FGO Specter of Glass

Russia Ch4

Mikhail guided Carmen and her team to the throne room where the King was waiting for them. She wasn't surprised to see Mikhail had betrayed her, she had the feeling he would and told him to step closer. When he did, she summoned ice spikes that pierced through his body, turning him to dust. The King stood up with two frozen hands coming from the ground, they took off her cloak to reveal a black dress with a white ribbon that went across her waist and extended to her shoulders. As she stepped down the stairs, ice-covered her feet until they created blades.

She froze the floor and then skated over to Carmen. Her eyes were glowing as she stared at the girl and she grabbed Carmen's collar. Her cold touch made Carmen's clothes slowly solidify as the ice grew. Mitra punched her away and used his flames to keep Carmen warm. He picked her up and took her to the back of the group as the others attacked. Helena cast a spell that shot beams of mana at one of the floating hands as Simo ran to catch up with the other one. Both he and Shrutakarma were having a hard time moving.

They tried to walk and were forced to slide across the room. Simo got the hang of it quicker though; he slid and threw daggers at his target while also avoiding attacks thrown at him. Shrutakarma slid on the ice, piercing it with his lance, and leaving behind a trail of electricity to shock the floating hands if he passed by them. Marzanna cast a spell that kept failing whenever Devana also tried to attack. Marzanna decided to stay behind Devana as she used her spells to give more power to Devana's arrows.

The floating hands fell to the ground and broke into pieces, leaving Alexandra alone. But she was ready, she summoned weapons made of ice and shot them at the servants, then created a large sword that slowly sank into the ground that created spikes as it broke. She also blew cold air to keep the servants away from her when she cast a spell. She then summoned monsters made of ice to aid her, some that looked familiar to Carmen.

In her hands was a book, and that was the source of the monsters. They had to destroy it to stop her. They waited for the right time and Helena stole the mana from Alexandra's next spell, she stumbled, giving Devana and Marzanna enough time to pierce the book with an explosive arrow. The monsters disintegrated and the area around them broke into pieces. Alexandra stumbled and Mitra punched her hard enough to send her flying back into the wall.

For a King, she was pathetic. She lost the people on her council and her powers didn't work when Helena could stop her. Simo appeared before her and stabbed her heart, a light emerged from it and she pushed him back before she ran off. She yelled for her ambassador to come and a man with white hair, blue eyes, and a black coat ran to her. She showed him the light that was shining from her heart and told him to remove it before it disappeared. He had to find someone to give it to so that Russia wouldn't fall, and she refused to allow her kingdom to crumble when they were so close to reaching perfection.

Shrutakarma heard a crash from where the King was and went to investigate it with the others following behind. He slammed open the door to see that the King was dead, turning to dust before his eyes. And the one who stood over her was Jayadratha, the fugitive from India. Jayadratha didn't have time to react before a hand went through his heart. A light glowed from it and when it was pulled back, the light remained in Jayadratha's chest. The hole left behind closed as Jayadratha screamed, he held his heart as white lines ran up his body.

Soon, he stopped moving, his face was expressionless and red veins fell from his eyes and down to the floor. They burst into flames and Jayadratha floated above the ground, radiating with new power.

"What did you do to him?!" Shrutakarma asked with anger in their tone.

"I gave him the power of a King," the ambassador replied. "Now Russia will fall under a new rule and you will be erased."