Shadow Servant

OkayOh for God's sake, what is happening? Why are Servants here?

I see... A Holy Grail War? A Holy Grail War was going on in that town!

Normally, it would be a battle royale amongst the Seven Servants summoned in Fuyuki. But something's gone terribly wrong.

I'm not surprised there's a Servant without a Master. It's natural for Servants to target other Servants.

Then as long as I'm here, we'll be targeted by other Servants?

But Mash has nothing to do with the Grail! That's just a wandering phantom gone mad!

I found it. New prey. The Grail shall be mine!

Servant's signal confirmed, it's an Assassin-class Servant!

I can fight! Senpai, please give me your orders!

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Okay. I'll bring you victory, Master!

All rightHow about that!

This is a waste of time. I could have handled this on my own.

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Fujimaru, they've caught up! There's one more, that's their main force!

No way... We're losing to one already, and now there's one more on the way?

Ah

Let's finish this, Lancer. I don't know what kind of Heroic Spirit that is, but I will have her head.

Ha. Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Director, Mash, hang in there! You got to keep moving!

Fou! Fou!

Ha. Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Dammit, they both let fear get to them... Give your orders, Fujimaru! You're the only calm one now!

Senpai!

Fun, fun, fun, fun!

Ugh...

This is fun! I want to kill! Yes, run!

...Understood, there's no other option!

Ha! Futile! Fight, then you die. Run, and you still die. The demise of the futile, oh so miserable.

Go ahead and struggle. Miserable people are ever so entertaining.

F-Fight? Are you serious? We don't stand a chance against something like that, right!?

...Even so, we must fight. I will find a way for us to get out of this alive!

Ha You've just killed yourself, girl!

I thought you were just some girl, but it looks like you've got some fight in you. Then I can't leave you like this.

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Ugh! Who are you?

What do you mean? Can't you tell? Don't tell me the mud got in your eyes too?

Curse you Caster! Why are you siding with a Wanderer?

Huh? Because it's better than siding with you guys. And hey, I don't mind brats with some potential.

Young lady, be ready for a fight. Don't worry, you're good. You can turn this around if you just pay attention.

R-Right, I'll do my best!

Hey Boy, are you her Master? Then I'm leaving the orders to you.

I'm a Caster-class Servant. They don't really like me right now.

Not like the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but for now you can trust me.

In honor of the brave young lady there, I'll form a temporary contract with you and fight as your Servant!

Ugh Curse you, with the Holy Grail, before my eyes

Um, excuse me... Thank you very much, for saving us from danger...

Hey, good work. You don't owe me for this, so don't worry about it.

You should be more worried about your body. That damn Assassin kept targeting your butt like a pest!

Oh!

Hey, you look fragile but you have a pretty nice body! Icing on the cake!

I have no idea what class you are, but you're pretty sturdy... Maybe Saber? No, you don't have a sword.

...Hey Fujimaru, what did you think of that?

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For now, let's get some information. He seems to be a decent Heroic Spirit.

Oh, so someone who wants to cut to the chase. What is this? Some means of communication through magecraft?

Well met, Caster Servant. I don't know which Heroic Spirit you are, but we have nothing but respect and awe for you.

Oh, spare me your remarks. I'm sick of hearing them. State your business, weakling. Isn't that what you're good at?

Uh... I-I see. All right then... Weakling... I got called a weakling from someone I've met for the first time.

...And that's the current situation in Chaldea.

Currently, Fujimaru is the acting Master and in the middle of conducting field research.

Let me confirm something. You're a Servant from the Holy Grail War that broke out in this city, and the sole survivor?

If by that you mean I haven't lost. Our Holy Grail War changed to something else entirely along the way.

I don't know how it happened either. The city was engulfed in flames, and the humans vanished. Only the Servants remained.

Saber was the first to resume the Holy Grail War. That chap began rampaging like a tiger released from a cage.

Archer, Lancer, Rider, Berserker, and Assassin were all defeated by Saber.

The survival of the Seven Servants... That rule of the Holy Grail War was broken here.

And in the end you won, Caster... Or rather, you're the Servant who survived.

Yes. Any Servant that was defeated by Saber became like those two, corrupted by the black mud.

They, and the monsters that sprung up like maggots, started looking for something together.

The troublesome part is that I'm one of the things they're looking for. You see, the Holy Grail War won't end until I'm killed.

You and Saber are the only surviving Servants... Then if you defeat Saber...

Yes, that would probably end the Holy Grail War here. But I don't know whether things would return to normal.

I see. You helped us, but in the end, it was for your own sake, huh?

You want to defeat Saber, but don't stand a chance doing it alone. That's why you zeroed in on us... Right?

That's right. But it's not a bad deal, is it? At any rateIt looks like we've got company.

GuOOOOOOOOO!

Yikes!

There's no end to these guys. I'm telling you, there's nothing better than having allies!

Sigh... Things have settled down at last. True, we can't have a decent conversation like this.

My bad. If I'd been summoned as a Lancer, I could've finished off Saber with just one strike.

Man, Caster is just not for me. I don't like being a Caster in a Holy Grail War like this.

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It's been known to happen, Senpai. Some Heroic Spirits have the attributes of multiple classes.

He is not just a spear-wielder, but a high-level Heroic Spirit with qualifications to be a mage.

...I'm only speculating, but he must be one of the top Servants. The kind that's featured in the magazine Vivian.

Ahh yes, you said you were Masters of an organization called Chaldea... I guess that's all I need to know.

In general, Servants tend not to get overly involved in problems outside of their own time period. We ultimately only cooperate as weapons.

Your goal is to investigate this anomaly. My goal is to put an end to the Holy Grail War.

We share mutual interests. So how about we join forces?

...That is a rational proposition. But if we do that, who will be your Master?

Well that kid there, of course. It doesn't seem like you have the aptitude to be a Master.

I mean you possess high quality magical circuits, yet you don't have the aptitude to be a Master. Is it a curse?

Oh, shut up! What do you care?

Fujimaru, he's in your hands. Use him wisely.

Then it's settled. The contract is only temporary, but I'm counting on ya.

That leaves one last thing, your goal. What you're looking for is probably the Greater Grail.

Greater Grail? I'm not familiar with that. What is it?

This land's true "heart." If there is indeed a "Singularity," it has to be that.

But Saber is lingering around the Greater Grail. The remaining Servants she contaminated, too.

Berserker and Archer are the ones left? What are those two like? Are they strong?

Well, Archer can be dealt with if I'm with you. Berserker is the problem.

Even Saber had trouble with that monster. But he won't attack unless you get close to him, so ignoring him is one option.

We understand the situation now. We'll team up with Mr. Caster to obtain the Greater Grail.

Mr. Caster, would you show us the way?

Skip the "Mister." I'll take you there. The kid here will decide when to make our move.

Much obliged. Then shall we resume the search? I'm counting on you, Fujimaru.