'CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!' The propellers on the helicopter clanged as the flying vehicle approached its destination. In a matter of minutes, the Rumbling had destroyed approximately twenty percent of Fuyuki City. But now…

… They've finally reached the one that ushered this horrible tragedy. This night will be one that the survivors of this massacre and the city itself will not forget for a very long time. And it's all because of Berserker, who has now gained a new name…

… The Founding Titan.

"MASTER. THE BEAST MADE OUT OF BONES WILL BE IN RANGE IN LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS." Saber announced at the top of her lungs.

"Got it." Maiya replied as she reloaded her sniper rifle. The only other person around was Waver because everyone else had either abandoned them or died. Waver was especially depressed over the death of Kyoko. But then…

"AH!" Waver gasped loudly as he remembered one of the last things Optimus told him-

'Master… you must give… … this to Saber… that knight is… the only one… who could stop… what is coming…' Optimus told him just before he died while giving him his Noble Phantasm, The Matrix of Leadership. Even though Waver was no longer a Master…

… There was still something he could do to help Saber save everyone who was still alive and end the Rumbling once and for all!

'Step! Step! Step!' Waver stood up from his seat and ran toward the cockpit. Maiya noticed this.

"Hey, kid! What are you- Maiya spoke but was cut off because Waver had already reached the cockpit. And then…

"SABER! TAKE THIS!" Waver shouted at the top of his lungs so Saber could hear him. Saber was shocked as she noticed what was in Waver's hands. A small dagger with a blue orb in its center. Saber had never seen this before in her life and had no clue why this man was giving it to her. Waver noticed this.

"This dagger is the Matrix of Leadership. It was the catalyst that I used to summon Rider into this world and it's his Noble Phantasm. Just before he died… he wanted me to give this to you." Waver explained though Saber was still confused.

"What am I supposed to do with that small blade?" Saber asked with a dumbfounded look on her face.

'H-How should I know? Optimus never got around to explaining that part to me.' Waver thought internally as sweat dripped down his face profusely.

"Hmm… I guess I'll take it. Thanks…" Saber spoke but could not remember the name of the young man. Waver noticed this.

"Waver." Waver spoke.

"Waver… thank you." Saber replied with a gentle smile as she grasped the small dagger and proceeded to head for the door of the helicopter. But just before leaving-

"Master… this is going to be the final battle. If I don't come back… at least get Waver to safety. That young man has a long life ahead of him. It would be a shame if he perished before he could live it." Saber spoke as she tilted her head to look at Maiya with a smile on her face. Maiya was surprised by this but nodded in affirmation.

"Sure." Maiya replied. Not even a second later-

'WHOOOSH!' Saber opened the door of the helicopter which let a gust of wind into the flying vehicle! Saber then leaped out of it!

'BAM!' Maiya shut the door behind her. However, without Saber piloting the helicopter, no one was flying it! Maiya couldn't be the one to fly it because she had to support Saber by killing a few Titans and using her Command Spells. This left one person who could pilot.

"WAVER! YOU FLY THE HELICOPTER!" Maiya shouted at the top of her lungs as she got into position with her sniper rifle pointed out of the window.

"W-W-W-WHAT?! I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FLY A HELICOPTER! HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!" Waver yelled out at the top of his lungs.

"I NEVER FLEW A HELICOPTER BEFORE TOO! SO JUST FIGURE IT OUT! IF YOU DON'T, WE'RE BOTH DEAD!" Maiya shouted at the top of her lungs as she focused on the Titans that were approaching Saber and-

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' SHOT THEM RIGHT IN THEIR NAPES KILLING THEM ALL INSTANTLY!

'No pressure, huh.' Waver thought internally as sweat dripped down his face as he sat down in the chair and looked at the array of buttons and nobs that were all around him and chose to press one. But then…

'CLANG! CLANG-' The propellers on the helicopter stopped moving.

"Oh sh- Waver spoke but was cut off before he could finish his sentence as-

'WHOOOSH!' THE HELICOPTER BEGAN FALLING OUT OF THE NIGHT SKY!

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Maiya shouted at the top of her lungs as she fell out of her seat. Meanwhile, Waver was-

"OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK!" Screaming at the top of his lungs as he pressed a bunch of buttons until-

'CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!' The helicopter started operating normally again. Not only that, but it was also flying in one spot and staying there.

"HEY MAIYA! I THINK I GOT IT ON AUTOPILOT!" Waver shouted at the top of his lungs.

"GREAT! DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE!" Maiya yelled out as she got back into her position from before and pointed her sniper rifle out of the window.

"You know, a 'Wow! You saved us! Thanks Waver!' Would have been much appreciated." Waver muttered to himself as sweat dripped down his face profusely until he rubbed his hand on his forehead as he watched the battle that was occurring below him.

'SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!' In only three seconds Saber had managed to slice the napes of several of the Pure Titans! And the man controlling the giant skeleton beast noticed this.

'So… you've finally got here, Saber. I had a feeling that we were going to be the last two Servants left. Let's finish this.' Eren thought internally as his head was hanging from a long spinal cord deep inside of the Founding Titan. But then…

'WHOOOSH!' Suddenly Saber noticed a bunch of debris in the night sky. No! They were boulders! And they were falling right toward her!

'STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP!' Saber ran to cover as she narrowly dodged the falling boulders!

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' The boulders crashed onto the bones of the Founding Titan like meteors! Though they had little to no effect against the bones that were as hard as diamonds!

"…" Behind some cover, Saber looked for the enemy that had thrown those projectiles at her but before she could find them-

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A beast appeared from out of nowhere! It had long blonde hair and a skull for a face as well as razor-sharp teeth! Unbeknownst to Saber, the Jaw Titan had made its long-awaited appearance!

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Saber matched the beast's roar with a roar of her own as she swung her holy sword at the jaw Titan! But then…

'CHOMP!' THE JAW TITAN BIT THE SWORD AND IT-

'CRACK!' SHATTERED TO PIECES!

"WHA- Saber shouted at the top of her lungs but was interrupted before she could finish her sentence by the Jaw Titan!

'SLASH!' The Jaw Titan slashed Saber's chest! Though it only broke part of her armor and sent the knight a few meters away! However, the next attack would prove to be much more devastating as-

'WHOOOSH!' A ROCK THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL WAS THROWN DIRECTLY AT SABER! IT SOARED THROUGH THE SKY FASTER THAN A HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR AND SABER COULDN'T REACT IN TIME AS SHE WAS-

'AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!' HIT RIGHT IN THE CHEST BY THE ROCK! THIS WAS A CALCULATED ATTACK! HER ENEMIES WERE WORKING TOGETHER!

'BLAAAUUUUGGGHHH!' Saber vomited up blood as she lay on one of the massive bones of the Founding Titan while blood poured out of the wound from the baseball-sized hole in her chest. Saber was on the verge of death. Maiya noticed this.

"By my Command Spell…" Maiya spoke but paused for a few seconds as she channeled Mana throughout her body while the tattoos on her hand became bright red. And then…

"… YOUR WOUND WILL HEAL SABER!" Maiya finished with a shout at the top of her lungs as the baseball-sized hole in her chest began to heal incredibly fast!

"HAH… HAH… HAH… HAH… HAH…" Saber breathed in and out loudly as she gasped for breath as she stood back up. With one of her eyes closed she looked toward the enemies in the distance. Not only did Saber see the enemy that broke her sword from earlier, but she also noticed what appeared to be a giant monkey. That was the Beast Titan. But that was not all…

Suddenly, more enemies appeared out of thin air. One had white hair and muscles as hard as armor. Another had short blonde hair and the appearance of a female. Another had a body that was pale white and a massive hammer. And yet another was smaller but had artillery all over their back.

'Step. Step. Step. Step. Step. Step.' The Armored, Female, War Hammer, and Cart Titans had all returned from their deaths at the hands of Optimus Prime and they were approaching Saber along with the Jaw and Beast Titans. Six of the Nine Titans had made their presence known as they intended to obliterate Saber. Saber noticed this but there was nothing that she could do.

Saber's holy sword Excalibur had been shattered to pieces by the Jaw Titan. Her enemies had increased by three times what they were before and she did not have any allies to back her up besides Maiya. But even with the help of her Master, there was not much a Knight could do against an enemy with a broken sword. But then…

'This dagger is the Matrix of Leadership. It was the catalyst that I used to summon Rider into this world and it's his Noble Phantasm. Just before he died… he wanted me to give this to you.' Saber remembered the words of Waver Velvet who gave her his Servant's trump card. However…

… What was Saber supposed to do with it.

Saber knew that it was not meant to stab enemies. The dagger was quite small and would do nothing against her enemies. But what if she were to put it onto the hilt of her broken sword? Would there be any effect?

'STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP!' Saber did not have any time to think as her enemies rapidly approached her! Now was not the time for thinking but for action! Saber realized that and-

'BAM!' Jammed the dagger into the hilt where her blade used to be. But then…

'WHOOOSH!' A GUST OF WIND WAS UNLEASHED AS SABER'S ENEMIES WERE JUST A FEW METERS AWAY FROM HER! THE WIND BLEW HER ENEMIES AWAY AS THEY HAD NO CLUE WHAT JUST HAPPENED! NOT EVEN EREN COULD KNOW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN NEXT!

'CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!' Suddenly, armor began to materialize onto Saber's chest where her armor was broken. But it didn't stop there! Blue armor formed around her entire body until it covered her completely! Even her sword gained a new blade as the wind around her dispersed.

"W-What the hell just happened?" Lambda spoke with a dumbfounded expression on her face as she saw all of this from her crystal ball. Bern noticed this and smiled.

"Oh? You didn't know about the Matrix of Leadership? I thought even someone as old as you would be able to guess what was going to happen when Saber used it on the hilt of her sword. Guess I was wrong." Bern spoke with a shit-eating grin as she was enjoying every second of this.

"STOP CALLING ME OLD YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Lambda snapped back at the top of her lungs.

'Snap!' Not even a second later, Lambda snapped her fingers. And then…

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' Bern had all of her limbs chained to the chair she was sitting on as she was trapped by Lambda's magic!

"Tch." Bern clicked her tongue as there was nothing that she could do at this moment to free herself. All she could do was sit back and hope that Saber would prevail against Berserker. Bern stared at the crystal ball and saw that the winds around Saber had dispersed.

"AH!" Saber gasped loudly as she noticed that she had gained blue armor all over her body as well as red flames on her arms and legs and even a knight's helmet to boot. Saber noticed that it was a reverse of Optimus's color scheme and deduced that the pieces of metal on Optimus's body had now become part of her! As well as…

'BAM!' The fact that her sword had gained a new blade! This one's steel was blue and lit flames that matched that color. Saber didn't have a chance to defeat her enemies before they outnumbered her greatly. But now…

… The tables have turned once more!

'WHOOOSH!' The Jaw Titan leaped through the air and intended to destroy Saber's new blade! Saber let her enemy reach her-

'CHOMP!' As it bit on her sword's blade! Last time her sword shattered to pieces. However, this time-

'CRACK!' HER ENEMY'S TEETH HAD SHATTERED TO PIECES!

"My turn." Saber spoke as not even a second later-

'BAAAAAAAAM! HER SWORD LIT THE JAW TITAN ON FIRE AS HIS NAPE AND ENTIRE BODY WERE DESTROYED COMPLETELY! THE JAW TITAN VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE!

"…" The five other Titans stood motionlessly.

"…" Saber stared them down.

"…" This lasted for approximately thirty seconds until-

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Saber asked as she raised her sword into the air. And then…

"Come at me." Saber finished speaking as she aimed her sword at her enemies.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Three of the Titans ran straight at her while roaring at the top of their lungs! The three titans were the Armored, Female, and War Hammer Titans!

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Saber roared even louder as she met her enemies in combat! The Female Titan had already hardened her fist and attempted to punch Saber! But the knight blocked it with her own sword!

'CRACK! CRACK!' The Female Titan's hardened fists cracked and bled as the Female Titan was speechless! But before she could react-

'SLICE!' Saber had already slashed her neck! The Female Titan collapsed to the ground and disintegrated! But the War Hammer Titan was right beside Saber and intended to land a decisive blow! However, Saber had dodged out of the way which meant that he hit-

'BAM!' His comrade right on the head! This shattered the armor on their head and broke their head open as their eyes and brain were turned to mush! The Armored Titan was destroyed not by Saber but by the War Hammer instead! And then…

"Too slow." Saber whispered as she was already right behind the War Hammer Titan but before the latter could react-

'SLICE!' Saber had already slashed his nape with her sword that burned hotter than the sun and annihilated him off the face of the earth! The War Hammer Titan vanished without a trace as this left only two enemies for Saber to defeat!

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' The Cart Titan fired over twenty rounds at Saber! However…

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' ALL TWENTY BULLETS BOUNCED OFF SABER'S ARMOR AND HIT THE CART TITAN! THEY PIERCED ITS NAPE AND KILLED HIM!

"So, it's just you and me now, you overgrown monkey." Saber spoke as the only enemy remaining was the Beast Titan.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" This insult royally pissed off the Beast Titan as it roared loudly! Its screams made several Pure Titans come out of the woodwork as they charged toward Saber!

'SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!' But Saber had dispatched all of them in less than a second with her weapon's blade! However, one second was all the Beast Titan needed-

'WHOOOSH!' TO THROW A MASSIVE BOULDER AT HER!

'BAM!' The boulder collided with Saber as the Beast Titan smiled and was sure that his enemy had met her end. But then…

… THE BOULDER STARTED RISING INTO THE AIR! THE BEAST TITAN NOTICED THIS AND SAW-

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Saber roared at the top of her lungs as she lifted up the entire fifty-meter boulder with one hand! And then…

'WHOOOSH!' THREW IT ACROSS THE SKY! THE BOULDER TRAVELED AT A SPEED THAT WAS FASTER THAN SOUND AS THE BEAST TITAN COULD DO NOTHING BUT-

'BAM!' BE UTTERLY ANNIHILATED AS A RESULT! ALL SIX TITANS WERE DESTROYED WITHOUT A TRACE BY SABER! AND WITH EASE NO LESS!

"Is…" Saber spoke but paused for a few seconds until-

'BAM!' Stabbing her sword into the massive bone below her as it was covered in blue flames hotter than the sun itself! The flames traveled throughout the Founding Titan as even its bones which were harder than diamonds were being burnt to a crisp! And then…

"… That the best you got, Berserker?" Saber asked as she stood in place and waited for Berserker's next attack. Eren heard this from deep inside of the Founding Titan.

'Guess I have no choice. Fine… I'll fight you personally… Saber.' Eren thought internally as he closed his eyes. But then…

'RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!' The Founding Titan's entire body rumbled violently! Even Saber was struggling to maintain her balance as the bones of the beast were crumbling to dust!

'BAM!' Saber's sword was freed as she noticed that soon the Founding Titan would be no more. Saber looked toward the helicopter in the distance.

'STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP! STEP!' Saber ran toward the flying vehicle until she-

'WHOOOSH!' She leaped onto it just as all of the Founding Titan's bones turned to dust!

'BAM!' Saber gripped the landing skids of the helicopter as she watched the dust flow into the wind. Maiya and Waver noticed this as well.

"Saber di- Maiya spoke but she was cut off by Waver before she could finish her sentence.

"PLEASE TELL ME YOU GOT HIM!" Waver shouted at the top of his lungs from the cockpit of the helicopter, but Saber turned her head side to side to indicate a 'no.'

"Unfortunately, this battle is not over yet!" Saber yelled out as she could sense something materializing from where the Founding Titan fell. And then…

'BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG!' A loud lightning strike pierced the ears of humanity's last hope and struck against the Earth!

'WHOOOSH!' A huge vortex of air swirled around where the Founding Titan turned to dust! It was akin to a tornado as it almost sucked the helicopter into it!

"OH SHIT!" Waver shouted as he took the helicopter off of autopilot and steered out of the way with all his might!

"HANG ON!" Waver shouted at the top of his lungs!

'WHOOOSH!' Waver flew the helicopter away from the tornado's range! Through sheer luck, Waver had managed to get the helicopter about thirty meters away from the tornado!

"Phew! That was way too close!" Waver yelled out as he was exhausted over facing death in the face as well as the fact that he was pulling an all-nighter. The young man was struggling just to keep his eyes open. But then…

"AH!" Waver gasped loudly as his eyes shot wide open once he noticed what was standing where the Founding Titan used to be. In its place was a massive humanoid figure that resembled the Colossal Titans but was different.

Unlike those creatures that were completely bald, this monster had a full head of brown hair that reached all the way down to his stomach. The beast's ribcage was also exposed to the point that the bones were visible. Finally, the Titan stared at the helicopter and specifically Saber with green eyes full of nothing but hatred. This was the battle form of the awakened Eren Yeager…

… His very own Colossal Titan.

'WHOOOSH!' Eren raised his arm up producing a ton of air currents and many tornados. And then…

… He waved his fingers back and forth signaling to Saber to 'come and get him.'

'WHOOOSH!' Not even a second later, Saber leaped into the air with her sword in hand as she was going to finish this fight with one last attack! However…

… Eren thought the same thing.

Aside from the utterly massive height and width difference between the two that resembled David Vs. Goliath, there was one ability that was unique to the Colossal Titan. A one-hit kill move that Eren saved for this moment because he knew that Saber wouldn't refrain from attacking!

"Ah!" Maiya gasped as she felt that there was something wrong!

"By my Command Spell…" Maiya spoke these words as fast as she could as she looked at Saber who appeared to be flying toward the massive beast, but it was too late.

'Checkmate… Saber.' Eren thought internally. And then…

'BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!' Eren let off a massive explosion that eradicated everything in the vicinity.

'CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!' The helicopter was blown off course as-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Waver screamed for dear life as he managed to regain control of the helicopter and evaded the blast through the skin of his teeth!

'I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack.' Waver thought internally as sweat dripped from his face profusely. But then…

"AH!" Maiya gasped loudly as the Command Spells on her hand vanished without a trace! This can only mean one thing…

… Saber had died.

"T-This can't be happening." Bern spoke as she watched the events unfold from the crystal ball with a look of horror. Lambda noticed this.

"Hahaha…" Lambda quietly laughed until-

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed hysterically at the top of her lungs! But she didn't stop laughing!

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed over-

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" And over-

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" And over again until-

"IT'S OVER! THIS GRAIL WAR HAS JUST ENDED WITH EREN'S VICTORY! AS WELL AS THIS ENTIRE GAME WITH MY VICTORY! YOU'VE LOST! I FUCKING WON! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed like the Witch she is as she relished in her victory over Bern.

'CHATTER! CHATTER! CHATTER!' Bern's teeth chattered without an end in sight.

'THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!' Bern's heart beat again and again without an end in sight as well.

'H-How could this have happened? Saber was supposed to win. She had to win! But now she's… gone. Fuyuki City… the entire Earth… is doomed.' Bern thought internally as she processed everything that had just happened. And then…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bern screamed at the top of her lungs as Lambda enjoyed every single second of it.

"YES! THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR! THAT SCREAM AS YOU REALIZED THAT HUMANITY CANNOT PREVAIL NOW! SCREAM! SCREAM AS LOUD AS YOU CAN! RIKA FURUDE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she laughed hysterically once more. But then…

"Now…" Lambda spoke but paused for a few seconds until-

"… Go to hell you illusion." Lambda finished as she was just about to kill the girl that eluded her for over a hundred years. But before that-

'CLANG!' Lambda's hand clanged as someone had put a chain around it!

"What the- Lambda spoke as she looked toward the source of the person who chained her hand and saw-

"And who the hell are you supposed to be?" Lambda asked as silence went through the room for a few seconds until-

"Manaka Sajyou… the Witch of Fate!" Manaka announced as she held the chain around Lambda's arm with a look of resolve on her face.

"Manaka! What are you- Bern spoke but Manaka cut her off before she could finish speaking.

"BERN! LOOK AT THE CRYSTAL BALL! IT'S NOT OVER YET!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs. Bern paused for a few seconds as she did just that and her eyes shot wide open.

"Just what are you- Lambda spoke but stopped as her eyes shot wide open as well as she noticed what was going on back in Fuyuki City. The mushroom cloud that resulted when the Colossal Titan exploded had not dispersed yet. However…

… MAIYA WAS IN POSITION AS SHE AIMED HER SNIPER RIFLE AT THE BEAST WITHIN THE SMOKE!

"What the hell does that bitch think she can do?" Lambda spoke with a disgusted look on her face as Saber's Master had not given up just yet!

"Hah… hah… hah…" Maiya breathed in and out as she maintained her calm and composed attitude as she stared out of the scope of her sniper's rifle! She tried to see what was within the smoke to no avail! Even with her eyes that were sharper than most humans, she couldn't see exactly where the beast's nape was!

'Does that woman actually think she can snipe my nape from over a mile away? I doubt even Mikasa could pull such an absurd feat.' Eren thought internally as he saw Maiya from over one thousand meters away! But then…

'Pull it up a bit.' A voice in Maiya's head spoke to her as she did just that. Maiya Hisau was a woman who listened to others without thinking of the consequences. Even if Kiritsugu were still alive and told her to jump off a bridge, she would do it without a second thought. Orders have always taken priority over her wellbeing. That was just who Maiya was. However…

… Who was this person speaking to her right now?

"That's right. Now a bit to the right." Manaka spoke from within the tearoom as she could see the whole thing from the crystal ball at the center of the table! Telepathic communication was one of the powers of a witch after all! Lambda noticed what Manaka was trying to do and was enraged!

"LIKE I'D LET YOU BEAT ME!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she tried materializing magic, but it didn't work…

… BECAUSE SHE USED UP ALL HER MANA AGAINST AISA HIMEGAMI!

"AH! FUCK!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she remembered this fact! But then…

"FINE! I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF! GO TO HELL YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she leaped toward Manaka! But before she could-

'BAM!' A loud noise pierced lambda's ears as she unconsciously looked toward the source of the noise and saw that-

"TAKE THIS!" Bern shouted as she freed herself from her chains and pointed at Lambda! And then…

'CLANG!' BERN MATERIALIZED A CHAIN WENT THROUGH LAMBDA'S OTHER ARM!

"RIKA FURUDE! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS GETTING IN MY WAY?!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she couldn't move due to having both of her arms wrapped in chains!

"BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO STOP YOU! AND THAT PERSON IS GOING TO BE ME! LIKE HELL, I'LL EVER LET YOU DESTROY ANOTHER CITY EVER AGAIN YOU WITCH!" Bern shouted at the top of her lungs as her face became one that matched Manaka's expression as the girls both had faces of resolve!

'Now a bit more to the right.' Manaka spoke in Maiya's head as the latter did just that. Maiya was inching closer and closer to Eren's nape. And Eren noticed this.

'Huh? What the hell is going on? C-Can she actually see me from within the smoke?! That girl… she really is just like Mikasa!' Eren thought internally with a grimace on his face as he stared at Maiya as if Mikasa was right beside her!

"You're almost there. Just a bit more to the left." Manaka spoke with a serious expression on her face.

'CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!' Lambda desperately tried to free herself from the chains around her arms to no avail whatsoever! Lambda knew at this rate, that Maiya was going to fire a shot that could kill Eren! She had to do something, anything to stop that future from being written!

"Manaka! Please don't do this! Whatever you want… I could give that to you! Just name it! With Certainty whatever you wish could become reality! Just stop telling that woman where Eren's nape is!" Lambda yelled out with a sadistic smile, but Manaka didn't budge.

"You can't possibly give me what I want. Even if I caved in and accepted your proposal…" Manaka spoke but paused for a few seconds until-

"THE PERSON I'M TRYING TO SAVE WOULD NEVER FORGIVE ME FOR LETTING ANOTHER WORLD GET DESTROYED! NO! I REFUSE TO JUST LET OTHERS SOLVE MY PROBLEMS ANYMORE! IT'S TIME I FIGHT BACK!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs as she pointed at Lambda! This enraged Lambda.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH! MANAKA SAJYOU! YOU FUCKING BITCH! I'LL GIVE YOU A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!" Lambda snapped back at the top of her lungs with a truly hideous look on her face.

'Finally… just a bit down." Manaka spoke with a look of resolve as she looked at the crystal ball as Maiya did just that.

'Perfect. Now. SHOOT!' Manaka shouted from within Maiya's head as the latter-

'BANG!' MAIYA PULLED THE TRIGGER AS THE BULLET WAS RELEASED FROM ITS MAGAZINE!

'WHOOOSH!' The bullets soared throughout the night sky at a speed that was faster than almost two thousand miles per hour! The bullet would hit Eren in less than a second if he didn't move out of the way!

'Like I'd let you kill me.' Eren thought internally as he attempted to move away. But then…

'AH!' Eren gasped internally as his legs wouldn't budge! Eren looked below him and saw that there was a Pure Titan by where his foot was. But not only that-

THERE WERE BUGS CRAWLING ALL OVER HIS LEGS! BUT THESE WEREN'T JUST ANY BUGS! THESE WERE CREST WORMS! EREN EVEN NOTICED KARIYA'S SKELETON FROM WITHIN THE PURE TITAN ON HIS LEG! EVEN THOUGH KARIYA HAD LONG SINCE PERISHED…

… HIS HATRED HAS BEEN INHERITED BY THE CREST WORMS THAT WERE DEVOURING EREN'S FEET!

'KARIYA MATOU! EVEN IN DEATH, YOU TRY TO TEAR ME DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL!' Eren thought internally with a scowl full of hatred on his face. However, there was one last trump card up Eren's sleeve! The hardening ability! This ability is possessed by him even though he's using the form of the Colossal Titan currently!

'BAM!' Eren hardened the flesh near his nape throat with his mind as he was in complete control of the Founding Titan!

'Checkmate… Maiya Hisau.' Eren thought internally with a smile on his face.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed hysterically as she watched this!

"YOU FORGOT! EREN IS THE FOUNDING TITAN AFTER ALL! OF COURSE, HE'D BE ABLE TO BLOCK AN ATTACK BY A PUNY BULLET! YOUR EFFORTS WERE USELESS! USELESS IN THE FACE OF CERTAINTY! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she laughed hysterically.

'Oh no!' Bern and Manaka thought internally in unison as they forgot! They just assumed that Eren wouldn't have even though he is the Founding Titan not only did he have control over all Titans, but he also had all of their powers as well!

'If Maiya misses this shot, then it's game over! She already used four of her bullets and a sniper rifle only carries five! I must do something!' Bern thought internally with a panicked expression on her face. But Lambda could tell everything that Bern was thinking as if she could read the words off her face!

"DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT BACK TO EARTH IN TIME! THERE'S LESS THAN A SECOND LEFT! BY THE TIME YOU RETURN THE BULLET WILL HAVE HIT EREN AND THEN HE WILL UNLEASH ANOTHER EXPLOSION THAT WILL KILL MAIYA! YOU'VE FAILED WITCH OF FAILURE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted and laughed at the top of her lungs as she pointed at Bern with a sadistic smile on her face.

Lambda was certain that Maiya would fail. A Servant being defeated by a human is impossible! That is what Lambda believed wholeheartedly! That humans were nothing more than trash when compared to Servants and ESPECIALLY Witches! She completely underestimated the human spirit to prevail, and Manaka noticed this!

"YOU'RE WRONG! SHE'LL WIN! MAIYA WILL KILL EREN AND ALL OF YOUR PLANS WILL GO UP AND SMOKE!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs as she pointed at Lambda as the latter clicked her tongue.

"ARE YOU INSANE?! DO YOU REALLY THINK A LITTLE PIECE OF METAL CAN PIERCE EREN'S SKIN?! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! THIS GAME HAS BEEN OVER SINCE SABER DIED! YOU AND RIKA FURUDE ARE JUST IN DENIAL!" Lambda snapped back at the top of her lungs. She was growing agitated. Lambda noticed this.

'W-What's wrong with me?! I've got this game in the bag! What can these insignificant pests hope to achieve against the Witch of Certainty?!' Lambda thought internally with a grimace on her face. But she was distracted by what was about to happen next!

'WHOOOSH!' The bullet raced throughout the night sky until it-

'BAM!' Reached Eren's throat! It collided with the throat of Eren's Colossal Titan form and stopped in place!

"AH!" Maiya gasped loudly as she noticed that the smoke finally dispersed. The one bullet that could have saved humanity had stopped before hitting its target. Berserker had won. There was no hope left. And everyone was going to die as the Fate of Eren's world was about to be repeated here…

… Or at least that would have happened if something didn't happen earlier!

'BAAAAAAM!' Suddenly Eren's throat caught on fire! Red hot flames burned the throat of the Colossal Titan completely and made a hole through it!

'What the- Eren thought internally as his eyes went wide as he saw the bullet appear a few meters away from him!

"WHAT THE FUCK! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! THERE'S NO WAY THE BULLET COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs.

"YOU'RE WRONG! YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ONE THING! TAKE THAT!" Manaka and Bern shouted in unison as-

'May I see that rifle in your hands?' The words of the person who has long since abandoned humanity's last hope appeared in front of Lambda and she recognized who spoke them instantly!

"NO WAY! IT CAN'T BE!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she was now in denial! But it was no use! Lambdadelta was the self-proclaimed Great Witch of Certainty! So even she couldn't deny what was about to happen next!

"AH!" Maiya gasped loudly as she noticed the bullet on fire pierce through the skin of the Colossal Titan and remembered-

'Make sure you save one bullet.' The words of Tokiomi Tohsaka! Even though he abandoned his comrades to save his daughter, Sakura, he gave Maiya a trump card just in case things were looking bleak…

… TOKIOMI USED HIS OWN MAGIC TO GIVE THE BULLET HIS FLAMES!

'WHOOOSH!' THE FLAMING BULLET SOARED THROUGHOUT THE THROAT OF THE COLOSSAL TITAN AS EREN'S LIFE FLASHED BEFORE HIS EYES! AND THE LAST MEMORY OF ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS!

'Eren… even if you kill me… one day you will be punished for destroying the world. When that day comes… remember these words… you're going to die for this.' The last words of Mikasa went through his mind as there was nothing that Eren could do as-

'BAM!' THE BULLET PIERCED HIS FOREHEAD! THE FLAMING BULLET BURNT HIS BRAIN ALONG WITH ALL OF HIS MEMORIES AND THE REST OF HIS HEAD TO ASHES IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!

'WHOOOSH!' And with that the Colossal Titan turned into dust and vanished into the wind as the sun rose behind it. The Witches in the tearoom saw everything.

"… Checkmate!" Bern and Manaka spoke in unison as they pointed at Lambda with smiles on their faces.

"No, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs.

'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' Lambda slammed her head into her table over and over again until it-

'CRACK!' Cracked to pieces and-

'Splash!' The teacup full of hot tea went right in her face!

"AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" Lambda screamed in agony as the skin on her face peeled off of her revealing her flesh!

"You… you… you…" Lambda repeated those words over and over until-

"FOOLS! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as she laughed hysterically.

"Ah!" Bern and Manaka gasped loudly out of shock. This girl just suffered third-degree burns and is laughing?! What the hell is going on?! The Witches couldn't answer that question as the answer was given to them.

"You really didn't realize what I was REALLY trying to pull… didn't you?" Lambda asked with a sadistic smile on her scarred face that was horrifying to look at.

"What are you talking about?! This game is over! You've lost!" Bern snapped back with a shout.

"That's right… I lost this game. Specifically, the 'Fourth Holy Grail War.' BUT! There was another part to this game that you did not realize! Think back to why I chose to have other heroes from parallel Earths summoned into this Grail War?" Lambda asked.

"…" Both Bern and Manaka did not have a clue why she chose Servants who were heroes on other Earths but not THIS Earth. But they would soon learn why.

"It was all to break down the barriers between Earths. This was my Master's plan. She was hoping to break down these barriers so she could achieve her wish…" Lambda spoke but paused for a few seconds until-

"… A Crisis." Lambda finished with a smile on her face.

"A 'Crisis?!' What on Earth do you mean by that?!" Manaka snapped back with a shout. But it was no use… Lambda was already disappearing.

"You'll soon find out… oh. But there's one more thing you two didn't account for. Oh, Rika Furude, you found the answer and you STILL had no clue what I was trying to pull! My true plan to complete my revenge!" Lambda shouted as she was rapidly disintegrating.

"I may be dying due to my bet with my Master that I would prevail no matter what… but… even in death… I know he'll suffer… and now… you're going to have to kill him for your own failures…" Lambda continued as she was about to die any second now but paused for a few seconds until-

"See you in hell… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted and laughed at the top of her lungs with a horrifying smile on her face as she vanished without a trace. Lambdadelta had died but this story…

… Was not over yet.

"Oh… no." Bern spoke with a face full of worry as she looked at the crystal ball and saw the man, she least expected to see.

"W-W-What is he doing there?!" Manaka shouted with a dumbfounded look on her face. And then…

"… What on Earth happened here?" Kiritsugu spoke as he stood up from a pile of black mud and saw Fuyuki City in flames.

Episode 23: The Night the Devil Is Shot Down