NOVEL NEXT Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Kadoc
Zeteo and Kischtaria walked side by side to the Training room the next day while greeting the Chaldean Staff, Tom followed behind them while munching on a Fish on a skewer while Fou sat on Zero's shoulder.
"Grandma Jas's homemade jam really is the best." Zeteo said as Kischtaria nodded as the two of them are toast with the homemade jam.
[.... I'm not even gonna ask] Aion said referring to the toast that just appeared.
"....I...heard that today's training....is a team battle.." Zeteo said inbetween eating the toast while Kischtaria nodded, "Indeed, today's battle is a battle royale between teams made up of 3 people." He replied while somehow eating toast elegantly "a Master is still indisposed due to.... yesterday's matter." He said while holding back his smile as he looked at Zeteo "And Mash usually doesn't participate
"...So, I'll have to ask you team up with me and a young friend of mine, he's around your age too." Kischtaria said with a smile while Zeteo looked unapologetic and even had a slight smile while remembering the JP he got.
"Sure, I don't have any other friends except Mash and you....Oh wow, that's sad." Zeteo said and then decided to shut up in the case that he continued to hurt his own fragile heart with the truth.
"...." Kischtaria also shut up, "You too?" Zeteo understood instantly as Kischtaria nodded.
The two of them tactically decided to shut up and eat the delicious toast.
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"Run! The Hammer Devil is here!" A Master said as multiple Masters fled the area with terrified faces, jumping into their own pods with reckless abaddon while some Masters looked on in confusion.
"Hammer Devil?" Kischtaria asked with an amused smile while Zeteo remained quiet, his mouth twitching at the cringe nickname.
"Ah, there he is, managing to be asleep even in such a situation." Kischtaria smiled as he looked at a young man sleeping on the bench in the rest area.
It was a young man around Zeteo's age with silver hair and a slim build, he had dark circles under his eyes.
"Come with me." He said to Zeteo as he walked to the side of Kadoc while being very quiet and then grabbed Kadoc's shoulder and shook him fiercely.
"AHH! Oh, it's just you." Kadoc suddenly screamed as he felt his heart beat through his chest then calmed down instantly on seeing who it was.
"Zeteo, meet my friend and our teammate for today's exercise." Kischtaria said to Zeteo as he patted Kadoc on the shoulder as Kadoc looked at Zeteo
"Ah! You're Zeteo, The 47th Master Candidate, aren't you?" Kadoc asked Zeteo the moment he saw him as Zeteo looked surprised, "Am I that famous already?" Zeteo asked confused as Kadoc said plainly "No, you're infamous." He replied then panicked as he just realised what he had said, he was half asleep and had accidentally blurted his thoughts out.
"Nice! You're honest. You're my friend now." Zeteo grinned genuinely as he took Kadoc's hand and shook it firmly "I'm Zeteo, nice to meet ya." He introduced himself.
"Kadoc, Kadoc Zemlupus, um, nice to meet you" Kadoc shook his hand with a kind smile.
"Meow!" Tom said as he also shook his paw with Kadoc "Nice to meet you too, Tom." Kadoc smiled at Tom
[ Are you kidding me?! Can all Magus understand animals or something?! ] Aion asked as he seemed to give up trying to understand anymore.
"So, today's training is on the Sea, we'll all be spawned on a ship in the sea, the type of ship will be those of early Europe." Kischtaria said as Zeteo and Tom alongwith Fou looked confused while Kadoc explained "Basically the ships from Pirates of the Caribbean." Kadoc explained as Zeteo, Tom and Fou made a face of realisation.
"Wait, you've watched Pirates of The Carribbean too?" Zeteo asked Fou and Tom who nodded.
"Meow!"
"Fou!"
"Indeed, Black Pearl truly was the best ship in the franchise." Kischtaria nodded alongwith the other two humans, all of them agreeing with the statement.
"Let's go?" Zeteo asked as he entered a pod, Kischtaria and Kadoc also entering the pods linked to Zeteo's pod.
[ Rayshift in...3.....2....1...]
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All three of them looked at their respective Servants with silence, it had been a few minutes since they had Rayshifted, they all had also summoned their respective Servants at the same time.
The three of them alongwith Tom and Fou on Zeteo's shoulder stood as they looked at the vast expanse of the sea with doubt and melancholy, the three of them truly were destined brothers.
The reason? You'd have to look at their respective servants, the same Lancer with a ponytail that Zeteo and summoned stood behind them, next to Lancer stood a version of Lancer with a stick and a robe instead of a spear and tights, Caster and next to Caster stood a man similar to them wearing a loose fur coat while holding a shorter spear, Saber.
According to legend, they were all known as Cú Chulainn, The Irish Warrior and Demigod, these servants were all alternative classes of him in legend stored in the FATE database.
".....Kischtaria, bro, tell me the chance of this happening." Zeteo asked as the five just stood there ".....Less than 1%" Kischtaria said as Kadoc, Zeteo and him all sighed.
The three of them took out a musket with the respective weapons of their Servant's in the barrel as they all did a gun salute-
"Fou! Fou! Fou!"
They all took aim and fired when Tom blew a whistle
[ Zeteo has killed Master 20 ]
[Kischtaria has killed Master 41 ]
[ Kadoc has killed Master 12 ]
Their Servants summoned the Weapon's again as the trio loaded it again, although this time they couldn't make copies, they learnt that they could summon the weapon back.
[....The Muskets..... Where'd you even get it from? ] Aion asked confused but resigned as the trio fired again.
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{ Master Candidate 26 POV }
'Hello everyone! My name is Anya, I'm a Master Candidate of Chalde from Russia. Today, I and my friends, Jim and Anna are participating in a battle trial on sea!'
'We were lucky enough to summon 3 Archers! The possibility of that is so low that it's not even 0.5%! We're sure to get a high score in today's battle!'
"....Er, Anya? Can you see that?" Jim asked her as he pointed at a dot in the distance as both her and Anna also squinted at the distance to see three dots.
Before they could even react, the dots magnified rapidly to form a spear.
"Anna!" Anya watched in horror as one spear broke half of her bestfriend's face as she fell, her eyes widened in horror.
"Come on!" Jim reacted as he pulled her who was still shocked as he tried to dodge, she watched in horror as he suddenly threw himself infront of Anya to try rescue her and had half his body destroyed, she felt the hot blood splatter on her face as she watched in horror as Jim's body fell.
"....Archer!" She yelled still shocked, to atleast try react, but, it was too late, she watched in horror as a Spear tore through her chest and her body collapsed.
"...I...I...watched in horror, I saw Archer have her heart ripped out by a spear....I watched everyone die..." She trembled as she cried while hugging herself with Alice comforting her.
"Well, you aren't the only one, apparently all Masters except 3 who participated and 2 who didn't participate, experienced it." Roman said "So be happy, at least you don't suffer alone." He smiled brightly.
"ROMANI ARCHAMAN!"
*CRASH*