As his allies prepared for the attack on Panacea, Aleister meditated in his room. It was a strange experience, he found it surprisingly easy to enter his Inner World and...
It was very much not what he expected, as he felt slight rain hit his face.
Staring at the dragons in the sky, he wondered if they were apart of his Inner World naturally or some strange side effect of Gaia's influence on his soul. He had expected his Zanpakuto Spirit to appear and yet... The only sound was that of the rain and waves.
"I thought an Inner World was a reflection of the owner, and yet this doesn't match me at all... How strange". Aleister mused as he began to walk forward, he had little time to spare before trying to deal with Panacea and-
BEGONE!
A crushing pressure surrounded the master, who fell to one knee with a grunt, what was-!?
YOU ARE NOT READY TO BEHOLD THE TRUTH OF SELF! BEGONE!
Aleister gasped, sweat dripping from his face as he returned to reality. Breathing heavily, he wiped his forehead wincing at the sweat.
"It would appear my Zanpakuto isn't willing to talk then". He thought aloud as he stood up, he'd have to try again later.
Parameter increased.
Reiryoku - 24%
Okita carefully stepped through the hallway, avoiding any greenery or patches of flesh, they had no idea how connected Panacea was to her creations. The Assassin checked her hand, a purple marking spreading all the way up to her elbow, letting Medea see through her eyes as the Caster and Chrysalismon floated above the hospital.
She avoided what seemed to be a fleshy hell-hound (Trying not to vomit at the fact one of the heads was clearly that of a human), it wasn't the first Bio-Tinkered monstrosity she'd seen, but that didn't make the sight of it any easier.
After a couple minutes she found her target, Panacea was working on some sort of massive golem, the Assassin moved to step forward but froze when she noticed a pale pink covering across the floor, veins across it. Gross... And dangerous. If she stepped on it, Okita was sure it would announce her presence to Panacea. Berserker or not, a knockout strike should work.
She'd only have one shot... Summoning her katana, the Assassin moved-
Panacea's eyes widened as she turned around, but she was to slow as a non lethal slash to her stomach spread, flailing about the Demi-Berserker threw a clumsy punch, but the strike of the blunt side of Okita's blade sent her down.
Okita let out a sigh of relief, but froze once she heard various howls and roars, the Bio-Kinetic must've put some form of sentience into her creations or at least orders to defend her if attacked. But thankfully...
Grabbing onto the medic, she smiled as she felt the effects of the pre-prepared Flash Air flash her away.
Aleister carefully held the golden crystal that now contained a copy of Berserker's abilities, glancing to the still unconscious Panacea he felt a grin cross his lips. Seven Demi-Servants defeated, and now all he needed to do was have Medea transfer the Heroic Spirit to the Grail.
"Its been so long now, but finally success... The real question now is what to wish for". He speak to his allies, all of them ready and eager to see the ritual finally complete.
"A True Magic would be powerful, but you can do near anything with a Holy Grail. So choose carefully, master". Medea warned and he took her seriously, a Holy Grail could give him near anything...
So what would he choose?
Items acquired.
- Demi-Servant Crystal (Berserker Nightingale). A golden Photonic Crystal, which if attached to someones heart would give them the powers of a Demi-Servant of Berserker Florence Nightingale.
- Demi-Servant Crystal (Saber Sigurd). A golden Photonic Crystal, which if attached to someones heart would give them the powers of a Demi-Servant of Saber Sigurd.
Decided to be nice and have the copy of Nightingale's powers made automatically, and I'll explain the Holy Grail Situation at the end of the chapter. I will be counting the Demi Holy Grail War mission as complete though.
Aleister wondered if perhaps he shouldn't have given Medea those gang members she'd wanted...
"Would you like some food, master?". A silver haired beauty offered, she also had wolf ears on top of her head.
"No thank you...". He quickly walked over to Medea, who was clearly enjoying being pampered by two wolf-like maids. "So this is what you wanted? Dog girl maids?".
"Oh thats just the enjoyable side! Girls, show him!". Medea smirked as she snapped her fingers, each of the maids going through a quick transformation into far more beast-like forms. "I made six werewolf maids! Or at least close enough to count. We're living in a mansion and we lacked maids, the extra defense is good as well, no?".
"I... Suppose, but weren't three of the prisoners I gave you male...?".
"The wonders of magecraft~".
I can assure you the werewolf maids are not just eye candy, their certainly not Servant level, but they are dangerous enough to hold off attackers until Aleister or an actual fighter can interfere.
Aleister smiled as he walked into the Workshop, Medea was currently working on the poison he had requested, but he'd need a moment of time.
"So hows the poison going?". He asked, mainly to grab her attention to him.
"Slow, I'm putting in as many measures as I can to ensure... Death... Why are you holding a giant egg?". The Caster's expression was utterly confused, even more so when the Digi-Egg was presented to her.
"Its for you, I figured if theres anyone else I could trust with a Digimon, it'd have to be my lover". He watched as she gently took the egg, a pink tint to her cheeks.
"I-i see, well I suppose I can accept this gift. But will it even form a bond with me? I'm not exactly the most open person and I'm currently a Servant, will it work?". While flustered with the gift, Medea's mind quickly began to work.
"Considering my 'Teaching' ability has let me teach Okita Haki (Even if we've not managed to get anything there), I'm fairly certain making you a Digidestined is fully within its power. We can try it now". Aleister offered, the witch nodding as she held out her hand.
Taking it in his own, the master focused and in a flash of light, a lilac colored D3 appeared in Medea's hands. Stumbling backwards from a wave of exhaustion, Aleister couldn't hide his grin.
"Told ya".
Medea was to distracted focusing on her newly formed connection with her Digi-Egg to sass back, her eyes wide in awe.
Item acquired.
- Fact acting Poison. A lethal poison that acts quickly, only showing side effects a minute before the victims death.
Medea got her own Digimon! Well, Digi-Egg. It just needs time to grow now.
Aleister pushed down his guilt as he finished hypnotizing his family, it was for their own safety. But after this was over, he'd need to look into getting protection for them at all times, perhaps giving his sisters Digimon? Or something else, FB had mentioned an interest in Frontier's Legendary Warriors... Thoughts for later.
His family would think they were just staying at the mansion for safety, as it was far away from the fighting, they'd ignore anything strange and unnatural or just treat it like normal (It did have an amusing side effect of them thinking the werewolf maids were just Okita's kink, promising not to judge the flustered Assassin for it). But he could only keep them here for so long without resorting to more drastic methods of mind control.
He planned to have a Demi-Servant constantly with his family, if his mother and father insisted on working at the bakery he'd send Kurumi or Iris with them, have Okita watch over his sisters while they were at school. He would not put his family at risk.
"Just two more, the ABB and PRT... Once I've gotten rid of them, I'll be the strongest force in the Bay, I can write the rules...". Aleister calmed himself with some deep breaths, just a bit longer now.
Aleister checked one final time the defenses and traps were ready, they were summoning an Avenger after all, it was better to be safe then sorry.
His family were currently out of the house, guarded by Iris and Kurumi, while the rest of his group were hidden around the room with only Okita and Medea directly by his side.
"Are we sure this is a good idea? Avengers are rarely a stable lot". Medea warned, but he just nodded.
"Their also powerful, we've prepared every defense we could. We're ready". Aleister stepped forward, holding out his hand and beginning the summoning ritual.
A sense of hatred, bloodlust filled the air as golden light formed into the body of his latest Servant. Huge was the first thought that came to mind, the second was a mix of attraction and fear, he had expected her as one of the summons but...
None of that could prepare him mentally for seeing the Gorgon face to face, an intrigued look on her face.
"Curious, this summoning is strange. Your scent... I almost believed you human at first, but a scent of death and rot clings to you...". The Avenger leaned forward, fangs exposed in her mouth. "What exactly is going on here, creature?".
Sooo, regarding the Holy Grail? I decided to push making a wish on it until next chapter, so this chapter people can suggest wishes.. And because there's already a lot of stuff to vote on here.
We also got snek, yay! Whether she turns on us really depends how you treat her.
