A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

Man. I was watching Lostbelt V stream and damn that Orion looks ripped.

I'm going to roll for Europa tho. They need to stop using Musashi for everything btw.

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As Saber heard the voice, she turned around just in time to block an incoming attack directed at her head. Sparks flew by at the impact of sword and spear.

To say Saber looked surprised would be an understatement. As she parried the furious attack of the man in front of her, she took a second to look at his new form.

Nothing had changed in his appearance. The only noticeable thing would be the red and yellow aura coating him like molten lava.

Putting a little bit of strength on her sword, she managed to create distance between the two. Lowering her sword to the side, she spoke. "You did not show much potential facing Rider. What changed?"

Although she didn't want to speak with him, she needed to gain as much time as possible to recover her magical energy. She hates to admit it but Caster attack damaged her pretty badly.

"Nothing much." Slowly, Seth raised his spear to the side of his head. Like he was preparing to do a horizontal slash. "It's just..." Saber's instincts went on full alert. Without hesitation, she raised her sword to protect her head. Just in time to hear Seth's voice beside her. "...your death became clear."

*Boom*

A loud sound like that of an explosion was heard when Seth's spear and Saber's sword clashed. However, without much resistance, Saber was sent flying. Rolling and tumbling on the ground.

Doing a backflip, she managed to stabilize herself, not before leaving deep marks on the ground though. 'What is that strength?! He looks like a second Berserker, dammit!' Saber couldn't help but curse inside her mind.

Meanwhile, Fujimaru and Olga moved to where Caster and Mash were lying on the ground. Olga helped Mash and Fujimaru helped Caster, moving them further back where Mash's shield was.

Caster eyelids trembled, slowly opening his eyes, he was greeted with the face of the kind and the magus. Looking to the side, he could see Seth's coated in what looked like a cape of magical energy.

"What happened when I was out?" He asked particularly no one.

"Saber was going to finish you off but he intervened just in time. Now he is fighting Saber by himself, he needs to win otherwise everything will be over." Olga spoke, worry in her tone, something unusual for sure.

They were fighting in close range so Seth couldn't use the full potential of his spear, even so, he was pushing her back.

They exchanged blow after blow. "What happened? Weren't you on the offensive earlier?" Seth spoke with disdain on his voice. Between hits, he managed to land a kick on Saber's stomach, sending her flying.

Using her sword to stop the momentum of her fall, she noticed the fast approaching Seth. Raising her weapon, she hit the ground creating a cloud of smoke. Seth put an arm in front of his eyes to prevent as much smoke from blocking his vision. If he just closed his eyes, he would be stupid.

Saber did a jump and came crashing down on him. Seeing the incoming attack, Seth grabbed his spear with two hands and put it in front of him.

Although he managed to block the hit, the ground under him cracked before forming a hole with him as the center. 'Damn!' He could feel how heavy the attack was. If he didn't have Kingslayer active he was sure his arms would have become something unrecognizable.

Despite blocking, he could feel his bones cracking. Using Saber's momentum, he lowered himself and his spear to minimize her strength on him. Once he felt he could push Saber off of him, Seth pushed his spear upwards. The knight slowly flew in the air but her cold gaze never left him.

Smirking a condescending smile. Still in mid-air, her sword was coating in purple light. Positioning herself in the best angle possible, she shouted. "Excalibur...Morgan!"

A black and purple beam was shot towards Seth, said man didn't expect Saber to have enough energy to throw another Noble Phantasm at him.

He managed to successfully get out from the point of impact. However, the explosion threw him flying, impacting a wall.

"Agh...!" The collision DID hurt, very much so. Blood sprayed out of his mouth, his back wasn't better off.

Using the wall behind him as support, he shakily stood up. Looking at Saber's position, she wasn't better off. Not taking into account the burns on her body, she didn't have much damage. Even so, she was on her knees panting, using her sword to prevent herself from falling.

They maintained this state of just panting and recovering their energy as much as they could for ten minutes. The audience just watched in expectation and nervousness.

In synch, they gazed at each other, reaching a mutual understanding. Seth put his hands off the wall and Saber got up.

Seth walked towards Saber and the knight towards him. What started as a walk became a jog and then a run at full speed.

He went for a stab while she went for a slash. As the clash grew near, Seth's right arm holding his spear, his human arm, gave in. It was a miracle it endured this long. His eyes widened.

Taking this as an opportunity, Saber crashed his falling spear beneath her feet and went for a slash on his head.

Feeling his impending doom, Seth's brain overworked trying to come up with something. Fortunately, it did.

Remembering the move Berserker used against him, he copied it without shame. After all, shame was not going to save his life.

He inclined his head backward, which proved to be difficult due to the momentum he had. Even though he avoided getting his head cut from his shoulders, Saber managed to make a slash wound on his neck.

Paying it no mind, he used his only good arm for support and kicked Saber on her chin, sending her flying a few meters upward. He was not going able to do more, less he wanted his left arm broken too. He decided to land on his feet again, he picked his spear with his left arm this time.

His muscles screamed, his bones screamed, his back screamed. He was in tatters before but after doing those taxing moves he was worse. On the bright side, pain is better than death. In this case at least.

Slowly he raised his head, meeting the falling Saber eyes, and with a quick thrust, he stabbed her. His arm didn't have any strength left so he couldn't keep her impaled in the air. She fell to her knees, the force of her fall bringing Seth to his knees too.

Saber's head was on top of his shoulders and his head on hers. Only centimeters prevented touch. Both stayed like that for a few seconds before Saber opened her mouth. "I don't understand...why deny yourself? Sometimes...an iron fist is needed...to rule a nation." She said with difficulty.

"I'm not meant to be a King. The people won't accept me as one, and a King is nothing without the support of his people." Seth responded. Both smiled at each other, they may have many differences but they managed to understand each other in the end, if only a little.

"It's hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead, huh...?" She mused.

Caster and Chaldea's trio, seeing it was all over, heaved a sigh of relief and approached the kneeling duo.

Caster needed Fujimaru's support to walk, he was really out of energy. Mash was better off and could walk by herself albeit with a little difficulty as her class gave her more endurance than anything.

Saber rose her head a little, looking at the people nearing, she couldn't help but smile self deprecatingly to herself.

"No matter how my fate changes, I will always meet the same end if I'm alone." The King of Knights said, slightly melancholic.

Caster, who was now in front of them, asked. Irritation present in his voice. "What's that supposed to mean? Bastard, what do you know?"

"Eventually, you too will realize it, Ireland's Child of Light. Grand Order. The battle to obtain the Holy Grail has only just begun." Saber—Arturia said, fading into motes of light. Not before annoying Seth one more time. "Goodbye Senpai, may we meet again."

"..." Seth was just too tired to care.

"Hey! What you mean by—Whoa! I'm fading too?!" Cu wanted to question Saber more but his time had also come.

"Dammit! It's not my style to leave a half-finished work, but it's all in your hands now. Next time try summoning me as a Lancer, though!" He then turned towards Seth who could barely move.

"This is a farewell gift, may we meet again friend." If he was going to disappear anyway. Might as well do something with the little energy he had left. Drawing runes in the air, a light enveloped Seth and healed him a little, just enough to move. "Sorry, that's as much as I can do"

Getting up, Seth looked at the disappearing Caster. "No, it's enough. Thank you, Cu Chulainn."

Caster just waved like saying it was nothing before he faded completely.

Mash's voice was heard, "Confirming the disappearance of Caster and Saber. Does that mean we won?"

A hologram of Dr. Roman then appeared, confirming Mash words and congratulating them. Seth got up in time to see Olga muttering something to herself with an expression of disbelief on her face. He raised an eyebrow at this but otherwise paid it no mind.

"Is there something wrong, Director?" She was brought out of her state by Fujimaru's words.

"Huh? O-Oh, right. Congratulations, there is much that is not yet known to us but let's call this mission complete." She said, snapping out of her trance.

She continued, "First, let's retrieve that crystal. It's clearly the reason why Saber became abnormal and this war went astray."

Seth frowned, the evil "thing" he detected earlier was here. And it was eviler than he first thought.

"Well, I didn't expect you'd get this far. Beyond my plan's expectations and my own tolerances." A voice reeking malice came from the position of the Grail.

Looking up, he noticed a person—no...a demon. That thing was clearly not human.

"Master Candidate #48. It was my mistake to naively overlook you as an improbable child." He said, before turning to Seth.

"And you...it was certainly not on my plans to have a foreign existence come here. Fate is truly a disgusting thing." If he couldn't hear the despise in the demon's voice, he would be an idiot.

Dr. Roman's voice was then heard, "Lev? Professor Lev, you say? He's there?" Surprise evident in his tone.

"Hm? Is that Romani I hear? So you didn't die. I told you to come to the command room immediately, but it seems you didn't listen. Honestly...humans are such pests."

"Lev... Oh, Lev! Lev! You're alive! What a relief, without you I wouldn't know what to do!" Olga said, happiness oozing out of her, she started walking towards Lev but was stopped by a hand on her shoulders. Turning around, he noticed Seth grabbing her. "What are you doing?! Let me go!"

"Listen, kid. I don't know if the stress is taking its toll on you, but can't you see he is not the same guy you are familiar with? He isn't even human!" He said, his voice dead serious.

"No! Lev is Lev, now that he is here everything will be okay, everything will—" Before she could continue, Seth knocked her out. She was not making any sense.

"Quite the rough guy there, she only wanted to meet with her dear Lev, that all." Lev said, sarcastic till the end.

"Hmph, don't think I can't see through your intentions. A painful death was the best thing she would get approaching you." He may not have divinity anymore but trickery and evil were one of his fortes. He would shame himself if he didn't see his intentions, though one just needed to be a bit perceptive to know that getting close to that guy was a bad idea.

"So you have an idea of what I'm. Impressive, very impressive." He clapped slowly as if he didn't mind if they found out his real identity or not. Not that it mattered, he was going to present himself anyways.

Continuing, he dropped a bomb. "However, I'm most sorry to say that little Olga there isn't alive anymore." He said with a dark chuckle as if it was not his fault at all.

"Wha—?!" Mash's, Fujimaru's and Romani's eyes widened at his statement.

'So it was true after all?' Seth said as he put his gaze on Olga. He had his suspicions, but he couldn't form a concise answer since he didn't understand how Rayshifting worked. He felt the same towards Fujimaru and Mash, but the feeling wasn't as big as with Olga.

Now he knew why. Olga was dead while they weren't, of course. The bodies of Fujimaru and Mash weren't exactly alive either.

Delighting in their horrors, Lev spoke again. "Let me reintroduce myself, I'm Lev Lainur Flauros...In charge of the year 2017 to dispose of you humans" (A/N: This was written taking into account the NA version to avoid confusion.)

'Flauros? Is it related to Solomon's book? No...I can't jump to conclusions, I need more information'

Lev then proceeded to explain the situation about the state of the world, about the incineration of humanity and how they didn't have a future past 2018.

"The magnetic field around Chaldea may be protecting it from ending like the outside world, but that won't last long! HAHAHAHAHA" He released a burst of creepy laughter that sent shivers down Mash's and Fujimaru's spine.

Suddenly, like glass, the world around started to crack.

"So this Singularity is reaching its end? Well, no matter. You are going to meet your end soon anyway" Lev said in a matter of fact. "Though...I would have liked to make Olga disappear as much painfully as possible." Saying till there, he shot a hateful look at Seth who returned one of his own, before disappearing.

"Doctor! Perform an emergency Rayshift!" Mash shouted.

"I'm already on it! But I don't know if I can make it in time!" Romani responded from the other side.

Soon, the ground beneath their feet cracked but instead of more ground, there was darkness instead.

Seth pulled Olga closer to him while Mash and Fujimaru held hands. 'Get a room already!'

Looking at the unconscious Magus in his arms for a moment, he sighed. With his free arm, he touched the golden necklace hanging around his neck.

'Let your soul find comfort on the desert's sands.' Golden light illuminated Olga before she disappeared. It was a temporary solution, but trapping her in there would keep her alive, for now at least.

Fujimaru and Mash were surprised at the Director's disappearance but with no hesitation, they both extended their hands toward Seth. 'Kids are too trusting these days.' Despite his words, he still grabbed both their hands. Moments later, everything faded to black.