Salvation

Ruler rose a brow towards a particular Master, yet spoke of nothing else. She has much more important things to commit, and thus, useless words from a pathetic individual could only pass from one of her ears to another.

Continuing with her task, she summoned more and more chains from the ground, seemingly having a mind of their own as they travelled far from the open fields and towards the public, terminating those that they deemed witnesses of the prior fight.

Meanwhile, Gilgamesh watched the spectacle with dull eyes. His grip to his master tightened, and he clicked his tongue in sheer irritation. He knew that there is nothing that can be done over the massacre that is being taken place. No matter how harsh the punishment that had been bestowed for them, a rule is a rule.

And knowing who she truly is, the outcome from breaking it is truly inescapable. 

"Dammit!" 

Without waiting for reply any longer, Reynold swapped his lightsaber with another handgun. Then, he crossed both of the handguns together. The moment both of the handguns met each other, they started to fall apart and changed to a lot of small cubes, flying around Reynold as strands of electricity connected to each of them. In a few seconds, the cubes merged into one, with a shape of a single gun that was much longer and bigger than before. 

"Starlight of ruin." 

His hands wrapped in lightning as he gripped the high tech shotgun and pointed it to the Ruler. 

"Bestow upon me a light, for I shall shatter anyone who stood before me." 

With his chant, the lightning crawled into the gun, as the gun's tip began to crackle and glow brightly. 

"Isk Sventar!"  

Gigantic beam of light was shot from the gun as it wrapped with lightning around it. It boomed so loud the moment it was unleashed, and air began to distort around it. 

Ruler remained unfazed as the enormous power approached her. She rose her hand and directed it towards the attack, chanting rapid words to formulate her own spell in response.

"--Unleash, Adamantine Chains of Erinys."

Immediately, an abysmal portal appeared in front of her, receiving most of the attacks while making it disappear into nothing as powerful chains lunged forward and reached the man, coiling around him to a tight, suffocatingly inescapable degree. 

"Re...le...ase... Me!" 

Lightning crackled around Reynold's body and flowed through the chains. Raising his head to where the Ruler was, Reynold shouted, "Let go of the civilians! I have a way to take their memories without killing them! Let me take care of them!" 

"Oh?"

Ruler's eyes gleamed in response to his suggestion. Even at such a pathetic state, he was still able to spout another round of nonsense.

"What can you do..."

As she flew closer to him, a sinister smile stretched both the corner of her lips. Touching his chin and forcing him to remain facing her, she added.

"...When all of them are almost dead..."

The wind howled violently, blood reeking into the air and tainting the breeze with countless deaths found lying hopelessly everywhere.

"...Rule-Breaker?" 

"Do not force me-" Reynold's eyes glowed with blue hue as the corner of his eyes crackled with electricity. 

"-Ruler!"

His voice vibrated into the sky as blue light shined through his body. 

"Or I shall show you what it means to be the first one who tread the boundary." 

As soon her title left his lips without any hints of reverence upon it, Ruler's fury returned and forced her inescapable chains to tighten further.

The skies rumbled with all the thunder running across from it. The wind picked up, surrounding them with the scents of smoke and blood.

"And do not test my patience..."

Raising her hand and letting it fall posthaste, the chains that contained the man rose and immediately hit the nearest skyscraper within her sight.

"...YOU FRIVOLOUS DEFECT!" 

"Ruler!" Afraid that his master would die on the very first day of the war, Theseus called the angel from the ground, as he nodded his head to her in respect and said,

"I believe my master didn't mean it to provoke you, for he only worried about those useless insects. Would you grace us with your kindness by letting them go and having our master bear the burden?" 

**** 

'Lancer, hold on. I'm interested to see what the Ruler will do. I think we're a safe distance away to observe quietly.'

"Ya really ask for a lot of things, ain't cha Master?" The male mused before he stopped and plopped down to one of the roofs near the fray, one leg raised, his arm laying on top of it.

'...I'm sorry and I've just summoned you not too long ago…' came her remorseful voice. The paper man even looked like it was sorry with its head hung down.

Lancer watched the Ruler throw the guy he had fought before to a nearby skyscraper. 

"Nah, I'm here to follow your command," he replied, "although I'm craving for some fight, ya know?"

"I know, Lancer, I know...You'll definitely get it next time. It's still day one of the war, you need to replenish your energy."

The male laughed and continued to watch the tenseness in the air. 

"Sure thing, Master. " 

**** 

"Indeed, that impertinent mongrel is right."

Ruler turned towards Gilgamesh, who was gazing at her with his utmost, appropriate respect.

"The fault is ours, to begin with. And for that, we shall bear the burden for the consequence of our actions, in accordance to the will of the Holy Grail."

Ruler's eyes turned towards the woman in his arms and narrowed knowingly, analyzing her as she thought about their reasonings.

"And how do you suppose to repent for those actions?"

"As proposed by the other Master, we shall erase the memories of the witnesses and return this place back to how it used to be."

In return, Ruler gazed at him with a challenging look. Gilgamesh was not even a little bit swayed from her haughtiness, and thus, stood his ground as she spoke once more.

"What can you ever save from these piles of corpses, Caster."

Gilgamesh already knew what to answer next.

"If you blest us of your benevolence and use the noblest of your power, it would greatly aid our cause for this dire dilemma."

Her irises dilated at his proposition, astonished about the hidden message behind his tone. However, she didn't react anymore, aside from the smug smile that subtly graced her lips. With a single, powerful flap, Ruler soared high into the sky and hovered above their forms. A gigantic shadow of scales appeared behind her, and with a single incantation, golden lights filled the earth and surrounded the corpses. 

As soon as they were engulfed, each form reverted back to how they were before. Their once grotesque bodies were whole once again, ridden of any signs of their ultimate demise; whether it'd be a scar, or a fresh wound. Blood returned to their veins, and their pulses began to move. What was left of the previous destruction were all the ruin infrastructures and nothing else.

Even the metallic smell of copper and iron faded in the wind, as the heavy clouds gradually drifted apart.

When that was done, Ruler descended near to their level once more and spoke.

"Shall you ever deny my kindness and break the rules of the Holy Grail once again, a taste of my fury will descend to each of these mortals. Do not make light of my words, and heed it, if you still value both this world and your measly lives."

Without another glance, Ruler turned her back towards them and flew away, disappearing into the sky whilst leaving feathers made of light that soon dispersed in the wind.

Meanwhile, Gilgamesh felt Shaltea move in his arms. Summoning his tablet, he activated his Territory Creation and returned the ruins back to their original state. When that was done, a golden portal appeared beside them. Without a word, both entered the portal and left as well, leaving not only a final ripple that spread across the fading gateway, but also Shaltea's lingering gaze from the remaining servant and towards the direction where his master was sent--

--A hollow and devilishly dull gaze that reeks of unknown eeriness.