Fate Deified - Chapter 13 (Patreon)

Despite the fact you were about to seal the deal with Rin and claim her ass as your own, you can't say you were disappointed by the interloper.

Sure, you'd known they were in the general vicinity for a while now, Lancer could could sense the servant, and the connection you shared with them.

Them being a Master of Red, just like you.

A lucky stroke really, it meant one less person for you to track down later. But, the sensing went both ways, and they could apparently sense you and wandered over.

So, you figured you may as well call them out, while you didn't care who watched on, you get the feeling Rin isn't really into voyeurs.

But my were you surprised by the other master of your faction.

"Holy ravioli, what a cute little loli." you felt yourself grinning like the wolf that just came across that little slut red riding hood shaking her slutty fat ass in her tiny little skirt.

That was some good porn.

While she wasn't absolutely sexy like Sakura, Rin or Rider, Caster and Lancer, she was attractive in a completely different way. Skin of porcelain, hair white as freshly fallen snow and glittering crimson ruby red eyes.

The Grail War really was the best. All these exotic and beautiful females just popped up one after another. Viva la Grail War!

The cute little fairy-like girl giggled at your words, "You're a weird one onii-chan." she replied.

"I like to think of myself as cultured." you shrugged in response. Truly, was there any man in the world that was as cultured as you?

"Seriously Kei?" Rin huffed, rolling her eyes at you, "It wasn't enough to hound me, but now you're sniffing around the first little albino that strolls along." despite her words, you could see how tense she was.

…Did she know something you didn't? Sure the little fairy girl was a master, but you were you, even if she attacked with her servant, you'd kick its ass before it could pull off its Noble Phantasm.

But Kei huh? You couldn't help but grin. Rin really was just jumping right in.

It made all your carefulness the last few years seem like a waste. Perhaps if you'd approached her sooner, you'd have already claimed her as your own?

Truly, you supposed, not even you were perfect.

Yet.

"There's no need to feel threatened Rin, I'm not here to steal your man," the white haired loli smiled at Rin, a bit smugly in your opinion, before grasping her thick purple coat at the waist and lifting it a bit and curtseying, "I am Illysaviel, Illysaviel Von Einzbern, it's a pleasure to meet you both, Rin, Onii-chan."

"…As I thought, a homunculus from the Einzberns." Rin tensed

"Einzbern?" you cocked your head to the side. They were one of the three Great Families that made the grail war in the first place alongside the Matou and the Tohsaka.

"That's right Onii-chan~" the white haired girl chirped happily, a marked difference in the way she treated you compared to Rin.

Ah, was it love at first sight? Well, you couldn't blame her, you're amazing after all.

"What faction are you in Einzbern?" Rin demanded.

In response, Illyasviel snorted in amusement, "The Tohsaka sure are pretty pathetic huh? You asking that means you haven't even summoned your servant, how pathetic," she roasted Rin, then looked to you, "Are you sure you should be offering so much for someone so incompetent? It looks more like she should be paying to be your woman onii-chan."

Rin clicked her tongue before you could response, before smirking at the girl, placing a hand on her hip and cocking it out noticeably, "On our team I guess then," she snorted, "And the reason Kei wants me is because I have something you'll never have you little brat."

"Oh?" the little girl cocked her head questioningly.

"An ass all men want to get their hands on," Rin preened smugly, "You're just a little factory doll from the Einzbern, you'll stay a little curveless loli till the day you die, no real man wants anything like you."

Well usually, she'd be right. You had no interest in little girls, but this girl looked only a couple years younger than yourself, and had an ethereal beauty about her that made even you take notice.

Before you could give your input on the subject, a deep shuddering breath left Illyasviel and she clicked her tongue, ruby red eyes narrowed, "…You know Rin, I was actually going to be fine letting you live, we are in the same faction after all, even if I don't need anyone else to win this grail war," the white haired girl said, "But I've changed my mind, I'm going to have Berserker squash you."

As she said that, there was a shimmer of light behind her, and then where nothing but air sat, stood a towering behemoth of a man. Titanic almost in size, approaching ten feet easily, with skin like stone and gigantic rigid muscle like boulders. Inkly black hair fluttered in the wind and hissing mad red eyes glaring bloody murder at Rin, the killing intent the beast of a man was unleashing enough to make a deer lock up and die of a heart attack.

"….W-what is that!?" Rin gaped, body trembling in fear. You couldn't exactly blame her, she wasn't you, and had no servant of her own.

Frankly, if you weren't here, she'd be dead meat.

"This is Berserker," Illyasviel explained happily, "You might know him as Herakles, the strongest hero to ever exist, and the strongest servant by far."

"…Herakles, the greatest hero of the Greek myths…!" Rin noisily swallowed in pure fear.

Hoh, so this was the half breed son of Zeus then? He was quite remarkable. Not as amazing as you of course, but this little loli had done herself quite well indeed.

"Indeed, and now Berserker, kill her!" Illyasviel ordered.

Berserker roared like a monster and exploded forward with such speed and force the ground splintered beneath him.

…This trash!

Demi-god or not, he dared to ignore you and go after your woman!?

"Orah!" before Berserker could smoosh Rin, you exploded forward yourself to meet him and as he appeared in front of her, your fist met his cheek.

The sheer force and speed of your punch kicked up a sonic boom and you felt your fist meet his cheek.

"Learn your place weakling!" you spat.

Only, the expected outcome did not occur.

Yes, Berserker did stop, but your punch that could crumple a car as if it were paper mache..barely even managed to turn his face a bit to the side!

What?! Impossible!

Crimson red eyes moved away from Rin to lock onto you, and then, "▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!" your ears rang as a terrible howling roar left Berserker's throat and before you could react a massive hand wrapped around your fist and slammed you into the ground, hard, you felt the ground buckle and crater beneath your body.

Hmph, so he was a little stronger than you thought! No matter!

Berserker dragged you up out of the crater he'd created with your body, hand still wrapped around your face.

You scoffed and clicked your fingers, "Ignite!" you commanded, flipping your magic circuits on and conjuring a small ball of flame on your fingertip, "Grow!"

That little fireball, little more than a candle exploded into gargantuan proportions, spreading upwards like a massive pillar of flame and compelety stunned the giant.

You used the chance to pull away from him and jump back and watch the show as the giant pillar of flame shot up and pierced the clouds.

And for good measure, you clicked your fingers again, "Spark!" you commanded, and an electrical charge buzzed around your fingers, "Grow!" you commanded again and thrust forward.

That small electrical charge, erupted from your hand in the form of a massive bolt of lightning that slammed through the pillar of flame and electrified the entire pillar of flame.

"Hmph, a bit stronger than I thought, but nothing I can't handle," you snorted, dusting yourself off, getting rid of the debris littering your clothing due to your impromptu meeting with the ground, "As I thought, even servants aren't that impressive compared to me."

…"Holy shit…" Rin gaped at you, and you couldn't help but puff your chest out in pride.

There was nothing quite like showing off your overwhelming awesomeness in front of a hot girl.

"Oh my, you're really strong onii-chan!" Illyasviel chirped, idly leaning back and forth on her feet with a smile on her face, "I didn't think it was possible for human magi to get this strong."

"Spellcaster," you corrected on reflex before frowning, wait, "….I just roasted your servant, why are you so relaxed?"

"No you didn't." she corrected you with a giggle.

And then to your horror, Berserker strolled out of the towering electrified flame pillar, completely fine, not a mark on him.

"How!?" you demanded, "I'm not some novice, I know this isn't normal!"

Sure, servants were whispered about as unbeatable figures. But, it wasn't like they were unkillable, and it wasn't like they couldn't be damaged. Weaklings that could never compare to you had harmed them in the past!

"Oh no, you're really impressive onii-chan, don't feel so down," Illyasviel giggled again, "If it was a normal run of the mill servant, they'd have a tough time shaking that attack off, but my Herakles is the strongest servant."

…So it wasn't that you were actually far weaker than you thought, it was just that the son of Zeus was far more impressive than you gave him credit for.

"My Herakles can't be harmed by anything that isn't a top of the line A-rank attack thanks to his noble phantasm," Illyasviel hummed, "And that's A-rank servant by the way, not some rinky dinky A-rank mortal attack."

Tch, you clicked your tongue, 'So that's it, a fucking Noble Phantasm.' you spat mentally.

As you had thought before, Noble Phantasms were the true threat of a servant. If it wasn't for that, you could take him.

Well whatever, you could take him regardless, the cute little fairy loli made a mistake in telling you his weakness!

You reached up to your neck where a chain necklace hung, and from it, a miniature katana.

With a tug, the chain broke and came free, "Grow." you commanded, and the miniature katana grew back to its normal height.

Your Mystic Code, one that had been infused with your blood to make it receptive to your prana and stored a ton of prana through the diamond enhanced blade just like jewel craft.

Berserker who had just been staring at you, perked up and became alert at the sight of your weapon.

Heh, he must have sensed the threat it presented.

"Let's see how you deal with this!" you growled and thrust your sword at him, point first, "Extend!" you commanded, and the blade glowed brightly.

Then the blade itself extended massively towards him at blinding speeds and slammed into Berserker's chest, lifting him up off of his feet and carrying him through the air.

Herakles slammed into and through multiple trees before you cancelled the effect of your spell, returning your blade to normal.

Now, with some distance, you reinforced yourself and your blade to the limit and leapt through the air after him.

You found him a moment later, no worse for wear and pushing himself up out of a smashed tree as casually as if it were an armchair.

"Die!" you commanded as you came down like a meteor and slashed at his neck.

He didn't even try to dodge and you gaped as your blade did not puncture his skin, but grinded across it like metal, creating sparks!

His skin was even tougher than yours!

A massive fist lashed out at blinding speeds and you just managed managed to bring your blade up to block it.

Even then, the shock from the blow reverberated through it and shook your entire skeleton, before the sheer force behind it blasted you back.

And slammed you through multiple trees in return.

There was a booming noise and then as you lay there in the remains of a tree yourself, Herakles appeared in the air above you, hefting a massive stone blade and aiming to chop you in half with it.

Fuck this!

You slammed your hand into the ground beside you, "Grow!" you commanded the earth itself and the ground erupted into a massive earthen spike that shot up and slammed into-

Or not, because he swiped his massive stone blade through it and shattered the stone as if it were paper mache!

Then before you could do anything, a pair of massive feet slammed into your stomach as he dropped the rest if the way and you folded around his feet like a pretzel.

You choked, blood and spittle flying out of your mouth and into the air.

…You'd never been manhandled like this in your life! How humiliating! And just because of some cheaty nonsense he had because of some stories told about his life or whatever it was that made Noble Phantasms!

So this was what servants were. What absolutely monstrous beings, even able to overpower the great you!

'….I should call Lancer.' you thought blearily, before immediately crushing that thought.

You weren't out of options yet, you still had one card left to play!

Your hand tightened around your katana and then you opened your mouth and you howled right back at him, "▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!" the sheer power of your lungs reinforced and enhanced over many a years kicked up a small gust of wind.

And you took advantage of that, 'Grow!' you commanded mentally, infusing the wind with your prana.

That small gust of wind, became a monstrous gale in a second and Berserker gave a startled roar of his own as he was lifted bodily up by it and tossed high into the air.

And now that he was immobile in the air…!

You jumped to your feet and transformed your prana into the the ether element, running it across your blade.

You fed your mass amounts of prana into it, and drew upon the mass amount of prana stored within the diamond encrusted blade, a buzzing red glow of dense prana formed around your blade.

You roared once again and swung the blade with all your might, unleashing nearly all of your mana and that stored within the blade in a beam of energy as wide as you were tall.

"GROW!" you savagely snarled, feeding the last of your energy into it. It was no big deal, you'd recover it quickly anyway!

The large red beam as wide as you were tall, exploded into monstrous proportions, spreading out so far and wide it looked like the entire sky was lit up with a crimson red ominously crackling glow.

Even Herakles was unable to do anything in the face of your strongest attack as it swept over him like a bloody red tidal wave.

It only lasted for a few moments, and when it ended you fell to your backside, panting deeply, your consciousness heavy and feeling like you could pass out any moment.

A second later, the ground shook as the lower half of Herakles bodily slammed right into it beside you, that was all that was left of him.

You vaporized his entire top half, heart, brain, head and all.

"Heh, how do you like that?" you smiled savagely, blood leaking from the corner of your lips, "Not so tough now are you!?" you crowed, pushing yourself to your feet.

As you did, the blade in your hand began to crumble away into dust, but that was fine, it did its purpose. You would mourn such an amazing weapon later.

"Herakles smerkales!" you laughed, "I'll admit you were powerful, but in the end you couldn't take me on son of Zeus, my power is maximu-"

You stopped abruptly. Because…

The lower half of Herakles body, instead of disappearing, began to glow an ominous red and before your eyes, bubbled and rumbled, and then his torso regrew from his legs, chest, head, hair and everything else.

"Noo….No no no!" your eyes grew wide and frantic and you launched yourself at the regenerating corpse and began to unleash a rapid fire bevy of punches, each one enough to destroy a car or turn a normal human into pulp.

"ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA!" you punched and punched and punched and punched, until you felt your knuckles pulp and bones shatter, blood oozing from the wrecked remains.

But it was all in vain, because, your punches didn't even slow the regeneration down, and a moment later, crimson glowing eyes stared down at you menacingly, "▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!!!" it felt like your ear drums popped as Berserker roared once more and lashed out with a giant fist that caught you in the face.

And sent you flying.

You skipped across the ground like a stone skipping a pond, each hit like a pot hole the size of your body, smashed through multiple trees and landed back where you started this mess, where a familiar pair of girls were, the cute little pixie and the sexy fat ass twin tails.

"Kei!" Rin cried out in worry and rushed over to you, "What were you thinking, trying to fight a servant like that! I know you're strong, but this is servants we're talking about here."

Ugh, how unmanly. That prick beat you up so bad and tossed you out here to let your woman see you like this?

Not that it would take you long to recover, but it as the principal of the matter.

You tried to response, but you couldn't. The agony in your jaw as you tried to speak, and a quick inspection of your body told you, your jaw was broken.

You simply wanted to tell her nobody gets to threaten your woman without dying a painful death.

"You know Onii-chan," Illyasviel skipped her way over quite merrily, not at all threatened without her servant off in the forest, "You're really impressive, I can't believe you managed to kill Berserker and take one of his lives."

….One of his lives?

"One of his lives!?" Rin demanded for you, glaring bloody murder at the girl who just shrugged off the twin tailed girls anger.

"Oh yes," the white haired girl preened, "Berserker has twelve lives, so you have to kill him twelve times to beat him. And the best of it is, he can't be killed by something that killed him before! And I can even regenerate any lives he loses. I told you didn't I? My servant is unbeatable."

….That's some real fucking bullshit! You knew Noble Phantasm conceptual shit would be insane, but this is taking the cake!

"But maybe there is something to this faction team up thing in the end?" Illyasviel mused before grinning at Rin, "Well, with Onii-chan at least, not you Rin, you're useless."

Rin snarled, but didn't reply. It seemed she was holding herself back to not make the girl angry again.

"You impressed me onii-chan, so I'll let you and your little Tohsaka bed warmer live for now," she said to you, before waving at you, "bye-bye." she said simple, turning on her heel and skipping away.

As you watched her skip merrily away, your pride got the better of you. You at least had to get the last word in, so you forced your jaw to move and ignored the pain, "…I'm gonna pound that loli ass one day." you swore vengeance.

Illyasviel paused and looked back at you, staring at you oddly for a moment before snorting and giggling, "Well you can feel free to try Onii-chan," she laughed, then sneered at Rin victoriously, "What was that about an ass no real man would want? cuz I think onii-chan is pretty manly."

And with that said, she continued on and disappeared through the trees out of sight.

For a moment, you and Rin were just silent, before the twin tailed girl sighed, "…Seriously?" she deadpanned at you.

"…She's cute." you muttered, ignoring the pain in your jaw. And she'd be a real looker when she grew up.

"She's a homunculus, she isn't gonna change from that form, and all homunculus have a shelf life." Rin pointed out.

You shrugged, ignoring the pain it caused you. God, your entire body felt like one giant bruise.

You could deal with that easily with your magecraft.

Rin shook her head at you, "You're a real idiot, why didn't you summon your servant," she sighed, but despite her saying that, she gently lay your head on her lap, "But thanks…you got all this beaten up fighting that guy for me."

"…Nobody messes with my women." you grunted, not moving and just enjoying the feel of her soft thighs on the back of your head.

Her cheeks flushed a bit at your words, "I guess so," she hummed, looking to the side in embarrassment, "It's…It's a good thing I accepted to become one of your women then huh? I'd be dead right now if you didn't step in."

Then she surprised you once again. Cheeks blazing, the older girl leaned down and pressed her lips to yours, "…Y-you can take this as a little bit of my appreciation." she stuttered.

"It'll do…for now," you chuckled, before wincing, it even hurt to laugh, "And the reason why I didn't bring out Lancer, is cuz I thought I could take him."

Lesson learned, you were not the top of the food chain. Granted, you were still pretty high up. Oh well, you always planned to get much much stronger anyway.

"And you saw how that went, huh?" Rin snarked, "Though, you did way better than I thought possible, that last attack you gave out was amazing, how'd you do that?"

Honestly, you felt like you could pass out at any moment. That punch Berserker gave you at the end there really rattled your brain, and it took you a moment to process her words.

In the end though, you weren't the one who responded.

A shimmer of blue light in front of you announced the appearance of Lancer, "He stored a mass amount of mana inside his mystic code using the base principles of that jewel craft you employ little girl," the beautiful servant explained for you, before pinning you with a steely gaze, "You were sloppy, unprepared and rash." she admonished you.

Rin froze at the sight of your servant before gritting her teeth, "Hey, he's beaten up pretty bad here, can't you giving him the third degree wait until he recovers?" she demanded.

Lancer scoffed, "The little braggart will be fine after a nights sleep," she responded, "His body is far more beyond that of a normal plebian after all."

Rin had no words to respond, so Lancer looked at you, "Still, despite how amateurish your attempts were, for a man of this day and age, you are indeed impressive," she nodded, "You are rough, like the coal you like to play with to impress girls, but I can make a diamond out of you I'm sure."

Was it you, or could you see the phantom of a smile under that veil she wore?

Before you could say anything, Scathach thrust two fingers in front of your face, a rune forming into existence atop then, "Now sleep." she ordered, pressing it against your forehead.

And then, darkness took you.