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-Town of Fuyuki
3rd POV*
With Kiritsugu perfectly capturing Luvia, Anastashia's rage soared through the sky. Although she might say that she hated her family sometimes, she really cares for her younger sister. The reason? She could familiarize herself with Luvia based on what she experienced before. It was like her watching her reflection becoming better faster than how she did it.
Kiritsugu placed his gun at Luvia's head staring at Anastashia with hollow eyes. "Anastashia Edefelt, I am well aware of how you care for your sister. Now, would you like to hear my proposal?" Kiritsugu asked staring deeply at Anastashia. Because of Anastashia's anger, she failed to realize that her Bounded Field was still active effectively making her a God at this place.
She was instead more worried about Luvia's wellbeing. Luvia might be lower in her priority than Lawrence but that doesn't make her an irrelevant one to Anastashia's dictionary. Her anger was still soaring high at this moment, she was unaware that something inside her was being stirred. Something that Lawrence has planted on her was being awakened.
Lawrence who also noticed the phenomenon turned his attention at Anastashia and Luvia. Both of them are far away from each other so Kiritsugu has no way of knowing that he is currently watching this scene. "Interesting… so the experiment could be concluded as a success huh?" he muttered watching as Anastashia's origin changing at this moment.
No, her whole being is changing to something dangerous. Lawrence tried different kind of heroes to fuse with her but only one hero was compatible. It is the Princess of the Moon. Normally a fuse like this would result to normal fusing however in this world where the Moon is quite a special existence, something different happened.
Anastashia began trembling violently as she felt her body changed. The moon in the sky became something close to her and she could feel that she could harness its power without limits. And instead of being turned into a True Ancestor, she retained her human identity making her much weaker than the others. Nonetheless, she is still powerful.
The moon shone brightly as if to welcome the Princess, the tides rose, while everything connected to the moon glowered in anticipation. Each and every vampires who are roaming around had no choice but kneel to favor the awakening of their princess. At this moment, Anastashia became a prominent figure not only in the Magus World but also in the Vampire Society.
Anastashia stood up calmly accepting her new identity. She looked at Lawrence with gratitude at this new chance given to her. Kiritsugu on the other side was getting anxious by the profound calmness he saw at Anastashia's eyes, everything about her screamed of danger right now. Kiritsugu's hold on his gun was tightened, ready to pull the trigger anytime soon.
Harnessing the power of the moon, Anastashia brought her hands down as a bright beam fell down from the sky. It originated from the moon so the power contained on it can decimate a whole army alone. Fortunately, Anastashia controlled the power so that it won't hit Luvia along. The beam pierced Kiritsugu's hands amputating it.
"Kuugh!" Kiritsugu groaned as he took a step back. He tried holding the grunt from escaping his mouth as he needs to get away from this place first. "Oh no you don't. No one can escape under the presence of the moon" Anastashia calmly announced as another beam of light fell down piercing Kiritsugu's thigh. Kiritsugu fell down from the loss of balance.
He could not even move properly from the intense pain before and now the pain was doubled, he has no choice but to stop. He placed his hand unto his face contemplating why he did this in the first place. If one thinks about it carefully, it was foolish of him to rush into the enemies' base without even having a proper way to take them off.
Maybe because he already saw his imminent end or maybe it was just a desperate attempt, he has no clue. Kiritsugu just followed his instinct and this was the result. 'Illya…' he thought about his only daughter and sighed. He already accepted his end right here, there is no way he can escape in this situation.
"Have you regretted your action now? It seems like there are still something that can make the Magus Killer feel regret. You are still a human after all, I should have not expected anything" Anastashia commented looking at the pathetic state of Kiritsugu. She expected the infamous Magus Killer to be something else but this state disappointed her. Yes, he indeed took her by a surprise, but she is aware that she could still solve that matter without having this new powers. That is why the cheap move that Kiritsugu did was not amusing for her.
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Lawrence and Nero nodded their heads seeing that Anastashia's problem was now solved. "But to think that he even came here. What is the deal with this guy?" Lawrence muttered sensing Gilgamesh's arriving. "His pride must have brought him here, there is no way the King of Heroes will let a big event like this happen without his presence right?" Nero said snickering.
Her words made Lawrence nod in understanding. "That's probably it. How about it? Do you want to try fighting hi- Oh, it seems that is not possible" he stopped midway making Nero sigh dejectedly. She thought that he must have changed his mind again. "Don't worry, there is a better opponent for you" Lawrence smiled at the dejected Nero.
Nero tilted her head as she followed Lawrence's finger. There she saw a scene that made her smile happily. "Umu! As expected, you won't really forget about me master! To think it would devolve to such situation!" Nero grinned watching as Saber and Berserker stood side by side looking at their figures. This excited her as fighting two servants was not really on her thoughts before. "Bring it on!" she smiled in pleasure.
Lawrence watched as everything became even more chaotic. Karna vs Shiki is still in process, though Karna was exhausting a lot of his master's energy from how he used several Noble Phantasms per second. Anastashia vs Kiritsugu also ended pretty simple, it was an unfair matchup in the first place. Anastashia was a Great Magus while Kiritsugu is under her territory.
Now Nero vs Arturia and Lancelot are also in process. But from the looks of it, Nero was just playing with the two with her new strength. Despite Lancelot using his skill to turn anything into Noble Phantasm, it was no use for Nero as she can casually avoid anything thrown at her. That was the terrifying ability of Butterfly.
"I wonder though if Rider and Waver will come. They could have become a great addition to this chaos" Lawrence muttered. "Well, enough talking about that. I need to solve this mongrel fanatic dude first" he shook his head staring at the direction of Gilgamesh riding his favored vehicle. In Lawrence's opinion though, it was trash.
Honestly, the people who created it must have been bored. How come someone create a vehicle designed like that? It's as if, someone gained an idea to take some child's toys and piece them together creating this dreadful flying vehicle. "Hey King Gilgamesh, looking for something?" Lawrence asked waving at Gilgamesh who raised an eyebrow at him.
"Who dares give you the permission to casually call me name mongrel?" Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes pissed off. "Does my strength still not warrant your permission? You are rather stiff" Lawrence shrugged that threatening look. "My respect not derives from ones strength but rather from what I pick myself. That does not give you the authority to call me name" Gilgamesh scoffed.
He landed on the ground with the same disinterested look on his face. "So? What does the King of Heroes wants in this place? We didn't invite you right? I am also not like Iskandar who will freely let others enter his territory" Lawrence tilted his head at Gilgamesh while smiling lightly. This serves to irritate Gilgamesh off.
"You dare to create this chaos without my permission, in my territory to be exact?" Gilgamesh asked opening many golden rifts behind him. He crossed his arms demanding an answer from Lawrence. This arrogance of his made Lawrence chuckle. "Oh? I thought you were from Mesopotamian Legend? How come you claim that Japan is your territory? Have you gone senile?" Lawrence was not kind with his words.
He directly called Gilgamesh off taking the King by a surprise. It was unexpected that someone would disrespect him despite knowing his real identity. He is the first King! A person worth of respect from anyone! "Mongrel… it seems like you really don't know your place. After knowing a little magic, do you think that you could disrespect me like this?!" Gilgamesh snarled as the Golden Rifts were already showing some weapons. The battle between the First King and the Magician has started.
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