Ritsuka Fujimaru felt hopeless. It was something foreign that he wasn't always used to feeling. No matter how many singularities he had faced, he could always get back. He always had people by his side he could count on. Mash, Romani, Da Vinci, and all the other servants he had summoned were the closest things to family and friends he had left after the Human Order Incineration Incident destroyed humanity outside of chaldea. He would often pretend that it didn't get to him, the fact that his parents and older sisters were dead. He needed to be strong in order to save humanity therefore he had no time to mourn. He believed that if he had finished all the singularities then he would be able to restore the outside world, he had to. It was his only hope in saving his family and the world.

But nothing could have prepared him for what happened 2 months ago. Chaldea was so preoccupied with the singularities as the main threat to humanity that they never considered that an external threat would appear and affect them. Chaldea being the only part of Earth that wasn't destroyed instilled a sense of overconfidence among its members. They genuinely believed that their base could not be harmed by the singularity or any other threat.

August 18th 2016

"Senpai ! Romani is going to call us for another mission in 10 minutes !" Mash said as she ran towards me.

"Well I guess we should start heading there but I really want to try the new cupcakes in the cafeteria. Emiya's making them !" I replied hastily.

"Senpai…" she murmured hesitantly.

"Come on ! You like his cooking too as well !"

"Alright master, but we must head back immediately after eating the cupcakes !"

We walked with excitement towards the cafeteria. We were brimming with anticipation to taste Emiya's cupcakes.

We arrived at the cafeteria to see Emiya already handing out cupcakes to fellow workers in Chaldea.

"Hey Emiya, how have you been ?" I asked him.

"Nice to see you again master. I have been doing fine. I am guessing you're here for the cupcakes I made ?"

"You bet we do !"

"Alright alright, here you go." He placed the tray with cupcakes on the table.

"Hmm! This is so good, Emiya ! I wish I could cook like you !" I chewed down on the cupcake as I allowed the euphoric sweetness to sweep through my tongue.

"I agree Senpai, if it wasn't for the singularities I would be eating his food for every meal instead of eating the packed lunches whenever we go on a mission."

"I would be willing to have some food pre—" Emiya was cut short as a scream echoed in the hallways outside the cafeteria.

I flinched at the scream as Mash activated her servant form and pulled out her shield.

Many of the staff hesitated and made their way towards the source of screaming, followed by Emiya as well. We followed quickly soon after.

The guards who were on their break, quickly pulled out their rifles and charged through the hallway while being followed by mage staff. They ran quickly ahead through the hallway out of our sight.

I ran after them along with Mash who was brandishing her ridiculously huge shield. I mean seriously how did she run so quickly— a gun shoot sounded throughout the hallway, followed by numerous more.

The sounds of bullets ricocheting off walls echoes throughout the hallway.

The sound of guns firing continued as we made our way cautiously towards the source of the noise.

We stopped suddenly once the sounds of gun firing ceased to continue.

I could hear tiny footsteps that sounded like they were running. Eventually I saw one of the guards from earlier limping hurriedly towards me.

"Are you okay ?!" I rushed to him determined to ask what had happened.

"Get Back Senpai !" I heard Mash scream.

As I got close to him I was suddenly dragged and thrown back to my previous position. I looked and saw that Mash had thrown me and was now being attacked by a grotesque slimy creature.

She struggled as the monster pushed against her shield with its pseudopod-like appendages. The guard who had previously been running towards me was now on the ground with a huge hole in his back. A tendril was attached to that hole and was slowly dragging the corpse to the edge of the hallway.

As the corpse reached the edge of the hallway, I saw another one of those abominations pop out and consume the corpse of the guard.

"Master please !You need to get to safety !" She was slowly losing her grip on her shield as the monster's appendages engulfed the shield.

One of the staff was urgently firing gandr shots on the monster but it was clearly having zero effect on the creature.

Just as the monsters reached its tendril out to grab the staff member, the tendrils fell apart on the floor. The same happened with Mash as the flesh monster was no longer holding on to her shield and its tendrils were lying broken on the floor.

"Master, you really need to assess the enemies abilities before jumping like a hero all the time" the words uttered by the voice behind me brought me delight.

"Nice Emiya ! Right on time !" I thanked him profusely for the save.

"Master, do you have any idea what these creatures are ? I have never seen something like them in all my life as a servant."

"Beats me, I have never seen anything like them before. At first I thought they were familiars, but they move too randomly."

" Senpai is right ! They are not familiars, I can't sense any mana coming from them !" Mash added.

"They lack mana but they can sure as hell handle magecraft without damage" the saved staff member added.

"Well these monsters have never experienced a servant's magecraft, especially mine." Archer replied.

One of the monsters lashed out at Emiya but he dodged the tendrils and sliced it off. He continued slicing its body into multiple pieces and did the same with the other monster with lightning speed.

However, he noticed something after slicing them. The monster's sliced up body parts merged together like glue.

"Looks like Kanshou and Bakuya are useless against these things." Archer grimaced as failed to do any damage to the monster.

"Get back master ! I am going to try something real quick."

"You got it !"

I dragged mash and the other staff member behind emiya as he got ready.

"Trace on"

A sword materialized in his hand. It slowly turned into an arrow-like shape as he placed it in his bow.

"I am the bone of my sword."

"It was brimming with power enough to kill numerous mages regardless of their reinforcement magecraft or their healing abilities. He made sure to lower the power enough that it doesn't blow up the entire hallway, but just enough to wipe out his enemies.

"Caladbolg !"

Explosions rattled the ground as he stood watching the effects of his destruction.

"That was a nice shot Emiya !"

"No it wasn't."

"Huh what do you mean ?"

"Take a look."

As the smoke cleared, the melted face of the monster appeared. It was reforming itself and absorbing its broken parts and regenerating.

"No way ! I have only seen servants tank an attack like that from you ! This thing isn't even a magical creature !"

"Master, we need to retreat and establish direct contact with Romani and the mage divisions."

"Yes I will do it right now !"

"Mr Romani, are you hearing me right now?!" I fiddled with my earpiece as I yelled into it.

"Fujimaru, what's going on ? We heard an explosion in the upper floors of Chaldea."

"I don't know what's going on ! We were just in the cafeteria and then we heard a scream coming from the hallways. We went to investigate and we found two flesh monsters that killed a bunch of staff !

"Wait wh-"

We tried to hold them back but they were surprisingly tough ! They kept regenerating whenever Emiya sliced them. They even took a hit from one of his noble phantasms and regenerated. They are not phantasmals, they have not an ounce of magic present in them"

"That can't be possible. How did they-"

"Senpai is telling the truth, I can't even sense any mana from them. I would have been killed if it wasn't for Emiya!"

"Okay, if you can't kill it then try to lure it and trap it somewhere until we figure out a way to get rid of it."

"I will be the bait then."

"Ritsuka no ! You are humanity's last master and you can't risk your life like this against an unknown enemy."

"I won't put Mash or any of the other servant's lives at risk."

"They are servants Ritsuka ! They're already dead !"

"No ! There is something not right about these creatures ! Whatever it is I can't let them come in contact with servants, especially if they can tank a noble phantasm."

"Just trust me ! I got this !"

Sighs "Fine ! but you better make it back in one piece."