Billy the Kid
Seven Knights of the Wasteland
Billy:
This is a hypothetical question.
Billy:
Say you were asked to protect a town,
even if your chances of surviving were...uh, low.
Billy:
Tons of powerful, heavily armed enemies and you've got some scrounged up gear and just about no allies.
Billy:
Would you fight, even without a reward?
Or would you not?
Fujimaru 1:
Fight.
Billy:
Your bravery always impresses me.
Fujimaru 2:
Protect.
Billy:
Yeah, you always have the right answers.
Billy:
After you.
Scoundrel:
You bastard!
Scoundrel:
Oww...ow!
Damn...you...!
Billy:
With a hand that slow, nobody would hire you as a gunman.
Well, might as well do some honest work. Who knows, good things might happen!
Mash:
Look how he moves. I never imagined the human body could move so quickly...
Da Vinci:
The best quickdraw in the West,
a move so great, it's almost legendary.
Da Vinci:
I'd like to see that for myself someday.
Billy:
Um...Master?
Master, do you have a minute?
Fujimaru 1:
What's wrong?
Billy:
I just got some news at a saloon.
Seems like this town's getting targeted.
Fujimaru 2:
Sure!
Billy:
Haha, my Master's sure upbeat!
Billy:
Anyway.
I hear that this town's getting targeted.
Mash:
Targeted...by whom?
Billy:
Bandits, scoundrels. Like that lot we encountered earlier. Spooked the sheriff and now he's useless.
Billy:
And the townspeople are afraid to go out.
I wanna help them. That's not a bad thing, right?
Fujimaru 1:
I think that's great.
Billy:
Oh, okay! Then let's do it!
Fujimaru 2:
Unforgiven!
Billy:
I knew my Master'd be up for anything!
I'm really starting to like you!
Mash:
Senpai, I don't know if you should have accepted this task so lightly. You should at least have asked how many you're going up against...
Billy:
Oh, I don't know either.
Hold on. I'll go ask.
Mash:
Protecting this town from scoundrels...
(Gasp) This is a standard setup for a Western movie!
Mash:
Oh my...what a very cowboy-ish setting, Master!
Fujimaru 1:
Do you like that sorta thing?
Mash:
Um, well, not exactly... But there were books about it in the library, and I got engrossed in the story...
Fujimaru 2:
You seem to know a lot.
Mash:
Yes, there were Westerns in the library, so I studied them as if they were classic stories.
Billy:
Hey Master, Master!
I asked around to see how many there are.
Mash:
So how many are there?
Billy:
About a thousand.
Mash:
1,000. I see. It's a typical Western setting–
Ehhh!? A THOUSAND!?
Billy:
Master, give me your binoculars.
Okay, I see them... Hey, isn't that...!?
Da Vinci:
Hmmm. It appears that your opponent has hired a bunch of leftover Celtic soldiers.
Mash:
Impossible...that army should have disappeared when Queen Medb was defeated!
Da Vinci:
They've been summoned to this time and place before, and the area is still very unstable in space time.
Da Vinci:
With a bit of coincidence and sheer luck, they could very well be summoned again by employing the proper technique.
Da Vinci:
That said, it would be impossible for an amateur with no knowledge of magecraft to just pull off a freak summoning out of nowhere. Which means...
Billy:
The other side has a mage, too...or someone like that.
Da Vinci:
Naturally.
That's what worries me.
Billy:
One thousand Celtic soldiers...that's quite the number.
Mash:
Master!
Take a look at this!
Fujimaru 1:
This can't be...
Fujimaru 2:
A Servant signature?
Mash:
Yes! It appears that numerous Servants are getting summoned as countermeasures.
Da Vinci:
I can't believe that many Heroic Spirits are willing to come. Maybe they're spoiling for a fight. Or they're just natural heroes down to their core.
Da Vinci:
Well, doesn't matter.
We'll take all the help we can get.
Da Vinci:
We'll operate as if we're fixing a Singularity,
Fujimaru. Explain to the Servants and ask them for help.
Billy:
Haha, Master!
This is really turning into a Western!
Fujimaru 1:
Teamwork!
Billy:
Roger that, Master!
All right, let's do this!
Fujimaru 2:
Gunfight at the corral!
Billy:
Haha, okay, Master! You'll get front row seats to watch how I handle my guns!
D：???:
Listen up...that town ahead has tons of people, food, and gold.
D：???:
...Take them all.
Loot everything you can find.
Celtic Soldier:
Yeah!!!
D：???:
We are hungry wolves.
We are beasts who only know how to fight and eat.
D：???:
That's fine. If we don't do so,
we can't lay our roots down on this continent.
D：???:
Steal the leylines and make this grand continent our own. No gun or sword is a match for you.
D：???:
Now, go!
D：???:
Use this place as a base so our clan can prosper once again!
Celtic Soldier:
Reporting! A hundred of our front line soldiers have been annihilated.
D：???:
I see that our enemy is quite the adversary.
D：???:
...
D：???:
What!?
Celtic Soldier:
Our enemies also have Servants.
D：???:
...
D：???:
Servants...why you...!
Narration:
Let's wind the clock back a bit here.
Billy:
And so, in order to protect this town from a thousand Celtic bandits, I need everyone's help!
B：???:
Hahaha! So it's Thermopylae once again!
That does get me fired up!
Leonidas:
I, Leonidas I, shall offer my shield in protection of this town!
Leonidas:
Any one Servant is a match for a thousand soldiers, and we have seven. There's nothing to fear!
C：???:
No wonder Servants who are experts in defense got summoned.
Hektor:
But do you think this old man will be useful in this modern world?
Hektor:
Either way, I got it. Hektor of Troy...
I ask that you don't overwork me.
D：???:
Bandits are oppression.
That means this town is being oppressed right now!
Spartacus:
It is my duty to destroy all oppressors!
E：???:
Understood, agreed, and ready to succeed! Defense may not be my forte, but leave surprising the enemy and sowing chaos in their ranks to me!
Mephistopheles:
For I am Mephistopheles!
I shall spread the joy of confusion to the enemies!
Mephistopheles:
Ah, despair is so delicious!
F：???:
Assignment accepted. I can see why we were called, as many enemies as there are.
Hundred Personas:
Hmph. As long as you have Hassan of the Hundred Personas, I shall fill out our numbers to match theirs!
Hundred Personas:
Admittedly, protecting a town is not the typical duty of an assassin, but it's not as if I have no experience in doing such a thing.
G：???:
Well, summoning me makes sense, at least.
Diarmuid:
I, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, have apparently run amok in this land before.
Diarmuid:
But that was as an enemy.
I would like to wield my dual lances as an ally this time.
Diarmuid:
...Amazing. A handful of heroes facing off against a horde or enemies... This is what I've waited for!
Diarmuid:
Master! What is your command!?
I shall paint this entire battlefield red with blood!
Billy:
Wow, I didn't think everyone would agree to join!
Fujimaru 1:
That's good.
Billy:
They may say otherwise, but they're all softies at heart. After all, there's nothing to gain from this.
Fujimaru 2:
It's all thanks to Billy running around.
Billy:
You think so? Heh.
That's flattering if it's true.
Mash:
Mash Kyrielight shall help you all by navigating for you!
Mash:
I will immediately inform you all if there are any changes in the town.
Billy:
All right.
Let's start by evacuating everyone in the town.
Billy:
We're going to take them to the cave inside a forest nearby. I've already spoken to the sheriff.
Hundred Personas:
Then we shall be in charge of leading the way. We do have a Hassan persona who is good at organizing lines.
Diarmuid:
...It's true. Fighting on the front line is not the only way to do it. Miss Hassan has the role of establishing communication with everyone.
Diarmuid:
It's not as exciting or glorious, but I will also accompany Miss Hassan. We need to avoid getting attacked from both sides.
Fujimaru 1:
Thanks, you two!
Both:
Roger that!
Billy:
Think about it, Master.
We now have seven reliable Servants.
Billy:
Let's start with the enemy's front line!
--BATTLE--:
Leonidas:
The enemies were spineless! How careless of them to put such weaklings on the front lines!
Leonidas:
However, there are still more.
We should rest up while we have the chance.
Hektor:
Hey, good work.
Hektor:
This is probably going to be a drawn-out battle, so Master, you should rest a bit.
Hektor:
Those are proper Celtic soldiers out there. They're quite the adversary considering how many there are.
Hundred Personas:
Master, I have my report for you:
evacuation of the townspeople is not yet complete.
Hundred Personas:
We've gotten about forty percent out. I'm impressed with how well Diarmuid has handled the women...
Hundred Personas:
But there are still children and the elderly.
It won't be easy evacuating them all.
Billy:
Master! They're here!
More incoming!
Diarmuid:
The two of us will put the evacuations on hold for now and join you in battle.
Fujimaru 1:
Thanks, Diarmuid!
Diarmuid:
Leave it to me!
Fujimaru 2:
Billy, are you ready!?
Billy:
Of course! I'm done reloading my gun.
Now, come at us, invaders!
Billy:
This'll be like a shooting gallery!
--BATTLE--:
Hundred Personas:
Next report. Good news: half of the town's population has been evacuated. However...
Hundred Personas:
We have eagle-eyed enemies. Some of the Celts are trying to sneak ahead and ambush them.
Hundred Personas:
Spartacus is intercepting their attacks and Mephistopheles is confusing the enemy to hold them back.
Hundred Personas:
Still, it looks like the evacuees in the rear will come under attack.
Leonidas:
Master. Leave this area to us!
Please prioritize the evacuees!
Hektor:
Get going, Master and Billy!
This is the path that you two have chosen to take!
Billy:
...Okay! Master!
Mount your horse! We're going together!
Fujimaru 1:
Got it!
--ARROW--:
Mash:
There's still so many townspeople left...!
Spartacus:
OPPRESSOOOOOOOOORRRRRRSSS!!!
Billy:
Crap, Spartacus is getting pinned down!
Celtic Soldier:
Huh?
Mephistopheles:
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
Ahhh, watching an explosion is always so exciting!
Mash:
The townspeople are spooked by Mephistopheles,
and they've slowed down even more...
Billy:
Okay. Master, what should we do!?
Fujimaru 1:
Rescue Spartacus!
Billy:
Okay, Master.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Fujimaru 2:
Fight alongside Mephistopheles!
Billy:
Okay, Master.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
--BATTLE--:
Billy:
Master, give me the bandolier I handed you earlier!
Billy:
Thanks!
Okay! Let's keep going!
Mash:
!
Mash:
There are some Celtic soldiers trying to attack the evacuees! Please do something!
Billy:
Why you...!
Billy:
Crap...I misfired...!
Spartacus:
Hahahaha! I shall be the anvil against which our oppressors are crushed!
Mash:
Spartacus!
Spartacus:
My love...is going to explode!
Celtic Soldier:
Wha...!?
Spartacus:
Oppression will not be suffered to continue...
Now die...knowing that truth...!
Mash:
Spartacus has disappeared while taking in the Celtic Soldiers around him...
Fujimaru 1:
Damn...
Billy:
I'm sorry.
It was my mistake.
Mephistopheles:
No. We were just unlucky. And you know,
if you think that was as bad as things get...
Mephistopheles:
...then there's nowhere to go from here but up!
Okay, here's another bomb!
Hundred Personas:
We have about eighty percent of the civilians evacuated. Just a little bit more.
Diarmuid:
Ungh...these are...!
Mash:
Detecting two giant enemies right next to Diarmuid.
A chimera and a Spriggan!
Mash:
I didn't think those were still around...!
Billy:
It just means that the Incineration of Humanity left that much of a mark here! Let's rescue everyone!
--BATTLE--:
Diarmuid:
You saved us, my lord...!
Fujimaru 1:
Don't worry about it!
Mash:
Master!
I'm still picking up the chimera!
Diarmuid:
Please stand back!
Diarmuid:
Ungh...nnnnnggggh!
Diarmuid:
Twin spears!
Billy:
Diarmuid!
Diarmuid:
...It seems this is the end for me.
I leave the rest to you...
Fujimaru 1:
...Okay.
Diarmuid:
I have regrets...but...this isn't...that bad...
Fujimaru 2:
...Good work.
Diarmuid:
Hahahaha, I only did what is expected of a Servant.
Thank you, Master.
Diarmuid:
Though it was brief, I'm glad to have fought alongside you...
Billy:
...Let's go, Master!
Mash:
There are no more giant enemy responses.
Let's move forward!
--ARROW--:
Fujimaru 1:
Mash, how are Hektor and the others doing!?
Mash:
The Celts have broken through the barricade!
Mash:
Leonidas is still holding them off,
but he won't last much longer...!
Leonidas:
All right!
It seems this is the end for me!
Leonidas:
Sir Hektor, this will be my final effort, so let us activate our Noble Phantasms together!
Hektor:
Tch. I got the short end of the stick here.
I'd rather trade places with you, Leonidas.
Leonidas:
Hahahaha. Unfortunately, the rear guard in battle is what truly makes a fight shine. I cannot trade places with you now!
Hektor:
...It was an honor to have fought alongside you, Guardian of the Hot Gate.
Leonidas:
And you, Sir Hektor of the Shining Helmet.
It was a great honor...!
Hektor:
Let's go...Durindana!
Blow 'em away!
Mash:
I've...lost Leonidas's signal...
Hektor is still okay.
Hundred Personas:
Everyone has been evacuated! We'll hold the enemy back so they don't chase after the civilians!
Mephistopheles:
I shall string them along and toy with them!
Ahhh, blowing them up will give me such a thrill!
Fujimaru 1:
...I'm counting on you, Hassan.
Hundred Personas:
Why the sudden formality? It was always going to go like this. I was ready for this.
Hundred Personas:
Now, there are only ten of us.
Just don't make this a losing battle for us, Master!
Fujimaru 2:
Thank you, Mephisto.
Mephistopheles:
What are you talking about, my little Rabbit!? I simply wanted to explode my bombs. And you simply wanted to protect the town.
Mephistopheles:
Isn't this a win-win situation?
Hundred Personas:
Don't just stand there, Mephistopheles!
To battle!
Mephistopheles:
Okay! It's time for our final stand!
Take care, you guys!
Billy:
Okay, Master!
Let's go. Let's leave this place to them!
Hundred Personas:
So?
Mephistopheles:
Oh? Whatever do you mean by “so”?
Hundred Personas:
How many bombs do you have left?
Aren't you running low?
Mephistopheles:
Ah. Well, this may be a surprise,
but I have a great many hidden pockets!
Mephistopheles:
One...two...three... I have a total of five more.
Hundred Personas:
And when you run out of those, our only option will be a suicide attack. An Assassin relying on a suicide attack... Ugh, how mortifying.
Hundred Personas:
If this reached the ears of the First One, I'm sure to get a lecture more terrifying than death itself!
Mephistopheles:
Ah, but our destiny is to gloriously bloom and scatter like flower petals. And that means we just need to go out with a BANG!
Mephistopheles:
Let's go out in the flashiest way.
Hundred Personas:
Unbelievable. I envy the jester his carelessness.
Well, I suppose neither of us ever look back!
Billy:
Hektor!
Hektor:
Hey, Billy.
I just set off the final trap.
Hektor:
It's a simple oil barrel, but I bought enough time to chat. Are all the civilians evacuated?
Billy:
A chase is inevitable,
but don't worry about that for now.
Hektor:
All right... This town is isolated and it stretches narrowly from north to south. Setting up a front line here to defend it wasn't an option.
Hektor:
But now that the townspeople are gone, it's a different story. This old man is ready to go wild.
Hektor:
You just need to hurry over and deal with the enemy's boss with Master.
Billy:
Whoa, that's a big responsibility.
Hektor:
No role is insignificant in this situation.
So which is it? Are you going to do it, or not?
Fujimaru 1:
Let's do it.
Hektor:
Excellent, Master!
Fujimaru 2:
What do you think, Billy?
Billy:
Of course we'll do it!
And Master seems to be on the same page!
Hektor:
Yeah.
That's the spirit.
Hektor:
Got it. Now, go!
I'll cover you!
Billy:
Master, sit behind me!
We're going to break through the enemy line!
Hektor:
Now then...I don't have enough magical energy to shoot off Durindana...
Hektor:
But as luck would have it, I'm skilled at throwing things! As long as I have a rock or two, you lot aren't long for this world!
Billy:
Hang in there, Silver!
Fujimaru 1:
Silver?
Billy:
My horse's name!
We're going to intercept the enemy here!
--BATTLE--:
Billy:
Okay, we've broken through the enemy line completely! Run! Run!
Mash:
I'm detecting enemies up ahead! Looks like they have a huge amount of magical energy, so please be careful!
Billy:
I know! I feel it stinging!
It feels like Pat Garrett's bloodlust!
Mash:
Can a human possibly exude so much bloodlust!?
Billy:
They can.
Especially during the pioneering days!
Billy:
...Now tell us.
Who the heck are you?
Billy:
Ehh, doesn't really matter.
???:
Why you...stupid Servants! I can't believe my ambitions have been halted by mere familiars...
???:
My golden opportunity lay right after humanity was restored. I took over this land's leyline...and I will take my revenge against the Mage's Association...!
Mash:
Based on what he's saying, I assume he's a mage who was expelled from the Mage's Association for political reasons.
Mage:
With this vast land and the leyline spread throughout it...my clan will return to its former glory.
Mage:
The United States just needs to disappear from the face of history. An insignificant mote of dust that knows nothing of magecraft.
Billy:
America, huh?
Well, I guess I call it my homeland.
Billy:
But if you say it's not,
I can't really argue that either.
Billy:
This is not my land,
and it's not yours either.
Billy:
We're just transient caretakers of the land.
Now, draw, mage!
Billy:
Let's see who's faster.
Mage:
Kill... I'll kill you!
I will not let you get in the way of my golden revenge!
--BATTLE--:
Mage:
Ungh!
Billy:
This is the final shot, mage.
I only have one bullet left.
Billy:
And I take it that you only have one more magecraft use left before you need to rest up.
Billy:
It'll be a duel. Ready?
Mage:
...Fine.
Billy:
There'll be no signal.
As soon as both of us are ready, we go.
Mage:
Okay. Fine.
Mage:
(Stupid.)
Mage:
(I've already set up protective spells... That guy's bullets are low in Divinity. There's no chance they will–)
Mage:
Eh?
Billy:
Okay. I win.
Mage:
Eh...wait...I haven't...
No...what...I...wait...wait...wait...!
Mage:
What? I'm...dead!?
He penetrated my defense. How?
Mage:
How? How? How?
Billy:
Sorry 'bout that. I'm an outlaw. I'm a villainous kid who plays dirty and always has a trick up his sleeve.
Billy:
Yep, yeah...
Billy:
Well, I fired three shots almost simultaneously at the same target, so we can call that a single shot, right?
Fujimaru 1:
You had me worried!
Billy:
Oh, I didn't intend to scare you.
Sorry 'bout that.
Fujimaru 2:
I believed in you.
Billy:
Uh...um...
Billy:
Thanks, Master. What?
Don't look over here.
Billy:
I said don't look at me!
Hektor:
Hey, is it over?
Billy:
Thanks, Hektor.
Hektor:
Don't sweat it. I was able to protect you this time.
I'll always accept a role like this.
Hektor:
...Uh, well I take that back.
Next time, summon me for easier battles.
Hundred Personas:
Hmph. I never expected I would give an after-action report, even if I'm the only one left.
Hundred Personas:
But it was a great contract, Master. You were true to your word, and it didn't end up being a losing battle.
Hundred Personas:
Ah, and I have this:
a parting gift from Mephistopheles.
Hundred Personas:
That laughing man seemed to enjoy it till the very end.
Billy:
A gift from Mephistopheles?
Is that...
Billy:
A bomb!?
Billy:
Hyaaah!
Billy:
...Hm?
Fujimaru 1:
It says “congratulations.”
Mash:
It looks like they're just noisemakers.
Billy:
That guy messed around until the very end.
Man...
Mash:
But if it wasn't for Mephistopheles,
matters would have been much worse.
Billy:
Right.
He's definitely better to have as an ally than enemy.
Billy:
Now then.
Even after the heroes return, we have so much to do.
Billy:
We need to bring all the civilians back, and I need to collect my reward from the sheriff. Otherwise this was all for nothing.
Billy:
If someone asks us what happened to the house that got destroyed, we're gonna play dumb.
Billy:
But first, let's go eat. I may not be hungry,
but I still want to enjoy something delicious.
Billy:
How about we have a few drinks at that saloon? Oh, but bear in mind that if you drink booze made in this time, it'll probably taste like horse piss.