So sorry this is so late I've been busy with my move so I didn't notice this response!
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BnEl15
A1 sounds good. Just make sure to fill in Rider with the same things we told Anhur. Divulging our plans might help gain his trust and hopefully make him more cooperative.
You sigh. It is almost time to head out. Rider and Anhur are sitting in front of you at the dining room table. "Alright let's go over everything before we head out. Caster and I will be meeting with Bradán and Lancer at the aight of their last battle with Saber and Archer. What do we do then Caster?"
"Nyaa? We attract the attention of the remaining two servants and while Lancer is defeating Archer I have to do meow best to not be killed by Saber. Isn't it a little cruel to have summoned a Catster in a war where all the other servants have meowgic resistance?"
You ignore Caster's whining. "Anhur?"
"Rider and I will be observing from some distance away. We are to intervene if the battle begins to go poorly for you."
"Which I will not do unless Anhur is in danger." Rider interupts.
You suppress a scowl. "I was hoping that if you were a hero worth your salt maybe your fighting spirit would rise up and you might want to participate."
Rider chuckled condescendingly. "Read a book Naunet, the wise king Admetus cares little for fighting. I'd rather be looking over my cattle or getting drunk with my friend."
This bastard. "Either way all the other servants will be there so it is still good strategy to bring you along. This war can be ended in a single night if we're lucky."
"I never said I wouldn't go Naunet. Maybe I'll even write a song of you and Caster's bravery."
Caster laughed at that. "Meow you are amazing Rider. A real one of a kind heroic spirit. Are you sure you aren't a Ruler? You stay away from the fighting like one."
"Petty insults from a petty cat. I will enjoy watching you struggle against the servant of the blade."
"Enough!" You could not let Rider agitate Caster, especially right before a battle. And you can't let Caster destroy what little respect this bastard might have for you and Anhur. "We all know our roles in tonight. Rider all I ask of you is to witness Caster and I as we fight. Understood?"
Rider gave a smirk. "Of course. I am sure tonight will be a night to remember."
Break
You drop off Rider and Anhur a few buildings away and make it to the collapsed building. There's Bradán with a servant at his side.
"So that's a knight of the Round Table?" You narrow your eyes.
Lancer simply gives a grunt and Bradán laughs. "It's what she said and I wasn't there so who's to say that wasn't what they wore.
You shake off your suspicions. Even if he did lie about Lancer's identity, which you aren't sure an idiot like Bradán could do, you still agreed to work together. "Nice to meet you Lancer. This is Caster." You point behind you and Caster gives a little bow with a flourish.
Lancer nodded.
"So," Bradán started. "The enemy masters should be here any minute. Do you have any doubts about fighting Archer and Saber?"
"Of course not. Getting rid of the knight classes as early as possible is the optimal strategy. Present company excluded." You say to Lancer who doesn't respond.
"Good." Bradán smiled. "Because they're here." You can suddenly sense the mana of two masters. You turn and there they are.
A young woman and old man. "What did I tell you Maria? The other masters truly do want a fair fight. You should really be more trusting my dear." The old man said.
The woman bowed. "Sorry professor. I should have had more faith in you." The words are reverent but the tone is obviously mocking. "Now then Masters of Lancer and Caster, shall we begin?"
Lancer suddenly moved towards your rear and the sound of metal hitting wood clanged behind you. You turn to see several arrows on the ground knocked away from hitting you in the back by Lancer.
"Now then Saber, your turn." The old man said. A figure emerged from spirit form.
You are only stunned for a moment by sudden appearance of this servant before shouting, "Caster!" From his book two lions appear and leap at the swordswoman, only for them to be cut in half by Saber's katana.
"Hahaha! You'll have to try harder than that!"
"Master," Caster said. "Sorry in advance for the mana drain." Before you can even respond Caster summons another lion from his book, this one even larger and meaner looking then the others. When Saber slashed at this one the blade simply stopped. "Sorry but the Nemeowan Lion laughs at your sword!"
The Nemean Lion? First a Griffen and now this what was Caster. You have no time to think on that though because you hear more clangs as Lancer rushes from place to place striking arrows out of the air. Bradán grabs your hand.
"Let's get out of the way so Lancer can do her stuff." He starts dragging you and the two of you hide behind some rubble as you watch the battle unfold.
Saber danced around the Nemean Lion with ease before a flash and she was hit in the side by a blast of magic.
A new cat had joined the party that attacked Saber from a distance. Through your connection with Caster you know this to be Cait Sith. However the Saber class isn't known as the strongest for nothing because the magic did little to no damage to her and she quickly began dodging the blows again.
You turn your gaze over to Lancer and see her slowly advancing ahead. As you apply reinforcement to your eyes to get a better look at the arrows you realize that they are being jet propelled by water. You gaze further where the arrows are coming from to see if you can get a good look at him. You concentrate harder and harder until you see him standing atop a building.
You cannot make out the face behind the hood but your jaw goes slack as you watch him draw his bow. It is like watching a Michelangelo paint the sistine chapel, or Mozart conduct a symphony. Watching Archer shoot his arrows was mesmerizingly beautiful.
You are shaken out of your stupor by Bradán. "You saw Archer huh? I felt the same when I saw him. The Archer class really is made of Archers. But beauty doesn't win a fight. Lancer will win."
Lancer just keeps on jumping forward slowly but surely. You are then distracted by Caster's fight.
Cait Sith has just been cut in half by Saber's sword and she's going on the offense against the Nemean Lion. "Stop being so mean so my kitties!" Caster shouted and sent forth some lions and tigers against Saber only for them to be cut down without a second thought.
"Now fall!" And with that Saber stabbed the Nemean Lion in the eye killing it. "Perhaps if the people of Greece were a little more more clever wouldn't have needed Hercules."
"Master!" Caster turned to you looking pissed. "Eat your bugs because I'm about to do something big!" You almost immediately feel a gigantic mana drain from Caster burning through your reserves quickly. You then also feel a large amount of mana coming from Archer. You turn and see a bright point of light in the distance.
"May the God's have mercy on your soul! Brahmastra!" What!? One of the greatest powers belonging to the heroes of India built up in Archer's bow and was then released.
This was bad. Caster was about to run your mana supplies dry and Archer just unleashed his Noble Phantasm. What should you do? Trust in Lancer's ability to block the attack, have Caster return to protect you, run away? Do you let Caster continue to fight?
A.) Trust in Lancer to block Brahamastra and let Caster continue fighting.A.1.) Order Caster to conserve mana. If you spend too much to early you'll be at a disadvantage later on in the fight.
A.2.) Activate Vampiric Reactor Nauntet to give Caster the power, but will that be enough?
A.3.) Use a Command Spell to give Caster the power he needs. Spends one command spell (3 remaining).
B.) Have Caster return to protect you.B.1.) Use a Command Spell to do it instantly
B.2.) Let him come normally, but he might be to slow and would be exposing his back to Saber
C.) Run away and let Caster continue fighting. Same subsets as A options.