Tesla walked with his Master towards the refugee ship, this was to be their last day on the country of Japan. They had already set up their plan, go to Korea and find a Leyline as soon as possible. Wait for Xerxes's people in the Mages Association to make contact with them, then they could begin work on Tesla's incarnation. Both he and Suzaku had decided that nothing more was to be gained from this war, there were other ways to achieve their goals. Suzaku just wanted to go home to his family, no matter how much it pained him to give up the chance of bringing his wife back. Tesla knew that he had no chance of winning this war, there had simply been too many powerhouses summoned. He had one eye closed as they stepped on board the vessel, keeping an eye on Xerxes as well as the meeting through his Teslabot. Things were going as well as could be expected, all Tesla needed to do now was keep Xerxes safe until he could reach the Church-
[All Of Life Recoils, The Thing That Signals The End Of All Has Come]
Every single person on the ship staggered, many vomited from pure shock. Tesla stared out into the distance, his eyes wide as he slowly turned around. The death of humanity, something which stood in direct opposition to life itself, everything would die if he did not take action.
"Suzaku. I'm afraid our work isn't quite done." Suzaku only nodded in silence as his skin drained of color. Tesla knew, he knew that the world was now ending. He did not know what could possibly cause this, he did not know if he could stop it, he did not even know if it could be stopped. And there was nothing that terrified the Modern Prometheus more than not knowing.
But his duty remained. He was the Star that guided humanity into a new era of civilization, he was the Pioneer of the Stars that brought energy to the world. He was the man who stole Lightning from the Gods, bringing its power to Humanity and becoming a Legend. And he knew that if he ran away here, his entire legend would mean nothing, he would be spitting on every single person he sought to help throughout his life. If he fled Fuyuki now, the man known as Nikola Tesla would die, all that would be left is a coward who was willing to let the world end because he was scared he might die before finishing his life's work. He would just be the man who died alone in a hotel room filled with regrets.
Tesla's gaze was stern as he looked over everyone in the room. Everyone else had felt it too, the Servant next to the newcomer had already gone to do battle with whatever that was. He would be doing the same.
"Everyone who is capable of heavy combat needs to go find what caused that right now. The real me is out searching as we speak, I need to go retrieve my true Master and bring him here. Xerxes, call Berserker and tell him to search the city for... that." He did not bother with the cover any longer, not now. He did not even bother with his usual act of dramatic words and eye catching movements. There was no time for theatrics, no time for deception, now was the time for action. Everyone would have to band together if they were to defeat That, any concerns everyone else had no longer mattered. The Teslabot rushed out of the room, moving towards his True Master with haste and leaving Xerxes behind.
"May God help us all."
Elizabeth continued to listen to the meeting with interest, noting how they were scarcely a minute in and conflict was already beginning to bloom. A drunken Oni stumbled in, dumping her Master on the floor like a sack of potatoes, more banter was exchanged along with a rather impressive unveiling of a top quality spear. That would have to be reported to the Clock Tower, they would want to study it carefully in order to replicate the tree it came from. A heavy sigh escaped her mouth, how much longer would these buffoons continue to argue about such trivialities-
[She Saw The Corpse Of Humanity, Maggots Ate At The Flesh Of Manking]
Her vision went dark, when she came to she was clutching at her hair and sweating profusely all over the table. This is wrong, what have you people done, what manner of monster have you idiots summoned, this was wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong-
She was snapped out of her haze by someone speaking. She stared at him, slowly regaining her composure as Berserker left. She said nothing to him in response, he was completely right. Berserker needed to go find whatever had just appeared, find it and report it's location to her immediately. Elizabeth coughed once, shaking her head as she began to speak.
"I agree completely, despite your crude choice of words. Any other matters you all had need to be delayed immediately while we focus on that Thing. If any of you attempts to take advantage of the situation in any way, I will make personally make you wish you had never existed before delivering you to the Clock Tower for a swift execution." It should have sounded ridiculous coming from the mouth of someone who didn't even look like they had hit puberty yet, but nobody could doubt that every single word that had come from her lips was nothing less than a guarantee.
She saw the end stare at her. It was all she could do to not collapse at the very sight of that thing that threatened humanity.
That Beast.She was scooped up like a dainty maiden, but she could not bring herself to struggle or protest, not when she was being carried away from certain death.
Beast VII, the Sin of Apathy. Beast VI, the Sin of Hatred. Beast V, the Sin of Pity. Beast IV, the Sin of Comparison. Beast III, the Sin of Love. Beast II, the Sin of Regression.
Beast I, the Sin of Freedom.
While Altera may be a destroyer of civilization, that was a destroyer of all humanity. In it's infinite love, it will eradicate the Human Order without a doubt.
Yet she knew none of this. All she knew was that without a doubt, she was the cause of this somehow.
The Hero dropped her on the ground, screaming at her to run. Find help, gather Humanity's legends to fend off Humanity's destruction. She complied.
Altera rushed through the city, running searching for someone, anyone. Her army must be created, the army of destroyers she had led in life would form to destroy that
Beast.
Altera ran into one of Gilles's men and knocked him to the ground, she immediately recognized his nature as a spirit like she. Not a Heroic Spirit, but a Spirit nonetheless. She grabbed him and lifted him up with ease with a panicked expression.
"THE THREAT IS AT PELION'S PUB. YOU ARE TO GATHER ALL AVAILABLE HEROIC SPIRITS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU WISH FOR HUMANITY TO SEE THE SUN RISE ONCE MORE." She was not screaming, but the urgency in her tone was a scream in and of itself.
Ah, she just noted. For the first time in her life, Altera was terrified. These emotions were quite bothersome, she wished she had been summoned without them.
She dropped the soldier and fled in the direction of the Hot Springs, more soldiers would need to be gathered. It would have to be enough to destroy that thing.
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