Punishment

Eyes widened in shock, Reynold can feel the massive amounts of raw mana, coming out from the six winged angel. 

"What are you..." murmured Reynold in wonder, as his expression can only be described as blank. 

A heart beat later, Reynold's gaze became focused, as he let loose the power of lightning inside him to cover his armor. 

"Theseus! What's happening in there!"  Shouted Reynold in his telepathic link with Theseus. 

"It's a command spell... The newcomer has the command spells so stop me and that golden brat over there..."  Replied Theseus with a horror in his voice. 

'What... Who...' 

Reynol's mind stunned for a few breaths. Then, his retinas enlarge as he comprehends the situation. 

'A Ruler! Only Ruler could do that!' 

Clicked his tongue, Reynold began to turn his eyes towards the man in red spear, then he said, 

"Hey, I don't know who you are, but do not disturb me." 

**** 

Lancer twirled his spear, slashing it to the side while eyeing the flying woman warily. She had effortlessly stopped the advancing Noble Phantasms from wreaking havoc even further. The male frowned. It must have been a Ruler. 

Yumi watched all of this from the paper man's eyes. No ordinary servant could just stop two clashing, overwhelming energy just like that. She must be someone who has a divine power in the Holy Grail. 

'Lancer, turn back,' His Master's voice rang in his head. 'Don't take your chances when a Ruler has graced herself with her presence.'

The male nodded, not daring to break the rules under the watchful eyes of the Ruler. 

"Oho, I would love to do that but it seemed my Master had asked me to retreat, "the male chirped as he slung his spear to his shoulder and walked away. 

"I advise ya to do that if ya wanna stay alive when the Ruler is watching," he continued, waving a hand without turning around, leaving the battle ground. 

The paper man peeked out slightly to see if the situation was safe before it started to climb out and once again sat on Lancer's shoulder, swinging its legs once more.

"I'm sorry, Lancer, I know you must have been itching for a battle," his Master's voice sounded solemn. The male shrugged. 

"Can't do anything when a Ruler was up there, watching us," he replied, "can't risk breaking the rules."

Yumi frowned at his words but she couldn't deny it. A Ruler appearing on the first day of the war was dangerous, who knew if she would pay closer attention to them from now? 

She looked at the spear on her desk. Besides, she wouldn't tolerate any anomaly. 

**** 

Turning his body to the direction where Theseus was supposed to be, Reynold began to fly with his fastest speed. In no more than half a minute, Reynold was already hovering above Theseus and exactly seventy meters away from the Ruler. 

"Theseus, how's the situation?"  Asked Reynold with a grim face. 

Theseus gestured his chin to where The servant and female magus he fought before, he saw both of them hovering in the air with the servant carrying the woman in princess carry. Both of them wear a grimace expression on their face, while still looking at the angel looking being. 

Frowning, he knows he can't just let this situation in stalemate. Shortly, Reynold opened his mouth and said in a loud voice,  "Are you a servant class Ruler?" 

Immediately, Ruler's hostile eyes landed towards the newcomer. Scrutinizing him with so much intensity, she determined him as the one who had started the war.

How peculiar. His existence depicted that of a servant, and yet she couldn't determine his exact classification. Turning towards the servant below him, her eyes gleamed in pure disdain.

Narrowing her eyes, one that is capable of bringing any mortals instantly to their knees, Ruler decided to grace him with nothing else but a simple answer.

"I am Ruler, the direct servant of the Holy Grail." 

Her six bronze wings flapped behind her as she descended the air, enough for them to see her clearly, yet not enough for them to reach her level.

"And you-- all of those who have been chosen to compete in this sacrilegious war, you were graced with the fortune of having the chance for all of your desires to be fulfilled..."

Immediately, fury emerged from her once aloof expression, shaking the earth and spreading absolute fright to everyone-- especially those within close vicinity.

"YET, WHY IS IT THAT YOU ABOMINABLE MORTALS ACT WITHOUT SAPIENCE AND BROKE ONE OF THE BASIC RULES OF SUCH A DIVINE CEREMONY?!" 

"That...." Speechless at the fact that he did break the rule, Reynold nodded in a serious expression. 

"It was my fault to not adhere to the war's rule, I await your verdict, Ruler." 

Secretly, Reynold said to Theseus in their telepathic link, "You better put away your Noble Phantasm sword, Theseus." 

Nodding slightly even though Reynold was right above him, Theseus let his great sword dispersed into small golden orbs and scattered away in the wind, just like his shield.

Even as she caught sight of both servants' weapons dissipating into the wind, Ruler paid no heed to their figures and scanned the surrounding area instead.

Several bystanders remained frozen on their feet, watching the scene unfold with terrified eyes. Of course, they would react as such, what with having to witness a fight beyond that of their little, realistic imagination.

Pitiful.

Having been victims of a war that they have no knowledge of. Raising both of her hands in sync, Ruler muttered words that would result in the horrors of those that could only watch in silence below her.

"I beckon thee, Vines of Repentance."

And all at once, hundreds of chains embedded with thorns emerged from the ground, going straight towards all the innocent witnesses that stood from afar and killing them without mercy as each pierced them on their backs and broke their bodies apart. 

"You!!" 

Reynold's eyes started to be filled with rage as he saw more than dozens of innocents that survived the battle would only die in the end. 

"Why!?" 

Reynold howled at the top of his lungs as Shaw the wreckage of the battles between their servants. He saw some corpses littered everywhere, and that only clouds Reynolds' eyes. 

"THESEUS!!" mad by the fact that all of this was caused by none other than his servant, he glared at Theseus and said, "We will have a talk later!"  

Moving his gaze towards the Ruler, Reynold shouted, "YOU! STOP IT!"