vncnus Chapter 18 Battle and Devastation
Chapter 18 Battle and Devastation
Chapter 18 Battle and Devastation
Do you think I'd believe you?
Artoria pointed her Shadowless Holy Sword at Gildre, not believing a word that bastard had said.
"Wait, Saber, if Caster isn't here to cause us trouble, then we shouldn't fight him."
From his vantage point, Kiritsugu Emiya could see the entire sea monster army, which densely occupied a main street, numbering at least seventy or eighty if not a hundred.
Given Saber's injured left hand, it would be unwise to fight her, so after hearing Caster's words, the man decided to avoid the battle.
Through magical connection, he conveyed his thoughts to the Servants below.
"Master, do you really believe that guy's words?"
Artoria immediately frowned and questioned her.
"I don't believe him, but if he's willing to let us leave, there's no need to fight him."
While Caster's Command Seals were powerful, his opponent was no pushover either. They had already experienced firsthand how difficult the familiars he controlled were to deal with yesterday.
If Lancer hadn't intervened and supported Saber with chivalry, helping her to fight against this evil sect that harms children, Artoria, whose left hand was afflicted by the cursed spear, might have actually fallen last night.
"But Caster clearly looks like she's going to harm other people."
"Only Servants can fight against Servants. Similarly, the one who can kill the Master behind him must also be a Master. A crazed Servant wants to seek revenge on the one who killed his Master. We have no need to take the fall for an unknown Master."
While Kiritsugu Emiya and his Servant were arguing, Gilles de Rais's revenge magic, with the blood of his heart, had already passed by Saber and slipped into the Fujimura family mansion behind them under Artoria's wary gaze.
"Found him! The one who killed my Master is right there!"
Gildre saw it too, and his magic surged forth, revealing his undisguised murderous intent towards the people in that mansion.
"Master, do you believe there are other Masters near the base you've chosen?"
Kiritsugu Emiya remained silent. There were hardly any coincidences in the world. Caster's target for revenge was right next to their new base.
Seeing the surging sea monster army, he put his finger on the trigger and fired the battle horn with his sniper rifle.
The bullets, unsurprisingly, did not harm the Heroic Spirit in any way. Before they even reached Gillespie's head, they were corrupted by the black magic surging from his body.
"Since you insist on standing in my way of revenge, then I, Gildre, will crush you here."
Shine forth in glory, for at the moment your life fades like a flower, I, Gildre, will embrace your body and bind your soul to my spell.
"At that time, even God cannot take you away from me."
"Wind King's Warhammer!"
Faced with Caster's operatic aria-like speech, Artoria directly carved out a path of fierce hurricane, intending to follow the same path as last night, to drive straight into the sea monster's army, capture the king first, and take the general's head.
"The same trick won't work on me, Gildre."
Caster chanted an incantation as he retreated into the sea demon army. The two closest sea demons enveloped his body, but the incantation melted them into a black protective armor with spikes. The unreleased, invisible holy sword that struck the armor was deflected, while the spikes retaliated against the attackers like spears.
Artoria raised her arm in time and used her gauntlet to block the spike that was aimed straight at her face, but the next moment, she was kicked in the abdomen by Gildre and sent flying backward.
"Are you really Caster?"
Despite being protected by her armor, Artoria was not injured, but the force of the frontal kick she received made her somewhat suspicious of the opponent's current class.
"Saint Maiden, I didn't expect you to have forgotten even this, but it's alright, I can tell you again. I, Gildre, as your adjutant, am also a qualified noble swordsman."
"You heretic, I told you you've mistaken me for someone else. I don't have a heretic like you among my lieutenants!"
The invisible holy sword cleaved the surging sea monster in two, but Gildre's continuous output of magic quickly reassembled the divided sea monster's body, restoring it to its original state.
"Damn it!"
As large numbers of sea monsters surged in, Artoria found herself in a fierce battle.
What was that sound?
"A monster?!"
The gunshots at night woke up many people, and some members of the Fujimura group got up.
After hearing the commotion outside, I opened the door and went out to check what was going on.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it—damn, seafood octopuses have invaded the land world!
"Hey, don't just stand there watching, come and help!"
Standing on the rooftop, Kiritsugu Emiya, who had switched to a submachine gun to provide fire support for his Servants, shouted at the group of ordinary people as he saw more and more people running out of the Fujimura mansion.
"Mr. Emiya, what exactly is this?"
Fujimura Raiga, wearing a robe, came out and asked Emiya Kiritsugu on the roof of the next house.
"Just as your people said, they are monsters, monsters from another world. If you don't want to die, pick up your weapons and fight them with me."
Fujimura Raika only thought for a moment before making a decision after seeing the sea monsters break into people's homes on the side of the street and hearing screams of humans coming from inside.
"Grab your weapons, everyone! Don't let those monsters get this way. Um, Mr. Emiya, we don't have enough firearms. Could you send some reinforcements?"
"Those weapons are all in the warehouse; go and get them yourselves."
Emiya Kiritsugu emptied a magazine and, as he reloaded, replied without turning his head.
Not long after, a group of gangsters carrying weapons climbed onto the roof.
Occupying the high ground, and under the command of their leader, Fujimura Raiga, and with the consent of Emiya Kiritsugu, they provided more powerful fire support to Saber, who was fighting a tough battle.
Although the Sea Demon was difficult to kill with bullets, its advance was temporarily halted by the intense barrage of bullets.
Repairing the wounds on a familiar requires magical energy. If Caster's Master has truly said goodbye to this world, then Caster's own magical energy must be running low.
It may be difficult to even maintain its own existence. Right now, it is only by harming life that it has gained some magic power to maintain the army of familiars.
This was Kiritsugu Emiya's judgment, and the fact that some sea monsters had their bodies shattered and never recovered confirmed the correctness of his judgment.
"Damn you, you buzzing flies that are hindering my revenge!"
Originally, the main focus was on Saber, but after being hit by the hail of bullets, Gildrei shifted his attention to the group of humans further back.
"Go around them and kill them!"
He commanded a group of sea monsters to go around the houses next to him, and Artoria tried to stop him but was entangled by the sea monsters around her.
"The monster is coming, and we're almost out of bullets, what do we do?"
Some people started to panic.
Damn it.
Emiya Kiritsugu gritted his teeth, regretting that he hadn't bought a few heavy machine guns to deploy for defense.
"Maimi, prepare to retreat with Alicefield."
As he spoke, Kiritsugu Emiya jumped off the roof; the situation was now beyond his control.
The only option now is to retreat and then use a Command Spell to move Saber off the battlefield.
"Mr. Emiya, where are you headed?"
"Let's all run for our lives. The monsters charging at us are beyond our capabilities."
Kiritsugu Emiya did not hide anything. Although he was ruthless, in his view, the Fujimura family was affected by him. Now, he wanted to clarify the situation so that as many of these ordinary people as possible could escape. As for lying to leave these people to cover their retreat, he was not that despicable.
"Grandpa, what exactly is that?"
Fujimura Taiga was also awakened by the crackling gunfire. When he came out and saw a group of sea monsters surging towards him, he was also frightened and asked his grandfather what was going on.
"There are many things in this world that ordinary people don't know. Because I'm involved in the underworld, I've been able to vaguely learn some unknown information. And those creatures must be monsters from an unknown side of the world. Even you, Mr. Emiya, are from that world, right?"
"Um."
Emiya Kiritsugu nodded.
"This whole thing might have started because of you. Our Fujimura family has been dragged into this because I agreed to your deal. I accept the risk, but my granddaughter is just staying here temporarily. I don't want anything to happen to her. Can you take her away and get her to a safe place?"
"Following me will only make things more dangerous."
"Given the current situation, I have no other choice, do I? If you agree, I will lead men to hold off those monsters for you."
"it is good."
Fujimura Raika and Emiya Kiritsugu quickly reached a deal and prepared to push her granddaughter onto the Emiya family's Hummer.
"what?"
Fujimura Taiga was still confused about the situation, but she knew that there was another child in the family.
"Grandpa, Broly is still in the room."
She shouted.
In a moment of crisis, the sight of her granddaughter showing concern for another child made Fujimura Raika somewhat unable to hold back, but ultimately, an adult shouldn't compete with a child.
"Then go wake him up and take him with you."
Fujimura Raiwa waved his hand.
"Time is running out, we need to hurry."
After giving a signal, Kiritsugu Emiya continued to attack the sea monsters that were flanking him with his remaining ammunition.
Fujimura Taiga ran into the house and headed straight for the guest room. Broly's sleep quality had been excellent these past two days; the crackling gunfire outside hadn't woken him up, and even when the girl barged in and shoved him, he was still fast asleep.
"Don't sleep! There's meat to eat!"
"Is there meat to eat?"
Broly only woke up when Fujimura Taiga mentioned that there would be meat to eat.
"Fujimura-neechan, where's the meat?"
Blinking his sleepy eyes, Broly tried to find meat in the room.
"There's no meat. I just wanted to wake you up. Something's happened outside. Monsters are attacking. We have to escape."
Broly: "???"
Fujimura Taiga took his hand and, without even putting on her shoes, led the boy out.
"Grandpa, we're leaving. What will happen to you?"
After putting the boy in the car, Fujimura Taiga remembered his grandfather and the other members of the Fujimura group.
"Don't worry about us. This is the Fujimura Group, our home. We will crush all the invading enemies."
The gunfire gradually subsided, and the Fujimura group members all took out their melee weapons. The women and children living in the house also got into their vehicles, which would later leave with the Emiya family's vehicles.
"Grandpa, please let me stay too."
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Young Miss, this is a matter between us and the old man's Fujimura Group. If you don't intend to inherit the Fujimura Group, then this matter has nothing to do with you. Go to safety with the others. I promise to protect the old man."
Scarface assured that the scene was tragic.
"What happened?"
Broly was still confused and peered out the car window when a hand reached out from behind him.
"It's alright, child, you'll be alright."
Irisviel spoke softly, feeling sorry that the Holy Grail War had dragged innocent ordinary people into it, but all she could do now was comfort the children of the victims' families.
Broly turned his head, and the Crystal Palace in his mind gave him the following information:
[Target detected: Irisviel von Einzbern, current happiness level: 0.]
[Warning: Taiga Fujimura's happiness score is declining!]
Broly: "Huh?!"
The notification that his happiness level was decreasing instantly woke Broly up from his drowsy state.
Just then, a sea monster leaped over the roof of the Fujimura residence and landed in front of a group of people, letting out a sharp howl and waving its tentacles to knock some of the Fujimura group members away.
Fujimura Taiga's happiness level also plummeted, allowing Broly to directly identify the culprit behind the decline in Fujimura Taiga's happiness level.
"Block the monster!"
"Fujimura Raiga shouted."
"Bang!"
A car door flew through the crowd from behind and smashed into the sea monster, which was still preparing to swing its tentacles to launch another attack.
The car door, carrying terrifying force, slammed into the sea monster and sent it flying.
With a snap, the sea monster was embedded in the telephone pole on the side, and in an instant, it turned into a lump of minced meat.
"Hiss~"
Everyone gasped and turned to look, only to see the little boy who jumped out of the broken car door, his face showing his anger.
To everyone's astonishment, he stepped forward and kicked each of the sea monsters that jumped down from the roof into mincemeat.
They kicked with such ease that it was as if they were kicking creatures made of tender tofu, not tough sea monsters.
The sea monsters suffered terrible injuries, and their self-healing ability allowed them to demand large amounts of magic from those who summoned them, a demand that also drew Gildre's attention back to them.
Caster found it strange. Logically speaking, if it were to deal with ordinary people, even if the sea monsters he sent were injured, they shouldn't have asked him for so much magic power. It was almost as much as the magic power needed to summon a new group of sea monsters.
But when Gildre looked up into the distance, he saw a child there, trampling on the sea monster he had summoned.
His sea monsters were like building blocks in front of that child, trampled and kicked into pieces at will, without any ability to resist.
(End of this chapter)