The fighting continued to escalate throughout the castle as the four groups continued to give support all across.
"Things are starting to get more dicey now." Lan said. "We've almost made it to the king's throne room. They're likely going to target him the most."
"The last thing we want to do have the elves do is kill the King." Kendo said. "If they succeed, The Clover Kingdom won't have anyone to rule over it."
"Exactly. The king may seem to be an idiot and an egotistical fool but he's still royalty. If he dies, the nobles and the people will panic, making them easier for the elves to kill." Arthur said.
"I think we found our place. Just up ahead." Piccolo said as they arrived at the throne room where Yami, Jack and a boy with brown hair with a bit of green facing off against a lone elf.
"Wake up already, langris! This isn't you!" the boy called to the other.
Black Bulls
Finral Roulacase
"Just die already." the elf said sending a sphere at Finral only to be cancelled out by a created portal.
"This spacial magic is powerful. If it wasn't cancelled out, it would have wiped away anything in its path." Arthur said.
"Well...then we'll just have to barrage him till he collapses." Lan said. "Hmm...as for a deck...I'll use this one."
"Hmm? Oh...would you look at that. More human trash." the elf said, sending multiple spheres at them.
"Heh...let's start off...with this card. Polymerization! Now get ready...because we're about to begin a great show! I fuse Gem Knights Crystal, Garnet and Sapphire in order to create...Gem Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond!" Lan said as appearing before them was a woman with diamond themed clothing wielding a rapier and wearing a red cape.
"A summoner? No matter. I'll crush your ally, human!" the elf said sending a sphere only for the monster to get close to him.
"Yeah...my creatures aren't really allies." Lan said as Lady Brilliant Diamond attempted a thrust before part of her sword vanished. "Damn...he's got a shield."
"He must be good if he's able to use Spatial Magic offensively and defensively like that." Kendo said. "If we want to defeat him, we have to break through that barrier, but I don't see any limit to it."
"Because it doesn't have one. It'll activate the moment anyone tries to get close to him." Lan said. "And those two captains can't get close either. I hate to say it, but we all might end up dead after all."
Kendo then looked at everyone before getting an idea. "We're not dead yet. I know how we can defeat him. If we want to defeat his barrier, we're all goi-" she said before Arthur slapped her.
"Stop trying to act like a leader." Arthur said. "The Shining Hope Squad are mostly made of jokes who follow the biggest joke ever. Lan...will you...Lan?" he said before seeing him run at Langris. "Lan!"
"I'm sorry sir but...we need to give this a trial and error!" Lan said.
"Lan, are you crazy?! You'll die if you do this!" Chrysalis said.
"If I die...it'll be more proof that I existed!" Lan shouted.
"Lan...what is he...so that's it." Arthur said. "Fine. You just keep running!"
"But Lan will…" Piccolo said.
"He won't die. I will make sure of that." Arthur said. "My law only works on solid objects. I can't swap him with nothing in sight. So...I'll use this chance you've given us!" he said activating his law and disrupting the shield while switching the elf with Lan.
"What?!" the elf asked.
"Now….you've met your end." Arthur said tossing multiple arrows into the air before tossing some rocks as well. "This is...Ambush Shuffle!" Arthur said, swapping the rocks with the arrows as the arrows hit the elf dead on before the shields would even activate.
The elf gagged before he gritted his teeth. His Mana spiked as he formed even larger spheres in the air. "How could you beat me… when youre just...HUMAN TRASH!? I hate your kind! All of you all just ugly, petty and repulsive! JUST DISAPPEAR!"
"That should have taken him down. Seems I underestimated the elves' rage against humans." Arthur said.
"And for good reason. But then again, that's what pretty much every other species says about humans." Zephyr said. "This kind of talk is hardly anything new."
"Speaking of elves, where the heck is everybody else? They're missing out." Flamberge said.
"Missing out? Are you an idiot? We're about to get killed." Cricket said.
"No...I'm not letting anyone die here." Finral said badly bloodied from the elf's previous assaults as a portal opened behind him and the elf as a small green sphere travelled through it and transported the elf before him. "Just stop already!" he said landing a punch on the elves face as they both collapsed on the ground.
"He...stopped him." Cricket said.
"Of course he did. Brothers shouldn't be underestimated, especially when they're trying to save their own family." Arthur said. "Something is…." he said before they saw the castle being overtaken in shadows and become more sinister and evil looking.
"This power...it's sickening. We're in way over our heads here." Flamberge said. "Even with those three groups with us...we can't overtake this power."
"I guess this is…" Kendo said before a portal opened up above the city as falling through was a large bull shaped building. "What the?"
"What's up, Clover Kingdom?" a voice shouted as they saw the other four groups standing on it. "We're here!" Jexi declared.
"Sorry we're late. Traffic was awful." David said.
"Man, are we glad to see you guys." Mark said. "Things have not been going good."
"Yeah, I can see that. You guys seriously let the place go to heck while we were away." Jexi said.
"But that doesn't matter now. We're here and we're all fired up!" Natsu said.
"Licht! Where the hell are you!" Rades demanded as Patri looked out from on top the base looking shocked.
"This...can't be." Patri said.
"Don't worry. I'll handle getting rid of them." Gauche said with a little girl by his side.
"I have no doubt in you, Drowa. But, we'll need something more." Patri said as a woman jumped off the base and floated down, clad in pink and wearing a witches hat. "Do well, Reve. Even now, the Black Bulls continue to get in my way."
"What the? They're sending a woman down? And a witch at that." Ivy said.
"Oh crap. That's no normal woman. She's the captain of the Coral Peacocks, Dorothy Unsworth." Asta said. "She got possessed too?!"
"Dream Magic: Glamour World." she said as she and a portion of the bull building vanished.
"What the heck? We're missing people. Vanessa, Magna, Luck, Charmy, Sally, Theo, Jesse, Ochako, Lucy and Leonora are missing." Jexi said.
"I'm afraid they've been whisked away." Kirsch said.
"What have you done to them?" David asked.
"She won't answer. She's asleep. She's taken them all...to the world of dreams!" Kirsch said.
"...Kind of a not so dramatic reveal after a buildup like that." David said.
"Their defenses are gone. Drowa!" Patri said.
"Understood." Drowa said creating multiple mirrors around the building as Patri fired swords of light into each one.
"Combo Spell: Storm of Light Imperial Swords of Conviction!" they said as multiple light swords bounced off the mirrors and ransacked the building.
"We're gonna crash!" Izuku said.
"Don't worry. Poison Curse Magic: Dwelling of the Poison Cloud!" Gordon said creating a cloud of poison under them.
"How does that help?!" Bakugo shouted.
"Ahh! Transformation Magic: Magic Convert! Poison to Cotton!" Grey said turning the poison into cotton as they had a soft landing.
"That was close…" Kaminari said. "What's the matter with you, Gordon?! You want to kill us?!"
"I was only using teamwork with Grey to save all of my friends." Gordon replied.
"By trying to poison us?!" Gajeel said.
"Now...let's finish them off my dear Eclat." Drowa said as multiple mirrors appeared around them.
"Combo Spell: Reflect Iris!" they said as the girl's eyes glowed, paralyzing any who looked into them.
"That's...Gauche and Marie. And she doesn't even have a grimoire yet...but this is still some strong magic." Asta said.
"Little Eclat has the ability to immobilize anyone who looks into her eyes. It also renders your magic useless as well." Drowa said. "There is no hope for any of you. Now die, you helpless worms."
"No way! We're not going to die here." Asta said as the sword he held nullified those who were nearest to him.
"That sword...why does he have Licht's Demon Destroyer Sword? Give it back and die!" Drowa said sending more rays at them.
David starts to fire energy blasts at Drowa's rays. Asta, Gordon, Grey and Henry all pitched in to help as well, cancelling or blocking the rays.
"It may be stronger now… but that's still Gauche's magic! It still kinda ticks me off, the way he used to shoot all those beams at me. Actually, he didn't really change all that much." Asta said.
"I agree. And after we save him, he'll just go right back to Insulting us." Gordon said.
"And then show pictures of his sister, make statues of her and then get nosebleeds thinking about her. He's not really a fun person to be around." Grey said.
"He's...always...been...creepy." Henry said.
"THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BRING BACK OUR GAUCHE AND COMPLAIN TO HIS FACE!" they shouted.
"Ow… I think they just busted my eardrums with that." David said.
"Mine too…" Cheetah said.
"Yeah...honestly...those other guys got off easy." Emerald said.
Meanwhile with the ten…
"Okay so...this is a weird place." Theo said as they looked around a strange world filled with many miscellaneous items and a strange cloudy backdrop.
"Maybe this is some kind of...dream world she sent us to." Jesse said. "I mean, no way in heck is any of this normal. And I know I'm saying this knowing that we constantly see things deemed impossible or abnormal, but this?"
"You are all in the Glamour World now, and here, the impossible becomes real." Reve said floating before them. "Welcome...to the world where I control everything." she said as the bed they stood on turned to a mass of purple hair that gripped them as multiple clouds were gathering and forming into a large tapir like creature. "I'm sorry...but none of you have a chance of winning. Farewell." she said as it bit into the bed. However to her surprise, she saw them on a different bed with the same red cat protecting them.
"Seems she really can control anything here." Lucy said.
"I thought we died. Take this, you stupid pig!" Magna said attacking the creature with a fireball.
"There has to be a way out of here." Theo said. "Hey...if you're gonna trap us here...could you at least give us a drink or something!" he shouted to her before some water bottles appeared nearby. "Huh…"
"You don't get it yet? This is a dream, you guys. Her dream world. Anything she sees or thinks about influences it." Sally said.
"In that case, if she won't tell us the way out, we'll just have to get her to force us out." Leonora said.
"Like this. Hey! We want an exit!" Lucy shouted as the elf tried to cover her ears before multiple doors started appearing across the dream world.
"Multiple doors. Of course it wouldn't be that easy. But still, it just means one of them is the real exit." Jesse said.
"You may have forced me to make these exits...but you won't pass through any of them." Reve said as locks were being created on each door one at a time.
"Wow...she really is trying to keep us here." Leonora said. "We need a way to stop her for good."
"Well...I do have one idea...but it might be a shot in the dark." Theo said. "Charmy right...can you make shapes with that magic of yours?"
"Uh...sure but...why?" Charmy said.
"Simple...we're gonna make her fix this!" Theo said pointing to Reve.
"Uh...you know that's not gonna happen right?" Ochako asked.
"No, not her, her...the human her." Theo said. "I mean...this is a dream world, right? So...basically anything goes here."
"Theo, I don't think you're quite getting the situation here…" Magna said.
"No, I'm serious! If this is a dream world where anything goes, and she's in here, doesn't that mean the real Dorothy might be in here too?" Theo asked.
"In theory, yes. But where would we even look?" Leonora asked.
"We don't need to look. Magna...hit the nearby objects with an attack." Theo said.
"Okay. Flame Magic: Explosive Timed Scattershot!" Magna said hitting the nearby objects.
"Trying to hide from me is pointless." Reve said making more tapir creatures that sucked away the smoke only to see a figure that looked like herself in the smoke. When cleared, it was a statue of cotton suspended by string.
"Yeah...that's just a statue made of cotton. It's not real...but I bet you thought of it just for a split second. You likely thought it was real." Theo said as the real Dorothy soon appeared on the other side of Reve. "The Captain of the Coral Peacocks is really here. So...mind helping us?"
"Were you the ones...who freed me?" she said seriously for a moment before doing a cute pose. "If so, congratulations! So you all can just leave the rest to me, after all, I am the captain!" she said being hyper.
"Wow...thought she was going to be all serious." Lucy said.
"Hey, just a quick question, how old are you?" Sally asked.
"Now now, no woman likes to be asked her age." Theo said.
"I'm 27! I know, I look incredible for my age!" Dorothy said cheerfully.
"Sleep within my soul once more!" Reve said trying to silence the girl in darkness only for it to turn into a swarm of butterflies.
"Oh come on! We finally found each other and we can share our dreams here!" Dorothy said creating multiple dream constructs.
"This is getting crazy." Ochako said before she saw the dream world rippling. "What's going on?"
"This place must not be strong enough to support both at once. It's gonna collapse if we don't leave." Theo said.
"He's right. We need to leave this place, now." Leonora said. "Jesse, we don't have time to check all of the doors. You're gonna have to pick one, quickly!"
"Alright, alright, I got it!" Jesse said pointing his Keyblade at a door at random as a beam of light shot at the lock.
"We're getting out of here...in style! Attraction Flow: Thunder Mountain!" Theo said creating a large coaster as the ten got on and rode it right towards the door.
"Wow that looks so fun! I'll have to dream that up next time!" Dorothy said as she saw them out the door.
Back outside, the group continued to battle against Drowa and Eclat and keeping them at bay.
"I won't let any of you win. Understand?! You will never separate either of us again!" Drowa said.
"Geez, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I can't tell whose sister complex is worse." David said.
"You will...ugh...my...magic. Why does it feel like my…" Drowa said looking up only to see Henry falling towards him. "You're going to kill us both!"
"No...just...me." Henry said.
"You fool! You'll die for nothing!" Drowa said as a mirror prepared to fire.
"It's...your...turn." Henry said before Asta intercepted.
"You're not even close to done!" Asta shouted as he got Henry out of the way. "We're not going to lose any of our friends. That goes for you too!" he said, tearing through the summoned mirrors before striking both Drowa and Eclat. "You two...have suffered enough." he said, lowering the sword onto them as the reincarnation of them was becoming undone.
"We...should have never cast that forbidden spell." Drowa said. "A magic that can make something never happen...do you think that such a thing exists? For every action taken in this life, there will always be consequences. Everyone in this world should do their best to remember that. The humans especially." he said before finally vanishing from the body.
"In a way, he's right. All we can do is bear the weight of our burdens as we keep moving forward." David said.
"Yes. The elves are just going to keep suffering and even more despair will be sowed from the aftermath. I can't help but wonder...after seeing Licht...I don't think this is truly something he wanted." Sheer said.
"I don't know. After he accepted the elf's soul willingly, I'm not too sure about that." Harumi said.
"What are you talking about?" Sheer asked. "We saw Licht during the attack of their base."
"But...he was here in the capital." Zexi said. "Or rather...someone saying he was him."
"Hmm… I think we're about to unravel some mysteries here. Particularly with our mysterious third party." David said.
"Third party? Okay, now we KNOW we're out of the loop." Usopp said.
"Calm down, Usopp. It's just that when you consider Mammon's MO, my group is led to believe that there's someone else manipulating events from behind the scenes. Who that is… We don't know quite yet." David said.
"Yeah...David is onto something. We busted his casino and he didn't even send any guys after us." Kaito said.
"Plus, if it was money he wanted… I wouldn't have preferred it, but he could've just gone after Ishihara and claim his bounty for himself. There was no need to go through all of this." Cheetah said.
"They both raise good points there...war is costly and I doubt he would care about his fellow demons. So...what really is going on here?" Flamberge said.
"As usual, it's something we need to figure out for ourselves as we press on." David said.
"Yeah. And I get the feeling all of our answers are inside that scary looking place." Zexi said pointing to the large shadowly castle. "I saw the elves go in there and I think those five demons went in too."
"Let's not waste time then. We're storming that castle." Flux said.