Shoot, Nasu really cooked for Ordeal Call 3. Farewell Hakuno Kishinami, Master of the Moon, my protagonist that introduced me to the Fate franchise. Dead now, but forever a Hero in the Throne. I wish NA would speed it up a little faster now…
I plan to make a one-shot New Year's fic of F/GO and Honkai Star Rail set after Ordeal Call 3. Look forward to it and enjoy this Christmas present dear viewers.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed is the saying, and that was what Queen Morgan believed in. Especially after she inherited the memories of her future self a few years ahead in this Lostworld and the appearance of the Spider. It waking up was alarming and far more terrifying than Cernunnos back in the British Lostbelt when the dead god's corpse was stuffed with countless curses while in dormancy. Whatever caused the Spider to wake and rampage here made it all the more horrifying with the fact that even she herself could not do lasting damage to it. But it gave her some insights that could make the future not come to pass. It seems that Hakuno's habit of attracting trouble is once again acting up. It was a smart idea to have Baobhan Sith accompany her newfound sibling and niece for this endeavor. But more could be changed in the next few days.
Especially Hakuno's strength. The injuries she had gained after her fight with that mad god made it stall her growth to properly recover from in the future and that time wasted even after beating Chaldea in the future couldn't stop this world's demise. It was Morgan's turn to change fate yet again by using her newfound knowledge to clear up a few loose ends her daughter was going to let the Loki Familia handle that would become a problem later on. While her daughter may let it go unless it involved her, Morgan preferred to crush it before it became a genuine nuance to her goals.
This time, she was going to Orario while the high ranking familia raged war on the Holy Empire of Gomorrah. Hopefully Lilith and Adam don't provoke both of her daughters too much before getting the beatdown of the next millennium. "Prepare my carriage and a message to Ouranos. It is of dire importance that I speak with him." Her Majesty commanded with authority and charisma she naturally held.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
As the days passed, Morgan held a private conversation with the ancient sky god of future events as even the politics in Tenkai were growing from the situation as permission to use Arcanum was being approved of when the situation gets worse. Evacuation of Orario had begun and a certain wine god and his elf went missing courtesy of Morgan. No, she did not kill them, but Dionysus was to suffer the fate of Morgan's own experimentation that Hakuno is still doing on Apollo. Let it be known that like mother like daughter, do not cross the two at all or suffer as these two gods did. But let's be honest, they do deserve it.
For the elf, let's just say Morgan is fixing the mess those Demi-Spirits made of her and make sure the elf girl makes a proper recovery. To see the young elf suffering from perverse and half-baked spirit magic made the Winter Queen's blood boil. This was torture by sight alone and Morgan wanted this disgusting error from that drunkard god's work be cleansed from her sight.
So, she did exactly that and now the elf in question is currently restrained in a certain area of Morgan's choosing to ensure a proper recovery. Even the elf herself could not risk fighting highly trained spirits that were observing her every move.
Then the promised day arrived, the heavens were set ablaze as lights clashed and the sky bled gold. Falling stars descended as they fell onto Orario, destroying parts of the evacuated city as Deus, Leader of the Wicked Gods rose from the rubble in His possessed body. No lasting damage, it was gone in a split second and Morgan knew that this god was already having an absurd healing factor thanks to the energy sources within His Saint Graph. If they were damaged in some way, Hakuno might have a shot at beating Deus.
"Kishinami, why resist the inevitable? Become My Cypher and follow My path. Those that follow Me are allowed a Paradise unto themselves. Let go of this ceaseless struggle and submit to My teachings." Deus reasoned, but the fury behind His eyes was evident enough He's reaching a breaking point.
"You think I'm a fool, Deus?" Hakuno demanded, her eyes aglow from behind the dust cloud. "You want control over everything; how we think, how we feel. Making choices we don't want without our consent is that of a tyrant with no love of His creations." She dismissed her lance and drew upon her katana and aimed it at Deus. "I'll cut a path of my own. Your ambitions made me what I am today!"
It was true. In Cypher society, Deus corrupted Cypher Naruto. Turning him into the Dark Messiah that wreaked havoc across the Multiverse and would one day mentor Hakuno as she awoke to her powers as a Cypher. It was an indirect one, but nonetheless Hakuno would be the one to end what the parody of the Abrahamic God had begun long ago
"You think you can slay God?" Deus demanded with narrowed eyes. Sounding almost baffled by the girl's audacity.
"A Cypher who can become a goddess of death can." Hakuno stated, walking towards the clearing with Nero, Gilgamesh, Helel and Jeanne Alter who recovered her strength in time by her side. "You've made me strong enough!"
Deus smiled; a realization His indirect actions have created this miracle before Him. He would make her His. To be dressed and adored by His benevolence and love for the utopia He sought to make. "Yes, you shall be my Cypher and divine daughter, Kishinami. Let this be the final trial for you." He held his arms apart, the damaged city of Orario beginning to change shape and form into that of a temple arena made of beautiful white stone. "Show me what you've learned, ascend from Awakened Cypher to the rank of Risen Cypher!" He declared as both hands began to glow. The energies of the Dungeon seeped from below and danced in His hands.
"Despised and insufferable Famine, from the follies of man come to me." Deus beckoned, a scale in the shape of a black horse balancing red and blue flames in His right hand. "Dreaded and inevitable Death, from the beginning of Life itself comes to me!" Another horse, pale in color and shaped into a scythe appeared in His right. "Daughter to be, bathe in My divine light. Be sung with My praise as I discipline you to the righteous path." Deus's form began to change, into a more marble statue-like existence that was used to beautify the divine as twelve golden wings sprout from His back and a fiery halo overhead. Hakuno and her Servants braced themselves for the next round. "Divine Love Eternal!" Deus declared, setting the stage of the next fight.
"If I kill a god of light and order, I'll become the goddess of death and chaos…" Hakuno muttered to herself while Deus sat on an unseen throne.
"Time awaits all, prove your worth as a goddess." Deus declared, slamming the butt of the scythe and a timer appeared over Hakuno's head. Fifteen minutes and the seconds were already counting down.
"Time to get serious." Gilgamesh stated while snapping his fingers. A buff to offensive power was given to the team as they felt that Charisma flowed from the Golden King himself.
"Umu, the greatest performance is underway!" Nero agreed, unleashing her power as defensive strength improved for everyone.
"You will feel my wrath, God!" Jeanne Alter stated, empowering herself with seething hatred at Deus's stature.
"Father, we will defeat you here and now!" Helel announced, casting a mana gathering spell for his allies and himself.
"Let's get some reinforcements underway!" Hakuno said, activating both the Moon Regalia and her Throne World's portals for her tactical attacks.
"Power comes at a cost. Can you pay for such heresies?" Deus questioned, causing the Scales of Famine to tilt with the red flame scale to sink in as the field was surrounded by the flames and the atmosphere around them became heavy and oppressive.
[Warning! Costs of spells and Noble Phantasms are doubled!]
The Moon Regalia warned the Sovereign as Hakuno realized now she had to pull an Archer and be tactical with her attacks against Deus. "Careful with magical energy, conserve until we tip the scales!" Hakuno mentally commanded her Servants. Gilgamesh fired a treasure from his vault towards the Scales of Famine, only for a powerful bounded field to deflect it. Figured as much, it's never easy when fighting gods and their absurd powers.
"Nero, attack! Helel, Skill!" Hakuno commanded. Helel knew his Master's intent and casted a protection barrier on Nero who dashed forward like a crimson shooting star and her blade met Deus's scythe. "Gil, break him!" Next thing Deus knew, Gilgamesh and his strange drill-like weapon struck His chest, bypassing the clash He had with Nero as cursed spears appeared overhead.
"Forget about me, bastard?" Jeanne Alter grinned and gestured with her sword to impale Him. She didn't care for the cost of energy, her hatred alone fueled her existence as an Avenger Class Servant.
"Avenger, guard!"
Jeanne Alter immediately swung her banner in a spinning motion, deflecting incoming projectiles Deus fired her way in response to the attack. He looked at her with scorn and she relished in it before turning to the Master with a small nod of approval for the heads up.
"Code Cast: Regen!" Hakuno commanded, aiding Jeanne Alter a bit more as she knew the Avenger's Saint Graph countered Deus's Ruler based reading.
"You think I'm a fool?" Deus demanded with a flicker of a snarl before swinging His scythe, producing a cutting shockwave aiming towards Hakuno. A giant armored arm appeared from a portal, protecting the Master of the Moon.
"No harming her!" came the voice of Kingprotea as she came through the portal of Hakuno's Throne World, armored in a special Mystic Code no doubt BB's work. The Alter Ego towering over Deus's sitting form with a clenched fist ready to deck God from Monday to Sunday. With a speed that shouldn't be possible for a being of her size, she smashed Deus into a crater while Hakuno idly noted that the armor Protea was wearing was kind of cute. It was elegant and had fancy lace attachments to it, making Hakuno remember her cute little kohai Sakura if she were cosplaying. She wondered how the nurse AI was doing in her absence.
"Insolent giant!"
Cue an angry god as Hakuno dashed forward, her mind calmed and the blade poised to strike. Her will was channeled into a heated edge of her sword as power of both wielder and weapon became one. Super-heated plasma coated the blade and in one decisive slash, left a cut on Deus's pristine form when He was trying to get up from Protea's attack. The intense heat melting the divine flesh and false stone. "Avenger!" the Master shouted as a massive buildup of magical energy was visible.
Jeanne Alter's Noble Phantasm was activated and already the cost was making her partially fading away, but she grinned. She took joy in inflicting righteous anger against the false god that defiled what she and her origin followed. "False god, this grudge of countless kalpas descends upon you! Every soul, every world defiled by your hand shall taste justice!" The Noble Phantasm was unleashed, cursed flames of vengeance soaring through the air with precise hostility and intent. It coursed into the open wound Hakuno made and the body exploded. The countdown ended at five minutes and thirty-seven seconds left to spare.
Then, from the smoke, something slithered from it.
"Hehehe…This is just the beginning, now the true battle begins!" Deus laughed, His new form baffling his opponents.
"...So, this is the true face of God?" Hakuno muttered as Kingprotea wasn't hesitating in delivering a diving kick as the world shook. Darkness swallowed the field and Hakuno instantly recognized it anywhere. The pit of curses rising from the Dungeon, as the Angel of the Abyss wakes from its blackest dreams with the sick joy of being.
The countdown of the world's end had begun.