Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Spiral Proof World, Lilim Harlot
Section 8: North American Myth Massacre: E Pluribus Unum
Spiral Proof World, Lilim Harlot. Twilight Ladder
4 scenes, 160 lines
1. Before the battle
46 lines
Shut up. Stop whining.
Accursed Incarnadine Demonic Beast. No matter how many times I kill it, it comes back to life. There's no end in sight.
That is the nature of disease.
Nightingale?
Germs will always thrive and multiply in unsanitary environments.
Hmm... I suppose.
Well, if it insists on coming back to life, I will just have to keep killing it until it stops.
Unfortunately, the only way to truly eradicate a disease at its source is to cut it off from the impurity in its environment.
Meaning Beast VI and the Master it has contracted with.
And it seems the two of them have escaped the lowermost floor, and have just arrived at this fifth imitation Singularity.
I see.
I suppose I will go kill them, then.
I think I've done what I could. Maybe it's okay to just end my life here.
There was nothing I could do. My only choice is to wait here for my end.
Maybe I'll just close my eyes/curl up and die.
That way, sleep/the end will take me that much slower/quicker...
Only...that's the one thing I can't do.
Every fiber of my life/soul is screaming at me not to.
Even if I eventually have to bend the knee/there is nothing I can do...
...I still need to stand up/look ahead.
I need to grit my teeth through the searing pain/swallow the feelings of powerlessness that threaten to overwhelm me.
I need to at least fight back with my own hands/let go of these hands.
Even disgraced beyond belief, they refuse to collapse. Even in the face of incredible catastrophe, they continue to resist.
Ahh, how ungainly. Ahh, how wretched.
This is humankind. This is the very desire that gives birth to all manner of evil.
...The desire to live.
No, it would be presumptuous to call it a desire.
It is a craving, lying naked and exposed. It is a desperate prayer, innocent as a newborn babe.
Humankind's brand of brutality is far, far too common.
And yet/That is why...they shine so brightly in the midst of corruption...
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Draco?
Are you awake?
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I... The mud swallowed me up...and then...
...I see. So we are back in the ladder.
Are you okay?
You don't have to get up if you're not ready.
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Your concern is unnecessary.
If anything, I am brimming with power. I feel excellent.
Because you regained an Incarnadine Demonic Beast?
I guess that's the second Incarnadine Demonic Beast at work.
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Indeed. First, I regained Luxuria in the Seventh Singularity. Now, Ira has also returned to me.
Next, we have the fifth imitation Singularity, a land ravaged by war. You know it well.
2. Before the battle
63 lines
Here you go. Today's lunch is porcini tagliolini.
Waaaaaaaaah! Finally! Some real, actual, normal fooooood!
Do not be so loud at lunchtime.
Now then, we will soon be arriving at the fifth imitation Singularity. Stay sharp.
Well, hang on. Since the first two Singularities we saw were all messed up, shouldn't this one be all weird too?
I already told you, this is NOT my fault!
...I will admit, I do wonder how the seventh and sixth imitation Singularities ended up so twisted.
Even for a Proof World on the verge of collapse, that degree of change seems strange.
Thought so too. Easy as it is to forget with all the other nonsense, things ain't really lookin' great for us.
We'll need to watch our backs. But we still have to go.
Yeah, we've got be careful. But this doesn't change what we have to do.
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Exactly. Our goal is to reclaim my Incarnadine Demonic Beast from the next Floor Guardian.
As in the original, the fifth imitation Singularity formed on the continent of North America.
It is a Singularity in which Servants wage war not for independence, but between the eastern and western sides of the same country.
The Incarnadine Demonic Beast sealed away there is Invidia, the incarnadine disguised as Demon God Pillar Halphas.
In the Fifth Singularity I knew, the war was betweenthe Celts and the United Western States Army.
I remember the Fifth Singularity being a war wagedby the United Western States Army and the Celts.
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The fifth imitation Singularity is not far off from that. However, in this one, there is no presi-king leading an army of mechanized soldiers.
Instead, it is the Resistance Coalition that fights against the Celts.
The Resistance's numbers are few, so the Celts have an overwhelming advantage.
Consequently, the other Chaldea may have faced an even more dire situation than you did.
The Celts, huh...
Oh? Getting a little discouraged, are we?
No, not really.
Damn Berserker.
I'm a Saber... Oh, gotcha. This floor's guardian must be
Yes. It is most likely Cú Chulainn the Mad Kingyour Berserker self.
I think you mean my Alter. Still, this'll be interesting. I couldn't ask for a better opponent.
Can't very well call myself a hero if I can't surpass myself, can I?
Of course, the Celts will not be our only enemies here.
Since the Resistance soldiers have also been summoned to defeat Beast VI, we must assume everyone there is our enemy.
Assuming this place isn't too messed up, anyway.
Please do not invite that into the world.
...We've arrived.
So this is the fifth imitation Singularity, a land of war and chaos where Heroic Spirits gather to do battle...
...I must say, these prairies certainly are desolate.
Think so? Doesn't look too different from the desert we just left to me.
...Hm?
Whoa!
Run!
WhaHold on to me, Fujimaru!
Aaah! What's going on!?
(Hold on tight)
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Huh? What? What is it?
C'mon, move your ass!
Huh? Is this sexual harassment? What about my consent? Is this going to get past the censors?
Gyaaah! I bit my tooongue!
Here it comes!
Khh!
What was that!?
It's an enemy attack! Those bastards were waiting to ambush us!
...I missed.
It's not over yet. All units, charge!
Hraaaaaaaaah!!!
Eee! Where'd they all come from!?
Haha! Now this is more like it!
What're you laughing about!? C'mon, we still gotta make it outta this alive!
How tragic to only be able to choose a path that leads to death.
Let the hell on earth begin.
Sodom's Beast and its contracted Master, prepare to die! All evil must perish!
3. Before the battle
20 linesExpanding sacred domain. Domain secured. Divine punishment...
Not gonna happen!
Gnn...!
Over here.
Aaargh! Dammit!
Tell me, young hero of Ulster. Why do you side with the Beast?
I don't give a shit about her...but I can't let Master get himself killed!
Foolish boy. Don't you see? He became an enemy of humankind the moment he decided to bring a Beast under his command.
Besides, he isn't even the Master you know.
Who cares!? None of that matters!
So you would risk your life on meaningless karma?
What? Losing your nerve? Why would I be scared to risk something as unimportant as my life!?
Hmm. I see.
Crap, crap, crap!
As you like, then.
Oh man, this is reeeally bad!
Fujimaru! Can you defend against that!?
I'll give it a shot!
We're gonna find out!
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4. Before the battle
31 linesNow!
Begone!
...Alas.
...Well done.
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Pheeew! Man, oh man, that was rough!
They were trying to kill us! No question about that!
Guess this imitation Singularity's gonna be some kinda gauntlet.
Indeed. Our true battle begins here.
Now come. There is no time to rest. We must move on before reinforcements arrive.
Guuuh. This really is hard...
That's fine with me, but what're we gonna do now? Do you know where the Incarnadine Demonic Beast's been sealed away?
We will find it with the Floor Guardian...Cú Chulainn, the Mad King.
So...where's that?
He's probably in Washington, D.C.
I bet we'll find him in the White House.
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Our scouts have just informed us that Karna and Arjuna have fallen to Beast VI.
I see.
Then we must be cautious. Even wounded or weakened, a Beast is not to be underestimated.
The enemy's forces consist of Sodom's Beast's immature form, their contracted Master, a woman who appears to be an Assassin...
...and a young Celtic warrior. A boy.
A boy? ...Ahh, I see.
I suppose it just goes to show that fate has no end of twists in store for Heroic Spirits. Don't you agree, Cú Chulainn?
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Unpleasant as ever, I see. You weren't always like this, you know.
I'll take a coalition squadron and lead the charge against Sodom's Beast. Though I'm afraid that also means I'll have to ask you to handle this place on your own...
Not a problem.
At this point, in this fifth imitation Singularityno, in this entire Spiral Proof World, it doesn't matter who is Resistance and who is Celt.
Not while we all share the common goal of vanquishing Beast VI.