Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Ancient Haniwa Continuum, Yamataikoku
Section 7: Powerful Deity, A Day of Disaster
Ancient Haniwa Continuum, Yamataikoku. Former Yamataikoku Shrine
2 scenes, 254 lines
1. Before the battle
132 lines
Dammit... So that's what's going on.
You figure something out, Ryouma?
You could say that. Unfortunately, it's too late to do anything about it now.
At this point, I don't think there's anything we can do...
Hoo boy. It's definitely looking like it's too late now.
Yeah, even Oryou can tell this isn't good.
Will you tell me what it is you're talking about already!?
Maybe you wouldn't need to ask if you just looked up at the sky instead of staring at the ground.
Wh-what IS that thing!?
I-I think it's even bigger than a mountain!
Welp, looks like we've got quite the ordeal on our hands.
I don't think even Bishamonten saw this one coming.
Senpai, is that
Y-you've gotta be kidding me!
So that's what he was talking about!
Wahahahahaha! This is perfect!
Just take a look at those ridiculous Divine Forms!
So those are the inhuman Divine Forms of the Ominous Gods...
All that aside, did they really have to be shaped like, uh, that?
Some of that woman's consciousness must have carried over when we used her as a vessel to gather and shape the Dark Blight.
But who cares! In fact, this makes it even better!
Uh... I didn't know you were into that sort of thing, Serizawa.
Wahahahaha! Not like that.
The thing is, Saito, when a whole nation falls to ruin...
...it's better for it to happen in the most farcical way possible.
So those giant haniwa are scattered all over the place now!?
That's right. The actual assault might be unfolding slowly, but all of those haniwa are still making their way here, destroying any villages in their path as they go.
What in the world are those things, anyway?
I mean, I can see they're giant haniwa, but...why?
I think they're masses of animosity made from the remains of the souls of the ancient beasts and inhuman creatures that once met their end in this land.
The inhabitants of Kunakoku used to use a curse that would make wicked things like that possess innocent people and call them Ominous Gods that they could then control.
That said, I've never seen one that big before...
So what do we do now? They're still hell-bent on destroying this place, even if they look utterly ridiculous.
You're right. Sakamoto said they're advancing on this village even as we speak, though they are taking their time.
We need to figure out a way to stop them...
That's easy. We crush them where they stand.
With so many of them, I'm afraid that's easier said than done. So far we've confirmed that there are seven of these Ominous Gods, and there could be more we don't know about.
Well, there's no point sitting around here waiting for them to kill us. Can't we just take them out one at a time?
Unfortunately, it's not that simple.
I was examining the remnants of that shrine earlier...
...and they appeared to be running on those Divine Forms' sheer animositymagical energy, essentiallythat has accumulated since ancient times.
So even if we did manage to defeat them, I think they'd just keep regenerating unless we cut them off at the source.
But how exactly...?
Say, where's Nobukatsu?
Say, where's Mr. Tortoise?
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Now that you mention it, I haven't seen either of the resident younger brothers.
I could have sworn they came back with us...
Nobukatsu and Little Brother...
There you are, Lord Nobukatsu.
Oh. It's just you again.
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What do you want? Quit wasting time on me and go back to the others.
I only met her for a brief moment, but your sister was every bit as amazing as you claimed, Lord Nobukatsu.
I was especially impressed by how much she was able to fight back despite being weighed down with so much animosity from those inhuman creatures.
Not at all, Lord Nobukatsu. Your sister is still very much here.
...The hell are you talking about? You see her anywhere? Because I sure as hell don't!
Why, in you, of course.
Don't you remember what she said to you, Lord Nobukatsu?
"It's all up to you now."
She clearly trusted you to finish what she began.
No, that... That can't be right!
All my life, I've done nothing but hold her back!
I'm a worthless, pathetic, incompetent excuse for a brother! The only thing I've been good at is getting in her way!
That's why I have to be the one to die! It should always be me!
No... She would've been better off if I'd never been born at all!
That's simply not true. Would you have preferred it if your sister had never been around, Lord Nobukatsu?
Of course not! When did I say that!?
I'm saying it would've been better if I'D never been around!
You shouldn't say things like that.
Now you're here too, huh.
Sister... Lord Future.
We've been looking everywhere for you.
Nobukatsu...
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Don't ever say things like it would've been better if you weren't around. Your sister certainly never wanted that.
And how would you know that!?
Easy. I can hear her.
...Huh?
She's saying it right now.
"Get a grip, Nobukatsu. Don't tell me you've forgotten whose little brother you are."
"That's right. You're the brother of..." Hm? The Demon King of what now? ...Okay, got it.
"You're the brother of Oda Nobunaga, the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven!"
Y-you're lying... There's no way you could be hearing Sister's voice now!
Sure I can. I've always been good at that sort of thing. And I know you can hear her, too.
You're just choosing not to.
...You really think Sister's talking to me?
You have absolute faith in her, Nobukatsu, and that is the strength of her faith in you as well.
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That being said...
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I am not letting the bastard who did this get away with it.
Hey, Sister's Master. I'm gonna go avenge her...
...and you're gonna help me.
You got it.
Revenge for Nobbu!
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I don't know if I can do as well as she would have...but I'm gonna avenge her if it's the last thing I do.
Oh, and one more thing I've been meaning to tell you for a while: quit calling her "Nobbu"!
It makes it sound like you're closer to her than I am, and it pisses me the hell off!
Sorry. Force of habit...
Sorry. It just rolls off the tongue, so...
...Hehe. That's better.
By the way, Sister, were you really hearing Lord Nobukatsu's sister just now?
Huh? Of course not.
Even if I could hear the voices of the dead, that doesn't mean I should listen to them.
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...Haha, I see.
Very well then, let's just leave it at that.
Hey, I know that face! That's the face you make whenever you feel like you know what's going on better than I do! It's the same as it was when we were kids!
Well, you know, apart from you being a tortoise now!
Haha, it seems siblings really are supposed to help one another.
Huh? Did you say something?
Haha, I was hoping you would catch that part, but never mind. Let's just be on our way.
This time, Sister, it'll be your turn to show off what you're truly made of.
2. Before the battle
122 linesUgh, don't you lot have anything better to do right now than flap your gums!?
Times like these, you just need to take action, period!
Huh? What's your deal? No sooner do you get back than you start acting like you're in charge?
You! You're an Assassin, right? Go find out where this Serizawa guy's hiding out! Now!
Huh? And why should I take orders from you!?
Shut up! You, Rider! Sakamoto or whatever! Take the Assassin and get going!
Pairing a Rider's speed with an Assassin's stealth should mean you two can track him down faster than anyone else here.
...Well I'll be damned. You're right. Times like these, you do just need to take action.
I guess all the tedious jobs I've been doing lately made me forget how I felt when I left Tosa.
All right, time to do some proper groundwork for the first time in forever!
You heard Ryouma, Izo. Let's go.
Hey! I never agreed to this! Quit it! Let go of me, Oryou!
You! God of War!
You said you were training the villagers for combat, right? Give 'em to me.
Does that mean you want to command them yourself?
I may have trained them expertly, but they're still ordinary civilians.
They won't be any match for these Ominous Gods.
You think I don't know that, you idiot!? We're not all monsters like you are!
I'm going to have them evacuate the other villagers, and make fortifications and trenches to slow the enemy down.
O-oh. I see...
Sooo... God of War, and...the woman who's always arguing with Sister, and the scary-looking guy over there!
Scary-looking? You mean me?
So what should they do?
I beg to differ.
You three go with Master to take down as many of those Ominous Gods as you can!
Make sure you start with the ones near the village!
U-um, unfortunately, I don't see how that's going to resolve this situation if they're just going to regenerate.
Of course it won't! You think I can just come up with a plan to turn heaven and earth on their heads like Sister does!?
Huh!? But then, what's the point of
To buy us time!
While you're doing that, I'm gonna find the guys who killed Sister and make them tell us how to stop those things!
If that doesn't work, it'll just be do or die!
We'll have to fight a war of attrition between us and those Ominous Gods until every last one of them is gone!
So, you want us to just wear ourselves down by killing as many enemies as we can?
Ahahahahahaha!
I get it! You're an idiot!
If Nobunaga were here, she'd never do something so stupid!
You think I don't know that!? There's nobody else in the world who can do the things my sister could!
But since she's not here anymore, I'm just gonna have to do the best I can without her!
Ahahahahahaha!
I see the Fool of Owari's little brother is just as big a fool as she ever was!
If this is anything to go by, your entire bloodline must be fools!
Kagetora...
That said, I like this slapdash plan you came up with! I like it quite a lot, in fact!
Besides, those dark Shinsengumi bastards have been taking me, the avatar of Bishamonten, far too lightly.
As I told you before, all we need to do about those overgrown lumps of clay is smash them to pieces one by one.
If they regenerate, we'll just keep smashing them until they stop!
Well, well. Looks like I was wrong about you being just another snot-nosed brat.
I'm impressed you could tell this sort of near impossible uphill battle was my kind of fight.
I don't know. I kind of get the feeling he's telling us to just charge headlong into battle since we're not smart enough to do anything else.
But, um...I guess he's not wrong.
All right, Master, let's go smash those things up the way Nobbu would've wanted us to!
Let's do it!
For Nobbu!
After that... All I can think of is to gather as many supplies as we can from the nearby villages to prepare for a long campaign...
What's going to happen to us...?
Yamataikoku is done for...
Waaah! I don't wanna diiie!
All of you, calm down! If you want to make it out of this alive, then do exactly as I say!
Your first job is to come with me to gather as much rice from the neighboring villages as possible and bring it here!
...You're just an outsider. Why should we take orders from you?
Besides, it looks to me like we'd be better off running for our lives.
You're right. We won't last a second if those horrid things attack us here. We need to run for it!
Yeah! Let's run for it!
Don't be ridiculous! There's nowhere left to run!
Even if there were, you'd never get past the Ominous Gods surrounding us! And what'll you do about food!?
Shut up! We're running for it, and that's that!
Agreed! Come on, kids, let's go!
Stay calm, everyone. Now is not the time to panic.
It's... It's...!
Lady Himiko!
(Whispering) Thanks, that was just the response I was looking for.
...Indeed, it is I: Himiko, queen of Yamataikoku.
Lady Himiko?
(Whispering) Not quite the response I was looking for, but I guess it'll have to do.
...Indeed, it is I: Himiko, queen of Yamataikoku.
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It's her! It's really Lady Himiko!
Lady Himiko, what are we going to do!?
I have seen that the people you see before you will be the saviors of Yamataikoku.
Simply do what they say, and our land will be safe.
Lady Himiko...
If that's what Lady Himiko says, then it must be true!
Isn't that right, everyone!?
Now's your chance, Lord Nobukatsu! Go on, follow her lead!
G-got it! Okay, everyone, you heard the queen, right?
Just do what we tell you, and you'll all be fine! The first order of business is to gather rice!
We'll need as much as everyone can carry! But don't keep it all in one place! We'll need to spread it around between a few different locations!
We're also going to build fortifications and dig trenches around the village! Don't worry, I'll show you how!
All right, let's do it! All able-bodied people, get to work!
That's it. Now is the time for all of you to come together and protect our home from those inhuman creatures.
Wooow! You're amazing, Lady Himiko!
Oh, right.
Here, Lady Himiko! These are for you!
Why... These are clams! And they're all so big!
Yup! I gathered them this morning! I was gonna have them for lunch, but I wanna give them to you instead, Lady Himiko!
Please get those bad guys good for us!
Stop that! You can't give Lady Himiko something like
Thank you, little girl. You've made me very happy.
With these clams in my tummy, nothing can stop me!
All right everyone, time for us to do our part too!
Hi-mi-ko! Hi-mi-ko! Hi-mi-ko!
...That Himiko lady really knows her stuff. No wonder she used to call herself queen around here.
That was incredible... She won all those people over in no time at all.
You may not think it to look at her, but Sister's voice actually has a strangely calming effect.
Phew. I guess I can still play the dignified queen card when I have to.
I'll say. You truly did seem like a god straight out of the heavens earlier.
And coming from me, the avatar of Bishamonten, that's saying something.
Hehe, thanks.
I guess wearing this old outfit for the first time in forever had me a liiittle nervous.
Of course, it really helped that Nobukatsu followed my lead so well, too.
Okay, now that Nobukatsu has things handled here, how about we get started on our part!?
All right! Now that I think about it, we're not really in any better shape than before, but at least I'm way more fired up!
Besides, I have to do a good job now that I've accepted all these huge clams!
Okay, guys! Let's go smash the hell out of some Ominous Gods!
Right! Let's go, Senpai!