Death is Merciful

Seeing the Death devil rushing them, The grand archer immediately used his noble phantasm.

Taking aim with his golden bow towards the incoming enemy the Archer prayed for his beloveds blessing.

"I beseech my destiny, The Goddess of the Moon, grant me a flesh of collosal might and calm mind, And then let my fate be decided here."

"ARTEMIS AGNOS: ORION HÓRKOS!"

Using his status as the grand servant archer, Super Orion, released a devastating arrow of pure energy towards the Death devil.

No longer holding back from underestimating the dangerous being they were sent to intercept by the counter force, each of the Grand servants started to use their noble phantasms.

"Namu, Tenman Daijizai Tenjin."

Chanting this words, a four-armed oni wielding one sword for each arm was summoned behind the female saber.

"Nioh Kurikara! Shoutenshou!"

Ordering the Oni to rush at the Devil Devil, after sending the oni to fight, the female saber puting her sword in a hassō stance, started to inlay her sword with her all skills and power as Japan's greatest sword master.

"Come hither, my roaring sword now, unsheathed"

"ISHANA, DAITENSHOU!"

With a swing of her sword, a large beam of energy erupted and headed towards the direction of the death devil.

Seeing that his prey was being resistant of his aid of being no longer alive, the death devil dodged the noble phantasms with ease by going under it's shadow and manipulating his darkness authority to turn further blind the grand servants like before.

*BOOM!*

A sound of a large explosion resonated in the now darkened hell scape.

'Did we get him?'

The Archer and Saber thought for a moment before the magician hastely shouted in the now pitch black abyss.

"EVERYONE, BECAREFUL!"

Unsheathing another one of her swords, so that she can use her famed Nitō ichi-ryū sword style, Musashi worriedly looked at the darkness around her.

'I can't sense anything in this darkness..., not even a sliver of mana'

Feeling a instinctual danger approaching behind her Musashi quickly moved her swords to block the incoming attack.

*Cling*

Hearing that her instincts were correct, Musashi continued to parry the Death devil's sword with difficulty.

*Clang*

*Slash*

*Cling*

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'Agh!, My arms feel like their going to be ripped apart, from every strike, just what rank is this beast on?!'

Musashi thought, while feeling that her arms were continuing to sore from the continued assault of the Death devil.

Seeing the woman was blocking his blows the Death devil made a different approach, the death devil grabbed Musashi's Dual swords with his free hand's and created new arms to restrain and choke her neck.

*Gah!*

Musashi feeling that she was restrained for what feels like hundreds of arms around her neck and swords, Musashi tried to gasp for air but she couldn't.

*Crack*

The Death devil broke her neck, before cutting off both her arms and legs, concluding that another one of his target has been killed, he procceded to rush towards a long white haired man with a bluish hues on the tips of his hair.

Noah felt a shiver down his spine, he knows that he is the most weakest grand servant here in terms of combat capabilities.

'My Lord, God give me strength'

Noah prayed, and prepared for the worst, summoning a reddish burning sword on his hand with hebrew words ingraved on it meaning "flame sword of the whirling sword", he patiently waited for his opponents next move in the dark.

"Noah..."

Hearing his name beeing uttered by the being who was bain of the world, Noah felt a cold wind running down his back.

Gripping his sword tightly, Noah swinged a fiery red arc towards the direction of where he heard the voice was from.

"You've been chosen by Azrael to die..."

Noah was surprised for a moment that he was actually able to understand the devils language and felt a tint of fear.

"What do you mean!?, Why was I chosen by the Seraphim Azrael?, I was only following God's guidance!" Noah shouted, not fully understanding why such actions resulted in him being punished by one of God's highest Seraphim's.

"All life must come to an end some day, but you have cheated me Noah, Master Azrael is not happy..."

The Death devil in the confines of his domain and coldly whispered towards Noah, who is now sweating profusely.

"I see..." Noah finally understood what the death devil was saying.

Still holding his sword in contempt, Noah asked the death devil a question.

"Do i still deserve to go to heaven, sir Death?"

Walking out of the abyss making his appearance known to Noah with his sword with bells on it's hilt on hand walking menacingly towards him.

"Judgment is not mine to give"

Hearing the death devils words, Noah un-summoned his fiery sword and closed his eyes further accepting his fate.

Using one of his hands, the death devil pocked his index finger at the forehead of Noah.

Feeling something pock his forehead Noah opened his eyes in confusion before looking at the death devil's presumed head.

"Death can sometimes be merciful..." Noah said to the being in an interesting tone, before dropping dead on the dark floor with his eyes now turned dead.

Not missing any beat the death devil started to kill each individual grand servants with his authority giving them True death making their souls no longer be recorded in the throne of heroes.

Rushing towards the last remaining grand servant that was a white haired succubus mage the death devil was about to decapitate her head with his sword laced with True death

the female laughed in fear.

"Ha Ha!, I'm never gonna respond to the counter force ever again!!" Proto-Merlin said to herself in contempt before summoning a single magical circle that was aimed specifically at herself.

"MERLIN EXPLOSION!"

*BOoommM!*

Successfully commiting suicide so that she won't be killed by the Death devil's blade Proto-merlin smirked in victory.

The Death devil was unfazed by the magical explosion that happened just moments ago looked at the now turning into prana particles on Proto-Merlin's body.

"You may have escaped me twice, Succubus,

☠ ⛥̵̡̨̧̡̖̙̙͕̰̦̽̉̉͑̋́̃̃ ̷̭͇̪̲̣͇͇̘͖̯͖̀͌̈̿̏̓⛧̸̰̪̝̱̰̮̃̎̓̔͗͋̀̈̚͝͝͝ ̵̨̛̛̖̦̮͔͙̜̠̖͖̰͉̈̀͒̔̇̊̈́͘̕⛧̷̡̛̗͕̻͕͇̯́̊̀̄̋̀̒͘ ̵̡͙̫̪͎͕͓̲͈̳̝̹̎̀͌̉̈͌̿̚̚͝͝⛧̷̢̨͚̱̜͉̫̻͉͎͇͙́̅͗̔̄̂͒͆͝͝ ̶̨̨̙̫̤̫̺͓͈̯͈̍̾͝⛥̶̧̛̺͍̥̝̼̳̌̾̈̀͗̒̌͗͜ͅ ̸̥̼̩̈́͆☠̶̙̗͔̦̩̘̘͋̄͐͗̐̓̆͊̀̑̒̄͠ ̴̦͚͉̥̂̄̌͋̿́͋̃̌̀͐̐͝͠⛧̸̢̪̦̜̻̬̠̮̻̫̼̈̄̔̇͋̒́̇͆̍̄͜ ̴̡̢͕̪̺̦͓͍̅͌̔͊̆̀͆̑́͝☠̷̛̝̐͒̀̃̍̀̉̽̕ ̴̲̭̜̳̮̟̀̂́͋̐̍̇́̎̊ψ̸̰̩̲͘ ̵̧͚̱̬̰̗̙̩̰̘̤̠̝́̅̍́ψ̷̧͔̤͍̙͔̺̳͔̗̼̟͌͊̌́ ̸̩̺̜̤̝̲̺̠̂͜☠̴̛̖̱̤͛́͌͗̈́͒̈̇͑͠͝ ̶̞͎͐͗̆́̌̂̄̑̐̕͠I̴̛̲̻͆̒̄̾̊͘͝ ̴̛͍̮̞̬̋̂͆̊͋̒̓w̵͉̓̔̅̋̃̇͐̽͑̌͘i̷̛̛̼͇͔̮͎̮͍͌̎͑͂̑̎̐̕͘͝ͅl̷̨̨͎̘̖̫͖͉̈́̽̂̉̔̕͘͠ḽ̸̫̝̝̦͙́̑̆̀̑͌͝ ̷̙͇̙͕̜͑̑̉͗̃̏̃̚b̶̨͕̞̫͕̒̉͂̿͛̅͘ę̶̲̗̞̘̺̭͖͉̟͑́͌͑ ̸̮͇͇̗̥̟̖̣̺̙̖̀̉̂́̄̉ẇ̴̧̢̧͇̗͚̙̻͓̟͋͛̍͂̌̃̇͆̆̓̕͠a̷̡̛̹̰̖̓̈͋͝͝i̸̢̺̦̜̓́̈́̔̀̈́͒̎͒̍͘͝t̷̛̼̲̠͕̹̞̺͎̲̟̦̖̊͋̄̓̄̾͒͌̉̎̕į̶̛̭̣̫̹̗̔̅̅̅̕̚͜n̸̢͍̱̭̙̩͎̪̥̦̖̉̐͜ǧ̵͍̭ ̷̘̺̗̣̩̗̣̣͕̘̯̣̮̗͑̋f̵̨̨̡̛͎̭̠̙̘̜̘͋̏̀̈́͗͛͐̂o̵͕͔̘̘͙̩̰̼̙̣̞̯̘͆̌̃̏͑͒̐͠ṙ̷͖̝͈̠̙̺̙̩̦͕̅̆̈́̄͐͗̐̇͘ ̷̨̡͈̰̳͖̬̯̀͂̏͆̄̊͆̀͝ͅy̸̝͛̄̃͆̌̈͌̋̂͌̊͋õ̸̥̤̙̰̪̲̘̞̃̉́̆͐̓́̇͐̋̐̄u̴̡͚͔̻̮̮̗̠̒̅̇̕͜ͅ ̵̖̰̣͋͠⛥̵̢̨̻͇͓͉̲̻̗͖͍̞͚̦͗͑̑̑̚ ̵̠̼͕̼͚͓̯͕̪̖̣̿̆̂̇̀̓ψ̴̡̻͉͈̤̮̫̻̖͔̱̄̍̐͒̀̽͂̓̓̅ ̷͇̎☠̷̺̙̬̝̝̤̠̥͚̼̿ ̶̛̹͖̙͉̦͗̊̃̃̈́̈́̑͊̾̇̚̚͝☠̴̬͙̱͉̠͋̀͒͋͘̚͝ͅ ̵̢̛͍̘͓͚̝̝͉͙͉͚̌̓̍̓̉̑͘͜͜͝͝ͅ☠̴̨̱̱̺͈̝̭̰͑ ̴̐̄̉̍͆͠͝ͅ☠̵̛̥̻͙͎̩́͂͂̐͗͐́͊͆̃̑͠ ̴̼̬̤͎̉̃̀̽̓̚☠̴̨̧̡̟͕͓͈͈̤̳̤̄̅̚̚͝ ̴̰̥̬͙̗̒͐́̚⛥̷͉̩̭̯̯̥͖̖̼̠̋́͑̒͐͆̎̒̋ ̵͉̹̖́̉̽̓̑̈́̆͑⛧̵̠͈̜̮͓̪͔̌̓̿̌̃͐̾͗̑͊̈̀͝͠ ̸̧̧̖̥̱̺̹̲̹̆̈́̇͑͐̉̀̕͠⛥̴̛̩̆͗͗ ̷̯̫͑̋͊͝⛧̴̫̗̮͇̱̻̒̏̚̚ͅ."

In his devil's tounge, Death devil cursed Proto-Merlin's body and soul with his mark of death.

"Agghh!!" Screaming from pain of being cursed and branded by the death devil's mark.

After what felt like an eternity of pain, Proto-Merlin was finally was able to return to the counter force, making her the only sole survivor of the seven grand servants.

Seeing that succubus was gone, the death devil took in all of the darkness in the surroundings and coldly looked at corpses of each individual servants now laying on the grassy plain of hell with either they're limbs ripped apart, heads cut off or still hanging on for dear life.

The Death devil curiously looked at King Hassan who was still barely alive from taking the brunt of his darkness sword laced with True death and walked toward his kneeling figure.

"You who dares call the name of my Master with such impudence, What shall be your death." The death devil coldly spoke in the human tounge so he can further understand why such a creature would dare slander his master's name.

"Thou shall not know of my faith, foul demon..." King Hassan said while coughing up blood from the wounds he sustained in their last fight.

Taking up his last stand King Hassan pointed his sword towards the death devil with his eyes burning in blue flames.

"Thee shall witness the strength of my faith."

Purging his sword with bluish flames, King Hassan made his final move last move.

"ZABANIYA!"

Shouting the name of his final technique that bring deaths to even Gods and metaphysical concepts, King Hassan slashed towards the death devil with the intention of killing him.

Seeing the Dead commit his last dying action the death devil interestingly looked at King Hassan's attack in amusement before raising his arm towards the arc of pure death and crushed it by clenching his hand

*Cough*

"HOW!?""

*Cough*

King Hassan questioned the Death devil for how he could just negate his Zabaniya, like its nothing than a inconvenience.

"You use the authority of death in my presence?, oh please, your technique is nothing but a ludicrous replication of my finest work" The death devil scoffed at King Hassan's meager attempt of using his authority against him.

"Let me show you what "Death" is Truly like."

Grabbing his darkness blade with bells attached to its hilt, he poured a dark oozing liquid unto the blade that was coming from his authority as the who is the end of all things.

Dropping a single black liquid onto the grass plains, the plants started to wilt and die, the soil corroded, and then the place where the drop once fell turned into a small abyssal hole.

"I'm the end of all life, I'm the one who stands against all that are living, I'm inevitable, so as such I alone shall announce your death."

"Azrael..."

With a swing of his sword, all things that was within his facility, disappeared and was greeted a flood of black oozing liquid swallowing the corpses of all six grand servants and the grassy hell scape in the manner second's.

After a second of waiting the one vast expanse of black liquid disappeared and was turned into a large dark gaping hole, making anyone who dares to look into it, be tempted to fall into the abyss.

Seeing his work is finished the death devil, entered it's shadow leaving hell entirely and returning to the normal world where he still has his authority of darkness parading the entire city of fuyuki.

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In the Emiya Residence

"SHIROU!!, DID YOU FORGET TO PAY THE ELECTRIC BILL!?" Rin shouted in the dark while putting her arms forward to feel where she is going.

"OF COURSE I DO!" Shirou shouted while looking for the light switch

Walking around the room with her arms forward, Rin was able to feel a soft squishy pillow on her hands.

*Ahh!*

*Slap*

"Wh- WHO JUST GROPED ME?!" Saber shouted embarrassingly while slapping the perpetrator who committed such act of indecency.

"IT WAS SHIROU!, SABER!" Rin avoided the question entirely while massaging the slap she received from saber.

"WHY ME? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Shirou nervously shouted, while vaguely confessing his crime that he didn't commit.

"SHIROU!!, TIGER MOM PUNCH!" Saber with fire in her eyes punched Shirou in the dark using her instincts and sound to guide her in finding Shirou's position.

*Thud*

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR SABER?!" Shirou feeling the punch to his stomach all over again, crounched in pain while shouting at saber with an unjust look on his face.

"Tiger mom needs to discipline her cubs." Saber puffed up her chest while proudly saying that shirou deserved it.

On the roof Archer is looking around his surroundings contemplating the current situation they were experiencing.

"I can't see anything..., not even the lights on fuyuki are on, and even the stars or even the moon, just what the hell happened?"

Thinking for a while Archer felt a presence that he didn't want to feel, even when he was summoned as counter guardian.

"Alaya and Gaia are both acting together"

"What would make Alaya and Gaia feel threatened that they would even work together?"

Looking at the direction of where he felt connection counter guardian being summoned Archer couldn't even begin to understand just who are they going to be fighting in the first place.

"It's best that i leave em alone, as of right now, I'm on vacation, alaya can suck my ass"

Archer stopped sensing the conflict and just lied down on the roof plates and thought of what Zafrey told him about his goal.

"Even if i kill him, I won't get what i actually want, huh?"

"You better be telling the truth, Zafrey."

Closing his eyes and focusing his senses on the antics of both Rin, Saber and Shirou, Archer smiled nostalgicly.