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-Town of Fuyuki.
3rd POV*
Lawrence shook his head in dismay. How he wished to talk more with Gilgamesh, sadly the man was already aware of the futility so he just resigned from the War. With Gilgamesh dead, Lawrence has no one to fight anymore. "Then, won't you state your reason for being here?" he asked looking at the side where another person appeared holding a cane.
"Hahaha, surely you jest. You must be aware of the reason I came here" The old man chuckled holding a book on his hand. "Hmm, do you mean Anastashia? Or my existence itself? Or maybe the fact that Akasha gained consciousness?" Lawrence tilted his head counting the anomalies that happened in this timeline.
The old man grabbed his cane and smiled. "Although I would like to talk about the last two, I am sure that you won't take it lightly. For now, I want to talk about the crazy thing you created. Another princess of the moon was made, it made a stir in the ranks" the old man said sighing. Most vampires right now are in crazed state because of how strong the Moon Influence in this particular night.
"Oh, Anastashia has that influence huh?" Lawrence muttered seemed amused of it, the old man already know that he will react like this so he sighed shaking his head. "She is not even a True Ancestor, just a pure human. Those bastards will really look for her head" the old man added smiling thinking about the scene.
Lawrence stared at the old man for a second, "Zelretch, why do you seem happy?" he asked sensing the genuine feeling from the Magician. "Hm? Hahaha! Of course I will be overjoyed, this is the rare occurrence where timeline is messed up and added with your presence, I can't even predict what will happen anymore!" The old man which turned out to be the 2nd Magician Kaleidoscope laughed.
This surprised Lawrence but when he thought about it, he can't help but smile in return. "You have it hard huh?" he asked shaking his head. Zelretch stopped abruptly before responding "Used to it. Anyway, I'll go straight to the point. Since you are already sheltering a Princess of the moon under you despite it being artificially created, why won't you bother to add another one to that?" Zelretch said grinning.
Lawrence got a bad feeling about what will happen. "No you don't…" Lawrence muttered narrowing his eyes at Zelretch. "Hahaha yes, I will!" Zelretch said before popping out of existence. "Tch, he ran away" Lawrence clicked his tongue and was about to move when his attention was drawn towards a single presence. "Damn…" vein threatened to burst out of Lawrence's forehead.
He looked at the blonde girl sleeping on the ground wearing a long white dress. "Zelretch! Take care of your own granddaughter!" Lawrence cursed out loud staring at the girl who slowly opened her eyes. "….Um, who are you?" she asked tilting her head making Lawrence's headache worse.
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"Ohh! They are getting feisty" Iskandar commented while watching Saber charging her Excalibur ready to drop the blow. The large beam of light was too huge to be ignored by them, it was slowly accumulating the hope of humanity. "You should pay more attention to your current situation, King of Conquerors" Anastashia said throwing a Gandr at Iskandar.
Iskandar dodge the fire as he grinned, "Very well young lady. Your courage has reached my spirit! I will respond to your challenge!" he raised his sword and slashed it towards Anastashia. He raised his eyebrow seeing that she wasn't trying to dodge the attack, this made him confuse but still continued the slash.
CLAAANG!!
A loud sound of two metals colliding was heard. "Great! I forgot that you are here too!" Iskandar smiled seeing Bea catching his slash easily. Bea pushed the blade before she stepped hard on the ground propelling herself to the man. Her speed skyrocketed with that move so she took advantage of it and landed a punch at Iskandar's face.
The King was forced to looked at the side from the force, he touched his cheeks before wiping the blood away, "Interesting, that was not a strength that normal human possess, much less homunculus" Iskandar commented feeling a slight pain. "I am no mere Homunculus now, master has turned my body into an Automaton, a much stronger type" Bea replied.
Iskandar was about to talk when his senses rang into him, he swiftly dodge to the side narrowly avoiding the beam of light. "W-What was that?! I thought Anastashia Edefelt was a magus not a servant?!" Waver who was being dragged around by Iskandar reacted. He clearly recognized the genius magus who shook the whole Mage Association, it was just out of his expectation to see her dropping Noble Phantasm like attacks.
"That was dangerous" Iskandar commented staring at the small crater on his side. "Hiiik! What is that?" Waver was also frightened by that. "Don't ignore me, my pride won't be able to accept that!" Anastashia snorted at their reaction. This ability to control the Moon Beams were a new thing to her yet she feels like she has been using them for years now.
Iskandar shook his head and raised his sword, "Certainly, I won't have the leisure to ignore you anyway! I recognize your strength young woman, would you like to enter my army?" he asked gesturing to her. "Hmph! As if your army could handle my attacks, they will easily fall under my magic! And besides, only Lawrence could warrant my attention!" Anastashia didn't like what Iskandar was saying so she refuted it.
"Truly? Then would you like to witness its might?" Of course Iskandar did not take that properly, he is proud of his army, there is no way he could easily accept it being insulted like that. "Show me what you got! I need to make Lawrence proud, those two wretched woman are already having the headstarts!" Anastashia said.
Bea who was ignored by the two could only shake her head, she recognize that her help might not be needed anymore. Especially when she saw the whole existence of Anastashia changing earlier, she is confident that she will be able to handle Iskandar easily. "I'll leave this up to you Lady Anastashia" Bea said moving away. She does not care about the fight at all, if possible she just wanted to be at Lawrence's side.
"Leave this to me, this is not a problem at all!" Anastashia proudly proclaimed, she was getting ahead of herself. Iskandar had enough, he swiftly opened his Reality Marble within the Bounded Field of Anastashia overwriting the whole Battlefield. Even the others were affected by the change because it surprised them.
"Haha! Feast with your eyes, gaze upon my mighty warriors who followed me even after death! They are my greatest treasure!" Iskandar exclaimed opening his arms wide. He is extremely proud of this fact and would not hesitate to boast about it. ""HAAA!!!"" the army raised their weapons in response, it is a pleasure for them to serve under this glorious leader.
Anastashia snorted at the display of might, "How barbarous, there is no sense of beauty at all" she commented not liking how loud they were, she would prefer a more neat army where soldiers will only move when ordered to. "Show me what made you confident in facing my army, young woman!" Iskandar shouted which Anastashia responded "Naturally!"
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"Will you really use that ability right now? I will glady accept it!" Nero said as the three orbs around her swirled. She looked at Arturia who was charging the Excalibur to perform that one particular slash. The thought didn't scare Nero but instead excite her even more. She is currently trading blows with Lancelot while asking Arturia.
Arturia grunted hearing Nero's question, this hurts her pride as they are literally taking advantage of their numbers right now. As a knight, it is shameful to use cheap tricks. "It can't be avoided! You are simply too powerful!" Arturia said glaring at Nero. "Umu! It is pleasing that you understand, now show me the hope of mankind!" Nero opened her arms ready to accept Arturia's blow.
Lancelot who saw that the channeling finished instantly tackled Nero in the ground. "No! Sir Lancelot, what are you doing?!" Arturia exclaimed watching that. Lancelot is literally risking his own life right now just to restrain Nero. "My king, please… punish me…" Using the little control he has, Lancelot muttered his request to Arturia.
This is his goal in this war, to be punished for the sin he has made. He wish for retribution for his treachery. Words are simply not enough, he has to meet his end at the blade of his King. That should serve as his penance for the grave sins he has made. "I could not do that!" Arturia screamed sensing the closeness of the charge.
"Please… this is my wish…" Lancelot said closing his eyes. Tears flickered under Arturia's eyes, she took a deep breath before fulfilling the wish of her subordinate. Arturia's heart ached however she still continued to drop the beam towards Nero. "Goodbye, sir Lancelot…" she muttered along with the bright light covering the whole battlefield.
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