Chapter 121: Assassin of Black (2)

Chapter 121: Assassin of Black (2)

~Third POV~

[Nighttime, Sighisoara]

Standing inside an abandoned room that formerly belonged to a Magus the Master of Assassin of Black Reika Rikudou a prostitute who lived with Sagara Hyouma until he used her as a sacrifice to summon the Assassin of Black, who saved her life and killed Sagara.

Assassin of Black, Jack the Ripper soon spoke childishly, wearing a black robe hiding her body, "No one's out on the streets anymore. Mother, should we go to another town now?"

Reika nods, turning around to face Jack in a kind tone, suggesting the next area to go next, "Yeah. Next is Trifas right?"

Jack nodded her head before she jolted up in surprise sensing a Master and Servant in a surprised tone, "Yeah. Ah… but, it seems another Magus has come here."

Reika smiled a bit surprised but spoke gently to her Servant understanding what her savior wanted, "Oh my, is that so? Then shall we make them your last meal here in Sighisoara?"

Jack nodded as she spoke happily in an excited tone speaking to her mother, "Yeah. But mother, you mustn't accompany us today. It might be more dangerous than usual."

Reika nodded understanding with a warm smile on her face, "All right, then I'll wait here."

Jack nods her head happily as she requests a meal after attempting to kill the Magus in an excited tone, "Hey, hey, we want to eat another hamburger when we come back! We're off."

Reika waved her hand agreeing as she began to go ahead to cook for her savior with a gentle tone, "Sure. I'll make it while I await your return. Take care."

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Wandering around the town of Sigihisoara Mordred and Mash returned after sightseeing the sights in the modern world with a satisfied grin, "Man… the modern world is certainly interesting. The skyscrapers, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, and many other sites that have passed since my time."

Mash nodded feeling excited as well seeing the sights with a grin on his face quite satisfied using their time, "Yeah. I certainly had a blast on this date Baeber. I certainly had a lot of fun."

Mordred growled defiantly yelling at him, "IT WASN'T A DATE!"

He laughed lightly at Mordred's action before he suddenly stopped speaking in a serious tone tasting the poison in the air, "Saber put on your armor. I taste the poison in the air I can survive because of my skills. You might have the time to change so best wear your armor now."

Mordred nodded wearing her armor and walking down the streets. But soon a fog began to descend on the town with Saber noticing the fog in confusion, "… It's gotten foggy. Fog…?"

Mordred quickly looked towards her Master with slight concern. But is relieved seeing the fog not affect him casually analyzing the fog in an intrigued tone using his [Observe], "This is the Assassin of Black second Noble Phantasm [The Mist]. The mist of sulfuric acid, created with magic power, is the Noble Phantasm itself. If it's a Servant, they will receive no damage, but their Agility will decrease by a rank. The user can choose who will and who won't be affected by the mist among those inside her Noble Phantasm."

Understanding the fog wouldn't harm them they have their guards up. Fou merely yawned taking a nap on Mash's shoulder sweating at his nonchalant nature, "Sure are a carefree fella little guy."

While remaining on guard Assassin of Black was tailing them slowly. Seeing Assassin of Black tailing them he sighed letting his guard down and waiting for the Assassin to take the chance to attack talking to Saber using their link.

Saber nodded distancing herself lightly waiting to attack. A silent few seconds were soon broken when a chant was heard signaling Jack's Noble Phantasm, "Hell starts here. We are fire. We are rain. We are power. Let the slaughter start."

Judging by that chant, a Noble Phantasm was about to be released right at the start. They jumped aiming for the one who was the most defenseless announcing her attack, "[Maria The Ripper]!"

The assassin crept up behind Mash and stabbed his back with two small weapons, a pair of knives. If it were anyone else, they would've been dead as Assassin aimed at the neck for an instant kill…

*Klank*

However, she chose the wrong target because her Noble Phantasm is Rank D and wouldn't damage him because of his skill [Armor of Fafnir: Blood Armor of the Evil Dragon] wouldn't be effective unless Rank A or higher to effectively damage him but even then, that attack would be reduced to E-Rank attacks.

For Mash, he only felt the attack a little more than a small needle pricking him, so much that he didn't feel it shocking Jack. Soon enough he simply reached out and grabbed Assassin of Black struggling to be free and tied with his [Unseen Hands], "Let go, you! We'll kill you!"

Mash eyed the assailant. A young girl with short and messy silver hair and ice blue eyes, which were widened in a slight panic. She had several knife scabbards hanging along her waist, but she didn't have the vital skirt to cover her lower body. Together with the leather clothes on her upper body, she had a sensuous atmosphere despite her young appearance.

He stared at the struggling Assassin of Black, Jack the Ripper observing her info and level using his [Observe] skill.

[Jack the Ripper Lv.60 Legendary Serial Killer

Description: The Legendary Serial Killer. Although there are numerous theories about who Jack the Ripper could have been, she is one interpretation of the series of gory murders in 19th-century England. Her true nature is that of a collection of wraiths born from the aborted children of prostitutes in Whitechapel, London. Because she is a collection of wraiths and not a single entity, piercing her heart will not lead to her immediate death, but the spillage of said wraiths.]

Saber soon eyed the enemy readying her blade but soon froze along with Jack with a knowing grin, "Alright, I'm adopting you."

Jack froze for a few moments along with Mordred but responded, "WHAT?!"

Mash replied with a wide grin, "Yep."

Mash tucked the girl under his arm. She immediately used her knives to stab him, but only blanched when her Noble Phantasm not making a dent muttered her defiance, "No! Let us go!"

He only shook his head with Saber asked in a confused tone at the situation unfolding in front of her, "Uh, sorry Master, but can you back the fuck up right there? That's the one we're gunning for!"

And he responded with a sly grin scratching the back of his head with his free hand, "Well, you can stop worrying about her now."

Mordred eyes twitched knowing her Master well enough to not harm kids. The first thing she did after that was punching a nearby wall into smithereens to vent her anger, "Fuck! How anti-climactic was that?! But Master…!!"

[The Mist] soon disappears with Jack losing Magical Power as she slowly comes to terms with the gravity of the situation, she had stuck herself into with Mash speaking in a carefree tone, "Now then little missy you have been quite the bad girl. But before that, we're not gonna kill you. And I mean it Baeber."

Saber growled at the name but Jack thought in a dismissive tone of his actions, 'His lying. He had to be. What a cruel person, trying to give me hope of survival. I wanted mother. Mother would know what to do.'

He sighed seeing Jack's reluctance as he tossed Fou on her head with the fluffy critter raised his paw in greeting, "Sigh… for the last time, we're not gonna kill ya."

Jack stared at Fou desperately resisting the urge to pet it. But soon the critter jumped down and looked at her with cute eyes bashfully looking up at her with a word, "Fooooou…?"

Jack resisted gazing at the innocent Fou before she finally succumbed to hugging him, "Ah! So cute!"

Mash could only smile confidently seeing Assassin of Black overtaken by the age classic of 'Cuteness is Justice' with Mordred dumbfounded mouth agape speaking, "I… I don't know how to process this…"

For all the cruelty and actions, she has done in her past against her father seeing an enemy defeated by cuteness was the least of them with Mash nodding sagely, "Never underestimate the power of cuteness Saber. For that's humanity's greatest weapon!"

Mordred felt like she lost some brain cells listening and seeing the effects of cuteness working in front of her. She swore that this Holy Grail War was getting weirder by the second this continued.

*PEW*

Soon enough a hail of arrows coming from above them came alerting Mash's [Instinct] skill eyes tilting towards them flicking his hand using his Authority of Pride, [Power of Darkness] to conjure a repulsive force of gravity creating the darkness wall.

*Boing*

Seeing the arrows bounce off the wall of darkness gravity Mordred immediately readied herself sporting a feral grin, "The Archer of Red Chiron! I'll kill'em!"

Mash nodded leaving her to work agreeing grabbing Jack struggling to escape from his [Unseen Hands] and giving her the command in a serious tone, "Go ahead, Saber. Fight Chiron but don't kill the Master got it? I don't want any kids dead you hear."

Saber agreed so long as she got to fight a Servant, she was gung-ho about it. Not needing any more time she rushed forward with Mash holding onto the struggling Assassin of Black flailing about and heading towards her mother much to her worry.

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Sighisoara's famous clock tower boasted of being the tallest building in the city, with a height of 64 meters, and, just as one could see nearly the entire town from atop it, the tower was visible from everywhere in town.

It consisted of a central spire surrounded by four smaller spires. Above even the tower's highest hallway, Chiron and Fiore stood on an outcropping so small that it couldn't even be called a thin foothold.

They had been quietly surveilling the rogue Servants scouting the area with the Saber of Red. Then, most likely the Assassin of Black attacked, being neutralized by the Master of Red.

Chiron wisely held back his bowstring, since attacking at that moment would be the most opportune to strike down the Master of Red in one fell swipe. However, Chiron didn't expect to frown sensing the Authority being used conjuring a wall of darkness repelling his series of arrows like nothing.

Fiore frowned seeing the sneak attack failed as Chiron summarized the effects of the Authority using his own [Divinity] to guess in a neutral tone, "Unfortunately our sneak attack failed. Saber's Master is a wild card using his Authority quite impressive for a mortal to use one while only Gods have one Authority."

Chiron remained calm seeing the Master didn't bother attacking them seeing Saber rushing towards them. He was able to calmly stand somewhere that normal people wouldn't be able to endure for even a few seconds due to his innate sense of balance.

However, he is concerned about her Master, Fiore. Her legs were disabled because of her degenerated Magic Circuits. Normally she was incapable of standing, and the foothold wasn't wide enough to hold her wheelchair either. Despite that, she was on that foothold suspended in midair with long metal arms extending out from her back supporting her body on the small foothold.

Observing the battle Fiore soon spoke in a cautious tone seeing the Master of Red leaving with Assassin of Black, "We'll move on to fight to Saber of Red just as planned. Archer, please face Saber. I'll tail Mash Bastion from a distance."

Chiron curtly nods understanding her Master's intention responding in a cautious tone, "Please don't overextend yourself and call me if he does come."

Fiore nodded following Mash's trail with Chiron alone to handle Saber of Red. Saber of Red's angry gaze pierced Archer as red lightning roared around her exposing her face was surprisingly young to Chiron seeing her face.

But Chiron, having seen many heroes, could tell. She had the disposition of a hero. Both exchanged glances with Saber immediately charging in Archer's direction reaching the clock tower in less than a few seconds.

Chiron was amused by this as he held his bowstring firing a volley of arrows at Saber of Red's violet charge.

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[Worldline: Fate/Stay Night]

[Ryuudou Temple]

Meanwhile, in another worldline, Medea resided inside the Ryuudou Temple frowning using her crystal ball to improve her skills of [Clairvoyance] muttering, "Oh no… seems like Master left behind a small… no rather big issue. The Holy Grail is coming 10 years with his blunder with the leylines."

As time passed Medea used her time to enjoy her peace deciding to stay in Fuyuki City practicing becoming a housewife and teacher to her 3 students. Currently, she was reviewing the state of the Holy Grail only noticing the large abundant magical energy converging.

Both knew that they used the Holy Grail to obtain their respective wishes. Mash used his wish to purify the Holy Grail and hers to be incarnated into the real world planning to stay assuming the Holy Grail War wouldn't appear in the next 50-60 years.

However, thanks to Mash's previous actions ALL the leylines connecting to the Ryuudou Temple were restored to their prime. The prime is the same releasing magical energy as the Age of the Gods.

Medea analyzed the issue frowning lightly crossing her arms pouting lightly at the seriousness of the situation in a serious tone, "… This could be problematic. If my analysis is correct then the Holy Grail is appearing sooner than I expected. 10 years or less… how troublesome…"

However, her attention soon drifted to the sound of one of her students calling to her in a tired tone, "Medea-san… Uncle Kariya has dinner prepared and my big sis is coming as per our studies with Illya-san. Is everything alright sensei?"

Medea hid her expression putting on a warming smile walking towards Sakura who's a pre-teen patting her head in an affectionate tone, "Oh no deary. Just something popped up but let's head to dinner with your uncle. I'll be there shortly."

Sakura timidly smiled as she nodded her head Medea sighed a breath of relief taking pride in saving her life, "Sigh… at least our actions made sure this little one didn't suffer a hellish life. At least she won't follow my sad tale…"

Standing up Medea proceeded to follow soon after to enjoy the dinner ahead.