At the village where the lighting was sighted, standing right in the center of it were Magna and Vanessa as they saw Luck tearing apart the village.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing, Luck?" Magna shouted.
"Luck? Oh right. I forgot, he's the one who owns this body. He said there was someone he wanted to see. Was it you two? Anyway, he's not here right now. It's thanks to that magic that his body belongs to me, Lufulu." Luck said.
"Who's Lufulu? What are you going on about?" Magna said.
"That's forbidden magic." Vanessa said.
"Huh?" Magna asked.
"I don't know all the details but some other entity has taken over Luck's body." Vanessa said. "Likely done by the Eye of the Midnight Sun."
"Wait...so that big glowing rock we saw on the way here was...their hideout. Crap. Guess their plan failed." Magna said.
"Yay! You got it right. Great. By the way, we killed those royal knights, every last one." Lufulu said. "Here's a tip...get in my way and the same thing will happen to you too." he said lunging at Magna before suddenly finding himself kicking the wall. "Huh. That's weird. My kick went in a different direction." he said before hearing a meow and saw a red cat on his shoulder. "Aw...this must be a spell to protect your friends. That's interesting."
"Yeah well you're going to get it now. Flame Magic: Imploding…" Magna started before the cat landed on him as he tripped. "Dang it!"
"The red thread of fate is always on the side of the Black Bulls. Rouge will try and protect Luck even though his body is possessed." Vanessa said.
"Well turn it off cause it's really messing things up for me!" Magna said.
"If it wasn't for her, he would have killed you. Besides, Luck is dormant inside that body." Vanessa said.
"Yeah I know that. So I'm gonna wake the guy up with Flame Magic. So here goes! Flame Magic: Explosive Vanishing Scattershot!" Magna said tossing a fireball that split into several before vanishing for a moment before surrounding the elf.
"What fun." Lufulu said before dashing across the village as each shot missed him. "Not a spell in the world can hit me. Which means you humans don't stand a chance."
"Oh will you keep quiet?" Magna said firing fireball after fireball at Lufulu as he kept running across the village before he went and grabbed Magna.
"Hehehe. You get to die first." Lufulu said.
"Don't be too sure." Magna said holding a fireball in his hand as it exploded, sending them falling as they headed to a barrage of them. "You are definitely not Luck. Cause if you were, he would have seen that coming and knew...I was crazy enough to blow myself up!" he said as they all blew up. "You are not Luck. Definitely. Flame Magic: Maximum Exploding Fireball!" he said sending Lufulu down to the ground. "Flame Bondage Formation." he said restraining him. "You're just a fake. You don't know the first thing about him or me. Now give him back!"
Lufulu then started laughing loudly as the thunderclouds above rumbled as lightning struck him with bolts large enough for the two converging sides to see.
"That does not look good." Asta said.
"We better get a move on. Let's move it, people!" David said.
Back at the Village, Lufulu pushed Luck's magic to its maximum. The spell he was wearing had magnified to a full body armor that made him appear like a fiend. "I'm sorry...who can never win?" he asked with a crazed look on his face. "You can't beat me now." he said violently ricocheting across the village and destroying anything he touched. "You slow humans could never catch me!"
"He was a monster before but now…" Magna said.
Lufulu kept going before he suddenly felt a kick send him flying.
"What?!" Lufulu asked recovering. "Alright, who has the nerve?!"
"Are we late for the party? Well, better than never." David said.
"Another annoying human? This is getting more and more fun." Lufulu said.
"Who said I was alone?" David asked, before giving a whistle.
"Fire Ball!" Genis said launching fireballs at Lufulu.
"Oh...did you come to play too?" Lufulu asked before avoiding them all.
Alphamon looked to Magna and Vanessa. "We'll talk later. We've come to help."
"Yes...and it's not just you." Vanessa said pulling a thread as something intercept between David and Lufulu.
"You won't...kill anyone!" Asta shouted blocking Lufulu's next kick.
"Rouge used all her power to bring Asta here." Vanessa said.
"Okay...this is getting so frustrating. Just who the heck are all of you?!" Lufulu shouted in anger.
"Pretty sure those two said it so we will too. We're Luck's friends." Jexi said.
"Friends huh? This routine is starting to get old. Wait, a lot of you don't have magic. Wow...didn't think it was possible for so many people to be hated by mana." Lufulu said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. How about you shut up now?" David asked. "It's been a long day, so let's just get this over with."
"So impatient. Don't worry...I'll give you a fast death." Lufulu said.
"Actually...I didn't want to prolong your humiliation." David said.
"Stalagmite!" Genis said as a spire of rock emerged from the ground under Lufulu.
"Oh what's this?" he said avoiding it before Asta appeared behind him. "What the?" he said trying to run only for Asta to keep after him. "How are you following me?"
"Your Ki is so full of rage, I can follow you all day at that speed." Asta said.
"It's not just him. Some of us can keep up too. Babs, Veevee, time to get to work." David said.
"Huh?" Lufulu said before Cheetah and UlforceVeedramon pinned him to the ground.
"Got him." Cheetah said as lightning still raged from his body.
"Damn, how does he still have so much power left?" UlforceVeedramon said.
"Don't you let up. We're getting our friend back." Asta said drawing the Demon Destroyer Sword. "So come back to us! Luck!" he said sticking it onto Lufulu. "If humans are what you blame all of this on, then I'm sorry but he's precious to us! And we wouldn't ever want to lose him. So please...don't take him away! I'm sure if you had someone precious, you wouldn't want them to go through this same pain! Get out!"
Lufulu let out a pained scream before the lightning died down completely.
"Did...did it work?" UlforceVeedramon asked as Luck slowly got up.
"Um...guys. Please...tell me…" Luck said as they saw him crying instead of the usual permanent smile. "Can I still be...in the Black Bulls?"
"Tch." Magna said walking up to him. "What are you talking about, kid? Of course you can."
"Asta...Vanessa...Magna…" Luck said cheering up before kicking Magna in the face. "Thanks a lot!"
"Oh come on!" Magna shouted.
"Yeah...he's back." Asta said.
"Seriously, thank you guys. Wow...I really made a mess of things here. Hope none of the residents got injured." Luck said.
David looked to Jexi. "I'm...sure you and the others have a lot of questions." he said, motioning to Genis and Raine.
"Probably...but we can sort everything out when this whole mess is over." Jexi said. "Besides, looking at them, they're probably free of the control. Too bad we already saw someone beat it before coming here."
"Not to mention Gauche is running loose too. Man, oh man. What a mess." Jesse said.
"So Gauche got possessed too." Asta said. "Then we gotta get to the hideout fast."
"Yeah...about that…" Mayumi said.
A little while later…
"What the heck?!" Asta said seeing the building as it currently was.
"Is that supposed to be a bull?" Rainbow said.
"Okay….we have clearly missed a whole lot." Natsu said.
"Okay...and who the heck is that supposed to be?" Magna said looking to Henry sitting in the rubble.
"Oh, Henry. Hey." Asta said.
"Turns out this guy actually lives in that hideout, and he's a friend of Asta's." Milly said.
"More than that. He owns the place but has this weird disease that sucks the magic out of people. This is Henry." Asta said. "He's a great friend. I used to visit him all the time and even during my times off, I even told him about you guys. And since I don't have any magic, his disease doesn't affect me. I thought he was a ghost at first."
"I...like Asta. He is..my greatest friend...I missed him." Henry said.
"This is so crazy. I thought everyone knew about him." Asta said.
"Uh...Asta?" Jexi said.
"Oh right. We gotta go save Gauche and…" Asta said before they heard a rumbling in the forest.
"This magic power is...oh no." Vanessa said as they saw Charmy emerge from the forest with an army of small sheep in chef hats.
"Never forgive...never forgive…" she said with a red line on her face. "Who did it? Who did it?" Charmy said.
"Uh...you don't need to worry." Raine said.
"Who wrecked my vegetable garden back there? I just saw the tomatoes coming out." she said.
"Tomatoes?" Nami said checking the line. "Phew. She's not an elf. It's just tomato paste."
"You know how much effort I put into it? I went out to get yummy snacks for you guys and this is the thanks I get?!" Charmy said.
"Whoa, whoa, take it easy there. We were kind of surprised things got like this too." Milly said.
"So then… if it wasn't any of your faults, who did it?!" Charmy asked.
"Uh… I think it was the Eye of the Midnight Sun and some elves." Asta said.
"Eye of the Midnight Sun? And some elves? Then come on all of you! We're going to give them a pounding they'll never forget!" Charmy said as the sheep joined her.
"Remind me to never get on her bad side." David said.
"Uh...and a lot of us are kinda running low right now." Rainbow said.
"Is that so? Not a problem! Cotton Creation Magic: Sheep Cook Head Chef!" Charmy said creating a large sheep as they all started cooking up a feast for the group present.
"Uh...maybe we should…" Jexi said.
"Eat...Eat it!" Charmy said looking scary.
"Well...I guess I was kind of hungry." Jexi said eating some. "Hmm. This is good. And...I can kinda feel some of my power returning."
"Of course you can! This food was made by magic so it can replenish your strength and your mana!" Charmy said seriously.
"After today, we all need this, I think." Cheetah said.
"Let us enjoy this meal together. Because together, we'll make it to the capital." Theo said.
"Especially since once we're done here...we'll have a quick mode of transport." Emi said, looking over to Henry.
"Okay...if this...restores magic...then I can accomplish...that." Henry said eating as he used his magic to put the building back together as a bull on four legs. "Recombination Magic: The Raging Black Bull!"
"Well, this'll beat walking all the way there." Emerald said.
"So, where are the Lost Thieves?" Ivy asked.
"We sent them on ahead with the rest of the Royal Knights to head to the capital. They should have gotten there by now." Jexi said.
And so after the meal, the four groups now joined in the Raging Black Bull, raced off towards the capital at a high paced speed as well as taking out any elf in their way. But…
"Hold it...right there!" a voice shouted as the bull stopped.
"What in the...oh no way!" Asta said as they saw Rades, Valtos and Sally standing before it.
"You...aren't going anywhere!" Rades said.
"Man… These guys again?" David asked. "You guys already got what you wanted. So why don't you just step aside?"
"Screw that! Listen up...you're going to do what I say and get us to the capital so we can kill Licht!" Rades said.
"Kill him? But you spent all this time doing his dirty work." Mayumi said.
"That was before he tried to sacrifice us! He never cared about us!" Rades said.
David looks to Valtos and Sally. "Does this guy have a volume below 'yell'?" David asked.
"Unfortunately not. Besides, he's the only one who wants to kill Licht. I only want to know his reasons for pulling this." Valtos said.
"Yeah and I just want to do more experiments." Sally said.
"*sigh* Fine. Not like we have much of a choice, anyway." David said.
"This could work for us. Valtos, right? You can use Spacial Magic to go to other places right? Would that include the capital?" Jexi asked.
"Yes...any place I've been would be possible." Valtos said. "Besides..if what Master Licht said was a lie...then I really am a sinner and must seek atonement."
"And you...the crazy girl...if you stay on...you can do whatever you want to my body as a test subject. Just as long as you don't do anything that'll hurt. And if it helps people, it's all the better, right?" Asta said.
"Uh...I'm sorta confused, but I do wanna keep researching so I'll agree." Sally said.
"Did you guys seriously just ignore me? I'm the reason you two were even brought back to life!" Rades said. "Grr...screw this! Let's just get going!"
"This is just...becoming one crazy messed up team up we got going on." Jexi said. "Still though...I can't help but wonder what's going on in the capital right now."