Chapter 65: The War begins.
In Fuyuki city, the moon was shining brightly as it made this night brighter.
However, the silence and the strangeness of this night didn't get less as the magical energy in the air became duller and slower.
Magi and servants around felt the magical energy as they finally took this change seriously.
The magic energy in the air is the vitality of the planet itself, getting dull may sound normal, but not to the degree it started to slow down.
This can only mean that the planet is dying, but that's also impossible, so this is only the effect of something else.
The Holy Grail? A servant? A disturbance in the magical energy from the ground? The cause of this war to become a 14 servant battle royal?.
A lot of questions were on the magi minds, but they didn't have to wait long before they got the first clue.
Light and darkness, or rather say Stars and shadows. All the servants and magi saw the sky lit up for a moment as a huge magical energy appeared far away in the mountain.
The magical energy was far higher than anything they saw in their lives, even the servants were surprised, however, the shadows around also made them uneasy for a moment.
The shadows acted strangely as magi and servants felt their magical energy slowed down and drained a little.
The effects didn't last for long before everything returned to normal.
This might be a very strange event for magi and servants, but some particular servants understood what happened.
"Hooh?" Cú Chulainn raised his voice as it carried an interesting tone before he said " An authority? I never thought the Holy Grail can summon something like this"
Cú Chulainn knows this ability to change the terrain as they please is the ability of Gods or a very strong divine spirit, but he never thought he'd see one in the Holy Grail War.
"Ah, it's gone…" Looking at the sky returning to normal, Cú Chulainn rotated his spear as he lost interest. He already hates his war with having this kind of master, but at least, he might have a good fight.
"What happened, Lancer?" Kirei asked Cú Chulainn as he was trying to find the reason behind the Holy Grail change.
"Oh, this? A big guy was summoned" Cú Chulainn said before he switched into the spiritual body and left this place.
"Hmm… Big guy?" Kirei nodded as he looked at the starry sky.
Meanwhile, in the forest inside Mount Enzou, a mountain near Fuyuki city. The moonlight was falling on an empty spot in the forest.
There was no one in this place at night, except a young man and a girl were staring at each other from a far distance.
Nothing was strange about this scene except the young man having horns and pointing a cross at a normal girl.
This also wasn't strange if you ignore the fact that the young man may be the most devilish thing on this planet's surface and the girl is a normal human being.
Leo was pointing the cross at the young girl while thinking if he should use his Noble Phatsam now, this is code red and the highest level of danger.
He knows the girl, she's the protagonist of FGO, Ritsuka Fujimaru, or Gudako as a nickname. However, Leo doesn't want to have anything related to her at the slightest.
"Uh, ca-..." Ritsuka wanted to say something as she took a step forward, but Leo raised the cross before he said " Take one step forward and I'll blow up this timeline with no regrets"
"Eh?" Ristuka never heard this kind of threat, but she chose not to risk it as she stopped.
The scene was back to silent as Leo was cursing Root in his head and thinking of how to make a huge damage in the swirl of the root.
"Hey, is this fear really necessary?" Ddraig's voice appeared from Leo's necklace as he was wondering why Leo is so afraid of a human girl.
"Don't let her trick you, Ddraig!!!" Leo said as Ddraig and Ritsuka were taken aback.
"She might look normal and like a cute girl, but she's the embodiment of chaos from head to toe!" Leo said as Ristuka was more confused and Draig felt he should stop before listening to something that'll make him doubt life.
"She's a being that choked Solomon and Beast 1 to death!! She even turned the poor Goetia into a fucking Gundam!! A fucking Gundam!!" Leo was freaking out as his power was leaking, he doesn't want to become a Gundam!!.
"Who's Goetia? And what did I do to him?" Ritsuka never felt more confused than this while Ddraig was facepalming himself in the Longinus space.
"Anyway, calm down, think more logically, and… Put the cross down!!" Ddraig already had enough from this.
"Yeah, I shouldn't act like this…" Leo closed his eyes for a moment as he recovered his calm and looked at Ritsu, however… He didn't put the cross away.
"....." Ddraig stared blankly at the scene before he left and chose to ignore it.
"I'm sorry if I surprise you, but are you, my servant?" Ritsuka took a step forward and asked while Leo took a step back.
"Something like that… " Leo nodded as he looked at Ritsuka and though { Nothing weird, she's just a weak magi with a pitiful amount of mana}
{Maybe I'm just nervous…} Leo shook his head, but then he remembered the choked Solomon as he looked at Ritsuka with wariness { NO!! Never let your guard down, Leo! This must be her plan, what an evil mind }
"So, you're Caster?" Ritsuka used the command seals to see Leo parameters.
{These states are far stronger than…} Ristuka thought as she looked at her other command seals before she clenched her fist.
"No, I'm not Caster... Forget it" Leo tilted his head and said as he used Clairvoyance and saw something interesting.
"Huh?" Ritsuka checked the parameters again, but they only showed Caster class.
"Well, it was interesting, but I'm going now… Later" Leo waved his hand before he walked away.
"What?! Aren't you, my servant?!" Ritsuka saw Leo leaving as she didn't know what to do, this day showed her a lot of new things.
"Not exactly" Leo said as a skill description appeared on Ritsuka's command seals… Independent Manifestation.
"No way…" Ritsuka said as she felt that her last chance to actually change the situation was leaving her.
Some memories and scenes flashed in Ritsuka's eyes as she raised her command seals and pointed at Leo.
Leo saw her actions, but he didn't care as he continued walking away, however, the Chat Screen appeared in front of him.
The screen was 'conveniently' placed in front of Leo's face as he could only see one line from his task.
[ Objective two: Protect the last timeline and its 'last pillar']
Leo saw the last pillar was written in red as he turned his head and looked at Ritsuka. The screen also followed Leo's vision, but it stopped at Ritsuka.
"You gotta be kidding me…" Leo said as he looked at the 'last pillar'(Ritsuka) that supported this timeline in front of him.
"...." Feeling the terrifying aura from Leo, Ritsuka bit her lips as her eyes were firm, but...At last second, she lowered her hand and looked at the ground.
"Hm?" Leo was waiting for the classing forcing servants by the command seals before he saw Ritsuka lower her hand and look at the ground. Her eyes were empty and exhausted as she wanted to give up.
He finally realized why she was dizzy when he almost hurt the timeline, that's because she's the last support of this timeline.
However, he also looked at her actions and saw her eyes as Leo was slightly surprised.
"I didn't think she'd choose this… Especially for someone like her" Leo said as he looked at her for a while, but Ritsuka didn't raise her head or even move.
"*Sigh*..." Leo looked at Ritsuka that was looking at the ground before he face palmed himself while sighing.
"I really hate this world" Leo said before he walked toward Ritsuka.
Ritsuka was clenching her fist with the old command seals as she was biting her lips before she heard a voice in front of her.
"Humans when they're pushed to the edge will do a lot of things to save themselves…" Leo saw Ritsuka raise her head and looked at him before he said " Lying, stealing, or even killing. Anything can happen when you push them too far"
"For someone on the edge like you, why didn't you use those command seals?" Leo tilted his head as he saw the command seals in the shape of three pairs of wings.
As a beast, and as the Evil of Humanity, Leo can know the evil thoughts inside human's minds, this is like instinct. However, he can swear that this girl was going to use command seals, but somehow she stopped.
"....." Ritsuka stared at Leo's eyes as she felt her legs were soft because of fear before her eyes became firm and said " No, I won't do that…"
"At least… Not in this way" Ritsuka said as she subconsciously looked at her old command seals.
"Hmmm… Although those are just a decoration for me, but you pass" Leo nodded before he said " Servant, Caster, is here because the world is forcing him to work"
At this moment, Leo stopped his mana as the glowing lines on his horns became dim and his aura vanished.
"Huh?" Ritsuka stopped shaking as she felt Leo's aura vanished, however, she was surprised by Leo's words.
"... Thank you…" Ritsuka said with a small voice as she started shaking again.
"What with that look?" Leo saw Ritsuka's eyes getting wet before he said" Don't waste it, I'm just forced to work here"
"No, I'm just a weak magi that doesn't even have enough mana to keep a servant summoned" Ritsuka wiped her eyes before she smiled and said " Really, thank you… Thank you"
"....." Leo's eyebrow was twitching as he looked at Ritsuka's smile. He couldn't believe this is the embodiment of chaos.
Despite that, he was wondering what happened to this girl that made her wish death, but he doesn't care because this isn't his problem.
"Ritsuka… Ritsuka Fujimaru" Ritsuka raised her hand as she offered a handshake to Leo.
"..." Leo looked at Ritsuka and her hand before he shook her hand and said " Caster… Actual Real Satan"
"...." Ritsuka didn't want to question the weird name except if this was his name… Then why is he holding a cross against her?.
"By the way, if this Neutral Good alignment of yours became Chaotic Chaotic at some point…" Leo said as his horns started glowing again and his aura increased.
"I'll not hesitate to advent as a beast… Do you hear that, ROOT?!!" In Ritsuka's eyes, Leo was screaming at the sky as he said " You want this timeline safe, right? I'll just make it a fucking singularity if this girl became the embodiment of chaos!!"
"Facing Gaia and Alaya is easier than her…" Leo let go of the hand of the confused Ritsuka that was wondering what's a beast.
{*Sigh* This seems to be more complicated than I thought} Leo raised his head as he looked at the sky before he looked at his hand.
{To think this is my true power and self… } Leo closed his eyes for a moment before he put his necklace back and looked at Ritsuka.
"Let's go or maybe shouldn't you make decisions as a 'master'?..." Leo said as he didn't care because as long as he's a beast and Ritsuka with him then all the trouble will come to them.
"Hm… We should make a secure base and have some defenses against other servants before doing anything else" Ritsuka put her hand on her chin before she looked at Leo and said " Your class caster is very suitable to get an advantage in the war and it'll be easier to know the true name of the other servants"
"...." Leo stared at Ritsuka blankly before he said " You seem… Very familiar with these types of battles"
"Eh? No, no, it was just a guess. Yes, a guess!!" Ritsuka panicked suddenly as she saw Leo's eyes.
"Oh, it was a very good guess" Leo nodded, but Ritsuka felt she did something wrong. She had never met a servant like Leo and she doesn't know what to do as she panicked.
However, when she panicked, her hand touched Leo's necklace because they were close to each other.
*SPARK!*
Some sparks appeared when Ritsuka touched Leo's cross as they fell on the ground and ignited the grass.
"..." Leo stared at the fire under him then looked at Ritsuka. He kept doing this multiple times before he moved three steps away from Ritsuka.
This was the effect of an unstable timeline touching something that can blow up the timeline, but for Leo, it was more like he as the devil wasn't affected by the cross and this girl ignited fire.
"I'm sorry!!" Ritsuka saw this and all she could do was apologize.
"Nah, it's okay, but… Keep a distance away for me… Please" Leo said as Ritsuka didn't know how to clean her impression in Leo's eyes.
When the master and servant were having their first meeting which was a train wreck, something interesting was happening with someone.
In Miyama Town, a suburban area of Fuyuki. A man with golden hair and red eyes looked at the sky as a clear anger was showing on his face.
"To think one of those mongrels was summoned and actually dare to tarnish the land of the king" the man grinned as he looked at the sky and felt the authority.
"Very well… This king will judge these crimes personally" the oldest king, Gilgamesh said before he stopped and looked at the side.
Nothing was in that direction, but Gilgamesh didn't care as two golden portals appeared behind him before shooting two spears.
*CRASH!* *CRASH!*
The two spears hit the ground as the dust raised, but there was something more. Bleeding was flying in the sky as an invisible arm fell to the ground.
"You mongrels keep appearing like rats… DIE!!" Gilgamesh's anger increased suddenly when he saw the attacker before portals appeared around him and attacked everything.
*BOOOM!!* *BOOOM!!* *BOOOM!!!*
Swords, axes, spears, all kinds of weapons were flying as they destroyed everything around.
"AHHHH!!!" Screaming sounds in the calm night as blood was flying like fountains. Different people appeared around as they were either killed by the weapons or injured.
"Where are the shields??!!"
"Heals!! Where are the healers!!??"
"How is this possible??!! Didn't the information say he's arrogant and his guard is always down?!"
Different screams sounded as Gilgamesh grinned before he said " You mongrels always keep coming and coming. Do you think this king is a target?"
Gilgamesh's anger was very high today before he raised his hand and said " Make up for your crimes with… Death"
Portals appeared around Gilgamesh before weapons were shot and killed everyone around.
"64 mongrels… " Gilgamesh counted the total number of people that tried to attack him during this period as he felt this is the biggest insult for him.
Walking in the darkness, Gilgamesh looked at the starry sky before he walked away. Leaving a blood bath with 12 corpses.
The Holy Grail didn't even officially begin and the fight has already started, a battle from this world and beyond it.
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Ps. The true title was ' Dangerous News'
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