Chapter 12
Hello Guys and welcome back! Here we are with a new chapter that I hope you'll enjoy! But first, as always, I'll reply to your reviews
-gold crown dragon
Well considering both Mash and Galahad are (TECHNICALLY) the same I guess its fine for Owain to call her aunt.Still, I wonder how everything going to turn out when Owain, Inigo, and Severa go to the world of Fates.Jeanne is here right? Can I hope for a certain lonely dragon to appear?
Well, this story's Mash is Lancelot's and Sumia's daughter along with Cynthia. Galahad is Lancelot's son, meaning that Mash and Cynthia are his step-sisters.
I still don't know if I'll make a sequel to this story on the world of fates
Yes, Jeanne is here as leader of the Camelot's Templar order.
For Kiyohime, no comments.
With this being said, let's get to the new chapter!
Ferox
Arthur woke up early, he silently got up from his bed in order to avoid waking up Lucina and Altria, who were sleeping in each other arms. The blonde man left the tent in order to get a bit of fresh air, the sun wasn't even in the sky and there was almost no sound around him, except for the few noises made by the creatures of the night, the torches, by the soldiers who were patrolling the perimeter and the sound of the gentle waves impacting on the sides of the anchored ships.
Arthur took a long breath as he let the fresh air of the early morning fill his lungs, it was a pleasant sensation. He slowly made his way to a small hill located near the harbor. When he arrived, he started staring to the horizon, particularly to the sea where they will soon find themselves navigating. His head was filled with worries regarding the ambush that was waiting for them...an ambush made by Heroic Spirits...this was clearly Morgan's doing...
'Is she collaborating with the conqueror? Are she just taking advantage of the situation?' those were the questions that he repeated inside of his head. Then he immediately started to think about possible strategies to use against the Spirits he was about to fight...
Francis Drake...in a Holy Grail war, she should be a rider class which gives her the biggest advantage...not counting that they will have to fight her in the sea which makes everything twice as hard...
Then there's the King of the Heroes...Gilgamesh...Arthur had no idea of what class he should be...he'll ask Altria when she wakes up...then he'll decide how to deal with him...
He let out a sigh as he watched the sun slowly rising and painting the sky with a red color. The Blonde man then heard some footsteps behind him and quickly turned around only to find Frederick standing a few meters away from him. Now that Arthur thought about it, he didn't have many occasions to speak with him.
"Good Morning Frederick" Arthur greeted him with a friendly tone
"Good Morning to You Lord Arthur" The knight replied as he bowed his head a bit "I hope I didn't disturb you with my presence"
Arthur shook his head "Of course not" he said calmly "To be honest, you just saved me from my thoughts"
Frederick had the face of someone who understand what he meant "I'm glad I was able to help"
"So what brings you here?" The blonde man asked kinda curious on why Frederick decided to approach him.
"I want to talk to you about some things and since I saw you walking here I thought that this would be a good occasion to speak with you calmly." Frederick said closing his eyes "Of course, only if you will allow that"
Arthur raised an eyebrow as he felt his curiosity grew even more "Sure, what do you want to talk about?"
Frederick expression turned into an ashamed one "I...wanted to apologize..."
Arthur made a puzzled expression "For what?"
"Two years ago I accused you of being Plegian Spies or Brigands...that was very unrespectful of me..." The knight said
Arthur involuntarily let out a small chuckle startling a bit Frederick who immediately tried to understand if he said something funny. Arthur quickly raised his hands smiling a bit "I'm sorry, you completely caught me off guard. I did not expect apologies for something that happened two years ago" he immediately said before taking a deep breath in order to recompose himself "Your doubts on our claims were legitimate, you were only doing your job of keeping Emmeryn, Chrom and Lyssa safe. There's no need to apologize for something like that."
"But still, after what you have done for Ylisse, I think I should at least give you an apology"
'He is not going to be happy until I accept his apologies, is he?' Arthur thought before nodding "Very well, then I accept your apologies"
"Thank you, Milord..." Frederick replied starting scratching the back of his head embarrassed "You see Milord...there's something else I wanted to talk about..."
"Feel free to speak then." Arthur said calmly
Fredrick really looked a lot embarrassed "I...did something very disrespectful to Lady Artoria back at Ylisstol...I saw some dirt on her armor and so I try to clean it and then..."
"You unwillingly unhooked the breastplate of her armor" Arthur concluded "She told me of that small incident"
"She must hate me for what I have done" Frederick said
"Actually she doesn-"
"Milord Arthur please tell me how can I make up for what I did!" Frederick said as he drew out a piece of paper and a feather pen out of nowhere
"Where did you..." Arthur started to ask
"It doesn't matter right now milord" Frederick said as he waited for Arthur to speak
Arthur scratched his cheek as he tried to think about what Artoria would like "Well...she likes a lot food...and riding?" he offered
Frederick nodded "Thank you milord! I'll visit her later"
"By the way, what were you doing this early?" The blonde man asked
"I pinned some posters in everyone's tents in order to raise the morale of the troops" Frederick replied "Now, if you'll excuse me..." he said before walking away.
Arthur didn't know why but he had a weird feeling about this...
Meanwhile
Medea slowly opened her eyes as she slowly got up from her bed, she was about to reach for her cape when the poster of a naked Chrom appeared in front of her...
The Caster blinked a few times shocked from what she was seeing... "Not interested" she then said as with a movement of her hand she changed the image of the poster with a naked Artoria "much better..."
"Medea" Tharja called from outside the tent
"Come in" The Caster replied as the dark mage entered
"So you also got one of these...I got Arthur in mine...ugh..." Tharja said with an annoyed expression
"I got Chrom...though I changed it in something that fits more my tastes" Medea replied as she stretched a bit
"Oh...I understand..." Tharja said smirking
An Idea crossed Medea's mind as she looked at her former apprentice "Want to have some fun?"
Tharja nodded and so the two of them left the tent with a mischievous expression on their faces
A few hours later
Cordelia was looking for Gawain, which was unusual since the knight never missed breakfast with the other Pegasus Knights. The red-haired woman also noticed that everyone, in general, was agitated, to say the least...probably because of the posters that were hanged on everyone's tents. She had the fortune of finding a poster of the naked figure of Chrom in her tent...which she destroyed immediately...she really didn't need something like that after what she's been through to bury her feelings for the exalt.
Cordelia finally reached her destination and was now standing in front of Gawain's tent.
"Captain Gawain, it's me Cordelia!" she called though no one replied. She waited for a few moments before sighing "I'm coming him" she said before entering the tent.
The woman remained shocked when she found the Knight of the sun laying down on the ground with tears falling out of his eyes while mumbling something incomprehensible. The pegasus knight immediately lowered herself with a worried expression
"CAPTAIN!" she called
"Oh Lord, I have sinned, I had impure thoughts of milord and of one of my disciplines. I'm not worthy of staying in heaven anymore!" Gawain said confusing the woman next to him even more.
Cordelia looked at her surroundings before her face turned completely red of embarrassment when she saw two posters...the first one had the naked figure of Artoria while the second one had..Cordelia...completely naked only covered by the reins of her steed with the words 'Ride with me!'.
Cordelia let out a shout that echoed all across the camp...
Galahad just finished securing the poster of Lissa he found in his tent along with the one of Chrom...Lissa was still laughing while holding her belly
"I'm so going to frame this!" The princess said as she laughed even more.
"Who did this truly ha a wicked sense of fun" Galahad commented before Lissa looked at him with a mischievous expression
"You can't complain much" she said before making a smug face "I saw how you hid the poster of me...if you really don't like these posters, why didn't you destroyed it?"
Galahad started coughing as his face turned crimson "I-I can't destroy something representing you...but I can't let anyone other me see it..."
"Awww" Lissa said as she hugged her future husband "I'm sorry for teasing you! But you know how I can't resist to your cute reactions!"
Galahad sighed as he stroke her head "It's okay..." then he narrowed his eyes "I have to go!" he said as he summoned his shield
"To your father?" she asked giggling as he nodded "Maybe you should give him some trust"
"Maybe" he said before running towards Lancelot's and Sumia's tent. When he arrived he saw something that really surprised him in a good way
"Seriously! Who thought this was funny is sorely mistaken!" Lancelot said quite angered as he destroyed the poster of Artoria he found in his tent "You can open your eyes Sumia"
Sumia, who closed her eyes since she didn't want to see Artoria naked. She slowly opened her eyes and sighed in relief "Thank you...that was way too embarrassing for me..."
"Don't even mention it, dear" Lancelot replied before spotting Galahad in the distance, a single drop of sweat ran down his forehead. To his surprise, Galahad just smiled and walked away.
"Is something wrong?" Sumia asked as Lancelot turned around and smiled
"No, everything is fine" He replied as Sumia also smiled "I'll go talk to Agravain about these posters..."
Agravain stared and stared and stared at the display in front of his eyes...he knew that everyone got a poster or two but he received seventeen of them and all resembling the same person...Tharja
'is this supposed to be a joke?' the knight thought as he started taking down the nearest poster.
"Oh my..." Someone said from the entrance of the tent "You accused me of being an obsessed psychopath and yet I find your tent filled with posters resembling me"
"As if" Agravain said with a cold tone as he tore apart the poster in his hands "Why do I have the feeling that you have something to do with this?"
"It was Frederick who pinned these posters all over the place" Tharja replied shaking her head
"And so Frederick for some reason knows about our fight and while he gave everyone posters of the people they like except for me" Agravain said coldly "At least, you could have given me Morgan"
"Woah...that's really fuc-"
"So I could use her poster for target practice" Agravain cut Tharja off
"You can't use my posters?" Tharja replied as a smirk
"Of course, I can't. I will not harm our allies" The knight replied shaking his head "And using your image as target practice would make people think badly of me"
"Oh?" The dark mage said as she walked closer to him "So you will not harm me?"
Agravain took a few steps back hoping to increase the distance between himself and the woman though Tharja didn't let him as she placed herself a few inches away from him. "You..." he started whispering before seeing someone who really shouldn't be there.
Lancelot was standing on the edge of the tent with a shocked expression "Sorry for interrupting you..." he quickly said before literally running away
"WAIT LANCELOT!" Agravain shouted but it was too late the other knight was already too far away "YOU KNEW!"
"Perhaps" Tharja replied giggling before taking a few steps back "Curses may not work on you but I have found something far more effective...rumors" she said before leaving the tent.
Agravain clenched his fists before sighing "This is war..."
Donnel was standing in front of the poster he received which of course had Scàthach as subject, he really didn't know what to do with it, should he destroy it? Or should he keep it? There was also something else that was bugging him...the poster was awfully accurate, though he doubted that his teacher posed for someone...
"so what will you do?" suddenly Scàthach asked as she entered the tent
Donnel wasn't very surprised by her sudden appearance, he was used to it. "You are not angry?
"Why should I? You already saw me naked and more" She replied as she sat on his bed and crossed her legs "And as far as I saw you are the only one who received one with me on it"
"Really?" Donnel asked surprised
"Yes, come with me" She said as she then got up and walked out of his tent
Donnel nodded and rolled up the poster and put it Inside his personal chest then he followed his teacher outside.
Scàthach was waiting for him outside, the two of them then walked towards the tents of the centurions and Templars "Have a look" she said before gesturing the people standing nearby
The four Templar generals were all standing in front of each other holding their poster representing Jeanne...
"hoc bene est" The first one said as the others nodded "servabimus istos in tuto"
The other three generals nodded again in agreement.
In the meantime, Jeanne was sitting in front of the main tent with her head in her hands. Her face was crimson red for the embarrassment as she could hear her soldiers thanking the gods for gifts they just received obviously referring to the posters of her...The Saint of the flag tried to destroy those but she stopped since those things got the Templars so pumped up that they could take over armies with ease...
"Poor Jeanne..." Donnel said feeling a bit bad for the blonde haired woman then he looked at the Legionaries and saw them...lining up in front of Nero so that she could autograph their posters
"Next! Umu!" Nero said with a beaming smile as another centurion placed himself in front of her...
"See?" Scàthach said with a smirk "Everyone reacts differently to these kinds of things"
"You are right, like you always are shishou" Donnel said "uhm...shishou?"
"What is it?" The woman asked calmly
"it's about the other day...when we..." Donnel started to say before scratching the back of his head
"What about it?"
"What does that mean...? Are we...?" Donny asked
"It depends on you" She replied calmly
"I...I would really like to be with you Shishou!" The knight said as he clenched his fists "In these years...I always had a huge crush on you...and the other day made me the happiest man alive!"
The woman just smiled "I know"
"you knew?" Donnel said now shocked
"of course" she replied with a small smile "I'm not stupid, do you think I really didn't notice how you looked at me sometimes? I'm not a dense person"
"Oh..." The knight said feeling really embarrassed "So..."
"So you better prepare yourself because I'm not a simple woman," she said before giving him a kiss and walking away "Prepare your things, we'll have to embark soon"
Donnel just stood there blinking a few times, the soldiers passing by were giving him approving looks as they walked by...
Somewhere in the sea
Validar was snickering to himself, he was standing on the deck of the Golden Hind, standing near him there was Drake who was giving orders to the pirates on the ship.
"When we'll reach our destination?" Validar asked eager to finish his mission
"We are already in position" Drake replied trying to hide her annoyed tone "It's up to the Ylisseans to show up..."
"Yeah Yeah..." The Plegian said nodding "we could just go look for them..."
"There's the Valmese fleet" Drake said shaking her head "Morgan said that we must not interfere with them"
Validar glared at her but nodded nonetheless
Arash was also on the ship along with Gilgamesh, the old man of the mountain and Leonardo.
"I really hate this..." The archer said as he threw a glance at Validar
"If we don't cooperate with him, he'll use a command seal on us and our plan will go to hell" Leonardo said
"Tsk...we are able to do this only because the mind of that man if clouded by his jealousy for Morgan...otherwise she would have already figured out this plan" Gilgamesh said
Arash nodded "Yeah...we are lucky"
"Now...let's get starting" Leonardo said as the three nodded in agreement
At Valm
Mash and Owain were hiding in the Valmese harbor, waiting for their occasion to eliminate the Valmese soldiers stationed there.
Mash did notice something though...Owain was awfully quiet...which was very unnatural. It started since they meet with the Shinsengumi...Mash still remembers how Owain was a member of it and how he and Okita were happy together before Medraut...
In the Future...
Okita and Owain were standing in front of the Mila Tree along with the soldiers of the Shinsengumi, the soldiers of Camelot were already off to get the other gemstones...
Medraut followed by Cù Chulainn, Medb, Jeanne Alter, Shuten Doji, Ibaraki Doji, Fionn and Diarmud. Behind them there was an army of machines, risens and Grimleal soldiers
In a few moments, the two armies started their battle. The Shinsengumi soldiers armed with the Tanegashima-teppo 2.0 so they were able to keep up with the weapons of the machines. In the meantime, the risens and grimleals were fighting with the other soldiers that weren't armed with firearms. Though both sides were losing many soldiers since they both had Heroic Spirits with them.
The battle lasted many hours and ended up with the defeat of the Shinsengumi...
Okita looked around herself...Hijikata...Ushi...Oda...they were all defeated...the others were close to their deaths...
"Owain..." The genius swordsman called to the young man next to her "take the others and...Go back to Camelot...I'll distract them..."
"What...you'll die!" Owain replied shaking his head
"But I will be able to fight until the end" Okita said as she got up and looked at Medraut "I beg of you Owain! GO!"
Owain forced himself to run in the opposite direction as Okita, he grabbed Tomoe and Musashi and started running away followed by an injured Raikou and Tamamo.
Okita made a small smile as she saw Owain running away. She then looked at the black knight in front of her. "Receive the brilliance of my concealed sword!" she chanted her Noble Phantasm before launched herself in the air "One silent step..." she said before disappearing "Two steps infinite..." she then added before reappearing in front of Medraut "Three steps, a sword absolute!" she said before thrusting her sword at him "Lightless, Three Stage thrust!" she said appearing behind the black knight.
'Ah...he dodged it...' Okita thought before turning around and trying to attack him one more time. Her mind went black when she stopped feeling her right arm, she then looked at the ground and saw her limb laying there...she looked in the direction of where Owain escaped and let out a chuckle as she wasn't able to see her companions even with her enhanced senses 'it's my win...' she said before with a single swing Medraut decapitated her...
"Hey Owain..." Mash said catching the attention of her nephew
"Oh...sorry! I'm ready whenever you are" Owain said as he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Thought to his surprise, his aunt pulled him into a hug. "This time everything will be different...Inigo, Cynthia and Severa are probably already recovered the blue gem and woke up Tiki..."
Owain hugged her back and nodded "Yeah...this time will be different..."
After a few moments the two broke the hug and nodded to each other before starting their attack...
On the way to Valm
After the Poster incident, The Ylissean army got on their ships and started navigating towards the other continent.
Arthur, Artoria, Chrom and Robin and Frederick were standing on the flagship of the army.
Frederick wasn't able to look at any of the presents in the face especially Artoria, he still wondered how the posters he pinned turned in such a mess and still wondered how they were able to change all the models of all the posters...
Arthur and Chrom were clearly embarrassed and spent most of the morning running around the camp to destroy the posters picturing them.
Artoria would have done the same thing if it wasn't for the fact all of her posters were quickly taken down by Frederick...
Robin instead was trying her best to hold her laughter. Fortunately Chrom was the only one receiving a poster of her and so she wasn't worried. She had the fortune of seeing Lon'qu running like a mad man out of his tent that was filled with posters of Merlin.
The rest of the Shepherds and Knight of the Round Tables were all scattered across the fleet in order to cover more ground for the upcoming battle...
Mordred was standing on the deck of the biggest ship of the army and with her there was Altria...
'" Watch after your sister," he said' Mordred thought inside her head 'As if I know how to look after a child! God...I would really like some tea right now!' she thought as a cup of tea was offered at her.
Mordred made a surprised expression as she saw Altria holding the cup of tea in her hands with sparkling eyes.
"How did you...?" Mordred started to say
"When you make that expression I know that you are thinking of having some tea!" The young knight replied with a beaming smile "So here you go, Mo-San Onee-Chan!"
Mordred brought her hand to her chest as she felt a very strange sensation wash over herself... 'I think I just got diabetes' Mordred thought as she looked forced herself to look at her step-sister
Altria was fidgeting a lot "Have I said something wrong!? I'm sorry!"
Mordred shook her head "No...you just caught me off guard...you shouldn't call me that...we may be sisters but I don't know you and I'm not the Mordred you knew"
Altria slowly calmed down her beaming smile was now a bittersweet one as she looked to the ground with eyes filled with sadness "You are right...I'm sorry...I didn't want to annoy you...it was rude of me...here's your tea..." she said before handing Mordred the tea...
A sense of guilt struck Mordred like an arrow right at her heart, she felt like she just kicked several times a puppy and that even though she kicked it, the puppy is still giving her affection...The knight sighed "Drop the onee-chan, I don't like it much...and also not many know that I'm not..."
Altria eyes lit up once again and she nodded vigorously "Okay Mo-san!" she said excitedly.
Mordred let out a sigh in defeat and nodded "Good..." she said before an awkward silence fell between the two, Altria kept staring at her sister while Mordred was looking at the horizon...
'What's up with her?!? Go do something!' Mordred said as she took a sip of the tea her sister gave her 'Oh shit this thing is good!' she thought before throwing a glance at Altria who was still smiling at her...
"it's very good" Mordred muttered in agreement
"Yeah, I've practiced a lot" Altria replied immediately before silence fell upon them again...
Mordred was actually starting to get nervous as Altria kept standing next to her still smiling. The knight decided to walk to the other side of the ship...but Altria kept following her...she then walked to the front of the ship...and Altria kept following her like a puppy...
Mordred sighed and turned around "Tell me something"
Altria nodded "Yes?"
"How was the me from the future?" The knight asked
Altria's eyes lit up "You were awesome! You taught me how to ride a horse and chose this armor for me!" she immediately said before a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes "After our father death, you became the lord of Camelot and didn't have much time to spend time with me..." she said before smiling again "But that's totally fine! I knew you needed to look after our people and organize the defense against Grima...it's just...without father...the castle felt a bit empty...and I..."
Mordred was struck by the idea of being Lord of Camelot, she felt happy but for some reason she also felt sad...probably because she became Lord thanks to Arthur's death...then she realized something "Where was your mother?"
"Mother...our father's death struck her the most...she never shed a tear...she kept jumping into battles...she rarely came back at the castle" Altria explained scratching the back of her head
Mordred slowly raised her hand then stroke the top of Altria's head "You must have felt very lonely huh?"
Altria looked at her with a shocked expression as her eyes slowly became wet.
"Oi oi!" Mordred as she started panicking a bit "don't cry!"
Altria started rubbing her eyes "S-Sorry! It's just...it's just you are right! Everyone else was busy fighting...and I...I" she started saying before hugging Mordred "I really felt lonely!"
Mordred stood there very awkwardly, her gaze looking at the soldiers of the ship who were gesturing her to comfort her sister 'How the hell am I supposed to that?!?' she wondered before slowly and awkwardly wrapping her sister with her right arm "It's okay! This time I'll reduce everyone who stands in our way into a pulp!" she said as Altria nodded.
Arthur then started to notice something...there was a flock of...crows?
'That can't be good' he thought as the crows landed on ship bringing with them an unknown figure
"Wh-what's that? A storm of... crows?! Gods, it's upon us!" Chrom shouted as he got in his fighting stance
Suddenly Medea landed next to them, having sensed magic on the Flasgship...she waved her hand and the crows immediately dispersed revealing a plegian dark mage.
"WOAH IT'S HER THE GREAT CROW!" The plegian said excitedly"Or should I say seagull? ANYWAY, I'm a huge FAN of your work especially when you literally turned thousands of soldiers into ash Nya ha ha!"
"Is that so? If I'm not wrong those were your comrades" Medea replied
"Yeah, but I'm also a traitor of the Plegian army! I was the one of informed Panne of the plot against Emmeryn and the one who helped the lady right there dealing with the plegian soldiers at Ylisstol!" he said waving his hand at Lucina "It was a good time!"
"What's your name and what do you want from us?" Arthur asked
"I'm Henry and I wish to join you!" The dark mage said smirking a bit
"THE VALMESE FLEET!" the observer standing on top of the mainmast. The time has come...
"Seems like you'll have to occasion to show us your skills" Arthur said as he looked at the enemy fleet
"it will be my pleasure! Nya ha ha!" Henry replied
"Come with me" Medea said before starting floating the air thanks to her magic .
"What honor!" The Plegian mage said as he was once again surrounded crows and followed Medea in the air
Robin looked at the others and with a determined expression nodded "Remember the plan!" she shouted as everyone nodded and got on their positions...
Nero was standing on the deck of the ships that led the legionary fleet, she raised her hand as all the mages prepared themselves launch fireballs at the enemy ships while the Archers lit up their arrows. "AIM FOR THE SAILS!" Nero shouted as the ships were now in range. "FIRE!" The Roman emperor shouted before the sky got filled with thousands and thousands of arrows and spells. She was immensely pleased when she saw the sails of the Valmese army burning.
As soon as she saw the Valmese fleet losing its sails, Jeanne looked at the captain of the ship she was on "Get us near them!" she shouted as the captain nodded and changed the course of the ship which was followed by the other Templar ships. As soon as they placed themselves near the Valmese ship, Jeanne started her assault. The Saint of The Flag jumped on the enemy ship followed by the Templars and started taking down the crew with her pole when she had the occasion, she would just grab the enemy soldiers and throw them in the sea. The Templars immediately felt the difference between the Soldiers they have fought at Ferox and these ones. This time, they were way more armored and experienced.
In the meantime, Artoria was totally wrecking ship by ship with Rhongomyniad, her objective was to make a path for the ship where Arthur, Chrom and the Shepherds were so they could immediately attack the enemy flagship. Artoria looked at one of the ships when she heard ungodly screams, said ship was being attacked by Jack. The assassin was decapitating, gutting and skinning the poor crew of the ship without any mercy. Artoria returned to focus on her objective, she focused her mana in the spear in her hands that got wrapped with energy and struck yet another ship, the wood was immediately destroyed causing the ship to start sinking.
The ships that were to flank the templar and roman fleet found themselves attacked by Mordred, Altria and Gawain followed by the pegasus knights. Mordred wasn't holding back at all, the Valmese soldiers weren't able to keep with her speed, she was like a red lightning bolt that was striking everything on her path. Gawain and Cordelia were instead like eagles hunting down their prey. They would dive towards their enemy and strike their enemies with their weapons before repeating the process after regaining altitude.
"Ramming speed!" Arthur ordered as the enemy flagship was on sight
"Arthur are you sure the ship will not destroy upon impact?!?" Chrom shouted as he held on tight on the ship.
After a few seconds the two ships impacted with each other, Arthur didn't waste any time and immediately jumped on the enemy ship soon followed by Lancelot and the others.
Panne turned in her bunny form and started ripping and tearing the enemy soldiers to shreds. Lancelot was slightly uncomfortable by the scene since it reminded him about that one rabbit back in Camelot...he was forced to focus on the battle at hand when a ground of seven soldiers attacked him, he dodged their weapons and then swiftly killed them all with quick and coordinated attacks.
Sumia was having a bit of a hard time, there were too many archers and so she could not approach the enemy. But the problem didn't last for very long as Lissa joined the battle and shot each archer with her gun. The enemy took advantage of her need to reload to attack her in group but they were stopped and killed when Sumia and Galahad backed up the princess.
Lon'qu cursed under his breath as he was surrounded by heavy armored soldiers with shields and was in a very dangerous situation as he was cornered. Suddenly a rain of spells struck down the armored soldiers.
Lon'qu looked around for his savior and saw Merlin standing there with a sweet smile on her face.
His face turned a bit grim at that but... "t-thanks..." he mumbled before returning to fighting.
That made Merlin's smile grow wider as she started following him and helping him dealing with the enemies.
Cherche was teaming up with Agravain and Mustafa, the three Wyvern riders were protecting Arthur and Chrom from above by eliminating every enemy Wyvern rider and Pegasus knight. Those who slipped between their formation were immediately struck down by Tristan and his archers.
Maribelle and Bedivere were backing up the main force, the blonde haired young woman was healing any injured soldier that was too far away from Lissa or Nightingale while The knight protected her. Needless to say that no one was able to to get past Bedivere.
Brynhildr and Sigurd were protecting the Legionaries and Templars from any attacks from above.
Lucina was cutting through the enemy ranks with ease. Thanks to her enchanted armor she was able to withstand the heavy attacks of the Valmese soldiers while also being very fast and strong. At her side there was Arthur, his attacks were relentless but also precise and elegant. His invisible sword was giving his opponents a lot of problems since none of them was able to tell the measures of the blade, this led to the death of many soldiers.
Chrom was standing beside Robin, the couple was looking after each other's back. The two were slowly advancing towards the enemy commander that was barking orders to his soldiers.
Chrom leaped in the air and attacked him by thrusting his Falchion in his guts. The attack succeeded and the commander fell down on the ground
"Strike me down, and ten will take my place... You...have...lost!" he said before dying.
With the death of their commander, the remaining ships of the Valmese fleet started retreating...
"Now, it's my turn" Medea said as many magic circles appeared all around her. Said circles started bombarding the ships until nothing was left.
Henry, who was standing next to her, was... In ecstasy, he grabbed Medea's hands and looked at her right in the eyes "MARRY ME!"
"WHAT?!?" Medea replied stunned "NO!"
"Nya ha ha! You are right! There are more things to do before that!" he said laughing as Medea sighed.
The first battle was won...
Back at Valm...
Mash and Owain were fighting off the waves and waves of Valmese soldiers. Normally, two normal people wouldn't be able to keep fighting against an entire battalion but neither of Mash or Owain were normal people...they inherited the strength of their fathers and mothers after all...though they weren't immortals...
In the meantime...
"Our Master seems to be focused on something else huh?" Oda said as she marched along with the rebels... "How long before meeting up with Hijikata?"
"His message arrived two days ago and we have been marching since then" Ushi said calmly "If we don't meet up today we'll do it tomorrow"
Oda nodded "And how far away we are from the harbor?"
"Well...we can arrive today if we want...but if what the strangers said is true..." The rider started saying
"Our Master will face The Ylissean Heroic Spirits...if we go to the harbor now there's a high chance that our Master discovers our betrayal..." Ode concluded before sighing "Why things must be always this complicated..."
Ushi just shrugged before smirking "Well...at least we don't have to wait for Hijikata"
Hijikata walked in front of them followed by his troops "So you received the message huh?"
"Of course we did" Oda replied shrugging "So the Ylisseans are coming here huh? About time! I'm sick of working for the bad guys!"
"As if you are a good person..." Okita remarked
"I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE I WANT TO END THE WORLD! I JUST GOT HERE I WANT TO SEE LOTS OF THINGS!" Oda replied before a scout approached them
"Boss, the strangers are fighting alone again the soldiers..." The soldier said
"Then let's go!" Okita said "They are waiting for us!"
"We can't..." Hijikata said sighing "Otherwise they will discover our plans"
"Can't Tamamo hid us?!?" Okita asked
The Fox Girl Shook her head "If we do that for that long, he will notice that the contact has been severed even though he's focused on something else..."
"then we can only watch?!?" the Samurai said as the other sighed and nodded with grim expressions...
Back to the sea...
The Ylissean fleet was now going full speed towards Valm though the formation was way more different...there was one ship leading all the others, said ship was full with Heroic Spirits...they were the vanguard...
"I really don't like this..." Robin said as she standing on the deck of the flagship that was on the center of fleet... "We are using them as shields..."
"We can't help it...they said that those people are out of our league in a head-on fight" Chrom said sighing as he looked behind him where Lucina, Sumia, Cordelia and Lissa were.
Lucina and Sumia had a worried expression while Cordelia an angered one...Lissa was cheerful one...
"Something is happening your majesty!" A soldier shouted as he pointed in front of them.
Everyone paled when a flying ghost fleet appeared on the horizon...
Arthur looked at the ships in the sky and gritted his teeth. "BRACE YOURSELF!" he shouted
Francis looked down on the Ylissean fleet, she really didn't want to this but she needed to keep the act going... 'I hope you'll make it' she said before pointing her guns at the ship "this is the beginning of the Wild Hunt!" she shouted as all ships opened fire on their target.
Galahad seeing the thousands of thousands of beam of magic energy. He quickly slammed his shield on the deck of the ship "Lord Camelot!" he shouted as the white walls of Camelot appeared in front of the ship. When the beams of energy impacted with the walls, they caused a massive explosion that sent strong waves to the rest of the ships.
'Well done' Francis thought before looking at Validar "They survived" she said as Validar looked at her with an angered expression.
"Then shoot them again!" He barked as the ghost ships disappeared
"I would but I lack the energy" The pirate said as the ship hit the sea once again
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!? YOU HAVE GRIMA'S ENERGY!" The plegian said
"How stupid can you be mongrel?" Gilgamesh said as he approached the two of them "You are our master, so you are providing our mana"
"WHAT?!?" Validar replied even more enraged
"You wanted control on more Servants even though you already controlled the Samurais" The King of The Heroes said "Your mana supplies were already under an incredible strain and now that Rider used her Noble Phantasm your aura is almost gone." Gilgamesh explained as he looked down on Validar. "Well, there's one thing left to do..."
"AND WHAT WOULD IT BE?"
"Sell deary our skin" Francis said smirking said as the ship started to approach Arthur's ship.
"Tsk! Even those command seals are fake" Gilgamesh said as Validar widened his eyes "You understand now? Morgan sent you to your death because you were a nuisance" he said as he summoned his axe and his stone book...before jumping on the enemy ship.
"Now, I shall test you all mongrels," The King of the Heroes said before several portals opened behind him. Out of the portals many spells were launched towards Arthur and his companion.
Soon after that Francis also jumped on the ship and opened fire with her guns.
Arthur dodged the spells and followed by Lancelot and Gawain, he charged at the King of the Heroes. Gilgamesh had to admit that he was running out of mana and that dodging the fight of the knights was hard in those conditions. Fortunately, his objective wasn't winning but to put up a flashy fight.
Francis started breathing heavily 'I can't go on anymore...this is bad...' She thought as she dodged another arrow sent by Tristan... 'Where the fuck is the caster?!?'
In the meantime, Arash and Leonardo sneaked on the back of the ship thanks to the help of the Old Man of Mountain. They were immediately confronted by Jack, Medea and Merlin. The three Heroic Spirits were about to attack their enemy when Arash dropped his bow and shook his head.
Merlin immediately understood the meaning of those actions and stopped Jack and Medea from attacking. Leonardo then gestured Francis' ship getting nods from Merlin...
To Valm...
Mash and Owain were breathing heavily...they have been fighting for hours and the Valmese soldiers just kept coming without giving them a break.
"they just keep coming..." Owain said as he dried some sweat from his forehead.
Mash nodded "We have to keep going...the harbor must be secured..." she said gasping a bit as the two of them were surrounded by another wave of soldiers.
Then suddenly gunshots filled the air. Mash and Owain to find the source of the shoots and smiled when they saw Oda standing on top of a rooftop with her Tanegashima in hand.
"Need some help?" she said as Hijikata jumped into the battle followed by the Shinsengumi and Heroic Spirits...
Back in the sea...
Validar fell on his knees as he felt the link between him amd his servants getting severed along with the one belonging to Grima...
Medea was standing behind him with Rule Breaker in her hands. Next to her there were Arash, Leonardo and the Old man of the mountain...
They were soon joined by Arthur and the other Heroic Spirits along with Gilgamesh and Francis.
"The plan was an absolute success!" Leonardo cheered as Gilgamesh glared at her.
"Silence...we almost got killed..." He muttered as he felt his body slowly regaining energy
"Oh come on! Weren't you be able to see the future?" Francis said smirking
"I see the possible futures and in quite we ended up dying in a lot of those" The King of the Heroes replied
"Though, you also didn't use all of your power, King of the Knights" Leonardo remarked smiling
"Don't call that here..." Arthur said calmly.
Leonardo raised an eyebrow and was about to reply "Listen to him" Gilgamesh said as he looked at her right in the eyes.
"Anyway, we knew you didn't wish to fight against us" Arthur said calmly
"HOW?!?" Validar barked as he tried to get up only to get hit by Lancelot.
At this point, Arthur's ship was joined by the rest of the fleet. Robin and Chrom quickly jumped on Arthur's ship followed by the Shepherds.
"Thank the Gods! You are all alive!" Chrom said sighing in relief
"That attack made my skin crawl! Fortunately, Galahad is a walking fortress" Robin said sighing in relief.
Lissa immediately went to Galahad and checked his body conditions.
"I'm okay Lissa" Galahad said smiling
"I know how you shield works!" Lissa replied "It can block everything but while protecting the others you hurt yourself!" she said as she sighed in relief when she found no injuries.
Altria then walked to her father along with her mother. Arthur gestured his daughter "We had a little bit of help from the future"
Validar was shocked...then he started chuckling and he laughed. Morgan...Morgan has failed! She also let those pesky kids go back in time...though he still needed to do something... Validar looked at Robin
"Heed my call, Robin..." he said as Robin brought her hand to her head with a pained expression "Help your father! Join me! And we'll show that witch that you are the only fitting vessel for him! Give me the Emblem! And together we'll destroy them all!"
Arthur widened his eyes when he saw Robin slowly raising her hand in Chrom's direction...
"I-I CAN'T CONTROL MY BODY!" Robin shouted as Validar started laughing before his head fell to the ground and Robin fainted...The Old Man of the Mountain was standing on the decapitated corpse of the Plegian Lord.
"The link has been severed" He said solemnly...