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Chapter 3
"That… was close…" Kariya Matou said to himself as he was leaning against a wall. He looked at his hand and saw that one Command Seals was gone.
Losing control of his Berserker when five Servants were around is suicidal. This would lead to his early exit from the War! Something he can't allow to happen!
"Damn you, Berserker! Who would have thought that Einzbern summoned your old King?" Kariya with a frown said to himself. He slowly pulled himself from the wall and decided to call it a day, and wait for the perfect opportunity to strike…
At Tokiomi!!!
~~~~~~Tohsaka Residence~~~~~~
The Head of the Tohsaka family was pacing back and forth thinking about what he just heard from Kirei, his apprentice.
How can someone just summon Servants left and right! And on top of that decided to interfere in his family war of all things!
All of these three Servants are not normal as well! Miyamoto Musashi in history books is recorded as male! King of Knights wielded a Sword, not a Lance! And Okita Souji is not someone who can ignore the laws of physics historically! He doesn't even remember that Okita Souji was someone this strong! Sure as Heroic Spirit one gets supernatural abilities but not to this extent! It has to be based on something!
This is one huge mess! How are they supposed to act against this mysterious individual!?
Worst of all he had to reign in Gilgamesh! Now the King of Heroes is angry at him!
"Kirei what is the situation in the Docks?"
"The new Servant used its Noble Phantasm and erased Lancer. It was nothing I have ever seen. It moved faster than any Servant I have ever seen so far! Lancer himself was gobsmacked and couldn't react on time before he was slain!"
Tokiomi's eyes widened for a moment. Lancer was already killed!?
"This is troubling… what about Berserker?"
"It has retreated the moment Gilgamesh was gone. From the looks of it, the thing's Master was losing his control over it."
"Hmm… so it means a command seal was used as well."
"Ir appears so. What do you wish me to do now?"
"Continue to watch the battle. Make sure no one sees Assassin. Otherwise, it could attract the attention of that man and he might summon an Assassin of his own to counter ours." Tokiomi said with a frown.
"Understood. I will do so."
The Master of Archer took his seat and leaned back. He took a deep breath.
This was getting way, WAY out of hand! How are they supposed to fight this? They can only unite together and fight this man!
But how does his Magecraft work? This is way above the level of magecraft he has ever seen! Is the thing he was holding in his hand allowing him to summon Servants? Kirei did mention that he has something in his hand! A mystic code capable of summoning Servants? But that is just absurd!
"Kirei, arrange a meeting with Father Risei. We need to do something about this!"
"He will see you first thing in the morning. He already knows about this situation."
Tokiomi nodded. Not that anyone can see him doing it.
"Good. Continue to watch. I am… going to get something to drink in meantime."
~~~~~~Back to the Docks, with Emiya~~~~~~
"Damn… we need to take them out of there! Maya prepare for suppressive fire! That Servant is way, WAY too dangerous!"
"Understood! Moving into position!"
Emiya Kiritsugu moved himself into position he is preparing to use a command seal to empower Saber's parameters against this white-haired Servant!
Who knew something like this could exist! This Servant doesn't follow any sort of laws of the world while moving! It's like she is moving on ice regardless of its surface! Asphalt, concrete or even air!
With such speed, it easily overwhelmed Lancer who suppose to be one of the fastest class among Servants.
Moments later the Master of Saber was in position, he checked through his scope he saw that Saber was ready to face this new Servant regardless though what happened to Lancer.
While Rider continue to watch this curiously from the chariot while the other two Servants were staying close to their Master watching what this absurd Servant is about to do to the King of Knights.
'Well, this is going to be rough! I didn't expect the first battle Saber will have will be against such a foe!'
No amount of preparations can prepare someone against this!
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"Irisviel go! I will hold them off while you retreat!" Saber said nerviously. When someone has 'Majin' in their name it means that its someone one should not mess with.
"Wait! Wait! For a second!" Raynor lifted both of his hands to make everyone stop.
"Let me get this straight! You said that you will remove me from here. So I summoned someone who can fight you off… now you saying that I will hurt that woman… I don't understand…" He was confused for a bit!
Artoria blinked herself for a second. While Okita Alter stopped in her tracks and looked at her Master, waiting for orders.
"Won't… you kill Irisviel?" She asked him with an uncertain voice. Her stance was a defensive one, waiting for any sort of tricks!
"...Umm… what for?" He asked her trying to see things her way. Hell, sometimes Servants can be strange… thankfully he is on the same page with his Artorias… most of them!
"She is my… Master, you would kill her because I offended you?" She asked now him, not certain herself anymore…
"No? If she is truly your Master then I need her to be alive. Even when you die she is still a Master, who can contract a Servant. Which is what I want. I want to see action not see Servants die quickly…" He said that while looking at Okita Alter, who was clueless… honestly, he can't be mad at her. It's him who summoned her after all…
"I see… It would seem… I have misunderstood you…" Saber said that while looking away with embarrassment.
"More like forgot that my Master doesn't care about your Master." The older blonde said with a dull tone behind Raynor.
This made Saber more embarrassed as this sounded almost like a mother is berating her daughter… even though both of them are the same age only one is mature the other one is stuck in the body of a teenager…
Before this embarrassment can escalate multiple grenades landed not far from the Servants… moment later it exploded in a bright flash and smoke…
Everyone…except Raynor got blinded for a moment. Not long after that Emiya Kiritsugu dashed in and grabbed his wife.
"We are retreating! Come!" He said to Saber who got blinded but got a pull from her true Master towards where to run. Even though she was confused… quite a bit…
After the Saber's team was gone…some time has passed everyone looked around what just happened.
"...What just…"
"Quite underhanded…"
"...Master my target is gone…"
"Hmm…yeah, it would seem Saber's support team pulled her out…" Raynor said while looking around. Things he do for more entertainment. This will serve him well. Now that Saber is gone he can call it a day. He didn't expect for Okita just obliterate Lancer. That's most likely because he forgot that Diarmuid is just a three-star Servant. That Lancer wouldn't survive a fully grailed Servant assault like that.
He should hold back his Lv100 Servants…
"So she had more people? Or it's her Master's people? My more immature version wouldn't use underhanded methods." Artoria Lancer said with a somewhat more thoughtful look.
"Most likely. Anyway, let's call it a day. I wasn't expecting for Lancer to die like that…" Raynor said with a sigh.
"Indeed, pity that he had to leave so early. It was interesting meeting you Raynor." Rider got everyone's attention with his words. For a second they forgot that the red-haired oaf was here…
"Same. I will see you later." After saying that Rider's eyes slightly widened seeing him simply… gone! As in…the moment he finished saying his words… he was gone! There was no poof of smoke or bright light! Nothing! He was just gone!
"...It would seem the Master of these Servants is not normal either…"
"...That should be obvious Rider… Summoning Servants left and right is something no regular human could do!" Rider's Master said with a sweaty forehead, who is this Raynor!? What he just was is way above anything he has ever seen!
While the pair of Servant and Master were discussing the weirdness of this war… on one of the warehouses a blond was just standing there… and looking at something…
This was Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi, the ex-Master of Lancer. One of the premier Magus from Britain. The man still could not believe he was bested like this!
Eventually, a sneer appeared on his face.
'It was all that fault of that Waver Velvet! If he didn't steal my catalyst I would have summoned a much more powerful Servant than this Lancer who could even survive the first battle!' The blonde furiously thought to himself as he sharply turned around and started to leave.
'I hope that freak end you brat! And if by some luck you survive I will make your life in Clock Tower living hell!'
~~~~~~Einzbern Castle~~~~~~
Emiya Kiritsugu was pacing back and forth with the information he just got from Irisviel and Saber.
What he learned is quite disturbing.
Those three Servants are nothing he ever heard off! The pinkhaired swordswoman is… apparently, Miyamoto Musashi… which is nonsense… since he knows well enough that Miyamoto Musashi was a male… and used Katana and Wakizashi. Not fourth Katana's at the same time.
Then Lancer version of King Arthur… which points towards Parallel Worlds… which could explain why Miyamoto Musashi is a female…
And then THAT Servant which killed Lancer in mere moments…
'Majin Okita Souji Alternative, how this kind of Servants even exist? What kind of event people went through for this kind of being to be recorded in Throne of Heroes?' The Mercenary thought to himself. For Okita Souji like that to exist…
It had to be a specific event… and how did this person even get his hands on this kind of Servant?
Does he has the ability to travel between worlds? Like the Kaleidoscope? If this is true… then they are dealing with someone who has power similar to True Magic…
"What now Kiritsugu? With such being interfering in Grail War…" Irisviel asked him as she was clueless while Saber was just standing there like a bodyguard and waiting for orders… trying to forget her embarrassments…
"We should wait for what the church is going to say…" Kiritsugu said with a tired sigh. He doesn't know how to progress. The man can just pull out Servants from an item that looks like a cell phone.
This can be another indicator that he does have the means to travel between worlds as that cell phone looked quite futuristic…
"I suppose you are right… even if we move against other Masters he will interfere. Which will lead to more fighting and potentially him summoning more dangerous Servants." The Mercenary said with a thoughtful look.
"Did he ever mention what Servants he has?" Emiya Kiritsugu asked the pair.
"Miyamoto Musashi said that he has King of Heroes… a much stronger one according to her. Then he mentioned that he has several Riders… possibly King Arthur Saber version as well…since the Lancer version wasn't bothered by seeing Saber…" Irisviel said that while looking at Saber waiting for her to add anything into this.
"There is the possibility that he has Ser Lancelot too. At least from what I saw with my Lancer counterpart." Artoria said while remembering her interaction with the more developed version of herself.
Then she nearly face palmed as she remembered something very important!
"How did I forget! Musashi said that he has… Karna and… Scathach…" Artoria said that with some nervousness as she understood the sheer meaning of those two names!
One is Son of Sun God… and the other is a true Godslayer who trained heroes… add with King of Heroes on top of that… well…
This war might be a very difficult one…
Emiya Kiritsugu who heard that… could control anymore and pulled out a cigarette…
He needs to smoke…