpose!" Euryale indignantly growled "What is wrong with you?"

"Does she have some...hidden ability?" Ash tried to question "Something in her possession you require?"

"Her body." Blackbeard answered immediately.

"You want her body?" Ash blinked "For…?"

"I made it pretty obvious." Blackbeard looked at Ash as if he were an idiot "I want her body to touch and hold and be held."

"...Is...is that it?" Ash frowned "Just...hmmm." he looked away for a few moments and then back to the man "It...It does not seem to be something worth killing over."

"...Are you alright?" Blackbeard asked with a tone of genuine sincerity, worry present on his face "Do...does your brain work?" he pointed towards the Goddess "Euryale-chan, object of living beauty is right there and you don't feel anything?"

"Well…" Ash frowned "She's...am I supposed to?"

"...Yikes." Blackbeard cringed "I'm tempted just to kill you now and call it mercy."

"You may do as you wish with the others." A suave voice called out from behind the Pirate as a man made his way past, Ash's eyes fixed themselves onto the new arrival and his expression turned cold "But this unkindled...he is mine."

"Oh?" Blackbeard raised an eyebrow "Personal business, eh? Always nasty I guess."

The new arrival was dressed in a loose fitting white silken shirt, a leather girdle belt around his waist and short white coloured trousers which extended just below his knee with no footwear to speak of. The man's handsome features were marred with a heavy frown as he stared at Ash.

Ash, for his part, still stared up at the man without changing his expression in the least.

"You waste words bantering with this fiend, Capitan." He paced towards the edge of the ship and placed his hands on the railing "This butcher knows nothing of beauty and lives only to kill."

"...I was not expecting a Spear of Filianore to be here." Ash replied with a toneless voice "Or in such...curious company."

"Indeed." The man scowled "I would still be in service to the Princess if you had not disregarded the orders of King Gwyn and defiled the city."

Ash frowned but said nothing.

The man frowned at him "Have you no words? Have you neither the shame nor the courage to admit to your acts?"

"I was charged with aiding Gael in retrieving the Dark Soul." Ash calmly replied "Everything else was not of consequence."

"...And Shira?"

"She should not have challenged me." Ash frowned "I would have been content to leave her be if she had given my the same courtesy."

"She was charged with protecting the Princess you killed-"

"I did not kill Filianore." Havel's head snapped towards Ash so fast it almost blurred, the Berserker's form stilled.

"You did." The man growled "The Grail provides me with much knowledge now...You awoke the Princess from her slumber and brought ruin to the city, it is now all lost to time and even the immortal lords are dead because of you." he narrowed his eyes "Was what you sought worth all that murder?"

"Yes." Ash replied back without even waiting "I succeeded in retrieving the pigment. Therefore anything else did not matter." he frowned "Are you here for vengeance?"

"No…" The man shook his head "Before I mete out justice to you, I shall here your commiserations for your acts of barbarity." he narrowed his eyes, his hand moving down to the sword on his waist, slowly unsheathing it and revealing the black katana.

Ash stared at him in silence for a few moments before he replied "You will be disappointed in my answer then."

"...I see." The man sighed, closing his eyes before they opened again "In that case, I – Halflight, Spear of Filianore – shall deliver you justice!"

"...That's real great." Blackbeard sniffed "So...As for Euryale-"

"Cannons." Drake's dull voice cut them off, her eyes burning with life "I don't care how close we are. I don't care about if you can or can't. I want every cannon we have to fire on that man."

"Someone's mad." Blackbeard snickered "Guess its easier doing it this way as well!" the Pirate exclaimed "Lets get Euryale-chan…" he paused and then shrugged "Also the Grail while we're at it."

"Not, while we're at it." Another figure walked past Blackbeard, this one wearing a long red coat with bleached blonde hair and ruby coloured eyes, twirling a long rifle in her arms before resting it on her shoulder "That Grail is what we're here for." she paused for a few moments before continuing on "Also please don't come any closer."

"Hehehe." Blackbeard snickered before moving his fingers to his mouth and blowing an ear piercing whistle "Hey Sammy! You're up!"

Drake blinked "Samm-"

Space in front of her distorted as a black sphere came into being mere feet from her, the woman recoiled as the burning circle dissipated and left a figure behind.

Drake's eyes went wide as she went for her pistol "What the shi-"

A muscled blue arm lashed out and clamped down around her wrist before she could move, the woman cringed and lashed out with a kick towards them. The figure swung her to the side and sent her crashing into the railings, Drake let out a pained grunt as they raised her up and again and slammed her into the deck of the ship.

"Captain Drake-"

"You should watch where you look, young lady." Mash skidded to a halt and raised her shield just in time to block a sword aimed at her neck, the curved blade extended around the shield and cut into her cheek, causing her to let out a small gasp of pain and jump back.

Clad in bronze coloured armour, not a single aspect of skin was showing on the Servant in front of her. The armour was more decorative than anything else, with the ornamental shape of two arms emboldened on the front as if the man was receiving a hug from something, flat top prongs of metal extended up from his full covered helmet and on each of his shoulder pauldrons. In each hand he held a shotel sword, the left most one stained with a small drizzle of blood from where he had cut her.

"A battle is no place to be careless, you know?" His tone was light and almost caring, yet Mash refused to allow herself to be fooled by it. His sudden attack and the complete lack of a presence until moments ago had all but revealed his class to them. "Such horrible things can occur...hahaha…"

"Mash!" Ritsuka called out in surprise before the Shielder tensed herself.

"Stay back, Senpai! He's an Assassin!" She exclaimed as she prepared her shield.

"Oh...such an ugly word." The man tutted, spinning the swords in his hand "I prefer the term...survivor."

"It is as you said, I did bring ruin to the Ringed City."

Ash parried away the blackened Katana with ease as he thrust the Aquamarine dagger towards Halflight's head, the man ducked low and thrust his free arm forwards across the deck, the surface crackled with yellow lighting. Ash rolled to the side as golden spears burst from the orbs scattered across the ground in a trail moving across the length of the ship.

"It did not take much effort to discern that waking the Princess from her slumber would destroy what had been crafted."

Halflight rushed towards the Unkindled with his blade prepared to be slashed upwards, the man swung the weapon towards Ash's chest. The Unkindled swung his own greatsword down with one hand to meet the blow. The two men buckled against each others strength before Ash bodily slammed his shoulder into the man's chest. Halflight let out a dry wheeze as the air was forced from his lungs. Raising the sword high across his body, Ash swung downwards towards the man's head.

Halflight leaned away from the blow, the edge of Storm Ruler just passing scant but a few inches above the man's head before the Unkindled reversed the dagger in his left hand and raised it up high to thrust downwards. The air above Halflight glowed as the summoned spear tips burned themselves into existence and rocketed towards his body.

Ash grunted and rolled backwards, the summons shooting off into the air and avoiding him entirely before he returned to his feet. Ducking his head to the side as he felt something nip his cheek and narrowing his eyes at the man. Halflight had sheathed his sword and drawn his bow, the weapon made of intertwined white birch wood, and was already preparing another arrow.

Storm Ruler exploded to life with the power of the wind, the Saber swung the weapon upwards and sent a powerful gust of wind towards the enemy Servant. Halflight staggered as the wind struck him, sending his aim wildly of course as the unkindled rushed to exploit the opening. Sheathing the dagger, he lashed out with his left hand around Halflight's wrist as he attempted to draw his sword again.

"Having said that, I will not claim to have felt any joy from the action."

Then swung his body around so as to smash his elbow into the man's jaw, Halflight staggered with the blow but didn't get far as Ash's grip was still tight around his limb, then rearing his head back, Ash jerked the man forwards and slammed his forehead into Halflight's nose in an explosion of blood.

"Nor did I feel any shame either." Ash stared down at the dazed man with a frown "It was simply an act which I believed needed doing. Something which would have brought meaning to that meaningless place."

Finally releasing the man, Ash slammed his leg into Halflight's chest and sent the man rolling across the wooden deck "If you believe that the notion of cruelty entered my mind as I woke the Princess, then you have overestimated me." he advanced on the man, staring down at him with a frown "The truth is that the consequences of the act meant nothing to me." Halflight made to rise again, only for Ash to kick him in the side of the head.

"You had your duty to protect her and I had mine to retrieve the Dark Soul." He clasped his free hand around the grip of Storm Ruler and raised it above his head "As one of Duty you should understand what should be devoted to seeing its completion."

"Ha...haha...hahaha!" Ash paused as Halflight barked out a broken laugh "D-do not compare my duty to yours...unkindled. I made took on mine of my own volition…" he looked up at Ash through a bloodied sneer "It brought me pride to serve the Princess."

"I performed my duty out of purpose." Ash stared down at him "That is why you failed."

"No...it is why you shall remain a slave." Halflight lashed out, the ground beneath Ash's left foot glowed before a spear shot through his boot, Ash let out a grunt of pain as the spear disappeared and revealed a bloodied hole in his boot, the Saber made to finish the man-

"Argh-!?" He recoiled as something collided with his right shoulder and had him step backwards, the limb falling limply at his side. His eyes snapped away from Halflight and quickly found the blonde haired girl from earlier with the long wooden crossbow of some variety still aimed towards him, Ash frowned and pulled his left arm back.

"Gugh!" He coughed out blood when Halflight thrust the Frayed blade through his gut to the hilt, Ash responded quickly and slammed his open left palm onto the man's chest at the exposed skin. The widening of Halflight's eyes meant the man understood the implication and even if he hadn't it was impossible to ignore the sudden build-up of heat before Ash's palm exploded with a brilliant orange flame, sending the man blasting away from him and roughly onto the ground, a gruesome burn mark now present on his body in the centre of his chest.

Ash rolled forwards as something collided with the wood where he had been, the shattering noise of the planks filled his ears as he shot back to his feet and flung his arm towards the woman, releasing a titanic fireball with smaller orbs of flame circling around it. The woman widened her eyes and jumped from her position on the bow of the ship, roughly landing onto the deck of the Golden Hind and spinning around to level her gun towards the unkindled before she stopped.

His instincts kicked in as he jumped to the side and barely avoided a curved red blade from bisecting him wielded by a small white haired girl in an oversized black coat which hid away her lower face. She span on her heel and thrust towards his chest. Ash's left hand clamped down around the handle of the dagger on his belt and swung it upwards.

The blade of the Aquamarine dagger burst to life with blue crystal and extended into a short-sword, the pale crystalline structure collided with the cutlass and stopped the blow, the girl paused and looked up at Ash's cold expression with barely a hint of surprise before she rolled away from him. Ash ducked down as something whisked overhead accompanied by the crack of thunder.

Boudica stumbled backwards as the man continued his assault, despite his attention being split between herself and Mash, he didn't seem to be losing much in the way of ground. Taking their attacks in stride. She winced as the hooked sword curved around her own blade and bit into her shoulder. Raising her shield, she pushed the blade away from herself and thrust towards his chest. The man reversed his left sword and blocked the strike with the inner curve of the blade while taking only a single step back.

The helmet tilted slightly as Mash rushed in at his side, the man suddenly leapt into the air turning his body and planting a two footed kick onto the centre of Mash's shield and using it to propel himself away from the duo, spinning through the air while he did so, and landing on his feet a good few metres away from them.

"This need not be so challenging for you…" He spoke with a hint of aggression in his voice "We need only the girl and surely she has no value to you."

"I don't trade in people." Boudica scowled at him as she tensed herself "Or trust the word of men like you."

"Tut, tut." He sighed, shaking his head "Well then, if it is a fight you are after...Have at you!" he rushed down low, shotels extending from either side of his body like a pair of wings before he kicked off the ground and twirled through the air. Boudica blocked the tip of the right blade aimed at her face as the man landed while he swung the left down towards Mash's legs. The girl slammed her shield into the inner groove of the sword and knocked it away from herself.

The Assassin clicked his tongue, helmet shifting between Boudica and Mash before a heavy crash across the ship had everyone stumble slightly. Boudica jerked forwards and briefly lost her footing.

Assassin exploded into action, leaping towards the Rider and swinging the shotel towards her side. Mash rushed towards him before he swung his right shotel down towards her, the girl raised the shield the block the impact, the groove of the blade falling perfectly over the rim of the shield. Assassin jerked the blade forwards so the hook swung down and stabbed into the back of Mash's shoulder. The girl let out a pained shout as Assassin pulled the blade clean and swept his leg down towards the base of the shield. His heel impacted against it and, with her still distracted from the wound, pushed the shield to the side.

He danced backwards when Boudica launched forth a dozen rays of golden light towards him, the man hopping away from her as he avoided the beams.

Boudica's eyes briefly darted away from the Assassin and towards the crash, the woman almost gave a groan of annoyance when she saw who was responsible.

Havel still in a duel with the enemy Berserker, because of course they would have gone for eachother. The other man being ginger with what looked like shaven horns on either side of his head, an exposed chest and dark baggy trousers with thick leather boots and wielding an axe that looked as though it was made from molten lava.

The enemy Berserker stumbled backwards as Havel slammed his club into the man's guard, the stone armoured Berserker towered over his opponent and was merciless with his advance against him. Havel raised the club over his shoulder again and swung downwards, the Berserker jumped back as the club slammed into the deck of the ship and cracked the floorboards inwards before he ripped it free of the ground.

His opponent charged forwards with a savage cry, swinging the axe towards Havel's side, the Bishop grunted as he twisted his body so as to take it on the shield mounted on his back. The axe slammed into him and caused him to steady himself from the impact before he responded in kind.

The powerful backhand he unleashed against the opposite number sent the ginger Berserker helicoptering through the air before smashing into the railings of the ship and shattering them, sending fragments into the murky depths. Havel let out a grunt as he advanced on the downed opponent.

Releasing a roar, the Berserker abruptly jumped into life, swinging their axe in a backhanded motion aimed towards Havel's head. The taller Berserker – with little time to do much else – raised their left forearm in a blocking motion. The edge of the axe struck his guard and caused him to stagger at the surprising level of power behind the blow as the axe chipped away at his stone armour.

Havel let loose a menacing growl of his own as he swung Dragon Tooth into the ribs of the opposing Berserker, the ginger man's eyes went wide with pain as a bloodied cough erupted from his mouth as the strike carried him off his feet and onto his side. Marching towards the man, Dragons Tooth casting a menacing shadow over the Berserkers head as Havel prepared to deliver the final strike against them.

The Berserker rolled away as Havel slammed the club into the deck of the ship, the entire boat violently rocked on its side as a result of the impact, Havel stumbling forwards with the force of the impact as well as the other Servants current onboard the ship. The ginger man leapt to his feet and span on his heel, raising his arm high and delivering a savage haymaker into Havel's left side of his helmet.

The Berserker's head snapped to the side from the blow before they responded in kind, releasing their grip on the club and swinging his fist upwards into the Berserkers ribs. The crunching sound of bone echoed out as the punch lifted the man off his feet, Havel followed through with the attack and swung his left arm towards the man's jaw. The Berserker raised their arms to block the strike and only marginally succeeded, the punch slammed into his guard and forced him onto one knee. Havel's right arm was thrown in a quick jab which collided with the Berserkers nose and sent them reeling.

Raising his hands above his head, Havel clasped them together and swung them down like a hammer, smashing them into the Berserkers shoulder and was rewarded by a violent popping sound as the limb was violently – and painfully if the scream was any indication – thrown out of place.

As the Berserker screamed, Havel lashed out with his hands and clasped them on to either side of the man's head before raising him into the air. The Berserker thrashed and kicked with his legs against Havel's armour, not doing much to break the Bishops grip on him. Havel then started to squeeze, the Berserker began to thrash harder as Havel continued to crush his skull, blood soon starting to leak from his nose as he now attempted to punch the Bishop.

Havel grunted as the blows landed but didn't let go, instead opting to strengthen his grip on the man. The final cries of pain of the Berserker were soon silence, the echoes overwhelmed by a sickening splatter as Havel crushed the man's skull, decorating his hands and the front of his helmet with blood and fragments of head as the headless body fell back to the ground, soon flickering away into motes of light.

Letting of a dismissive scoff, Havel turned away from the body and saw Asterios and Euryale staring at him, the latter with a mildly disturbed expression on her face. Havel scoffed, looking away from her and retrieving his club from off the ground before looking around to find a new target.

"The enemy Berserker's spirit origin has faded." Ritsuka barely heard Romani in his ear as he focused his attention solely on Mash "Although there's still the other Servants to worry about...and that…" his voice trailed off "Fujimaru-kun...that figure...they radiate pure divinity on the level of a Divine Spirit."

Ritsuka knew who Romani meant, he'd known the moment they'd literally blinked into existence. It wasn't something he had ever expected to see although right now he couldn't focus on that, not with the chaos happening around him.

"Mash!" Ritsuka turned his attention to the Shielder as the bronze armoured man continued his assault, the Master held out his hand "I'm gonna use a Mystic Code! Be ready, Mash!"

"Yes, Senpai!" Mash replied as the Assassin struck his swords against her shield again, Boudica rushed in at his side and locked blades with the man, the Assassin taking a single step backwards before he twisted the shotel in his wrist, wrapping the curved blade around Boudica's straightsword and yanking it to the side, throwing her swing wide before spinning around and nailing her in the gut with a high kick. Boudica grunted as she took a single step back in response.

She caught Mash give her a quick nod and prepared herself for movement.

Mash rushed towards the Assassin, swinging her shield wide and towards his head. The Assassin ducked low so at to avoid it-

"Emergency Evasion!" Ritsuka's mystic code lit up as the Shielder vanished in a burst of light, reappearing closer to the Assassin and slightly above him. The Assassin barely managed to get out a surprised gasp before Mash slammed her shield into the back of his head, sending him stumbling forwards and into a Boudica's kick, the rider flipping backwards as she did so.

The Assassin let out a grunt as he was launched backwards, Mash swung her shield in a clockwise motion and battered it into his gut with enough force to blast the Assassin away from her and onto his back.

Ritsuka spared the Assassin a glance before he directed his attention to other points of conflict towards the ship, barely hearing a crash before he heard a pained shout from where Drake had been.

Oscar released a grunt as his back slammed into the deck, quickly rolling aside as a spear of pale light slammed into the spot where he had been and blasted through the wooden planks with very little effort. The Knight released a grunt as he returned to his feet and raised his shield in a blocking motion as he paced around the target.

White wings spread themselves wide, blue highlights coloured the tips of the feathers. Two arms were folded across the figures chest in a dismissive way while the other two where held up and continually throwing spells towards himself and Drake. A hood covered the creatures head, preventing them from seeing any form of expression on their attackers face.

Oscar had never even heard of something like this before let alone how he could fight it.

"...This is awkward." David rushed past him with his staff, the hooded figure snapped their attention towards him and raised their upper arm with their palm outstretched, a spear of light shot forth from the limb towards the Archer, the man made no attempt to block as it struck some form of barrier in front of him and dissipated into nothing.

The Angel lowered his hand and stared at the Archer who – for his part – gave a shrug in response.

"It's Magic Resistance, the Lord has seen fit to bless me." He replied before looking the Angel up and down "And although you have Divinity about you...something tells me you aren't one of His." he hummed, twirling his staff "Oh well!" and rushed forwards, the Angel swung its left wing down to cover its body as Drake attempted to unload into it, the steel balls struck the defence and left scuff marks on the wings before the Angel revealed itself again and thrust its palm towards Drake, the air in front of it began to glow as a ball of fire came into existence and shot across the deck towards the woman.

Drake cursed and rolled away as the attack just narrowly flew over her head.

The Angel swung downwards with its upper right arm, light exploded from its hand and condensed into the shape of a sword before striking David's staff. The man buckled slightly under the power of the blow and stared up at the Angel with a slightly strained smile.

The arms across its chest unfolded themselves, the Angel raised its sword-arm and swung its body towards David, striking him in the chest with a quick jab. David coughed out and retaliated by spinning the staff in his hands and striking the angel in the side of the head with the top of the weapon. The Servant didn't so much as make a sound from being hit.

Oscar charged towards it – shield raised – and sword in preparation for a thrusting motion. With a beat of its wings the Angel shot backwards as space tore open behind it, revealing a black circular gate with a burning white ring around it before the gate collapsed. Oscar slid to a halt and allowed his eyes to go wide. David similarly looked stunned before his eyes widened at something behind Oscar, the Knight span on his heel just as the form of the Angel rematerialised through the gate.

The Servant clasped its lower arms together and thrust them forwards, a pure beam of light erupted from its palms and shot towards Oscar, the Knight had just enough time to raise his shield before the attack slammed into him with enough force to blast the Servant off his feet and send him cartwheeling through the air and face first onto the deck below.

A gunshot echoed out before a bullet slammed into the Angel's forearm. The being recoiled as the steel ball punctured a hole through the pale blue skin and revealed black blood. The being stared at the wound before craning its hooded head over to Drake, the woman giving it a triumphant smirk.

"Never expected to see someone's guardian Angel." She blew air through her mouth "Never would have expected to kill one either but life's funny like that." she cringed "Hope mine doesn't get angry over this."

"If it's any consolation to you I don't think its one of His Angels." David offered "They tend to be less involved than people think they are."

"So just looks like one, eh?" She frowned "Pretty poor taste there." she shrugged "Maybe I'll get some good will...wasn't there something against false idols?"

"Hahaha!" David chuckled as the being's head looked between the two of them "Indeed! Indeed there is!"

The Angel raised its upper left arm above his head, its thumb and middle finger pressed tightly together before it snapped them. A black circle opened up above its head with a burning orange ring around it.

"...That don't look good." Drake muttered out as she took aim at the Angel.

A ball of fire shot out of the burning ring and towards her at incredible speeds, the woman let out a surprised gasp as she jumped over the barrier and onto the main deck below as the fireball crashed into the floor, leaving a scorch mark along the ground.

The Angel – still floating above the ground – turned its body around to face David without making a single sound. The Archer chuckled as he prepared his staff "Alright then...this looks troublesome."

Blackbeard scratched his chin as he watched the fight play out below him on the deck of the Golden Hind, the man's eyes scanned the chaos unfurling as the Servants battled before wincing at the death of the Berserker. "Oh...well, I guess Eric died." he spoke without much emotion as the stone armoured man dropped the corpse and moved across the deck. "No biggie though, he was technically one of the weakest we had...he smelled really bad to." Blackbeard grimaced "Way too macho for my tastes although he felt less likely to kill me than the other guy."

"Quaint." The dry voice echoed out behind him as heavy footsteps signalled the arrival of the final member of his crew, the man dressed in thick plates of dark iron armour with a long flowing crimson cape bolted onto his back, the dark haired man with a single scar trailing down from his forehead to his chin diagonally from left to right and a small burn mark on his right cheek fixed his hazel eyes onto Blackbeard "Although that is why I told you not to allow them to rush off like fools."

"Yeah, yeah." Blackbeard grumbled "Technically it was the guy in the shirt."

"Halfwit." The man clicked his tongue, eyes darting around before falling on the Goddess and Asterios "Only the beast to guard her?"

"Yeah...go get her, savvy?"

"That was my intention." He strode past Blackbeard, hand falling onto the pommel of his sword before he vaulted over the railings of the ship and landed roughly onto the deck of the ship, rising back to his six-foot-two height and fixing his eyes entirely upon the Minotaur and the Goddess.

Asterios head snapped in his direction as if sensing the hostility, the armoured man started impassively at the beast before he began to stride across the deck without a hint of apprehension, ripping his longsword free from its scabbard and closing in on the Minotaur.

Releasing a growl, the Berserker spread its two halberd's wide in preparation for the attack, the man stopped a few feet from the bull-man, looking him up and down with a perfect mask of an expression before his lip curled slightly "Like a stunted Taurus Demon." he commented before assuming his stance "But very well."

"Won't...let you...harm her." Asterios growled out, taking a single step forwards. The man raised a single eyebrow at the Berserker before shrugging.

"A loyal pet then." He dismissed, tensing his body and shifting his stance so as to prepare himself. The man continued to scan the Berserker up and down, it wasn't any discernible technique that he could see but he imagined a beast of that size likely had some great strength behind it.

He took a single step backwards as a white shortsword cleaved through the air in front of his face, hazel eyes followed the blade towards a tanned man wearing a red shroud with steel grey eyes locked onto him. The pair stared at each other with matching blank expressions before he exploded into motion.

His left arm blurred and slapped the tanned man's sword arm, the weapon in his grip shot upwards before he turned his body and thrust towards the man's chest. The Servant smirked before he left hand flashed to life, parrying away at the straightsword with a black blade which seemed to materialise from no where.

"Rrrgh!" The red-caped man snapped his head to the side at the roar, the Minotaur charging towards him with is halberd thrust towards his midsection like a spear, the armoured man clicked his tongue, slamming his heel in Archer and shooting away from the Berserker's attack, ducking low so the Halberd went over his head and closing the distance with Asterios chest.

The Berserker grunted and stabbed its second Halberd into the floor in front of him as the man slashed at his ribs, the straight sword collided with the pole with a heavy clang before recoiling, the man pursed his lips as he jumped away just before Archer could bifurcate him with the twin swords.

Ritsuka lowered his arm away from Archer "Didn't know these were so handy…" he muttered to himself.

"First Aid is a pretty powerful mystic spell." Romani admitted but you can't use it that often, it'll drain you pretty quick so best to command your Servants well."

"Right." Ritsuka nodded his head, scanning the enemy Servant "Looks like a Saber so…" he activated the mental link "Archer, the enemy Servant looks like a Saber."

"That is most likely his class." Archer replied as he went on the offensive, the twin swords dancing through the air as he continued to work over the enemy Saber, the tanned Servant hadn't been able to read much from the sword. It wasn't actually the Noble Phantasm, in fact it's history was little more than a straight sword.

He didn't recognise the name of the Servant either, which would make them one of very little renown or someone from the alternate world. It would depend if any of the other Servants had ever heard of the name 'Rendal' before.

"Think you can keep him distracted or off-balance so that Asterios can get him?"

"I will try." Archer thrust Kanshou towards the man, the Saber – Rendal – parried the blow away with his straightsword before he stepped back as Asterios buried the axe head of his weapon into the wooden deck where he had been stood. Archer clicked his tongue, the Servant was clearly talented with the sword to some degree.

Rendal's eyes flickered between Archer and Asterios, the man's expression never changing before he seemed to tense up, his other hand fell onto his swords grip and then his presence seemingly grew more intense. His eyes darting towards Archer was the only warning the Servant got before Rendal rushed him in a sudden burst of speed.

Archer raised the married blades in a cross-guard to block the downwards slash, the Saber struck him with enough strength to bring him to his knee's in an instance before twisting the blade in his hands and thrusting the length of the sword upwards and catching the elongated gold coloured hilt underneath the blades and pushing them upwards.

Rendal broke through Archer's guard, the Servant widened his eyes in alarm before he coughed out a mouthful of air as the man slammed his knee into Archer's gut and blasted him away before spinning around to face Asterios. The raised his sword as the Berserker's halberd struck his guard, forcing him to brace himself more than necessary but not quite being barrelled over by the strength. Asterios swung the second Halberd towards Rendal from the opposite side towards his knee.

The Saber twisted his body, raising his left leg high and swinging it down in an axe kick as the Halberd approached, his heel collided with the flat of the weapon and sent it downwards and stabbing into the wooden planks. Rendal pushed the Halberd he was still blocking above his head and charged towards the Berserker, he swung his sword at a wide angle, carving a thin bloody line through Asterios ribs and causing the Berserker to let out a growl of pain as he stepped backwards.

Rendal reversed his grip on his sword and stabbed downwards, puncturing through the top of Asterios foot and causing the Berserker to let out another grunt of pain before he pulled the blade clean and flicked the blood free from it, flipping his grip around he held the sword flat so the point was facing the Berserker before unleashing a barrage of rapid thrusts towards the joints in Asterios arms and legs.

Asterios took a single step back and raised both his arms to cover his face as Rendal continued his assault, puncture marks rapidly began to appear in his forearms and towards the base of his elbow. The Berserker took in a lungful of air before their muscles tensed, Rendal recognised the signs and halted his assault before taking a single step back.

Letting loose an ear-splitting roar, Asterios swung both his halberds outwards towards the Knight, the man raised the flat of his sword to block the sweeping attack and was sent skating backwards across the deck by the force the Servant had thrown against him, Rendal grit his teeth as he slowed down, lowering his sword to fix his incensed gaze upon the Minotaur. Asterios was breathing heavily as thin trails of blood ran down his arms as a result of the numerous red holes he now had in each of them.

Halflight's head was slammed into the railings, Ash pulled the man's head back by his hair before punting the girl in the grey coat away with a heavy kick to her chest, the girl released a bloodied cough from the attack as she nearly went overboard. The blonde haired girl seemingly materialised and grabbed her hand, pulling his down and hurling her towards Ash.

The girl span the rifle around in her hand and fired a shot towards Ash's arm holding Halflight, Ash released the bloodied man as the bullet skimmed just past his elbow before raising the Aquamarine dagger again, the crystal blade extended and collided with the red cutlass as the smaller girl struck against Ash's guard. The unkindled stared into her eyes before pushing her away, the girl jumped back until she landed next to her partner.

The pair stared at Ash with hyper-focused expressions, the unkindled matched their expressions as his right hand fell onto the pommel of Storm Ruler and pulled the blade from its spot buried in the wooden flooring before resting it onto his shoulder. His eyes darted back towards Halflight as he upholstered the talisman from his waist and crouched down. Ash swept Strom Ruler across from in front of him, unleashing a buffeting gale attack towards the man. Halflight looked up at the howling sound just in time for the attack to slam into him and send him back-flipping through the air.

The two girls in front of him seized the opportunity and rushed towards him, Ash prepared the two weapons in his hand as they charged. He narrowed his eyes, no it was only the smaller one with the sword that charged him, the second was content to aim her weapon at him. He released a burst of wind from Storm Ruler which surrounded him in a small twister, before he charged forwards. The swung the great-sword towards the smaller girls head whilst sheathing his knife and darting his hand to his bottomless box.

Storm Ruler collided with the red cutlass and forced it downwards, the woman raised her rifle to take aim and was soon forced to roll aside when Ash quickly hurled a Kukuri at her, sweeping his leg around he slammed his armoured shin into the smaller girls side and lifted her off into the air before continuing his charge towards the ranged Servant. The blonde haired girl returned to her feet just in time to see Ash looming over her with an intense look in his eyes and large sword cleaving through the air towards her head.

Ash grunted and stumbled to the left as something stabbed itself into his ribs, the blonde girl dodged out of the way of the falling blade and avoided Storm Ruler and it slashed through the wooded railings and buried itself into the deck. Ash turned to the direction of the stab and his head snapped to the side as his right cheek exploded and his mouth went slightly ajar. The arrow punctured into his ribs became visible at the same time the one which had buried itself into his face did so as well. Clamping his jaw down, Ash snapped the shaft of the arrow and spat out the font as the back fell away, spinning on his heel he turned his body towards the blonde girl and slashed at her neck.

The white haired girl rushed towards his ankles with the cutlass, Ash paused and stabbed Storm Ruler into the deck of the ship. The resulting clang of metal striking metal filled his ears as he blocked her attempt to catch him off-guard. Whipping out another Kukuri, Ash hurled it towards Halflight as the man prepared another arrow. Swinging his birch bow, Halflight deflected the throwing knife away from his body as he nocked another invisible arrow and took aim towards Ash.

Ripping Storm Ruler free of the deck – along with several planks of wood – Ash parried the girl's cutlass upwards and slammed his heel into her chest and forced her to the ground before thrusting Storm Ruler towards Halflight, releasing a blast of wind as a projectile which caused the man to roll backwards with the gale force winds.

David flung himself onto the main deck to avoid a beam of light shooting towards him, the Angel floated after him with its hands outstretched. The being beat its wings backwards and disappeared back through the circular portal and vanished into thin air.

Pulling himself back up, David span around and scanned his surroundings before catching sight of Oscar pushing himself back to his feet and looking around, the knight using his sword to prop his body up while Drake strode past him with a scowl.

"Stop stabbing my ship." She grumbled as she twirled her pistol "Where'd the bastard go-"

The space in front of her ripped open as the Angel appeared again, the woman let out a strangled gasp and raised the gun towards the beings head just as it levelled its glowing palm in her face.

Havel's boot slammed into its side and sent the Angel flying away from her and slamming into the deck of the ship, cracking the wood inwards. "Always...hated...Angels…" He grunted out as he lowered his boot, manifesting his club and shield. "Pre...ten...tious…"

The Angel unfurled its arms and pushed itself out of the indentation in the wood, raising its body up until it was floating a foot off the ground and fixing its attention entirely upon Havel. The dark hooded head stared at him before it beat its wings backwards and disappeared through another gate. Havel let out a snort in response.

Space behind Blackbeard tore open as the Angel appeared, the Pirate looked over his shoulder at the being and then gave a sigh "Yeah...this is getting to be way too much of a hassle than I was willing to entertain…" he whined "Why can't anything just go right for me? This really hurts my feelings, you know Sammy?"

The Angel – Sammy – just stared at him for a few moments in complete silence.

"At least you like to listen to me, right…" He grumbled "Oh well." he strode towards the bow of his ship and leaned over the railings "Better get to it!"

The Servants across the deck seemingly blinked out of existence in a flash of light, startling most of those who were still engaged in a fight with them before they rematerialised onboard the deck of Blackbeard's ship.

The black armoured Knight lowered his sword and gave Blackbeard a frown "You wish to use it now?" he inquired "And what of your prize?"

"Up, up, up!" Blackbeard silence him while grinning "I just needed time and besides!" he pointed towards Asterios "Ugly as that guy is, he understands her beauty enough to protect her from the worst of the harm!" he paused and shrugged "Also the Grail will help me with any bruising on poor Euryale-chan if she gets hurt."

"Instant Teleportation!?" Romani blurted out behind Ritsuka as the Servants disappeared "I guess that's all the confirmation we need that he has the Grail, but why did he-"

"Coward are ya!?" Drake shouted at Blackbeard "Get over here and take yer' beatin' like a man you son of a-"

"Hag noises...ewww…" Blackbeard cringed, then gave a shrug "But I guess I can entertain you...I'll do this myself then!" he threw his arms wide while sporting a maniac grin "Here's a present from the past to the future!" he looked to Euryale and swooned "Don't worry Euryale-chan! If you get hurt I'll take extra good care of you 'mkay?"

"F-Fujimaru-kun!" Romani called out in growing horror "I'm sensing a dramatic rise in magical energy! He's going to use his Noble Phantasm!"

Ritsuka widened his eyes "Mash!" they darted over to the Shielder "Use your shield to protect us!"

Mash gave a single nod and rushed towards the direction of the hull.

"It's too close!" Ash thrust his sword towards Blackbeards sails, releasing a tremendous gust of hurricane force winds towards the boat, Blackbeard stumbled forwards in surprise as the ships were separated from eachother. The damage to the Golden Hind being revealed in full as the predominant hole in the starboard side of the ship was unveiled at barely above the water level, shattered planks of wood dangled from the hole with some dropping into the sea.

The larger ship was gradually blown back as Blackbeard's eyes darted from his sails to Ash and narrowed.

"Talk about takin' the wind out of yer sails." The pirate muttered "Thanks for clearin' the distance though!"

"Ash-san!?" Mash stared at him in shock, the Saber looked at her with a frown.

"We'd have never blocked it at point blank range." He replied without missing a beat.

"He's right!" Drake rushed up the ship and towards the wheel of the ship "Put some of that wind in the sails!" she cried out "Men! Get some of those barrel bombs up here and brace yourselves!"

"Lets get to this!" Blackbeard hollered with a grin as he thrust his arms forwards "Queen Anne's Revenge!"

"Mash!" Ritsuka cried out as he threw himself flat onto the desk, Mash rushed towards the edge of the ship and slammed her shield into the deck.

"Lord Chaldeas!" The blue energy of the shield expanded outwards as Drake rapidly began to turn the ship while Ash was blasting wind into the sails, to speed up the ship.

The front of Blackbeards ship unleashed a titanic barrage of firepower towards the stern of the ship as it turned away from his own. Mash's Noble Phantasm covered the back end of the ship just in time for the enemy Noble Phantasm to collide with her, the girl grit her teeth as the force behind the attack slammed into her with far more power than she had been expecting. Her feet slipped back across the deck of the ship before she braced herself.

"Haaaaaaa!" Releasing a cry, the Shielder put all her effort into defending the ship before the light died down and unveiled the back end of the ship slightly scorched but still in one piece.

"Nice job, Mashu-chan!" She shivered at the tone and saw Blackbeard giving her a thumbs up "That was totally cool! I really wasn't expecting you to do that…" he nodded "...Guess I'll just have to give it another go."

"...Eh?" Mash's eyes widened as the energy surge built up again.

"H-he's going again!?" Romani exclaimed in shock "But even with the Holy Grail that kind of power-"

"Ritsuka!" Ash came to a stop next to the boy "Permission to use Noble Phantasm to disable them and allow our escape?"

"Sure!" Ritsuka all but shouted "Go for it!"

Ash nodded his head and rushed towards the stern of the ship while going for his Bottomless box, his hand grasping the hilt of a specific sword he hadn't wielded in some time. He slowly began to pull the blade of the greatsword free.

It was the only sword he had that hadn't originally belonged to someone else.

"One more time guys!" Blackbeard prepared himself "Q-" 'Sammy' pulled him to the side as an arrow shot past where his head had been moments earlier, Archer clicked his tongue at failing to nail the Captain before his eyes flickered over to Ash as the Saber slid to a halt next to Mash, the girls eyes fixed themselves on the new greatsword in his hands.

Unveiling the dark platinum coloured sword, Ash fixed his gaze entirely upon Blackbeard's ship. The sword itself looked as though it had been made form freshly moulded steel, the surface of the blade was still rough, the hilt of the blade was a reverse 'V' shape facing upwards into the body of the sword. Running from the centre of the blade upwards was the glowing mark of something within the metal.

Ash pulled the sword back "Holy Sword, unsheathed." the dark platinum blade began to glow with a brilliant white light "This sword is a reflection of a cursed fate." the blade illuminated itself bright enough that Mash had to squint her eyes and look away "Holy Sword of Union, swing once again!"

He thrust the blade forwards as Blackbeard's ship began to turn away to try and avoid the blow.

"Undebtân Galvatyne!" Ash thrust the sword forwards in the direction of the Queen Anne Revenge's mast, the Servants on board the ship ducked low as the beam of pure holy light shot over their heads and slammed into the mast of the ship, for a few moments the sword's beam of light was seemingly stunted by the strength of the Noble Phantasm before Ash swung the blade upwards and cleaved through the sails of the ship instead, instantly burning them away while leaving the supports intact before the beam cut off.

"Holy shit!" Drake exclaimed in shock as she stared at the damage before flashing Ash a surprised look "That's good! Buys us some time!" she continued to spin the wheel of the ship as they pulled away from Blackbeard, the pirate slowly starting to rise to his feet and stare at his burning sails.

Ash lowered his sword to his side as he stared at the damage, giving a single nod before moving away barely catching the looks of surprise he got from Mash as she still stared at the sword.

"...Galvatyne?" Romani's voice muttered to himself "...Like Galatine?" he hummed "That's a weird coincidence."

"Hm?" Ash stared in the direction of the Doctor before dismissing it "...I imagine the ship is in poor condition."

"Yeah…" Drake walked away from the wheel and towards the side of the ship, staring down at the hole in the ship with a grimace "...We'll need that fixed."

"We…" Oscar coughed "We shall need materials then, will we not?"

"We can worry about that later." Drake dismissed as she turned around and stared at the gradually shrinking shape of Blackbeard's ship "...I'm not heading in any specific direction until that guy is out of sight."

"Assuming they don't have another way of tracking you…" Romani frowned "Still...wasn't expecting Ash to pull out an Anti-Army Noble Phantasm." he chuckled "The level it was at was definitely A rank, that's a pretty powerful- Oh no!" he shouted in shock "Fujimaru-kun!? How are you feeling?"

"A…" Ritsuka rubbed his brow "A little tired…"

"Probably the consecutive use of two Noble Phantasms plus the Mystic Codes." Olga surmised "For now, focus on escape. We can work on a plan of attack later."

She didn't receive much in the way of a counter argument.

"Got the barrel bombs boss!" Two pirates emerged from under the deck carrying the wooden containers "Where do ya-"

"Hah?" Drake blinked "Oh, you can take 'em back. Don't need them anymore."

"...Alright Boss." The two men's shoulders slumped "...Just got 'em up too...these are heavy…" they grumbled quietly as they descended back down the stairs.

AN: So we see another Noble Phantasm of Ash.

This is the Twin Princes Greatsword. I know you can only get in in NG+ but I'm just saying that he decided to trade it in in exchange for the two swords in exchange for one or the other.

Here are its stats.

Twin Princes Greatsword: A+

"Undebtân Galvatyne" Sword of the Cursed Union: A+ (Anti-Army) Max Target: 300, Max Range: 1-30

Sword is ignited with holy fire and swung in an arc, alternatively it can be fired in a beam of light.

Anyway, you also saw some more Servants…

Including Knight King Rendal from DS1

But no Hector…

Because it makes no sense for Hector of Troy to want to help destroy the world.

We also saw Halflight, Dark Lurker and a bronze man with two Shotels…

Hey Lautrec.

Obviously won't dump four Characters worth of stats and dialogue in one go so we'll do them one at a time over the next few chapters.

Starting up! Rendal!

Knight King Rendal

Servant: Saber

Strength: B (A)

Endurance: B+

Agility: B

Mana: D

Luck: C

Noble Phantasm: B

Lost Knights - 'Invasion of failure': C (Anti-Army) Max Target: 100, Max Range: 1-20

The Balder Knights invaded Sen's Fortress and were met with failure and Hollowed.

As their King, he holds responsibility for this failure.

He can inflict a state of mental confusion upon the targets, making it difficult for them to discern friend from foe and for those with low magic resistance, they can even forget who they are or why they were even there for a few moments.

Drachen Zerteiler: B (Anti-Unit) Max Target: 1, Max Range: 1-5

Rendal slew a Drake in single combat by slashing it to pieces.

He will strike in repeated high powered slashes designed to destroy the target.

It is also registered as an Anti-Dragon type NP

Class Skills:

Riding: D

Magic Resistance: C

Personal Skills:

Charisma: B

King of the Kingdom of Balder.

Battle Continuation: A

Monstrous Strength: A

Dragon Slayer: B

Slew a Hellkite Drake in single combat.

Ring of Protection: B

Apply a '+' stat to endurance.

Summoning.

"Servant, Saber. I am Rendal, King of the Balder Kingdom of Knights. I ask of you, have you the potential to be a Knight?"

Dialogue 1

"You spend much time doing nothing...It is best you dissuade yourself of this notion. Indolence is the enemy."

Dialogue 2

"Balder? Well...we were not too different from the Kingdom of Astora. Although we were better at Drake Hunting. Dragons? No, Drakes. A dragon was a rare thing and not something that I would challenge lightly."

Dialogue 3

"It is...troubling. My Kingdom is known for falling to ruin and I am known for failure."

Dialogue 4 (If you have Knights of Round-table)

"Hmm? I see that you have Knights present already. Hmmm...It is...difficult to admit. I would say that they are more skilled than my Knights. It means that I need only train harder to clear this gap, no?"

Dialogue 5 (If you have Siegward)

"Is that a Catarinan Knight? I'm not terribly surprised. They have a penchant for adventure, we even saw many in Balder before its collapse."

Dialogue 6 (If you have Artoria Pendragon)

"King of Knights...for one whose title is 'Knight King' I assume you too can see an issue, no? Well...No, its not true contest. She's a stronger Knight than me, although it seems our ends were not dissimilar. Both our Kingdoms lost to ruin and our Knights dead...although I did lead mine to theirs."

Dialogue 7 (If you have Oscar or Anri)

"A Knight of Astora? Those are Knights of virtue as well, its an old country of chivalry which produced a great many Heroes. The tale of the Evil Eye beast is known even to me."

Dialogue 8 (If you have Black Iron Tarkus)

"So...you cleared the Fortress did you? I understand your Noble Phantasm recreates it, no? If I could ask a favour...I wonder if I could make another attempt at it."

Dialogue 9 (If you have Arkon or Ledo)

"Silver Knights...you hear many tales of them as a child growing up. The legendary Knights of the Gods of Lordran but seeing one now...I can tell we match in skill...but I am the Knight King. If my skill is only equal to a footsoldier of the Gods...did I ever really? No, there is no sense in reminiscing now."

Dialogue 10 (If you have Four Knights of Gwyn)

"Extraordinary...The tales do not compare to the individuals. A Master Spearman, Swordsman, Archer and even Assassin...I wonder where I ever thought I could invade a city protected by these beings?"

Dialogue 11 (If you have Fire Keeper)

"A Fire Keeper? Ah, it does not surprise me. You have a great many undead here, no? Then it is natural, they are always present to provide comfort to us."

Dialogue 12 (If you have Torin, Millwood Chieftain)

"Was...was that a Millwood warrior!? Those Druid warriors were legendary for their devotion to that spirit tree...their disappearance was a little before my time though."

Likes

"A like? Well...I have always enjoyed Knightly tales. Slaying of great dragons or even challenging the Gods themselves! It might not have worked out that well for me though..."

Hates

"...Labyrinths. I hate Labyrinths...I...well...I also hate someone who lets their arrogance get the better of them. Like a fool who leads his people on doomed crusade based on the word of a hearsay prophecy."

Wish for the Holy Grail

"A wish...I suppose I would wish for the restoration of my Kingdom. Failing that...I'd at least want another attempt at clearing Sen's Fortress. I know it can be done...I just...I don't care about the undead prophecy, I want to clear that fortress."

Bond Level 1

"You are a surprisingly brave one for a Mage. Most enjoyed studying their books...I approve of this change."

Blond Level 2

"I wonder if we shall go anywhere special soon...Hmm? Forgive me. Perhaps I am still too adventurous for my own good."

Blond Level 3

"My tenure as King...I've never given it much consideration if I were to speak truthfully. I was King for around ten years before the curse struck us. Life was difficult...many hollowed suddenly and it imploded. I rallied the survivors and we formed a nomadic group for a time. Then I heard tale of a Prophecy in Lordran...well...you know the rest."

Bond Level 4

"I am still a Knight, first a foremost. This means I reward loyalty with loyalty and betrayal with scorn. I also reward friendship with friendship."

Bond Level 5

"Come then, we have places to explore and monsters to slay...although I realise you won't but doing much of the latter...unless you wish for me to help you in that regard, no?"

Birthday

"A birthday...By the Heavens...it has been long since I celebrated one of those. Yes, yes I still remember the ceremony though. We just need to set up the simulator for a small tourney."

During an Event

"Quite the ruckus outside. However, I sense this holds great possibility. Let us be on our way."

1st Ascension

"Hmm? Well...This is strange, haven't felt this good in years."

2nd Ascension

"Again? Although...hmm...shoulder is still a bit stiff."

3rd Ascension

"Gods...this armour takes me back. Helmet even has a crown on it. Never actually wore the crown all that much, armour doesn't actually look any different from the other Knights of Balder either."

4th Ascension

"Shoulder's nice and loose again. Hmm? Oh, right. My thanks for the support, I'll endeavour to exceed your expectations. Hopefully it won't end like my last venture..."