Azure and Crimson
Chapter 5: The Revived Seven
After many trials our heroes have gone through, they finally made it to the highest level of The Garden. Somewhere in this level is the location of Zonda and Mytyl, however there is still one more trial our heroes must complete and time is running out.
"This is it, everyone. We made it to the highest level of the fortress." Zi-O said as the heroes are running along the hallway and towards the next area.
"Though...this place feels different than the other levels." Gunvolt said.
"Yeah, I was thinking about the same thing." Copen added.
"Trou... ...an't get through... ...ind of interfer..." Xiao and Nori tried to contact Gunvolt and Copen, but something happened to the communications.
"Xiao, can you read me?" Gunvolt asked.
"Nori, can you respond?" Copen also asked.
But after a few seconds, the communications were cut off and they can no longer contact the navigators.
"Damn it, looks like the communications are being jammed." Copen muttered.
"I guess Zonda is to blame for that by using her Septima." Geiz said.
"Well, looks like we're on our own, everyone." Kanade sighed with her hands on her hips.
"We made it this far, we can't stop now." Serena said with determination on her face.
"Serena's right, we're not leaving without Mytyl and defeating Zonda." Zi-O nodded.
"Then let's keep going, they can't be that far ahead." Gunvolt said as everyone continued to run along the hallway. After a while, they started to notice the floor being covered with ice and the air became cold.
"Is it just me, or is this area starting to become colder?" Zi-O asked.
"Wait a second, this cold area feels like the one back at the frozen city!" Serena realised something familiar that happened before.
"Which could only mean one thing..." Kanade began as the heroes stopped running and looked towards a familiar blue icy figure waiting for them. It was none other than Tenjian, revived by Zonda's Septima.
"Tenjian..." Gunvolt and Copen finished her sentence and frowned at Tenjian.
"It's been quite a while since we last fought. I was waiting for you." Tenjian greeted.
"Kinda figured Zonda would revive the fallen Eden Adepts, you included." Geiz stated.
"Though are you really the same Tenjian as the one we fought before?" Kanade asked with curiosity.
"I am Tenjian... and yet I am not." Tenjian answered. "I am an illusion made with Tenjian's powers and memories. A replica made by my sister Zonda's Septima, Phantasm Mirror."
"I see..." Serena said, until she realised the one thing Tenjian said earlier that made her eyes widen. "Wait, Zonda...is your sister?!"
"WHAT?!" The heroes were shocked that Tenjian's sister is actually the leader of Eden, Zonda.
"I'm sorry, but did you say that Zonda is actually your sister?!" Kanade asked while still in shock.
"That is correct." Tenjian answered. "However it's not by blood, but we were raised together. We are orphans who suffered and had no real family, so we decided to raise our own and grew as one. Thus am I able to stand before you all, even in death. She desires humanity's end and I will see it done!" Tenjian then brandished his icy twin blades and pointed one of the blades towards the heroes. "Now come forth! Offer up your lives as sacrifices to our cause!"
"I also have people that I want to protect, Tenjian... and that means I won't let you defeat me!" Gunvolt declared as he pointed his gun towards Tenjian.
"I'd tell you to pray, but you'd need a soul first. We defeated you before, and we'll gladly do it again!" Copen also declared and pointed his gun at Tenjian.
However, Zi-O and Geiz raised their arms towards the other heroes and stopped them from moving forward.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?! We're about to fight him, you know!" Kanade exclaimed.
"You four already had your chance at defeating Tenjian and won, so how about you all let me and Geiz have a shot at him?" Zi-O said.
"Are you sure?" Serena asked.
"Don't worry, we can handle him." Geiz replied.
The other heroes looked at each other for a moment. After a while, Gunvolt and Copen nodded at Zi-O and Geiz as they made their decision.
"Alright then, Kamen Riders. He's all yours." Gunvolt said as he and Copen lowered their guns.
"Good luck, both of you." Joule wished them luck.
"Don't you dare lose to him." Copen added.
"Show that Adept who's boss!" Lola also added.
"Go and kick his ass for us!" Kanade grinned as she punched her fists together.
"Best of luck, Kamen Riders!" Serena also wished them luck as the Riders then looked towards Tenjian and walked a few steps forward.
"We'll be your opponents this time, Tenjian." Zi-O declared with determination on his face.
"If you insist." Tenjian nodded. "What are your names?"
"Zeo Naotora, Kamen Rider Zi-O." Zi-O introduced.
"Gaius Cornell, Kamen Rider Geiz." Geiz also introduced.
"Very well then, Zi-O, Geiz..." Tenjian began as the Riders brandished their melee weapons and prepared their battle stances. "...prepare yourselves! En Garde!"
The three fighters rushed to towards each other as they then clashed their blades and were locked into a power struggle. Tenjian was being pushed back a bit by Zi-O and Geiz so he jumped a few steps back and performed a forward thrust. The Riders dodged the attack as Zi-O jumped left while Geiz jumped right. Zi-O then rushed towards Tenjian and performed an overhead slash with his Zikan Gilade Ken Mode, while Geiz did the same thing with his Zikan Zax Ono Mode. However Tenjian was able to block both attacks with his twin blades and knocked them back with an ice wall. The Riders broke the ice wall to attack Tenjian, but he jumped high and launched his Ice Chakrams towards the Riders. Geiz also jumped high to evade the chakrams and rushed towards Tenjian to attack him while in the air. Zi-O instead chose to slide under the chakrams to evade as he then switched his Zikan Gilade to Zyu Mode and charged up his weapon. While Geiz and Tenjian clashed their weapons again while still in the air, Zi-O fired a charged shot at Tenjian from below while Zi-O is still sliding. The shot struck the unsuspecting Tenjian on his back as he groaned in pain and his guard broken. Geiz took his chance to strike back at Tenjian with a strong side axe strike as the attack sent Tenjian quickly towards the floor with a large impact as his armor was damaged in the process.
The other heroes were in awe at the Riders' teamwork. They took advantage of the situation and countered back with a distraction and a sneak attack.
"Not bad for a distraction. Geiz was busy clashing with Tenjian while still in the air, and then Zi-O took advantage of it and fired a charge shot at the distracted Tenjian from below, breaking his guard so that Geiz can counterattack." Copen recalled the Riders' strategy.
"Indeed, it's like they are in sync with each other in perfect harmony." Gunvolt added.
"Well they are close friends after all, so it makes sense that they can work well together." Kanade replied.
"Still, they should be careful. Tenjian still has some strength left within him." Serena added with worry.
Geiz landed next to Zi-O as he was standing up after sliding and switched his weapon back to Ken Mode. Tenjian slowly stood up after Geiz's counterattack and said, "Impressive. But it will take more than that to stop me!"
With his twin blades ready, Tenjian began dashing towards the Riders as he left behind ice spikes while he was dashing. The Riders are prepared to block his attack but then Tenjian jumped over them as the ice spikes quickly approached the Riders. Geiz performed a shockwave with his axe to destroy the ice spikes while Zi-O looked the other way as he saw Tenjian launching his Ice Chakrams again from the air. Geiz then chose to block the chakrams with his axe while Zi-O jumped over the chakrams and towards Tenjian and prepared to attack with a side slash. Tenjian then combined his twin blades into a double blade and threw the blade at Zi-O like a boomerang buzzsaw. As the double blade quickly closed in onto Zi-O, he decided to use his Zikan Gilade to strike the double blade and slowed down its spinning speed. Tenjian was shocked as Zi-O then caught the double blade with his free hand, rushed towards Tenjian and was assaulted with several slashes using the Zikan Gilade and his own double blade. Zi-O ended his assault with an overhead slash with both weapons, sending Tenjian falling to the ground with a large impact. Before Zi-O landed on the ground, he then threw the double blade towards Geiz as he then caught the blade, and then threw the double blade and the Zikan Zax towards Tenjian like a double boomerang. The attacks struck Tenjian hard, damaging his armor even more as he then kneeled to the floor with one knee and one hand supporting him. Geiz then caught the weapons, then threw Tenjian's double blade to the floor and in front of him, and then Geiz said with a smirk, "Thank you for the weapon, Tenjian. You can have it back." Geiz then walked towards Zi-O and fist bumped for a job well done.
The other heroes were once again in awe at their next strategy.
"Did you guys see that? That was so cool!" Lola said with glee. "Uhh...no pun intended."
"Indeed, they used Tenjian's own weapon against him." Copen replied.
"I thought Zi-O was going to reflect the double blade back towards Tenjian." Joule added.
"But instead he struck the double blade to slow down its spinning speed so that he can catch it safely." Gunvolt replied.
"And then Zi-O counterattacked Tenjian with both weapons and sent Tenjian crashing to the ground." Serena finished.
"Not only that, Zi-O threw the double blade to Geiz and then Geiz threw both the blade and the axe like a double boomerang towards Tenjian, striking him down." Kanade added. "I dunno about you guys, but that was pretty badass!" Kanade grinned as the other heroes nodded in response; that was badass indeed.
As Tenjian was slowly standing up again, grabbed his double blade and turned it back to his twin blades, Tenjian growled and asked, "To think...you would push me this far...who are you two anyway?"
"We're just passing through Kamen Riders, remember that." Zi-O simply replied.
"Hmph, very well then. I'll mark that on your tombstones after I finish you!" Tenjian exclaimed as he began to focus all his energy gathering up frosty air for his final trump card.
"Seven Star Slash!"
"What?!" The Riders were shocked at Tenjian's final attack cry. They were expecting him to use Frigid Blossom instead.
"Huh?!" The other heroes were also shocked at Tenjian's final attack cry.
"I thought he was going to use Frigid Blossom instead!" Serena exclaimed.
Kanade winced at that memory when she was stuck by that attack before during their last fight.
"Kanade, you alright?" Gunvolt asked with worry.
"Yeah, I'm fine..." Kanade nodded. "Just having a bad memory when I was stuck by Tenjian's Frigid Blossom. But Seven Star Slash instead?"
"From the looks of it, it's the same tactic Tenjian is using. But something tells me the execution is going to be a lot different." Copen stated.
"This is going to hurt a lot worse..." Lola said with worry.
"Zeo, Gaius, please be alright..." Joule prayed for the Riders' safety.
As the Riders are looking towards Tenjian with their battle stance ready, Zi-O whispered to Geiz, "Okay, I never expected Tenjian to use his other trump card instead."
"Yeah, I think we gave him quite a beatdown that he wants us dead immediately." Geiz replied.
"Anyway, remember the attack pattern he's going to pull off?"
"Yup, let's stick together and dodge the flash-freeze."
"And when he's done with his attack, we'll give him a Finish Time."
After Tenjian finished charging up his energy, he jumped high and disappeared.
"Alright, this is it...get ready Zi-O." Geiz said as he and Zi-O prepared to dodge Tenjian's upcoming attack.
The Riders dodged the first flash-freeze with a backdash as it left behind an ice pillar, jumped over the second flash-freeze from below and landing onto the ice pillar, dodged the third flash-freeze with a backdash while still standing on the ice pillar, and then dodged the last flash-freeze with a forward dash. With the attack concluded, all of the ice pillars shattered as the Riders landed safely to the ground. The Riders then looked around the area as Tenjian is nowhere to be seen. Wasn't he supposed to be in front of the Riders after the attack ended and exhausting himself?
"Wait...where did he go?" Geiz asked as he and Zi-O are still looking around.
"I thought he was supposed to be in front of us with exhaustion." Zi-O said.
The other heroes also looked around the area for Tenjian. Until Kanade noticed something from above coming down towards the Riders that made her eyes widen. Kanade quickly looked towards the Riders and yelled, "Guys, above you!"
The Riders quickly looked up and saw Tenjian quickly approaching them as he was preparing a powerful downward slash. The Riders are about to block the upcoming attack with their weapons, until the Legatus from Geiz's wrist opened up and called forth the Axe Legion as it flew towards Tenjian and countered his attack with a powerful side axe swing that knocked him back into the air.
"What?!" That shocked Tenjian as he was knocked back by the Axe Legion as it then performed a spinning strike that struck him several times and ending with a powerful sideways axe swing that sent Tenjian crashing to the ground with a large impact. The Riders looked at the Axe Legion as it flew towards them and nodded.
"Did...did the Legion just..." Zi-O asked.
"Yup, it did." Geiz replied to Zi-O and then nodded at the Axe Legion. "Thanks partner."
The Riders and the Legion then looked towards Tenjian as Geiz said, "Let's end this. Finish Time!"
Geiz took out the Faiz Ridewatch, turned the dial and slot it into the Zikan Zax Ono Mode. While Zi-O took out the Kaixa Ridewatch, turned the dial and slot it into the Zikan Gilade Ken Mode.
FINISH TIME! FAIZ!
FINISH TIME! KAIXA!
Geiz's axe was charged up with red photon energy while Zi-O's sword was charged up with yellow photon energy. The Axe Legion decided to join in as he charged up his large axe. Then the three attackers rushed towards the slowly standing Tenjian as Zi-O performed a left diagonal slash, Geiz with a right diagonal strike and the Axe Legion with a strong overhead strike.
ZAKKURI CUTTING!
GIRI GIRI SLASH!
The three attacks struck a direct blow to Tenjian as the three stopped behind him, leaving behind the Faiz and Kaixa symbols and a large vertical axe slash mark onto Tenjian.
"Forgive me...Zonda..." Tenjian muttered his last words as he was turned into a pink mirror and shattered all over the floor, leaving no trace of him left.
"Sweet dreams...Tenjian." Zi-O said as he and Geiz unequipped their weapons and the Axe Legion disappeared back into the Legatus. With the fight over, the other heroes ran towards the Riders to regroup.
"Nice job, guys." Gunvolt said with a small smile.
"Well done, Kamen Riders." Joule also smiled.
"You did well against Tenjian. Not bad, I'm impressed." Copen added.
"Great job kicking his butt!" Lola also added.
"You did great guys!" Serena smiled.
"Now that's teamwork!" Kanade grinned. "I thought he had you at the end there."
"Thanks everyone." Zi-O smiled and then looked towards Kanade and Geiz. "Though I gotta thank Kanade for the warning and Geiz for his Legion."
"Hehe, it was nothing." Kanade chuckled.
"Though I never thought the Axe Legion would come out of the Legatus by itself and protect the both of you like that." Serena said.
"Heh, I guess the Legion is starting to grow on me as a friend and not a tool." Geiz replied.
"Um, why a tool?" Lola asked.
"Because most people tend to see the Legion as living weapons like a tool and not a friend." Geiz explained. "They should've treat them as equal partners and not abuse them for personal gain. Kinda like how you and Copen work well together as partners, Lola. The stronger the bond, the more powerful the both of you can be."
"You really think so huh, Geiz?" Copen asked.
"Yup."
"Huh, now that I think about it, my bond with Lola is getting stronger the more we fight together." Copen admitted.
"You really think so, Boss?" Lola asked.
"Maybe."
"Does this mean that your bond with Lola is stronger than me and Joule?" Gunvolt smirked.
"Don't push it, Gunvolt."
"Hey, my bond with GV is a lot stronger than you and Lola!" Joule exclaimed.
"Nope, my bond with Copen is way stronger!" Lola retorted.
Everyone, minus Joule, Lola, Gunvolt and Copen, laughed at their friendly and harmless bickering.
"Okok, that's enough. We don't wanna keep Mytyl waiting." Zi-O said as everyone stopped laughing.
"Um, right. Let's not keep my sister waiting." Copen replied as he cleared his throat.
"Alright, let's go!" Gunvolt declared as everyone ran along the hallway and into the next room. They eventually reached the end of the room and saw a pink, transparent mirror in front of them.
"What...is that?" Serena asked.
"I know this one." Gunvolt explained. "This mirror will teleport you to another location when you walk inside it. Where it will lead us is beyond me."
"Well, no place to go but to walk inside that mirror." Kanade shrugged as she and the other heroes walked inside the mirror as it teleported them into a room with six more pink transparent mirrors around different locations with one grey transparent mirror in the middle of the room.
"Six pink mirrors and one plain mirror." Gunvolt muttered. "Which could only mean one thing..."
"The other six revived Eden Adepts are just beyond each mirror. The ones me and Gunvolt defeated before we met the four of you." Copen finished.
"In other words, we're in a Boss Rush room." Zi-O added. "But since there are six of us here and six mirrors..."
"We're splitting up, aren't we?" Kanade guessed as Geiz nodded in response.
"Yep, each of us will deal with one of the Eden Adepts." Geiz replied. "The final mirror won't activate until all of the revived Eden Adepts are defeated, so don't ever lose."
Then everyone turned their attention towards Serena as Copen asked, "Serena, are you sure you can handle one Eden Adept alone?"
"Don't worry, everyone. I can handle it." Serena nodded. "I have to be strong and brave, for the sake of my sister Maria."
"Very well then, Serena. Good luck." Copen smiled as he patted on Serena's head and she giggled in response.
"Hey, when did you get to pat her head like that?" Zi-O complained.
"She reminds you of your sister Mytyl, right?" Geiz asked as Copen nodded in response.
"In a way...yes." Copen admitted, while hiding his small red blush on his face.
"Alright everyone, best of luck out there!" Zi-O wished them luck as everyone split up and ran towards each one of their respective mirrors to battle against the six revived Eden Adepts.
Gunvolt's Path
After walking inside of one of the mirrors, Gunvolt is now teleported to inside of a green cyberspace like arena with pixels flying around. Gunvolt fought one of the Eden Adepts in this arena before during his mission at the Data Facility. And as Gunvolt looked up and see the floating green Adept in front of him, it was none other than Teseo, the same Adept Copen met back at the Sewer area.
"Spoiler Alert: ...You gon die." Teseo said.
"Teseo!" Gunvolt growled at the Eden Adept.
"More like Teseo 2.0! #UPGRADE #REVENGE"
"How about #GVgonnakickyourass instead?!" Joule retorted.
"Ok, never expected you to say that, Joule." Gunvolt sweatdropped.
"Considering what he did to the both of us last time, I'm not gonna let that go. The one including Beck too."
"...Good point there."
As the fight begins, Teseo used his Septima as he typed down some keys with his holographic keyboard on the two large data bits and created a few small Eden drones and some bombs to hunt down Gunvolt. However, Gunvolt easily destroyed the drones and evaded the bombs while damaging Teseo with his gun and his Flashfield. Teseo then used the large data bits to fire two large blue pixel lasers called the Bug Death Lasers towards Gunvolt in a clockwise pattern as Gunvolt then dodged the lasers in response.
"You came all the way to my actual house for this?" Teseo asked as he then fired missile attacks which are generated by several small green spinning wheel bits. "For reals? Stalker alert."
"You can't distract me, Teseo." Gunvolt replied while he was dodging and destroying the missiles while attacking Teseo.
"Nah dude. I'd rather just kick your ass, TBH. You might have beaten Teseo 1.0 #CHEAPSHOT but... Teseo 2.0 runs on much better hardware."
"GV won't ever lose to you!" Joule retorted. "...Er, right, GV?"
"That's right." Gunvolt nodded. "Too many people are depending on me."
"Oh man, this is just like one of my animes." Teseo said. "Except this is the type where the hero dies. Share or like if you agree. Let's make this go viral!"
"Sorry Teseo, but this hero is still gonna win." Gunvolt then launched a few Dragonspheres towards Teseo and exploded into a Crashbolt, damaging Teseo in the process.
Then Teseo teleported above Gunvolt and used the small spinning wheel bits to unleash a green data laser rain called Circuit Rain towards Gunvolt. Gunvolt backdashed away from the right data rain, forward dash away from the left data rain, and then jumped high from the middle to evade both sides of the data rain. And then while still in the air, Gunvolt unleashed a Crashbolt that damaged Teseo from above. Teseo quickly teleported a few metres away from Gunvolt after the attack as Teseo is getting exhausted.
"OK, That's it. U Go Bye Bye!" Teseo declared as he teleported above Gunvolt, typed in a few keys and unleashed his trump card.
"Impregnable Fortress!"
"GV, I better start singing so you can finish this fight immediately!" Joule suggested.
"Alright Joule, go for it!" Gunvolt replied as Joule began to sing her song.
(Plays BGM: Reincarnation Alternative by Joule)
As Joule is singing her song, Gunvolt is enveloped with a glowing blue aura around himself as it granted him enhanced strength, defence and speed. Teseo then summons dozens of his large spinning bits and makes a circle with them, trapping Gunvolt within the circle. He then proceeds to spin the circle while dropping bombs towards Gunvolt as he used his Flashfield to block the bombs. Teseo then creates some platforms around the arena, and fired multiple simultaneous Bug Death Lasers outward as he shrinks the circle. Gunvolt got out of the circle and used the platforms to evade the lasers, attacked Teseo with his gun and Flashfield, and then went back inside the circle. Teseo opens up the circle as he stops the lasers, but ends the attack with one more volley of bombs inward, but Gunvolt used his Flashfield again to block the bombs easily. As Teseo is about to teleport again, Gunvolt yelled, "Sorry, but no more teleporting for you!"
"Voltaic Chains!" Gunvolt summons several large chains that surrounded and trapped the shocked Teseo inside, preventing him from moving and then Gunvolt electrocuted the chains, damaging Teseo even further and screamed in pain. Then Gunvolt jumped high and shouted, "Astrasphere!" as he unleashed a large electrical sphere around himself along with three small electrical orbs circling around the large sphere, rushed towards the still trapped Teseo, and collided towards him with the full force of the Astrasphere, electrocuting Teseo even further, ending with a large blue electrical explosion. As the explosion subsided, Gunvolt landed safely onto the floor with small pink mirror shards from above, falling across the arena.
"Stream's over, Teseo." Gunvolt concluded as he stood up.
(BGM End)
"Great job, GV!" Joule smiled.
"Thanks, same to you too, Joule." Gunvolt smiled back. "Hope to gacking god we don't ever deal with his cyber shenanigans again."
"Yeah, me too. I really had enough of his trolling." Joule sighed. "Though I wonder how our friend Beck is doing right now? You think he'll be ok?"
"I'm sure he'll do just fine. If anything can bring peace back to his world, it's him." Gunvolt replied.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Joule smiled as she and Gunvolt began to disappear, teleporting them back to the Main Boss Room.
Copen's Path
Copen was teleported to a large arena and then he saw a familiar purple Adept right in front of him. It was none other than Ghauri, the same Adept Copen fought during his first mission at the Highway Area.
"Oh crap, here we go again..." Copen thought and mentally groaned at the fact that he had to deal with this crazy, dancing and rhyming annoyance again. Doesn't help the fact that he hated Ghauri's rhymes to no end.
"Yo, mac! I'm back on the attack like a whack flak jak! You're on my turf, so it's time to get nerfed!" Ghauri said in rhyme.
"Nerf THIS!" Copen fired his gun at Ghauri as he skated towards Copen and evaded his laser shots. Then Ghauri created and launched a few crystal balls as he then jumped and performed a spinning heel kick towards Copen, but Copen managed to jump over him, performed a Bullit Dash onto Ghauri which tagged him, and fired his gun at the crystal balls while the attack bits fired homing lasers at the tagged Ghauri, staggering him back a few steps and damaging his armor in the process.
After Ghauri regained his composure, he then created a small prism in front of him and then launched it with a kick as the prism is headed towards Copen. Copen then jumped over the prism and fired some more gun shots along with the attack bits firing homing lasers at the still tagged Ghauri, knocking him back a few steps.
"Crack pack flack in a back sack! Quack quack?" Ghauri rhymed at random while he recovered.
"What the, that doesn't even make any sense!" Copen exclaimed and confused at what Ghauri just said.
"You think I'm a freak who can't speak? So bleak. I'll put you in the dirt and use the grave to take a leak!" Ghauri rhymed as he unleashed his Prism Strike by creating a prism and kicked it towards Copen.
"Stop it! Stop it right now!" Copen covered his ears with his hands from hearing more of Ghauri's bad rhyming while dodging his Prism Strike.
"You wanna zip my lip when this battle's getting hip?" Ghauri rhymed again as he then unleashed his Prism Break by creating a larger prism and kicked it towards Copen as the prism breaks into small shards. Copen was able to dodge the prism shards, but Ghauri's constant rhyming is making it difficult for Copen to counterattack.
"Rhymes... so bad... c-can't... focus..." Copen thought as he can't fight well because of Ghauri's horrible rhyming.
"Maybe this will help you, Boss!" Lola began to transform into her Idol Form and sang her song to help Copen focus better.
(Plays BGM: Igniter by Lola)
As Lola is singing her song, Copen is enveloped with a glowing blue aura around himself as it granted him enhanced strength, defence and speed.
"Phew...much better." Copen sighed in relief. "Thanks, Lola!"
"No problem, Boss!" Lola replied. "Now go kick his butt!"
Copen boost dashed towards Ghauri as he was performing his Prism Break again, but Copen broke through the Prism Break with his Twintail Bunker Ex Weapon as it drilled through the prism and struck Ghauri's chest, forcefully knocking him back to the ground and his armor damaged.
Ghauri slowly stood up while still in pain and said, "Ok no more games, let's see you go up in flames!"
"Prism Prisma Prison!"
Ghauri jumped high and created three large prismatic pillars and dropped them onto Copen to trap him. As Copen was trapped, the prisms glowed and fired lasers towards him.
"Hah! Like that's gonna stop me!" Copen scoffed as he was dodging the lasers. "Let my drills pierce through your prison!" Copen then did a Bullit Dash onto one the glowing prisms, tagging them before it was fired and then used Twintail Bunker to drill through the prism pillars, breaking them into small pieces. He did the same thing to the other pillars until all of them are destroyed.
"Ah! My prism prison!" Ghauri exclaimed in shock.
"Consider this your last rhyme! Shred Storm!" Copen declared as he commanded the attack bits to strike down Ghauri in blinding speeds, ending with a three-line slash, making Ghauri scream in pain. But Copen was not done yet as he boost dashed above Ghauri, dropped down and unleashed his Twintail Bunker one more time as he collided with Ghauri, drilling through his chest and left a large hole, ending with Copen landing below him. Ghauri let out a final scream as he was turned into a pink mirror, and then it shattered to small pieces.
(BGM End)
"Thank gacking god it's over." Copen sighed in relief and smiled at Lola. "Thanks again for the help, Lola. I owe you one."
"Aww...it was nothing, Boss!" Lola smiled, while trying to hide a small blush on her face.
"Wait...did I see you blush just now?" Copen asked with curiosity.
"Eh?! N-No you didn't! You're just imagining things!" Lola quickly waved it off.
"Whatever you say, Lola." Copen shrugged as he and Lola started to disappear, teleporting them back to the Main Boss Room.
Zi-O's Path
Zi-O was teleported to an arena as he pondered, "Now then, who am I gonna fight this time?"
He got his answer as he looked up and saw a familiar floating red Adept waiting for him. It was Gibril, the same Adept Gunvolt fought during his mission at the Mysterious Manor, while Copen, Geiz and Serena fought a clone of Gibril back at the Sewers.
"Damn it, I was expecting to fight Gunvolt instead." Gibril complained. "Now I gotta deal with this guy who looks like a human watch?"
"Hey, I don't mind this armor." Zi-O replied. "If you wanna complain, take it to the ones who made this armor in the first place. Also, sorry but Gunvolt is fighting another Adept instead, so you'll have to wait in line."
"Doesn't help the fact that you looked like that other human watch that called me a kid!" Gibril growled.
"What other human watch? Oh right, Geiz." Zi-O realised, and then his face went pale as he knew what's coming up next. "Gaius, what the hell did you say to her?"
"Guess I'll take my anger on you first before I deal with him!" Gibril declared as she fired small blood orbs towards Zi-O. As he was dodging the orbs, Gibril created more blood orbs, transformed them into steel axes and launched them towards Zi-O. Zi-O quickly dodged the axes and fired shots and charged shots from the Zikan Gilade Zyu Mode, damaging Gibril's armor and making her mad.
"Ugh, you're not half bad. I better get up close and personal then!" Gibril landed on the floor, purged off her outer armor and equipped her energy claws.
"Tch, Cast Off...this is gonna get ugly." Zi-O muttered at Gibril's new form as he switched his Zikan Gilade to Ken Mode.
Gibril rushed towards Zi-O and performed several slashes with her claws as he blocked and dodged her attacks. Zi-O countered back with a few slashes and kicks to Gibril, knocking her back a few steps. Gibril growled in anger as she unleashed a large shockwave towards Zi-O with a charged upward slash of her claw. Zi-O managed to sidestep away from the shockwave as Gibril then rushed towards Zi-O again with her claws. Zi-O countered with a side slash, but it was only an illusion as the real Gibril attacked from above with her claws. Zi-O managed to sidestep away from the attack and countered with several slashes to her armor from her left side, finishing it off with a roundhouse kick to her face, knocking her to the ground a few steps back. As she slowly stood up, she growled at Zi-O until she noticed something on her lip, it was her blood.
"You...SON OF A BITCH!" Gibril snapped at Zi-O for making her bleed.
"Aww...what's the matter? Crying over a small blood loss?" Zi-O quipped. "Maybe you really ARE a kid after all."
"...THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD NOW! Iron Maiden!" Gibril yelled as she summoned her Iron Maiden and went inside as the Iron Maiden pierced through her body when the door closed. Then lots of blood came pouring around the Iron Maiden until it exploded, revealing a very pissed off Gibril in a glowing blood red aura.
"...Maybe I should've kept my mouth shut." Zi-O muttered, starting to sweat a bit and felt nervous. But he still needs to stop her if he's ever going to reach Zonda and Mytyl.
Gibril created a large cage around her and Zi-O as she began to jump all over the cage, leaving behind some blood liquid along the way. When Gibril stopped jumping, she materialised the blood into large spikes as it extended towards Zi-O. Zi-O quickly dodged the spikes and thought, "I better wait for her to get exhausted first, then I can deliver the final blow."
Zi-O was able to dodge her constant attacks until she stopped at the top of the cage and materialised the blood liquids to steel spikes towards Zi-O again, but he quickly dodged them again. Then Gibril fell to the floor from the top of the cage, completely exhausted from using her Septima as she slowly stood up and stared towards Zi-O.
"Go ahead...finish me already...I'm...done for..." Gibril slowly panted from exhaustion as Zi-O slowly walked towards Gibril and stopped in front of her.
"Very well, if that's your wish." Zi-O responded as he...gently touched Gibril's forehead with his finger? That surprised Gibril, she thought he was going to finish her with his final attack.
Then Zi-O started to count down as Gibril is slowly turning into a pink mirror.
"5..."
"4..."
"3..."
"2..."
"1..."
After the count of one, she was completely turned into a mirror. And then as Zi-O's about to break the mirror with a finger flick, he finished with, "Zero."
'Crack!'
After the finger flick, the mirror shattered into small pieces, leaving no trace of Gibril.
"Time's up, Gibril. Consider this a mercy kill." Zi-O concluded as he started to disappear, teleporting him back to the Main Boss Room.
Geiz's Path
Geiz was teleported to another arena as he then saw a familiar Adept from before. It was Asroc, along with his robot puppet, Galette Krone. The same enemies Copen fought during his mission at the Old Waste-Processing Plant.
"Well well well, look who it is." Geiz greeted. "It's the bastards who kidnapped Copen's sister, Mytyl. I might aswell do him a small favor by kicking both of your asses."
"Hm...I know you." Asroc spoke. "You're the one I saw back at the Highway Area. Care to witness the brilliance of my masterpiece?"
"Personally, I think your masterpiece is a bit too raw for my taste." Geiz replied with his arms crossed.
"You dare mock my creation with your foul words, primitive?!" Asroc retorted. "Me and my creation are in perfect harmony! You will burn into ashes with our burning passion!"
"Is that so?" Geiz raised his eyebrow from inside the helmet. "Well then, let's make this interesting so it doesn't become a handicap match."
Geiz activated the Legatus from his left wrist as it opened up, and then launched the Legion Cube in front of Geiz as it materialised into the Axe Legion, equipped with its large axe along with the astral chain connecting from the Legion's neck to Geiz's cuff gauntlet from his left wrist.
Asroc was surprised as he then asked, "What is that abomination?"
"This 'abomination' happens to be my partner, the Axe Legion." Geiz replied as he and the Axe Legion began his battle stance while Geiz equipped his Zikan Zax. "Now then, let's see who's teamwork has the better chemistry, Asroc."
"Hmph, very well." Asroc replied as he began to command Galette Krone to fight. "By the time we are done with you, you'll learn that you should've stayed away from my kitchen!"
The fight begins with Asroc and Galette Krone launching two orange chakrams towards Geiz and the Legion. Geiz and Legion blocked the chakrams with their weapons and then reflected the chakrams back to Asroc and Galette, however they managed to dodge the chakrams. Next, Asroc commanded Galette to jump and fire machine gun bullets from its fingers aimed towards Geiz and Legion. Geiz jumped high to evade the bullets and quickly sent the Legion to fly to the air and intercept Galette, attacking the robot with several axe strikes. Then the Axe Legion pulled the chain as Geiz is flying towards the Legion, then the two attacked Galette together with several axe strikes, finishing the combo with a hard double axe strike that knocked back Galette towards Asroc, crashing on top of him with a large impact.
Geiz and Legion landed safely on the ground as Geiz taunted Asroc, "Is that all you got, Asroc? This is what I mean by 'raw'."
Asroc pushed Galette away to the side as he and the robot slowly stood up. "Ugh...we're not done yet! This meal is far from over!" Asroc growled in anger.
"Keep going, we're ready for seconds!" Geiz replied as he and the Axe Legion taunted Asroc with a hand signal that says, 'Just bring it'.
That pissed off Asroc as he commanded Galette Krone to perform a spin-dash towards Geiz and Legion in high-speed. Geiz and Legion quickly evaded the attack as Galette rolled past them. Then Galette did a U-turn and rolled towards Geiz and Legion again but the attack was quickly evaded again. Then Galette Krone did another U-turn and rolled towards Geiz and Legion once more, but this time, Geiz and the Axe Legion jumped on opposite sides, materialised the astral chain and pulled the opposite ends of the chains as Galette was caught by the chain, unable to stop rolling and moving forward, getting a shocked reaction from Asroc. Then Geiz and the Axe Legion used the chain to launch Galette Krone towards Asroc like a fast slingshot, crashing him with the robot into a nearby wall with a large impact.
"Come on, Asroc! I know you can cook a lot better than this!" Geiz taunted as he and the Axe Legion did a fist-bump to each other for their great teamwork.
Asroc kicked away Galette Krone to escape as he grit his teeth in anger for Geiz's taunt. "How dare you insult me and my culinary art, you primitive!" Asroc exclaimed.
"Then why do you keep getting your ass kicked by your own meal?" Geiz asked. "If this keeps happening to you, then something is definitely wrong with your cooking."
"Be...SILENT!" Asroc yelled as he commanded Galette Krone to jump and performed a powerful punch to the ground that sent several flying flames towards Geiz and Legion. The Axe Legion floated in front of Geiz and created a blue barrier surrounding them as it blocked with its large axe and protecting them from the flames.
"What?!" Asroc was shocked that the flames did nothing to Geiz and Legion, thanks to its barrier. "How can you control it to block Galette's attack?!"
"Actually, I didn't control it." Geiz explained. "The Axe Legion did it on its own. I trust my Legion because I treated it as a partner and a friend, therefore having a stronger bond. Unlike you who treated your creations as tools like total raw junk. It's no wonder Copen and Lola roasted your asses so easily."
"Why do you keep telling me that it's raw?!" Asroc growled again.
"Simple, because it's true."
Asroc officially reached his boiling point that he wanted Geiz and his Legion incinerated into an inferno. "Galette Krone, we are incinerating them in a glorious blaze of flames!" Asroc commanded his robot to perform their trump card.
"Amuse-Bouche!"
Galette Krone then jumped up and broke apart into several parts of the body as the pieces floated around Geiz and the Axe Legion.
"Alright partner, watch the patterns closely and then begin the counterattack!" Geiz adviced the Legion as it nodded in response.
First, Galette's head fired a laser as it sweeps across the floor with explosions. Geiz and the Legion quickly jumped high to evade the explosions. Next, Galette's legs materialized orange energy blades and began to slash Geiz and the Legion. Geiz and the Legion quickly blocked the blades with their weapons but then Galette's shoulder chakrams quickly flew towards them. Geiz and Legion quickly responded by knocking the leg blades back towards the chakrams, striking them and sent the pieces falling to the ground. Geiz and the Legion landed safely on the ground until they saw Galette's arms above them as the arms began to quickly fall towards them fist first. Geiz and the Legion quickly jumped away from the arms attack range as the arms missed and impacted the ground with explosions. But then above Geiz and the Legion was the main body of Galette Krone as it began to quickly drop towards them. In response, Geiz quickly sent the Legion a few metres away and then the Legion quickly pulled the chain which sent Geiz flying towards and landing right next to the Legion. Galette's body impacted the ground leaving a big explosion, but it's no use since Geiz and the Legion are away from its attack range.
After that, all the parts from Galette Krone combined back into its normal form. But just as Galette is about to jump back towards Asroc..., "Now!" Geiz commanded the Axe Legion to quickly go around the robot in a circle as the astral chain materialized solid. When the Legion crossed the chain line after making the circle, Galette Krone was subdued as an astral chain was binded around its body, held by four astral chains from the ground, halting its movements.
"Huh?! What did you do to my creation, you primitives?!" Asroc exclaimed in shock at their unexpected counterattack.
"The answer is simple, Asroc." Geiz explained. "You're pretty much powerless without your main dish. And with that out of the way..." Geiz then unchained the Axe Legion by breaking the astral chain with a swipe of his left arm, leaving the Legion to do as it wishes. Geiz then pointed his finger towards Asroc as Geiz then simply told the Legion, "Go kick his ass."
The Axe Legion roared as it dashed towards Asroc and assaulted him with several strong axe strikes, hurting him and damaging his armor in the process.
While the Axe Legion continued its assault on Asroc, Geiz then declared, "Time to permanently close this kitchen with a Finish Time!" Geiz then pushed the button on the Ridewatch, slammed the tilt button on the belt and then turned it 360.
FINISH TIME!
Geiz then jumped high and then thrust his right leg forward with its energy fully charged on his right foot. The Axe Legion finished its assault on Asroc with a powerful upward axe strike that sent Asroc skyward and into Geiz's attack range.
TIME BURST!
Geiz's charged right foot then collided with Asroc's chest, leaving a mark that says 'Kick' in kakatana. And then Geiz used his right foot again to knock back Asroc, sending him crashing to the ground with a large impact, along with a big explosion. As Geiz safely landed onto the ground, several small mirror shards scattered around the arena due to the explosion caused by Geiz's Time Burst.
"And that's the end of the buffet." Geiz finished as he slowly stood up and dusted off his hands, confirming the end of Asroc. "Great teamwork, partner." Geiz then gave the Axe Legion a thumbs up as the Axe Legion nodded in response, and then disappeared back into the Legatus.
As Geiz looked at the Legatus, he can't help thinking about something, "Hmm...I wonder if we might eventually go to the Astral Chain world someday? If that's the case, then the Astral Plane might exist too. I dread to think that the other worlds or multiverse might open up portals to the Astral Plane. If so...then I wonder how the other dimensional teams would deal with them if they came across them unexpectedly?" Geiz then shook his head and thought, "No, now's not the time to be thinking about hypothetical events yet. I'll figure it out when the time comes." Geiz then started to disappear as he was then teleported back to the Main Boss Room.
Kanade's Path
Kanade was then teleported to another large arena, and as she was looking around, she then saw a male Adept looking towards her. He had black eyes with pink irises and pale pink hair, wears black and white armour with pink highlights, and wields a white trident, with the two side prongs being black and pink. He also has harps attached to his hips.
"So, you are to be my opponent instead." The Adept spoke. "I've never met someone like you before, especially since you're a woman. What is your name?"
"It's Kanade Amou." Kanade introduced herself. "And you are...?"
"My name is Milas, wielder of the 'Ichor' Septima, the power to control all liquids." The Adept named Milas replied. "That's an impressive spear you wield. Tis' a shame we are on opposite sides."
"Thanks, your trident looks good too." Kanade replied back. "Though why does someone like you chose to join Eden? You look pretty laid back to me."
"There is a reason for that, Kanade." Milas explained. "You see, I love the ocean more than anything else in this world. But it's because of those filthy humans that the ocean continues to be polluted for selfish reasons. It's my life's work to preserve the world's oceans from them. That's why I joined Eden to help exterminate the human race so that the ocean can finally be free of filth."
Kanade sighed in response and said, "You really are an idiot, you know that?"
"What makes you think that, human?" Milas frowned at the insult.
"Yeah, you're right about most humans polluting the ocean for no reason at all." Kanade admitted. "However, committing genocide is never the right answer. I'm sure there's some humans that still wanna save the ocean. At least give them another chance."
"...I'm sorry, Kanade. But my patience has already run out. This is the only way for me to fulfill my dream of a free ocean. If Eden were to create a utopia in the process, then so be it!" Milas declared as he twirled his trident and began his battle stance.
"Then let's see which is stronger, your dream or my resolve." Kanade replied as she also twirled her spear, began her battle stance and started singing her song.
(Plays BGM: Gyakkō no Resolve by Kanade Amou)
Both fighters then rushed towards each other as their weapons clashed in a power struggle. Kanade began with a sideways spear strike, but Milas quickly dodged the attack by jumping backwards. Then Milas performed a leaping trident stab towards Kanade, she was able to dodge it by jumping backwards but then noticed something that is about to shoot out from her landing spot. So she stabbed her spear to the ground and launched herself into the air like a pole vault as the ground then shot out a large two-pronged spear of water, just barely missing Kanade as she then performed her POWER∞SHINE by slashing the air with her spear, unleashing a shockwave towards Milas that struck him back a few steps.
As Kanade landed onto the ground, Milas then planted his trident on the ground and then dashed towards Kanade, generating behind large sprays of water. Kanade quickly jumped over Milas with a front flip as he dashed through, and then she dodged over him again with a back flip when he dashed at her again. Milas then unleashed some water tornadoes towards Kanade, she was able to dodge them but was caught by that last water tornado, trapping her inside. Seeing his chance, Milas threw his Harp Boomerang towards the trapped Kanade, but she managed to escape by pointing her spear downward and then performing her LAST∞METEOR by unleashing a large red tornado that sent her launching into the air and escaping Milas' water tornado and the Harp Boomerang. That shocked Milas wondering how she was able to escape his water tornado, but then Kanade retaliated with her SATURN∞BREAK by stabbing the ground and unleashing an earthquake towards Milas, damaging him and breaking pieces of his armor.
"Ugh...I may have underestimated you, Kanade." Milas said while he was slowly recovering. "You're not too bad for a human."
"I'll take that compliment then, Milas." Kanade replied and grinned. "You're not too bad yourself. In fact, I'm starting to enjoy this fight!"
"Then let's keep going till one of us falls!" Milas declared with a grin as he jumped into the air, equipped his Harp Boomerang and created a few water orbs by strumming his harp. The water orbs then fired water lasers towards Kanade as she quickly dodged them. Milas strummed his harp again, changing the water orbs' locations and then the orbs fired the water lasers again as Kanade quickly dodged the lasers again. Milas then threw his Harp Boomerang towards Kanade, but she countered by performing her POWER∞SHINE by slashing the air creating a shockwave and towards the Harp Boomerang, striking it and was sent back to Milas as he then caught it. Milas then planted his trident to the ground and began to dash towards Kanade as she stood her ground. As Milas was about to collide with Kanade, she quickly used her spear to stab onto his chest which surprised him as he was expecting her to jump over him. While Milas was still being stabbed on the chest, Kanade performed her STAB∞METEOR by unleashing a powerful red tornado which forcefully sent him flying into the air and slammed to the arena ceiling. When the tornado subsided, he fell to the ground with an impact.
As Milas slowly stood up, he muttered, "What...power...Are you sure you're human?"
"This is the power of a Symphogear, Milas." Kanade answered as she twirled her spear and then pointed it towards Milas. "I think it's time we end this fight."
"Heh, for once...I agree!" Milas smirked as he began strumming his harp to perform his trump card.
"Aqua Avatar!"
As Milas strummed his harp, it created three water currents above the arena. After he finished strumming his harp, he jumped up and dived into one of the water currents. As Kanade prepared her battle stance, a water clone of Milas jumped out of the water currents and is about to stab her from above with his trident. She quickly dodged the attack as the water clone stabbed the ground, creating a large water trident from below Kanade. She managed to evade the water trident, but then another water clone jumped out of the water currents and did the same attack as the first water clone. After Kanade evaded the second and eventually the third water clone attack, the real Milas appeared out of nowhere as he quickly dashed towards her. As Milas was about to collide with Kanade, she quickly charged up her spear and did a powerful stab through his chest, piercing through him. Milas grunted in pain as the spear was pierced through his body.
(BGM End)
"So...this is your resolve...huh?" Milas muttered while still in pain.
"You may be an Adept, but you still have some humanity inside of you." Kanade replied. "Personally, saving the ocean is a good thing. Without it, the world would be nothing but a desert."
"So...you understood what I'm trying to do..." Milas said.
"Yeah, but joining Eden will not solve your problems." Kanade explained. "Most humans make mistakes, but that doesn't mean they can't learn from it. Besides, Adepts are still human on the inside, right?"
Those words from Kanade made Milas have small smile on his face at her resolve.
"Then do me a favor...and don't make...the same mistakes...as...I...did..." Milas muttered his last words to Kanade as he turned into a pink mirror and then shattered into small pieces. Kanade sighed as she kneels down and picked up a small piece of Milas' mirror.
"Don't worry, I won't make those mistakes." Kanade said as she clenched the mirror shard she is holding. After a few moments, Kanade stood up as she slowly starts to disappear, teleporting her back to the Main Boss Room.
Serena's Path
Serena was now teleported to an area as she walked forward and looked around to find one of the Eden Adepts. Eventually she stopped as she then saw a female Adept in front of her. She has black eyes with bright yellow irises, with thin, matching bright yellow hair. She wears slender black and gray armour, with yellow areas on her cleavage, neck, and feet. She also has a large hoop attached to the back of her head, which sprouts four long, ribbon-like pieces of hair.
Serena was surprised to see such a beautiful woman with amazing hair working alongside Eden. The female Adept then spoke, "Who are you, young one?"
"Serena. Serena Cadenzavna Eve." Serena introduced herself. "Are you one of the Seven Eden Adepts?"
"I am." Desna nodded. "My name is Desna, one who possesses the 'Splitting Ends' Septima, which allows me to control the seemingly limitless supply of my phantasmagorical hair.
"So, you use your hair as a weapon?" Serena guessed.
"That is correct." Desna answered. "Now then, what brings someone so young to The Garden? Are you here to join our cause? I sense much power coming from you."
"Forgive me, but I'm here to defeat you. I have to stop Zonda from conquering this world." Serena replied.
"I see." Desna sighed in disappointment. "Do you know why I chose to join Eden? It was a message from the stars, to guide the oppressed Adepts. Most of Eden revered me as an Oracle or a Goddess for my fortune telling. Maybe I can guide you towards the correct path."
"Sorry, Desna." Serena shook her head as she equipped her Armed Gear and prepared her battle stance. "But my path is mine to decide. My friends are counting on me to win and I will not let Zonda conquer this world, even if I have to go through you first!"
"So, this is your decision..." Desna sighed, and then went serious as she prepared her battle stance. "Then I will not hold back, even for a child! Prepare to face the Goddess of Eden, Serena!"
"Get ready, Desna! Listen to my song!" Serena declared as she began singing her song.
(Plays BGM: Dareka no Tame no Hikari by Serena Cadenzavna Eve)
As the battle begins, Desna quickly dashed towards Serena and attacked her with her long blonde hair extensions. Serena quickly dodged and blocked her attacks with her knife untill both her and Desna jumped back a few steps away from each other. Then Desna flipped her hair as some of her split-off hairs created several small drill-like missiles and launched them towards Serena. Serena responded by using her Armed Gear to create more knives and threw them towards the missiles and Desna. The knives destroyed the drill missiles but Desna jumped up to evade the knives and dashed towards Serena to attack with her hair again. However Serena jumped away from Desna's attack with a backflip, turned her knife into a sword while still in the air, stabbed the ground with her sword after she landed to the ground as the sword generated light energy on the ground, then thrust her hand towards Desna as the light energy on the ground quickly traveled towards Desna, striking her from below with a blast of light energy.
SILKY†RAY
Desna started panting since she took plenty of damage from Serena's attack, so she then used her hair extensions to make it spin into a large tornado, which forced Serena to pull towards the tornado like a strong vacuum. Serena used her hands to quickly grab the handle tightly while the sword is still stuck onto the ground to stop herself from being pulled into the tornado. After a while the tornado stopped, Serena pulled out the sword from the ground, only for her to notice that Desna had disappeared after the attack. Serena looked around the arena for Desna, until she looked up and saw something above quickly coming towards her. It was Desna using her hair extensions to form large drills to crush Serena. Serena quickly jumped away from the attack as Desna crushed the ground instead and then disappeared. Then Desna tried to crush Serena from above again with her hair drills as Serena quickly responded by jumping away from the attack again with Desna crushing the ground again instead and then disappearing. Serena quickly looked around and above the arena for Desna just in case she tries to attack her again. But then a few metres behind Serena, Desna dropped down from above with her hair drills and crushed the ground, as it created large drills coming from the ground and travelling towards Serena. Serena jumped away from the drills and dashed towards Desna with Serena preparing to attack again, but then Desna used her hair to block her attacks and knocked Serena back a few steps with her landing on her feet on the ground. Then Desna began to use her hair extensions again to create another large tornado, forcing Serena to pull towards the tornado.
"This tornado again..." Serena muttered in her thoughts while she stood her ground to avoid being pulled towards the tornado Desna created. "There has to be an opening to counterattack and stop her tornado...Unless..." Then Serena slowly realised as she looked at the top of the tornado, there was nothing blocking the top of the tornado, she found the opening she was looking for. "Alright, here goes nothing!" While Serena stood her ground, she charged up her Armed Gear knife and threw it into the air and above the top of the tornado, then the knife quickly descended on top of Desna, striking her with a large impact explosion which then stopped the tornado she created.
XANA†TEARS
As the dust started to clear off, Serena then saw an exhausted Desna who is trying to recover from the counterattack Serena caused.
"Ugh...I never thought you'd find a way to counter my tornado." Desna muttered while slowly recovering.
"Every attack has an opening, including your tornado." Serena replied while still on guard.
"I see...then you will have the honor to witness my final trump card!" Desna declared as she began to charge up her Septima for her final trump card.
"Entangled Strands!"
Desna then jumped high, closed her eyes and used her hair extensions to stretch all over the arena, along with hair drills on the ceiling. Then Desna, who is still hanging in the air with her hair extensions, used her hair to capture Serena from below the ground. Serena quickly dodged the attacks by dashing and jumping, but not too high to get hit by the hair drills on the ceiling. The pattern goes on for a few times untill Desna created a larger tornado from below the ground with her hair that covered a large portion of the arena. Serena quickly jumped away from the attack radius and stood her ground to prevent herself from being sucked into the large tornado. After the trump card ended, Desna retracted all of her hair extensions and landed on her feet. But when she opened her eyes... "Huh? Where did she go?!" Desna was shocked that Serena somehow disappeared on sight! Desna quickly looked around the arena for Serena but when she looked up, it was too late as she then saw Serena throwing her knife from above and onto Desna's chest with a strong impact explosion.
GNOME†TRIAL
As Serena landed on the ground, she was not done yet as she then threw two of her knives above Desna one after the other. Then the knives circle around each other, creating a large energy circle which then unleashed multiple raining light arrows onto Desna and taking heavy damage that not even she can recover from.
IGNIS†FATUUS
(BGM End)
After the attack ended, Serena then saw a really exhausted Desna on her knees as she was gasping for air along with her Grimoire armour completely damaged and cracked. "Impossible...me...defeated...?" Desna muttered while still in pain. "What...what is that power...?"
"This...is the power of a Symphogear." Serena answered as she then closed her eyes placed her hand onto her chest. "May you rest in peace, Desna."
With Serena's last words spoken, Desna collapsed to the ground as she was then turned into a pink mirror and then shattered into many pieces, Serena had defeated Desna.
As Serena opened her eyes and looked up with her hand still on her chest, she said, "Maria? We'll reunite again soon, but right now, I have unfinished business to take care of. So please, wait for a while longer, ok?" After Serena finished, she slowly started to disappear, teleporting her back to the Main Boss Room.
Main Boss Room
With the remaining Revived Seven defeated, the six heroes was then teleported back to the Main Boss Room as the final grey mirror in the center of the room then turned into a pink mirror. The final door has been opened. Everyone was relieved to see each other again in one piece.
"Great job, everyone." Gunvolt spoke to the other heroes. "Looks like you all managed to win your fights solo."
"Granted me and Gunvolt fought some of the Eden Adepts before." Copen added. "But still, you did well."
"Thanks guys." Zi-O replied. "So, who did you guys fought?"
"I had to fight Teseo again." Gunvolt replied back. "That troll has been a thorn on my side since I met him back at the Data Facility."
"A thorn on MY side too." Joule appeared and sighed. "He trapped me, GV, and a friend from another world in his twisted Virtual Reality world too. And that was a few days after we destroyed him."
"A friend from another world, huh?" Kanade said. "Who is it?"
"Beck, also known as Mighty No. 9." Gunvolt answered, which made Zi-O and Geiz eyes wide open from inside their helmets.
("Beck? THAT Beck?!") Zi-O whispered to Geiz. ("Then that means...!")
("Yeah, Mighty Gunvolt Burst happened in this world too.") Geiz concluded while also whispering.
"I see. So is Beck an Adept or another human?" Serena asked Gunvolt.
"Actually he's a cyborg. Part-man, part-machine." Gunvolt replied. "And he's pretty strong too. Without him, we would never be able to escape Teseo's trap."
"Interesting. Hope we get to meet him someday." Copen said.
"Yeah, me too." Gunvolt smiled. "So anyway, who did you fought, Copen?"
"Ghauri."
That made Zi-O, Kanade and Gunvolt groan in annoyance. They really hated that guy, especially his rhyming. Though Serena is somewhat confused why the other heroes groaned at the mention of Ghauri.
"Um, is something wrong with that Adept?" Serena asked.
Geiz put his hand on Serena's shoulder and adviced, "Serena, some things are better left not knowing..." Geiz knew who Ghauri was, so it's best left to keep quiet about it. Including his annoying rhymes.
"O...kay...?" Serena tilted her head in confusion.
Zi-O then spoke, "As for me, well I had to fight Gibril. It was rough, but I managed to survive. Also she was really pissed off because of Geiz."
"Eheh, sorry you had to go through all that." Geiz sheepishly chuckled as he rubbed the back of his helmet with his hand.
"Geiz, Copen, I told you not to insult her too much..." Serena thought and sweatdropped.
Then Geiz spoke,"Oh by the way, Copen, me and the Axe Legion did you a favor and beat the living crap out of Asroc and his robot puppet."
"Heh, nicely done." Copen responded with a smirk.
Serena then spoke, "Anyway, I managed to defeat a female Adept named Desna."
"Desna, huh?" Copen remembered his fight with that Adept during his mission at the Orbital Elevator.
"You fought her before, Copen?" Kanade asked. "How strong is she?"
"Yeah, her Septima turned her hair extensions into deadly weapons." Copen explained to Kanade, then he turned towards Serena. "Still, you did a good job defeating her, Serena."
"Thank you, Copen. I did my best." Serena smiled.
"Then that leaves..." Gunvolt began as everyone turned their attention towards Kanade.
"Yeah, I had to fight a water Adept named Milas." Kanade finished and sighed. "Though why did he have to join Eden? I know he wanted to save the ocean from pollution but...this is not the right way to go..."
Gunvolt placed his hand onto Kanade's shoulder and said, "It can't be helped, he was at his limit and made his choice. I know because I fought him before. The best way we could do is to not make the same mistakes as he did."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Kanade sighed in response. "Still, you managed to win despite your disadvantage?"
"I just had to look at another angle." Gunvolt replied with a smirk.
"Well either way, now that all of the revived Seven Eden Adepts are defeated, the final mirror has been activated." Lola informed the heroes. "Zonda and Mytyl are just beyond that mirror, I can sense it."
"Same for me too. Along with the final Septima Shard." Joule added.
"Well then, no turning back now. Is everybody ready?" Zi-O asked the heroes, with all of them nodded in response with serious determination on their faces. "Alright then, it's time to finally end this!"
"Hang on just a little longer, Mytyl. We're almost there!" Copen declared.
"Prepare yourself, Zonda. Because we're taking that Shard back!" Gunvolt also declared as he and the other heroes went inside the final mirror, teleporting them to their final destination where Zonda, Mytyl and the final Septima Shard awaits them. Their final battle will soon begin...
Chapter 5: The Revived Seven
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