Meanwhile at the main capital of the Clover Kingdom…

"Ugh...this is so boring." Zexi groaned.

"Yeah Zexi, I get you there. You're always one for action." Hope said.

"If that's true about him, then why didn't he go with the other two teams?" Frosta asked.

"Yeah, if he wanted action, he could've found it with the Attack or Hideout Defense teams." Glimmer asked.

"Which begs the question." Mermista crossed her legs. "Why are we guarding someone who clearly doesn't even need protecting?"

"It's just as a precautionary measure. We don't know what kind of plots the enemy plans to use." Harumi said.

"And I'm no strategic genius like David is, but we all know Julius is a prime target, considering he has one of the Magic Stones. But for what reason?" Hope asked. "Mark, you guys got any ideas?"

"Hmm...well, it could be that the stones are components for some sort of powerful spell." Mark theorized. "Maybe something that involves all the people affected by the old memories."

"Hmmm…" Hope thought. "Leonis, if someone were to actually use Reincarnation Magic on a large scale, they would need a lot of power, right?"

"Well, yes. It does require a lot of magic power. But some of these elves wouldn't even be affected. No, to use it, the souls would have to be present at this time." Leonis said.

Glimmer then thought of something. "Crazy thought, but it could be possible that a reincarnated elf is right here in the capital under our very noses."

"Now that I think about it...that Igor guy...he said two elves were present in this time. That was impossible but...what if they aren't truly elves yet." Leonis said.

"What do you mean?" Hope asked.

"It seems crazy but...what if the body is human but the soul of an elf resides inside?" Leonis asked. "Igor can clearly see into the soul but we can't. They would appear human to us but in reality…"

"...they would actually be two souls sharing the same body." Hope said.

"It's far fetched...but it's not completely impossible." Leonis said.

"Then, if Mammon and those Midnight Sun guys were to bring the elf soul to the surface…" Emo realized. "...oh crud. There would be even more people brainwashed into hating humans!"

"The human souls would go dormant...allowing the elf souls to take over." Aqua said. "And they wouldn't even be brainwashed. These elf souls actually have a reason to hate humans."

"Right, because of what happened 500 years ago." Hope said.

"Then it seems our adversaries need these Magic Stones to bring the elven souls to surface." CP said. "Which is why we cannot allow them out of our sight!"

"Speaking of which, where is Julius right now?" Issei asked.

"Uh…..weren't the Eds watching him?" Mermista asked.

"He said he was going up top to meet with someone. That leader from the Golden Dawn." Abby said.

"The captain of the Golden Dawn? Why would he want to…" Hope said before gasping. "Guys... we gotta get to Julius. Now!"

They hurried up to the roof and saw Julius speaking with a young man holding a mask with a cursed mark on his face.

Captain of the Golden Dawn

William Vangeance

"Now...I was forced to choose between you two. And I knew I couldn't pick one over the other. So...I apologize." William said as the cursed mark vanished from his hair as he got taller and his hair turned white and grew out longer as markings appeared on his face.

"We finally meet, powerful Magic Emperor. I am Licht, leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun." Patri said.

"Dammit! We should've known sooner!" Hope said.

"So it's just like I thought. You and William are one in the same, two souls in one body. So in a sense, I wasn't betrayed. How did you get rid of the scars on your face?" Julius asked.

"They belong to William. A result of a curse inherited from his mother's side of the family. Even if I share this body, a human's curse has nothing to do with me. In fact I despise humans, William being the only exception. We were able to coexist inside this body after all." Patri said.

"Okay, now I'm confused." Bow said. "The original owner of that body actually AGREES with the elven soul inside it?!"

"I wouldn't expect some humans to understand. I am here on a mission, to bring all of you to justice. I will gather the Magic Stones and fulfill our ambitions." Patri said.

"Not gonna happen." Hope said. "We'd sooner die before we let you have your way."

"Have it your way." Patri said as light constructs appeared all around him. "Light Creation Magic: Light Swords of Judgment!" he said firing them all off.

"Mana Zone! Chronostasis Grigori!" Julius said as each of the swords were trapped inside of a sphere. "Light magic may be faster than most forms of magic, but that's not to say there's no defense against it." he said as the spheres and swords vanished before more swords appeared at Patri's side.

"Just as I suspected." Patri said firing off more of them only for each sword to be caught in a sphere and protecting Julius.

"This magic… it's like he's controlling time!" Hope said.

"Of course he is. He uses Time Magic." Leonis said. "There are two forces that no one can avoid...space and time."

"This is my first time seeing time magic in action, it's as powerful as I heard it was!" Flamberge said. "Emo, you ever see something like this before?"

"Not like this." Emo answered. "I've read one or two books on it, but they only covered the basics. Nothing like what he's doing."

"I'll have to change tactics. Light Creation Magic: Bright Judgment Whip!" Patri said creating a whip of light and flicking it at him only for Julius to appear and reappear while avoiding each strike.

"This is dangerous, we're just in the way!" Hope said. "Everybody off the building, get airborne!"

"Are you crazy?! We all can't fly!" Leonis said as they saw Patri land a hit on Julius. "Oh no!"

"Well...seems you can be hurt. I bet it's been a long time since you've seen your own blood." Patri said.

"True. I've extinguished the futures of countless people but it's been a long time since I got hurt like this." Julius said.

"Even if you control time, it makes no difference." Patri said.

"I don't control time. Rather I steal it from my opponents." Julius said. "This stolen time is stockpiled bit by bit then used again whenever I so please, though the risk can be great." he said as his wound vanished and healed.

"Crazy, he healed his injuries by turning back time." Hope said.

"In a sense, I steal the futures of others. But I want to make a future of a kingdom with no discrimination. And I can't die until it's achieved!" Julius said.

"Big talk for a human!" Patri said going on the attack again with Julius easily dodging his attacks and even destroying a light construct he created.

"I can already see your future and I can tell it ends in defeat." Julius said.

"So amazing… so that's the Magic Emperor." Hope said.

"Dang...so much for bodyguarding." Mark added.

"Hold on, maybe there is something we can do." Hope said as Julius and Licht continued to battle. "The Attack team is with the Royal Knights at the Midnight Sun base to find Licht, right? But he's here now. They don't know that."

"Damn, you're right!" Zephyr said. "We gotta warn them!"

"Hey guys...what? Damn! The comm won't connect." Vashyron said.

"It's gotta be Mammon or Moloch, they're jamming our signal." Hope said.

"Hehehe. You got it wrong. Your signal is being jammed but it's not Lord Mammon's doing." a voice said as they saw a strange blue squirrel like demon sitting on a pillar.

"Identify yourself. You're with the Demon Family right?" Dark asked.

"Yep. You can call me Gremlynn. I'm the chief mechanic." he said.

"So, let me guess. Did Mammon order you to jam our comms so we don't spoil the surprise?" Hope asked.

"He asked me to jam it yes. But it's not just you. All communications involving either telepathy, magic or technology, including comms and phones...have now been completely disconnected!" Gremlynn said. "Besides...if you were in contact with everyone, you'd miss the big show that'll be happening after Patri wins."

"Are you even watching the same fight as us? Julius is keeping up with Patri, he's the one in control." Glimmer said.

"Julius said he was going to be the one to protect everyone with his bizarre rare magic. That's always a major strength with most self proclaimed heroes and leaders. But...it's also their biggest weakness." Gremlynn said.

"Sealing Magic: Release!" Patri said releasing some sort of spell that was on him. "Light Magic: Arrows of Judgment!" he said as large arrows appeared all across the capital. "Humans took away everything, all of our happiness, our friends and loved ones, our peaceful days, just like that. This may be an affront to reason, but you'll atone for your sins! Now die!" he said as the arrows started to fall.

"Oh, shoot!" Hope cried.

"Hehehe. He may not be able to kill the Magic Emperor...but that's not the same with everyone else." Gremlynn said.

"No…" Julius thought reflecting on his past when he was just a Magic knight, and the progression of the kingdoms opinion. "I can't let this happen! Time Reversal Magic: Chrono Anastasis!" he shouted as a large clock appeared in the sky as it started flowing backwards and returning all the arrows to nothing as time reversed.

"You went and saved all of them. But it looks like you used all of the magic you had saved up. You couldn't call it off to get out of the way. Because you're….the Magic Emperor." Patri said having plunged a sword of light through Julius's body. "And being the Magic Emperor...is your one and only weakness."

"NO!" Hope yelled.

Julius fell lifelessly to the ground as Patri collected the last of the magic stones from him.

"Guys, we gotta stop him!" ZS said as he boarded his skateboard before a shot was fired and knocked him off.

"Yeah...you're not gonna stop him." a voice said as they saw a red haired man dressed in a red robe as he stood with Gremlynn.

"Another of the Demon Family?" Hope asked.

"The name is Azazel. I'm the Demon Kingpin." Azazel said.

"Seems all has gone as Lord Mammon predicted." Moloch said arriving.

"You know our lord, he has always been one to know how things might play out." Succubus said arriving next.

"Wait… Mammon knew what was gonna happen? Then that means he knew how we operated!" Hope said.

"No...but he predicted you would have escaped the redux trap we laid out." Azazel said. "Wow...Patri actually did it. He killed the strongest guy in the kingdom."

"And now we await the main event, don't we?" Succubus asked.

"Indeed. The real show is about to begin." a voice said as Mammon appeared between the four.

"Mammon! What's your endgame with all this?! Bringing to Life the Elven Revenge Legend, using Reincarnation Magic?! Just… why?!" Hope asked.

"Why? Hmm...honestly...these days, I'm not really sure why I do the things I do." Mammon said.

"If you don't know your reason, then there's no reason at all to even attempt this!" Aqua replied.

"It doesn't matter in the slightest anymore. This is all quite entertaining. However...we'll need to attain front row seats for this next part. You see...the death of the Magic Emperor...is the start of a very dark future for the Clover Kingdom. So...I'll see you later." he said tapping his cane to the ground as the five of them vanished.

"Yeah, you better run…" ZS grumbled half-heartedly as he turned towards Julius' body, his face turning sad. "We're sorry, Julius…We'll handle what comes next. Rest in peace, dude."

"Uh… guys?" Bow asked. "I think I know what they meant by the main event."

"Look." Psychic said, pointing out as columns of light could be seen dotting across the entire Clover Kingdom.

"Oh god, it's happening…" Hope said.

Back in the Midnight Sun's base…

"What the hell?" Lan said seeing multiple members of the Eye of the Midnight Sun withering and dying before their eyes.

"How is this? Were they just...pawns as well?" Arthur said.

This was happening all across the base as Midnight Sun cultists died while some members of the Magic Knights glowed.

"Of course. Reincarnation Magic isn't without sacrifice. All of the members of this cult...they were recruited to be sacrifices." Elementa said.

"Well would you look at that. It's finally begun." Rhya said rising up.

"His magic...it just keeps rising." Lucy said.

"Today's the day. We're going to reclaim our old forms and take the day.' Rhya said as his hair turned white and his ears became pointed.

"Dang...is this...what Leonis was talking about?" Jexi asked.

"Without a doubt. This is...the true Elfen Revenge." Elementa said.