Back at the capital of the Clover Kingdom, the Emperor protection team was hard at work spread across the capital protecting the citizens from the Elves.
"This is getting easier. The elves seem to be thinning a little." Zexi said. "Wonder if that's luck."
"No...I don't think it is." Lan said, seeing the elves heading to a large structure. "That's Clover Castle, it's the home to the three royal families of the kingdom, including the king."
"They do seem to hate royals. Seems like the perfect place for them to go." Kenshin said.
"Let's just hurry before…" Zexi said before they felt a large surge of power as they saw a large glowing fortress flying over the kingdom. "What the heck is that?!"
"I think that's the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base. Guess the battle team failed to take them down." Mermista said.
"What's it doing here? Putting their base out in the open seems kind of risky." Mark said.
"They must be planning something with it. Besides...looks like they aren't the only ones who made it back." Abby said as they spotted a large mass of mercury flying through the air with the Clover Kingdom Royal Knights and the Lost Thieves aboard it.
"My...this place is a mess. What, have you been having one hell of a party?" Arthur said.
"You could say that…" ZS said. "By the looks of things, the same could be said for you."
"The enemy pulled a move we didn't expect and reincarnated the elf souls. Sad but true." Flux said. "As for the Dimensional Heroes, we had to split off so they could rejoin with the rest of your precious little alliance."
"For now, we're all the reinforcements you're gonna get right now." Lan said.
"Well looky here. Mr. Silver Eagle decided to come back. You should know, your house is a huge mess right now while you were messing with your hair." Yami said. "You should probably go clean it up."
'It's no concern of yours. No matter what, the castle will not fall." Nozel said.
"Kehehe. You all better hurry along now...or we're going to hog all the carnage for ourselves." said a man with black hair and a scar on his face.
Captain of the Green Mantis
Jack the Ripper
"Alright, the elves probably split up to take out the Kira, Vermillion and Silva houses simultaneously. Let's split into three groups and help out whoever we can." Adora said. "Mark, our teams will go with Nozel and Noelle to help out the rest of the Silva's."
"Screw the split up stuff. Kill every single elf in there, no matter what!" Francis said.
"Hold your eager, Francis. These are still people, you know." Arthur said. "Your little plan is...cute. But you really think the elves will care who goes where? We're all potential targets in their eyes."
"He's got a point, Adora. We can't take any chances with the situation as it is now." Chrysalis said.
"Yeah...you're right. If that's the case then...I'll take Leonis, Aqua and Double D with me to House Silva to support Nozel." Adora said. "The rest can defend houses Kira and Vermillion."
"Do as you wish. Just remember, this is our house and we will not tolerate you dirtying it with your blood." Nozel said.
Adora and her team then accompanied Noelle, Nozel and Zora into House Silva. There, they saw the carnage that the elves have already dealt out.
"How horrible…" Aqua sighed.
"To dirty this house with so much blood. They will pay." Nozel said.
"There you are royals! Ready for battle?" an elf said before being quickly being defeated by the mercury.
"I would say the same but it appears you've already lost." Nozel said.
"I'm sensing a very powerful source of magic...it's coming from that tower." Aqua said pointing to it.
"Wait...that's...that's Solid's room!" Noelle said.
Inside the room, a lone man was trying to defend himself against the elf with water serpents only for each attack to be deflected by compasses. "This...this can't be happening. We're royalty, you know!"
"Yes, you keep saying that." the elf said. "Face your fate." she said firing compass needles at him only for the attack to be blocked by Nozel's mercury shields.
"Nozel, it's you." Solid said. "And Noelle."
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Roar!" Noelle said sending a large water dragon at the elf.
"Compass Magic: Willful Compass!" the elf said, sending the attack straight up through the roof.
"She deflected it." Adora said. "I get it. Her magic lets her control the flow of mana in the air and the direction it'll go."
"None of you will be escaping. Compass Magic: Another Atlas!" she said trapping them all and her inside of a strange sealed space. "The only way any of you will escape alive is if you defeat me first."
"This space…. It's warping all active magic." Aqua said.
"Not just active magic...any sort of spell cast will be disrupted in an instant." Leonis said.
"I see...well, my Ki-based attacks might not be disrupted, but I don't know if I can win a battle against her. However, I may be able to distract her for a time." Double D offered.
"Don't...even joke about that. You need to keep living for the sake of your pals." Leonis said, stepping forward.
"What is with you human?" the elf asked.
"My name is...Leonis Pendragon!" Leonis shouted.
"What?! Pendragon...you mean...the family that tormented elves beyond our world?" she said in anger.
"Yeah, I admit it! Our family was nothing but a bunch of crooks who used other races for their own personal gain." Leonis said. "I'm pretty much just scum now. But even so...I'll make things right! With my honor as a summoner on the line...I'll make sure these guys live!"
"Then you will die first." the elf said firing compass needles at Leonis.
"I...need to keep them safe. Huh...the academy...none of this would have happened...if I hadn't been stopped by Zexi. Maybe...I could have stayed one more day there back then." he said as his staff unintentionally glowed.
As the needles got close to him, they were suddenly knocked away.
"What?" the elf said.
"Hey...are you okay?" a voice said as Leonis looked to see a man in black with seafoam green hair holding a strange sword.
"Who...are you?" Leonis said in shock.
"Me...I'm just a teacher. That's all." he said.
"A...teacher?" Leonis said in shock as he felt weak as the man caught him.
"Just rest easy. I'm not sure why you called me here...but this seems dire." he said. "So I'll lend my aid."
"Another human? Fine then… die with them!" the elf said sending compass needles at him.
"That won't happen!" he said as his sword became chain like as he knocked them all away. "For now...all of these people are my comrades! The space is sealed tight. No way out. It's advantageous for this woman...but also disadvantageous at the same time."
"That's right. I'll...I'll lose control!" Noelle said as she started to fill the room with water. "Brother!"
Nozel then encased the group within a mercury cocoon to shield them from the water that was quickly filling the room.
"That was actually pretty clever of Noelle." Aqua said. "Another Atlas created a closed space, while keeping others out, it also keeps everything else in."
"So by filling the room with water, she created a scenario where that elf needs to dispel her own spell." Leonis said.
It wasn't long before the elf couldn't hold her breath anymore, and deactivated Another Atlas to escape. In that instant after, Nozel quickly encased her inside a cocoon of mercury.
"Guess that worked out." Noelle sighed.
"If you call almost drowning work. It was unorthodox but still worked to our advantage." the man said.
"So...my friendly summon...who are you?" Leonis asked. "I summoned you, so I should at least know who you are."
"My name is Byleth. I'm a teacher at the Officers Academy in Garreg Mach." he said.
"Never heard of it." Leonis joked. "Still you must be...an incredible teacher."
"I'll take that as a compliment. Wait...you! Get back!" Byleth called to Nozel before three compass needles pierced the magic knight captain before Another Atlas activated once more, this time encircling the entire tower as the mercury around the elf faded.
"I almost feel sorry...for you pitiful humans." the elf said.
"I can't let her do this. Even when some of my siblings treated me poorly...I won't let her take my family!" Noelle said as water engulfed her before she walked out in armor made of water. "Water Creation Magic: Valkyrie Armor!"
"Noelle?" Solid asked in shock.
"Impressive." Byleth smiled. "It's true that royals like yourselves have magic talent that comes naturally. But being born a commoner or a noble does not determine the power you hold."
Noelle then took flight with incredible speed, battling the elf at a pace that was hard to keep track. Nozel watched as her sister danced in the air similar to their mother.
"You're attack will be pointless!" the elf said as Noelle went for her. "Compass Magic: Willful Compass!" she said blocking the attack only to be surprised when Noelle overpowered it and struck the elf, dispelling the magic and defeating her for good.
"That is freedom. That is someone who is free from everything holding her back." Adora said.
"Yeah. I agree." Aqua said.
"This place...I can tell it's under a lot of turmoil." Byleth said.
"Hmm. If that's the case...I'll need to keep awake. Otherwise, you'll return to your world." Leonis said.
"I thank you for bringing me here." Byleth said as they continued off to fight the elves. "Even if this is our first meeting, I've known about these people for a long time now...from the ones who came after them."