"Live by the sword, die by the sword… Those are words to show that even the bravest of humans and other races can wield the sword. There is one woman who has taken up the sword in her world… Reina Vance… the Traveling Warrior… She was once a mistress of the House of Vance in her world, but now she has taken up her mother's dream of becoming a warrior. The White Knight and the Traveling Warrior… Fate will join these two warriors from different worlds together to fight evil…" Cisna's voice narrated.

Chapter 7: The Traveling Warrior and the Fusion Verto

Leonard slams his fist on a stone pillar in frustration. "We had her! Damnit!" Leonard growled angrily.

The rest of the party except for Eldore and Alleyne were sadden. Kara looked at her friends with a sad look. "I'm sorry. I turned away for just a second…" Kara apologized. Alice glared at Kara. 'Something tells me she's making this up. I just got this funny feeling Kara can't be trusted…' Alice thought to herself.

Eldore folded his arms. "We'll have other chances, lad." Eldore assured him. "…You're right." Leonard nodded slowly, he turned to Kara with a sad look. "But Kara… your sister…"" He can't bring himself up to say it.

"Lena… She was all the family that I had. I was a fool to enter that pact with the Gigas." Kara said sadly, tears fell out of her eyes.

"I'm sorry." Leonard apologized. Then, Leonard got an idea. "Kara." He began. "Would you like to come with us?" He offered.

Kara looked at her friends with a surprised look. Leonard walked up to her. "We have to get Cisna back somehow." Leonard extended his hand. "I know we can count on you." Leonard smiled. The party looked at each other.

"You are sure?" Kara asked with a small smile. Then she took Leonard's hand and shook it. "I want to avenge my sister. Yes… I accept." Kara agreed.

"Any objections, Eldore?" Leonard turned to the wise old man with a smile. "Do what you like." Eldore stated. "Then let's go then. They're getting farther away every second." Zoey smiled.

Suddenly, a white light appeared not far away from the desert. "What the?" Yulie gasped. "What is this?" Tomoe gasped.

The light faded away and the party looked to see something like a city not far from their location. "What is that? A city?" Leonard wondered.

"Hmm…" Eldore was silent for about 20 seconds then he said "Let us check it out then." The party nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile… on the black monoship.

"Curse that pactmaker and his friends!" Belcitane swore, slamming his fist down on the table. "Hmph! Is the great Belcitane having trouble obtaining the Ark of the White Knight?" A cold voice asked, Belcitane and Shapur turned to see two women walking into the room.

The woman is maybe 22 years old, she has dark pink hair, and wore black almost revealing clothes with a black cape. The second girl with her is maybe 12 years old, but it's hard to tell. She has dark purple hair, has black wings sprouting from her back, has a small top hat with red ribbons, pointy ears and wore revealing dark pink and dark purple clothes.

"Oh, Dora and Lamika. So nice of you to join us." Belcitane smiled darkly. "Well, you should leave it to us to get that Ark, cause we're part of the Magi Executors!" Lamika smiled evilly.

"I believed they have a point, Belcitane." Shapur smiled evilly. "They are part of our elite force, the Magi Executors, six women from other worlds who joined our ranks. They are quite powerful, just as our lord said. Why not send them out to kill the pactmaker of the White Knight and take his Ark?" He suggested.

"Hmm…" Belcitane twiddled with his moustache for about 30 seconds then he nodded. "Alright. Take some of our men with you and if things go sour, we'll be sending the rest of the Magi Executors to help you."

"Hmph! Don't worry, we won't fail like you did two times." Dora mocked as she and Lamika exited. Belcitane sneered.

Back to our heroes…

"This… This place is…!" Junko gasped in shock. The party entered the area that appeared and it looked like a destroyed modern city.

"You know this place, Junko?" Leonard asked. Junko nodded slowly and said "This area is from my world! But… how did it get here?" She wondered.

"But more importantly, why some of it is destroyed?" Maron gasped in shock and horror. Eldore thought about it for about 2 minutes then he came up with a theory.

"I think I know…" Eldore stated seriously. "You do?" Yulie asked. "It's because of the Knight Gates." Eldore pointed out.

"You mean the portals that sucked us into this world?" Alleyne frowned, she doesn't like the look Eldore is having. "When activated, the Knight Gates bring in a fragment of a world and fused it into this one, but it sometimes either destroys the fragment or leaves it intact." Eldore stated his theory.

"Do you know what's causing it?" Cattleya asked, Rana hugged his mom tightly. "I don't know, but it may be because of something is about to unleash terror about those worlds. I cannot say. But if we can eliminate the source of this evil, the fragments of your worlds will return to their own worlds, restored." Eldore figured.

"Great, we can't find out who is making pieces of our world appear in your world! Can't this get any worse?" Nanael grabbed her head in frustration.

"Oh, but it does!" The party looked up to see Dora and Lamika glaring at them from a ledge of the area of Junko's world. Cute recognized them and frowned and got out her twin swords.

"You two!" She spat. "Wait, you know them?" Leonard asked Cute. Jean frowned as well and said "Those two are Dora and Lamika, servants of the Dragon Priestesses, we defeated their masters and thought we have seen the last of them. But… what are they doing here?"

Dora sniggered evilly. "Oh, to tell you the truth, we weren't serving the Dragon Priestesses." She smirked evilly. "WHAT!" The Queen's Blade Combatants gasped in shock.

"No, we serve an even greater power… One that is waiting for the chance to rule the universe with a iron fist!" Lamika smirked evilly. Eldore's eyes widen. 'Wait… Are they talking about…!' Eldore thought to himself.

"So, who are you working for? The Magi?" Kara demanded as she got out her sword. "Why yes. We're part of the Magi Executors, the Magi's elite force." Dora folded her arms.

'Cisna did mentioned the Magi Executors. Which means they're a part of it!' Leonard frowned as he got out his sword and pointed it at the two evildoers. "You want my Knight's Ark, do you?" He shouted.

"Yes. And the only way we can get it is by killing you, the pactmaker! I believe the time for talk is over. Magi! Attack!" Lamika snapped her fingers and on cue, 50 Magi soldiers came out of hiding and surrounded the party.

"Damn it! They got us outnumbered!" Lili swore. "W-What should we do?" Jean gulped. But then, three slashes were heard and 9 Magi soldiers were dead. Then, someone back flipped into where the party is standing.

It was a 18 year woman who has blond hair tied in pigtails, has a metal headband, she wore brown straps around her body with silver armor and boots, she has a red loincloth type hiding her black underwear like pants, she has a fine looking sword and she has a shurkien like shield.

"Reina!" Tomoe shouted happily. The warrior known as Reina turned to Tomoe with a smile. "It's good to see you again, Tomoe. But first thing's first." Reina glared at the Magi soldiers.

"You here to help us?" Leonard smiled. Reina nodded. "Tch! The Traveling Warrior!" Lamika growled.

"Damn… Guess we need to kick it up a notch. Magi, kill them!" Dora ordered. The remaining Magi soldiers nodded and they got ready for battle.

"Let's do this!" Leonard shouted as he blocked a slash from an Magi swordsman and slashed him to death. Cattleya got out her huge sword and slashes it at 10 Magi soldiers, killing them.

Reina blocked a axe swipe from a Magi axeman with her shruiken shield and thrusts her sword through the chest of her foe, killing him. Alice fired gun shots at 3 Magi wizards before they can cast their spells.

"Looks like the tide has turned in our favor!" Lili grinned as she leaped in the air and slams her foot down on a Magi soldier's helmet. The Magi soldier held it in pain and yelled "Oh gods! I see blood in my eyes!"

Junko powered up and slashed three Magi soldiers with her katana. Tomoe did the same with her katana. Alleyne and Nanael triple teamed on three Magi soldiers.

Eldore closed his eyes and shouted "Arctic Lance!" The ice lance fell on 5 Magi soldiers and killed them. Kara clashed swords with a Magi swordsman for about 20 seconds till she gutted him with her sword, blood was on her sword as the Magi soldier she fought fell to the ground, dead.

Jean gulped in fear as a Magi lancer was about to run him through with his lance, but Cute got behind him and slashed him three times on the back, killing him. Jean sighed in relief as Cute smiled at Jean.

Two Magi axemen surrounded Mai, but she ran at amazing speed and knocked them out. Ymir clashed axes with another Magi axeman till Ymir won and killed him with her axe. Ymir sighed and smiled.

Dizzy dodged 3 sword swipes from two Magi swordsmen, but Yulie came to the rescue and fired three arrows at the two enemies, killing them. Maron quickly made a dish and ate it, her power increases and she slashed a Magi wizard to death.

The remaining Magi soldiers stand their ground. 'Hmph! Not bad. But can you handle 10 Gigatnes?" Dora sneered. "Use them…" Lamika ordered. 10 Magi soldiers got out the Gigas cards and held them to their heads and said "Adveni." They transformed into 10 Gigatnes.

"What the hell?" Reina gasped. "Crap! More Gigatnes!" Alice gulped. "There may be 10, but they're no match for the White Knight!" Leonard got out his Knight's Ark and shouted "Verto!" He transformed into the White Knight.

"Whoa…" Reina gasped in awe, but then, she snapped back to reality and charged at the first Gigas. The White Knight followed suit and they combined their attacks to kill it. The first Gigas fell on a building, dead.

"Not bad. But not good enough!" Dora sneered. Two Gigatnes lunged at the White Knight, but he shoved them off with his shield and thrusts his sword through the second Gigas's head, making it fell on the ground, dead, green blood was seen from the 2nd green Gigas.

Reina was about to leap in the air to attack the third Gigas, but the fourth Gigas grabbed her. "L-Let go!" Reina struggled, but the Gigas's grip was too tight.

"Oh no! Reina!" Cute gasped. "Reina-chan!" Jean panicked.

The White Knight turned to see Reina held by the fourth Gigas. "Damn!" The White Knight swore, but before he can attack…

"Don't even think about it, White Knight, or we'll command them to squeeze the life out of her!" Lamika sniggered sinisterly.

"That's low!" Yulie frowned. "Yeah!" Zoey agreed. "Now be a good boy and take a beating!" Dora grinned evilly as the remaining Gigatnes begin to clobber the White Knight.

"Oh no…" Eldore gasped as he and the others watched the White Knight being beaten to a pulp. "Oh no… What should we do?" Maron whimpered, tears falling out of her eyes as they witness Reina screaming out in pain as the fourth Gigatnes squeezed her.

Suddenly, blue energy appeared around Reina and the White Knight. "What the?" Lamika gasped. "What the hell is this!" Dora growled as Reina turned into energy and went into the White Knight.

In the mysterious dimension…

Reina groaned as she began to wake up and stand up, rubbing her head. "Where the hell am I?" She muttered to herself. Then, she realized something is missing.

She looked down and saw that her clothes are gone! She's naked! "Reina! You alright?" Leonard in his armor ran up to her, but he has a nose bleed when he saw Reina's naked body.

"Pervert!" Reina growled as she covered herself with her arms. "No! Wait, I didn't mean! I'm not a pervert!" Leonard raised his arms defensibly.

Reina felt guilty, she was accusing someone she has met. "I'm sorry… Something must have happened when I woke up here." Reina apologized.

Then, the Phantom appeared and made an red energy ball appear. "Master, thou has formed a Fusion Verto Pact." The Phantom stated.

"A Fusion Verto?" Leonard and Reina asked at the same time, confused. "When thy form a Fusion Verto Pact with a brave female warrior from many worlds… Thy skills will increase, making thee powerful to defeat thy enemies. Thou must form the Fusion Verto Pact." The Phantom stated.

Leonard turned to Reina with a smile. "Ready to get even with those Gigatnes, Reina?" He asked. Reina grinned. "Of course!"

"Fusion Verto!" Leonard and Reina shouted as the white light appeared.

A sudden burst of energy emitted from the White Knight, blasting the Gigatnes kicking his ass off of him. The White Knight stood up and he began changing. His cape is now yellow, a giant version of Reina's sword appeared in the White Knight's hand and his Argent Shield is now a giant enhanced version of Reina's shuriken shield.

"Too cool!" Nanael gasped in awe. The White Knight struck a heroic pose and shouted in both Leonard and Reina's voice "White Knight Traveling Warrior Mode!"

"I don't believe it…" Eldore gasped in awe. "Your friend Reina has formed a Fusion Verto pact with the White Knight." He told Alleyne.

"A Fusion Verto pact?" Alleyne asked him. "It is when a female warrior from other worlds temporary fused with only the White Knight to enhanced its skills, its weapons reflecting on the one's memories when fused with the White Knight." Eldore explained.

"A-Awesome!" Rana gasped in awe. "Damn! A Fusion Verto!" Dora growled, she yelled at the remaining Gigatnes "Destroy him!" The remaining Gigatnes charged at the White Knight.

"Let's do this, Leonard!" Reina's voice shouted from the White Knight. "Gotcha!" Leonard's voice in the White Knight agreed as he charged at th Gigatnes.

Two Gigatnes charged at the White Knight, but he dodged them and slashed them to death with his own version of Reina's sword. The fifth and six Gigatnes lashed their axes and clubs at the White Knight, but he blocked them with his own version of Reina's shield.

The White Knight's Reina Sword charged up with holy energy and slashed the fifth and sixth Gigatnes, killing them. "Shall we end this?" Reina's voice asked. "Yeah! Let's!" Leonard's voice nodded as the White Knight charged up his sword.

With both the yells of Reina and Leonard, the White Knight slashed his sword, making two energy slashes hit the remaining Gigatnes. The Gigatnes groaned in agony as the White Knight struck a dramatic pose as the Gigatnes fell to the ground dead, a explosion occurred when they did that.

"We failed…" Lamika stammered. "Grr!" Dora glared at the party. "Don't get cocky! This victory won't last forever!" She swore as she casted a spell and both she and Lamika disappeared. The White Knight reverted back to Leonard and Reina with her clothes on.

"We did it!" Leonard raised his hand up. "Um… What are you doing?" Reina blinked. "What? Don't you know what a high five is? Zoey taught me that." Leonard grinned.

Reina stared at Leonard for about 50 seconds then smiled and high fived him. The party ran up to them.

Foz then appeared after that and perched himself on Eldore's arm. Eldore understands what Foz is telling him.

"The Magi are heading for the Bunker Lode Caverns, a mining operation in the Flandar Mountains" Eldore stated as Foz took off.

"What caverns? Where?" Yulie blinked. "The Falndars form the rim of what resembles a giant cauldron and the inside walls are dotted with a number of caves, collectively known as the Bunker Lode Caverns. The mines inside are rich in ore, a treasure trove of precious minerals." Eldore explained.

"Not just minerals, either. Ancient ruins were found there, too." Kara added, turning to her friends. "I bet that is where they're going." She figured.

"And I bet they want whatever it's inside there, so they need Cisna to get it!" Zoey nodded. "But… I don't get why they need the Princess." Yulie wondered.

"What if the power of Athwan survived, the power that sealed the Knights away so long ago?" Eldore folded his arms. "That madman believes as much." He added.

"So you think Cisna has it." Yulie gasped. "It's not impossible, I'll say that. But for now, we must return to town and explain everything to our friend, Reina on what's going on and prepare for the trip." Eldore stated.

The party nodded in agreement and they head back to Albana.

To be continued…

Next episode…

Cisna: Leonard and his friends bind their weapons to prepare for the trials ahead at the Flandar Mountains. But then. Alleyne noticed someone speaks word of a short pointy ear girl. Figuring it was Nowa, the party with Alleyne in tow head into the desert to find her attacked by the Queen's Blade Combatants' foes, Melona, Menace and Airi. But another Fusion Verto pact will form with Leonard and Nowa. Next time on White Knight Chronicles Heroes: The Forest Keeper: Attack of the Swamp Witch's Minions! Save the half elf girl from the three evil women, White Knight!