Grand Order

This is the Greater Grail... It's an ultra-superior Magical Reactor... What's it doing on this island nation in the Far East?

According to our data, it was built by an eminent family of alchemists called the Einzberns.

Though apparently they didn't belong to the Mage's Association, and were solely made of homunculi.

Sorry, that's it for the chitchat. The lady has noticed us.

...Unbelievable magical output... Is that really King Arthur?

No question. She seems to have changed somehow but she's the king of Britain, Arthur, wielder of the Sacred Sword.

Her gender's different than the legend, but she had her reasons for dressing like a man in Camelot.

I mean, you can't assume the throne unless you're a man, right? She must've had to pretend to be a guy for family reasons.

I have an idea who's behind that. It's mentioned in the legends, but Merlin really does have a terrible taste.

Huh? Ah, you're right. I thought that person was a man, but it's a woman.

Don't be fooled by her appearance. She's a monster. Her power is not of muscle, but a ridiculous amount of magical energy.

Every single strike is massive. If you're not paying attention, the top half of your body will go flying.

Basically, just think of her like a human rocket. ...Understood, I'll fight back with everything I've got.

Good. If you defeat her, the anomaly in this town will disappear. Listen, that includes both me and her.

After that, it's your job. I don't know what will happen, but do the best you can.

I see. You've got an interesting Servant with you.

What! You can talk? You were just maintaining your silence all this time?

Yes, and you were being watched the whole time you were chatting. I merely acted as a scarecrow.

Butit's interesting. I'm curious about that Noble Phantasm.

Be ready, strange girl. This sword shall test the truth of your shield.

Here she comesMaster!

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Yes! Mash Kyrielight, here I come!

Hmph. Unbeknownst to me, my power has weakened. I stayed my hand at the very last moment.

I was going to defend the Holy Grail to the end, but I lost because my tenacity wavered.

Ultimately, no matter how my fate changes, I will always meet the same end if I'm alone.

What's that supposed to mean? Bastard, what do you know?

Eventually, you too will realize it, Ireland's Child of Light.

Grand Orderthe battle to obtain the Holy Grail has only just begun.

Hey, wait! What do you mean by Whoa! Oh crap, I am getting sent back too?

Dammit! I don't like this, but whatever. Kid, I'm leaving the rest to you!

If there's a next time, try to summon me as a Lancer!

Confirming both Saber and Caster have vanished. ...Does that mean we've won?

Yes, you did a fine job, Mash, Fujimaru! The Director must be so pleased... Hey, where's the Director?

Grand Order... How did that Servant know that name?

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Huh? O-Oh, right. Well done Fujimaru, Mash.

Several points are unclear, but let's call this mission complete.

First, let's retrieve that crystal. It's the reason Saber became abnormal...

It's clearly the reason why Fuyuki City became a singularity.

Yes. An immediate retrievalWhat?

Well, I didn't expect you'd get this far. Beyond my plan's expectations and my own tolerances.

Master Candidate #48. It was my mistake to naively overlook you as an improbable child.

Professor Lev?

Lev! Professor Lev, you say? He's there?

Hm, is that Romani I hear? So, you survived as well.

I told you to come to the command room immediately, but it seems you didn't listen. Honestly

Trash who can't even follow orders. Just the mere sight of it makes me want to throw up.

Why is it that humans always try to avoid their preordained destinies?

! Master, fall back! Fall back, please!

That person is dangerous... Th... That isn't the Professor Lev we know!

Lev... Oh, Lev! Lev! You're alive!

Thank goodness! Without you, I don't know how I could protect Chaldea!

Director don't! That man is...

Hi, Olga. You seem well. Looks like you had a rough time, too.

Yes, yes, that's right, Lev! The command room blew up, the city's in ruins, and I can't return to Chaldea!

I'm going crazy from all these unforeseen complications! But it's okay, as long as you're here we'll be fine, right?

That's how it's always been, right? You'll help me this time too, won't you?

Yes, of course. Honestly, all these complications have irritated me.

And the biggest complication is you, Olga. I set the bomb right under your feet, yet you still live.

What? ...L-Lev? Um, wh-what's that supposed to mean?

Sorry, you're not actually alive. You're already dead. Your body, at least, long ago.

Trismegistus thoughtfully transferred you into this land after you'd become residual thoughts.

You had no aptitude for Rayshift while alive, right? You can't teleport while you have a physical body.

Understand? You only gained the aptitude you so desired after you died.

That's why you can't return to Chaldea. The moment you do, your consciousness will vanish.

Wh-What? I'll vanish? Wait...I can't return to Chaldea?

Indeed. But that's too sad of a story for you.

Let me show you the fate of the Chaldea that you devoted your entire life to.

Wh-What is that? Chaldeas is bright red?

It's a lie, right? It's just an illusion, right, Lev?

It's real. I've connected the dimensions for you. Having the Holy Grail allows me to do so.

Now behold, descendant of Animusphere. Behold your folly!

Not a sliver of blue representing human survival remains. Nothing but a burning, bright, red.

That is the outcome of this mission.

Isn't it wonderful, Marie? Once again, your incompetence has brought forth tragedy!

Don'tDon't be absurd!

I'm not responsible! I didn't fail! I'm not dead!

Who are you? What have you done to my Chaldeas!

It isn't "yours." Honestly What an annoying girl you are!

Wha... Something's pulling my body across space

I told you. That place is now connected with Chaldea.

I could kill you now, but there's no grace to that. I will grant you your final wish, instead.

Go ahead and lay hands on your treasure. Think of it as benevolence on my part.

WaitWhat do you mean, Lev? My treasure... You mean Chaldeas?

No, stop, please! Chaldeas? A high-density body of data? A territory of dimensional anomaly?

Yes. No different from a black hole. Or perhaps a sun. Well, either way.

A human touching it would be a hellish disintegration on the molecular level. By all means, have a taste of infinite living death!

NoNo, no! Someone help me! Help! I...I don't want to die here!

Because I've never been praised... I've never been praised by anyone!

Why? Why does this always happen to me!?

No one ever valued me! Everyone hated me!

No! Stop! No, no, no, no, no... I haven't even accomplished anything yet!

From the moment I was born, I've never been accepted by anyone!

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No! Don't do it, Senpai! If you approach that man, you'll die the same way!

Oh? Impressive, for a Demi-Servant. You sense that I am a fundamentally different life form.

Shall I reintroduce myself? My name is Lev Lainur Flauros...

...In charge of the year 2017 sent to dispose of you humans.

Are you listening, Dr. Romani? As a friend who studied magecraft with you, let me give you some final advice.

Chaldea is finished. You humans have reached the moment of your destruction.

...Professor Lev. No. Lev Lainur.

What do you mean? Is it related to being unable to see 2019?

It's not "related." It's the reality that this is the end.

Unable to observe the future, you babbled that it had "disappeared." That was truly wishful thinking.

The future didn't disappear. It was incinerated. The moment Chaldeas was dyed crimson.

Your end is certain. Your era no longer exists.

Chaldeas' magnetic field may be protecting Chaldea, but any outside of it will face the same fate as Fuyuki City.

...So, that was it.

We didn't lose contact with the outside world due to interference, we simply lost the outside world itself.

Hmpf, you really are perceptive. A shame I didn't kill you immediately.

But that too is futile resistance. If the time within Chaldea passes 2018 it will be wiped from this universe.

No one can change the outcome now. This is a rejection of humanity by human history.

You didn't perish because your inability to evolve, nor did you perish due to war with foreign species.

Rather, it was your own foolishness! Your incompetence! Because you lost the grace of our King!

Like a bunch of worthless scrap paper, you'll be burned away without a trace!

Ah, is this singularity at its limit?

...Cursed Saber. If you'd just obeyed, you would have been allowed to live.

Even when given the Holy Grail, she caused trouble by wanting to sustain this era.

Farewell, Romani. And you Mash, Candidate #48.

Believe it or not, I have other things to do. My enjoyment of your destruction ends here.

Now, be swallowed by the dimensional warp. But I'm not that evil, I'll allow you to say a final prayer.

The underground cavern's collapsing! No, the cavern wasn't stable in the first place!

Doctor! Perform an emergency Rayshift!

At any rate, we can at least save Senpai!

Understood! I'm already doing it! But I'm sorry, it may collapse faster than I can fix it!

If it does, then do what you can on your side! I mean, we can survive in space for a few dozen seconds, right?

Sorry, but please shut up, Doctor! I'm so mad, I'm about to lose my cool!

Just hang on to your consciousness! If we don't lose that, I might salvage

We won't make it!

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Senpai, your hand!

All right, you're a good boy. Want something to eat? Nuts? Or maybe fish?

Hm, not sure if you are a cat or a squirrel. But that's okay, you are pretty cute!

Fou... Kyu, kyu...

Hm? Ah, the hero has awakened. There, there, that's how a main character should be.

Good morning Fujimaru. You're conscious now?

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Hm, you're not thinking straight yet? This is the first time we've spoken directly like this.

What? Are you shocked that you woke up to the sight of such a beauty? I understand, but I'm used to it.

I'm Da Vinci, a Chaldea collaborator. Or perhaps the third summoned Heroic Spirit.

Anyway, we'll talk later. Somebody's waiting for you, go to the command room.

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Roman? Roman's waiting too, but he's not important.

Jeez, there's someone else, she's the important one. Guess you're not used to being the main character yet.

Fou, Fou!

See? This little one says so, too. Come on, time to get up Fujimaru.

From here on, you'll be the center of this story. The choices you make will probably save us all.

Just like the multitudes of brave souls who weren't remembered by history as they saved humanity.

You've been given a role to fight, not as a hero, but as a human walking a path that was preordained by the stars.

Good morning, Senpai. I am glad to see that you're okay.

I should be the one thanking you. I was able to stay conscious, thanks to you.

Yes, thanks to you holding my hand. I now believe that saying "what happens twice will happen thrice."

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Ahem. I'm all for your reunion, but could you bring your attention here, please.

First of all, congratulations on surviving and completing your mission Fujimaru. Well done.

While the situation was forced on you gradually, you bravely faced the challenges and overcame it.

That earned my respect and appreciation. Thanks to you, Mash and Chaldea were saved.

It's a shame about the Director, but we've no time to hold a service. All we can do is grieve.

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Listen. We must defend humanity in the Director's place. That's how we pay her tribute.

I got the report about the crystal from Mash, and what Lev said.

From Chaldea's state, what Lev said was true. We can't contact the outside world.

The staff who left Chaldea haven't returned. I fear humanity has already been destroyed.

Chaldea seems to be the only place outside of the normal timeline. Perhaps it's staying on the timeline right before the collapse.

Think of it like a colony floating in space. The outside world is dead, until we do something about this situation.

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Of course. First, I want you to see this. We tried scanning Earth with the resurrected Sheba.

It's Earth of the past, not the future. The Fuyuki Singularity was destroyed, thanks to you.

But we hypothesize that the future was unchanged due to another cause.

The result being

This distorted world map. A newly-discovered dimensional disturbance against which Fuyuki pales in comparison.

They say changing the past changes the future, but you can't overthrow the future by slightly altering the past.

History has the power to heal itself. You might be able to save a person or two...

...But the end of that era Will still end up with its definitive result unchanged.

But these singularities are different. These are humanity's turning points.

"What if this war didn't end?" "What if this naval voyage wasn't successful?"

"What if this discovery was wrong?" "What if this nation couldn't become independent?"

The ultimate decision point to determine the current state of humanity.

Destroying them is like causing the foundation of human history to crumble. That's what these seven singularities are.

The future had already been decided when these seven singularities formed. As Lev said, humanity doesn't make it to 2019.

But, we're different. Chaldea has yet to reach that future.

Do you understand? Only we can fix this mistake. Now we have a chance to return the singularities to normal.

So here's the deal.

Rayshift into these seven singularities and get history back on track.

It's the only way to save humanity. However we are still powerless.

All other Master candidates are frozen. Mash is the only Servant we have.

I realize you're being forced into this situation. Even so, I'll still say it.

Master Candidate #48, Fujimaru.

If you wish to save humanity... If you wish to have a future beyond 2018.

Then you alone must go and face these seven singularities in human history.

Are you prepared to do this? Can you shoulder the burden of Chaldea and humanity's future?

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Thank you. With those words, our fate has been decided.

We will now carry out the Preservation of Humanity as laid out by Olga Marie Animusphere, former director of Chaldea.

Our objective is the protection and recovery of human history. Our search target will be each era's relic and Grail.

Our opponent is history itself. Many great Heroic Spirits and legends will stand against you.

Challenging them is an act of blasphemy against the past. To save humanity, we must defy human history.

But this is the only way to survive. No, the only way to take back the future.

...No matter what sort of end awaits us.

To reflect our determination, we shall abandon the original mission name, First Order.

This is now Chaldea's last yet original mission. The Grand Order!

In the name of the magical world's highest order. We will take back the future!