Chapter 47 -:47 Excalibur-Class H
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He could only imagine the panic the King's death must have caused, even more so when it was learnt that Excalibur had been lost with him. However, for those in the know, it was the opportunity they were waiting for. And so under the direction of the Archangel Michael, they spread the word that Arthur fell due to favoring the 'Heathen Blade' Excalibur over Caliburn, the Holy Sword forged by the One True God, which they had sequestered away for safe keeping.
However, with both Arthur and the swords lost, they soon found themselves bereft of a champion to send against the hordes of darkness or a symbol with which to unite the nation under their banner. Then some bright spark had gotten it into his head to reforge the broken sword, a plan that had ultimately culminated in the 'rebirth' of the 'Broken Sword of Victory' while Caliburn persisted as the 'Untainted Holy King Sword'. All to ensure Britain remained firmly under the Church's control.
"It can't be..." Valper whispered, his voice like a gunshot in the silence that had settled over the group at this revelation, the Archbishop dropping to his knees in abject disbelief, a haunted expression adorning his features as he stared at his trembling hands "It just can't be...all my research..."
"Yuuto-!" Rias called out, snapping Shirou out of his thoughts just in time to spot Kiba racing past him, the Knight's teeth bared in a feral snarl as he launched himself at his hated enemy with murder in his eyes only to be repelled at the last second by a leering Freed.
"Stay back!" Kiba snarled, glaring at heretics with absolute loathing "Excalibur or not, this monster's research cost my friend's their lives! The fact it allows someone like Freed to wield a Holy Sword just makes my desire to destroy it all the stronger!"
"Hey! Don't go ignoring me you Devil Shit!" Freed snapped, waving the over-sized sword threateningly to make his point "Though I gotta admit, if it weren't for old man Valper, I wouldn't be able to use this baby!"
"Yes...Yes that's right!" Valper exclaimed, rising to his feet, cackling madly "If it weren't for me, then the church would still be looking for people capable of wielding Holy Swords! If what you say is true, and Excalibur truly remains unbroken, then all we need do is find it, and combine it with my masterpiece!"
"You'll be dead before you get the chance!" Shirou snarled, his fury returning at the Archbishops words, lunging forwards only to curse as Freed whipped his sword round, the tip extending to lash out at the group, driving them back "Damn it!"
"Don't get cocky, heathen." Valper mocked "He might have more than a few screws loose, but even before I implanted Holy Element in his body Freed was one of the finest Exorcists the Church ever produced." He held up a shining crystal "Still, if what you say about Excalibur is true, then it looks like we're going to need more Holy Element than the three I originally implanted in Freed."
"So that's it." Xenovia noted, her expression darkening as she glared at the crystal "I'd always wondered what it was the church implanted in those chosen to bear the Holy Swords...so it was Holy Element taken from other candidates?"
"But of course." Valper sneered mockingly "Michael may have altered the procedure to avoid killing the donors, but in the end the only reason you people can even touch those swords is due to my research. And yet they have the audacity to call me a heretic! Those hypocrites!"
"You're telling me you could've removed the Holy Element without killing the hosts?" Kiba demanded, his teeth clenched tightly as he glared at the man "You killed my comrades just because it was easier?!"
"Oh don't act like some sort of martyr." Valper scoffed, waving a hand dismissively "You and your friends were privileged to give your lives for the chance to wield Excalibur even before I decided we'd reached a dead end. The fact I was able to harvest enough Holy Element to implant three of these orbs into Freed is proof enough of that."
"All the others he tried them on ended up dying though." Freed cackled, his expression sickening as he began to gyrate disturbingly for no discernible reason "Guess they weren't special like me!"
"I think the fact it took three orbs to allow you to even touch those swords says enough about your character than anything else." Shirou shot back, his tone cold "No wonder the swords hate you both so much, bad enough you killed innocent children, but your own comrades as well?"
"Oh please," Valper scoffed "Holy or not, a Sword is a Sword, they have no feelings or emotions of their own because such things a meaningless to a tool designed to kill heretics." He tossed the crystal at Kiba's feet "Still, if those sub-par dregs mean so much to you, by all means, take them. I've already perfected my technique to the point Mass-Production of superior crystals is well in hand." Spread his arms wide "And with Lord Kokabiel's help, it won't take long for me to amass all the Holy Swords in this world. Let's see how arrogant Michael and his peons are when faced with an army of Excalibur-Class Holy Sword Wielders!"
Following Valper's proclamation...
'So that's why Kokabiel teamed up with this guy...' Shirou muttered, glaring up at the Fallen, who seemed even more exited at the prospect of such a clusterfuck than Valper or even Freed, understandable considering how much of a murder-boner he must have been harboring since being forced to pull back during the end of the Great War 'I honestly can't tell which is worse, Kokabiel may be in this simply for the fighting, but he's not human so comparing him to Valper, or even Freed, seems a little off somehow.'
Valper wanted revenge for being branded a heretic and having his research stolen by the church. As a Magus, Shirou could understand his frustration, and indeed, from what little he'd managed to gleam from Archer's memories, in the eyes of the Clock Tower Valper's 'Crime' would have fallen under a Morally Grey Area, for while it did cost countless lives, it did produce valuable results, and what did the world care if a few orphans happened to bite the dust?
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