4000 Denominations
(Onechanbara ZII Chaos-Temple of Masters)
The group finally arrived in the mountains of China as Saki looked around the area.
"Even this deep in the mountains, huh? They really are all over the world…" Saki said surprised how far the undead spirits spread across the globe.
"If they wanted to cause mass panic though, you'd think they'd pick someplace a little more populated. Picking a place like this to show up with no real roads or facilities, is probably just to keep us sadly it's working." Aya said walking up to her with her arms crossed.
"Best thing we can do right now is to deal with the undead spirit problem, and figure out whoever is behind these attacks." Ace said walking up to them as they all nodded their heads at each other.
"Well hey, at least it's got the right mood to it. You Know?" Kagura said as she popped in between the three of them and took the stance of a Jiangshi. "Somethin' like this could pop out at any moment." She said as she groaned like a zombie and hopped towards Saaya.
"Come on Sis! Cut it out!" Saaya said walking away quickly.
"Not gonna happen." Aya said following them.
"You never know." Saki said as a group of Jiangshi quickly hopped by her and Ace undetected as they quickly turned their heads behind them.
"You just...never know." Ace said as he and Saki followed the others as one of the Jiangshi hopped towards them. "Oh Shit!" He said quickly dodging a swipe from one of them.
"Bingo! See? You see?! Vvvvgh…" Kagura said as she groaned again while slicing one of them in half.
"Seriously, stop! Messing around like that could really get you hurt, Sis!" Saaya scolded her sister as she split another Jiangshi in half with her chainsaw.
"Me and Ace were right...We never knew! Damn…" Saki cursed failing to realize there were Jiangshi roaming while she tore off the upper body of one them.
"Damn…" Aya cursed as well.
"But now we know, so please calm yourselves." Azura said as they nodded their heads to her in thanks.
"The undead spirits here seem to have originated as temple monks. Unfortunately. Since this used to be a training ground for them, you can expect fierce resistance, stay sharp." Anna said through their comms.
"Roger. Hard to believe this can happen to people like that. We need to release them from their suffering right away." Saaya said as she launched a few magic missiles exploding on a few undead spirits.
"Got it, Here goes." Ace said as he began charging Final Judgement. "Charge Shot...Fire!" He shouted firing multiple beams of light killing off the rest of them.
"Kind of ironic that their holy training is just gonna make it harder for em' to die…" Kagura said as she summoned multiple mini magic circles from beneath the ground causing thousands of daggers to come flying out piercing through another group of spirits.
The group finally made it to the inner training grounds and their target waiting for them. He was wearing chinese clothing, beads around his neck, a hat with a rope, and his mouth was hidden but the group could see his eyes. Ace analyzed him and saw that he was Master Cho and found out he was unable to control undead spirits and they ended his life, but someone decided to bring him back.
"Oh ho ho!" He laughed as he had his thumbs in his ears and waved his fingers at the group before he took a battle stance.
"So...this is our kung-fu sorcerer, is it?" Saki said staring at Master Cho.
"I guess he's the one controlling all the Jiangshi." Saaya theorized cutting down a few Jiangshi the undead sorcerer summoned.
"He doesn't look strong as all that, but he's probably got something up his sleeve…" Aya said cutting down a few more.
Just when the group had Master Cho on the ropes he decided to summon 100 of them surrounding the group.
"Damn it!" Saki said backing away with Aya.
"Ooh boy." Kagura said as she and Saaya backed away as well.
"There's too many of them! What do we do?" Roy asked Ace holding a few of them at sword point.
"I'm not sure I…" Ace trailed off before he saw something which looked like a lance heading right for them.
The lance then hit a group of Jiangshi killing them as it exploded into flames.
"Huh?" Roy asked as he a red wyvern flying down to them with two figures riding it.
The one controlling the wyvern was adorned with red armor, had green eyes, short red hair, and a white scarf underneath the armor. The figure was shown to be female as she had an Ax in one hand and reins in the other. The person behind her was female as well, she wore a long pink dress, sandals, had a gold circlet in her hair in a ponytail and held a white tome.
"Halt foul creatures! I am Minerva, eldest princess of Macedon. Anyone who seeks to harm Lord Roy and his friends shall face the might of the Red Dragoon!" The one known as Minerva said throwing a large fireball at another group.
"And I am Linde, one of the Nobles of Hardin. with my tome Aura I shall use its magic to protect everyone." The girl known as Linde said firing three beams of Light at the last group completely vaporizing them.
"Now's our chance everyone, get him while he's in a panic!" Ace called out as he and Fefnir charged at Master Cho. Fefnir punched him in the face sending him flying then punched him again launching him into the air as Ace caught him with his sword and threw him to the ground splitting him in half.
The group met up and stood in front of the newcomers as they introduced themselves.
"It is good that we were able to arrive in time, I am Minerva one of the princesses of Macedon, and this is Linde one of my comrades who helped our comrade Marth." Minerva said as she introduced herself and Linded. "And it is good to see you again prince Roy."
"You as well Princess Minerva, what are you doing here by the way?" Roy asked the two.
"A mysterious force summoned us and asked to watch over the child of Feymarch and which of you is the child?" Minerva asked the group as they moved to different sides showing Ace.
"I am Milady it's an honor to meet you two." Ace said as he bowed to the two females.
"No need to be so formal young one, the honor is all ours. It brings me great joy to see a summoner as powerful as you so we ask you me we accompany you on your journey?" Minerva asked.
"Of course welcome to Spirit Force, Minerva and Linde!" Ace said happily as he shook their hands.
Later
The group was back on the plane while Minerva was riding her wyvern above it. Ace promised to talk to Juvia about something as he tried to contact her.
"Hello? Juvia?" Ace asked through the comm.
"Ace? What is it?" Juvia asked.
"Hey Juvia, I need some love advice." Ace said through the comm.
"Yes! First of all...how old is she and when is your wedding date?" Juvia asked.
"Um… It's a guy actually." Ace confessed as his cheeks burned.
"Oh Ace. You can do way better than that." Juvia said.
"What do you mean?" Ace asked confused.
"Wait, are you in love with him or finding someone for him?" Juvia asked.
"I have a crush on him but he doesn't know yet." Ace said. "I'm trying to think of the best way to confess to him, so I decided to call you since have good advice on falling in love since you like Gray."
"Yes but the love between me and my beloved is different from...this." Juvia said.
"That's true. So do you have any helpful tips?" Ace asked.
"Uh...just ...follow his every move and leave gifts?" she said.
"Um...Ok...thanks Juvia give everyone my regards." Ace said cutting off the connection. "Somehow I knew that was a bad idea." Ace said as he decided to contact someone else about his new teammates.
"Hello? Ace Neptune here." Ace said.
"Hello? Is this working right?" Rinea's voice let out.
"Princess Rinea?" Ace asked.
"Yes, it's me." Rinea said.
"Hello, it is nice to actually meet you, my name is Ace Neptune." Ace said as he introduced himself.
"A pleasure to meet you. I apologize that we couldn't have met under...better circumstances." Rinea said.
"Yes, I am truly sorry of what befell you and your beloved. But the good thing is, you were given a second chance alongside him." Ace said.
"Yes, Lady Leonora was very generous on the matter." Rinea said.
"That's good, also I would like to introduce you to two of my teammates. Lady Minerva, and Lady Linde please come here." Ace called out as Minerval brought her wyvern in and walked over with Linde.
"Greetings Rinea, I am Minerva eldest princess of Macedon." Minerva introduced herself.
"And I am Linde a noble of Hardin, it's nice to meet you." Linde said introducing herself as well.
"Minerva and Linde? I've… I've heard legends about you." Rinea said.
"Truly?" Minerva asked.
"Yes. You two once fought alongside The Hero-King Marth, correct?" Rinea asked.
"Indeed, it is good to speak to someone who knows of our reputation." Minerva said smiling.
"The tales of the Hero-King and his comrades were spread all across the land. There's barely a single person in our worlds that doesn't know about them." Rinea said.
"Interesting, so you must know of other legendary heroes as well?" Linde asked.
"Yes, all of which were proud warriors in their lands' hour of need." Rinea said.
"Like me?" Roy asked walking up to Minerva and Linde.
"Oh, yes. Very much." Rinea said. "Though, I've heard from Fernand that you're all in the middle of a demon excursion mission."
"Undead Spirits but demonic all the same, Dubai is the only hotspot left to clear we don't know what will happen after." Ace said. "Whoever is behind this is going straight to hell for harming innocent people."
"Words I tend to hear from a certain demon hunter." Rinea said.
"David." Ace said. "Also it was good to talk to you, were approaching the deserts of Dubai soon so give everyone my regards." Ace said.
"I will. It was a pleasure to talk to such esteemed warriors." Rinea said.
"The honor is all ours Lady Rinea, until we cross paths and meet." Minerva said as she got back on her wyvern and took flight.
"See you later, I hope we meet." Linde said going to sit down to read aura.
"Until we speak again." Ace said cutting the connection as his pendant glowed a snow white color.