Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter and thank you to all those who reviewed.
"…" Character P.O.V.
'…' Character thought.
"…" Spells.
"…" Animal P.O.V.
'…' Animal thought.
[…] Over-voice.
Now then on with the new chapter.
Chapter 28: Blackout
[Central District]
The fighting continued throughout the districts of the Clover Kingdom's capital as Nozel continued to use his Silver Rain to destroy countless corpses.
'That's odd. They maybe great in number but they are poor fighters.' Nozel thought as he looked over to see Nebra blasting three corpses back with a black water blast. 'Who is commanding them? Why implore such a strategy? Who are they after?' He wonders before looking over his shoulder towards the castle. 'The King?' He thought.
[The Castle Town of Kikka]
Inside one of the buildings of Kikka, Charmy was hiding behind a doorway with her mouth hung open at the sight before her; a head chef and his two assistants were cooking an enormous amount of food over a fire pit.
"What are you still doing here, chef?" Assistant 1 asks.
"The capital is under attack! We need to get to safety quickly!" Assistant 2 exclaims.
"You fools, I would never turn tail and run during the middle of a dish! I am a chef, a little invasion won't stop me from completing this feast." Head Chef says with passion.
"All due respect sir, I'm afraid the banquet's over. The Magic Knights have all gone down to the city to fight." Assistant 1 says.
"There's no one for us to serve." Assistant 2 says.
"What?! They have the nerve to leave without even trying my entrée!" Head Chef shouts as he stops using his magic.
"It is a national emergency." Assistant 1 says.
"Which means we need to out." Assistant 2 says.
"AAAGGGHHH!" Charmy screams as she runs into the room and up to the Head Chef dropping to her hands and knees.
"Hey!" Assistant 1 shouts in shock at seeing her.
"Huh? Where did this little short cake come from?" Head Chef wonders looking down at her.
"You mentioned a special entrée, chef." Charmy starts to say.
"Huh?" Head Chef questions in confusion.
"I'd be honored if you'd let me try it for you!" Charmy yells.
The assistants were in shock as the Head Chef observed the teenage girl and noticed her squad robe.
'A Magic Knight robe…she must be one of the big shots from the Distinguished Service Ceremony.' Head Chef thought as he takes in Charmy's appearance before him. 'Look at her, those eyes ablaze with determination, that drool sparkling with desperation. This one is something special.' He thought with a smile on his face. "I hope you're hungry! Just you want, I'll make you a dish that'll ruin you for all over food." He says as he activates his Fire Magic.
"You can't be serious, sir!" The Assistants shout in shock.
"YESSSSSSS!" Charmy cheers with tears of joy.
"We don't have time for this! We'll die!" Assistant 1 shouts.
"I'm not afraid of death. Life is life, cooking is all!" Head Chef shouts adding spices to the dish for Charmy.
[Clover Kingdom Castle Bedchamber]
Outside the fighting in most of the districts where the Magic Knights had gone where finished as Marx and the Wizard King's staff were guarding his bedchamber.
"I have a report sire, almost all the assailants have now been neutralized." Marx says to the king of the Clover Kingdom.
The king is a middle-aged man wearing fancy clothes and wearing a crown.
"Have they? Well, it certainly took them long enough. The Magic Knights should hone their skills." The King says letting out a yawn before laying his head and feet in the laps of the two women sitting beside him. "Alright then, and Julius is he still off galivanting about somewhere?" He asks.
"He's out on an important mission sire." Marx says.
"Honestly now, I can't imagine what he could possibly be doing that's more important than protecting me." The king says.
Marx looks off to the side knowing he just lied to the king about the Wizard King being off on an important mission.
[Western District]
Klaus, Hamon, and Siren had just defeated the last of the corpses and the fires around the area were put out.
"It's over. I'd still like to know what those things were." Klaus says.
"Hmm." Siren simply says.
"Whatever they were I find it highly unlikely that they were our true enemy today." Hamon says chuckling.
[Eastern District]
"This is what happens to people who dare to attack Char! Serves you right! The women of the Blue Rose Knights are the only ones who can lay hands on her!" Sol shouts stomping on an unmoving corpses.
"Enough. You're just asking to be misunderstood." Charlotte says cleaning off her armor.
"Only the Blue Rose Knights can touch her tender skin!" Sol shouts.
"Try again, Sol." Charlotte says.
[Central District]
"Wa ha ha. What's this? Are we done already?" Solid asks.
"Heh heh. Too bad, I hardly got to play at all with my new magic." Nebra says.
'Something isn't right here. What was the enemy thinking unleashing creatures this weak? Where is their main force?' Nozel wonders.
"If you're wondering where the enemy who was controlling these disgusting things is, I think its our dear little sister's group who have engaged them seeing as how the fighting is still going on over there." Nebra says gesturing towards the Northern District where there was still fire blazing and they could sense the magic power being unleashed. "Looks like that Black Bull boy, Asta, knew where to go from the beginning." She says with a smile while Nozel stares at her before looking in the Northern Districts direction.
'Asta of the Black Bulls, huh…' Nozel began to think.
[Northwestern District]
"I guess its all but over." Alecdora says.
"Creepy, so very creepy." Mimosa says hunched over from exhaustion.
'I need to get stronger. So I can handle something like this more easily.' Yuno thought staring at the palm of his hand.
"Amazing! Such unbelievable strength! Let's hear it for the Magic Knights everyone!" A male citizen cheers.
"Hip hip hooray!" The citizens cheer.
[Air above the Northwestern District]
"It's a bit early to be celebrating. The preparations must be nearly complete by now. Time for a feast, such lively young Mana. Absolutely delicious." An adult woman says on a magic broom while licking her lips.
The woman had long, curly, blonde hair. She has magenta eyes and thick dark eyelashes and wears dark red-violet lipstick on her lips. A golden necklace with a magenta star-like pendant, which is connected to another chain with a similar piece at the end, adorns her neck. Additionally, she wears a black hat with a furry brim and a long conical crown. There are two fuzzy pale lilac balls on the left side of the brim as well. She is wearing a black dress with furry skirt. It slightly exposes her chest through a diamond shaped opening and also features a fur trimmed collar. The sleeves are slightly wider on the upper arm with three diamond-shaped designs stacked linearly on each of them. Similar designs, but in horizontal orientation, are also located on her waist. Furthermore, a pair of fuzzy pale lilac balls, similar to those on her hat but much larger, are also placed on her behind.
[Western District]
"Three cheers for the Magic Knights!" A male citizen yells.
"I knew you would save us. Thank you!" Another male citizen cheers.
"Now then, I can practically hear dessert calling my name. Would you care to come along?" Hamon asks Siren with a chuckle.
"I'll pass. Thank you." Siren says waving his hand.
[Eastern District]
Charlotte was begins walking away from the battlefield as Sol catches up to her and rubs the side of her face with a handkerchief.
"A nice hot bath sounds awesome right about now, huh Char?" Sol asks her captain.
"Heavenly." Charlotte says.
"Good job Blue Rose Knights! Thank you!" A male citizen shouts catching their attention.
"Captain Charlotte is just so amazing!" A female citizen says in awe.
"Not to mention beautiful too." Another female citizen says in awe as well.
"Sol is cooler though." A third female citizen says in awe too.
The two female Magic Knights wave to the citizens they save from the invading corpse army.
[Central District]
Solid was basking in the glory of his victory with his two older siblings.
'I have a feeling that this isn't over. What do they want?' Nozel wonders looking over his shoulders at the unmoving corpses.
'So this is the power of a Lost Magic user, huh?' Nebra thought feeling the power surrounding her body as she clenches her fist. 'At least we sisters now have something else we can share, huh Noelle?' She thought looking in the direction of the Northern District.
[Northwestern District]
The citizens were cheer for the Golden Dawn members as Mimosa was panting heavily from the large use of magic she used during the invasion to heal the injured.
'Healing is about all I can do. I'm not good at offence and yet Asta seems to excel at both. He's just so amazing.' Mimosa thought with a blush on her cheek thinking about her feelings for Asta. 'Lost Magic…if Nebra is about to become a Sea God Slayer because of the scroll Noelle found in that dungeon, so is it possible for me to become a Lost Magic user too?' She wonders and clenches her fists in determination in front of her chest.
Meanwhile Yuno was busy staring at the pile of corpses with an emotionless face.
[Elsewhere]
'Excellent, they're all in the designated areas.' A mysterious voice thought.
[Northwestern District]
Yuno continues to stare at the pile until his grimoire begins glowing.
"My grimoire…" Yuno began to say until he used his Wind Magic to lift him off the ground as the strange black portal that the mystery mage used to summon his corpses opens below him where he once stood.
The portal expands capturing both Mimosa and Alecdora in it as they were too slow to react like Yuno did.
"Magic?" Alecdora questions as the black portal expands.
[Western District]
"Allow me to thank you for your serve, Magic Knights." The mysterious voice says through the portal as another one captures Klaus, Hamon, and Siren.
[Central District]
A third portal manages to capture Nozel, Solid, and Nebra but unknown to her, her grimoire began glowing.
"What the…?!" Nozel shouts as the portal engulfs them.
[Eastern District]
Charlotte and Sol were also captured by four portal that expands on the ground too.
"Look out!" Sol shouts trying to reach out towards her captain.
[Elsewhere]
"Spatial Magic: Blackout!" The mysterious voice says as the four portals engulf the Magic Knights in the four districts however in the Central District a dark blue beam shone through the portal. 'Hmm, now that is strange.' The voice thought.
[Western District]
As the portals shrink back down and disappear to reveal all the Magic Knights were gone as well.
"But…how?" A male citizen wonders.
[Eastern District]
"Where did the Magic Knights go?" Female citizen 1 asks.
"They disappeared completely but how?" Female citizen 2 asks.
"Sol's gone." Female citizen 3 says with worry in her voice.
[Far away from the Royal Capital]
The black portal opens above a grassy field as all the Magic Knight that were captured in the portal fell through and land safely on the ground.
"Oh heavens, where are we?" Hamon asks still a little daze by what happened.
"I would estimate that we're at least a few hundred kilometers from the Royal Capital judging by the terrain here." Siren says.
"They sent us away! That's not nice!" Sol cries running her hands through her hair.
"Our enemy has taken things a step further. I knew there was a strong Spatial Magic user working with them but even so to do this, transporting us all would require great skill." Charlotte says.
"WE HAVE FAILED!" Alecdora yells in frustration.
'Wait, where is Nebra? I know she was in the perimeter of the Spatial Magic when it went off.' Nozel thought after turning his head and noticing that his sister was with them.
[Central District]
Back in the Central District of the Royal Capital Nebra was still in the same spot where the Spatial Magic tried to capture her only now she was surrounded by a huge amount of dark blue magic aura.
"Lady Nebra! Thank goodness you're are safe!" A male citizen says.
"But where are Sir Nozel and Sir Solid?" A female citizen asks.
"I'm not sure." Nebra tells them as her magic aura disappears. 'It would seem that because of our unique magic, us Lost Magic users can't be captured forcefully by Spatial Magic.' She thought as she looks to the Northern District before running off to assist Asta, Noelle, Leopold, and Fuegoleon.
[Northwestern District]
"Um…does anyone know what is happening?" A male citizen asks.
"Something is definitely wrong." A female citizen says.
[In the air above the Northwestern District]
"Those idiots fell for it hook line and sinker. It was almost too easy. And these are the greatest mages in the country? How utterly pathetic. I was going to play with any of the knights who escaped but I suppose I won't get to now." The female witch says licking her lips. "Oh well, this place is full of young Mana, time to start harvesting." She says as she turns the page of her grimoire that has a dark-colored cover with simple rectangular borders and a three-leaf clover insignia at the center of the front cover. "Ash Curse Magic: Ash Absorbing Formation!" She says as she extends streams of cursed ash from her hands.
The streams move downward and once they touch the citizens they begin to feel their Mana being drained away.
"What is happening?" A female citizen asks as she and the other citizens undergo a rapid physiological of wasting and aging.
"Much better! Thanks to your generous donations I can feel myself growing younger already. Who knew that skin could be this smooth." The witch says feeling the smoothness of her hands as the remaining citizens run away.
"No please! Just let us go!" A female citizen in a noble pink dress shouts running away.
"You think you're so sweet and cute, don't you?! Well you're not, sow!" The witch yells unleashing another wave of Ash Absorbing Formation.
Another group of citizens including the female in the pink dress undergo the rapid physiological of wasting and aging too. As the female was about to fall over a young man catches her in his arms.
"Eliza! No, Eliza!" The man yells.
"Oh my, now there's a fine-looking specimen." The witch says as she flies down to him and cups his chin with her hand. "Tell me my dear, am I beautiful? Care to take a guess at my age? Am waiting." She says to him.
"What have you done? You're some kind of monster!" The man says.
"No one calls me a monster! No one!" The witch yells as she begins to drain the man of his Mana until the wind picked up and knocked her away from him. "What have we here? Looks like one of the knights managed to escape the Spatial Magic after all." She says looking over her shoulder to see Yuno was the one who knocked her back. "Oh, and lucky for me this one's a beauty. Hi there, my name's Catherine. What do you say we have some fun together, lovely?" She asks giddily.
"I'm not going to let you hurt any more of these people…you old hag." Yuno says.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Catherine screams at the punch to her age.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the little twist I added with Nebra not being sent away by the Spatial Magic. Stay tuned for the fight between Yuno and Catherine in the next chapter. Be sure to review and tell me what you think.