Notes: A few Notes before we begin, first this is not a continuation of my previous story. This is brand new. Second of course this is a work of fan fiction and I don't own anything. It was made using the Jumpchain CYOA. Which is an immensely huge CYOA. Lastly I would love feedback. Up to chapter 4 is already done but I would enjoy legitimate feedback. If there is a problem something that I can address. If it's just an attack don't bother it will just be wasting both our times.
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Jump # 1 Fate Grand Order (SkyrimAnon Version)
Origin: Master (0)
Location: Chaldea
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Perks:
*Heroic Countenance (0)
*Demi Servant – First Hassan (200+1200)
*The light of your soul (0)
*Chaldean Summons (100, Discount)
*Ex Rank Luck (200, Discount)
*Just an Ordinary Human (300, Discount)
*Craft of a Mage (200) Healing and biomanipulation
Items
*Command Seals (0)
*Magi Mari Subscription (0)
*Summoning Platform (100, Discount)
*Craft Essence (0, Discount)
*A record of heroism (100, Discount)
Companions:
*Mash (Free)
*Privileged life form (0)
Toggles
*Memories of the past (0)
*Lostbelt Addon (+500)
Drawbacks:
*Artistic team (+100)
*Grand Order (+ 400)
*Pretentious Philosophy Lesson (+400)
Scenario: The last Master
Chapter 1 "Everything goes to hell just as expected."
When I was offered a chain, I was overjoyed for many reasons. When I was told I would be going to Fate/grand order first, I was both excited and afraid. It was a game I knew well but also it was going to be a hard journey. The hero and their team had to fight against gods and things even worse in their travels. I honestly didn't know what to expect from this jump… I certainly didn't expect to wake up in a musty old tomb.
"Who goes there?" a deep male voice echoed through out the tomb. It was loud and forceful it even shook the room slightly.
"Ahhh my name is Ritsuka Fujimaru" I said without thinking. My voice was soft and feminine, it sounded tiny comped to the deep voice I was answering. Like that of a little girl. I then remembered I had taken a scenario where I had literally stepped in to the main character's shoes. In this case Gudako's as she was known.
"Why art thou here? What is thine purpose in coming here?" the voice echoed again, this time sounding closer.
"I-I-I Don't know I just woke up here, where am I?"
Suddenly the area around me felt colder and I had a distinct feeling that was the wrong answer.
"Wait!" I said. "I am here to save humanity."
With that the menacing aura I had felt withdrew.
Suddenly a very large figure appeared before me, his face was covered in a skull mask, his eyes burned with a blue white fire. He wore black plate mail with spikes and he carried a sword that was bigger than I was.
"Very well child. So far thou hath spoken the truth. Tell me what does thou mean by this." he ordered, though somehow it was less intimidating.
I opened my mouth and… well everything sort of poured out of me. Who I was, who I really was the plot of the story we were in. I hadn't meant to say it like that but in his prescience I couldn't hide it.
Then when I finished there was a long silence that hung in the air. The man in front of me said nothing.
Finally to my relief he broke the silence, extending his massive hand to me. "Very well if that is the state of thing then I shall lend thy mine strength."
I took his hand and shook, though he was not trying to I could feel the strength behind of his mailed gauntlet. It was not an exaggeration to say he could have probably crushed my skull with casual effort.
Things got hazy then and I felt something licking my cheek I opened up my eyes to see a small white furry creature. It was sort of like a squirrel. Though it was far furrier and cuter than any squirrel with it's long white fur, it had purple eyes. It licked me making little sounds like "Fou."
I groaned a little as I came to consciousness then I noticed I was not alone. I heard someone walking towards me.
I looked up to see a cute girl with short light purple hair, wearing glasses and rather plain clothing.
"Umm since it's neither morning nor night, please wake up senpai." she said cutely. It took my sleep addled brain a moment to realize it was Mash.
"Ughh it's alright I am up." I insisted as I got up off of the cold floor that I had been apparently sleeping on.
I stretched a bit as I got to my feet. Thankfully my brain was finally catching up to being awake I realized though I knew who she was I wasn't supposed to.
"Hi, my name is Ritsuka Fujimaru, What's Yours?" I said in my friendliest tone. Inwardly I cringed. I guess for this jump that was my name and I wouldn't be escaping it.
She blinked and blushed for a moment. "Umm well I am… I have a name but I am probably not important enough for you to know it."
"Not Important enough, nonsense. I'll decide that and you seem pretty important me at the moment so what is your name?"
She blushed more. She was to cute "Mash… my proper name is Mash though I don't use it much."
"Well Mash it's nice to meet you I hope we can be friends."
She blinked in surprise "Friends?"
I smiled, clearly this girl did not have many if any friends.
"Yeah I mean you are the only person I know here. Aside from this little one." I motioned to Fou.
Her eyes widened "Oh Fou! I completely forgot I haven't introduced him yet. This Squirrel like life form is Fou, he is a privileged life form allowed to freely walk around Chaldea. Fou led me here that's how I ran in to you, Senpai."
"hmm cute little guy." I said reaching down to pet Fou
"That's strange normally he doesn't go around other people besides me. However he seems to like you Senpai?"
"Huh, really. He seems quite friendly to me. It must be lonely for him if he avoids most people."
She looked down for a moment at the mention of loneliness then smiled slightly "Well Congratulations Senpai, it looks like Fou has selected you to be his second caretaker in Chaldea."
"Really well I feel honored." I said with a grin.
I had heard footsteps for a minute with my fairly good senses in this world, I would say they were approaching maximum human, I had paid enough for them. A tall man with long curly brown hair approached dressed dare I say is as a Leprechaun. Well maybe not really but he wore a green suit and top hat, the only thing missing really was the four leaf clover pinned to his lapel.
"Ah there you are Mash, That won't do you know wondering about without permission… Oh, Someone's already with you? You're… I see the rookie who just got assigned here. I'm Lev Lainur, one of the technicians employed here. And Your name is?"
"I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru, the white mage." I declared proudly.
"White mage?" asked Mash crooking her head a bit."
I cleared my throat a bit "Well I specialize in healing, White mage, let me guess you don't play video games much I take it."
"Umm no… I more stick to books." said Mash sheepishly.
"Hmm oh yes Ritsuka Fujimaru you are the last of the 48 candidates. Welcome to Chaldea I am glad you are here. So a healing specialist. That is a strange but rather prudent specialization. You will be a welcome addition. After all you can't have too many healers. Well if you run in to something you don't understand please feel free to ask Mash or myself anytime." he said before turning to Mash.
"Come to think of it what were you talking about with him before I arrived, that's unlike you Mash did you know each other before?"
"Oh, No I didn't know Senpai before. I just found her sleeping here."
"Sleeping? Ritsuka was sleeping here? Ahh you went through the simulation right? Spiritron Dives can get you if you aren't used to them. After the simulation the door must have opened and you walked through as a form of sleep walking. You look fine but I would like you to the infirmary just in case… Oh sorry hang in there just a little longer the Directors Orientation is about to start. You should hurry over."
"Ah Orientation." I said with a notable lack of enthusiasm.
"Well I may feel the same way as you do about Orientations but it's best not to get on the Directors bad side. At least if you wish to work in a peaceful environment. Better hurry over. The orientation will be in 5 minutes in the command room. She is putting on a presentation for the newbies."
Dr. Lev do you think I will be able to sit in on the Orientation too?" asked Mash for some unknowable reason.
"Hmm well if you are quiet and stick to the back corner I am sure she will look the other way."
"I just thought I should take Senpai to the command room. It's possible that she might fall asleep on the way."
"Well if I leave you alone the Director might yell at me… I should tag along too eh?"
"Well if that's what you want Mash, That's alright with you Ritsuka? Well if there are no other questions we should get going to the command room. Is there anything else you want to know?" He asked.
I almost asked him why he was dressed like a Leprechaun but thought better of it, "Nah I'm good lets get going."
"Well then lets."
With that we headed to the Command room which was a massive room dominated by a globe looking held in many rings thing I knew was Shiba which examined a simulated world known as Chaldeas which was basically a copy of the soul of the planet.
"Lets see, this is the command room and your number… Huh single digit, you are in the front row." Said Mash… then I got a bit light headed.
"Um Senpai are you alright you look a bit pale?"
"Yeah, no I am feeling a bit funny I am afraid."
"It's an after effect of the Simulator, I wish I could take you to the infirmary."
We then got a dirty look from a short silver haired young woman who looked very… we'll just say serious. Serious yes that's a kind way of putting it.
"No more small talk. Orientation has already started." said Lev leaning over to tell us.
The serious woman who in no way looked like a raging Tsundere began to give her speech with a little comment noting that some of us had not been on time.
I sat that and the feeling that I had started to feel began to take hold a bit stronger. She introduced herself as Olga Marie Animusphere. And then I don't remember because the next thing that I knew I was waking up to she sharp sting of my cheek with Director Olga Marie Animusphere standing over me looking murderous.
"Owww what the hell did you slap me? Who do you think you are Will Smith? Wait that hasn't happened yet, shit. Never mind."
"Get her out of here." commanded the director. Mash was quick to collect me and take me outside.
"Are you alright Senpai?" she asked.
"No the bitch slapped me. Hard, I think she reinforced before she did it." I said rubbing my cheek.
"Well it seems the Director's slap has woken you up completely, Anyways I was taking you back to your room. You have been left out of the first mission… Oh" she began before Fou Tackle glomped Mash's face them climbed down her back and wound up on her shoulder.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"Oh yeah it's alright he just does this, he will attack my face, then slide around to my back and Settle on to my shoulder."
"Fou!" exclaimed the little creature.
"Okay Fou, just for future notice just climb up on my leg I'll pick you up and put you on my shoulder. I don't want things flying at my face. You are cute and I want to be friends but that's a little too personal for my taste."
"Fou." he seemed disappointed.
With that we walked to my room apparently.
"Ah this is our destination Senpai. By the way I wouldn't mind treating you to lunch later"
"Thanks for walking me all the way here Mash. Talk to you in a bit. I think I'll go get settled in. As for Lunch I'll look forward to it." she blushed a bit
Fou made some noises.
"Fou says he will look after you, Senpai. That sets my mind at ease. Now then I am off if we are lucky we will meet again."
"Wait, you are going on the first mission now right?" I Asked. She nodded.
"Well ummm, just please be careful." I told her and she actually smiled. "Thank you Senpai I will."
Watching her leave was hard. Now that I was awake I realized things were about to get very bad thanks to a hidden bomb. Many would die and Mash would be badly hurt but it had to happen. With my newly enhanced mind thanks to the points I had spent on it I realized Goetia probably left this place alone because he believed he crippled it. It would be hard to convince people there was bomb, and to convince them who was behind it. I should have realized this was how things would begin. All those points spent and I couldn't do anything. I sighed and opened the door…
"Okay, I'm in here – wait? Whaaat who are you?" asked a lean redheaded man with a pony tail Sitting on the bed eating cake..
"This is an empty room where I slack off! Who gave you permission to come in?" He demanded.
I smiled "Well sorry to tell you but apparently this is my room now, it looks like you are going to have to find a new place to slack off at."
He blinked and cleared his throat "OH I see your room so the last one finally showed up. Well it's nice to meet you. I didn't think I would run in to you like this, but let me introduce myself again. I'm the head of the Medical Department Romani Archaman. For some reason people just call me Dr. Roman. I don't know why but it's easier to pronounce so go ahead and call me Dr Roman.
I nodded "Nice to meet you Dr. Roman I am Ritsuka Fujimaru, The white mage." I introduced myself and Dr. Roman's eyes widened and he blushed a bit.
"Ah yes the Healing magic specialist I had been promised. Well now this is really embarrassing, it looks like we will be working together quite a bit… Say on your shoulder is that the mysterious creature I have been hearing about? Whoa nice to meet you! Mash told me about him but I didn't think he really existed… Hey why don't I teach him some tricks." he said moving closer.
"Here shake hands, if you do well I'll give you a treat." he told Fou
Fou gave an irritated "Fou." and looked away.
"Wow he gave me a pitying look and then ignored me entirely." noted Roman.
"A-anyways I think I get what's going on. You're the rookie who just got here and then got on the bad side of the Director?"
I nodded and rubbed my cheek. "Is there a red hand print on my face?" I asked.
"Yeah looks like she got you pretty good. Anyways you and I are alike I got yelled at by her too."
"I got a bit more than yelled at." I said pointing at my cheek. "Does she do that a lot?" I asked.
Dr. Roman winced slightly "She is a very… Spirited young woman."
"Raging bitch I think is what you mean." I said causing Dr. Roman to try and stifle a laugh.
"Well you wouldn't be first to say that. Anyways Wow you must have really done something to piss her off to get that treatment on the first day."
I muttered "Well I sort of fell asleep during her Orientation speech. It wasn't my fault the stupid simulator at the door made me sick."
"Ewww yeah that was just bad luck. Well anyways the Rayshifting experiment is about to start so the rest of the staff has been sent out to help. But since my job is to look after everyone's health. I had nothing to do.
The machines are more accurate at measuring the vitals of the mages who are in the coffins.
The director said "Whenever you are here Romani everyone slacks off so get out of here." so I have been sulking here." he explained.
"So I take it the Director is a real peoples person."
"She isn't that bad but certainly has her moments. But hey now that you have shown up that's what they call a blessing in disguise right? Since we both have nowhere to go why don't we spend some time and become buddies."
I chuckled "Well I suppose we are going to be working together, we may as well be friends. The more the merrier." I replied.
"Exactly." he said with a bright smile.
That led to a discussion about Chaldea where he explained it was an underground workshop built on a snowy mountain 6000 meters above sea level. It was all very plot relevant but not very interesting.
"Romani we are about to start the Rayshifting Experiment soon. Could you come in case of an emergency?" came Lev's voice over the intercom "The A team is in perfect condition but the B team is less experienced and is displaying some abnormalities. It probably comes from anxiety. The inside of the coffins is like a cockpit" came over the intercom
"Hey Lev I feel bad for them why don't I give them some anesthesia." he responded
"Yeah hurry up would you, if you are in the infirmary you can be here in two minutes." Lev said the intercom went silent.
"So this isn't the Infirmary…"
"Ugh don't mention that it's going to take me at least 5 minutes to get there from here no matter what."
Then he stopped to give me some plot relevant information that Lev was actually the mage who created the near future observation lens Shiba. It's apparently a telescope to observe the psuedo planet Chaldeas, which was a copy of the earths soul because Type moon metaphysics is weird.
He explained how it not only observed Chaldeas but most of the facility. Then he told me the previous director built the summoning/unsummonsing program that the Rayshifting tech was founded on. Also apparently Rayshfiting is time travel.
"Well that's a nice bit of exposition but aren't you supposed to be running to the command room?"
"Oooh Shit!"
"Well it's pretty meaningless for me to be there anyways, thanks for chatting with me. Hey drop by the infirmary some time I'll treat you to some yummy cake." he said before he was about to take off.
That was the moment the lights went off there was a shaking like an earthquake and things started to go south.
Suddenly red lights flashed and a mechanical voice warned us that a fire had broken out in the central power station and the central command room. It talked about a containment wall that was going to fall in a short period of time and was telling people to evacuate.
"Was that an explosion just now? What on earth is happening" asked Romani who went over to the Monitor in the room. "Show us the command room, is everyone alright?" he commanded and the monitor flickered on.
The room was on fire with debris everywhere and the globe in the center of the rings was dim.
"Ritsuka go evacuate, I am going to head to the command room before the containment wall closes, get out before it's too late!" he said heading out, I was of course right behind him.
Roman yelled at me that gate 2 where I was supposed to evacuate was over there pointing in another direction as I ran behind him.
"Listen I am a healer if there are people alive in there, they are going to need my help as well."
He grimaced "Well suit yourself just try and be careful." he told me as we continued.
We arrived in hell. The monitor had been accurate in showing the chaos.
"No survivors, only Chaldeas is safe." he said kneeling down at a point "This is where the explosion originated, it was no accident, this was sabotage." he added.
The mechanical voice then informed us that the main generator had stopped and power levels were critical. It tried to switch to back up generators but encountered an error and asked for it to be done manually. It also warned the Containment wall would drop in 40 seconds and recommended evacuating.
"I'm heading to the underground power station, we can't let Chaldea's light go out. Hurry up and get back the way we came, unfortunately there is no one here to save."
then the system started to talk about Rayshifting to January 30th, 2004 Fuyuki Japan.
Dr. Roman took off.
I knew there was one survivor. I had a job to do. "Mash!" I called out.
"S-senpai" I heard weakly a ways away.
I headed over to where I heard the voice. I found Mash half crushed by Debris It was far to large to lift, from the waist down she had been crushed and only the pressure of the rubble was keeping the rest of the blood in her body from spurting out but She was still dying.
As I approached she looked up through glazed eyes "S-senpai is that you?"
"Yeah just hold on I am going to get you out of here." I told her.
She gave me a sad smile "It's too late for that. Please Senpai go. There is still time. You can make it."
At that moment the Orb which I had come to understand was Chaldeas flickered to life, but instead of showing a surface like the earth it showed a red burning surface like the sun.
"Warning all observation staff. Chaldeas' state has changed. Now rewriting Shiba's near future prediction data. Unable to detect the existence of mankind 100 years in the near-future on earth. Unable to confirm human survivors. Unable to guarantee mankind's future." warned the mechanical voice.
"Chaldeas has turned bright red… no, nevermind that." said Mash
"Central area sealed, 180 seconds til internal containment procedure."
"They shut off the area. Now you can't get out…" said Mash quickly reaching despair.
"Shhh everything's going to be alright, just relax. I promise." I told her calmly.
"Coffin Vitals: Master's Baseline not reached. Rayshifting requirement not met, searching for another qualifying master… Found." said the mechanical voice.
"Candidate number 48 Ritsuka Fujimura. Reset as Master. Unsummon program, Start. Spiritron Conversion, Start.
"Ummm… S-senpai would you mind holding my hand?" Asked Mash.
I took her hand. "It's going to be alright Mash, I a feeling we aren't going die here."
"Rayshifting in 3...2...1...All procedures clear, commencing operation." came the mechanical voice.
Then… I felt like I was falling in to a void, In to blackness.
Then I felt something licking my cheek again. And I heard someone begging "Senpai, please wake up."
"Won't wake up maybe I should use the official title… Master, please wake up. If you don't wake up I will kill you."
"What?!" I asked waking up. I slowly became aware of my surroundings. We were in a city on fire. It looked like something out of Dante's Inferno. However what drew my attention immediately was the young woman in front of me holding a Shield that was bigger than she was. She had light purple hair and purple eyes. It was clearly Mash but what she wore was some very form fitting… I hesitate to call it armor with as much skin as it showed. I mean her entire belly was exposed so I'll just call it an outfit. Also at her side was Fou who made happy Fou noises now that I was awake.
"Oh Senpia I am so glad you are safe." she told me with a genuine smile. Note to self Mash is cute when she smiles. Make sure it happens more often.
I got up still shaking off the drowsiness "Did you just say you would kill me?"
"That came out wrong what I meant to say was that you are going to be killed. Um I was confused because everything was happening so quickly. As much as I want to gather our thought's please look around you." she cautioned and I did and wouldn't you know it there were skeletons and other monsters everywhere.
One started to come our way. Mash said something but it was lost.
"Now, use mine power now if thou would live!" came a familiar voice from deep inside of me.
With my adrenaline pumping I tried, I didn't know how but I willed something to happen. Blue fire erupted from my hand taking the shape of a huge great sword and then blue fire engulfed my body.
"Senpai!" Mash shouted in concern but the fire died away and I found myself wearing black plate armor with spikes very reminiscent of the one the man in the skull mask had been wearing. Though mine was altered to accentuate my curves. I had a small boob plate with a skull spewing blue fire from it's mouth and eyes right over where my heart would be.
"S-senpai? What's going on?" Asked Mash confused.
"I… am not sure but lets sort it out after we take care of the monsters." I said.
There were many skeletons approaching. Mash nodded and took a defensive stance. I stepped forward. I noticed that the armor was actually quite light, I realized it must have been made of my own magical energies, further I felt strong. Stronger than I ever had, Stronger than any human had a right to be. The skeletons came close, Mash bashed one with her heavy shield sending it flying. I just barely waved my sword at a small group and they fell to pieces. I knew in the core of me the name of this sword. It was Azrael the sword named for the angel of death, and as it's name suggested, it brought death. The skeletons were quickly dispatched.
When the battle ended Mash's attention turned to me. I paused for a moment as I tried to think about how to explain what happened.
Thankfully we were interrupted by Dr. Roman. A flickering image of him appeared before us. A magical hologram that through some miracle allowed communications both ways. At first he questioned what Mash was wearing as it was rather revealing. However she explained she had transformed in to it to protect me. That was when he realized I was there and She helped him realize that she had become a servant due to some unknown heroic spirit lending her his power. Then she revealed something was different about me.
"Senpai is here but there is something different about her. She is dressed in armor, carrying a huge sword and is way stronger than she should be."
To which Roman I think nearly had a heart attack. "This – this can't be right. It says you are a servant. With Mash there is … well a reason it's believable but… how?" finally he settled.
I told him of the dream or what I had thought was a dream that I had after the incident with the simulator before Mash found me.
"I – I see, it's well... it shouldn't be possible for a Heroic Spirit to randomly fuse with a human but that's what I am seeing. Wow… apparently it was a powerful one, you are registering as the most powerful servant we have encountered. Are you still able to contact the spirit. Did he tell you his name?" Dr Romani asked eagerly.
"He is still conscious inside of me, but he speaks when he wants I can't command him. As for his Identity…" then I got a strong feeling that I was not to release that. "He hasn't mentioned his name. I do know however that his class is Assassin. I would suggest we call him that for the moment."
"I see, well there is a lot I would like to ask him but we are low on power. Also You seem to be registering as Mash's Master. I am unsure about a servant being a master to another servant but I am unsure about a lot of what's going on right now. Look there is a strong leyline signal in 2 km. Please head towards that we will stabilize contact later. We will sort out the rest later. I am going to need some help with this. Shiba is low on power anyways" and with that the transmission vanished.
"S-senpai, do you really not know who the servant inside you is?" asked Mash tentatively.
I sighed "Oh I can guess but right now we are operating under Holy Grail rules. We don't know if there is a Caster out there monitoring us. I don't feel the need to give up any more information than necessary until we reach Chaldea again."
Mash's eyes widened and then she nodded in understanding.
"Anyways lets get moving. Once we reach the coordinates the Doctor gave us we should set up a base camp"
So we started towards where the leyline was. As we walked we heard the scream of a woman.
We rushed over only to find the Director Olga Marie was being attacked by skeletons, she was doing alright for herself until one she didn't see leapt off a light post at her thankfully Mash was fast enough to Intercede and protect her.
"Nice Save Mash" I told her as I headed to dispatch the other skeletons that were trying to swarm us. Again the Skeletons though fierce as they had no fear of death were weak opponents who I was able to dispatch with the barest swing of my sword..
Soon all that remained was us and a very confused looking Olga Marie Animasphere.
"Director are you hurt?" asked Mash concerned. Technically I was the healer so I probably should have been the one to ask but then again she was bitch so she can ask for help if she needs it.
"What's going on?" she answered a question with a question in particular eyeing me.
"Ummm Director about my circumstances I know it's hard to believe…"
"A Demi-servant right? It's clear enough looking at you that you fused with a heroic spirit but what I want to know is why it worked now and why is she a Demi-Servant too?" she asked or more accurately demanded pointing at me.
I sighed "Okay after I went through your defective simulator and got sick and passed out I was approached in my dreams by a heroic spirit, I guess he sensed the world was in danger so he chose to share his powers with me."
She blinked "That's impossible, that shouldn't be possible. Well I mean in theory maybe if they were an exact match for personality. I mean I suppose that you just barely qualify for being a master since you do have high marks as a healer but a demi-servant and it seems Mash's master… How?"
"I don't know." I answered simply.
"Alright tell me everything that's happened since you have arrived here." she demanded. So Mash filled her in.
"The only human that we encountered was you but maybe since you are here the other master candidates might be around here somewhere." Stated Mash.
"No, there is one common factor between the 3 of us, we weren't in the coffins. While Rayshifing flesh and blood is not likely to succeed it is possible. However the coffins are set to power down when the percentage chance falls below 95%. They never rayshifted, we are the only ones here." she stated.
"Wow, I see, that's why you are the Director." stated Mash.
"Well whatever the case now that I understand the situation Ritsuka I'll approve of your and Mash's contract for now, From now on you will follow my orders unquestioningly. First lets set up base camp. First we need to find the Leyline the point where they mystical energies converge after that we will be able to contact Chaldea."
"Actually Director you are standing on that point right now."
"Whoa oh ah right I knew that of course! Mash Set your shield on the ground I am going to set up a summoning circle with your Noble Phantasm as the catalyst"
"Umm is that alright, Senpai?" Mash asked me.
I nodded "Yeah we need every advantage we can get here, also I'll cover you two while you set things up."
We established a circle and then an image of Dr. Roman Flickered in to being "Oh good we have connection again. Can you hear me. Great we should be able to send rations soon." he stated then Olga Marie Stepped forward.
"What why are you in charge Romani, What about Lev, where is Lev, put Lev on!" She demanded.
Dr. Roman Screamed in surprise like a girl "Whaaa Director your alive and unharmed?! What the?
"What is that supposed to mean, Where is Lev, what is the head medic doing in charge?"
"Hey look I know I am not cut out for the job, trust me but the truth is I am the highest ranking person left. Currently we have less that 20 people including me. The reason I am in charge is no one higher ranking than me survived. Dr. Lev was supervising the command room there is no way he could have survive that blast."
"No way Lev-" she began despondent then switched gears suddenly "Wait less than 20 survivors what about the Master Candidates?"
"47 all in critical condition we are short on medical supplies, We might be able to save a few of them but we might lose all of them."
"Don't be ridiculous, Cryopreserve them Immediately. Think about reviving them later. Your top priority is to make sure they don't die!"
"What? I forgot those coffins had that function I'll get on it right away!" said Dr. Roman as the image vanished.
"I am surprised Criopreservation without prior consent is a crime. Yet you made the decision right away. You put human lives ahead of your own reputation as Director." Said Mash with some admiration.
"Don't be stupid, As long as they are not dead I can explain myself later – Why else, In the first place 47 lives, there is no way I can carry that burden! Please don't die… I'm begging you… If only Lev were here." I found myself putting a supportive hand on Olga's shoulder.
"It will be alright, things will be alright." she pulled away "I don't need meaningless platitudes especially from you." she snapped.
"Look I am just trying to be positive and keep everyone else positive. I know you are worried but all we can do is hope and carry on with our job." I explained.
She sighed and slumped "You are right I guess."
Then Romani returned and gave his report on what was going on. Apparently things were pretty grim Chaldea had lost 80% of it's functionality. He was shifting what little man power they had available to rayshift repairs, and maintaining both Chaldeas and Shiba. They were cut off from the rest of the world but as soon as they were able to restore communications, they would begin requesting supplies and parts to rebuild. Olga Marie explained that we would continue to investigate the cause of this singularity, pointing out there there only seemed to be low level monsters and with two Demi Servants she should be just fine.
With that Mash asked her about just sitting and waiting for rescue but she pointed out with a fiasco like this she couldn't go back and face the Mage association empty handed, she would likely lose everything including Chaldea. She needed something to show to shut them up. Then it came time for what I had been waiting for. The first Summons I stood above the shield anxiously and recanted the chant to summon quietly praying for rainbow sparks noting a 5 star servant.
I waited with baited breath as blue orbs of light sprang to life and hovered above the shield serving as the summoning platform.
I waited hoping they would turn to rainbow lights or at least golden lights as they began to spin indicating a high rarity servant but they began to spin around in a circle without changing color. Suddenly the lights became 3 bands of light and consolidated in to a flash of light when they cleared there stood a man with broad shoulders and wearing the outfit of an old sailor captain. He wore a broad grin, his hair was silver and he had a strange crooked pointy beard.
He stepped out of the circle "Well interesting place you got here. Well no matter. Servant Rider, My real name is Christopher Columbus. Let's see what treasures we can find together eh master?".
I remembered that Columbus wasn't the nicest guy in this world but figured he would be useful at least if I could keep him properly motivated.
"Very nice to meet you Mr. Columbus. I look forward to working with you."
"Ah a polite one, that's very nice, having a cute master and well mannered master." he said his grin broadening. "I think I'll like it here."
I still felt that the leyline had some more power in it, I could summon again.
I calmed my mind and focused imagining those lights appearing again and turning to beautiful rainbow lights. I began the incantation again.
The circle of lights rose again hovering above the shield and much to my chagrin started spinning. I tried to tell myself it was perfectly possible to summon a high rank servant on one of these it was just less likely. Then they became 3 bands of light and there was a flash and a young man in his teens with red hair dressed like a ninja stepped out. Oddly his hair seemed to cover his eyes but it didn't appear to impair him. Though it did make him look like a character out of a hentai.
The young man kneeled before me "Servant Assassin, my real name is Fuuma Kotarou, I am here to serve you." he said seriously. I could feel his devotion and loyalty strangely in his words and demeanor.
"Greetings Kotarou, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am sure that we will work well together." I said with a smile. He returned it and bowed. "It is a pleasure, I will do my best to be useful to you." he said. "I am sure you will be useful." I told him.
I had done a bit better that time in at least summoning a faithful servant. Still I felt more energy, another chance for a powerful servant.
Again the summoning circle flared to life as I said my incantation however again the lights color did not change. I didn't let it deter me though. The when the flash of light passed this time I was confronted by a familiar figure. She was a woman dressed in a black and purple hooded robe with a purple dress underneath. I could see her blue hair poking from under her hood.
My heart skipped a beat. Forget rainbow or gold lights I had just struck gold. Maybe it was a little cynical but I knew who she was and what she could do. Even if she wasn't the most powerful summoning her meant I had options and a plan was already forming.
She stepped forward and blinked in surprise as her eyes fell upon me. "Well, well what have we here? Such a cute and interesting Master. Oh I do believe we will get along well." she said with a grin. I knew she could tell I was a demi-servant, she could probably tell even if I weren't dressed like a death knight. I am guessing too she likely had a good idea who it was inside of me. While she may not have been the luckiest or the best judge of character she was perceptive in her own way.
"Oh my I forgot myself, My class is Caster and my name is Medea."
I genuinely smiled "It's a pleasure to meet you Medea. I agree I think we are going to work well together."
She nodded "Oh my it seems that leyline still has enough energy for one more summons. I'll get out of your way. I am curious to see your technique."
For some reason I felt my cheeks warm at that. "Alright I'll do my best." I told her.
I took a deep breath and focused. This time I put all my energy in to it, One last chance, Technically these were the tutorial roll I should be guaranteed a 4 star. Though this wasn't the game. Deep down I knew there was not guarantee I tried to psych myself up with hope.
Again the circle sprung to life but no change in color of the orbs, the bands came with the flash of light and a strange figure emerged.
It was taller than a man, it looked more like a robot though I knew it was a man in power armor. His armor was a metallic gray, a bright red cyclopian eye flashed from underneath a large helmet like head. His body was bulky and looked slow and awkward. He carried a large serrated blade probably as big as I was.
"Servant Caster, my real name is Charles Babage." he introduced himself with a distorted voice. As he moved forward there was the whine of gears and hiss of of steam emitted from his suit. He looked around slowly "hmmm…" taking in his surroundings before looking at me. "What is it you wish of me Master?"
"Hi I am Ritsuka Fujimaru. For now I would have you wait and protect us, we are in a dangerous area and I need to now that I have an idea what allies we have on our side I need to plan with them on our next move." I explained to him.
"Very well. Would you like me to summon some helpers to secure the area further?" he asked.
"That would be wonderful, thank you." I said. He moved forward and emitted a ton of steam from his armor and soon that steam took shape it no a smaller robot version of himself, he did that 6 times and soon a half dozen bulky robots stood ready.
"Have them patrol the area around here. Subdue any threats." I explained.
"It shall be done." he answered his red eye glowing, the Robots got in a line and began to slowly march out.
After that Mash and Olga Marie walked up "Wow, Senpai, you summoned some incredible servants I can already tell they will be a lot of help in our mission."
"Humph… about what I would expect from you. Mostly more modern heroes with little power, is that the best you could do?" Asked Olga Marie.
I gave Olga a look. It must have been enhanced by my being a demi-servant dressed like a death knight because she flinched and stepped back like I was about to attack her.
"Director, while none of these servants are the likes of Hercules, King Arthur or Gilgamesh. Each one will be useful. Dare I say probably more useful than those 3 heroes I mentioned. Charles Babage is already showing how useful he is, he should not only be a fairly formidable fighter for a Caster with that armor but he is able to make troops to take care of the skeletons so we don't have to.
Fuuma Kotarou is a ninja and will be a formidable scout for dangerous areas so we know what we are facing before we reach there.
Medea is a one of the greatest Mages in history. With her knowledge and skills we should be able to locate the source of the problem in no time and maybe even solve it without much trouble.
Lastly Columbus has EX rank luck. He is like a four leaf clover that gives us good luck by just standing around us. He is literally putting his thumb on the scales of fate so it comes out on our side. Hell we might not only solve the problem here but find buried treasure or something bring home because he is with us." I explained.
I got a "Hell yeah." from Columbus on the last part. I may have said all of that a bit louder than I meant to.
"Anyways These are the resources we have available to us, This is what we have been given by fate or whatever. I intend to make the best of what we have. I am sure that together with Mash they will be more than enough to accomplish our mission."
She nodded "I suppose your right, speaking of our mission do you happen to remember what it is, I seem to remember you falling asleep part way through explaining it."
I sighed "Yep I got it, You built something to observe earths future and then the future changed and now humanity goes extinct some time in 2018… I believe. This point in history has gone a little wonky and you think this is the reason so we have set right what once went wrong to barrow a phrase from one of my favorite old time travel based TV shows."
Olga Marie frowned at me "Well I think that's a vast oversimplification of what I said but it's close enough we will go with it for now."
I couldn't help but think that if I were to quote her word for word we would be here all day parsing minutia and technobable. Now being a part of this world I came to realize why it relied so much on idiot protagonists to get anything done. Everyone else was to busy bickering over technobable and elaborately contemplating their own navels.
"Anyways lets set up base camp in that building over there. It looks structurally sound." said Olga Marie pointing at the burned out remains of an oddly familiar high school.
I nodded "Alright that should work."
So we set up a base camp in that building and used our talents in magic to secure it as best we could. It wasn't the most luxurious place but it seemed to serve the purpose.
"Look just for future reference, in communication, the less words the better, just use the minimum amount of words to get your point across and be done with it." I added.
Olga Marie gave me a humph of disapproval and crossed her arms "Anyways I trust you understand your responsibilities as a master. The future of humanity is riding on this mission."
"Oh I get that. In fact I was just about to order my new servants to do a few things."
That seemed to perk Olga's curiosity. "Oh please by all means."
I went over to Medea first "Hey, first of all thank you for joining my little group here I really appreciate it."
she smiled "Think nothing of it master."
"So I know what I am going to ask you would be a lot easier with a workshop but do you think that you could maybe use your magic to make a map of this town complete with magical disturbances so we know where to look?"
She thought for a moment and nodded "It will take sending a few familiars out but I should be able to do so. It will take me a bit of time but it should be simple enough."
I genuinely smiled. "Great, and when we get back home I- well I will have a project that I need your help with. It's nothing major for one of your talents."
That caused her to raise and eyebrow "Oh, I see my new master is a bit ambitious. Very well I will look forward to it."
After that I went to Kotarou. He bowed respectfully "Any orders master?"
"Yes but not at the moment, for now focus on keeping this base camp secure, in a while Medea will be creating a map of the area, I would like you to go over the problem areas with her. I would like you to scout out those areas to see what is going on. Understand that I only wish for you to scout, please avoid any confrontation if possible. If you are confronted please focus on escape. Get back to us safely, is that understood."
Kotarou actually smiled "Yes, I understand master consider it done."
Lastly I went to Columbus, who was sitting on what remained of a couch making himself comfortable.
"Well Master what can I do for you?"
"I have a very important job for you to do right now, you are my reserves. I need you to rest and stay ready. I know Servants don't tire as easily as humans but you still do have magic reserves that you draw from. We are in a rough spot and I have no idea what we are going to encounter so I would prefer to keep someone fresh in case we find something or something decides to find us."
Columbus grinned at me "Well that sounds fine for now I don't mind." he said sitting back on the couch. "Though I am not generally one who is for sitting on their rear when others do the work. I prefer to be out in the action, working my way towards my goals but I understand." he said then leaned over to me.
"Say there is one thing I would like to suggest. You know out in bad situations things happen, especially to people who are more of a hindrance than a help… like that Director person. In my day we would just slap her in chains and toss her overboard but I understand you have to be a little more discrete but… well it wouldn't be the worse thing in the world if she didn't make it back with us."
I sighed "I understand where you are coming from but let me explain her. She is from a big important family and has a big important job, however she hasn't really accomplished anything in her life to call her own yet. She only has the job because her father was murdered before this chaos began. She is alone and she is scared. She is used to leaning on some guy dressed like a Leprechaun for everything but he apparently died in an explosion. So now she is angry, frightened, desperate and feeling alone. She is taking it out on me because I am an easy target and well other reasons… but she isn't truly a bad person. We aren't going to feed anyone to the wolves today. I know things were different in your day and we have a different way of looking at the world. However please put up with her for now. I believe she will calm down once she gets a bit of confidence in herself."
He nodded but seemed unsatisfied. "Well it's your choice I guess, I will go with it for now. Though I would be careful one bad crew member can spoil the bunch. I had to deal with many a unruly mob of sailors at sea."
"I think it will be fine, besides I don't expect this mission to take too long."
With all of that done it took a few hours of waiting. During that time Olga Marie let us in on a secret that this had been the sight of a Holy Grail War. A more conventional one where 7 masters had summoned 7 servants and battled it out. In the end in proper history the master of Saber had prevailed. Here however it was unknown what had happened. I just kept my mouth shut. I knew Fate/Grand Order and the Fate/Stay night series so I just chose not to say anything.
It was a bit after Medea approached us. She showed us a hologram that served as a map of the city. There were several dark points on the map showing unusually high mana density. There was one point on the map that stood out, It was under Ryoudou Temple, specifically there was a cave deep underneath there.
"Hmmm for some reason that temple strikes me as Familiar somehow." noted Medea.
"Well it's possible you were summoned here as a servant at some point." I answered honestly.
She blinked and then nodded "Very."
"Alright. Ritsuka get your servants ready. We are going to head out. It seems highly likely we will find what we are looking for at that point there." she said pointing at the ominous spot of magical energy.
"Umm I was going to send out Kotarou first to scout the areas." I complained.
"Then have him scout this area and get back to us. He should be able to move faster than our group."
I nodded "Hey Kotarou." I said and he materialized next to us scaring Olga Marie. "You heard the lady head for the source of that disturbance but as I said do not engage, gather as much intel as you can then get back to us. If you are confronted focus on escape."
Kotarou nodded "It shall be done." he said with a bow then vanished.
"Alright if we are moving I think we send out Charles Babage's Familiars ahead of us to take care of any trouble, we keep the rest of the servants with us to help with anything we encounter. It may be slow going but it should be the safest rout.
Olga looked over to me and nodded "Very well that sounds sound, we will keep Mash in front for extra protection." she added.
"That will be fine."
"Wow, Senpai, you two seem to really be getting along now."
"Well we have a shared goal, that makes it a lot easier. Especially when it seems the goal is in sight now." I replied.
Olga Marie actually nodded in agreement.
Soon we were setting out from our base camp. We had caster leave some familiars there to guard it just in case we needed a point to fall back to in a hurry.
So we set out on a rather long trek. The Familiars or Helter Skelters as we were informed that Charles Babage had created served admirably in demolishing any skeletons that got in our way. Though they Helter Skelter's were not of great speed they marched constantly and crushed everything in our way.
Things were actually going smoothly. Then suddenly out of nowhere Kotarou appeared. "Master, we have trouble, I ran in to another servant. An archer. He attacked me but I managed to get away. With help from another Servant."
"Another Servant?" I asked
He nodded and pointed a ways ahead of us.
Materializing there was a familiar blue haired man in a hooded blue robe, a black body suit underneath which a white kilt like wrap around his waist that was open in the front. He Carried a wooden staff on his shoulders resting his arms on it.
"Yo, looks like you are having quite a party here. I never expected more servants to show up." Said the servant.
The Helter Skelter all turned towards him but thankfully Babage managed to stop them before they attacked.
"Well hello there, we really weren't expecting to run in to another servant either, apparently there are a few of you running around. I am guessing since you saved my friend here and that you haven't attacked that you aren't hostile. That's just fine, we are just looking to find out what's going on here"
The man nodded "Well while I wouldn't necessarily call you allies you seem a hell of a lot better than my other options. We might be able to strike a deal that benefits both of us."
"Very well I am sure we can come to some deal. The name's Ritsuka Fujimaru" I said approaching the man to shake his hand "I won't ask your name. I understand Servant's have to be careful about that but I would introduce myself properly."
He raised his eyebrow and took my hand shaking it. I think I heard a collective gasp behind me when I did that. The man had a firm hand shake.
"The name Cú Chulainn. I'm A Caster unfortunately. Heh, maybe I had you pegged wrong. I thought you were one of those masters who hide while sending their servants off to fight."
I nodded "Well honestly we are in a hostile situation. I simply using what resources and man power we have at our disposal to survive. Apparently this was supposed to be some sort of grail war that went south." I said looking around to emphasize my point.
He nodded at that. "Yeah it was a Gail war, then something happened suddenly everything was on fire and the people disappeared leaving only the servants. After that Saber was the first one restart the war, She defeated all the other servants except me but for some reason they came back corrupted. Also as I am sure you have noticed now monsters are popping up every where.
"Do you happen to know the identities of the other servants you were fighting?" asked Olga Marie from the safety of the group.
He sighed "Well I still don't have an idea of who that Archer bastard is, but sure do know who Saber is. Saber wields the most famous holy sword. The sister sword to the sword of selection." He replied.
I looked back and Olga Marie had gone pale(er… she was fairly pale to begin with.) her eyes were wide. "K-King Arthur?! we may have to deal with King Arthur…" she said then looked at the others around her as if to say, how are we supposed to deal with him when all we have is this?
"It gets worse, that Bastard Archer you're Assassin friend ran in to is protecting her. I may not know his identity but he is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with. I'll tell you what I was going to just give you the information and see how it panned out but aside from being a bit over cautious you don't seem like a bad group. If you help me we'll take down Saber and Archer together, that should end the Grail war and maybe fix whatever you guys came here to fix."
"I see since you have given us that information we will clue you in on what is going on with us and the rest of the world." I explained. Then I told him what was going on.
"So you bunch are out to save the world by fixing history." he mused shaking his head "Yeah, there would have been a different group that actually knew what it was doing but apparently someone doesn't want us to save the world so we are all that's left."
he nodded somberly "Well you don't look to be doing to bad."
"Yeah but if we are to deal with King Arthur and Excalibur we are going to need a plan."
He smiled wryly "Oh that spirit I sensed inside of you seems like it would be strong enough."
I winced. "Actually I think I can show you something, can we spar for a minute. It won't take long."
He blinked and then grinned "Sure."
I materialized my sword and we "Sparred." or more accurately I got hit in the face with his staff a bunch.
"Ahhhh so you know nothing about using a sword do you?" he said finally.
"I know the pointy end goes in the other guy, that's about it."
He chuckled at that "Well if we had time I could probably show you a thing or two but your right it's not going to be enough to take down Saber. You are strong as hell and with that cursed sword of yours you might even get lucky but it's doubtful."
I nodded.
"Say, you really seem not to like Archer, would you mind keeping him busy while we take down Saber?" I asked.
His grin broadened. "I was going to suggest that myself. We have a score to settle, I think now would be a good time for it." He agreed.
We still had a bit of a walk so we wound up discussing strategy while we were going. Well mostly. Caster Cu used the opportunity to hit on Me, Mash and Medea a bit but largely stayed out of the Strategy discussions except to say that we were complicating things way too much and between Mash and I we likely should be able to do it. He told me something that … well sounded very true. The thing with battle plans is the more complex they are the easier they fall apart. You don't need elaborate plans to win, just something complex enough to work. He then admitted he wasn't much for planning since he just usually took care of business with his spear and trusted in his own strength to get the job done.
I think he was very strongly hinting the way we should have gone about things.
Eventually we were getting close to the cave where we were told Saber awaited when a barrage of Arrows came flying at us. Through a combination of Mash's shield and Medea's magical protection we protected the group.
Then we saw him. It was Emiya alright, I kind of felt bad for being on the opposite side but it couldn't be helped.
"Well well if it isn't the Disciple." said Cu as he moved to the front.
"Strange I have no memory of becoming a Disciple." shot back Archer.
"Say why don't we settle this between you and me right now." Said Cu and he twirled his staff and got in a defensive stance.
"I am sorry but I can't agree with that." replied Archer as he materialized a sword that I recognized as Caladbolg II
"OH SHIT Mash, Medea get ready!" I said as he aimed over Cu's shoulder but Cu used his magic to somehow block it.
"Leave the kids out of this." he told him. Then looked back "Go now!" he told us as he then charged Archer.
Getting past them was a little tough we had already had Charles Babage unsummon his Helter Skelters but he himself wasn't very fast. Still we made it through and found ourselves in front of a huge foreboding cave.
The fate fan in me wanted to pause to admire something I had seen so often in anime and visual novels but we couldn't we had stuff to do.
"Alright lets go as we planned."
The cave was vast, It was mostly dark but up ahead we saw a faint glowing purple light.
As we approached we saw a figure waiting for us. She wore dark armor and had golden hair and yellow eyes. She stood waiting for us both hands resting on the pummel of her sword in front of her. It glowed with a malevolent purple aura. It was dyed black with red lines through it.
"So you have finally made it. I'll admit that is an interesting servant you have with you." she said looking at Mash.
"I shall test that shield don't even think about hiding behind that motley crew of servants around you."
"Alright NOW!" I said pointing, Kotarou used his noble phantasm a bunch of ninjas appeared and Saber was plunged in to darkness. The ninjas quickly began tossing Kunai's at her.
As they did that Babage summoned more Helter Skelters which charged at Saber.
"Please tell me you aren't intending to fight me with these weak summons." said saber blasting away the incoming Helter Skelters with a sweep of her sword even as she dodged and deflected the kunais flying around her.
More Helter Skelters were generated as they charged forth.
"Oh don't worry I am just giving you a warm up, We kept you waiting for a while so I figured you would appreciate the chance to stretch a bit."
She swiped away another group of Helter Skelter.
"IF you are intending to weaken me by depleting my mana, you should know now the grail is feeding me. My mana is almost limitless."
"Yes but is your concentration?"
"Go Mash!"
"O-okay Senpai." she said charging out at superhuman speed, having been reinforced by Medea.
The darkness fell away as it wasn't helping much anyways and she charged in meeting Saber's slash with her shield.
"Oh you think being reinforced by the witch will grant you victory? Let's see just how strong you are now." she said using her sword to toss her back but Mash rolled with it and got up. She looked determined though and charged back. They clashed again and again. I knew Mash wasn't a fighter but she knew she had to help wear down Saber, So she fought like a trooper. Even to my untrained eye with the enhancement they were just about on equal footing at the moment but that was because Saber was still holding back. I even noticed a grin across her face. She was enjoying this.
"Send another batch of Helter Skelter to reinforce Mash." I told Babage who immediately did so. I then used my presence concealment. I had to set up the next part of my plan.
The Helter Skelter charged forth and were brushed away by a sweep of Saber's sword but that gave Mash an opening. There was a lout clang as Shield met face and knocked Saber back causing her to stumble..
"Hmmm not bad perhaps it's time I unleash my Noble Phantasm…" she began then suddenly stiffened. It was a blur as she reversed her sword and plunged it behind her.
Then I felt a Sharp pain in my gut as I had been behind her creeping up to make a kill.
"Ho did you really think you could take me down through such cowardly tactics?" she asked as I felt her twist the blade.
"Yeah" I said grabbing her sword and then then plunged my sword through her spirit core.
"I have battle continuation and you don't" I told her through grit teeth.
She coughed letting go of the sword and stumbled forward
"SENPAI" Mash Cried in concern as she rushed over to me. "Senpai you're hurt!" she said concerned.
*Cough* "I misjudged you. I thought you were a coward hiding behind your servants and summons… You planned this out including me stabbing you didn't you?" Saber said pained as she started to fade.
"It wasn't my favorite plan I knew with your instinct ability the only way I could get to you was if you thought you had me."
She gave a bitter laugh "I see I took you way too lightly. The whole time I was being played for a fool. Well it's your victory completely just know the Grand order, the battle for the holy grail has just begin." She said as she finally faded away.
"Senpai, here let me get something to bandage the wound." insisted Mash.
"Nah It's okay, like I said. I white mage." I said placing my hand over my wound and using my magic.
I winced a bit but soon there wasn't a trace of the wound. "there good as new."
"Heh taking an opponents attack so you could get them. I have to admit that's something like I would think of, you're not bad kid, and your girlfriend there has very nice rear." Said Cu. I noticed he was starting to glow and fade away. I didn't know when he had got in but was glad he had defeated Archer.
"Well I wish I could hang around with you kids but it looks like my time is about up. Say do me a favor. If you ever summon me, how about summoning me with a spear."
"I summon entirely randomly but spear or staff I would be proud to have you." I told him, "Heh alright next time we meet I'll teach you how to fight properly." he said before he faded.
"Hello! Oh good we finally got through!" Said Dr. Roman as his flickering image appeared.
"Well It looks like I showed up late. I can tell both Caster and Saber have faded away.
I nodded and winced "Are you okay? You look like are crouched over in pain."
I winced "Just Peachy."
"Senpai got stabbed by an enemy servant, she healed her wound but have the medical staff ready to check her out as soon as we rayshfit back."
It was about then we heard someone slow clapping from the ledge ahead of us
"Well this is quite surprising though I can't say that I am pleased with the outcome." came a familiar voice but with a lot more arrogance.
We looked up to see a tall leprechaun… I mean Professor Lev Lainur though seeing him now he sure as hell didn't look human.
"Lev… Is that you? Oh I knew you survived. I am so glad." said Olga Marie as she bagn to climb the ledge to him.
"Nooo don't do it!" I began but I felt a couple hands on my arm one was Mash the other was surprisingly Columbus. I looked back and he mouthed "Let her go!"
"Lev you survived?! asked a surprised Dr. Roman.
"Ah you are alive too… I see, you couldn't even follow orders properly. If you had you would have been caught in the bomb blast as well." he lamented.
"Lev…?" he said stunned.
"What are you talking about?" asked Olga Marie.
"He's a bad guy now, he planted the bomb, he tried to kill you." I shouted.
Lev actually blinked and crooked his head at me. "Huh well one of you actually is paying attention. What a shame."
"Wait, what you mean she is right?" Said Olga Marie backing up wide eyed.
"Oh my dear Olga, this must have been so hard for you… You are quite infuriating you know showing up here alive… well Alive isn't exactly correct. You see when the bomb that I planted specifically under where you were standing went off you died. Only somehow your thought patters appeared here as sort of a living ghost."
"I'm – I'm Dead?! that can't be?" Stammered Olga Marie.
"Oh think about it you possessed no potential to Rayshift when you were alive but yet miraculously you found yourself here. Heh and when you return to Chaldea you will simply cease to be."
"That-that can't be."
"You are right that is far too cruel a fate. Here let me help you." he said raising his hand and suddenly a ball of absurd magical energy appeared from where Saber had been and floated over to his hand.
"Ahh here we go." he said and then behind him appeared an image of Chaldeas still burning bright red.
"Chaldeas? But that's impossible. That's an illusion right?"
Lev grinned "Oh it's not impossible with the holy grail. I just warped space and time so that it was connected to here. I thought would give you a send off appropriate for one such as you and let you touch your treasure."
"Touch it but it's a hyper dense object I'll be pulled apart and a molecular level." she screamed "What I am being pulled..."
"Yes it will be like touching a black hole or more accurately the Sun, enjoy an eternal death."
"Nope FUCK THAT!" I said breaking free of my companions holds. I literally flew up there coated in blue fire.
"What?!" Said Lev as I flew up and grabbed Olga Marie. Cradling her in my arms as I landed.
He actually paused and then laughed a deep belly laugh.
"Oh that's just rich, that's too much." he said "If I actually need to breath I wouldn't be able to." he said doubling over with laughter.
"You humans may not be worth anything but… Saving someone who is already dead, That's entertaining. Very well I shall permit you to keep your prize." he said still laughing as the image of Chaldeas disappeared.
"Oh and one more bit of information for you since you have proven so entertaining. The reason Dr. Roman you can't contact the outside world is that it no longer exists. It has been incinerated by my King. I suppose the magnetic field around Chaldea protected it but no matter as Chaldeas shows there is no sign of human life in 2018." he said as he began to disappear.
"Yeah well look like fucking Leprechaun!" I shouted.
Olga Marie blinked "You – you saved me?" she said.
"Of course you are our director and a vital member of our team. It was my duty." I smiled down at her. She actually blushed. Then the groud began to rumble.
"Senpai the cave has been rendered unstable… Dr. Roman please prepare to Rayshift us immediately"
"SHIT, there is not enough time, I am trying please hold out just a minute longer."
Rubble was starting to fall, my servants had began to dematerialize at my mental order.
"Wait I can't go back." Cried Olga Marie.
"Just promise me that you will follow me in my journeys beyond Chaldea"
"I-I Alright I'll follow you anywhere!" she said tears in her eyes and I hopped down to Mash.
"Senpai we aren't going to make it… please can you hold my hand?" I reached out and grabbed it and then the world went black.