Fate/Grand Order story · Part 2: Cosmos in the Lostbelt, Lostbelt No.5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis
The Hunter Who Pierces the Goddess (Part 1)
Lostbelt No.5: Ancient Ocean of the Dreadnought Gods, Atlantis. Dark Ocean
1 scenes, 148 lines
1. After the battle
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Keep it up! We've almost got him!
... ...
Now! Kill him!
Weren't you listening?
How...!?
I told you...don't make me laugh.
How can you still stand?
'Cause I'm still fighting.
I know my Noble Phantasm pierced your heart. Your Spirit Core should be shattered.
So how!? How are you still alive!?
...Back in the Far East, there was a hero by the name of Musashibou Benkei.
...?
They say he kept on fighting even after his whole body had been filled with arrows, and that even after he died, he remained standing.
And he didn't have any divine blood in him or anything. He was just an ordinary guy.
In which case...
As the son of the goddess Thetis and the hero Peleus...
...you'd better believe I'm not gonna let him show me up!
You're right. I'm probably dead already.
But alive or dead, there's no way I'm letting you guys through. Not for one second.
I'm not even gonna bother saying anything anymore. From now on, my spear does all the talking.
...So yeah, I'm gonna die.
But my hero's intuition is telling me there's still something I can do.
(...Yeah. Normally, this kind of thing would be impossible...)
(But if I can use my very existence as a catalyst to countersummon Hektor...)
(...I bet that'd help Master out a lot.)
As for me and my body...
...just being dead's no reason I can't keep fighting!
...It's true. He IS already dead. And yet...
...!
He's still fighting!
Even if I take him down, I don't know if I'd make it before her next shot hits...
... ...
I'll show you what I'm made of! The rest of you, fall back!
I'll settle this myself!
...!
Haaa!
...When did I first start thinking I might have made a mistake?
I'm a centaur sage, a child of gods.
The knowledge I was given tells me this world's history had reached a dead end.
It's long since become a world where today, yesterday, and tomorrow have no meaningful difference. A world with no progress, no evolution.
But, all the same...
...I still love this world!
So, there you have it.
I'll counteract this blast and buy you guys some time. After that, I'm afraid you'll be on your own!
Wait! Please! There's still so much I want to ask y
Paris!!!
...!
There's not much left for me to tell you.
You've been fighting so bravely. I'm proud of you. As for you...
...!
You are my successor, and I'm counting on you.
The light races down towards us like a tidal wave.
Hektor stands before Orion, his spear calmly at the ready.
Master.
Yeah?
？！
Thanks for summoning me. It's not every day I get a chance to show off my stuff on a stage like this.
He smiles an indomitable smile, and says:
Target confirmed.
Though my body may fall to pieces, my spear is unbreakable!
Just like the hope it stands for!
Go, Durindana!!!
Hektor falls to his knees in agony, his right arm blown to pieces.
Brother!
Well...that's all she wrote for this old man. That bought you all a little time.
And no matter how powerless you feel, or how desperate things look...there's always something we can do, yeah?
So use your heads.
...!
... ...
You come up with something, Paris?
Orion!
Y-yeah...?
I'll be your arrow!
!
Paris, wait. That's
You can turn me into one, right, Lord Apollo!?
I know you once imbued my arrows with your Authority when I shot Achilles's heel.
So if you have Authority over arrows, you must be able to turn me into one!
...I can.
But, are you sure that's what you want? You'd basically be giving up your life.
That's fine with me!
If there really is such a thing as destiny, then I think this is where it can go one of two ways.
So if I'm going to make a stand, it has to be here and now!
Got it. Okay, I'll use my Authority to turn you into an arrow.
The same kind that Hephaestus made should work, right?
But it will take me a little time, so somebody's going to have to buy us another ten seconds.
... ...
Can you do that, Mandricardo?
...Yeah. I think so.
Huh?
？！
Lord Hektor...
I am Mandricardo, king of the Tatars, and an adventurer.
I once went on a journey to find your sword, and made an oath.
Please, would you
I get it, Mandricardo. You don't have to spell it all out.
Go for it.
But let this old man give you just one word of warning. Make sure you say a proper goodbye first.
...!
Fujimaru!
I wasn't planning on saying goodbye already, but... it looks like this is where we'll be parting ways, my friend.
...
......
？！
Come on, don't look at me like that.
...You know, the whole reason we were summoned to begin with was to save the world.
But right now, I want to do this for purely personal reasons.
...I want to save my friend.
I want to save you.
And this is the only way I can think of to do that.
You know the oath I swore?
I promised the heavens and the fairies that I would never wield another sword until I obtained Durendal.
And now, I have a chance to make good on it. So, uh, I don't know what else to say now, except...
...Don't look at me like that. This is hard for me, too.
I know I'll get to go out proudly, as a hero and Servant helping their Master...
...but that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to my friend.
So this isn't going to be Mandricardo the hero. This is just Mandricardo...saving his friend.
I won't ask you to not let it get you down, but... it's okay to save the tears for later.
...Well, see you around!
I hereby forego my Noble Phantasm, Serment de Durendal, in accordance with my oath.
He takes up the now ownerless, ultimate spear, and yells at the top of his lungs:
I now hold in my hand the weapon I always swore I would: the unbreakable, ultimate sword.
I hereby release its power, so that I may protect my friend!!!
In that moment, he fulfilled the oath he swore in life.
He no longer held a wooden sword, but one of shining metal.
It was a new, fantastic Noble Phantasmone even he hadn't known existed.
He stood, facing down the moon goddess herself, and stood firm in the face of her cannon.
He was struck blind almost instantly. Then went his sense of touch barely a second later.
Rrraaaaaah!
His organs shut down. His ears bled as he went deaf. The light seared his skin, bursting the blood vessels beneath.
But, even so...
Artemis's blast never reached Fujimaru or his companions!
It's all up to you now, Orion!
Mandricardo's face relaxed at Orion's response. He knew he wouldn't have to worry about that now.
He would die to help his friend, knowing the rest was in good hands.
(Still, I'm going to miss him.)
It was no more than a fleeting moment. A figurative blink of an eye. A declaration and a concept.
All he'd wanted to do was to console him.
But despite that, right now, Mandricardo considered him a true friend, from the bottom of his heart.
Even if he'd ended up never being able to do anything a friend would do for him.
But, you know...