=== CHERNOBOG ATTACK ===

Shirou watched as the fires bloomed in the early hours of the morning.

"Shirou."

He turned to look at Rin.

"I trust you to be careful."

Between the three of them, Rin and Sakura were going to Lungmen ahead of him. It was decided early on since the two weren't experienced in a battlefield unlike him.

"Senpai...you'll know what will happen if you die. Right?" Sakura smiled darkly, a little tinge of All The World's Evil leaking out.

The threat was obvious.

Shirou started sweating.

"Y-yes, Sakura."

"You know she'll find a way to forcefully bind your soul to hers if you die right? That's the Matou branch of magic."

The thought alone was scary.

"I-I'll make sure to be careful." Shirou promised.

"Good. Now, come here. We have something to give you before we go."

Rin was blushing now while looking sideways. On the other hand, Sakura had returned back to her normal complexion and was smiling brightly.

"Ma, Oneesan is still shy after all these years, no, Senpai?"

"Give her a break, Sakura. You know she's not good at expressing herself."

"I know, Senpai. That's why I'll go first~"

Rin pressed her lips thinly at the jab Sakura gave.

"I can't believe you. My own sister is teasing me."

Shirou slowly shook his head with a smile. Sakura leaned in and Shirou wrapped his arms around her just as hers wrapped around him. The two exchanged a soft kiss before breaking apart.

"Oneesan, what are you waiting for?" Sakura pushed her sister forwards.

This time, Shirou was the one to initiate the kiss. He lightly pecked the blushing mage on the lips before releasing her.

"Now go, I'll meet up with you both in Lungmen. It's not safe to stay here."

"You always make us worry when you stay in dangerous places." Rin glared half-heartedly.

"Not any more dangerous than the Clocktower that's for sure."

"Hmph." Rin looked away. Shirou caught her there. If the Clocktower found out about his Reality Marble, then it was either execution or imprisonment for research.

Shirou stepped back.

"Don't die on us, okay?"

"I won't. I promise."

Seriously. Why did Rin have to fall for such a stupid boy? It didn't help that her sister did too.

Shirou was going to be the death of them.

Harem Protagonist EX was one hell of a stat.

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A few hours later, the battle for Chernobog was in full swing.

Shirou stood atop the highest network tower of Chernobog. Located near the center of the city, it offered him unparalleled sight over the entire battlefield.

Seriously. How bad was Chernobog's military? The inept reactions, the lack of coordination...

Shirou released a few more explosive arrows into the air. The ballistic projectiles flew a few kilometers to their destinations and rained down on evacuated buildings. The explosives were aimed to hit certain sections of damaged buildings- destroying the foundations and collapsing debris on roads.

Another few Chernobog brigades saved.

For each route Shirou collapsed, he blocked the Reunion from assaulting another weak point in the Chernobog defense.

Shirou wasn't going to join the manpower pool. He was more effective acting as a force projection tool. An artillery- providing support on the entire battlefield.

And he was one hell of an artillery.

Shirou shot a few more explosive arrows- all in a span of a single second. On numerous fronts, simultaneous explosions announced the arrival of his projectiles. Small parts of buildings fell on Reunion squads, collapsed buildings littered roads to near impassable levels, and cratered roads.

Oh and did Shirou mention the amount of chaos it brought? The Reunion contingents pushing objectives kept getting rerouted to different areas. Others, outright retreating at the face of such firepower.

If it was one thing Terra didn't have, it was long ranged area denial capability.

Shirou was acting as Chernobog's artillery battery.

Alone.

A few more explosive arrows gracefully flew arcs through the air.

Shirou made sure to limit the size of the blasts. They were strong, capable of blowing structural foundations and walls. But they were also small, controlled to a tiny radius the size of a car. It was to make sure that nobody got killed in the impact range.

Shirou didn't want to kill Reunion soldiers, he just wanted to scare them back.

So far? It was not working quite as well as he had hoped.

Of the entire battlefield, Shirou could count the number of fronts he could actively defend. There were at least three times that number which he couldn't. These fronts were the areas that civilians were currently evacuating from.

Panic. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands were streaming to the center of Chernobog.

Military blockades collapsed. Flanks dispersed. The escaping civilians did more damage to Chernobog's defense than the Reunion did.

Shirou could only watch from his perch as another Reunion contingent pounced on the Chernobog military on the far western frontline.

Shirou closed his eyes.

The non-explosive arrows flying through the air ended a dozen more Reunion lives. Still, the damage had been done. The Chernobog soldiers had all been killed.

A flash of blue and back crossed the corner of his sight.

Hold on.

Shirou returned his focus to that area.

Nothing important. Just another private paramilitary team.

The young Cautus girl dressed in blue and black running with the team was the only outlier Shirou noticed but it wasn't special. He already saw a few other child soldiers running around. Terra didn't shy away from using children in battle.

As Shirou continued observing the group, he saw another member.

That's...

He'd have to keep his eye on them.

=== REUNION MOVEMENT ===

W and the Reunion contingent under her buckled.

Another wave of artillery shells peppered the street they were on.

"How does Chernobog have so much firepower?! Why would they employ artillery in their own city?!" One of the rebels shouted.

It made no sense. A city's standing military existed to defend. Offensive weapons were typically kept for attacks and sieges by the nation's army instead. It was also expensive. Manufacturing the ammunition for artillery was more expensive than the Originium used to fuel cities. Only a few factories could supply an even smaller number of artillery pieces on the entire continent.

For Chernobog to have not one, not two, but several batteries of them?

It was madness.

"It's not artillery."

The rebel soldier turned to his captain.

"Listen carefully." W pointed outside. "There's no cannon."

The second barrage arrived half a minute after the first. True to her words, the third came without any warning.

"H-how?! It's not artillery?"

"Arts, I think. But it's difficult to keep up this kind of barrage for so long."

W's mind was racing. Seeing the explosions in action excited her, but also made her wary.

Just who did Chernobog have?

It was insane. Only Talulah had this much widespread impact on a battlefield.

W thumbed down on her radio and opened to the officer's channel full of chatter. Reports of bombardments across multiple flanks came in. The situation became clearer when a few contingent officers informed that the artillery was only limited to the frontlines without civilians.

She switched over to the leader's channel. This one was more centralized, only open to captains and the commanders above them.

"Anyone else struggling with the artillery arts?"

"You too?" FrostNova's voice came through.

"Not only her. My squad is stuck." Mudrock added.

"Wait, they are also bombarding your flanks?" W asked incredulously.

"It's not artillery." Faust interrupted. "It's arrows."

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What?

"Me and my men have been keeping track of several flanks in high positions. The angles don't match that of artillery. They are more straightforward than the ballistic arc needed." Faust would've known. He briefly looked into other projectile-based weapons while he mastered his crossbow.

"Anything you can do about the problem?" This time, it was Patriot who stepped in. "If you can't, try to identify where the barrage is coming from."

"That's the problem." Faust grimaced while looking at the map in his hands. He marked the frontlines that reported the artillery strikes. It formed a rough circle around the city of Chernobog. Slowly but surely, an image started showing. Sure, the ranges varied, but there was a clear line where the shots came from. "The impact locations are like a radius. All of them congregate from one position."

"The location is the problem, I assume?"

"Yes." Faust looked up to the central Chernobog network tower. "The bombardment is coming from the highest network tower."

The silence from the others expressed their mood. The Reunion didn't have long range capabilities.

The buzz followed by the new arrival interrupted the silence.

"Faust! I need your support!" Mephisto's pissed off voice appeared. "Some bastard is sniping the hell out of my position! Can your men sneak around and kill him?!"

W paused.

"Wait, you're not getting bombed?"

"No! Each time I morph a soldier or civilian, the bloody bastard keeps blasting them apart!"

"No explosion?"

"NO! I've tried sneaking them behind the stupid sheep running! Somehow the bastard snipes them perfectly! Not even a shot through the head can kill them! But his shots keep blowing them to pieces!"

"Do it again."

"W? What are you planning?" This time it was Crownslayer who had been silent the entire conversion.

"Fucking bitch! This one didn't even survive across the street!" Mephisto screamed.

"Everyone! Did you get bombed in the past 30 seconds?" W shouted excitedly. The bombardment on her position had paused after her request.

A chorus of negatives came from the others.

"Huh? What's going on?" A confused Mephisto asked.

"Mephisto, keep sending out those walking corpses of yours." W didn't want to force the issue, but it was the only idea she had. It was agreed that Mephisto would only turn people that couldn't survive into his puppets anyway.

"Everyone! The artillery arts user or whatever shit he's using is distracted by Mephisto's puppets! Push now while you can!"

The realization that their positions weren't being bombarded caught on.

W grinned.

Your move, Chernobog.

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Shirou noticed the change immediately.

The strange monstrosities multiplied faster now. They kept streaming on the northern flank, forcing him to decrease the amount of support he could spend on other fronts. Even worse, the monsters carried some sort of infection with them. They ran across the battlefield and whatever they touched turned into creatures not dissimilar to them.

It took all of Shirou's attention just to keep them contained.

Another series of arrows blew their targets apart. Unlike the explosive variant, these were magically enchanted for more physical power. The monstrosities were near the civilians retreating and Shirou couldn't risk hurting them. So, he focused the sheer power into one impact point, ripping apart the creatures long before they could reach the civilians.

Except, Shirou couldn't stop them from infecting the downed fighters on the battlefield.

He grimaced as another Chernobog soldier rose up from the street. The man's form had changed. Misshapen and protruding with black minerals, it became a humanoid mutation of its former self.

What is causing that? Arts?

Shirou needed to find the caster fast. He was wasting his time up here now. The Chernobog military would have to hold on their own for the time being.

He climbed down the communication tower and headed for the direction of Mephisto's area after firing one last support barrage on each front.

=== RHODES ISLAND ===

Two hours after their operation was suddenly executed ahead of schedule, the Rhodes Island group found their objective.

Margaret Nearl took one look at the man Amiya was shouldering.

"Are you sure this is the man you and Kal'tsit were looking for?"

He didn't look like much but who was Nearl to judge?

"Yes, we've gotten what we came here for." Amiya confirmed then turned to the stranger. "Doctor...please trust me. We have to move now."

The doctor(?) hobbled forwards with Amiya supporting him.

"Amiya, let me carry him if he's not fully recovered." Ace, another member of the rescue operation, offered.

"A-ah, that sounds like a better idea." The young Cautus scratched her cheeks. She released the objective and allowed Ace to carry the man on his back.

"Everyone, I can only help you with orders while I carry the Doctor. So please protect us." Ace shouted to the team. "Now we shall regroup with the other teams and head for the extraction point!"

The Rhodes Island group quickly set off at a pace towards the north of Chernobog.

"Ace, what do you think's happening?" Nearl couldn't help but ask while they jogged down an empty street.

"An invasion. The Reunion has been planning this for a long time. We knew it was coming, but not this early. We were unlucky to get caught." He huffed while fixing the Doctor's position on his back.

"Everyone! Kal'tsit has ordered us to take another route!" Amiya announced while looking at her comms screen. "Civilians ahead a few blocks are trying to escape from the Reunion!"

"Where is Chernobog's military?" Nearl couldn't help but wonder. "Why aren't they intercepting the Reunion?"

Nobody answered.

The Rhodes Island group continued to navigate Chernobog's streets using the alternate route they've been given. At first, they ran across a couple of civilians. But after half an hour, more and more started streaming past them.

"What's going on?" Nearl asked. "It doesn't make sense for civilians to run this way. They should be running south for the center of Chernobog."

That was where the military would be defending. Or at least what they should've been defending.

A few minutes later, they found out why.

Amiya gasped as a Chernobog soldier was spotted running with the civilians. The panicked shouts of the people had become the norm, but the tactical outfit of the military stood out explicitly against the backdrop of lightly dressed civilians.

Ace and Nearl frowned.

"He's supposed to be with the army..."

The screams increased in tempo. Now, the entire street was being flooded with running civilians. More soldiers started appearing. Some fast, others slow and wounded.

The group of Rhodes Island operators hid inside one of the abandoned buildings and waited for the flood to pass. Somewhere in the distance, the sounds of combat could be heard.

"They're still there fighting. We should move quickly." Ace advised while looking out the window.

"Wait. Everyone be quiet." Operator Dobermann held her hand up.

"I can hear people moving."

The group pressed against the walls, behind doors, and on the floor. Everyone was on high alert after Dobermann alerted the team.

A few minutes later, a large group of Reunion soldiers ran past their position.

"Move faster! Don't let the Chernobog fuckers run!"

Nearl crushed the sympathy slowly growing from deep within her. She couldn't allow her emotions to affect the mission. The priority was to get out of Chernobog safely. Right now, she couldn't risk the status of the entire team.

"I'll take one with me and see where the Reunion went. We can move in another direction after." Ace shouldered his riot shield.

"...no."

Amiya looked at the Doctor.

"Too...dangerous." He coughed.

"How else can we decide then? We can't just move anywhere without info." Dobermann frowned. "It's dangerous, but it's our only choice."

"I...can use drones." The Doctor hesitantly tapped on the PRTS device he had been given early in the extraction.

Amiya broke into a smile.

"Y-yes! The Doctor can help us get out of this situation! Please trust him!" She excitedly chattered.

"Him? You just said he had amnesia. How can he command us like this?" Dobermann expressed her doubt.

"...I trust him."

The operators turned to the Rhodes Island veteran.

"The Doctor has never failed us before. He does not have his memories, but I believe he's still there."

Ace walked up to the doctor and knelt in front of him.

"Doctor, trust in yourself. Our safety is in your hands."

The Doctor only looked at the command module nervously.

"I-I'll do my best."

=== CHERNOBOG MILITARY ===

"This way!" Shirou shouted while standing on top of an abandoned truck.

A large arrow enhanced with mystic codes of power- Rin's work- was loaded into his bow and fired. Powerful and fast, it took less than a microsecond for it to reach the target. The bolt carried so much power that it turned the mutant into a smear on the road.

An instant later, another arrow was knocked and fired down the road. The soldiers couldn't even keep track of Shirou's speed as he unleashed a shower of death on the hoard. The retreat was disorganized, the surviving contingent fleeing in terror at the creatures that their comrades turned into.

The Chernobog contingent had collapsed once the infected from behind attacked the rear. Chaos spread and the soldiers panicked. The scene was straight out of a nightmare. The Reunion caster unleashed a plague on the frontline, spread by mutants that attacked the soldiers. Once the injured were pulled back, new replacements took their positions. Nobody knew the threat that was brewing behind them.

A line of brave souls stayed behind to buy time, but were ultimately devoured and infected despite Shirou's best efforts to stop the infection from spreading.

He switched targets.

Shirou shot the nearest creatures, formerly soldiers based on their equipment. Once they were dealt with, he shot explosive arrows at the buildings surrounding the street. The series of explosions weakened their foundations, collapsing the structures into the avenue and creating a debris field that would slow down the hoard.

It would only slow them down. Shirou needed another way to contain the hoard.

Suddenly, Shirou's reinforced hearing caught the sounds of combat from the retreating survivors.

The Reunion flanked?!

Mana pumped into his legs and Shirou dashed in the direction of the battle. He blitzed past the stragglers and reached the remnants locked in combat with Reunion.

Many of the soldiers were already injured after the combat earlier. Now, even fewer were capable of fighting.

Shirou jumped into the fray. Energy poured into his nerves and strength reinforced his body. He smashed into the brawl like a bull, bowling over a good number of Reunion grunts. From there, Shirou systematically disassembled their formation.

He was faster than them. No matter how many came at him, Shirou dealt with them before they could react. He dropped low and spun with his steel bow, hitting their legs and collapsing the circle around him. Before they could stand up, Shirou made sure they were out of the fight.

Temporarily.

Shirou broke their legs and arms by kicking down on their extended appendages while they recovered. The brutality of the action momentarily stunned both sides, a moment which Shirou took advantage of. He dove for the staggered enemies and proceeded to dismantle the rest of the forces.

A red whirlwind carved through the Reunion contingent. When Shirou couldn't deal with the rebels, the Chernobog soldiers did. While he disabled soldiers, they murdered. Rather than deal with two problems, the Reunion contingent turned and fled. Shirou allowed the rebels to run once their morale broke.

The same couldn't be said for the Chernobog soldiers who cheered at his appearance. To them, he was their savior- an unknown ally fighting on the side of Chernobog.

Shirou wasn't an ally. He was here to help protect the civilians. Helping Chernobog fight only supported that goal.

The red archer briefly glanced up at the dark clouds slowly crawling over the horizon. This was the first time he was seeing Terra's Catastrophe up close. Natural disasters, they were called.

Shirou had heard what Catastrophes did. He hoped he'd never have to see the results of one. At least the city was navigating its way out of the storm's path.

A speck of black appeared at the edge of Shirou's vision. His bow snapped out and the offending drone hovering overhead suddenly burst into pieces of scrap.

A drone?

"Move. The Reunion is keeping track of your position." Shirou ordered.

"Y-you're not coming?" One desperate soldier asked. "W-we need you if we want to survive!"

"I will deal with the hoard. If I don't, it will spread to other flanks."

The soldiers looked at each other uneasily. They didn't want to admit it but it was the best move.

"S-sir. Good luck." Another one saluted. It seemed that Shirou's commanding tone and strength duped the soldiers into thinking he was a high-ranking member of the Chernobog military.

"Go. Take care of each other and watch your backs. I hope to see you all safe after this assault is over." Not that Shirou would be around for that long, but giving them encouragement would go a long way.

"Sir, Yes Sir!" The group barked out and saluted with renewed vigor. They quickly regrouped with the wounded and the sentries before heading back to the Chernobog centre.

Shirou jumped to the roofs and started dashing back to the mutant hoard. They were roughly a hundred- bordering two hundred after infecting the injured left behind from both sides.

Mind set, Shirou decided on his move.

It would take too much time to clear them all one-by-one. Explosive arrows were his best bet. He didn't have to hold back now. There was nobody left to see what would happen next. The civilians had all been rounded up by the previous Chernobog contingent in the area, all of which were long gone.

Trace on.

A particularly volatile sword appeared in his hands. It was made of highly explosive material- mercury fulminate. It had a crystalline structure suited to storing large amounts of magical energy. Combined with Rin's runecraft and his special magic, the sword became something of a cheap nuke. Albeit probably categorized as C rank at best in strength, it was cheaper to produce and more efficient than spamming explosive swords for the scale Shirou needed.

The sword's form warped into a large aerodynamic spiral bolt.

Shirou predicted the relative area that the hoard would've dispersed into and applied the necessary changes into the mystic code. He pulled back the string on his bow and fired the projectile at an arc high over the target area.

Then...it broke.

=== RHODES ISLAND ===

It was those with sensitive ears who heard it first.

Amiya and the medic dropped down and covered their ears while shaking. Nearl froze and stared in a direction with a horrified expression moments before the rest of the team heard it.

In the distance, hundreds of bombs could be heard detonating.

Ace's nerves seized him. Bombs were common on the battlefield, but this was different.

It was the constant roar that lasted one quarter of a minute. Explosion after explosion, all contained in a small area a few kilometers away from them. Smoke and fire lit up the darkened city in the shadow of the approaching Catastrophe. The destruction stood out against the skyline. Plumes of black and grey flying in the wind while vibrant red colored the visible horizon.

"I-It's all d-destroyed."

Everyone turned to the horrified Doctor's tone.

His hands shivered while showing them the view from his drone cameras.

A group of city blocks, reduced to ash and rubble, all burning in the wake of a single weapon.

"T-this can't be the Reunion...o-only Chernobog could possibly have cluster bombs..." Dobermann whispered in horror.

"W-why?! Why would they use it in their city?!" Nearl hissed.

There could have been people there! Are they so uncaring about the innocents caught in the crossfire?!

"Whatever it is, we have to get out of the city. Fast." Ace barked. "We can't stay here any longer. We might be in the next strike range if we don't move!"

The Chernobog team kicked into gear and increased their pace.

=== REUNION MOVEMENT ===

"What was that?"

Talulah frowned atop a District 1 building. Across her, the burning heap of rubble- formerly a government building of Chernobog- ensured that the leadership of the city was eradicated. Not even the ground troops were given mercy. Talulah and the contingent under her made sure to kill every last one.

It was comparable to the destruction she saw in the distance.

A short moment. That was all it took for a small area of the city to be razed to the ground.

Talulah pulled out her comms module, tuned into the officer's channel, and called all major leaders to report.

Several buzzes confirmed their connection.

"Report. Mephisto, Faust, Crownslayer, what was that commotion in the north?" The three commanders held flanks relatively near the blast area.

"No clue. I have called my contingent to retreat and regroup one district away from the explosions." Crownslayer reported.

"T-that fucker! He's been holding back the entire time!?" Mephisto's angry voice broke through the comms.

"...who?" Talulah was concerned now.

"The archer. We've been trying to hunt down the archer bombarding all our flanks." Faust clarified.

"Wait, was that the explosions I heard when I came back up?" W asked excitedly. "It sounded like someone was laying hell on the north."

She was eager to hear more about the chaos happening above.

"By the way, I've disabled Chernobog's engines. The city is now crippled."

"You have done well, W." Talulah returned to the problem. "What of this archer. Last I heard of him was an hour ago."

"Mephisto had successfully baited the threat with his hoard. I am coordinating with him to tackle the problem until...that happened. His entire hoard has been wiped out. We are currently relocating to a safer distance as well."

The audible panting told everyone that Faust was running.

"We do not have the capability to deal with such a threat." Faust finished with a shudder.

Talulah did.

"Patriot. Change of plans. The two of us will head for the north and find this archer. Hand the task of capturing Doctor Shirou to FrostNova. Everyone else, continue on with your missions."

"What about me? I'm done with the engines." W asked.

"With us. You will back up our contingents."

"A-ffirmative~"

Talulah closed the command module.

She had a threat to deal with.

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FrostNova pressed her lips together nervously while she typed in the contact.

It was the number provided to her by a certain doctor during the short time of peace they had with Chernobog.

If the man answered, then it meant that he was still in the city.

...the call connected.

He was still here.

FrostNova inwardly sighed in relief.

But it was quickly cut down in the next moment.

"So you captured all the hospitals." The blank tone only made FrostNova feel ashamed.

"You didn't come after we told them to surrender you."

"I don't work for Chernobog."

"Just give up. The city is falling, Chernobog's military has collapsed. Few pockets of resistance remain. You can't escape."

Even Shirou had to admit- the amount of gross incompetence he saw was appalling. The fact that Chernobog lasted nearly 12 hours was disappointing. He doubted his efforts changed much in the grand scheme of things. So far, his only productive results had been to wipe out the mutant hoard.

"We both know that won't stop me."

FrostNova's eyes widened.

Had she read him wrong this entire time?

"Not even the civilians?"

"They're just as guilty of this. Doesn't the Reunion think that way?"

Shirou was well aware of how the infected were treated in Chernobog. He was protecting them on principle, not good faith. He would help as much as possible, but even fools need to pay for their own mistakes.

But not the infected. Shirou believed they were the ones truly in need of saving.

Much of the infected populace lived in the slums. As the closest and earliest group warned of the Reunion's attack, Shirou made sure to buy them as much time to escape during the early morning spent distracting all flanks. Under his bombardment, the infected on the outskirts escaped outside the city, leaving behind the higher class of citizens stuck deeper within.

Shirou didn't intend to trap them in, even going as far as coordinating with a select group of trustworthy Chernobog contingents who fought to create an escape corridor for the citizens.

Too bad they didn't take it. They trusted Chernobog too much. Now, it was too late to save them.

FrostNova grasped at straws.

"Not even the hospitals?"

"I already made moves to evacuate all the injured. The only people remaining are doctors and wounded soldiers."

Lies. On the other side of the call, Shirou was putting up a front. He cared about protecting the doctors, but they couldn't be protected if he was captured. The head of Azazel clinic, Hellagur, had already notified him hours prior about the Reunion's demands.

Shirou was only buying time until he could return to a vantage point and study the Reunion lines. From there, he could punch a hole and evacuate the doctors.

"You're better than this, FrostNova. I know you are." The subtle jab was painful.

The call ended with the Yeti Princess having achieved nothing.

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Author's Note (FFN)

I made another mistake, woohoo. Mudrock apparently left the Reunion before the Chernobog incident. So, I'm just gonna wing it with her story.

Also, I'm slowly adjusting my new knowledge that Shirou's created weapons do not disperse. Last chapter I made sure to show that Shirou actively disperses his bow and arrows after each assassination.

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To Zet4 who gave an entire essay, thank you and I enjoyed reading it! As you can see, I've applied a lot of the lessons and inputs Arknights readers commented on.

Shirou didn't leave Chernobog because he wanted to protect people. Leaving to go to Lungmen is basically abandoning them without helping.

As for Shirou working with the Reunion? You'll have to wait and see. The Reunion aren't dumb, and a few of them are decent people who believe they're doing the right thing. Nobody is a true villain in the sense of the word. Anti-heros or Anti-villains more like (I suggest the YouTube video from Tale Foundry). The Reunion cares about the innocents. A good number do. It's just that they fight because it's what they believe could change the world.

I.e. Patriot's faction is the Reunion's good side. They make up half the rebel group.

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Jacks-Noah, I don't have plans to add more Fate characters for the time being. It wouldn't be difficult to summon one since Sakura is still a minor grail, but the Angra Mainyu curse is active and all heroes summoned would be corrupted to a certain degree. Also, just dropping them off in Terra would be difficult to plan around. Maybe in a future plot I guess?

P.s. This chapter ended abruptly because I have no clue how to segment the entire Chernobog assault arc. It 's actually meant to be connected with the other half.