White Knight Chronicles of the Queens Blade

by EvaShinobiKaiserKnight

When Geonet shut down its servers for the second and final time... me and my friends thought that was the end of our Chronicles. The journey we had... the laughs we shared the friends we made. But as the game shut down we find our self in a new world on a continent called Gainos. It is here our Chronicles will live again as we traverse and become the greatest of heroes. Now VERTO!

5. Chapter 5 The Flames of Yshrenia

White Knight Chronicles of the Queen's Blade

ESKK: Well new chapter but before we begin let's start with some updates.

UPDATE!

ESKK: Now then in this chapter we will be seeing the beginning of certain how you say ecchi or down right hentai events. Now then its going to be a sort of Omake or OVA in this aspect if not a side story. Each Harem girl or girls will be put into a scenario that would be more of an in between thing. More smut then anything scenario's ranging from strip dancing to earn funds, or even in some BDSM sort of thing. With this in mind I also accept scenarios from you all if it is worth my time. Now then here is the Scenario suggestion pamphlet.

Ecchi/Hentai Scenario

Girl(s) involved:

The Scenario:

Kinks/tags: (I.E. Gangbang, BDSM, Exhibitionism, Role Play, Pole Dancing)

ESKK: Now that we have this out of the way let's start this.

(Start)

*Insert White Knight Chronicles Opening the Travelers

-Oh so quietly-

The song began as the scene showed a sky view of the Vance Estate from a large hill before it was followed by the Queen's Capital.

-Eyes of the angels open wide, Aria-

The scene then showed Elven Forest, and then the Dwarven Mountains as dwarves were seen mining while the Elves were farming before topping it off with and airship flying away with flapping wings like a bird.

-To a world yet unseen by you-

The scene showed a young Leina walking around the Vance Estate with Elina before passing by her mother's armor and stopping. It was followed by an image of Risty in her burned down home from childhood, and finished with Claudette looking at her mother's grave.

-Arise! The journey's begun!-

The song began to pick up as it showed Aster, Kaguya, and Dilan with their guild while holding their weapons of choice before images of passed members appeared to be replaced with Leina, Risty, and the Floor Guardians. Soon the White Knight appeared with its eyes flashing to life as the scene with each guitar drop changed to different images and locations all filled with adventures and battles. It then topped off with Aster, Kaguya, and Dilan facing Solaris and Kira in mortal combat. It was then joined with Leina and Claudette glaring each other down ready to fight as well with Leina holding a spinning top like item and Claudette holding a card in one hand and a top of her own hanging from her belt.

The scene then hit the max when it showed The White Knight facing the Sun King while the Moon Maiden and Dragon Knight faced the Black Knight. It then followed up with showing Aster without his helmet as images of the White Knight in action flashed behind him before ending with the White Knight drawing its blade.

-Heaven is spilling her heart around-

The scene started with Aster as he was doing his day to day stuff from reading reports, accepting Quests, and just relaxing with a map of Gainos behind him. Then Kaguya walked behind him and patted his shoulder as it changed again.

-Open your palm and see what you've found-

The scene then showed Kaguya with her daily activities as she was working on strategies, training, and just plain hunting for game. Then Dilan jumped on her back smiling like the goofball he was.

-Somewhere in the fog, a moment we forgot-

The scene showed Dilan running around in a slight panic before showing him in battle spinning his spear around before topping it off with him snoozing a bit. It then showed Leina walking behind him with her hands behind her back as she smiled a bit.

-Remember my darling you're loved but you're lost-

The scene showed Leina walking about a bit before showing her training and with her sword as it seems she was training with Aster as he showed her sword play before it changed again.

-Raising your hands to a beckoning sky-

The scene showed General Kira walking forth with the Black Knight behind her as she glared from her armor that made it seem she was a man and not a woman.

-Splinters of light are burning your eyes-

It then showed Solaris sitting on his throne, casting is spells in battle, and even playing with his Knights Ark bored out of his mind. It then showed images of the enemies from Solaris to Kira in her armor, Welbellia with her magic active petting her familiar Hades bug, then to Melona, followed up by Airi, then Menace, then Liliana, and finally topped it off with his own floor guardians who protect Valgander.

-Wounded and blind-

The scene then showed Leina in a noble lady dress and Aster in a suit of his own as they danced around a bed of water in a waltz each step taken causing the water to glow.

-And pining for… The gaze of a mother-

The dance was accompanied by images of Aster's new and old friends as well as the warriors who would be both friend and enemies during the Queens Blade Tournament. It then tipped off to Kira in a showgirl dress of the time as she was dancing in a similar manner to Kara in the original White Knight Chronicles. Btu as she danced the scene switched between herself in the armor accompanied by Solaris and Claudette fighting Aster, Leina, Kaguya, and Dilan switch back and forth constantly.

-No, no you can't go back-

The scene then showed images of each Guardian as they were either arguing, laughing, or fighting before showing the same thing for the Flames of Yshrenia own Guardians.

-Don't you dare and try to go back-

The scene then began as Aster was walking with Kaguya and Dilan as they glared upon the oncoming foes as it began a montage.

-Step by step you're all alone! Walking towards tomorrow-

The scene hit the peak as it montaged to every monster in this world as the scene then topped off with Aster stabbing the dagger into the slot on his gauntlet, Kaguya pulled the arrow on her Knights Ark, and Dilan with the Dragon themed lasso belt wrapped around his waist making a Kamen Rider Pose. "VERTO!" They called out and in turn summoning their Knights.

-I follow you beyond the clouds-

The scene showed Aster raising his left hand summoning his Knight Armor. It then showed Dilan crossing his arms over his head before bringing them down as his Dragon Knight Armor rose up behind him. Then it showed Kaguya bowing for a moment before the armor rose up revealing the Moon Maiden while Kaguya stood up straight like a magician of sorts.

-I search for your love in my dreams-

The scene then split into three as it showed the White Knight ready as it slashed through a Grand Gigas. It then exploded behind him bested by the Pale Warrior.

-Seeking west end wind, East End Sea-

The scene then showed Dilan in his Dragon Knight Incorruptus armor as he stabbed through a giant frog creature with his Trident ending it with ease.

-We have one, one destiny-

The scene was soon followed up with Kaguya in the Moon Maiden Incorruptus as she fired an arrow torts the moon which then returned but as a thousand magical arrows that rained down upon her foes taking out many of them at once.

-The traveler walks alone searching for me-

The scene then showed the three Knights facing down the forces of Solaris and his new Yshrenian Empire as the three took a battle stance. Solaris then put on his Sun Kings mask ark as Kira had her Ark out before putting on the mask and drawing the blade respectively. "Verto." The two villains invoked as they summoned their Knights and in turn the eyes flashed to life while they took a battle stance.

-Never end-

The song began to reach its end as soon the scene showed two new knights one clearly female and the other being the basic male build up as the female one shared a resemblance to Leina's mother Maria. The armor was one that had a mask over the humanoid face as well as a sword and shield in her hands but also had parts of Leina's own armor mixed in as well.

The opposing one was clearly based to be a leader of sorts with Thunder striking around it as it glared at the new Knight. Soon all the Knights were gathered as what was once five Knights had become seven before they soon charged at each other to being a grand battle.

The song came to an end as the airship from the beginning flew off to the distance torts parts unknown. But to this a new Chronicles has begun… a new war a brand new White Knights Chronicles.

*End OST

(Start Aster)

The White Knight slid down the mountain side using it to slow its descent. Once he landed he disengaged his Knight revealing himself back in his Silver Plate armor. As Aster stood back up he began to look around for his missing friends. "Leina Kaguya where are you two?" He asked looking for his missing guild mates. Aster soon hears a giggle like a pervert in animas would make as he turn and see something… a bit Bizarre to say the least.

A staff of some sort floating in the air, and near Leina as the staff itself had a face on it with a mouth that can talk as it says, "These girls are so hot, look at their amazing bodies, their just too good to pass up, I must take and give them both to my queen as she could use a couple of great slave."

The staff using its power as it levitated Leina and Kaguya up in the air, and Aster heard every word that thing said, he gotten to his feet and walk over before the thing could get away. Kaguya then began to stir as she saw the situation and then went wide eyed at the perverted create. "The fuck!?" She called out as she went for the arrow as the staff then recognized her gear.

"Oh boy Silence!" He called out as a gem on his person glowed as once it hit Kaguya she went wide eyed before she fell limp and in turn slept. "That was close." He said as Aster was wide eyed at this.

'That was a Geonet item there.' Aster thought as he looked to the glowing gem in question.

"I'm so going to enough these two once they become slaves, ohh hoho my tail is getting so hard I cannot wait, I must go now!" As the thing was about to vanish Aster reacted and grab onto the staff stick thing and let out a growl as he said, "You're not going anywhere with Leina or Kaguya!"

"What the, you were supposed to be knock out, Let go of my Tail, you bastard!" The staff said as he struggle to break Leon grip of him but could not as the transport spell has finish and they vanish from site.

(Elsewhere)

Down a tunnel of colors or something of sort, Leon was hanging on as much as he could as the effect of gravity seem to be in effect of where he was at, and his body cannot hold itself for much longer. Aster went for his sword as he knew he had to be fast but the staff though unaware had different ideas. "I said let go or face my tail's wrath!" the staff said as it started to shake Aster off when he is slowly slipping off himself as the movement stopped Aster from getting a good grip on his sword.

To the end of the tunnel a light shining meaning they were getting close to the exit as the Staff said, "I said let go and I meant it!" Aster held on as much as he could before reaching the end of the stick as the thing flick its staff body, Aster grip finally gave out at the time they reach the end of the tunnel.

Aster vision is fill with a bright light has he close his eyes and felt falling down, and to where he did not know, but all around him surrounded by sand and scorching heat, as he came in contact with the ground itself, the sand kick up as he started to land bounce up a bit before dropping again and slide in the sand.

Aster sighed as he open his eyes with them adjusting to the outside light as being in that river valley surrounded by shades then suddenly show up in the middle of some desert area that was bright as hell put a bit of a strain on his eyes as they not full adjusted to the desert area. He then stood up and put his hand over his eyes to keep the sun out for the moment, as he looked around to see if he can find that staff thing, but all he is sand and the waving heat that fill the area. "I'm in unknown territory and without my supplies." Aster said as the supplies was an easy fix on his end.

He then reached his fingers hoping he could call up some of his friend. "Message Guild Hall." Aster said as soon Mordred answered.

"Yes milord?" Mordred asked to which Aster smiled.

"Mordred I'm in a dessert I cannot explain how but I need a regular update on Kaguya and Leina's Guild Rings if any fluctuations occur with their membership I want to be made away." Aster ordered as Mordred nodded.

"Of course anything else?" He asked as Aster nodded to this.

"Is Dilan close to my location?" Aster asked to which Mordred nodded.

"Of course in fact he's in the same desert as you." Mordred said to which Aster nodded.

"Very well I will contact him keep me updated." Aster ordered before hanging up. "Message Dilan." Aster said as he then began to wait for Dilan to respond to his call.

"Hello?" Dilan answered as Aster said, "Dilan, we got a problem."

"No kidding? I've seen your match and it was cut out at the end but it was announced that you won, what happen?" Dilan asked as Aster explain everyone to the strange power Claudette suddenly developed, their last attack clash with Aster coming on top with ease, and the Kaguya and Leina was taken by a talking staff thing with a Geonet on it and soon transported him into the desert.

"Mordred told me you were near my position, so I'll keep going in the direction I last saw Kaguya and Leina was taken so keep up as you can let meet up and find the girls, which was low north, high west," Aster said as Dilan said, "Got it, we're traveling west right now, send up a signal or two and we'll find you."

"One more thing, are you still traveling with Tomoe and that ninja Shizuka?" Aster asked as Dilan reply, "Yea, why?"

"Good, we may need all the help we can get, sense items from Geonet are here, there no telling how many there are, who's holding them and what they can do, and I think it's a safe bet it would be best in numbers," Aster said as Dilan said, "Got, meet you soon."

Soon enough Aster hang up and pull out a compass, thankfully, it's a characters item that given at the start of the game for every player, if they die or not, they will still have a compass to help them out, as he said, "Better get moving. Who know what could be happening with Kaguya and Leina right now."

(Dilan)

"Looks like we may have a problem," Dilan said as he look towards Tomoe and Shizuka as Tomoe asked, "What happen?"

"I've gotten a telepathic message from my friend Aster, somehow he was transported this this desert, and Kaguya and the woman that was with them Leina, was suddenly taken by a talking staff with a special item on it that put Kaguya to sleep. There no telling what will happen to them, and I want to try and help them before something bad happens," Dilan said as Tomoe nodded and said, "We'll help however we can."

"How can we find him, this place is just one huge stretch of sand and hills," Shizuka said as Dilan said, "He has a way, so let keep going in the direction we were walk and see if we can meet up in the middle."

They both nodded as they follow Dilan through the desert looking in the horizon for a signal from Aster.

(Little later with Aster)

As Aster when half a mile he decided send a signal to Dilan as he pull out a firework, from a 4th of July special in the game as he lit it with the flint and steel, and sent it flying as it whistled in the air before exploding in a mass of color was could be seen during day time, if not then the smoke is visible to see at least.

(Dilan)

Dilan pointed out the firework as he said, "There, he almost a mile out, if we rush a bit we may catch up."

"Let us move then," Tomoe said as Shizuka said, "Could we take a break later, I think I got some sand in a bad spot."

"We'll stop when we can but right now, Aster is just ahead, and he not waiting in one place right now," Dilan said as they soon went a faster pace, unaware of something following them, that moving under the sand as its skin show above the surface for a moment.

(Later)

Aster check his compass again to see if he is on the right track as before looking ahead and saw what seem to be a village as he said, "Alright, I'll send another firework up, hopefully Dilan is near me."

As Aster snap his fingers and brought out another firework as he place it in the sand and lit it again, as the whistling sound.

(Elsewhere)

-? P.O.V-

The thing in the sand heard the strange sound, as its site wasn't colorful or clear, but black and darken, as it sense the sound of Dilan, Tomoe, and Shizuka footsteps, as it lit up for a moment and spread out like small stone hitting water while creating a ripple before the whistling sound was heard as it lit up its site greatly as it roar out and follow it moving fast.

(Dilan)

-3rd P.O.V-

As the trio saw the firework, and it was nearby, just over a hill they were at, as Dilan said, "There, we're close. Let run from here on out and maybe-

Dilan stop as suddenly the found below them started to shift as Dilan and the two ladies almost lost them footing as the ladies yell out a bit Dilan keep calm as he hears the roaring is heard and the found settle, as his eyes widen as he saw the sand moving as something was under it as he said, "Oh shit."

(Aster)

Aster watch as his firework exploded in the air as he smile and look in the direction of the village as he said, "I better get going still, no doubt of Dilan saw the firework, he'll meet me in the village and hopefully find-

"HRRRAAAAAHHHH!" The sound of a monstrous roar is heard as something under the sand shot up in the air as Aster turn his head and saw it, as he wasted no time as he called out, "Flow Acceleration!"

Aster rush out of the way as the as a huge massive thing came down where he was at before diving down back under the sand as Aster look and said, "Oh shit, a Sand Worm."

A Sand worm, an idea from the game ARK and the movie Tremors the developers put in the game, sand worm that to the sound of their name is what you think it sound like, it hunts down its pray and come up to attack or capture Players inside of it with his strange tongue things, where the player must avoid any tentacle like thing inside of it, with acid that surrounds dripping down from above, and the walls of the beast, breaking down armor durability until they can find the thing that make it puke them up, or kill it from the outside, to make it puke out whoever was inside before it dies, which seem easier said than done, of how sneaky and strong they are unless trap are set.

They are mostly wild creature, but people could try and tame if done right and use them as guard dogs in someone's territory, as Aster wonder if he nearing someone Territory right now as these things can only exist in the Geonet world only.

"Aster!" Dilan voice called out as Aster turn and saw Dilan and company with him as they ran over the hill as Aster eyes widen as he held out his hand and wave them out like crazy as he try to signal them to 'stay away!'

"Why is he waving his hands like that?" Tomoe said as Dilan slowed down and said, "Wait, he's try to stop us, the thing is-

"Whoa!" Shizuka cried as she suddenly lost her footing in the loose sand going downhill and started to roll as she huff and groin as she fell down before stopping as Dilan and Aster eyes widen to this as suddenly the sand worm started to make its return as it turn around and head back where it heard the sound as.

"Hey Get out of there!" Aster yelled as Shizuka look at him and wonder what is going on as Tomoe saw what coming as she can guess what is happen as she ran towards Shizuka as Dilan held out his hand and said, "Hey wait!"

"Shizuka!" Tomoe said as Shizuka look and said, "Lady Tomoe?"

Soon enough the sand worm pop its head up and roar out as to the look to it, it was big, ugly, and smell bad as it looked, as the two ladies saw the creature as before they could run away, its shot out its tongue and strike at them, as they cry out, their clothing gotten torn a bit in some part, before they fell down and groin to this as the thing slithers at the girls as the boys try to rush in to save them but the thing was faster than them and snatched them up before swallowing them whole.

"No!" Dilan said as he saw Tomoe gotten eaten, he pull out the Holy dragon Fang and try to strike at it, but it seem vanish under the sand again and Dilan gotten mad at this as he said, "Damn it!"

"Fuck!" Aster said as he didn't need this, but he not the kind of person to leave people behind to their death as he and Dilan meet up in the middle as they went back to back with each other as Aster said, "Hey, sorry for this sucky meet up."

"Where did this thing come from? Didn't we leave this back in the game or something?" Dilan asked as Aster said, "Maybe but someone from the game may have brought some with them when they came here."

"We're in someone territory then?" where is the player that own this thing, if we take them out, that stop the attack right?"

"If it a raiding event maybe, but no, this thing is a guard dog, if the person that owns them are here or not, it won't matter they will attack everything, unless we bring it to the surface, when we strike it when its show itself for that moment it attacks," Aster said as Dilan asked, "How we do that?"

"We had Kaguya shot an arrow at it sense she fast with her bow, but sense she was taken," Aster said with Dilan finishing, "We're on our own."

"We can still beat it, it's just going to be a more pain in the ass, if we use our best element spells to hit it then, it will come to up," Aster said as Dilan asked, "Alright… but when is it going to come up?"

"It's a waiting game from here on out, unless one of us be the bait," Aster said as Dilan hated that, waiting not bad, but being bait, that mean one of them will have to run around attracting its attention while the other person tries to hit it before it attack, which is a pain in the but as how fast they are at time.

"Let's hurry, no telling what sand worm will do here sense this world isn't the Geonet," Dilan said as he worry something might happen to the two while in the worm as they have no idea how they will get out themselves.

(Inside the worm)

Tomoe and Shizuka came to and found themselves in what they assumed was the monsters stomach. It was large enough for them to roam about but not enough to put much of a fight. "Did that thing eat us?!" Shizuka asked as she glared about.

"Appears so." Tomoe asked as she looked around for the exit.

"Well how do we get out if we're still alive and we haven't been digested yet?" Shizuka asked as she glared about not wanting to be digested anytime soon.

Soon Tomoe hissed in pain as she felt something wet land on her and burn her before going wide eyed at this. She saw her clothing were burned by the monster's acid stomach. Shizuka hissed in pain as well as she also went wide eyed at this. "We need to get out of here quickly!" Tomoe called out as Shizuka nodded but before they could move Shizuka tripped and looked shock.

"Huh?" Shizuka asked as she then saw her leg was caught by the monster. "Lady Tomoe run!" Shizuka cried out but Tomoe saw this.

"Shizuka!" Tomoe cried out but was met with deft ears as not long before Tomoe could react she was caught by the monster's stomach as well.

The two maidens cried out as they felt the tentacle like intestines grope and rub against them as they serrated a substance that burned through their clothing. Of course the burning was a slow moving thing thus they were forced to endure a prolonged torture that in Dilan's eyes was straight out of an H-Anime.

(Back with Aster and Dilan)

The two stood back to back with weapons drawn ready for the monster to appear again. They needed a bait to appear but seeing as they were in a desert one of them had to be the bait. "I'll be the bait." Aster said before he switched to his Sacred Thrasher weapon.

"Wait what?" Dilan asked as normally he was the bait.

"I have a heavy weapon if I run around and hit the ground enough the Worm will come back and then we trap it with a strong enough fire spell to make the ground more glass like to prevent it from escaping." Aster explained to which Dilan smiled to this.

"And then we cut it open get Tomoe and Shizuka out and keep the innards for later." Dilan said to which Aster nodded to this though minus lugging around this monsters innards. In his honest opinion the innards were useless to none magic casters as it's the armor and bones on this monster that is worth the effort to kill it.

"Let's move now!" Aster called out as he switched from the Knight Shield and Leoimperialis to his Sacred Thrasher which appeared on his back. Aster roared out and slammed his sword down on the ground creating a shockwave around him with his magic and strength. This got a reaction as the ground nearby blew up. "There's the bastard." Aster said before roaring out and slamming the sword down again causing another shockwave.

(The Sand Worm)

It sensed and heard the shockwaves and knew another pray has entered its guard's area and in turn began to hunt. Though its vision was nonexistent it saw the way its pray was all but taunting it and moved.

(Aster and Dilan)

Aster saw it approaching him by the way the ground moved up to which he got ready as he then raised his left arm revealing the Knights Ark in it. He then raised two fingers meaning they both need to do it to which Dilan agreed. Soon as the monster came closer Aster got his chant going fully prepared to fight it out against the Sand Worm. Dilan was the same as he then got ready to charge as well.

When the Sand Worm was upon them they acted as Aster had stabbed his dagger into his gauntlet and Dilan had his belt wrapped around his waist.

"VERTO!" They both called out as the monster was upon them.

When the Sand Worm was upon them it shot out only to be blocked by the White Knights Runic Shield. It didn't end there as Dilan then shot out with his Dragon Knight active and in turn Trident at the ready to which he stabbed the trident in the creature's body. HE then proceeded to drag it out with Aster helping as he got a good grip on it himself. They noted how despite its creations origins the Sand Worm looked very similar to a Greaver from White Knight Chronicles.

Both were grateful not to ever face a full grown Greaver beyond its antenna because if you meet one the size of your Knight its either a pupa or pygmy the full grown one is able to run through the Frass Chasm as its king... or queen because it's so large meeting it on the baths through the sides is like watching a large train pass by from the side. But despite this its gasses are extremely valuable for inventions and other odds and end. A pupa and Pygmy would not be as valuable for the gasses but a full grown one would make any who harvest it rich beyond their wildest dreams to the right people of course.

Aster and Dilan both held the worm, to their size, it was still heavy as they both but with them as they both called out, "3, 2, 1, Throw!"

As they throw the worm up in the air, knowing the girls would be alright inside, sense the monster is one gooey cushions.

(Inside)

AS the girls felt suddenly felt a weight on them before it became weightless, as they try to cover their expose area from the tentacle, even was seems to be floating as some fluids of the beast was hanging around as they saw it as they felt the gravity as they scream out to this as they didn't know what was going on.

(Outside)

Dilan leap up with Aster in their knight forms as Dilan spin his spear around before pointing it at the ground, as he calls out, "Inferno wave!"

Creating a huge wave of flames that cover the sands around as the fire vanish, the sand turn into a red hot glass around, as Aster pointed the tip of his sword down at the glowing red hot glass land as he called out his spell, "Ice over!"

A beam came shooting out from it as the beam hit the ground as steam hit the glass with a lair of ice covering it and cooling and keeping the glass from breaking in that area as the two knight land back down, they soon look up to see the worm coming back down fast before it crash into the icy glass as it cry out in pain as Dilan quickly dive down and grab hold of it before Aster coming in fast with his sword and aim perfectly at a spot of the sand worm he was aiming for as he slash at it, creating an open gap wound as the worm cry out some more as Dilan called out, "Do it fast! I can't hold on for long!"

Aster nodded as he reach into the worm to retrieve the two maidens inside as he felt something and heard some screaming, as he wrap his hand around the place where he felt something and rip his arm out, with blood and other liquid fluids coming out cover his arm a bit, as in his hand A near naked pair of girls as they both cover their body as best they can and look up at the being that saved them as they looked in Awe as Tomoe saw the 'White Warrior' with Shizuka said with a bit of a smile, "Wow and I thought Dilan dragon form was impressive."

Aster soon reel back his sword arm as he knew how to kill the thing as he said, "Here goes nothing!"

AS Aster stab his sword into the open wound as the sword travel down into the body as it pierce through some flesh before striking it in its most vulnerable spot, as technically there were two way to kill a warm, aim for its head but it was well armored, or aim for its heart inside, if players could reach that In the first place without dying first, nice work to them.

AS the worm struggle for a bit before its body soon went still while going silent, the beast is dead as Aster and Dilan soon return to their normal form.

(Little later)

Aster had a orb that was shooting out water, the pearl of Neptune, as with open up a small portal to different planes of existences world filled with infinite pure water, as he was washing his arm a bit, as over to the girls who got their wash already as water surrounds them and wearing towels as Tomoe said, "We thank you for the water you provided with that huge pearl of yours, and the cloth to cover ourselves."

"Yea, and that white warrior for of yours, I can guess why you are called the pale warrior," Shizuka said as Aster stop the water from flowing before the pearl vanish from his hands as he to her, "That totally not the full reason of why I am called that."

"Is it because you wear white armor as well in your normal currant state?" Tomoe asked as Aster laugh a bit as he said, "I wish, but if you want to see why, let I can show you."

Aster face the sand worm as he knew leaving out in this heat, its will decompose fast, unless he did something as he walk towards it as the girl watch with Dilan waited by as he said, "Here comes his true power."

Aster reach the worm as he held his arms out as he called out the Spell, "6th tear, weather Control…. Ice age."

The area around Aster was soon wrap in a cold fog as Tomoe and Shizuka saw what Aster was doing as the area around them was getting cold, even making their nipples pop out from under the fabric as the fog soon vanish after a minute, the girls eyes widen to what they saw as they sees the worm was cover in a layer of ice as Aster walk away as he said to them while waving his hands a bit as he said, "I dive into the element power of ice as my prefer magical skills and master it, as I learn it help slow enemies down, even lose their stamina fast too as they try to fight against the cold."

"Yea, I wish I could have went with that route, never much like fighting unless it could end peacefully with a friendlier way, but then again I not an ice type of guy anyways," Dilan said as he thought having more mastery in fire element was more cooler.

"Power over ice or over fire, whichever you master, but must still be yourself for it," Tomoe said to Dilan as she look over to her as he smile and said, "Really? Man never thought of it like that. Thank Tomoe."

She give a slight blush to that as Aster and Shizuka saw this as they give a smile as they had a thought, for Shizuka mostly get her hook up with a handsome hero, as she can't live her life a prune all the time, with Aster he saw them as a bit of a couple that could work out for them, if given the right step.

"Anyways," Aster said as he break the silent that form around them as he said, "The ice should keep it the sand worm fresh until the other come to retrieve and harvest it."

"Harvest it?" Tomoe asked as Dilan said, "Oh right, you don't know much as we do."

AS Tomoe thought he meant know much about the western lands as she listen carefully as Dilan explain, "These worm are very valuable and rare, as people could capture one when tis young and train it as a Guard as one territory, its body it's a gold mine of things, to its bones, hide, fluids, and few hidden treasure it hides inside tis body, if given to the right people, you would be set for life mostly."

"Really, and I would have thought it's just a disgusting worm creature, with tis inside like it was… eheee!" Shizuka said as she shiver at the end as Aster and Dilan had a dull look on their faces as Dilan thought to himself, 'I've seen enough hentai videos to know where the stomach adventure will lead to… I hate tentacles rapes stuff!'

"Let not talk about the stomach stuff anymore, its dead down, and we need to move, as we wasted enough time here, Kaguya and Leina are still being held somewhere, as I follow that staff thing toward the direction of that village there," Aster said as he pointed out the village as he said, "IF we can figure out some clues we may can find them and get them back."

"We'll find them, and beside Kaguya is a tough gal, she could be saving herself right now," Dilan said as Aster said, "I wish I could say the same thing right now."

Aster remember what that staff did to Kaguya as it put her to sleep by a simple trick it did with the gem in it as he turn and said, "Whatever I saw brought Kaguya down quickly before she could act… just afraid something must be happening to her right now, and it not going to be good at all."

(A ritual room)

As the Egyptian woman, Menace had Kaguya lay out on a table of sort as she had a frustrated look upon her face as many dark spirit surround her as she said, "Awaken now from your long slumber and be revived in new flesh."

AS a dark spirit went at Kaguya and enter into her mouth, soon later she cough out the dark spirit as it came out in a heavy force hitting the wall, making a splat sound as Menace step away from her and said, "Why isn't the enslavement spell working on her?"

"I don't know that gem Solaris and Kira gave me knocked her right out so I was hoping it would weaken her for you." The Setra said as he looked to Menace while floating next to her.

"Maybe we need a stronger spell?" Menace suggested as Setra agreed.

"Yeah I mean look at her she's a total cat girl bombshell it would be a dumb move to let her go." Setra called before they head armor clanking.

"Oh great your here." Menace said as from the hall Kira walked out glaring at Menace.

"To help you out with this enslavement ritual." Kira said before passing to her a new item. "This is an upper level of your spell. Right now she's at a skill level where mind controlling her is impossible with that spell of yours." Kira explained before gesturing to the item which was a scroll. "That is the formula for this spell but for a higher level you will need to up the ante of what you are using if you so desire to enslave this woman." Kira said as she looked to Menace who read over the scroll.

"Hmm this could work Setra begin preparations post haste." Menace said while she looked over the scroll in question as Kira looked to Kaguya and saw how she was dressed and saw it was the same outfit the other one was wearing.

"As you wish." Setra said before floating off to get the things they need for this spell.

"You may need that crystal again but that's just me." Kira said as she began to walk away. "I also suggest you try the ritual soon otherwise Melona may not be able to control herself before Leina." Kira said as he walked away but Menace saw he was vanishing on them again.

"Wait where are you going?" Menace asked looking over to Kira.

"Solaris has given me orders and thus I shall carry them out." Kira said while she walked away but then stopped. "Oh and heads up he will be here personally so I suggest you make sure Melona is made aware of this." Kira ordered before he walked away again. "One last thing... be wary of her she is a pactmaker after all." Kira said before vanishing as Menace nodded to this.

"Of course a powerful servant is one worth having." Menace said as she nodded.

"All set milady." Setra said to which Menace nodded in response.

"Now then I think Amara should have its own pactmaker so it may aid Yshrenia now let's begin!" Menace called out as she began her spell once more on a much stronger setting with magic items from Geonet to make sure it gets through the wall.

(With Elina)

"Leina…" Came the weeping sounds of Elina as she cried a bit. "I'll make that bastard pay I'll find him and tear that man limb from limb for destroying our happy life." Elina said as nearby was Claudette's sigil which was evidence she had either perished or vanished.

(Kira)

Kira had her mission as she began to disengage her armor and switch it over to one more appearing for this job as she stretched her neck a bit and let her hair flow freely. As she walked she made sure her armor was stored properly but very soon she may not need it. Claudette her fellow General was being equipped with the Yshrenian Armor set back at Valgander while her brother was aiding in reconstruction here.

She wondered why he saw fit to recruit these wenches but Menace's method of enslavement may prove useful for later. For now they simply had to wait and see for what came next as she held a familiar blue card in her hand.

(Scene Break with Aster's group)

The two arrived at the desert village which was labeled as 'New Oasis,' which Aster noted how much of an oasis this place was. It seems the focus here was farms and mining.

Dilan was able to note how much this place screamed Geonet and in turn White Knight Chronicles. They also noted the Wargs, Frogs and the like walking about. Mainly Frogs as they kept a constant vigil on things. "Come on." Aster said as they began to make their way to the nearest pub.

"Where might we be going?" Tomoe asked as she followed after them.

"The bar." Aster said as they kept their trek up.

"The Bar?" Shizuka asked as she followed regardless.

(Later at the Bar)

Aster opened the door while walking into the pub as this was a good enough place to start searching for information. Aster knew this village was from Geonet but he had to be cautious as this may belong to a foe wanting him and his guild dead. All eyes were on them as Shizuka and Tomoe were ready for anything to attack them.

*Insert White Knight Chronicles OST: Kara the Dancer

It seems though they arrived just in time as because as they were gathering at a table they heard music Aster and Dilan were familiar with as they saw a woman on the stage facing away from them. She then turned around and clapped her hands together almost like salsa or samba as it was clear she was the bar dancer. But when she had clapped her hands it was almost like one could hear the sound of a whip snapping while she began her dance for her audience in the bar.

As Aster watches her with interest as Dilan lean in and asked him, "What me to ask if she single."

Aster look went from curious to, 'really?' before smacking him in the face in the nose with his back hand raising up as Dilan recoil from that a bit as Aster said, "No, I was curious about something."

Soon enough as the group took a seat at an empty table as everyone sat across from their friends as Aster look to Dilan and did a private chat as he said, "We maybe in the middle of a trap right now, remember that scene in the first white knight chronicle game? In the desert and the bar scene?"

"Oh, right, the dancer try to kill the main guy and turn into a monster using the summoning card thing," Dilan said as then he look around and saw most of everyone were looking at them as Dilan soon asked, "What should we do, I meant what if the dancer try and attack you?"

"Seriously, this isn't a fanfiction you know, and what else can we do… spring the trap," Aster said in the private message as he stood up and said out loud, "I'll go around asking people about our friends, you stay here and… order water or something."

"You sure you don't need someone with you or help ask around as well?" Tomoe asked as Dilan said, "We're already a strange group of people that sticking out like a sore purple thumb."

"He is right, Its best that one of us is doing it, sense I the team leader, I'll ask," Aster said as he got up and walk around and soon ask people that were similar to the game to ask first and said if they ever say a blonde girl in a metal bikini armor, or a girl with cat ears around being carry off by a talking staff of some sort.

No one was talking or saying anything, as Aster see carefully, as he knew they are probably in the middle of enemy territory as eyes follows him out back to the table as Dilan asked, "So how did it go?"

"No one saying anything… as I suspect, we may be in a bad place right now," Aster said as Shizuka asked, "What do you mean?"

"You'll see," Aster said as suddenly the music gotten louder and the sound of feet tapping on the ground is heard as Aster and the others look and saw the dancer was coming over towards them as Aster gotten ready, as did Dilan as the dancer gotten closer and closer until she stopped and looked at the ground as she said to them... "You should have not come here."

Aster is… somewhat surprise by this as he thought she might do something, but not give him that strange warning of some sort as he thought she would attack him like in the game but then again, as he thought, 'She telling us that… hmm, let see how far I can do this.'

"I'm guessing we're in someone's territory then after all, your master perhaps?" Aster said as soon as he said that someone came at them fast with a curved dagger in hand as the person leap at the group and aim at Aster as he quickly summon his shield and slap the guy away with ease as everyone stood up with weapon raised with Tomoe and Shizuka standing up as well with their weapon ready as the dancer said, "Then you already know enough, get them."

Suddenly everyone in the bar started to attack them as Aster stand up and brought out his sword as he said, "At least it a party!"

Dilan got his staff out and slashing and watching people around him, with Tomoe backing him with her sacred sword, and Shizuka is doing what she does, be a badass ninja as she vanish from site and throw out some kunais at the people around.

(Outside)

As the sound of fighting is heard outside with people around hearing it and walk away slowly before a N.P.C went flying out a window as they scream, following as Aster leap out that same window with Dilan, Tomoe, and Shizuka coming out as well in that order.

A group of men came out with the Dancer girl walking out with them as well as the group got quickly surrounded as Aster said, "So then before we start again, I like to know, who's the owner of this village and were they the ones who took our friends?"

"Hmm and why should we tell you?" The Dancer asked as her men surrounded the group to which Aster glared at them all with Dilan while Tomoe and Shizuka got ready.

"Because this will only end in one way." Aster replied as he gripped Leoimperilous in his hand.

"What do you want with us we haven't done anything to you or your friends?" Tomoe demanded to which the girl scoffed as Aster glared as well.

"It's simple if your too dumb to figure it out... we want you dead." She said to which Aster saw where this was going.

"Get ready but be careful she may have an ace up her sleeve." Aster said to which the group had weapons at the ready to fight. Aster also noted the way this girl acted. Unlike the others she didn't act like a regular NPC. Now mind you the NPC's and real people each act a certain way from Kaguya's studies. Examples being combat mode as they must be attacked first to enter combat mode.

What she perhaps the actual player here... or was she a Gainos local. The goons attacked to which the group responded with force as they began hacking and slashing against their foes. Shizuka was fast while Dilan had ranged. But it was Aster and Tomoe who lead the charge with Aster and his shield providing defense and Tomoe using her Sacred Sword to deal devastating attack on her foes.

These goons had numbers but they lacked power to which Aster and Dilan made quick work of them with Tomoe and Shizuka's aid. Once it was done the last one fell down defeated to which Aster glared at the ring leader. The Dancer girl smirked at them as if she was already expecting this no doubt in Tomoe and Shizuka's mind the goons were to soften them up a bit.

But as Dilan, Tomoe, and Aster glared at her they then felt a pulse go off as Tomoe went wide eyed. "Dilan, Aster." Tomoe began only for Aster to speak up.

"I know she has one more ace up her sleeve." Aster said gripping his weapon tightly.

"Yeah kind of hard to miss." Dilan confessed as they got ready for whatever she may pull out.

"Sorry love's but that was just the opening act you lot. Now let the real games begin." The woman said before pulling out a familiar blue card with runic symbols from her person to which Aster and Dilan went wide eyed.

She then held it to her forehead to which the duo tried to stop her. "Adveni." She invoked before they could stop her causing the card to glow and activate before it burst out in power.

Aster and Dilan shielded themselves from it as they saw what was happening now. She then looked to be in pain before roaring out and in turn they had to shield themselves from a blinding light. They then looked and in turn saw a demonic monster rose up towering over them. The creature then roared out as the woman's voice was mixed with it as the two had become one.

"What the, is that another one of those Knights?" Shizuka asked to which Dilan spoke up.

"No that's a Gigas." Dilan said as Shizuka heard this.

"Hey I remember Sophia calling the monster from before a bootleg Gigas." Shizuka said remembering the time Sophia and Dilan mentioned it.

"And this is why. A Gigas is a creature from the magical plains. The Pactmaker who summons it surrenders their body so the beast's power can enter their flesh." Dilan explained as he got ready for a fight. "In turn beast and human fuse into one." He finished his explanation to which Shizuka and Tomoe understood.

"So this is an actual Gigas." Tomoe said realizing they need to fight size with size.

"I'll take care of this." Aster said as he looked to his friend and allies. "You three cover and support me." Aster ordered as he got ready to summon his Knight.

"I've got your back man, "Dilan said as he charged in first with Tomoe ready her sword as she said, "Let us defeat this beast then."

"Right behind you," Shizuka said as she gotten her ninjato out and follow behind Tomoe and Dilan as they began to attack the beast, as it was smarter than the normal NPC kind of creature in the game as it try stomping on them quickly as they dodge it with Dilan taking a slash at it leg with a fire spell, but it seem to hardly did a thing.

Tomoe leap up at the beast as she slash down at its chest, as a bit of blood is shown, not it didn't do much as it just swiped at her and knock her down as she groin as Shizuka said, "Lady Tomoe!"

"Such a weak strike," As the woman voice came from the Gigas, as Shizuka came in and throw her chain sickle at the beast and slash at it to distract it as it did the trick but it was focus on her as she saw it raise its weapon as it slam down towards her, as she quickly sprinted out of the way as the weapon smashes into the ground destroying anything that could have been below it.

Dilan help Tomoe up as she was cover in dirt and gotten sand on her as he asked, "Are you okay?" as Tomoe blush to this with Dilan being so concern with her as she stood up and said, "Yes I am, but this beast, it's nothing like with Koma ninjas."

"Well it to show you how much different it is between the bootleg and the real thing, it's harder to fight it like this, it best to hit it hard and fast before it counters, keeping it attention on us to give Aster enough time, he shouldn't be too long now," Dilan said as he looked over to him as the beast quickly turn his attention on him before a Light shine from Aster body.

(Aster)

Aster had the dagger and gauntlet out as he began the change, "O Wizel White Warrior, wielder of the ancient Sword. Grant me you're Power!" Aster stabs the dagger in the Gauntlet as he raises it in the air as he called out, "VERTO!"

*Insert white Knight Chronicles OSTL Pale hero

It invoked, as the gauntlet shield opens up and released the crest inside to light up as a magical circle appeared around Aster as it spun around at his feet, as he was calm before raising his hand up as the White Knight Rise up from behind, raise tis arms to its chest before spreading them out ready for combat as it mimics Aster movement before he vanish in the light as it enter in the armor, as it show Aster is ready for battle.

The Gigas roar out as it charged at the white knight as it raise its weapon to strike at him with Aster quickly raising his shield and block it with ease before pushing it off and counter fast against it as the attack hit, causing some good damage to it to make it back off.

The attack was servile, but the wound heal up slowly, showing it took damage and started to heal up but its take energy to this this a the Gigas looked a bit tired out from that, as Aster went with the basic against this thing as he wonder if it mostly like it was in the game too as he strike it at its legs, making it fall down to one leg.

As the Gigas did went down Aster slash across its face to make it fall back and roar in pain, as the beast held its hand to it face as it swing out its weapon like a person would do if they were hurt, with the trio still on the ground as they move around it and strike at it to keep the damage rolling as the woman voice came forth from it as she said, "AHHH! Cruces All!"

Aster saw the team work, no doubt if Tomoe and Shizuka join the guild, they will be great allies no doubt.

As the Trio keep up the hit on the Gigas, it seem, it wasn't going to take it laying down as it swipe its leg at them to make them leap back, as it swing its weapon all around In a 180 to make sure they backed off from it, as Aster said it once and he would say it again, it's nothing like the game as he could guess the woman is a real person and there are other pactmaker in Gainos as well who maybe natural born kinds or maybe anyone could use it, it a matter of will power.

As the Gigas stood up as Aster quickly went at it as he swing his sword at it, with its raising its weapon to block his but push off as he slam his shield against the Gigas as it impact make it get stun for a moment before Aster slash twist, one to the attack, and another from the return.

As Dilan leap up as he called out, "Fire Fang!" as the slash it across it's as a part of it caught fire by it with Tomoe and Shizuka came up and attack it at its legs doing quick, heavy and fast attack against it as it cause it to cry out, with Aster saw the open as he took it as he said, "This fight end here!"

As he stab at the Gigas the attack hit and make the Gigas glow as it cry out once more, as in a flash of light, the Gigas was gone, and the dancer took its place as she was on her knee to the ground as the group saw something leaving her mouth, before she said as she fell down into the sands, "I'm… free."

As everyone approaches, even a light that shine with Aster coming forth as he had a look on his face as he turn to Dilan and asked, "Did you see something come flying out of her mouth?"

He nodded as he said to him, "I did… and it seem it not something from Geonet at all."

"And what she said was?" Aster wonder as he didn't clearly hear her as Tomoe said, "She said… she free."

Aster look towards the Dancer as he walk up to her and quickly check for a pulse as he put two fingers at her neck, and thankfully there was a pulse, and she was lightly breathing, none but the less, she is alive still as Aster picked her up and said, "Let's find a place to lay low for a bit, get off the streets."

(Later)

They group gotten out of the area in front of the bar quickly, and found a place that seem a bit like a ruin building with some old bed in it as seem a strange design but then again, they were in a desert in the middle of nowhere and the person who own the village may have put up a ruin or two for decoration for the village itself.

As Aster gotten her to the bed, and as everyone work together and gotten the opening in the walls cover by some stuff around and hid to know they weren't being hunted down with Dilan looking out and saw some people going by with weapon in hands. Aster watched there would be assassin as she rested as Aster had noted how she acted in no way like an NPC. Dilan also noted this thus it would be reason to believe she was in no way an NPC which means she was a Gainos local. And by the way she dressed it held credence to it considering how most warriors dressed around here. But she showed no outer attributes of a fighter save for her flexibility as a dancer. But the tone she uses also suggested a foreign origin but this could also be faked. He attempted casting Intuitive Scan but the results shows she was at best a mid-level warrior which was basically anyone who just finished starting out.

Aster also needed to consider she may be casting False Data Life and Mask of Deception to hide who and what she truly is. "Master." Wizel was heard as he floated next to his pactmaker invisible to all but Aster. "Be weary of this maiden. Less ye find thyself pierced by a snakes fangs." Wizel said as Aster understood Wizel's sentiments.

The girl began to wake up and in turn saw the group standing around her as she saw them. "Hey there." Shizuka greeted as she then saw them and went wide eyed.

"You people!" She called out shooting up but then hissed holding her head in pain.

"Easy there you had a grave ordeal." Dilan said as he kept her grounded.

"Tell me. What happened?" She asked while holding her head in pain.

"The Gigas had almost completely taken over." Aster said as the girl looked confused on the word.

"Gigas?" She asked sounding quiet confused as to what that was.

"You made a pact with a Gigas." Aster began before Dilan spoke up.

"The problem with Gigas' even ones properly summoned is that they east into your soul, bit by bit." Dilan continued as he explained it as best he could. "Eventually, it would have consumed you completely. Good thing we cut the pact before that could happen." Dilan said noting that it would take one with a strong will to overpower a Gigas like that.

"Yes, I remember feeling trapped in more ways the one." The girl said as she looked lost and confused.

"You're safe now. As for the beast you made a pact with, we dispatched it." Aster said while looking to the confused dancer. "I promise you, it will trouble you no more." Aster said to which the girl calmed down a bit in relief.

"Thank you." She said but then Aster continued.

"But in besting the Gigas we also expunged something else from your person a corrupted soul of sorts. Can you explain what it was?" Aster asked to which the girl nodded in response.

"The best place to start is the beginning." The girl began as she looked away. "A few months ago my sister and I were traveling these sands hoping to find a new beginning... after our home was destroyed by a giant clad in ebony black armor." The girl began her explanation while they paid attention. "We had nowhere else to go and while in the desert we were running out of food and water... until we came across this village... and what protected it." She continued her tale of this. "Ironically enough the same giant appeared and sent the monster away apparently he was its master." She continued as Aster heard this as well.

"The Black Knight." Aster said to which the woman nodded.

"After he called off what I now know to be his armor her apologized profoundly for his actions even begging for our forgiveness. He explained that despite his actions he was simply following orders from a man who has his loyalty through force." The woman explained to which Aster heard this.

"Wait so the Black Knight is actually a good guy here?" Dilan asked still remembering how Aster and Kira duked it out at the Vance Estate.

"I am not sure but he transported my sister and me here and gave us a home and a job to start a new. For the next few months we lived peacefully... till he returned." She told to which they had a foreboding feeling of this tale. "He told us his master was coming with a Princess of a nation being rebuild and needed our aid in reconstruction. But the Princess... she took us for herself while our savior was powerless to do anything." The girl told her sob story as Aster heard it clearly. "I begged her to let my sister go but she would not do so... until the man who held my saviors chain came to us with an offer. He gave me that card and told me to use it against you lot only then will he set my sister free." The girl explained as it sounded like she would gladly sacrifice herself for her sister's freedom before looking to the window.

"A servant of the Black Knight normally protects the peace here when he is not around but like his lord he was powerless in the end." She explained as she began to tear up. "She still has my sister hostage and now since I failed who know what will be done to her." She said to which Aster knew what was next.

"That's horrible." Tomoe said as she saw this girl was forced to do this and now thanks to them her sister may very well be dead.

"So if I am correct did the staff we were looking for go to that princess and her ruined kingdom?" Aster asked to which the girl nodded.

"Yes it's not too far from here. I can take you there the Sand Worms who protect this village wont attack me or the rest of us if I am with you." She said to which it seemed they had a way now.

"Wait there's more of them?" Shizuka asked shocked to hear this.

"Yes they breed in this area and are more than likely trained as soon as possible for many jobs around here." The woman said as she looked away. "At least that was what the Black Knight said." She said to which Aster was skeptical but for now he will roll with it.

"If you are to come with us so we can save your sister and our taken friends we should best know your name." Aster said to which the woman nodded in response.

"My name is Kari and I won't hold you back I have practice in sword play during my travels before arriving here and continued to do so to protect my sister." Kari said as she looked to the group.

"Very well then get ready." Aster said to which Kari agreed for now.

(Back with Menace)

Menace was now working on Leina with a person standing off to the side in the shadow as Menace did the finishing touches on Leina as the dark spirit around enter her at her womanhood area, her chest, and then through her mouth without a problem as Menace saw the spell took effect as she said, "There, that should do it, at least it wasn't as difficult this time… but why hasn't she awaken yet."

"Maybe we should have use that first one for her as well," Setra said as Menace said, "It wasn't needed for her anyways Setra, and beside we only had enough items for one try anyways, and it would take too long to do it again if we did."

"I guess that true, but then again you don't come across like babe like her as well, like miss Kitty cat over there, meow," Setra said as over at the shadow to revile as Kaguya, as she stood hardly showing any emotions on her face while in her new outfit she wearing but her hand twitches a bit to that commit.

Turning back to Leina as he said, "When I first saw her at the river bank, her face was full of life and her body just forget about it, oh my tail got so hard!"

"Just how much of him is tail anyways?" a familiar voice came up as Menace turn and saw Melona walking up as she said, "Melona, Kira said you would be showing up."

"And hello to you to Menace," Melona said as she walk up as Setra floated next to his master and asked, "What the hell do you want from us again Melona?"

"Save it pervert," Melona said as the slime girl wonder what Menace was doing as she walk up to the ritual table and saw Leina's face and freak out a bit as she put her hands on the table and said, "It's her, it's the winy bitch that blew me apart last time, and she was with that man Aster, who keep freezing me, the little wrench, I think I'll get a little pay back for that."

Melona reach out with her hair hands as she reach out as suddenly her hand was shock by a dark energy as Melona reel back before she suddenly found an arrow pointed at her face by Kaguya as Menace said, "Steady your hand slave!"

Kaguya try to fight it as her hands shake but lower the bow as Melona felt a little worry there for a moment as Menace said, "Be careful, it best not to touch her as we're in the middle of an enslavement ritual, and the other one as well, as she is stronger and this one, as I had to use a different kind of enslavement spell for her."

"WE wouldn't want you to die," Setra said as he laugh a bit as Melona said to Menace, "Menace, I don't have to remind you that the only reason your able to do this is because the swamp witch resurrected you, we have a mission to complete."

"The only resurrection I care about is bringing back of Amara, for me, that is my mission," Menace said as she cares for her ruin kingdom, with the only one that understand her feeling is Solaris as he agree to help bring it back to life as Melona look she didn't care as she said, "Oh please, who cares about the whatever kingdom, it perish once right? Let it go."

Melona soon shifted into a form that Menace hated as Melona said in her new form, "Isn't this the woman that betrayed you?"

Menace didn't stand for it as she shot out an old wrap as she infuse her magic into it as it because straight and sharp as a blade and pointed at Melona's neck as the slime woman sweated a bit to this as Menace said to her, "If you take that form in front of me again, your life would have been forfeit."

Menace soon lower it as well as she said, "But fortunate for you, Master Solaris has plan, as well he will be here soon, so I suggest you get going or be on your best behavior, or else I'll take your life."

Melona laugh as she turn into her slime form and said, "Yea sure, no problem, I'll go now, see ya."

After that as menace look piss but soon would be happy again as Setra came up to her as he said, "Milady, it looks like the time has come."

Menace turn and smile towards Leina as the spell taken effect on her as she said, "Finally, her birth is at hand."

"Greeting my new servant, it's time to awaken," Menace said as Leina soon open her eyes as she seem to be in a trance like state.

(Claudette)

Claudette stood in front of a mirror as she saw her new get out, as it was similar to her old outfit, but a bit more darker and a bit more armored in some places, and before her a new weapon for her as it seem Solaris had it specially made for her as she held it.

She felt the power within it as it was strong, and it seem alive as a bit of lightning travel up and down the blade for a moment, as it was a long steel blade with the guard looking like a demon with the blade sticking out of its mouth and a pair of wings below it as she remember what the sword was called as it was presented to her, as she said, "Alastor."

(Flashback)

Claudette open her eyes as she felt revived, after the battle with Aster, her muscle was sore and ached, as she looked around and saw she was in a bed in a master looking bedroom as Solaris voice came forth as he said, "Your awake, good, and it seem the healing spell I put on you had done its work too."

Claudette stood up in her bed as she saw Solaris before her, and felt a breeze blowing around her as she soon saw herself naked, with her breast bare to see as she pull up the sheet to hid her naked body as Solaris said, "No need to be shy here, and beside I'm not really here anyways, just an image of myself left to speak through."

The image of Solaris faded out and in for a moment to show it wasn't really him there as Claudette look to him and said, "So it wasn't a dream then."

"That you lost and join with me?" Solaris asked as Claudette didn't answer to that as Solaris asked her another question, "Do you regret it then?"

The thundercloud General shake her head no as she said, "No... Not at all, but what am I going to do now?"

"You shall rest for now, as when you're feeling better, you can put on your new armor I had set up for you in the chest in front of the bed, and your new sword shall be delivered to you shortly."

A knock came at the door as Solaris said, "That must be it now."

As Ciela came in with a sword in her arms as she said, "Thundercloud Claudette, I see you are awake, by order of Lord Solaris, I present to you, your new sword."

As the fallen angel came in and place the sword before Claudette as she reaches for the sword and went she grab it, she felt a shock that ran up her arm as she give a yell as Solaris said, "Sorry about that, it tend to do that, the sword you hold in your hands, the Thunder sword of Hades, the spirit of lightning that resides in that sword, as I give you Alastor, the lightning demon sword, your new Sword and partner."

Claudette took a breath after that shock as she look to the blade itself as the lightning on it traveled all around the blade before calming down as it soon recognize her as its new master as Claudette look up at Solaris said, "Sorry if I've haven't given you a nice welcoming, but a ceremony well be wet up for you when I return, as I have business elsewhere, but I should be back in time for it, so get some rest, and stay off your feet, or whatever you want to do to help relax yourself until later, welcome to the New Yshrenian Empire."

Solaris fade out as the image of him vanish as Claudette look at her new sword, as she knows now, this was the start of her new life.

(End flashback)

Claudette keep looking at her sword like before as she took a breath as she said, "I am the master of my new life." Alastor spark to life saying, 'And master it you shall'.

Claudette in turn knew both sword and wielder were in total agreement. No one shall toy with her life ever again... and when she was done the Vance name will be nothing but a memory.

(Back at Amara)

"No my devoted servants I order you both in the name of Menace Princess of Amara. Tend to me." Menace ordered as we now find her on a table as Kaguya and Leina were forced to massage the woman while the revived princess was enjoying it while her city was being rebuilt by Solaris' workers and resources. "Mmm go just a little bit lower please." Menace said as both mind controlled girls nodded.

"Yes mistress." They both said to which they did as told as it appeared they got a good spot for her.

"Oh yeah that's the spot." Menace said to which Setra floated in.

"Yes I'm sure it is milady but aren't you forgetting about something important?" Setra asked as he floated torts the relaxed Menace.

Menace then moaned a bit as she looked ready to bite her finger in pleasure. "My first oil massage in a thousand years is pretty compelling." Menace said unaware she did in fact forget something and that involved the very same guy she warned Melona about.

"Well Lady's got a point whelp I tried." Setra said before they heard a staff hit the ground causing the torches to flare up surprising the two.

"What are you doing?" Solaris was heard as he walked in to which Menace went wide eyed in response.

"Oh um Lord Solaris just taking a small break with an oil massage. Care to join me?" Menace offered only for Solaris to glare at her.

"You two strep away from Menace." Solaris ordered while Kaguya and Leina followed the ordered but Kaguya was wide eyed ever so slightly seeing Solaris walk in as if she had not expected him of all people.

"Hey no fair." Menace began but Solaris slammed his staff again causing Menace to shut up.

"I had come here to observe the progress and receive a report on all the resources used here. So far you are behind schedule and further more I see the resources I had given you is being wasted." Solaris said showing he was displeased greatly.

"Well I um." Menace began trying to develop excuses but she had none to give.

"Business before pleasure Menace clearly you had grown drunk on the luxuries you were blessed with before Amara fell. Seems you haven't hung over yet." Solaris scolded her to which he glared at her. "Answer me this how does one properly distribute income from taxes to where they need to go?" Solaris asked while glaring at Menace who gulped a bit.

"I... I don't know." Menace said to which Solaris sighed and then opened a portal.

From it a Male Wraith walked through shouldering a scythe while dressed a butler and with him a Troll. "What need boss?" The Troll asked as he towered over all of them with his legs crouched a bit to better support his weight.

"I have a job for you, Valgus I need you to coordinate with the foremen here to help get construction caught up you have the muscle and the Trolls use it with their brains." Solaris ordered as Valgus nodded.

"Got it boss." Valgus said before taking his leave.

"And what of me milord?" The Butler asked as this was simply his human disguise to roam about unimpeded.

"I need you to start educating Menace here on how to properly run a kingdom." Solaris said showing he was granting Menace mercy who looked shocked mind you.

"You, Malice will hold power to control her decisions of certain state matters make sure she does not waist it on Oil Massages and the like." Solaris ordered to Malice nodded in response.

"As you command milord." Malice said to which Solaris chuckled.

"Oh and be sure Airi becomes worthy as your successor never know when you may fall." Solaris said to which Malice chuckled a bit as he was training Airi to be his successor after all.

"Of course." Malice said before Setra took note of something.

"What is it cat stick?" Solaris asked to which Setra opened the waterfall viewing magic of the situation.

"It appears we have approaching visitors." Setra said as they saw on the screen, Aster, Dilan, Kari, Tomoe, and Shizuka coming their way to which Solaris smirked a bit recognizing three out of the five travelers in an instant.

"It appears we have approaching visitors." Setra said as they saw on the screen, Aster, Dilan, Kari, Tomoe, and Shizuka coming their way to which Solaris smirked a bit recognizing three out of the five travelers in an instant, as Solaris said, "It seem Menace study will have to do done later, for now help out what you can with construction Malice."

"Of course my lord, I'll just see to it with Valgus," Malice said as he and the troll left the room, with Menace came up next to Solaris, as she looked at them and said, "What strange clothing they wear."

Setra looked at the waterfall as well as he said, "Hm, from the look of it." Setra started off as he looked at Tomoe as he said, "This one is the sweet and tidy type. She can't fool me, I know there's a body just waiting to be free from under all that red cloth." Sounded perverted at the end of that before he switched over h to Shizuka.

"On the other hand, this one show off her alabaster skin, oh-hohoho, but I like to alabaster HER! YEAH she playful," Setra said even sounded more perverted as he talk about her then switch to Kari.

"And this one, she almost looks familiar, but I can't place it, but then again it maybe her body, I bet she can dance her way around a stick, he-he yea!" Setra said as he soon look to Aster as he said, "And this… oh no not him again," Setra said as he did like the look of this as Menace look to her living staff thing as she said, "what do you mean, who is he?"

"That the guy that grab my tail when I took this one here," Setra lean over to Leina as she sees Aster as she had a look of hope in her eyes as she whisper, "Aster."

Setra lean back over to his mistress and said, "He was a stubborn when he didn't let go of my tail this one could be very trouble if he still want the servant back."

Menace shrugs and said, "Well if I have too, I will make him a slave and he can be with my servant all the time. He doesn't look bad ether; I think he would be the perfect slave for me and only me."

"No you won't," Solaris said as Menace said as Solaris said, "You will be no match for him or for his friend next to him, as they are on a different league than you, to be fair to say, he really more at my level."

Menace eyes widen to this as she said, "Wh-wh-what is a person like that doing here then?"

"I may be of them your cat stick took," Solaris said as he look to the two girls as he knew Leina from report from Kira this woman been traveling with Aster for some any known reason to his guess she tagging along with Aster and trying to get stronger like any adventurer would do, and Kaguya, he knew her well enough, one of the three leaders of the Guild, 'Soldiers of HOLY." As he provided the enhance enslavement spell for her, but for him it was more of curiosity to see if it works… and how far they could possibly push it.

Setra started to panic as he said, "I didn't think he would follow me, we can take him on, right, I mean that gem you gave me worked on the kitty cat girl."

"That because she was weaken first, and by the fall from a collapsing cliff side into a deep canon and into a rapid river, you stupid cat stick… but no matter, send in your new servant girls to attack them, you can have the blonde one attack the two maidens the stick first mention, but leave the rest to Kaguya, I will join her to help deal with them," Solaris said as he wanted to see this, and have his reunion with his rival, and see if he is as strong as he was in the world of, Geonet.

Leina fist tighten up without ether the staff, the princess, Solaris noticing this as deep down Leina wishes strike both the rulers break the staff if they even dare even hurt Aster.

With Kaguya in a similar state, as she keep trying to take back control, as she knew the Moon maiden is doing all she can to help her out but there so much she can only do with helping Kaguya breaking free as she spoken in her mind, 'Get out of here.'

"Of course, Lord Solaris," Menace said as she soon give the command, and the two were off.

(With the group)

Upon reaching a temple ruins, the sand storm suddenly stop, to Aster awareness, storm don't stop just like that, it slow down first before it stop as he should know, the game developers put that kind of thing into Geonet, and he also has control of the weather as well, if only to a degree.

"Something not right," Aster said as he caught the two attention as Tomoe said, "What's the matter?"

Dilan notice about the storm as well as he looked ahead and said, "The storm just suddenly stop without a showing of slowing down first, like it let up all of the sudden for some reason."

Shizuka looked around and ready herself, "You think someone is waiting for us?"

Aster look up and saw the ruin building as he saw the four cat statue with all of them had a similar face to that staff that took Leina and Kaguya as he said, "If I had to guess, they are."

"Are we going to be in danger?" Kari asked as Aster looked around and saw something familiar, as he saw and recognizes the Yshrenian banner which is the same crest on the Knight Arks and his Runic Shield as he thought, 'No really use Banner like that in Geonet, other than one guy who love the follow in the bad guys footsteps and such, but does that mean he here as well?'

Aster soon look to the other Banner next to Yshrenian, as he the Amara banner he did not recognize, but with two banners side by side like that meant they were allies, to Aster guess that is as he thought, 'This maybe harder than it could be.'

"Be on guard, I think we may be going to face an old enemy of ours," Aster said as Dilan look to him and said, "Does that mean the guild wars is still going?"

"Guild wars?" Tomoe asked as Aster said, "We'll tell you about it later, for now be ready for anything."

Suddenly black thunder clouds started to form over the temple area as Tomoe saw the clouds and said, "Those are no storm clouds, and I sense a wicked present."

"This is, a high tier spell, weapons out, the enemy is coming!" Aster said as all 5 of them went on guard as the dark clouds surrounding them as Tomoe said, "Stay close together."

"We need to get inside fast." Dilan said a wind began to pick up. That was when they heard a yell as Leon and Tomoe looked and saw Shizuka being pushed away by the black sand.

"Shizuka!" Tomoe called as Shizuka was being pushed away with Kari suddenly get pulled in as well all the sudden as she cry out, "Someone help me!"

"Hold on we'll save you guys!" Dilan said as he went out to help only to get push back by the strong wind that was keep them in place as Aster try to use his high tear weather control spell and put them in the eye of the storm as Aster took a breath and said, "Damn it, that took too long."

"And two of our group of already gone," Dilan said as Tomoe said, "Does that mean they are…?

Tomoe did want to finish that as Aster said, "No, they are still alive, their life force is reading pretty strong."

Aster case a team status spell to keep track of everyone, not the same as the guild ring to help with locating a member in a small area as it help track their life aura as suddenly he was messaged as he said, "Answer."

"Lord Aster," Mordred said as he call him while Aster said, "Mordred, now isn't the time right now as we're under attack where we are at."

"I'm sorry to say, but I am calling you for an update on Lady Kaguya and the newest member Miss Leina Vance ring are respond in the area you are at now," Mordred said as aster eyes widen to this.

(Meanwhile in the distance)

Nanael and Marianne were flying by as Nanael was slightly annoyed and worried as she was thinking back to the last fight.

"Oh, it's not fair, I was supposed to host that match of the Queen's blade Tournament!" Nanael said Marianne added in, "Well to be fair you were staging it, which is Punishment of being throw into hades, as you're lucky I was there to take over with Aster challenge the thundercloud General

"Of course," Nanael said as she relies that that and had a look of worry about that, as she rub at her head and said, "And now Aster, Leina, and that other girl are missing."

"Don't worry Nanael, I know they are strong enough to survive that fall, it's just a matter of them popping back up," Marianne said as suddenly they notice something ahead of them.

"Hello." Marianne said noticing this event ahead.

(Back with the group)

"Guys heads up." Dilan called out before the group looked and saw Leina and Kaguya standing there glaring down upon them.

"Oh no." Aster said as Tomoe noted something off about them as did the Knight Arks.

"Their aura it's the same as the storm." Tomoe said as this blew Aster's plan of attack out of the water.

"Neal before the might of Yshrenia and Amara." Kaguya ordered getting her bow ready before Leina spoke up.

"Or else you will all die." Leina added to which Aster realized what this was to which he needed to break the spell somehow.

(Back with Nanael and Marianne)

"Hey that's Leina, Aster, and that other girl. And their still alive!" Nanael cheered but Marianne then stopped her.

"Hold your horses Nanael don't even try it this isn't a Queen's Blade match!" Marianne called out only to be ignored.

"I won't fall for it Marianne!" Nanael called as she then flew away while Marianne tried to stop her. Marianne managed to grab onto something but Nanael got away leaving something behind.

Marianne looked at the item and smiled seeing it was in fact Nanael's panties to which Marianne smiled. "Well, have fun going commando Nanael." Marianne said pocketing the panties to give back to Nanael later with some modification to it.

(Battle)

Kaguya had already begun her attack going after Aster and Dilan who dodged and avoided the attack as best they could but they had to consider Kaguya's skills with the bow. Aster had his shield raised blocking her arrows while Dilan backed Aster up.

"Hunters Might Exceed, Eagles Vision Exceed; Greater Blessing of Artemis." Kaguya began with buffs as the two heard this. "Piercing Shot." Kaguya invoked firing the shot to which the two reacted.

"Move!" Aster ordered as the two dodged in turn avoiding the attack as best they could but Kaguya's attack created a crater at where it hit and in turn sending shrapnel and debris flying everywhere.

The two warriors were hiding in some cover as they were unable to get close to Kaguya due to her archery and magical skills. "Damn I forgot how strong Kaguya is when she cuts loose like this." Dilan whispered trying to say quiet so she wouldn't find them instantly.

"Plus she knows all of our tricks... but if any part of the Kaguya we know is in there we either need to draw it out..." Aster began to which Dilan knew the other option.

"Or kill her and resurrect her using the Gold in the vault." Dilan said knowing how troublesome this will become real soon. "Wait don't we have spell caster guardians in the guild?" Dilan asked to which Aster almost forgot about them.

"Yes but we need to act fast." Aster said to which the two had to dodge Kaguya again as she slammed her bow down on their cover destroying it.

"Dilan contact Yuna and Yuto and have them get over here now! I'll keep Kaguya busy!" Aster called out to which Dilan agreed.

"Got it!" Dilan called out as he also had to rescue Kari and Shizuka wherever it is they had ended up.

Unaware to them Solaris was observing and knew these two instantly. Being aware of this he knew he had to be ready for a fight but he needed them gathered together including Kira so for the time being he will observe and wait till Kira finishes her part of the plan.

(Meanwhile back with Tomoe)

Inside the temple as the sound of sword fighting is heard, with Tomoe went against Leina, with Aster and Dilan fighting against Kaguya while running for their lives

With Tomoe went at Leina first to her thought, as Aster would not be the one to fight her and could accidentally kill her with his power if he is force to use it, including Dilan as she know how powerful he is, even to use the Holy Dragon Fang spear.

"Bow before the might of Amara if you wish to live," Leina said as Tomoe block an incoming attack, but with the power surrounding Leina as it seem she gain a bit of a boost of strength, Tomoe is force throw a wall into another hallway.

Aster and Dilan both dodge a shot from Kaguya, as Aster hid away from Kaguya for a moment as she ran toward where they use to stand as Kaguya turn towards Dilan direction without any order of sort to go after him first or anything, as Aster took a breath, as suddenly he saw Leina about to go and attack Tomoe again as he soon ran up in front of her and said, "Leina, calm your blade and fight whatever is controlling you. I know this isn't you."

Leina didn't look at and as she said in a pleading tone, "I cannot, I can't."

Leina in a way as she is fighting the spell but it too strong for her to overcome as it seem she can only directing it, that why she not looking at him as she doesn't want to hurt him, as Aster can see, if he can get close, he could try a dispel upon Leina to rid of her the enslavement spell that was place on her.

Before Aster could go at her and help, Leina charged at Tomoe, as the priestess got out of the way just in time and ran down the hall and hid to maybe find a way to break the spell from Leina, but before he could go after her, he hears Dilan voice screaming out as he said, "Heads up!"

Aster saw Dilan running his way with Kaguya on his tail as he yell as he ran the other way with Dilan catching up with him as Aster said to him ,"Why the heck did you lead her over here!"

"You think I plan this? I was trying to find a way to hide from her, but then I remember she had life aura sense!" Dilan said as Aster groin to this as he forgot Kaguya had that as he said, "We need a plan, so here is what we're going to do, we'll split up, and whoever Kaguya isn't chasing, come up a plan to capture her and hold her."

"Great plan other than a 50/50 chance of who she would chase, and I may not like the results!" Dilan said as Aster said to him, "The only way to help Kaguya is to hold her long enough to get the spell broken, as from I could tell between her and Leina, they use a more stronger spell on her which mean we need to hold her down somehow or get her to break the spell herself."

"Find, when do, we split then?!" Dilan asked as he not going to like this as Aster said, "WE break off… now!"

The dup slip apart down two different hallways across each other as Kaguya follow Dilan again as now it was up to Aster to come up with a plan.

(With Tomoe)

A moment ago when Leina did attack Tomoe, the warrior maiden ran away from her and hide until she thought the area is clear before she ran into a familiar blue hair angel that three friend knew of as Nanael asked who she is, "My name is Tomoe. I am a warrior priestess."

"You're in the queen's blade tournament, aren't you?" Nanael asked as Tomoe as she reply to the angel, "I am, but this is hardly the time or place."

Nanael didn't seem to listen to that last part as she walk up in the middle of the hallway and said, "This is great, prepared yourself and let get started.

He looked around and then he sees Tomoe, and Nanael? As he wonder why is, she here, but his question is answer as Nanael raise her hand and said, "Leina the wondering warrior vs Tomoe warrior priestess. Let's begin the-

*Yank!

"Ah Hey!" Nanael said as before she could finish the ritual for the Queen's blade match, she was yank away from another familiar angel, as being the Guardian angel of Aster, Marianne as she float there before Nanael as she said, "Nanael, I told you before, this isn't time for a queen's blade match."

"This is supposed to be mine time, not your, I'm supposed to host the matches, not you," Nanael said as Marianne wave her hand a bit as she said, "Calm your feather Nanael, I know you want to do this, but do you think the head angel would approve of this match, as what almost happen when you try to set up a match, which is against the rules, what would you think the angel would do you host this match with Leina like you almost try last time?"

Nanael thought for a moment of what the head angel would do as a dark feeling came over her as she said, "I would be thrown into hades and become a fallen."

Marianne nodded and said, "That right, as well we cannot host matches if the other competitor isn't in their right mind of even accepting a match as well, as you must remember, both side must agree to the match or else it doesn't count as a Queen's blade match, or else you'd be flying around with people looking at you like your crazy or not wearing underwear, and speaking of underwear."

Marianne said as behind her back was Nanael underwear as she had a jar of some holy milk, an old batch which became sticky which is good enough to trick Nanael thinking it's a man Semen as she pour it all over the panties before presenting them before Nanael as she said, "you flew away and left your underwear behind."

"Wait what!?" Nanael said as she look to herself and realized there was a draft below her dress, Marianne handed Nanael under over as she held it at the side as she said, "It's not proper for an angel to go without her underwear, unless she showing it to her lover."

Tomoe was confuse by all this as she didn't understand what is going on and wonder if the blue hair angel had any shame of not wearing any underwear before, as Nanael quickly took them as she said, "Give them to me, I can't believe this is happening, I can present myself like this, I would be a laughing stock with the other angels."

Nanael put on her underwear without realizing what Marianne did as when Nanael pull her underwear all the way up, suddenly there was a splatter of some sort against Nanael crotch as she 'eep!' and said, "What in the lord names?"

Nanael rub at her crotch area as she felt where it was wet as Nanael rub off some of the holy milk Marianne set up in it as she rub her finger and pull them apart as a milky string show up between them as Nanael said, "what is this!?"

"Oh my Nanael, I didn't think you would carry men's semen within your underwear, I didn't think you would be such a dirty little angel girl," Marianne said with a smile as Nanael eyes widen as she look to Marianne as the mischief angel was laughing while the blue hair angel said as she yell, "You! You dirtied my underwear! This are my favorite pair, and now they are ruin them!"

"Don't worry, Aster had a good time with them before, I'm sure it's fine," Marianne said as she laugh a bit harder as Nanael growl as she went after Aster to give her piece of her mind as Tomoe said, "What a strange winged creature you two are."

"We're angel, and don't worry it wasn't really men semen, it was some old holy milk I had on hand I just pour it in her underwear for a good laugh," Marianne said as Tomoe asked, "And does Aster know about this as you told her he was the one made a mess of them?"

"Nope," Marianne said as she figure this was a good way to jump start Nanael and Aster relationship while getting a good laugh out of this.

(Aster)

Aster was running down man pathways and hallways to find Dilan, and Kaguya while keeping his shield ready for any kind of attack as he try to think of a plan to help hold Kaguya until they could figure out a way to break the spell on her. As aster came to a wide open room area as he said, "No sign of them, good at least I can come up with a plan."

Aster soon did an inventory check of his item, as he went through ha check list of things he tries to come up with as he has strong rope, a gas potions to assure blind someone site as he can't believe he still have this, and couple of spell scrolls that could dispel negative effect of spells or magical weapons that effect players, as he could use one for Leina, but didn't know what it could do for Kaguya, let alone how to make her hold still long enough to cast it as it's a 30 second spell casting.

He have some ice spell to freeze people in their steps to maybe freeze Kaguya as well but that only last so long, the rope is good too, but it similar to the ice spell and he can cast the same spell over and over again, he had to wait for a cool down still, which sucks as he would need it, as he can only think of one idea that may work, if barely.

Suddenly he hears a scream as Aster look and saw Nanael coming at him with an angry look on her face as she said, "You! I have a bone to pick with you!"

"Wait, aren't you the angel that try to stage a Queen's blade match?" Aster said as he pointed at her as Nanael yells out saying, "Yes, but that not the issue here right now, as the problem is this!"

Nanael show her panties as she lifted up her dress to Aster as he was weirded out by this, even more so as his eyes widen to the site he saw Nanael take them off and held them close to his face as she said, "Look at what you did!"

"Whoa, hey it's not my fault that you… wet yourself, I think tis a more personal problem if you ask anyone else," Aster said as Nanael said, "I didn't wet myself! You play with my panties, now look at me, I'm stain in your mess you made!"

Nanael show the wet spot at her crotch as Aster is more weirded out and blushing red as he said, "Whoa, hey! I did not mess with anyone panties, and beside the last prank I did with panties, I paid for it big time, and who even said I did it anyways?"

Nanael was about to say "Marianne", but soon relies what is slowly happening as she look at her panties again as she smell them and her eyes widen to this as her face turn red to this as she just realize what she just did as just turn away as she started to cry as she said, "Damn it Marianne! I just made a fool of myself again…(*Sniff) I'm just a laughing stock, no one up in heaven will like me at all and will just laugh instead … I just want to be looked not as a failure anymore."

Aster is surprise by this as he felt kind of bad for the angel and can sympathize, as it only ease being that one kid being laugh at by other kids because what his mother does… and it was all for him to have a future too, as he put a hand over Nanael's head and pat it as she is surprise by this as he said, "I'm sorry for what happen… but don't let it get you down as well."

"Hu?" Nanael said as she look up at Aster as he said to her, "Not everyone had a good start in life as we all get dealt a bad hand in life at times, just be proud of who you are and be proud of the thing you can do as you do, but if you can't… friends will be there when you need them the most if you need someone to lean on."

Aster brought Nanael close as he hug her as Nanael is surprise by this as she calm her crying as she hug him back a bit as Nanael sniff and let out a few tear as Aster said, "Let it out… and breath."

Nanael did so as she soon calm down as Aster let off as he said, "Better?"

Nanael nodded as she looked at Aster, as she never meet anyone like him, being a supreme being, as few could ever exist every few centuries, but also how kind of a person he was too to an angel like her, as she had a bit of a blush appearing on her face.

Suddenly there was a sound of clapping as Aster turn towards it and with his sword ready as he soon became shock to who was clapping as he saw an old friend as he said, "Solaris?"

Solaris stop clapping as he said, "Good to see you again Aster, or do you prefer Alex?"

Aster sighed to this as he really hated telling people his real name in GeoNet, it's not that he ashamed of it, he rather keep playing the hero he created his character to be as he said to him, "It's just Aster… the name of Alex died when I came here, Sora."

"Of course, I guess it make sense, as my old name, Sora did die and been reborn as Solaris when arrive within this new world, I will honor that," Solaris said as Aster said as he lower his sword, "So then, you came here the same as me and the others?"

"Surprisingly yes… but at least I didn't come alone like you, as I sure you have meet the other knight" Solaris said as Aster said, "Yea, I meet him, piece of work he is."

Solaris smile as he heard what Aster said, as it seem he didn't know Kira is a girl yet, which isn't surprising as Kira did add in voice filters with all of her gear so people don't judge her as a girl, as he decided to play along as he said, "I do apologies for his rudeness, it's just a been a huge change for him as well for I as well but I adjusted well enough, and you have as well, making a name for your guild across the lands."

"Hey, we love the rep, so now here some questions, as what are you doing here and why?" Aster said as Solaris smile and said, "As few reason, as this ruin land here in this harsh desert one held a great civilization, the kingdom of Amara, as resurrected princess wanted to bring back her kingdom, so I offer my services to her, and here to help her become a better ruler once Amara lives again, but there been some set back so I am here to correct them."

"So what happened with Kaguya and Leina, being Mind-controlled?" Aster said as Solaris said, "Well not my idea, but the princess wanted some servants again, so I let her be, and handed her a spell to test out on Kaguya to see if it works or not, surprisingly it works pretty well."

Aster pointed his sword at Solaris and said, "Release them then, or else I will bring this place down over your head."

"I would, if I were the one that is controlling them, but I'm not, I may command them, but I am not the one holding power over them, even if you were to "kill me"," He air quote on 'Kill me' as he lower his hands and went on saying, "They won't be freed at all, as the only way you could release them is by destroy the one who is doing it, or dispel the spell that was place on them, but that won't be easy."

"Then why are you here talking to me right now, last I check, we are rivals enemies," Aster said as Solaris said as he nodded and said, "True, but is it too much to say a few words to an old friend?"

"Friends, you two are friends?" Nanael said as Aster held up his hand to tell her to be quite right now as he said, "Point taken, but why are you doing this anyways, supporting people that are enslaving people?"

"Well you could say, I'm living the life being who I wanted to be, why I created this… form for, it's not personal… it's just business," Solaris said as he hears something as he put a finger to his ear as he said, "Yes?"

Nanael is confuse of what's going on as Solaris took his finger off his ear and said, "And speaking of business, it seem I'm needed elsewhere, so I'll leave everything else to Menace, the one who hold control of your friends, if you beat her or free them, that is up to you, as for now I bid you adieu."

Solaris said as he walked away as he soon teleported away as Aster put away his sword as Nanael asked, "What was that all about?"

"His way of saying hi I guess. Anyways I need to get going, my friends need my help right now and Dilan never been great dealing with girls attacking him," Aster said as he could guess what is happening with him right now.

(Dilan)

The Dragon knight was running around screaming out as Kaguya was firing arrows at him as he yell out, "Alright I'm sorry I alter one of your NPC's looks, I was only testing out the make-up kit!"

Kaguya didn't response to this as only she fire an arrow at him exploded behind him as he ran away from as fast as he could, as he also been dodging some traps that were set around the temple he was in, and they are very deadly to say, luckily his armor taken most of the hits by them.

Soon enough Dilan wasn't looking as he his focus on Dodging Kaguya's attacks as he didn't see a stone tile moving and opening up to a hole ahead as when he look behind him for a moment as he said, "I begging you Kaguya, please stop shooting –mmmmeeeAAAAAAAAAA-

Dilan fell through the hell in the ground as Kaguya stop as she notice Dilan has vanish and his life aura vanish from site, as it only works if the person she looking for is on the same level as her and Dilan just went a level below her vanishing from her life aura sense, as she look around for her new target as she spotted two, as she aim herself at the closet one unknown who it was.

(Down through the hole)

-aaaaaaAAAAHHHHHHH!"

*Thud!

Dilan landed on a hard sandstone ground as he lay up with some bones cracking a bit as he said, "Ow."

As he stood up and look around as he sees he is in a new area he not familiar with as he said, "Where am I?"

Looking up from where he fell from as he saw the hole is out of his reach as he said, "I guess I fell down through ha trap door. No way am I going back up there."

Dilan soon look around as he saw one passage way as he said, "I hope this would lead to an exit, or else I'm screw… or I can go into my knight form and break out… but then again I may just destroy this whole place by accident… I'll walk around a bit until I find a way out I guess."

As Dilan soon walk down the dark hallways as he summon forth his flame to light his way unknown of who he will be running into.

"Jeez what did I get myself into?" Dilan asked as he walked forth looking around. "Hello!" He called out while walking down the path hopefully to find the bastard or bitch controlling Leina and Kaguya. "Geez where is Yuto and Yuna when you need them?" Dilan asked while he walked about. "Well too late to call them now I suppose." Dilan said while he kept up his path.

While Dilan walked he didn't pay attention where he was going thus his foot pressed something and when it did Dilan jumped out of the way just in time as a large boulder came at him to which Leon hid in a narrow path to avoid it. Once it was gone Dilan looked outside as he saw the Boulder was gone. "Ok I missed Kaguya." Dilan confessed as he will never bash her ever again if he survives this.

Dilan saw that they were all in a temple, fill with many death traps as he can guess thus making them all rats in a maze. Only they are running from a predator while getting to the cheese at the end of it. Came down to the next room as he saw a wide open area, as before he go in further, he looked around and saw the faces on the wall, with many holes in them, then look at the ground with the many stone bricks. Some big and some little, as this type of scene seem almost kind of familiar to him. "Really Indiana Jones much?" Dilan asked with a smirk as he then pressed his spear down on a random tile causing the trap to activate for it.

The stone did drop down and something from one of the stone faces shot out something, as it hit against Dilan's shield and bounce off. Dilan let off and step back and then he knew this room is booby trap as well and with darts no less. The entire room from left to right, there are many faces as he could guess many pressure steps. "Called it." Dilan said as he knew what to do here. Dilan then pressed his spear on another plate causing it to make another dart shoot out but this time Dilan made sure to time the delay.

Once the delay was done he smirked knowing to undue a trap you needed to find its control mechanism and in turn it would allow your allies to go through said trap with ease. That would require a thieving skill to do and even more so it would require the tools to do so. Neither of which Dilan was in possession of making him wish Risty was here to help them out. "Ok here we go." Dilan said knowing he only had one option left and that was to dash it.

"Greater stride of air, Greater Evasion, Extent of Power, Greater Observation, shield of triumph, greater dash of winds; Greater Ailment resistance." Dilan invoked each buff after the other and in turn he was ready. He then took off and run across the room as he, step on a few pressure plates, the darts shot out and ran like hell.

He reach the other side as he ran throw the door, as it shut behind him, he took a small breath as he made it and then he look up ahead and said, "Come on."

In front of him as he sees is a huge pit area as Dilan look down and saw nothing but rock walls and spikes at the bottom, but what make more impossible are the swinging Pendulum so he won't able to grapple across this room ether.

(Menace)

As the princess watch Dilan for a moment as she said, "He quite clever on that last room, set a few traps off and learn from it, and he is quite fast as well, but let's see if he smart and brave for this next task." So far Menace was keeping tabs on all her visitors save for Shizuka as she was greatly intrigued by them all.

(Back with Dilan)

Dilan took a moment to look around before, he spot an image on the wall.

Walk up to it and saw something even more familiar as on the wall were carved drawings of sort, outlines of people trying to get across by fail and fallen to their death, but there one person, stand on the air it seem as he walk across with ease. "Heh and who says watching Indiana Jones religiously was a terrible life choice." Dilan said with a smirk enjoying the fact he was right about something.

Dilan looked around for something to throw across the room as he sees just piles of sand everywhere, he just shrug and grab some, and throw it out over the pit.

As the sand falls down and fell into the pit... and on to a camouflage bridge, like an invisible walkway appeared before him as he said, "Score one for the people back home."

Dilan grab more hands full and put some of the sand into some empty bags he had on hand, fill enough to use as he walk across and throw out more and more handfuls of sand out as he stop and came to the swinging Pendulum and get each of their time as they swing the best he can as he counted, "1, 2, 3, back one and repeat, then 4 5, 6, 7, stop for a moment before going in reverse."

AS Dilan gotten the timing as he repeat it in his head as he did a foot movement while holding out his hand in a strange way like he was dancing as he hum a song as he tap his foot before he went out as he started to say, "1, 2, 3, and back. Once again 1, 2, 3 and back."

Dilan seem he was dancing across the bridge as he avoided the swinging Pendulum as he hum and spoken while doing so as he soon came to the end of it as give a bow like a male would do for his dance partners as he said, "Those dance classes do come in handing a lot."

In real life Dilan took some dancing lessons as not many people would say they would be useful, but the dragon knight uses them to help avoid timed swinging deadly weapons, and traps at time as he soon move on to the next stage as he knew there nothing to stop him at least he hopes so.

Going through many other trap rooms ahead held pressure plate spiked trap, falling stones lastly a room if he wasn't careful, two stone slabs would come out from the walls and squish his head like a melon as Dilan had to use a lot of enhancing spell to make it pass them.

(Menace)

Watching Dilan struggle with each room but survive them without a scratch, Menace truly feel that he could make a great slave to serve her, but could not do anything due to Solaris order to her not to touch them, but watching them is another story as she said, "He's quite the man I like, but the other one."

She look over to aster as any trap that were set above, he just freeze the room and move on as she said, "He more forceful, and powerful to think he can take away my two new servants, right Setra… Setra?"

There was silent around Menace as she looked around and saw she is alone as she said, "Setra, where have you gone off too?"

(Dilan)

Getting pass all of those death traps Dilan took a breather and then he hear a perverted giggle with a familiar voice struggling.

"Hu?" Dilan said as he follow the sound as it seem to come from the wall on the side, as he put his ear against it, he hears a female grunt, as it didn't loud like Kaguya, as it would be more chaotic if she still under mind-controlled, and can be Tomoe grunting ether, don't ask he just knows.

It wasn't a male voice so it wasn't Aster, and that only leaves the one of two girls that vanishes from the group as Dilan said, "Is it Shizuka or that other girl?"

Dilan could decide who it was as any guess of it being Shizuka or that other girl, but ether way one of them is in trouble maybe, and if that staff thing is in there and as perverted as he heard from Aster it was, he didn't want to take a chance as he drew his Holy Dragon Spear and Called out, "Flame Lance!"

Dilan shots a fires blast at the wall, as it blow into the next room.

(On the other side)

With the wall got blasted in, Setra look to where it came from as he said, "What's going on now?"

The staffs have Shizuka wrap around its tail/stick part of its body and look to where the blast came from as well as coming out of the dust as Shizuka saw Dilan with his weapon in hand as she had a smile on her face and said, "Dilan!"

"Ah-oh," Setra said as the other warrior just came blasting in, he felt like he was in trouble as Dilan saw him with Shizuka in his grip.

"So you're the cat stick that took Leina and my friend Kaguya, I got something special for you," Dilan said as Setra let go of Shizuka as he said, "Oh no you won't!"

As on Setra head was the crystal he used on Kaguya, as he was planning on using it on Shizuka if she struggle too much, as the magical beam shot towards Dilan as Shizuka said, "No!"

The beam hit him dead up into his chest as Dilan stop in his track as he stood there for a moment as Setra said, "Ha, looks I did it, I don't know why Solaris guy was worry about, this crystal strong enough."

"No its not," Dilan said as Setra and Shizuka look surprise by this as the Dragon knight raise his head and said, "Because that crystal only work on people who health is bad, and I'm still good."

Dilan came over to Setra is at as the staff started to say, "Now wait a moment, can we talk about th- GAA!"

Dilan didn't give Setra a chance as he gave the talking staff a good whack to its head with the blunt part of his spear, as Setra went across the room and hit into a wall, making spider web cracks upon impacted with the crystal in its head suddenly cracks and fell apart.

"Ow..." Setra said breathed out as his entire being was in pain from that one whack which was made worse since Dilan had used his curse spear to do so as it left a small after effect on him.

"Thanks Dilan I didn't want to think what that thing would have done to me if you didn't show up." Shizuka said a Dilan smiled to her as he said, "Not a problem, but now I need answers, and you can stick are going to tell me, even if I have to beat it out of you, and I hate doing the violent option, but then again I went through so many death trap… I'm feeling a bit frustrated."

"Wait, please… no more, I'll tell you whatever you want," Setra said as he didn't want another hit like that as Dilan came up to the staff and grab it as he said, "Who controlling Leina and Kaguya, and how do we break the spell on them?

"My mistress is doing it, she controlling them, that hot blonde girl, her is a simple enslavement spell, but it would be difficult to break it, but that cat girl, her was a different enslavement, even if you get close to her, the spell is protected by others spell because how strong she was she resisted the first spell, I don't even know if you could break it in the first place."

"We'll see about that, as IF Aster not giving up, as if there is a will, there a way, and I know he would find a way, but now where is this mistress of your?" Dilan said as Setra started to sweat if a staff like him could sweat in the first place as he said, "I can't really say, but I can lead you to her."

"And how do I know you're not going to leave in to more traps?" Dilan asked as he looked at the staff carefully as he form a fire ball in his hands as Setra said, "I promise I won't do so, I swear on my tail."

"Shizuka keep a close eye on him if he tries anything, we'll turn him into fire wood." Dilan said as Shizuka nodded she seem serious, as maybe the trap did get to him just a bit.

"Alright now start leading the way." Shizuka said with the last part directed at Setra.

"Alright." He said as he start leading the way down some halls before they came walking by some wall with something on it as Dilan stopped when he noticed hieroglyphics on the wall that to Dilan's view matched many of the ones he had seen online and in his text books in his old world of his real life.

"What you looking at Dilan?" Shizuka asked as Setra saw this and looked.

"The last historical remnants of the Kingdom of Amara." Setra said as that surprised the two.

"The Kingdom of Amara?" Dilan asked as he looked to Shizuka.

"What's that?" Shizuka asked as she looked to Setra.

"Amara, a kingdom that once flourished in this land but then it perished, I'm just surprise there are any historical Amara drawings left to be found here," Setra said as he saw the old drawing.

"So tell me kitty, can you read them?" Shizuka asked out of Curiosity as the staff gotten in her face as he said in a rude tone, "Of course I can and just for the record, I'm not a kitty, I'm a living scepter you got that?"

"Come on purr for me." Shizuka countered by petting Setra's cheek erupting a cat like purr from him.

"Well according to this it's a story give or take about a 1,000 years old." Dilan cut them off as the two looked and saw him wearing glasses now that seemed to glow as he read on. "Apparently Menace was destined to inherit the throne and living one hell of a life of luxury." Dilan said reading the tales of Menace's origins. "By the looks of it Menace let that luxury go to her head fast and her most faithful attendant was appalled by what their nation was coming to. So with the nobles they back stabbed Menace and got her country invaded by an enemy nation." Dilan said to which Setra glared at him.

"That is not true!" He yelled to which Dilan scoffed a bit.

"Yeah sorry but people don't betray people for no reason beyond sociopaths who do it for kicks." Dilan said being realistic about this. "Menace didn't lead her people so they fell to disorder when corrupt nobles made back door deals for more power. Clearly Menace may have been destined to inherit the throne but she did not deserve it with how she lacked leadership qualities and knew little of responsibility." Dilan said while observing this.

"Well then prepare to eat your words Solaris made plans to aid my lady in reviving Amara by rebuilding its capital." Setra said to which Dilan sighed a bit.

"Solaris... if it's the same guy I know then in all likely hood he's doing one of two things, making Menace a puppet queen or controlling Amara through Yshrenia until Menace is properly educated on how to run and lead a country." Dilan said knowing a Solaris who lead the Flames of Yshrenia Guild. If anything those guys were the only ones who gave HOLY a run for its Gill.

(Meanwhile during all of this with Aster, Tomoe, Marianne and Nanael)

The group was running or in the angel's case flying down a hall while trying to escape Leina and Kaguya. The group had to avoid arrow shots from Kaguya knowing full well she's a master markswoman. "Jeez doesn't she know when to quit?!" Marianne cried out while mentally wandering why she thought it was a good idea to bring in super powerful warriors from another world here with the people who controls them as their game characters.

Of course they had to avoid the traps while Aster took point on this using his passive skills to better avoid them. They had regrouped earlier when Aster had lost sight of Dilan and knowing Kaguya had Life Essence detection she could track them down with ease. Soon the arrows stopped to which Aster stopped and held up his fist behind him using the military gesture to hold. Soon the group saw a boulder rolling their way torts them followed by others.

Aster then dug his feet into the stone and in turn roared out and used his shield arm to block the boulders rolling their way. "Greater Tiered Skill Earth Breaker!" Aster invoked as he reared his shield arm back again and used earth magic to shield bash the boulders into shards as they were destroyed in turn.

The four once more went down the hall to which Aster made sure they were told to keep behind him. Aster also made sure to mark where he knew a pressure plate trap would be waiting for them. Soon Tomoe yelped as she stepped on a plate Aster missed to which he noted it was shielded by magic. Aster then roared out slashed a spin attack destroying spikes that shot up. Marianne and Nanael were at the ceiling gulping a bit as they almost got turned into kabobs.

"Save me!" Nanael yelled out as Aster growled in annoyance. At least Shizuka and Marianne were competent but Nanael is the glorified noob of this little quest.

"Come on." Aster ordered as they began hacking and slashing their way through the room.

The group soon arrived in a big room to which Aster was on his guard glaring about. 'A huge room one of three things will occur here, one the room is booby trapped to lock us in and either burry or drown us. Two there is a mini boss here waiting to awaken and in turn once bested grant us a reward to complete this dungeon, or three a combo of the two with the trap being the timer of how long we have to best the mini boss and escape.' Aster mentally noted wishing the others were here right now.

"Marianne do you know the way out?" Nanael asked to which Marianne shrugged in response.

"Wait." Aster ordered as they all heard it, rushing water before they saw the pathways seal up around them. "Booby trap." Aster said realizing what this was for them.

"Water? It's a prison of water." Tomoe said realizing what was happening.

(With Menace)

"Well these folks seem to be hold their own. But I never realized I had such a powerful slave at my disposal." Menace said realizing how she struck gold with Kaguya as her slave.

"Oh you have no idea." A new voice said as a familiar figure walked in as Menace was wide eyed at this.

"Wait how did, your." Menace said as the shadowed figured smirked while in her hands she held the Black Knights Ark.

(Back with Aster and co)

Aster growled as the room was filling up fast to which he only had one option available to him. Despite his raw strength busting through walls is a daunting struggle even for the most experience players. If they desired to break through into the floor they needed a large help. Aster then summoned his White Knights Ark and got ready for what was next. "O Wizel, white Warrior, wielder of the ancient sword; Grant me your power." Aster chanted while holding the dagger to his chest.

"Step back ladies." Marianne said as Tomoe and Nanael did as told.

He then inserted the dagger into the slot to finish the chant. "VERTO!" Aster invoked causing the shield to split open and in turn summon the White Knight.

Soon the White Knight towered over them holding the Elder Hammer in his grasp. Not his most ideal weapon but it served its purpose. Aster then roared out through the White Knight and slammed the Elder Hammer onto the ground causing the room to shake and the ground to crack. "Hurry!" Nanael called out before the White Knight repeated the action and in turn caused the ground to shatter and open the path.

As the group fell Nanael remained behind as Marianne grabbed Tomoe to help her while Aster reverted midair.

(Later)

The trio landed at the bottom as Aster did the best landing he could to minimize the damage. But despite this he noted his HP took a tumble from that one. He then growled seeing a familiar foot and blade before looking up and showing Leina and Kaguya upon them. Aster smirked a bit as if accepting defeat as he stayed there. "Heh looks like I've been beaten." Aster said in defeat as he had a plan now.

Certain types of magic cannot affect a Knight and seeing as the Moon Maiden is a Magic based archer if Aster's theory holds truth if he can just get the Knight to be summoned the increased power should in theory allow Kaguya to break the spell on her own. In other words he just needed to guide the mastermind here to make Kaguya unleash the Moon Maiden. Seeing as they can't get Yuto and Yuna here fast enough they have to improvise and work with what they got. It's a risky move but one he was willing to take to save both Leina and Kaguya.

"Never in all of my days did I ever think I'd be bested by you Kaguya." Aster began as Tomoe heard what he said. "But... I haven't been bested by you have I?" Aster added looking to Kaguya. "This isn't the real you Kaguya we all know this but it seems my magic prowess isn't strong enough to match the one used on you seeing as its using your own magic as well." Aster said sounding like he was accepting defeat.

"He's right though, your names are Leina the Wandering Warrior and Kaguya the Silver Goddess, is that right?" Tomoe asked as she glared at the two mind controlled victims. "Have either of you no shame?" Tomoe scolded as she glared at the duo. "You've both lost control and your demons have taken possession of you." Tomoe said but Aster smirked to this.

"She's right despite the fact you forced me into a corner by making me hold back you've both lost the right to call yourselves Warriors and members of the Solider of HOLY." Aster said glaring at the two which he saw got a reaction from them both. Just the ticket he needed to attain victory. They were still in there fighting thus this would allow Aster to gain victory. In other words that facial reaction was all he needed to acquire victory as from then on in this battle... victory was his.

"Would you two stop lecturing them?" Menace was heard as Aster glared at her. "If you keep talking to them like that my servants won't know who they are." Menace said as Aster glared at her in response.

"So the mastermind appears... or should I say Solaris's pawn." Aster said as he won't deny Solaris and he had always had this love hate relationship going on. Always trying to one up the other in one way or form as in a way Aster could compare Solaris to Ainz Ooal Gown and Solaris would probably do similar with Aster.

"How dare you, I am Menace Princess of the legendary Kingdom of Amara." Menace said growling at Aster for his impudence.

"Princess... don't make me laugh all I'm looking at is a spoiled child at best and a would-be tyrant at worse." Aster said while Menace kept her cool for now. Aster was weakened if she can get him to her side that would make dealing with Dilan a cake walk. "So let me see if I have this right... this place... used to be your Kingdom until it fell to invaders and inner treachery." Aster began as he looked around. "You were brought back from the dead for a mission but your personal mission was to bring Amara back." Aster said looking to Menace as Tomoe stood up.

"Yes so please... join me and together we can rebuild the Kingdom of Amara. I will bestow upon you the privilege of restoring this Kingdom and defending it until your body's rot away and your bones shriveled to dust." Menace said to which Aster to everyone's surprise began to laugh.

He laughed out loud at Menace and her ambition and everything about Amara. He even held his gut and head as if trying to control his laughter. "A truly noble ambition." Aster began causing Menace to smile at this but then Aster calmed down. "But it is a tainted one so long as it's, your ambition." Aster said surprising Menace to no end. "You who has no true idea of what it means to be a leader, you who has no concept of what it truly means to struggle. You don't even have the right to call yourself a servant let alone a princess." Aster went on surprising and angering Menace.

"So thus I will decline your 'generous offer,' and I use the term loosely." Aster said glaring at Menace who looked ready to attack but then she calmed down a bit knowing she had an ace up her sleeve.

"Fine then, if you won't join me… then I will have to execute two slaves of mine, which I'm sure you know of one of them," Menace clap her hands a bit and from out of the shadows, two girls came forth as Aster saw who they were as he saw Kari, and he could probably guess her sister, and by the look in their eyes, they were similar to Leina and Kaguya, as somehow Menace was able to mind controlled Kari again but on a greater scale, and behind them, he saw a familiar set of black armor as he can say it was Kira.

"Surrender now Pale warrior and priestess. Bow before the might of Amara," Kari said as he held a dagger up to her own sister throat as Aster look to Menace as he said to her, "Black mailing now, I see then, you can even win a fair fight can you?"

"I am the rightful ruler of the Kingdom of Amara, and I will do as I must to gain more power, so I'll let you choose, you can ether come join me and I can let them go, or not, then they shall be killed," Menace said as she sounding she wasn't bluffing much as he look at her as he sees her smiling a bit, as he look over to the sisters, with their still face sale expression, there were something off to the look in their eyes to say.

"Do you not have any honor at all, making Kari kill her own sister if Aster refuses this is madness?!" Tomoe said as that making the gears in Aster mind turn, before it all clicked in. Aster kept his face straight as Menace said, "As I said I will do as I must, so both you and him surrender now or else they will meet their deaths."

Tomoe didn't know what to say or do as she lower her head in defeat, as Aster sighed and held up his hand as he said, "We surrender then… but we will only join you if you let them go right now a simple trade, or else we won't move from this spot… ever."

"Fine then," Menace said as she shrug to that as she turns to the sisters as she said, "You are release from my control, you may leave."

Soon enough Kari release the dagger off of her sister neck as they walk across the room towards the group as Tomoe said to Aster, "I wish there were another way."

"Oh no, he going to be taken away! Is there anything we can do?" Nanael said as Marianne said to her, "Yes… we wait."

Soon enough as he and Tomoe walk across as well towards menace as the sisters came forward with the two sides trading off.

As soon enough as the two side meet in the middle with Tomoe doing the same as she wonder what is Aster doing as, as he said, "It's truly a shame I can't save you."

Menace wonder what he meant by that as Kari and her sister look at him as they stop as well as suddenly he drew his sword and slash through the little sister and about to hit Kari as well but she leaps back to safety at Menace side.

Tomoe, and Nanael were taken by surprise by Aster sudden action as Tomoe was about to yell out but then the little sister turn into a clay statue as she soon fell apart onto the ground as Marianne smile as she knew that little girl had no soul in her to be call a living person, as Aster said, "If you were even real in the first place that is."

Menace is surprise by this as Kari saw this and said, "How did you know?"

"I didn't... at least at first, but there are some clues to say," aster said as he pointed out Kaguya and Leina as Aster said while holding up a finger, "The first mistake from what you told me, the princess there taken many people as slaves, but how come it's just them and no other warrior or people around to attack us, as I thought maybe you were trying to use them to lower our guard, but we may have done so with people who are innocent that could be under your control, but I keep looking around and I see there are no one else around, no guard, no people, no sound of people working inside of these ruins, as I can tell… there are no others."

Menace is surprise by this as Aster was able to figure that out right away as Aster held up two fingers as he said, "A 2nd mistake you made, you are a good actress to say but it seem you weren't really under control from the beginning, even before we arrive at the bar as if you were, you'll be almost mindless as them, as I bet that shadow that came out of your mouth was just a decoy, a way to make it seem you were under control by that thing."

Meaning to Leina and Kaguya, with Kaguya twitch to that as it seem Aster called her and Leina moron or something as Aster held up three fingers as he said "Your 3rd and final mistake, as you may have a good poker face… miss princess there does not, as it seem she very contempt of keeping anyone as a slave, even trying to gain new ones, so when she didn't bat an eye lash when she was about to lose two slaves, to make me realize, they weren't her slave in the first place."

Kari look over to menace with an anger expression as the ruin princess is surprise by this as she even turn her head in shame by this as Kari look back at Aster and said, "Nicely put then."

"Yea, but there still one thing that concern me… who are you really Kari, if that even your real name?" Aster said as Kari smile a bit as she said, "It was my real name… but now-

Suddenly armor appeared on Kari as Aster is surprise by this, but then again not as much as Kari, was now Kira as he- or is it now she said, "I go by Kira now."

"Well aren't you just full of surprises," Aster said as Tomoe is shock by this as it seem they were deceived from the beginning, and she felt bad for her too to help them with them being fakes from the start, with Kira looking at Aster as she spoken still with a male voice under her helmet, "I work hard on that, but now I would say this."

Kira came up behind Leina and put the same dagger to her throat as she said to him, "Surrender Aster, or else your precious wondering warrior will meet the end of her Chronicles."

"Taking a cowardly way then, and I thought you were better than this," Aster said as Kira said to him, "Maybe, but I rather end this fight than dragging it out, as beside you may only have so much life left in you, after all taking those trap and Kaguya attacks, you must be below half your life, maybe even more so."

"You just about right, yes my health isn't as great as it was… but it only because I hold back my strength… so let me give you a fair warning, if you kill her… I will bring down this entire ruin on your head and leave you bury alive," Aster said as he release his magical aura as it started to get very cold around them with Tomoe was pulled away by Marianne, and Kira seem hesitate to even do Leina in, and Menace didn't like this as she give an order, "Kaguya, kill him now!"

Kaguya took aim at Aster as her hand shake a bit as she fire a shot at Aster, Aster saw this and held up his shield and stop the arrow dead on as he saw an open he needs as he give a laugh as he said, "Really, that the best you got, just kill me? That isn't her best attack, not even her normal attack."

"Silent! She is as powerful as I command her to be!" Menace said as Aster smile to this as he said, "Command her? She not even fully under your control, I mean look at her."

Menace look towards Kaguya as she was struggling to draw her next arrow as it would take her just less than second to get her next one out as Aster went on saying, "She fighting your control, even now still, even I bet you cannot even make her summon forth her knight."

"I can do so!" Menace yelled as Kira look to her and said, "Calm down Menace, he trying to get to you."

"You can't even make her draw her moon maiden bow, let alone make her use it, face it "princess" you don't have control at all," Aster said as Menace gotten piss off by that as she scream out, "LET'S SEE WHO IS IN CONTROL! SERVANT BRING FORTH YOUR KNIGHT AND DESTROY HIM!"

"Wait don't!" Kira yelled as she let off of Leina and rush out to Kaguya, but Aster throw out his gas potions out at the two to assure it would blind them greatly as it hit the ground it acted like a small flash bang with a following smoke screen as both of them yell out, as no matter what level you are at, you cannot escape it.

Kaguya following Menace last command as she started her chant as the bow started to appear, "O Luthia, argent Goddess and Beacon in the ancient night."

"Grant me your power," Kaguya continued before throwing off her top hat as it Kaguya began as she held as she spin it the bow with her right and pulled with her left hand as she pull back on the handle causing a string of pink energy to appear for the bow meets at the handle. While she pulled pack the magical bow string, the handle created an arrow of magical energy as Kaguya aim up in the air as the image of the moon appeared before her.

The shield in the front flashes with the rune inside, as it opened up revealing the exit for the arrow before Kaguya said while she release the arrow, "VERTO!"

She fire the shot as it shot out towards the moon and then suddenly the arrow hits it and got stuck like the arrow hit glass as it pierced, as the moon turns blue as Kaguya eyes glow with it before the moon shattered and blinded by a light, as something is happening within Kaguya's mind.

(Mindscape)

Kaguya appears to be standing within a darkroom with many chains holding her in place and a tag seal that seem to be on her head, as suddenly the seal the seal itself glow before a strong wing came around as the tag itself began to blow off.

From above the moon shine down upon Kaguya as she raised her head as the sound of water dripping around her, as a drop of water came forth again, creating a ripple down below Kaguya, as the light of the moon moves before Kaguya as suddenly the moon maiden raised up from the waters before as she called out, "Kaguya Thou have the strength to wield my power, let it guild you and free yourself of thy prison... follow thou heart."

Kaguya mind wonder as she thought to herself, 'Follow my heart."

Image appear before her, the time when she first started Geonet and first meet her friends, of Dilan... and Aster.

All the times they went on an adventure, creating the guild, leveling up growing stronger together as her back was press up against Aster's as they face a horde of enemies around them as they looked at each other, knowing he has her back, and she had his too, as Aster said to her, 'If we get out of this, I will owe you.'

'Owe me what?' she did asked as Aster said to her, 'Something, whatever you want I guess."

Kaguya smile to this as she said, "Whatever I want... I'll hold onto that until I figure out something.'

"Whatever you say,' Aster said to her as soon enough they both charge out as they both give a battle cry with Aster slashing everting around him and Kaguya shooting arrows as everything in front of her.

Soon enough as the battle was over with Aster said to her, 'So what is it that you want?'

'What I want?' Kaguya asked herself as she look to Aster and said, 'I want... it to be a surprise.'

'I... don't get it,' Aster said as Kaguya smile as she said, "I'll tell you one day, when we meet for real.'

She never gotten that chance, as she waited for the game to shut down and meet him for real, but when she gotten sent to this new world, as she had meet him once in real life... without him realizing it, that boy who made his avatar have the same facial look as him minus a pair of glasses and wonder if it could be worth it to even talk to him even once outside the game, building up the courage to do so, as in game she can be brave as she wants as its just her character that the brave one as in real life she just a shy girl to talk to a boy, and okay talking to girls, even now when they all of them came to this new world her mind has change, but her feelings are still the same, as she wonder why she hasn't said anything before yet... as for her she wanted to tell him, she needed to as she cannot stay inside of her shell forever as a butterfly in its cocoon, she wants to be free.

AS the chains around her start to glow as Aster voice ran out in her head once again, 'What is it that you want?' she raise her head as she look forwards with a tear in her eyes as she said, "I want... him."

The chain shattered, as rays of light came forth from her being as now... she's taking back her life.

(Real life)

As Aster and Tomoe cover their eyes to the sudden burst of light they saw that came forth from Kaguya, as the smoke from Aster potion is wearing off as Kira and Menace look towards Kaguya as she just stood there motionless and not moving with the moon maiden bow and arrow Ark in her hands as menace points to her as she commands, "What are you waiting for, destroy the pale warrior, I command you!"

Kaguya hand twitch as she lifted her head up as she said, "No."

"W-what did you say?" Menace said as Kaguya turn to her slowly with a piss off look on her face as she look at the ruin princess and said, "I said no... If you want to hurt him."

Kaguya change bows quickly as she pointed an arrow at Kira and said, "You will have to get by me first."

Kira saw what she about to do as she ran towards Menace as Kaguya fire her arrow at her, as it missed with Kira tackle Menace to safety as the shot itself came and exploded on impact of a wall as Menace was surprise by this with Kira said, "Damn it, the plan is a failure."

"I'm not stopping! You servant, attack them!" Menace order Leina as she was still under her control as Aster acted quickly as when Leina came at Tomoe about to strike down at her, until he block her way.

Aster then pushed her off and punched her with his fist. Making it evident he was wearing the Guild Ring and saw Leina was also wearing it. "Is this the upper apex of your strength Leina?" Aster asked looking to the girl he had taken under his wing but had also grown fond of. "Is this what you've been reduced to a mere mind controlled slave?" Aster asked as he glared at Leina with a scolding look. "You escaped one set of chains only to bound by another tell me Leina is this your strength!" Aster yelled but before Leina could attack Aster caught her sword hand in his own and showed her the Guild Ring she wore.

"Leina listen." Aster said as Leina tried to break free of his grip. "Menace and Kira cannot see it but I do... it's not power that connects people together it's something more than that, it's the heart and through that connection a power is revealed one stronger than any Knight in existence." Aster said be he then removed his helmet and looked deeply to Leina as she looked to the ring and Aster.

Aster then saw Leina begin to struggle as she stepped back close to swinging wildly. "What happens next is up to you, Leina." Aster said while he too stepped back to give Leina space. "But I ask... no I order you as the Guild Leader retake your pride as a warrior LEINA!" Aster roared out to which Leina began to swing wildly as if to strike at an invisible enemy.

"What are you doing attack them!" Menace ordered to which Aster smirked to this.

"My name... is Leina!" She roared out before the spirits were forced out of her to which Menace glared at them.

"This will not be permitted!" Menace roared out before sending a sash out torts Shizuka and Aster. Aster cut through the one that came to him but Tomoe was caught in the other one to which Menace began to pull Tomoe in.

"Tomoe!" Aster called out as Kaguya saw this.

"I got it!" Kaguya called out as she took aim. "Hunter Scent!" She invoked and fired but before the arrow could hit Kira jumped in and slashed it away.

"I don't have time for this." Kira cursed as she then raised her sword skyward and stabbed it into the ground causing the bridge to rumble and fall apart.

"Shit." Aster cursed as he then ran to Leina and held her close just as the ground broke beneath them.

"Leina! Kaguya! Aster!" Tomoe cried out as the trio fell to which Kira fell as well.

Marianne and Nanael ended up giving chase as well but all it took was a well-placed stone shot and Nanael was flying off course and into another room while Marianne gave chase to the trio below. Nanael cried out but was soon lost while the three warriors fell to the shadows below.

Kira scoffed before looking at her armor and cursing her luck. "I may need to start using a new armor set instead of the Dragias Armor set." Kira said knowing that change was needed for her and she had just the armor set for that change. After all change was good and Kira needed to help spread the name of Yshrenia to all who would challenge or follow it. Kira then sighed figured better now than ever as she pulled up her equipment screen and went for it. Soon her armor changed to the Spectre Armor set an ebony black suit of armor with gold highlights. Luckily for her it fight right into this world's culture so to speak seeing as it appeared to cover less after her modifications to it. The Arch phantom boots were know heels similar to Leina's but perfectly made for combat, the leg armor called the Arch phantom Breeches was now a borderline thong/hot-pants.

The Actual Spectre torso armor didn't have much in modifications as the Breeches still held a relatively same shape as did the boots but the armor was allowed to show more cleavage then before yes defend enough to allow her proper defense. The armor set itself was ah heavy armor set luckily she was able to keep the heavy defenses of this but make it as so. In a way it was an armor skin which allowed her all the benefits but allowing her to be stylish with it to her hearts content.

(Back with Dilan and Shizuka)

"The Princess's chamber is up ahead." The staff said as he looked to the duo in question.

"Thank you little kitty you're the best." Tomoe praised to which Setra laughed a bit.

"You may be right about that." Setra gushed in his perverted way to which Dilan smacked him with his shield causing a yelp of pain from him.

"You deserved that you know it." Dilan said as they soon arrived at the end of the hallway.

They were soon met with a large room to which they saw Kari there or as Aster had learned Kira as with her was Menace and on the altar like table was Tomoe asleep and covered in bandages. Shizuka gasped as she saw this as did Dilan. "Lady Tomoe!" Shizuka cried out before she jumped in and sliced Tomoe free.

"I got her!" Dilan called out as he then flung his Holy Spear at the foes. Kira then jumped in and used a sword similar to the Sacred Thrasher and caught the spear and threw it back at Dilan. Dilan caught it as he was caught off guard by the attack just then.

"Well the charade had ended so here I am!" Kira said as she smirked at her foes not realizing how good it felt to breath outside her armor. "Hello Dilan glad to see you again though I'm surprised you haven't recognized me sooner." Kira said as she smirked to her foe. "I am General Kira the Ebony Black Conqueror." Kira introduced as she smirked at Dilan.

"Wait... aren't you that chick who had a crush on her own brother and wanted to do taboo incest stuff with him?" Dilan asked to which Kira blushed and gushed at this telling Dilan what she did. "Oh my god you did it with him?!" He cried out in shock as taboo incest was hot in an H-Manga or H-Anime but doing it in Real life was wrong on so many levels.

"Oh don't judge says the guy who likes loli's." Kira countered as Dilan was blushing now.

"HEY MY LOLI FETISH IS WITHIN REASON!" He yelled in fury before calming down. "The Loli in question has to be older then she looks and/or is a proven midget if she is in fact underage then I do not want anything to do with it!" Dilan argued as he would never even consider bedding a little girl that was just wrong but this bitch slept with her brother and had sex with him.

Dilan then dodged a fire attack as Kira yawned a bit while he landed next to Shizuka and Tomoe. Luckily they were focused on other things then the conversations about kink shaming. "Tomoe you ok?" Dilan asked Shizuka held Tomoe.

"Dilan, Shizuka you're both alive." Tomoe said to which Dilan smiled.

"Hey if I died I'd rather it be in the arms of a beautiful woman I trust so I can give her my Knights Ark." Dilan said smiling to Tomoe to which Shizuka shared the sentiments.

"Yeah we're both still here and we got a long road ahead of us that's filled with trouble." Shizuka began before Dilan cut in.

"But you can bet your sweet ass, we won't leave you behind." Dilan said to which Tomoe smiled in response.

"And neither shall I." Tomoe responded before Menace cut in on the conversation.

"I think we've had enough of that." Menace was heard as she glared at the trio. "I can't have all three of you fighting me." Menace said glaring at them while Setra made his return. "Now you all will pay." Menace said as Dilan knew what was coming... a boss battle. "Even those servants I created turned out to be traitors just like Annarista." Menace growled to which Dilan glared.

"Bull shit Kaguya would never join you and be your dub. If I know Kaguya she's a major dom when it comes to BDSM and she only becomes a Sub if it's for a quest or as she claims the one she chooses to lay with." Dilan countered as that was a... odd way to put it. "Besides Annarista had the right idea going rogue as she did with you as the leader of Amara." Dilan said to which Shizuka agreed on this.

"What did you say to me?" Menace asked as Kira got ready for a fight.

"We saw some picture of your history painted on the walls downstairs." Shizuka said to which Menace got angry a bit more.

"Seems to me the royalty got so comfortable with their, oh so lavish life style they missed the evident corruption going on in their domain." Dilan explained as he looked to Menace.

"Yeah All matter of political decay weakened the state. It wasn't much of a nation." Shizuka explained as it came to one fact.

"Long story short its days were numbered." Dilan said to which he then continued. "Sooner or later someone is going to sell out to an enemy and in this case it was Annarista and the other traitors all had their own reasoning." Dilan said using historical fact as ironically enough that was how he figured Rome, Greece, and even Egypt fell in their times.

"Your words are meaningless a ruler should be obeyed by her subjects no matter what happens." Menace said to which Dilan scoffed.

"That depends on the leader. I lead a guild with my two best friends to major success in our turn. When the world was ending our Guild stood at the top and went down at the top." Dilan explained as he glared at Menace as his hand moved to his chest. "The friends and guild mates I made there may be gone or may have made it here." Dilan said while Kira listened. "But regardless I carry them with me the same way Dilan and Aster do." Dilan said as he glared at Menace. "Shizuka follows Tomoe because she earned that trust and loyalty. My Guild mates followed me, Aster, and Kaguya because we also earned that loyalty. But you... Amara fell 1,000 years ago and the reason is simple you weren't fit to be a ruler you were just a spoiled girl who was fool of a princess." Dilan said catching Tomoe off guard as she then heard Shizuka laughed.

"Couldn't say it any better myself." Shizuka laughed but Dilan wasn't done.

"In other words." Menace began as she was fuming while a dark aura flowed around her. "The reason Amara fell was because of me the stupid little princess?" Menace fumed no doubt angered by Dilan's words. "That isn't true I could never be the sole reason for the downfall of my empire!" Menace roared to which Dilan scoffed.

"What does the truth hurt?" Dilan countered with a smirk on his face.

"You think my royal stupidity is to blame for the destruction of an entire empire." Menace said clearly angry at the words spoken.

"Well if the shoe fits." Dilan countered as he glared at Menace.

"Dilan stop." Tomoe begged but Dilan grinned to her.

"Don't worry I got this." Dilan said knowing how boss battles work in most cases.

"I'll never admit to that." Menace began as Setra tried to calm her down. "I'll never admit to that!" She roared clearly angry at what these two were insinuating. "Everybody should bow down right now!" Menace roared out releasing her power as Kira saw this and knew she had to intervene. "Bow down immediately before my power!" Menace roared out further no doubt angry at this.

"Come and make us bitch!" Dilan countered just as the entire temple began to shake.

"Now you've done it." Kira said as they then saw Menace draw forth a card not just any card a Gigas card.

"Oh shit." Dilan said realizing what Menace was busting out. The Gigas card was green which meant one thing... she was about to bust out the Queen. Dilan knew he was in for one hell of a fight as he had to act fast.

"Summon." Dilan invoked as he then pulled out three weapons. A sword and Shield as well as a spear all of which were winged based as these were Guild Shop restricted items. They had these weapons in the Guild Bank and Dilan had to summon them using his Guild Ring. "Here." Dilan said as he passed the spear to Shizuka and the sword and shield to Tomoe.

"W-what?" Tomoe asked taking the weapons in question.

"O Dinivas, deliv'rer of dark and dread, ruler of the ancient shadows; grant me your power." Kira invoked as she summoned the Black Knights ark which floated before her all the while the dungeon rumbled around them. She then grabbed the sheathed longsword and spun it in her hands till the handle was in her grip. "VERTO!" She invoked as she began to draw the blade forth after the wings spread out allowing the rune to flash to life.

The Sheathed sword vanished allowing the runic circle to appear around her as Kira stood tall before she hugged herself all the way to so her hand touched her shoulder blade. She then spread her arms out just as the Black Knight began to rise up behind her mimicking her movement. She then began to move her hands across her body in an almost sensual manner before allowing them to spread a bit. She then crossed her arms and took a fetal like position as she floated up ward and in turn merged with her Knight.

She then rose up transformation completed with the eyes flashing to life showing the Black Knight was active before she drew her rapier forth ready for battle.

"Milady stop!" Setra tried to reason with her but it fell to deaf ears as Menace went ahead and summoned the Gigas regardless of the outcome.

Menace then moved the card to her head to which Shizuka and Tomoe knew what was coming next. "Adveni!" Menace invoked as soon the Gigas was summoned. Menace's eyes flashed to life with a demonic power before she vanished in a pillar of energy. Soon the monstrous beast took her placed as it looked like a dragon, and a centaur were merged with a human female as she roared out.

"Use those weapon on the Black Knight and the Gigas they aren't as powerful as Talion on a Knight but against a Gigas it's a sure fire way to stand a fighting chance!" Dilan ordered as he looked to his party members.

"What king of Gigas is that?" Shizuka asked afraid of it.

"It's called Lamia Comitis in lore's of old it's seen as a legendary Gigas." Dilan explained causing the two to look to this in shock.

Dilan then wrapped his Ark around his waist while mumbling the chant as fast as he could. "VERTO!" Dilan invoked and soon the Dragon Knight appeared and spun his trident around ready for battle.

The black knight and the dragon knight soon clash against each other as spear and sword meet as they clash against each other.

Shizuka and Tomoe fought against the legendary Gigas with the weapon handed to them by Dilan as Shizuka put her to the best use as she can as she ran and slash across at the legs of the beast while dodging its attack as it stomps down.

Tomoe put up the shield to block any rock shrapnel coming her way as she charge in, using her sword training to use as she slash across the Gigas as she cry out as she attacks.

The Black knight and the Dragon knight clash again as they both called out, "Flame Slash/Fire thrust!"

The two attack collided as they created a small explosion between them, making them both get push back as the Kira said, "Damn it, it seem you gotten use to your knight form in this world."

"Yea, thank a giant frog for that," Dilan said AS the Kira held up her sword towards Dilan as she said to him, "But don't think you can win with that, as you may able to handle giant monsters and knights, doesn't mean your friends can."

Dilan hears the cry of his friends as he saw them get thrown back by a slam attack of sort and with the ground around them shattered.

"Tomoe, Shizuka!" Dilan called out as he was about to go help but Kira cut him off as she slash at him, as he block it barely as she said to him, "Where do you think you're going?"

"To save my friends, if you get in my way, I will show you why I am the Dragon Knight!" Dilan yell out as he push her off as he throw his spear at her, as she parry them off as fast as she can and they seem to be evenly matched as Dilan keep pushing forwards as he called out, "Agni's Fury!"

A burst of flames came forth from the Dragon knight as the black knight was thrown back from this, and gotten pretty hurt by it with the legendary Gigas sense this as Menace inside of it turn towards Dilan as he was burning bright as he raise his hand up in the air as he called out, "Come forth Holy Dragon Fang, the Sacred spear!"

AS a ring of fire appeared above his head as Dilan call forth his strongest weapon as flames erupted in his hand as it extended out into a staff before it became a solid object and it was the same spear as he held as Tomoe and Shizuka recover from the last attack of the legendary Gigas as they were awe to the site they saw as the more they see it seem the more Dilan is deserving of his spear and why he is a dragon.

Dilan slash his spear towards the black knight as it reach extended greatly as the spear tip had a flame shooting out of it as it slash across and dealt great damage to the black knight as she cry out.

Soon enough the legendary Gigas turn towards him and rushes as it roars, she flaps her wings and about to dive bomb him until Dilan turn around fast and slash across the Lamia Comitis as she cry out while falling back.

Kira recover quickly from the attack and the damage she was dealt with as she felt hurt, as much as the white knight did to her as she growl out to this as she look towards the dragon knight as she said to herself, "I need to get us both out of here."

Dilan was about to stab down into the Gigas but got intercepted by the black knight sword as she slash at him and push him away and push back hard again him until he put his foot behind him to halt her movement and shove her off and attack her.

The Lamia Comitis was started to recover from that last attack as suddenly Shizuka use her chain sickle to wrap around the beast neck and swing on up around it and stab the spear into her back as he cry out as she said, "This is for taking our allies."

Tomoe came rushing by as she had both sword and katana in both hand, with the shield hanging on her back, as she slash across the beast with both swords with a skill move as the legendary Gigas cry out again as Tomoe said, "You shall feel our wrath."

With Shizuka and Tomoe 2nd wind as they use their weapon with the ones Dilan gave them they know they can defeat the beast.

As both knight clash, both taking damage from each other as the black knight look worn down as they are both giving it their all against each other as Dilan said, "It seems… we're both can take a few more hits at least."

"Then…lets finish this with one more attack," Kira said as she charge her sword for an attack with Dilan doing the same as they ran towards each other and strike at one another as there attack hit into each other.

The Dragon Knights spear was sent forth while the Black Knight swung her blade out while they passed each other. The two stood there for a moment as the temple rumbled around them before the two Knights fell down to their knees grasping an invisible injury. Despite their armor being all but impervious save for weapons like the ones Dilan loaned to Tomoe and Shizuka, and the ones like Talion or Falcyion the pactmakers can still feel the phantom pains of their Knights.

"Damn I almost forgot we're close to the same level." Dilan cursed grasping the injury.

"No kidding it would get boring real fast if I can't have a proper fight." Kira agreed as the two stood back up before she glanced to Menace's Gigas form. "Shit she won't last much longer inside the Gigas." Kira cursed before she jumped back a bit. "We need to end this." Kira said as she knew how to go about this.

Back with Tomoe and Shizuka the Ninja roared spinning the spear around knowing that many shinobi utilized a spear while others used arrows and such. Combat and killing can take the form of any weapon to which Shizuka stabbed the spear into the Gigas lower back. Tomoe shielded herself from the attack of the Gigas as it was going berserk to which Tomoe noted the eye on it and how the darkness seemed to focus on that eye on its body.

"Aim for the eye!" Tomoe called out to which Shizuka nodded.

"Understood!" Shizuka called out as she then used her size and speed to her advantage. The Gigas was large but the room was no doubt too small for three large beings thus they had to remove some from the equation. Setra was flying about trying not to get hit to which Shizuka grabbed him and threw him at the Gigas that was once Menace.

"Hey don't throw me!" Setra cried out before he nailed the Gigas in the eye exposing it. Shizuka then roared out and charged as she then stabbed the demonic eye on the Gigas and in turn causing it to roar in pain.

"What how can these servants surpass my power?" Menace cried out through the Gigas before the Dragon Knight came in.

"Because we got something to fight for!" Dilan called out before he spin his spear about and in turn skewered the Gigas through its main body. Soon the Black Knight came next to the Gigas before it grabbed her and just in time to as soon the Gigas began to glow and the card flew out burning to ash. No doubt due to the fact Menace could not provide the power needed to sustain it the Gigas basically self-destructed. The Black Knight caught her when the Gigas went boom as Menace flew into the Knights waiting hand nude with her clothing as only rags now.

"Pathetic." Kira said clearly displeased with the fact that this was what her brother/lover was forced to have as servants. Soon the temple rumbled further to which the Black Knight glared at the Dragon Knight. "We'll finish this another time for now you beat the dungeon." Kira said as she then had her Knight spread out its wings. "It was fun and you were, cute back on Geonet guess that was all you were." Kira said before she flew upward and forced her own exit through and to the sky.

The temple began to crumble as Dilan quickly acted and grabbed Tomoe and Shizuka. "Hold on!" He called out before he began to force his own exit as well while carrying the two most beautiful woman he'd seen thus far close... wait what?

(Back with Nanael)

"W-What the hell?" Nanael asked in shock as she looked around in shock. "What in the world is going on!?" Nanael cried out as the temple then began to crumble around her forcing her to run for her life. "I want out of here!" Nanael cried out while avoiding what she could but alas she was washed away by the tide coming her way.

(Kira, Menace, and Setra)

The three flew out the roof while watching months of work destroyed because Menace had a temper tantrum. "Menace you better hope Solaris is feeling merciful otherwise he will be tearing the cost of this off your hide." Kira threatened as one way or another Menace was going to learn and pay back what is now owed. Kira was rooting for Solaris forcing Menace to learn what it means to struggle while she not only pays for the lessons from Malice but also work her ass off basically penniless. Solaris had ways of dealing with situations like this or so his character bio states. Back on Geonet he would have a Guildmate simply transfer gill for situations like this as Solaris was a powerful combatant in his own right.

But when they return to Valgander Kira knew Menace was not going to enjoy her time to pay off what she now owes.

(With Aster, Leina, Kaguya, and Marianne)

Marianne was crying out as she was being dragged away by the current as her voice was muffled by bubbles and gurgles. "I got you." Aster called out as he grabbed Leina.

"Same here!" Kaguya called while her magic was still suffering from the ordeals here while she held on to Marianne.

"Somebody save me I can't swim!" Nanael called to which Aster rolled his eyes and grabbed her. But then Nanael began to struggle as Aster growled at this.

"Stop struggling you'll get us all dragged away!" Aster called out but alas the group was dragged away as they all cried out in shock to this.

(With Dilan, Tomoe, and Shizuka)

The Dragon Knight held onto the two ladies of Hinomoto powering on through the current as he ran through it trying to escape while busting down whatever obstacle stood in his way. But Dilan refused to surrender as once they were outside he was high tailing it out of there to the nearest settlement he could find. As he ran Tomoe and Shizuka both noted that Dilan despite the Dragon Knights size was being gentle with them while also holding them close.

Despite this Shizuka and Tomoe began to wonder... if Dilan was doing this more than out of honor. Shizuka shared Tomoe's thoughts but she also felt Dilan was looking deep into her and saw some truth about her. Shizuka left it be for now but she knew she had to be careful with him... but how can she be careful when the heart wants to dive straight in?

(Scene Break Valgander)

Solaris was in his throne room as Menace was on her hands and knees as bare as the day of her birth and rebirth. Setra was locked in a cage as the floor guardians, Melona, Airi, Liliana, and even Welbellia saw the state Menace was in. Kira stood next to her brother glaring down upon Menace who had found herself in this situation.

"So... let me see if I understand... the entire Dungeon that was constructed for you to better keep unsavory eyes off of our construction work of rebuilding the Amara capital was not only defeated but destroyed when you threw a temper tantrum when people called you out on your mistakes and further more you used the Gigas Card I gave you for emergency use only!" Solaris yelled as Menace was bowing to him no doubt realizing she was defenseless with no way to fight back.

"Y-yes." Menace yelped a bit as Setra was worried for her while trying not to ogle his mistress.

"Menace you are lucky I am in a very good mood today if I was in a bad mood I would have made you suffer for this!" Solaris roared as he then calmed down a bit. "But be that as it may... I will show leniency to you... but at a price." Solaris said while glaring at Menace.

He then snapped his fingers causing Succubus' maids to walk in carrying and outfit. One Menace recognized as a more slovenly form of the belly dancer outfit of Amara. Needless to say it looked like a stripper outfit mixed with a harem girl and belly dancer outfit. "Put those on until reconstruction is completed you will be working for those lessons from Malice." Solaris glared causing Menace to go wide eyed.

"Whatever it takes stripping, selling your body, or even servicing myself or my soldiers you will pay it all back." Solaris said as Menace looked.

"Wait you can't do that to me!" She yelled standing back up to which Solaris then scoffed.

"Your right... forget the outfit any cloths you want you make them yourself." Solaris added to Menace's punishment for her objection but before Menace could object further she stopped herself. If she argued Solaris will add more to her punishment. "I will expect a regular report on things from you Menace, Malice will also educate you on how to make these reports if anything is wrong with them expect punishment to follow." Solaris threatened to which Menace understood and bowed back down once again. No doubt she will have to either steal or learn to sow to get her clothing.

"Now then onto important business." Solaris said before he summoned an altar to which a tiara like crown floated. "Despite our setbacks from Menace the Popper Princess." Solaris began to which Menace tried to cover what decency she had let... but it seems with eyes on her she was dripping and her nipples were hardening. "Today is a momentous day." Solaris began before raising his staff again causing a pathway to open to which a curtain with a silhouette behind it showed a female figure. "I am pleased to announce that a new comrade has joined the ranks of the Flames of Yshrenia." Solaris introduced before the curtain split revealing behind it was Claudette with Alastor resting on her back while now endowed in the Yshrenian armor set from Geonet.

"She will be my second general answering directly to me alongside Kira." Solaris introduced to which Claudette walked to the crown. "And to her... I present her Knight." Solaris said to which she took the crown and allowed it to hover over her head. "The Storm Bringer of the Ancient Heavens: The Thunder Lord." Solaris said as Claudette began the chant.

"Oh Freya... Hammer of Thor, Strom Bringer of the Ancient Heavens... Grant me your power." She chanted as the crown lowered itself upon her head. "Verto." She invoked as the crown split apart and released a horn on the top causing the rune to flash to life.

Everyone shielded their eyes as thunder struck around them before from it a large figure appeared. It was an Avatar Knight left behind when Valgander arrived in this world as it was endowed with the Imperator Armor set but the pain changed to match Claudette's colors as thunder surrounded it. Its sword of choice was the Granhaltus as Claudette glared down upon them through her Knights eye that flashed to life showing it was active.

"Claudette." Solaris spoke as he looked to his new General who looked back. "I look forward to working alongside you and furthermore one last thing." Solaris said while Claudette reverted to her human form. Claudette nodded as she stripped off her torso armor and presented her back to Solaris as a runic seal appeared in his hand. "With this mark you will be acknowledge as a member of the Flames of Yshrenia but upon taking it you cannot turn back." Solaris said to which Claudette agreed.

"Of course... I have nothing to go back to anyway." Claudette said to which Solaris walked over to Claudette before he placed the mark on her. Claudette went wide eyed but held back the pain as she powered on through to accept the mark of her new lord and master. What seemed like eternity was merely a few moments of branding for once it was done Claudette stood tall in turn.

Solaris knew Claudette was wasted on by the Vance family... and who knows perhaps Kira will be open to a harem. Now though it was time for the games to begin.

(With Dilan, Tomoe, and Shizuka)

The Dragon Knight burst out of the sand as he looked to his passengers with worry. "You two ok?" Dilan asked worried for them to which Shizuka nodded.

"Yeah though I thought we were dead there." Shizuka said to which Tomoe nodded.

"Thank you Dilan." Tomoe thanked to which Dilan nodded.

"No problem." Dilan said while reverting to which the three shared a laugh in turn.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well new chapter I hope you all enjoyed it. BTW before I forget next chapter we will have some juicy stuff there. Also took me a while to edit it so thank you for your patience everyone. Now until next time leave a review and again I shall say ja-ne.