Chapter 156 : The path (part 1)

 

 After about two hours in the car, Friedrich finally turned off the engines and said:
« We have arrived. »
«Where are we? » Alessandro asked.
« Aylesbury, that house you see is mine. »
« I thought you were a nomad. »
« I am, but the house was left to me by my brother Clovis. It belonged to him and in his will he wanted to leave it to me, this is where he went on vacation and where he sometimes continued his studies. Come in, this will be our refuge. »
The house had two floors, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, two bedrooms and even a study room. It was quite spacious but everyone present knew that the place would only be inhabited for a few days. The two Servants had hidden themselves so that their Masters wouldn't consume excess magical energy.
Hisae, still upset by the loss of Archer, turned to the two boys and asked, perplexed:
« Why did you save me? I am your enemy. »
« I thought I already told you: now this war is useless. The Holy Grail War of Yggdrasil is just a massacre, London is on fire because of Yukiko and Sheol, the Clock Tower has been destroyed and the magi organizations are hunting us down because they want to end the conflict now. We have to help each other, don't you think? » Friedrich said, sitting down on the sofa.
« What about Rosenkreutz's Cradle? » Alessandro asked, worried.
« Yukiko managed to destroy it with her Magecraft ... or this is what I've heard, however that magus is too powerful. »
« Well, at least we have two problems again. » Alessandro said, trying to be optimistic.
« However, we don't have a plan to attack Sheol or Yukiko. »
«And the Grail? » Hisae asked.
« What do you want to know? »

« Hasn't the Grail of Yggdrasil appeared yet? »
« No, it won't appear without a sacrifice. » Alessandro answered and then added: « I am that sacrifice, from what I understand. Yukiko wants me. She claims to be my sister but I don't know her, I know I've already seen her in my dreams ... but I don't know who she is exactly. »
« Your blood? Wait ... why YOUR blood? What is special about it? »
« I don't know. Maybe it's because I come from a very old family of magi because besides this I don't know what I could have that is so important to her. »
« But maybe ... if you are very important to her you are also very important to Sheol, in an indirect way. If you really are the key to getting the Grail then you have to keep away from Yukiko. »
« Ah! This is ridiculous! I will not do that. »
« Why? I thought you didn't want to have anything to do with this war anymore! This is your chance to ... you know ... leave it. »

« Yes, I hate this war. But ... it's too late to run, right? Now it's not about me ... it's about innocent people who are dying because of Sheol and of Yukiko. Sorry, but I will not run away. »

« Alessandro, please ... listen to me. »

« No. Now you have to trust me. If you are really my friend, you have to trust me. I will not die. Yukiko will never have my blood. »

Friedrich looked Alessandro straight in the eye and replied:
« I trust you. »
« Okay, okay, if you don't have anything else to say, I think I'm done for today. I need a break. » Hisae asserted, unnerved.
« I'm sorry ... » Friedrich apologized.
« No, don't worry, this day could've been worse after all. But now I need to sleep. »
«Yeah, maybe you're right. We all need a good sleep right now. »

Friedrich went to his bedroom and when he turned on the light he saw that there was a double bed and by chance he noticed the presence of a photograph of Clovis with his daughter.

He couldn't look at it for too long and threw the photograph into a drawer then closed it.
« I'm sorry, brother… but I'm not strong. »
« You are. »
Specter appeared and closed the door behind her.
« How can you tell? »
« Because I got to know you, Master, during the course of this war, I got to know you both as a master and as a friend and I can guarantee you that you are strong because a weak person would never have agreed to continue this war. But you're here and you want to defeat Sheol even knowing what she is capable of and that's why I want you to know something, Friedrich ... »
Being called by name was a strange experience for him and the situation became even more ambiguous when he saw that Specter was blushing.
« Friedrich Wolff, I cannot love and I cannot give you a happy life but I want you to have at least a moment of happiness with me ... »
She stroked his cheek tenderly, leaned against him and kissed him gently.
« Glasya… why? » He was confused.
« Because I know that this will probably be the last night we will be together and I want to carve out a single moment of joy because I know that from tomorrow there will be only suffering, so please grant me your body only for this night and I will grant you mine. »
Friedrich kissed Glasya squeezing her with his arms then bent down, slowly, stroking her thighs and legs and then gradually lowered her underwear and proceeded to make her a cunnilingual, the girl squeezed Friedrich's hair trying to hold back the moans, his tongue was cold at first but then it got hotter, hotter and hotter, her shaking legs were about to slip but Friedrich held her still by grabbing her butt and starting to gently massage it while with his tongue continued to lick like a cat.
« W-Wai-Wait! » Glasya groaned with difficulty.

« Are you okay? »
« I-I want to go to the bed. »
Friedrich took Glasya in his arms and threw himself on the double bed with her, after quick kisses, Glasya lowered Friedrich's pants and, looking into his eyes, whispered sweaty and hot as a radiator:
« Do it, I don't want to wait any longer. »

 

The last night by Bikowolf

   

Chapter 155 : Cleta's oath

 

« I will not die! » Lancer screamed furiously.
Yukiko was about to kill Tetsuya and when she saw Lancer standing with the spear still in her hands she said to her:
« Your Master will die and you with him. This is your only destiny. »
« I won't die here! I'm a warrior and I will destroy all my enemies to avenge the death of my son Caulone! »
Cleta attacked Yukiko, the latter didn't move knowing that she had activated a magic on her that made her invulnerable but the spear pierced her belly.
« BITCH! »
Lancer kicked Yukiko and knocked her to the ground. Berserker looked no longer and attacked Lancer from behind; Lancer quickly turned and counterattacked with a chain of blows that broke parts of Berserker's armor, dodged her rival's punches and then delivered a kick so powerful that she knocked Berserker to the ground.
Yukiko, injured, stood up and seeing that battle realized that she was probably too arrogant to assume that Magecratft would fully work against a Servant. She didn't wonder why Lancer was able to hurt her, she didn't care.

« No problem… if I can't kill her, Berserker will. Nobody can defeat the King of Knights!»
Berserker prepared to use her Noble Phantasm but Lancer intercepted her with a spear stroke that stunned her and then, turning to Tetsuya, exclaimed:
« Master… get ready… now I will use a lot of your magical energy! »
« Don't worry… for me… » Tetsuya answered, exhausted and in pain.

« If we are to die, we will die fighting like true warriors. »

« You don't need to have these talks with me, Lancer, I already knew I was going to die like a dog. I am just this. »

Lancer turned and saw her Master's gaze. He wasn't angry or sad. His lips formed a strange smile that was both satisfied and full of regret. The woman smiled at him, turned to her opponents.

« You're a strange man, Tetsuya. I like you. »

Lancer took off her helmet and dropped it to the ground, then murmured:
« I will not lose this battle, King of the Knights… you who don't know the suffering of a mother will never defeat me. »

Lancer's spear glowed red and suddenly her eyes turned crimson as well, a mighty wind rose and the hand with which she held the spear was enveloped in a bright scarlet flame. Lancer got into position and named her Noble Phantasm:
« Kókkini Flóga! (The Blood of My Son Caulone) »
Lancer threw the spear with such power that her arm completely charred and became unusable, the spear destroyed every obstacle in its way and finally hit Berserker in full, causing an explosion of red fire with a radius of at least five meters.
Lancer fell to the ground, her right arm was black and was crumbling, by now she had no energy left and she hoped to have won the battle but Tetsuya, who shortly before had breathed a sigh of relief, immediately realized that Yukiko was using a Command Seal and exclaimed:
« Lancer, be careful! »
Berserker returned to the battlefield with her armor still intact. Lancer, shocked, stammered:
« Ho-How did you d-do? Are you immortal? Are you so-some kind of go-god? Nobody can ... »
Berserker kicked Cleta's face and replied:
« I'm the King of the Knights. »
Berserker took out her broken sword from which a blade of light emerged, walked away from Tetsuya and Lancer and used her Noble Phantasm:
« No More Avalon! (Deicide) »
With the sword she launched a powerful slash of light that pulverized Murakawa Tetsuya and Lancer together, the attack opened a huge chasm in the city and ended the battle once and for all; Berserker's Noble Phantasm was powerful enough to shake the whole city and some buildings tilted; Yukiko, amused, said:

« The beautiful end of a monstrous killer and a desperate mother. In the end there's nothing left of you but silence. » 

« They were too weak. They were not worthy to face the King of Knights in a duel. » 

« Now, now don't be so disrespectful to the dead. But I wonder if it will be the same end that Caesar will have when she faces you. I'm really curious. »
Berserker picked up Yukiko and carried her away.

 

Cleta by Bikowolf

 

September update

 

I'm sorry if I haven't published any chapters in a while but I promise you that they will come out very soon.😓
In the meantime, thank you for your precious patience and for the time you've decided to dedicate to Fate/Yggdrasil.

Chapter 154 : Cleta

 

An Amazon warrior who was chosen to be the nurse of what later became the queen of the Amazons: Penthesilea. Cleta had always had the nature of a mother and despite being a very skilled and also strong warrior, she knew that she preferred peace to war. During the Trojan War she fought alongside Penthesilea and killed many enemies but in the end, when she learned of her queen's death, she decided to leave the war to return to her homeland.
She boarded a merchant ship which offered to take her home.
The captain of the ship spoke to the warrior who had chosen to stay aloof, in the hold, for reasons unknown to him; the man visited Cleta and saw her sharpening the tip of the spear and then asked doubtfully:
« We're not going to war, why are you sharpening your weapon? »
« Because even if I'm not at war, the war could always catch up with me and I want to be ready. »
« You don't come from Greece, are you? Who are you? »
« Cleta. I'm ... I was the nurse of the queen of the Amazons, Penthesilea. »
« Who are you now? »
« A woman at peace who hopes never to have to go back to war again. »
« I don't think so. » The man commented.
« Why is that? »
« Whoever wields a weapon, even if for self-defense, is the first to attack.»
The ship was hit by a sudden storm that pushed it towards southern Italy, where it docked safely. Cleta immediately realized that she could no longer go home and the sailors who had been with her no longer had any supplies to make the return journey, so the woman decided to found a city where she would welcome all the refugees from the Trojan War and also the sailors who had helped her, the city was called Cleto.
Cleto thrived for several years. Cleta, queen of the city, had a son named Caulone who, having reached the right age, decided to travel to discover the mysterious lands of Italy, but Cleta didn't want to let him go

« My son, what saddens you so much as to induce you to abandon Cleto? »

« Mother, I love Cleto but at the same time I long to discover the world beyond the city walls. I want to travel and get to know this peninsula. »

« I cannot let you go, my son, you were the only and last birth in my womb, you are like a treasure to whom I cannot say goodbye. If you were to die my world would collapse, just like when I lost Penthesilea. »
« Do not fear mother, I will not die. I'll come back here and tell you everything. »
Caulone left the city and began his journey during which he met several kind tribes that he managed to reunite in a single city that he himself founded: Caulonia. However, the exploits of Caulone were also heard by the warrior people of Crotone who attacked Caulonia and killed Caulone during the siege.
When Cleta learned of her son's death her heart burned with rage and demanded revenge. Cleta left with her army to face Crotone but they were in the minority and were defeated, the queen fell on the battlefield and, on the verge of dying, she took this oath:
« One day I will return, I will face the monsters of Hades and I will come back to life ... that day I will burn your city! Damn you, Crotone! You took my only child from me and I condemn you for it! »

 

Cleta by Bikowolf

 

Chapter 153 : Countdown

 

Tetsuya didn't care about the curfew and the fact that martial law was in effect, no man could tell him what to do and what not to do but he certainly had never seen so many people so scared and depressed just by a fallen tower; he had heard somewhere that many were fleeing London for fear of terrorist attacks while the royal family was secured.
On the street you could see soldiers carrying out constant checks and there were fewer people in the subway stations than in a bar. The Clock Tower area was made safe and the government began to blame terrorists: there are those who blamed the Middle East and those who blamed immigrants and, of course, others remembered the good old communists.
Tetsuya was looking for informations on the other Masters who seemed to have completely disappeared from the city since the fall of the Clock Tower. Cleta appeared behind the Master and asserted, preparing to fight:
« We are observed. »
« By who? »
« By me. » Yukiko Kumahira, who was with Berserker, replied.
Tetsuya seeing Yukiko raised a satisfied smile and exclaimed:
« I'm finally meeting you, brat. I knew that sooner or later I would see you again, but I bet you're not here to talk and you want to know something? Me neither! »
Tetsuya threw a punch at the girl but she parried the blow with one hand, moved a little and then counterattacked with a flying kick that broke Tetsuya's nose; Lancer immediately started to attack but was stopped by Berserker who hit her several times with her fists enveloped in fire, Lancer had to move away after the fifth blow but was unable to study a tactic to face the opponent because, in less than two seconds, she was forced again to defend herself against another series of heavy attacks.
Tetsuya got up from the ground and tried to hit Yukiko again but the latter kicked him in the ear and then hit him repeatedly in the face with her boots. 
« Did you really think you had any hope against me, Tetsuya? You're little stronger than a cockroach, I can kill you without a problem. »
Tetsuya promptly got up and punched the girl's chin then, quickly, kicked her, with all his strength, on the chest; the girl fell to the ground, visually she seemed dead but Tetsuya wasn't so stupid as to believe he had won the battle, in fact he had noticed that Berserker and Lancer were still fighting.
« Maybe you won't be a complete waste of time ... » Yukiko said, getting up.
« Fuck you, bitch. LANCER! » Tetsuya yelled.
Lancer moved away from Berserker, jumped and prepared her Noble Phantasm but didn't target Berserker but Yukiko; Berserker, however, didn't stand still: she took a car and threw it at Lancer and then, without a moment's hesitation, used her Noble Phantasm:
« Ashes of Camelot! (My Hell is Eternal) »
Berserker launched a powerful vortex of fire from her hands that hit Lancer and the machine in full, causing an explosion.
Yukiko, with an ironic tone, said:
« Next time I'm sure it'll be better. »
« I know. » Tetsuya answered with an unwarranted smile.
Yukiko, confused, turned around but didn't notice anything strange from the flames, Lancer had not moved but sent Berserker to check; at that moment five yellow astral spears surrounded Yukiko, Lancer was on a roof with the weapon lit, she jumped and used the Noble Phantasm:
« Katadíki Tou Krótona! (My Condemnation of Crotone) »
Lancer threw her spear at Yukiko, the impact of the attack generated a gigantic bright explosion but Tetsuya immediately realized that Berserker had the Master in her arms, she had managed to save her with superhuman speed. Yukiko was taken to safety by Berserker, on the roof of a house, and with an amused tone asserted:
« Do you really think you can beat me, Tetsuya? »
« I think I can kill you easily, brat, you just have to give me the opportunity to get my hands on you again, but I guess you prefer to be up there like a frightened kitten. »
« Okay… you convinced me. » Yukiko nodded to Berserker and she stepped aside.
Yukiko flew off the roof and, once touched the asphalt, did a bit of stretching and then Tetsuya heard a strong bone sound coming from under her long sleeve.
« Oh, this? Don't worry, now I'll fix it right away ... »
Yukiko tore off her sleeve showing that skeletal arm made of solid mercury; Tetsuya, shocked, didn't know what to say and the girl didn't comment, she simply approached him and Lancer to which the man asked, perplexed:
« What do you want to do? Aren't you calling Berserker? »
« Berserker? No, no, you misunderstood ... you misunderstood everything, I will kill you both with my hands. »
« Ah, ah, ah! You're crazy! I like you! It's a real shame that you will die in this battle! »
« Jag är Oövervinnlig. » Yukiko said, illuminated by the Magical Circuits that appeared on her body, then said again: « Jag är Stark.  »
« Are you strengthening yourself? It will not be enough. »
« Let's find out. » She said.
Lancer was the first to attack but Yukiko stopped the spear with one hand and then, with her skeletal hand, she grabbed Lancer; the woman kicked Yukiko but she didn't even move an inch, the girl lifted Lancer and threw her to the ground. Tetsuya, shocked, came to the aid of his Servant but was overturned by a punch in the chest that broke his ribs, the man spat blood and fell on Yukiko who, with a movement of the shoulder, dropped him on the asphalt.
« Don't touch me, worm. I don't want to be stained with your blood. »
« How can you be so strong? Where do you get the magical energy from? »
« Well, Lancer, first of all I'm not human, as you may have noticed, and therefore I can store more magical energy than an ordinary human being , and secondly, I have the pleasure of descending from a very powerful family of magi. As I said before: I'll kill you both with my hands. » 

Berserker vs Lancer by Bikowolf

 

Still working on the new chapter

I'm still working on the new chapter. I will publish it soon! It took longer than usual mainly due to several problems in the family, nothing to worry about. 👌 However, I take this opportunity to thank my readers as always for their availability. You're wonderful and my love goes to you.

Girl's Frontline : EXPIATIO

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Girl's Frontline : EXPIATIO