Artoria Pendragon (Alter)
Generations of Alter
Dr. Roman:
A Rayshift into the heart of the Fuyuki Greater Grail?
It's not impossible, but why?
Mash:
I'm told it's a urgent request from Saber.
Right, Senpai?
Dr. Roman:
Haha, we can't turn down a request from the corrupted Saber, can we? That King of Knights is merciless.
Dr. Roman:
But the space inside the Greater Grail isn't stable.
If you do a Rayshift, you'll likely get punted back out.
Dr. Roman:
Well, I'm sure Saber has something in mind.
Let's get started.
Dr. Roman:
Mash, take care of Fujimaru.
If things get dangerous, let me know right away.
Mash:
That's the plan.
Let's start the Rayshift, Senpai.
Mash:
Are we in...France?
I thought we shifted into the Greater Grail...
Mash:
Doctor? Doctor?
Come in... Doctor?
Fujimaru 1:
We can't contact him?
Mash:
...So it seems.
He said it was spatially unstable, but where are we—
Fujimaru 2:
I think Roman's slacking off?
Fou:
Fou!
Mash:
Fou agrees, but...I can't be sure.
I can't even establish a connection.
Mash:
The inside of the Greater Grail is like a singularity, and the connection won't be stable, he said. But where are we—
Saber Alter:
We're inside Greater Grail in a fragment that doesn't exist. Think of it as a place that recreates beings that became the singularities.
Mash:
Saber? You arrived first?
Saber Alter:
So you came too, Kyrielight? ...Alright, I suppose. Thank you for answering my wish, Fujimaru.
Saber Alter:
I'm amazed you believed in me enough to Rayshift inside the Greater Grail.
Fujimaru 1:
I want an explanation.
Saber Alter:
There's no need for one.
What you need are strong Servants.
Saber Alter:
I'm simply granting you that wish.
Fujimaru 2:
If it's what you want, Saber.
Saber Alter:
...I see.
If that's how you feel, then I won't hold back.
Fou:
Fou, fou!
Mash:
Master, Saber, footsteps on the road ahead!
It appears to be enemies!
Saber Alter:
Let's start with a warm-up.
We'll wipe them out, Fujimaru.
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
That Shadow Servant...
Um, Saber, is this place—
Saber Alter:
Good guess Mash.
This is one of the endings you passed by.
Saber Alter:
It's only a temporary recreation, "but for the purpose of combat," this is not an illusion.
Fou:
Fou, fooou!
Mash:
More enemies!
So this next Servant is—
Saber Alter:
Fear not. You defeated them once, and this time the fate of the world isn't at stake. Enjoy the dance of death.
Mash:
I-I can't see it that simply!
Death is really scary!
Saber Alter:
Of course, enjoy the fear I'm saying. The Heroic Spirit who entrusted himself to you would have.
Mash:
Huh?
Saber Alter:
Fujimaru, conserve your energy because the next one's the big one. Defeat this one with 60% of your strength.
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
Master, we've arrived at the throne room.
...Oh, I knew it—
Jeanne Alter:
—Tsk, I wondered why "I was here" suddenly.
So this is why.
Jeanne Alter:
How truly upsetting. What is this?
More of that nightmare?
Jeanne Alter:
Whose idea was it to drag out a fake who's already been defeated once?
Jeanne Alter:
Was it that Master there? Or that girl?
No, that's not right.
Jeanne Alter:
Only a Heroic Spirit as tainted as me could come up with a bad idea like this.
Jeanne Alter:
Am I wrong?
You, Britain's tainted King of Knights?
Saber Alter:
—You're talkative.
Did Jeanne d'Arc talk a lot as well?
Saber Alter:
No, I'm sure she did.
She was happy to be called the Maiden of Orleans.
Saber Alter:
I'm sure she liked to talk.
What can I say, she had the mind of a peasant.
Jeanne Alter:
—Huh? What's your problem?
Are all Britons idiots?
Mash:
(Senpai, the air is choking with danger!
There was no room for talking, anyway!)
Saber Alter:
Of course.
We're here to defeat this woman.
Saber Alter:
Fujimaru, you are an inexperienced Master.
Fight stronger, more terrifying foes and polish your skills.
Jeanne Alter:
Oh, so that's it. The kind King of Knights has prepared a trial for that Master.
Jeanne Alter:
Very well, I accept. But be careful,
I'm vulgar and very violent—
Jeanne Alter:
And after what you did to me last time, I'm ready to rip your head from your neck!
Mash:
Master, she's serious!
Be extremely careful!
Saber Alter:
A splendid yell, flag-bearer.
I'm glad I chose you as an opponent.
Jeanne Alter:
What? Trying to be a friendly? Disgusting! You think we can be best friends just because we're both evil?
Saber Alter:
No, I simply chose a worthy opponent to crush.
I've no emotional attachments towards you.
Saber Alter:
But I will say one thing...
Saber Alter:
Shadow of Jeanne d'Arc, born of the Grail,
you said we were both tainted beyond measure—
Saber Alter:
But from where I stand, you are far more tainted than me.
Jeanne Alter:
Hehe—That's my line, mere clone of that coward King Vortigern!
--BATTLE--:
Jeanne Alter:
...Okay, okay, I lost, I lost.
Jeanne Alter:
I don't have a grudge against your Master, so I'll be a good girl and disappear.
Mash:
Enemy Servant annihilation confirmed...
Whew. That was a tough fight...
Saber Alter:
...Sympathy for two people who fell to evil, huh?
I can't deny that.
Saber Alter:
I chose to rule by violence and instinct, and you chose to rule by fear and reason.
Saber Alter:
The more a Heroic Spirit was bound by ideals in their former life, the more they possess a twisted side like us.
Fujimaru 1:
Saber...
Fujimaru 2:
You and that Jeanne are different.
Saber Alter:
That's just what you believe.
But—a Servant obeys their Master.
Saber Alter:
As long as you believe that, I won't be a fool and believe otherwise.
Saber Alter:
Also, your skills have improved a bit Fujimaru.
Fujimaru 1:
Of course!
Fujimaru 2:
A little, but yeah.
Saber Alter:
Glad to hear it.
Let's return to Chaldea.
Saber Alter:
Women like Jeanne and I are only useful like this.
If there's a next time, I'll find you another strong foe.
Dr. Roman:
You're back!
What happened to you two?
Dr. Roman:
Communications went dead, and for a moment the Humanity Foundation value for Fuyuki and France reverted to negative!
Fujimaru 1:
A lot happened.
Mash:
...It's as Senpai says.
So much has happened and it's hard to explain.
Fujimaru 2:
I'm tired and going to my room.
Fou:
Fou, fooouu...
Dr. Roman:
I-Is that so? Sure, I guess.
You two look exhausted, and things are okay for now.
Dr. Roman:
Okay, I'll call an end to this Rayshift for now...
But something seems strange.
Dr. Roman:
You guys didn't go to an amusement park or something without me, right? ...Nah, no way!
Dr. Roman:
There's no way you could just Rayshift to the Greater Grail, and fight a bonus stage with powerful opponents you've already encountered!
Fou:
Fou, fooouu...
Two Sides of a Coin
Saber Alter:
Another chance has come, Fujimaru.
Rayshift into the Greater Grail.
Mash:
A-Again?
Last time it was evil Jeanne, so this time...
Fujimaru 1:
Thug Emperor Nero?
Fujimaru 2:
Good-goody Lancelot?
Fou:
Mm, kyukyu, kyui!
Saber Alter:
You'll see when you get there...
Though to tell the truth, I don't know myself.
Mash:
You don't? You mean you can't pinpoint who it is we'll be fighting?
Saber Alter:
No, I have chosen the opponent.
What I'm saying is—
Saber Alter:
I don't know who that person is. It seems like that one is fundamentally different than the other Heroic Spirits.
Mash:
Fundamentally different... Was there someone like that? Oh, I feel like Elisabeth might be different.
Saber Alter:
That one is just a weird.
...Well, you'll sense it when we arrive.
Mash:
These are the Roman plains?
I was sure it would be another throne room...
Fou:
Fooouu!
Mash:
Th-This rumble...a giant?
No, it's an army of giant golems!
Mash:
What is that? They're burying the horizon!
It's like the Great Wall of China is advancing on us...
Mash:
They're heading right for us!
Saber, is that our opponent?
Saber Alter:
...I think not, but I don't know.
That golem army might be the same as that one.
Saber Alter:
Either way, we're busting through the wall Fujimaru. They don't see us as enemies.
Saber Alter:
They're just like a massive steamroller that crushes everything before it.
Saber Alter:
There's nothing to be gained by fighting them, and there are too many to defeat.
Saber Alter:
Concentrate on a few and open a gap in the wall!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
Wow...
It's like a tsunami.
Mash:
Those giants have no will of their own, but there seems to be a will guiding them.
Mash:
"End all civilization on this planet." I'm not sure,
but that's what their command sounds like...
Fujimaru 1:
That's an exaggeration...
Fujimaru 2:
I feel it...
Saber Alter:
They certainly won't halt. —Do not be afraid.
Fujimaru, we shall pierce through the second wave as well.
Saber Alter:
Our real target lies beyond this wall of giants.
We shall see if Mash's instincts were correct!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
We made it past the giants! That's the Heroic Spirit Altera, the one we saw in Rome!
Altera:
...So a lifeform besides me appears in my dream?
Answer me. Who are you?
Saber Alter:
That's what I want to know, white Heroic Spirit.
Mash called you Altera, but—
Saber Alter:
Are you really Altera? You don't seem like the conqueror they called the Scourge of God.
Altera:
...You disturb my dream, and then insult me?
You are...Britain's King of Knights, yes?
Altera:
I am Altera.
My appearance and this blade are proof of that.
Altera:
—Answer me.
What makes you doubt the truth that I speak?
Altera:
If your answer displeases me, I'll show no mercy.
I'll incinerate you and this world.
Mash:
(Senpai, she seems to understand us more, but she sounds a lot more angry!)
Mash:
(But I understand that feeling.)
Mash:
(If this is Altera's dream, it would be embarrassing for others to see it!)
Fujimaru 1:
Sorry, we didn't mean to pry into your dreams...
Altera:
...It doesn't matter if you intended to or not.
The fact is, you're humiliating me.
Fujimaru 2:
You've got some crazy dreams.
Altera:
...I know.
Even I don't know why I have these dreams.
Altera:
But—that's why I can't forgive you.
You have peeked into my inexplicable dreams.
Altera:
Answer me.
Why do you mock me so?
Saber Alter:
...Why, you ask?
I finally understand now after coming here.
Saber Alter:
Oh great conqueror and Heroic Spirit Altera.
You have become a paradox.
Saber Alter:
Some kings conquer to satisfy their people.
Some kings rule to satisfy their own greed.
Saber Alter:
Each definition of kingship varies.
Everyone has their own ideology, and justifiable goals.
Saber Alter:
But—you are different.
You are a conqueror and a destroyer.
Saber Alter:
Some kings bring destruction in their conquest,
but no king brings destruction after a conquest.
Saber Alter:
That is not a king who rules man.
That is a Demon God who denies the world of man.
Saber Alter:
I ask again, Heroic Spirit Altera.
Are you really—a Heroic Spirit like us?
Altera:
—I have no answer for that. As the head of the Huns,
I simply fought and slew our enemy.
Altera:
It was you people who called me a king, a hero, a God of War.
Altera:
Or would you, a fellow Heroic Spirit, deny me?
Just like me, you can only destroy.
Altera:
—I don't like you.
I don't like you at all.
Altera:
Begone from my dream. This plain of destruction is mine alone. I don't want to see any humans!
Mash:
Wow... All the Mana in the atmosphere is being drawn into her blade!
Mash:
So that is the Sword of Mars, the Noble Phantasm that can incinerate the world!
Saber Alter:
Excellent. Altera herself was a disappointment,
but that Noble Phantasm is a worthy foe.
Saber Alter:
If it's going to swallow all the Mana in the world,
it will be an excellent opponent.
Saber Alter:
My heart is that of a dragon.
The Od in my body shall resist the breath of the World.
Saber Alter:
Let's go, Master!
It's time to see whose Noble Phantasm is the strongest!
--BATTLE--:
Altera:
That...sword...was tempered inside the planet itself...
It's a true Divine Weapon?
Altera:
I know it...I know this pain...
That's...What era was that—
Mash:
Heroic Spirit Altera annihilation confirmed.
Did we...win?
Saber Alter:
So it seems. I thought she was like Jeanne, another Heroic Spirit twisted by the Grail, but—
Saber Alter:
It seems she was twisted from before.
Enough that she herself didn't know who she was.
Fujimaru 1:
What are we going to do about this?
Fujimaru 2:
Saber, the world's collapsing!
Saber Alter:
Don't worry, this is Altera's dream.
Since she disappeared, the dream will wake up.
Saber Alter:
Our minds will return as the world ends.
It may leave a small aftertaste, but do not fret.
Mash:
S-So we're experiencing a simulation of the end of the world... This is the kind of bad feeling I don't want to know...
Saber Alter:
Forgive me.
I tried to be of use to my Master, but this time I failed.
Saber Alter:
Once this world ends, let us meet again. Don't worry Fujimaru, it wasn't a complete waste.
Saber Alter:
Battling Altera increased my own power. I shall show you an even more powerful slash in our next battle.
Mash:
Oh, Saber just left without us!
Senpai, we, um...
Fujimaru 1:
We'll wait until it's completely white.
Mash:
I-I knew it—!
Fujimaru 2:
Mash, close your eyes if you're scared.
Mash:
I-I can't!
Closing my eyes just makes me more scared!
Mash:
I'm done doing favors for Alter! Senpai, next time,
think more about your actions, okay!