"" - Speech
'' - Thought
[] - Sacred Gear
[] - Dragons
{} - Telepathy
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The front doors of Oriax manor blew off their hinges as Merlin took the lead of entering, Blake and Weiss on either side of him due to their knowledge of the traps between where they had arrived and the actual manor.
[Did you have to do that?] Tiamat asked curiously, Merlin holstering the [Chaos Cannon] after taking a moment to look around for any attackers.
'Need to at least let Phenex-sama know about us being here.' Merlin thought back, getting a nod of agreement from the Dragon as Weiss walked ahead of them as she spoke "We'll have to go through the dining room to find the corridor to Albert usually takes those he kidnaps."
"He's done this before?" Yukari asked with concern Blake nodding as she answered "He has. He does a lot of things to them before letting them go and blackmailing their parents over it."
"That's disgusting." Kira retorted as the group headed towards the dining room.
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It took all of Reina's willpower to force a glare at Albert as she stood, having been controlled by the man's [Puppeteer Magic] to put on the perverse outfit she now wore after having witnessed only a few clips of what he had done before to others. The outfit she now wore consisted of a small bra that did little more then cover the middle part of her breasts and nipples in gold trimmed red. Over it she wore a cropped waistcoat-like jacket of bright orange and sheer orange puffy pants that had the crotch cut out of them to show the matching panties. That with a gold pair of manacle bracelets and anklets and with a choker of similar style made her look like some perverted genie slave.
"Oho, now that is a good look for you, honey." Albert spoke with a leering tone as he walked around the blonde, Reina trying to move her arms to cover her chest from where they hung at her sides.
"I'd never marry you Oriax!" Reina spat venomously, Albert stopping behind her and roughly groping her breasts as he retorted "You'll soon see things my way... After all, no one is coming to save you..."
"Master! We have intruders!" A female voice called into the room, Albert's eyes going wide at hearing that before he snapped back "Send my peerage to deal with them then."
Reina smirked, pretty sure that her peerage had come for her as she threw her head back at Albert. The sound of a crunch told her that she had caught her captor's nose and broken it as he fell to the floor and the feel of the slimy magic faded enough for her to move and turn on her captor.
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The group stopped as they entered the dining room, eyes widening at seeing the plethoria of different creatures made out of stone before them. Sitting near the back of the large room was a short young man who was dressed in a honey brown, hooded regal robes that had gold piping over them with a pair of black slacks and a white shirt underneath. The hood being pulled up meant that only a pair of gold eyes could be visible from underneath it as he spoke "So you have decided to betray us, Valkyrie, Shadowcat."
Weiss and Blake glared at the young man and former ally before the latter spoke "I don't want to be part of any more attacks on women, 'Geo'."
The short young man on his left had gravity-defying spiky blonde hair with a pair of large headphones covering his ears and yellow muscle top and leather pants and boots. His purple eyes looked rather bored at the group of invaders as he muttered "We are suppose to serve our [King]."
"Even if they do something illegal, 'Volt'." Weiss countered with a glare, only for a scoff from Medusa Gorgon as she retorted "We are devils, illegal and immoral are our lives now girls."
"Even if devils are looser in morals we still do have them and there are rules for us to follow." Kazehana replied, wind whipping up around her as she stared at Medusa.
"Heh, Looks like you two will need some punishment. I'll be happy to deliver it you and those babes you brought with you." Jan Valentine spoke with a sadistic grin that showed off his fangs as he stood casually next to Medusa.
"You'll have to get through me first." Yukari spoke as she notched an arrow and aimed at the dark skinned vampire, Merlin aiming his [Chaos Cannon] as he added "And me."
"Well, let's get this party started then." Jan spoke with a grin as he charged forwards, Merlin and Yukari both firing their respective weapons at him only for stone creatures to appear to take the hits, both exploding from the attacks.
"Be careful you idiot." Geo muttered sending out a swarm of lupine, stone monsters at the group
"Help Aya, Kira, Madoka, Weiss and Blake, Merlin-san. I'll deal with this vampire." Yukari spoke as she drew the string of her bow back, making another arrow appear which she soon let loose on Jan.
"Alright." Merlin spoke moved over to the others, firing several bright orange rounds at the stone beasts as he muttered "[Bomb Shot]."
Each round detonated in a large explosion which destroyed the stone beasts they struck. Kira and Madoka was using their lightning and water covered swords, respectively to slice through those constructs that had leapt at them while Weiss conjured up glyphs that fired off elemental attacks and Blake used her katana to cut up her own targets.
"Hold them off me, hubby!" Aya called as she charged at Geo, Merlin rolling his eyes as he continued to fire rounds while she punched her way through other stone beasts.
'Geo' clicked his tongue disappointed in how his own creations were fairing as he continued to raise more to his defence. Making them larger and more fiercer so they wouldn't be destroyed as easily.
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Yukari focused on her arrow as she fired hiding her pleasure at seeing it multiply into a dozen more which struck Jan's body. The dark skinned vampire laughed as he pulled each of them out "You think simple arrows are going to be enough to stop me."
"We'll see then." Yukari spoke, clicking her fingers and a burst of lightning shot out from her arrows into his body, making Jan shout in shock and pain before throwing it away.
"Cheeky..." Jan spoke with a smirk, shaking his hand as Yukari took aim once more, "You won't hit me next time."
Jan charged forwards, using his vampiric speed to close the gap quickly as Yukari fired several wind enhanced arrows which all left shallow cuts on the vampire as they zoomed past him.
'He's fast enough to give [Knights] a challenge... So I'll have to slow him down.' Yukari thought as she decided to change tact as her next arrow gave off a cold chill as it formed. Shooting her new arrow, Yukari used her skill with wind magic to make it fly faster at her opponent.
Jan caught the arrow that would have hit his crotch, only for his eyes to widen as his hand and hips were suddenly encased in a block of ice. The Phenex [Queen] didn't waste any more time as she fired several more ice arrows into Jan's body, resulting in her freezing over half of his body.
"You think these little ice cubes are strong enough to contain me?" Jan asked with a mocking laugh, the ice shattering as he flexed his muscles. Yukari frowned at seeing that happen, notching another arrow into her bow as she tried to come up with a new plan to deal with the Vampiric [Rook].
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Kazehana used her wind magic to deflect the snake-like vectors from the blonde witch and avoid herself being pierced from them.
"You won't be able to keep stopping my attacks." Medusa sneered as more vector arrows shot forwards to try and overwhelm Kazehana's wind barrier as she retorted "Please... All these little pricks are only a mild nuisance."
Kazehana released a blast of wind that knocked the snakes back, following up with several slashes of wind which cut the attacks into pieces before more arrow-like snakes shot out to defend Medusa before a large one shot back. Kazehana skipped out of the way to avoid it before releasing a large twister of cutting wind which shredded the snakes that had followed after the giant one.
"Is this all you can do, shooting breezes at me?" Medusa taunted, turning the head of the giant snake back onto Kazehana's back. The blonde's eyes widened as Kazehana pointed a hand behind her which held a small ball of fuchsia coloured flames before firing it with the aid of her wind magic to incinerate the snake as she retorted "Of course not, its just that I don't like bringing out my passionate flames for just anyone."
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Kanu smirked as she swung her Sacred Gear created spear: [Lightning Lance], an electric blue pole with two yellow lightning bolts shaped into an arrow headed blade to absorb another lightning bolt shot at her between the combo of lightning enhanced kicks sent by Volt. While Volt was fast for a [Rook], Kanu knew she was fast enough [Knight] to avoid being overwhelmed by the barrage of kicks but his defence was proving troublesome for her spear.
The violet haired young woman threw her spear with some force at her opponent as she created an identical spear, watching the thrown one explode violently from absorbing too much lightning. Volt appeared to only had taken slight burns to his face as he dashed forwards covered in lightning and aimed a kick at Kanu's face.
Kanu dodged it and landed a cut along Volt's arm which absorbed some of the lightning surrounding him. She created a second spear in her free hand, one with a bulbous, copper-brown blade, and swung it at Volt's back in the hopes that her earth elemental spear would block any lightning.
"Earth Prison." Kanu called, tapping into the earth spear's power and forced large spikes of rock to burst out through the floor and surround Volt.
"Tch." Volt scoffed, snapping off a roundhouse kick which shattered all of the rocks before a spear with a black, almost bomb shaped blade slammed into his stomach and exploded. Kanu frowned at seeing that she'd only damaged Volt's clothing and left a few scuff marks.
"Is that the best you can do?" Volt asked uninterested, Kanu frowning as she decided to show off the full power of her [Knight] abilities and disappeared in a burst of speed before several slashing sounds were heard as a purple topped blur rushed around the blond.
When Kanu came to a stop where she had started, there were dozens of cuts over Volt's body and her [Lightning Lance] was sparking with absorbed power. The violet haired young woman created more [Lightning Lances] and started to share the absorbed lightning into them to prevent the one she was holding from exploding before directing each spear to aim at Volt who charged at her.
A flick of her fingers sent the five spears darting forwards her opponent, Volt crossing his arms to protect himself as they exploded against his body and flung him backwards while dispersing the lightning around his body.
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Two more rounds shot from Merlin's Sacred Gear, destroying the stone monsters they struck as he fired another round to destroy the one that Weiss was having trouble against. The white haired swords woman gave him a grateful nod before moving on to the next one. The magician's eyes looked for the others, seeing Kira and Madoka were handling their own stone monsters while Blake was helping Aya get close to Geo through the rock constructs and walls the earth mage was using.
"Well, I should have expected you'd chase after me, Emrys-kun." Nimueh spoke with a smirk as she lent against the doorway leading towards where Reina was, making her ex glare at her as he destroyed another three stone monsters in quick succession.
"Nimueh." Merlin spoke with a glare, Weiss giving him a nod as she called "Go! We can handle Geo and the others."
"Go on, hubby!" Aya called as she shattered another earthen barrier with her fist, Merlin nodding as he charged after the bluenette who chuckled as she danced away from the trio of [Freeze Shots] the magician had fired at her.
"So, such a cold reception to your first love." Nimueh teased, Merlin throwing his free hand skywards as he called out "Fire storm!"
A giant scarlet magic circle lit up the ceiling over where the two of them were fighting, Nimueh's eyes widening as dozens of flaming spears shot down at her. Merlin's eyes widening as Nimueh appeared to split into three identical version that seemed to do the impossible to dodge all of the attacks.
[Calm yourself, partner. It would not do to wear yourself out on illusions.] Tiamat called out, Merlin stopping his spell as he tightened his grip on his Sacred Gear as he looked around for the real Nimueh.
"[Shotgun Shot: Set]" Merlin intoned, the barrel of his gun turning burgundy as he pointed it around. He was hoping to use the smoke from his flames to reveal any weak points in whatever illusion Nimueh was using.
Several magic bullets shot at Merlin from behind which he dodged by ducking and fired a return blast of half a dozen bullets of magic all at once which made the gun buck from the recoil.
"Iron Rock Spires!" Merlin added as he slapped the palm of his hand onto the ground, making a dozen spires burst out of the ground in an erratic manner around him before a magic circle appeared under his feet as he muttered quietly "Slowing Magic: First Gear."
Merlin gritted his teeth at the strain of the magic he was using to slow time within the surrounding ten feet by half while leaving him unaffected. He was intending to use this magic to spot where Nimueh was as he disappeared in a burst of speed that was hard to believe from the Magician.
Nimueh gaped from where she floated above the battlefield, her eyes darting around to try and find Merlin only to cry out in pain as a tonfa slammed into her back, sending her to the ground and breaking her invisibility illusion on herself. She righted herself so she landed on her feet, her gaze focusing on the blade-wing tonfa in Merlin's right hand even as he brought the Chaos Cannon up quickly and fired three rounds of sickly green magic shot at her.
One bullet grazed Nimueh's leg as she dove out of the way, a yelp of pain slipping from her lips as she pointed a hand back at where Merlin was starting to drop from the air and fired off a dozen magic arrows.
Merlin disappeared in a burst of speed before any of the arrows could strike, leaving Nimueh looking around before turning to see Merlin smirking as he stood behind her.
"Die!" Nimueh shouted, suddenly creating and swinging a sword of magical energy at him which also missed as he disappeared once more. Nimueh didn't notice the growing tendrils of sickly green spreading from where the bullet had struck her leg as she was forced to dodge several [Fire Shots] from Merlin's Sacred Gear before two separate magic circles appeared above her, one coloured icy blue while the other was bright green, layered one over the other before a twister of wind and sharp hail stones crashed into the ground as she used her wings to avoid being hit by the powerful spell.
Nimueh grinned as she saw him get swept up in the frigid tornado, a cackle leaving her lips as she sneered "So much for being the next coming of Merlin!"
"Really?" Merlin retorted, Nimueh barely managing to turn to face him as a dozen or so spells struck her in the back and bound her in several sets of heavy metal chains as well as magical ones that seemed to be draining her magical strength by him. She didn't notice the band of glowing runes that lit up around her neck, made from the runes that were part of the set used for [Dark Écriture] magic. He hadn't mastered the whole rune set for them but knew enough to create the truth spell.
"How?" Nimueh asked shocked, Merlin smirking as he holstered his gun and answered "Thought Projection."
A kick sent Nimueh to the ground before Merlin put a foot on her stomach and asked "Now, where is Reina-sama?"
"She's in the North wing." Nimueh answered before her eyes grew wide as she asked "Why did I answer that truthfully?"
"Permanent truth spell." Merlin answered with a smirk, Nimueh's eyes looking fearful as being forced to always tell the truth and what she might let slip as the Magician added "And don't think that not saying anything will work as it will force you to answer any question posed to you..."
Nimueh's eyes had grew wider, if possible, before Merlin turned and ran out of the room towards the north wing.
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Yukari took to the air as Jan broke free of the latest ice the former had trapped him in, a savage grin on his face as he leapt after her only to slam into a barrier magic circle that Yukari had threw up. Yukari used the brief moment she had to conjure a dozen arrows that was barbed at the tip in front of her empty hand, a burst of wind shooting them at Jan who's eyes widened as they impaled his body.
"So, you have a Sacred Gear?" Jan sneered as Yukari landed several feet away and conjured a new one notched into her bow as she answered "You've only just realised it now. It's called [Projectile Preparer] and allows me to create any projectile I can think of but I stick to arrows."
The arrow in her bow seemed to glow with an unearthly light, its kanji covered tip showing different colours as the barbed arrows in Jan shot steel cables into the ground or at the other arrows to form a restraining web that stopped him from moving.
"My [Barbed Binders] will keep you in place while this one will finish this." Yukari spoke, taking aim. at Jan. Letting the arrow loose, Yukari watched Jan try and struggle to free himself before it struck his chest. From the arrow dozens of kanji runes flowed out along the vampire's body as she explained "These runes will rid you of your power. After all, it wouldn't be right for me, the [Queen] of Reina Phenex, to cast judgement on you without her around."
Jan tried to say something back, only for the kanji around his neck stopping any sound coming from his mouth. He couldn't feel any of his demonic or vampiric power inside him either as he struggled aimlessly on the ground. Yukari watched for a moment to ensure the power of her [Seal Rune Arrow] was working to its fullest before moving to help one of her friends.
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"Water Slicer!/ Volt Slasher!" Madoka and Kira called as they released their chosen elements at the gorilla golems in front of them, cutting it in half as they merged. Weiss stabbed her rapier into the foot on the golem, making a giant icy blue magic circle appear as she jumped back to avoid the erupting ice that stuck the limb to the ground.
Blake dashed forwards slashing her katana at the weak joint of stuck golem's arm and removing it at the elbow before using her [Knight] speed to quickly dodge the other arm before removing that one as well as Weiss conjured a giant ice spear which shot to take off the golem's head.
"Weiss!" Blake called as she pointed at the two clay golems that had cornered Madoka and Kira. The golems would reform after each cut
"Hiyah!" Aya shouted as she punched through the stone wall in front of her, drawing Weiss attention for a moment before speaking to her friend "Let's help them."
The pair disappeared in a burst of [Knight] speed before appearing next to the two Phenex [Pawns] as the white haired young woman spoke "Go help Aya. We can handle these two."
Weiss stabbed her rapier into the ground in front of her, creating a giant magic circle underneath them before geysers of ice shot up and stabbed through the golems bodies, freezing parts of it. Madoka and Kira shared a look with the pair, Blake nodding before the latter spoke "Alright. Be careful though."
With that Madoka and Kira ran towards where Aya was panting slightly as she smashed through another stone lion Geo was using to guard himself from the auburn haired young woman.
'I could use my Dragon's Eye but the drain would mean I'd only have ten minutes and these stone monster would eat that up.' Aya thought while gritting her teeth and sending a fist to destroy a stone snake that had leapt at her.
"Aya!" Kira and Madoka called, Aya glancing to the two swords women before smiling as she focused and spoke "Dragon's Eye!"
Aya's eyes glowed faintly as they switched to have a dragon-like slitted pupils as she activated her family's power. The Dragon's Eye was a power passed down through her family and allowed her to see potential futures or the distant past as she synchronised with the spirits. It consumed Ki indefinitely when active and Aya could only use it to see the near future enough to predict an opponent's moves and if she used it too much she would fall unconscious due to exhaustion.
Sidestepping to the left, Aya dodged the giant stone gorilla's fist with ease before darting forwards. Geo looked surprised as Aya jumped over the backhand strike of his stone gorilla without even looking as she knew Kira and Madoka would soon remove its arms as she drew back her fist.
The pillar of stone Geo shot at her shattered under Aya's prepared fist before she took advantage of one of the larger fragments to kick off of and dive faster towards the Magician. Once she was in range, Aya flipped to launch a devastating axe kick down onto Geo's form, the barriers' that quickly form shattering under her power before the remaining force knocked out the [Bishop] as Aya landed gracefully on her feet.
With the defeat of their creator, the other stone golems collapsed, bringing sighs of relief from Weiss, Blake, Kira and Madoka as Aya deactivated her [Dragon's Eye] and relaxed.
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Kazehana next gout of fuchsia flames destroyed the trio of arrow snakes aimed at her by Medusa before several wind arrows cut lines out of her black hooded dress. Medusa smirking as she called "Vector Plate!"
A black arrow appeared under Kazehana's feet throwing her forwards towards Medusa who created two Vector Blades and swung them at the violette. Kazehana released a vortex of cutting wind at Medusa, shredding the two swords as she fired another ball of flames at Medusa's face which the wind sped up.
"Vector Plate." Medusa cast, a large arrow appearing underneath her that sent her to the right and avoiding the attack before she smirked as she spat "Compress Vectors."
The arrows surrounded Kazehana trying to constrict on her as the Phenex [Bishop] wrapped herself in a wall of swirling wind as she shouted "Flower Whirlwind!"
The two spells battled for supremacy as Medusa tried to crush Kazehana with more and more snakes while Kazehana tried to stop the spell by shredding them. A spark of flames turned the barrier of wind into a raging inferno which destroyed the arrows before continuing to expand till they were all gone.
Kazehana stood unfazed at the centre of the swirling fire storm, holding a hand out pointed to the shocked Medusa and drawing all of her flames and wind into a single football sized orb as she spoke "Time for me to end this little dance, Inferno Fireblast!"
The orb shot forwards swiftly, striking Medusa with explosive force before exploding and sending the witch flying into the wall where she was knocked unconscious by the force.
"Good thing I held back on that attack." Kazehana murmured to herself as she looked over the slightly burnt form of Medusa.
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Kanu brought up her [Lightning Lance] to block the lightning enhanced kick from Volt, skidding back across the ground from the force. She countered by creating a spear and flinging it at him. Volt batted the spear away only for it to explode and knock him back in surprise as Kanu charged forwards, thrusting out with her spear and clashing with a barrier of lightning.
Kanu frowned in concentration as she used her [Lightning Lance] to start absorbing the lightning, hoping to power up her spear enough to damage the [Rook]. Her spear started to pass through the barrier before Volt batted the weapon away, Kanu creating a [Spire Spear] in her free hand before thrusting that forwards and stabbing the blond in the shoulder before rocks sprouted up to restrain the blond's leg and arm on that side.
"Time to end this." Kanu spoke as she leapt back, leaving her spear in his shoulder before conjuring a quintet of [Lightning Lance] and stabbing them into the ground before her to absorb the wave of lightning shot at her by the [Rook] in retaliation. She thrust her own spear forwards to aid in the absorption of the lightning, each spear's blade glowing bright yellow once they finished.
The five spears in front of her levitated up before starting to circle around the one Kanu held, the tips pointed at each other as she uttered one command "Merge."
The six spears shone brightly before combining, the only difference in the resulting spear was that the blade at its top was created out of the six blades equally spaced in a circle making it look more like weird drill in appearance. Kanu grimaced at the power urging to escape from it, trying to restrain it long enough for her to take aim at her opponent.
The spear flew from her hand like a bolt of lightning as its own power helped propel it faster, Volt's eyes widening as he brought his free arm up to protect himself. The spear impacted his arm a breakneck speed, Volt unable to stop it from overwhelming his [Rook] defence and cut his arm before it violently exploded and sent him flying into the wall behind him at speed. The moment Volt's head slammed against the wall, it broke through and collapsed the wall down on him and ensured that he was knocked out as Kanu sighed in relief.
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Merlin ran through the corridors of the manor, following the directions he had forced out of Nimueh while using his [Slowing Magic] to make the journey quicker. He'd dismissed his [Chaos Cannon] but instead held his [Blade-wing Tonfa] at the ready.
[I sense someone approaching us, Merlin] Tiamat spoke up, Merlin pausing for a moment before sending off a [Thought Projection] ahead of him and using some illusion magic to hide his own presence.
Watching through his [Thought Projection's] eyes, Merlin spotted Albert as it rushed forwards. The man freezing in surprise before releasing several demonic attacks as he threw his hands up.
"Die, you intruder!" Albert spat as he attacked, Merlin employing his [Slowing Magic] to the fullest as he moved to catch up with his [Thought Projection], who was dodging the beams as he continued to charge. The [Thought Projection] kicked off the wall to dodge once more and missed striking Albert as he ducked under the swipe of his tonfa, Albert turning to fire several beams of demonic energy at his target.
Merlin walked up coolly behind Albert as the man was so focused on his [Thought Projection] to notice the [Illusion Magic] he was using himself. A single strike by his tonfa knocking the devil out before the [Thought Projection] disappeared.
"Now just need to find Reina-sama." Merlin muttered, taking a moment to put a bunch of seals on Albert to ensure he didn't escape, or even move, from his current spot if he woke up.
[I've got her aura now. Go through the doors in front of you and take a right.] Tiamat spoke up, Merlin nodding his thanks as he followed the dragon's directions. He came to a stop in front of a pair of doors with a intricate magic seal over it, Merlin sighing as he lifted his hands and activated his [Archive Magic]so he could started to uncode it. It didn't look too difficult at first glance but it was littered with traps that would cause a lot of damage to anyone trying to take it apart.
'This seal on the room has probably been here for a while to be like this. Albert probably added layers on layers each time someone managed to break out...' Merlin thought as he tapped away at the keyboard, turning to open another window so he could open a telepathic connection to Reina inside before speaking "Reina-sama... Can you here me?"
{M-Merlin-kun... Where are you?} Reina asked nervously, Merlin turning to continue working on his work as he spoke "I'm on the other side of the door, deconstructing the seal on the door."
{Can't you just blast it open?} Reina asked annoyed, Merlin frowning for a moment as he paused before answering "Only if you want me to die given the level of destructive magic built in to act if someone tries to destroy it. The keycode is magic specific so I'm having to deconstruct it while avoiding that spell matrix."
{Oh...} Reina commented unsure about what he meant, {Can you connect me to the others?}
"Yeah. Just give me a moment to set up the connections." Merlin spoke, "Put down the anti-magic field in that room so you can contact others yourself but this way is probably better. Don't mind me if I don't speak up. Just found a hard bit that looks like its Nimueh's work."
{Thank you for coming to save me, Merlin-kun} Reina spoke warmly before Merlin activated the mental connections with the others in Reina's peerage. He let the conversation fade into the background as he worked, disabling more and more of the traps worked in to the seal before him.
"And... done." Merlin spoke as he finished with the last traps and safely broke the seal before adding "We'll catch up with you guys in a bit."
Closing down his [Archive Magic], Merlin pushed the door open before found himself hugged by Reina. Her face was bright red as she realised she was still in the perverse outfit Albert had forced her to wear.
"Here." Merlin spoke after pulling out a trench coat and draping it over her shoulders, Reina nodding as she replied shyly "Thanks... He made me put this on with his magic and..."
Reina paused as she tightened her grip on Merlin as she continued, tears welling in her eyes, "He touched me all over... and controlled me like a puppet to do degrading and humiliating things."
"Don't worry... You're safe now, Reina-sama." Merlin gently spoke, rubbing a hand over the blonde's back as she pressed her face into his shoulder as she asked "Was this my fault?"
"Of course not... it was his for thinking he could get away with his actions." Merlin replied with a frown. They stood like that for a few minutes as Reina cried into his shoulder.
"Feeling better?" Merlin asked as Reina's tears started to slow as she nodded, the magician loosening his hold on her as he suggested "Let's get back to the others and take that waste of organs with us so he can face judgement."
Reina looked over to where Merlin was pointing, a glare setting over her features as she swiftly moved to stamp on Albert's groin. Merlin winced at the action, watching Reina stamp once more on her captor's groin before he stopped her as he spoke "Let him face the courts and have the truth for the others he's done this too as well come out."
"Alright." Reina spoke with a sigh, stepping back to Merlin's side. Merlin grabbed Albert by his ankle and started to drag him along as the pair walked, Reina sticking close to Merlin's side as he navigated them through the manor.
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"Reina! Are you alright?" Riser called at seeing his sister come out with Merlin dragging Albert.
"I... I will be, Onii-sama." Reina answered, glancing to Merlin as he dragged Albert towards the others which were being surrounded by both the other members of Reina's peerage, Wiess and Blake and Riser's peerage.
"Here's the last of them." Merlin spoke as he let go of the leg and leaving the man a few steps away from the rest of his peerage.
"What shall we do with them, Reina?" Riser asked, Reina's gaze still on Merlin as she took a deep breathe as she spoke "I want Albert to face justice so the others before me can have some closure and the truth comes out."
Riser nodded in understanding, frowning at being unable to dish out retribution against the attacker of his sister personally before turning to the rest of Albert's peerage as he spoke "Your peerage has already vouched for Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna so I will spare them but the rest..."
Flames wreathed around his hands before Nimueh called out "Emrys-kun... Please save me. I love you and Albert forced me to do all that stuff."
"Shut up." Merlin snapped out, making Nimueh stare shocked as the [Chaos Cannon] was pointed in her face. The magician sighed as he dismissed his Sacred Gear and turned his back on the blue haired fey as he spoke "Riser-sama, I'll leave her in your care."
Riser smirked amused before incinerating the rest of Albert's peerage with his flames.
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Merlin scratched the back of his head as Riena's peerage and Riser had finished explaining things to Lady Phenex about what had happened. Lady Phenex turned her gaze from her two children to Reina's peerage, a warm smile on her lips as she spoke "Thank you all for saving my daughter. My husband and the other Lords are going to be questioning Albert tomorrow along with Weiss and Blake, although I imagine those two will also be commended for their actions to aiding you to save Reina and going against their own [King] to do it."
"It was no problem, Phenex-sama, but we wouldn't have been able to free ourselves if not for Merlin-san." Yukari replied, speaking for the group of them. Lady Phenex looked over the group before her smile grew slightly at landing on Merlin and seeing the nervous glances Reina was giving him.
"It was nothing really... I had my own score to settle with Nimueh." Merlin replied with a shrug, Lady Phenex shaking her head as she refuted him "If not for you calling Viviane-san and working with her to create the circle to go after Albert, who knows what would have happened to my daughter. We will see to repaying what you all did somehow."
Merlin nodded in understanding before Lady Phenex looked over the whole group as she added "Now, I imagine you all are in need of rest so I'll let the maids show you to your rooms here. Reina, if you would stay for a moment."
With that the others left till mother and daughter was the only pair in the room. Lady Phenex patted the space next to her, Reina nodding as she moved to sit down still clutching at Merlin's coat that she was wearing as her mother spoke "How are you feeling, Reina?"
"I..." Reina started, trying to form the words, "... I feel scared, Okaa-sama. When I was in that room without my powers, I thought it was the end for me. Without my magic and my regeneration... I was useless, unable to defend myself."
"I had hoped such a lesson would be learnt without something something this bad." Lady Reina started, Reina looking at her surprised as her mother continued "We may take our name after the immortal phoenix but we are not immortal like your brother would have you believe. You now know this so trust in your peerage to help you become stronger, my daughter, as the effort they put forth to save you shows how devoted they are to you."
Reina nodded resolutely, her cheeks reddening at thinking about the sole male member of her peerage as Lady Phenex chuckled "I'm sure you can get spend some quality time with your new [Bishop] as well, if you wish."
"Really...?" Reina asked, blushing embarrassed at her eager tone as she added "How?"
Lady Phenex's smile grew, it was about time her daughter had taken an interest in a young man.
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Author's Note
Sorry for the delay with updating this. Not really sure what to put here aside from hope you enjoy the fights and the showing of what the rest of Reina's peerage can do.