Chapter 27: We Who Have Surpassed Heaven
Fuyuki, Japan,
Fuyuki Church,
A dense air hung about the Church, the pews had only a few people sitting on them and even among these, at least half were foreigners. Roman stood at the podium with his hands resting on either side of it, his eye was closed and an annoying smile had etched itself across the magician's face.
Looking at them sitting like this, Roman felt that he was a rather good negotiator... Or maybe they all just sucked, both were plausible explanations for him. Fixing his suit with one hand, the magician looked at the time before once again turning to his audience.
Except he didn't talk, moments passed in complete silence and Risei wondered what the hell the cripple was up to.
"So, what purpose do you have in doing this, Roman?" Tokiomi didn't use Roman's title, something that didn't go unnoticed.
"That's right, why call everyone here?" Waver stood up, slightly upset, he knew now that Roman had swept him up in one of his schemes and he didn't appreciate it at all. Those never turned out well for those on the receiving end.
Irisviel and Kiritsugu remained silent, more because they were allies with the man than anything, the Einzbern homunculus knew that Roman wouldn't do anything too outrageous.... She hoped at least, it wasn't like what she'd seen all that time ago had been the full extent of his personality. Him being a Magician was only proof of that.
"Hm Hm, valid questions." Roman nodded with a hand on his chin, "Getting to the point, the Grail's corrupt cause the homunculus fuckers messed up. If a wish is made as is, shit blows up and none of us get what we want." Calmly and with a smile, the Trambelio nonchalantly spoke something completely outrageous.
Of course, this was not said for some altruistic reason like wanting to help them all. No, one of his major agendas was about to be completed by revealing this. He didn't exactly care for the consequences of the Grail as it was now.
But we digress, the reaction Roman received from his words was as expected, one of doubt and disbelief. He'd done nothing to prove it, nor did he have a reputation of always being truthful, he just spoke some bullshit so to say.
".....And you expect us to believe that?" Tokiomi was the first to speak, his gaze was an incredulous one, what was this cripple on about?
Waver was mostly confused, corrupt? What? When did Roman even have time to investigate something like that?
"W-Well let's hear him out first." Irisviel nervously raised a hand, an awkward giggle escaping her mouth, as much as she trusted him as a friend, wasn't this a bit too far?
"Mhm, mhm. Expected of retards to just start speaking without letting me finish." Roman nodded with a closed eye, it was actually frightening just how closely this was following his expectations.
Kirei felt that the one eye magus was an amusing person, he shifted slightly, his hands still behind his back, "Then you have evidence to support this claim?"
"Yup." Roman animatedly pointed at him and then at his father, Risei Kotomine, "Overseer, you were here for the last war too, ja?"
The old priest couldn't help but sweatdrop at the magus' eccentricity, nonetheless, he nodded resolutely, "That's correct."
"Then, what did the Einzbern summon? When did it die? You know, right?" Roman asked a series of questions one after the other, the Masters gathered there listened in complete silence. Curious as to what he was getting at... If the Grail truly was corrupted as he claimed, that would change a lot of things.
"I'm not aware of it's true nature." Risei answered truthfully, "The servant died far too quickly for anyone to identify it." Still, how did such knowledge come to the hands of this youngster? Was someone leaking information? This needed to be investigated with due haste.
"What they summoned is....." Roman gave a long pause, this served to irk Tokiomi who already found Roman to be dislikeable, what noble acted with such intensity?
"Something I'll tell you if you agree to be temporarily allied with me." Roman smiled calmly, dropping his earlier enthusiasm, it was getting tiresome to maintain. He was no jester and trying to be the overly enthusiastic type had turned out to be something he quite disliked.
".....We'll agree." Irsiviel spoke both for herself and her husband, they were already allied to begin with.
"I do as well." Kayneth nodded stoically, trying to figure out just what Roman's angle was with all this, "This is far too sensitive a matter for me to be concerned with my own pride." He glanced at Tokiomi from the corner of his eye, a mocking smile forming on his face.
".....I don't mind." Waver spoke in a low voice, averting his gaze, weren't Roman and him allies from the literal start of this shitty war? The destruction it had caused had a profound impact on Waver Velvet, it wasn't something he was used to.
"Wait, hold a moment." Risei tried to speak out, if the Masters in a War allied together even temporarily the- Roman snapped his fingers and the old priest fell down unconscious.
"He looked tired." The Magician snickered, supporting the massive man with his shoulder, "He did it." Roman pointed at Kirei.
"...."
He received doubtful stares.
Tokiomi, while suspicious as to what Roman wanted, gave a small nod to Kirei. A temporary alliance could be one that lasted a mere few seconds, information regarding a corrupted Holy Grail was well worth that, "I will go along with this... for now." The Tohsaka narrowed his gaze at Roman, "But there will be consequences if this is some prank of yours."
"I'm positively terrified." The Magician answered sarcastically, not in the slightest bit offset by the 'threat'.
"Fool." Gilgamesh sneered with folded arms, Tokiomi was a real fool if he thought he was the one in control here. Perhaps these mongrels stood blinded by their greed and the intensity of the Magician standing to the front but, did they not see how they were doing what he wanted? Sure they had their own agendas and each probably believed they would be able to come out on top but in the end, weren't they doing exactly what he wanted?
"This man.... I would like him to be my subordinate." Iskandar nodded confidently, with someone who could orchestrate something like this for amusement, his 'adventures' would go far smoother than before.
"....." Artoria only listened to her two fellow kings in silence, what did they see in such a scheming bastard of a man? He was an asshole to boot. Not that she didn't admit to his prowess but still, he was doing it for purely selfish reasons.
"You won't have my Master." Raikou stared the Kings down, not the slightest bit afraid of incurring their wrath, she wasn't letting go of him.
Back with the Masters however,
Kirei slowly nodded his head, "I see no reason not to." He spoke in a monotone manner, taking his father from the hands of the Trambelio and resting him on the pew. Kirei placed his fingers on the priest's neck and was relieved to find out that he'd only fallen unconscious... Still, instant activation of a spell that knocked a man such as his own father, was Roman truly a failure as his teacher claimed?
"Nice." Roman gave them all a thumbs up before taking his cane and sitting down on the stairs leading up to the podium. The magi looked at his actions confused, was he not going to explain further? It sounded like a doubtable story but.... The chance was always there and none of them were willing to take it.
"....Do you mind?" Tokiomi looked at him in barely concealed doubt, they were temporary allies but... now what?
"Do you know what happens when all the Masters end up allying? It's never happened before but still, do any of you know?" Roman smiled widely, he was IMMENSELY pleased with this development.
"....Roman?" Irisviel watched as Roman held up five fingers.
"It shouldn't be long now."
"What?" Waver shot to his feet, looking around before activating his magic circuits, trying to feel for any changes in the surroundings and changes he felt... "...What?" He looked at Roman with a shocked gaze, "Roman! What have you done?!"
"...Made this into something actually beneficial and entertaining?"
"Hahaha!" Gilgamesh reared his head in laughter, "So you kept your word, mongrel." The King of Heroes would have killed him if he hadn't.
Before the others could even react however, the land quaked and shook followed by a massive ear piercing boom that blew out the Church's windows. Looking at Roman alarmed, Kiritsugu ran for the doors, veritably kicking them open as Irisviel ran up behind him.
Kirei pulled out numerous black keys from his robes, ready to engage with the smiling Roman at a moment's notice.
"You... this will not go well for you!" Tokiomi, for the first time in a long time, actually got heated, he too had caught wind of what happened... The quaking ground and sizzling of fire only added to his suspicions, if not that then the loud deafening booms surely did.
"Ladies and Gentlemen..." Roman stood up, using his cane, he walked to the doors with a slight limp in his step.
"What.... is going on?" Irisviel's eyes widened in complete shock, her mind unable to understand the sight before her.
"I present to you..."
Behind Roman, the sky... was on fire.
"A Great Holy Grail War."
"Just what got summoned? What have you summoned?!" Waver grabbed the grinning Roman's collars. Mount Ryuudou which could be seen even from where they stood had black smoke rising from it, what remained of the mountain after the first explosion was now charred earth.
"We who have surpassed the Sixth Heaven!
Demon King Oda Nobunaga!"
A massive deafening roar rang throughout the city and then, hundreds, if not thousands of shots each akin to cannons fired in an instant.
The red sky was blotted out by fire.
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Grail War with shitty rules broken by everyone and tons of loopholes, who could have seen this coming?
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Chapter 28: The Demon King Rages
Fuyuki, Japan,
"Oh my.....God."
Many prayed to whatever God they believed in.
"What.. is that? What is that?!"
Others panicked, not knowing what to do in the face of such calamity.
"This is a dream right?"
Some tried to deny the reality before them.
"This can't be happening, how is this happening?! What... What even is that?!"
"Are we being attacked by someone?!"
Still, there were those that tried to rationalise what they witnessed.
The truth however, was one everyone knew deep down in their hearts, this.... this was something they could not hope to have anticipated or expected. For the sky, the very heavens burnt a scarlet red, encompassed by flames, the clouds nowhere to be seen, the Sun had been blotted out.
Forget hiding, every man, woman and child in Fuyuki witnessed something they could not understand that day.
The Day the Heavens burned.
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"Roman! Roman, do you understand what you've done?! You think, you think this can be covered up?!" Waver panicked, shakily pointing at the flames that drew closer with each passing moment, how was this going to work? How were they going to remain hidden after.... this? Did he not understand the consequences?!
"..." Roman didn't answer, not smiling for the first time in a very long time as he fixed the collars of his white suit in a calm and relaxed manner. Clearly, the magician wasn't perturbed by the deployment of such an insane noble phantasm.. No, he was actually calmer than he usually was.
The Servants remained silent, they were all from a different time, a time from when spectacles like the one now were a common sight. Artoria however, was quite concerned about the immediate consequences of a literal rain of fire, what of the innocent people that were about to get caught up in this?
The cocking of a gun was heard and the next thing anyone knew, a pistol was pointed at Roman's head. Kiritsugu looked at the sky in poorly hidden awe, and slight despair, had he once again helped someone bring calamity to the innocents?
Kirei Kotomine smiled, though it went unnoticed by almost everyone, this development immensely pleased someone like him. How many would die screaming in pain once that fire collided with the ground? The initial sonic boom was surely enough to have killed a few with how much force it carried.
"Magus, what now?" Rider, Iskander, folded his arms with an unusually serious expression, he gained nothing from the suffering of innocents.
"My... I'm disappointed." Roman raised his hands, shaking his head in disapproval at their reactions, "I come from the Trambelio sure, but do you really think I'm a psychopath?" Even he had more than a few things to say to those that would kill off an entire city with no thoughts about it, "You want to know why right?"
Roman leaned back under the gazes of everyone there, placing a hand on his chin as a wide smile formed on his face, "Well, I thought it'd be interesting."
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Before any could actually process his answer, the Trambelio gave a small nod to Raikou and the Berserker reacted instantly, they'd talked about this. Drawing her sword in less than a second and appearing behind Tokiomi, Raikou slashed down diagonally, cutting the man down before many could react. Her boosted parameters allowed for it.
"Did I do good?"
A corpse fell to the ground, the Tohsaka's expression was still the same annoyed one as before, he'd not even had the time to react before she cut him apart. Blood flowed from his bisected body, dyeing the white pavement in a crimson colour.
"Huh." Gilgamesh didn't react much, only scowled and turned his gaze to Kirei, the King of Heroes didn't even mind the death of his summoner. The man was a boorish and uninteresting person with nothing but calculated movement on his mind.
"EEK!" Waver shrieked, not used to such acts of brutality, the inexperienced Magus fell back on the ground, startled and afraid. Only now did he realise that despite his shortcomings, Roman was indeed a 'magus'.
"So, that's that." Roman walked to the front, the tapping of his cane an eerie sound to those that heard it and waved his hand.
In an instant, the fire disappeared.
"Fuck yeah to timing." The Trambelio chuckled.
Of course, despite it seeming as if his movement had dissipated the fire, he truly had nothing to do with it.
"....Why?" Irisviel couldn't understand why a boy like Roman would do such a horrifying thing. Tokiomi's corpse wasn't exactly pleasant to look at.
"It is the hubris of man to think that all can be rationalised." Gilgamesh looked intrigued by the smiling priest.
"Nothing like that, just he'd have tried to capitalise on my prowess." Roman explained in a relaxed tone, he was about to reveal to the world just what he was. Tokiomi Tohsaka would either try to blackmail him or sell the information to others, something the Trambelio couldn't allow anymore.
Trembling, Kiritsugu pointed his pistol at Roman's head.
Of course, while they discussed, a battle ensued at Mount Ryuudou.
For just a few moments ago,
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"By my command seals, I order you, Archer! Cancel your noble phantasm!"
"You....How dare you?"
In an instant the fire covered sky returned to normal, the flames disappearing as if they'd never been there in the first place. Of course, the mountain had already exploded into bits and the parts of earth that flew about were still there, some in houses, others in stores, so was the damage of the hypersonic booms.
People had undeniably died, crushed under debris or pierced through by smouldering stone.
The perpetrator of that was the woman, no girl, standing in the air, glaring down at the man below. Her crimson cape flew in the air, her own dress a pitch black military uniform. Long flowing raven hair, and scarlet eyes were her defining features... Though, at this moment, her eyes trembled, not out of fear but out of rage, rage at being forced to back down.
"Heretic knave, what makes you stop me?" She spoke sharply, a hand resting on the hilt of her blade, the other behind her back, "Speak!"
"Demon King Oda Nobunaga, what makes you attack innocents?" Dressed in what appeared to be a mix of samurai armour and European robes, her assailant spoke in a calm manner, pointing his blade at her, "This isn't something I can overlook as a Ruler." To think he would be summoned in such a hectic war, what was going on?
His question seemed to freeze the Demon King in her place.
Soon however, her figure started trembling and she roared, "Innocent? Innocent?!" Leaning forward with rage filled eyes, Oda brought her hand near her face, "Look! What has become of my country?! My land! What is this?! They walk about like fools! Their statures are relaxed! Their postures are weak! We are warriors! Not...." She pointed at her surroundings, "... This! What has become of my glorious Japan?! Unforgivable! Unforgivable!" The Archer roared in rage, her scarlet pupils distorting as the air around her heated up.
The Demon King of Sixth Heaven was angry.
"What are you even saying? Do you hear yourself? You're outrageous." The Ruler Class Servant looked at her disbelief, was she insane?
"Not another word. Complacency like yours is what brought this about. Speak again and you will die. How dare my country be lowered to this?!" She looked around in anger, "What caused this?! What has become of my people?! The same people that would rather die standing then fall to an oppressor?! You... Is it your blasphemous God?!" Oda raged at the crosses on the Ruler's clothes, that would make sense.
"....Archer, you must realise your foolishness... One such as you, how have you not yet noticed that you killed your own Master?" Ruler spoke calmly, ready to fight at a moment's notice, he now knew that the Demon King of Sixth Heaven was insane. Still, he understood that boosted by being in her own country, it was next to impossible for him to win in a head on confrontation with Oda. His only solace was that without a Master, she would run out of prana and disappear soon enough.
Oda Nobunaga only sneered in response, before leaning down with a mad grin on her face, "Fool, we stand over a leyline. Name yourself." She drew her blade, her correction was going to start with this heretic.
".....Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.." Ruler raised his katana, holding his other hand near the tip of the blade, this was..... going to be an uphill battle. In his haste to stop her from turning the city into scorched earth, he forgot to check many significant things.
Before the battle could actually start however, Oda suddenly turned her gaze to another part of the city, one that had golden lightning arching towards the sky from it, and her grin widened further, "Kenshin is here?"
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This was already written for someone on patreon so I thought I should post it for the confused people.
The Grail War became a Great Holy Grail War and 8 more servants got summoned, servants summoned in the same manner Raikou was summoned, as in, at max power and that in Japan. The Archer Class that got summoned is Oda Nobunaga, who's raging at what's become of her people and deployed her Noble Phantasm. The Ruler Class servant that got summoned has command seals, Shirou used one of his to order her to cancel this NP so she turned her rage to him instead. On the side of the original participants of the War, Roman is making it seem like he did it for no reason other than the chaos (Do you believe that to be the case?) it would bring and killed Tokiomi because he could mess with his plans.
That name 'Kenshin' Nobunaga mentioned at the end when she saw the golden lightning is another name for Nagao Kagetora, a famous warrior from the Warring States Period which nobunaga is from too.
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