(Play Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut OST - Hiryuu no Kishi Instrumental)
As everyone continues to fight from below, we see both Lux and Darren soaring in the sky.
Darren then turns to the former prince, "You know what to do, Lux.'' he reminded.
Lux, currently using his Wyvern Drag-Ride, nodded back at him, "Hai... good luck." he replied.
And with that, the two separated ways as they head over their respected targets. From a distance, Lux saw two Abysses flying towards him, he then quickly brought out his gun and fires two shots at the creatures, killing them quick. Then a stealth-bomber Emotionless charges towards him, the creature then let's out a ear-piercing screech but Lux managed to withstand it's noise attack as he charges forward and slices the Emotionless in half which was then followed by explosion. Then a Gargoyle flew towards him but Lux quickly took it out by blasting it by his cannon.
"LUX ARCADIA!" a voice called.
Lux looks up to see Ragreed looking down on him with an angry glare, the former noble was breathing heavily and his eye bags are visibly bigger than before.
"We meet again... Ragreed Forus." Lux greeted in a neutral tone.
"You traitor! I'm going to make you pay for betraying the Old Empire!" Ragreed exclaimed in anger.
"You already know the answer with that." Lux replied calmly.
This furthered angered Ragreed, "You traitorous bastard..." he spatted with gritted teeth, then he let's out a smirk, "Well... it doesn't matter anymore... because I'm going to end you here once and for all." he stated as more Abysses and Aerial-based Emotionless appears around him, "With this large number of Abysses and the large number of this wonderful creatures the Dark Forces lend to me, there is nothing you can stop me now from killing you!" he declared.
Lux then got into a battle stance, "So you are now part of the Dark Forces. How low can you really be.'' he pointed out.
"Shut up and die!" Ragreed exclaimed, "Get him!" he ordered.
And with that, the Abysses and the Emotionless charges towards the former prince. Three Abysses charges towards him, Lux reacted quickly by shooting out a charge cannon hitting all three creatures at once, then an Emotionless charges at him from above but he got out the way before swinging his sword at the creature, beheading it. Then another Gargoyle goes after him, Lux then aims his cannon at the creature before blasting it to bits before quickly turning around, just in time to shot an Emotionless coming towards him, killing it instantly.
"It's not over yet, you bastard!" Ragreed yelled as he activated several cannons from his Drag-Ride before firing it towards the former prince, Lux was so busy fending off against the creatures that the attacks hits him directly, causing a large explosion, "AHAHAHA! That's what you get, you traitor!" he exclaimed as he let's out a diabolical laugh along with a deranged face. But he ceased his laughter when he heard a chanting voice.
"Manifest... Feast on the blood of the Gods, Dragon of death... Sever the Clouds of Heaven! Bahamut!"
And with that, the smoke dispersed which was then replaced by a dark-red flames burning in mid-air as the skies darken and lightning began to struck around the area.
Lux then appears riding a large and dark Drag-Ride called...
"The Jet Black Divine Drag-Ride... Bahamut!" Ragreed exclaimed in shock, "I forgot that you have that!" he admitted.
Meanwhile back in the kingdom, we see Airi and Relie watching the battle from the distance with the former focused at the area where her brother is.
"Big brother...'' Airi muttered in concern.
"Well... this is interesting." a voice chimed.
Airi turns to her left and much to her surprise, an anthropomorphic shark in a lab coat is standing right next to her. This is Dr. Pating, by the way. Like Airi, everyone who saw the doctor were surprised but Relie on the other hand, was delighted by his appearance.
"Ara... it's a pleasure to see you again, Dr. Pating.'' Relie greeted.
"Likewise." Dr. Pating greeted back.
"Eh?!" Airi squawked softly, "Y-you know this person, Headmistress?'' she asked in shock.
Relie nodded, "Dr. Michael Pating is a staff member of the Heroes Coalition. I know you're kinda shock by his appearance but rest assure, he's a nice person.'' she reassured with a smile.
Dr. Pating then stares at the ongoing battle from the distance, "Strikers... Infinite Stratos... Drag-Rides... Hundred... Heart Hybrid Gear... Kobu... Symphogear..." he counted, "The weapons produced in many worlds never cease to amaze me.'' he mused with a grin.
Back in the battle, Lux is seen destroying Abysses one after another by just swinging his sword in great speed which was then followed by a harrowing explosion. He then flew above gaining a few momentum before charging, then what follows next was a devastating chain reactions of explosions. Lux then charges at a group of Emotionless as he began to slice and destroy every creature coming towards him.
In the coup d'etat five years ago, out of the 1200 Drag-Rides of the Empire. Only one Drag-Knight destroyed it all... Lux Arcadia...
"Damn! I'm not going to loose! I will make you suffer! Luex Arcadia!" Ragreed cried as he madly charges towards Lux.
"Reload on Fire.'' Lux muttered as a seal briefly appeared behind him. As Ragreed gotten close to him, the flow of time rapidly decelerates, Lux wasted not time striking his opponent with one hit while phasing through Ragreed. This was then followed of Ragreed's Drag-Ride exploding along with Ragreed himself.
Lux let's out a sigh before descending down the ground before his Drag-Ride runs out of energy. As he descends down, he watches from the distance and witnessed the thunderous clash between Darren and the Bakonawa-Emotionless. And despite knowing Darren for a few days, he is very confident that the Spartan will defeat the gigantic adversary.
Meanwhile with Darren, the Spartan is busy dodging the gigantic creature's whiskers whom using it as whips. Thanks to the Rocket Boots that he's wearing and his Gift, he is doing so far in battling his large opponent.
Darren soars through the air as he looks down at the Emotionless, "Hopefully... hopefully... this will finally...'' he thought before diving down. He brought down his sword and slices one of it's whiskers making it roar in anger. The creature then breath out a powerful surge of blue flames, Darren quickly reacted by placing his shield in front of him, protecting him from the flames but the attack pushes him back up. The Emotionless then swung another whisker towards him but he quickly blocks it with his shield, but the strike pushes him downwards.
Darren then brought a gun from his armor and began to shoot at the creature and while it does no damage, the shot got the Emotionless into disarray. Wasting no time, he flew back up and swung his sword and chops off another whisker, making the creature a lot more angrier. The Emotionless then breathes out another surge of blue flames as Darren dodges it by moving in different direction however the attack would follow, he then charges forward diving head first towards the face but he was hit by whisker on the right side which sends him flying.
You are now part of the Rune Knights... do not fail me, son...
A station guard? How pathetic you are to be placed in that position?!
A messenger?! Are you really that weak?! I have lost faith in you!
You are such a disgrace! I can't believe I had a child like you!
This is your last chance! Fail me once more... then never, ever show your face to me again...
Darren stares at the Emotionless as he fly back, "Father... the next time we meet... I'm a different person, I'm not the same person you once though... I'm no longer a disgrace... I'm no longer a messenger... I'm no longer a station guard... and I'm no longer weak... but... if you still think that I am... then I will not hesitate...'' he thought when he suddenly activated his Gift before appearing in front of the Emotionless in a blink of an eye, "I WILL NOT HESITATE TO COMMIT FRATRICIDE TOWARDS YOU!" he roared in his thoughts.
The Emotionless then breathes out another surge of blue flames but instead of blocking he placed his sword in front of him, "Requip!" he said as his swords glowed for a few second before it was replaced by a dark & red long sword. Darren then uses the new sword to block the attack which also absorbs the blue flames, fueling his weapon and when the creature ceases it's attack, Darren wasted no time in using his Gift, he then swung his flame-fueled sword to slice off the remaining whiskers of the creature in a fast phase.
The Emotionless roared in anger as Darren appears above it, "Requip!" he said as his flaming sword was replaced by a gigantic claymore, twice as big as the Emotionless, "IT'S OVER!" he roared and with one violent swung of his gigantic weapon, he slices the Emotionless head off, killing it thus, ending the battle. Darren let's out a small pant before composing himself, "I swear... I swear Father... look down on me again... you'll end up like this creature." he thought with a grim look.
"Darren!" a voice broke his thoughts, he turns around to see Lux, in his Wyvern, flying towards him, "Thank you for the good work.'' he said.
Darren let's a smile, "Likewise." he replied.
bzzzttt...
After the battle, Ragreed was captured and detained, and because of his involvement with the Dark Forces, he is going to be handed to the AWA. Everyone then returned at the Royal Officers Academy, Lux and the girls were shock by the appearance of Dr. Pating but gotten over it quickly because of the doctor's nice personality.
Meanwhile, we see Sandalwood and Laura carrying Raya followed by Tillfar as Sylvia went to grab a wheelchair.
"Ow! Don't tug! No tugging!" Raya exclaimed with a gritted teeth.
"Next time, take your own advice." Laura pointed out with a blank look. This earns a few chuckles form their companions.
"So... how long until your legs get fixed?'' Tillfar asked.
"It's a long process, so I'll be staying in my mother's lab for a few days while she fixes it." Raya explained, "Along with getting scolded for breaking it." she grumbled.
Sylvia then came back with a wheelchair as Laura and Sandalwood placed her gently on the wheeled seat while Tillafar brought out a blanket and covered her damaged legs. Raya gave them a thankful smile.
Meanwhile, Dr. Pating and Relie are having a conversation when the former noticed Philphie staring at him with a finger on her mouth.
"Uhm...'' Dr. Pating trails as he turns his attention to the younger Aingram, "Can I help you?'' he asked.
"Sushi...'' was Philphie's only response.
And with that, Dr. Pating is seen hiding behind Relie, "Uhm... Philphie, I believe you shouldn't say that in front of him.'' she reminded with a nervous smile.
As everyone celebrates their victory, Darren can't help but smile at everyone, "Men... I can't help but feel proud of the outcome of this mission so far.'' he mused as he looks at his sword, "However... I'm not there yet... I still had a long way to go.'' he said.
bzzzttt...
Meanwhile, somewhere in the darker side of the universe, we go to an eight floor building and on the rooftop, we see Matthew Patel, Squall Meusel, Autumn, Howard Weinermann and Arisu Nightmare waiting for someone, though Arisu is seen cheerfully drawing on a sketchpad.
"Ugh... where is he?! I thought Flirtare is going to meet us here!" Autumn groaned in annoyance.
"Patience Autumn, he'll come. He's just busy negotiating with our new recruit.'' Squall reminded.
"New recruit? You mean, Ragreed Forus.'' Howard pointed out, "From what I heard, he was defeated and captured." he said with his arms crossed.
Squall giggled in response, "Actually... we never really planned in recruiting him. We're just using him as a tool while Flitare negotiates with our potential new recruit.'' she explained.
Then a red portal appears before them and out came Flirtare, "Hello everyone.'' he greeted.
"You're late!" Autumn snapped.
Flirtare let's out a chuckle, "My apologies, the negotiation took a lot longer than expected." he replied.
"So... did you convince him?'' Matthew asked.
Flirtare nodded as he moves to the side, just in time for a young man to come out from the portal. The young man had a short silver hair and grey eyes. He is currently wearing a black hooded coat over a red vest, white shirt and gray ascot and black slacks which is tucked inside a pair high brown boots.
Former Noble
Fugil Arcadia
"Hello everyone.'' Fugil greeted, "My name is Fugil Arcadia and I'm a new member of the Dark Forces." he introduced himself with a diabolical grin.
A/N: Inspired from Jexi the Hunter, Hope the Victor and David the Almighty Paladin. If the OCs are not created by moi, then it's not mine.