The returning darkness
As the flaming blade of Rekka closes onto Noelle, two blurs suddenly appeared and block the sword of flames, causing an explosion to occur.
"W-what the-!?" Takdir exclaimed in a stunned tone of voice as smoke started to fill the surrounding area around Saber, Noelle and the newcomers.
"Did people came to the girl's aid?" Olivia thought, becoming concerned about the silver hair girl's safety, despite her behavior towards her and the others earlier.
"Please Noelle. Please be safe…." Mimosa thought, starting to become worried.
When the smoke disappeared, everyone's eyes widened as to what they saw.
The two newly arrived are blocking the sword of flames with their own swords, the first person being Saikou in his X-Swordsman form, Chapter 1, whilst the other person…..
"Calibur!?" Blades exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he and the others stared at the wielder of Kurayami.
"..." Espada seemed to have became silent.
"Calibur? As in the Holy Sword wielder who holds the attribute of darkness?" Shamshir questioned as he stared at the scene with the primitive-state Brave Dragon doing the same.
"G-good. We arrived just on t-time." Saikou commented as he held a firm posture, the swordsman of light having used all of his strength to block Saber's finisher attack.
It was mainly thanks to Kurayami's ability to absorb Mana that Saikou and Calibur managed to withstand the attack.
"…" Calibur remained silent.
Saber seems to become stunned for a few seconds before starting to growl in a menacing manner.
This immediately cause Saikou and Calibur to go into action with the swordsman of light pushing the swordsman of flames(?) black whilst Calibur cut the skeletal tail, freeing Noelle.
The silver hair girl would have fallen to the ground if it wasn't for the Holy Sword wielder of darkness catching her.
"H...uh?" Noelle said as Calibur gently placed her on the ground.
"Noelle!" Espada and Blades exclaimed as they rushed to Noelle's side, joined by Mimosa who rushed forwards as well.
"G-guys…." The silver hair girl murmured in a weak tone of voice.
"Don't talk, Noelle!" Mimosa said in an urgent tone of voice as she began to heal Noelle.
With Espada and Blades, the two Sword of Logos Magic Knights were staring at Calibur, who has their attention on Noelle.
"Who are you?" Blades asked as he notice how this Calibur has a different body structure than Daichi.
The new Calibur didn't respond as they turned their attention towards the scuffle between Saikou and Saber.
"Say something!" Espada said, becoming on edge.
However, Calibur didn't respond as they dash forwards to aid Saikou.
This cause the swords-woman of lighting to growl slightly in frustration.
With Saikou, the swordsman of light is focused on holding Saber back rather than fighting him.
Saikou glanced over his shoulder and saw Calibur coming to his aid.
Saikou kicked the swordsman of flames(?) just as Calibur reached him.
"Remember the plan?" Saikou asked, causing Calibur to their head in response.
The two newly arrived Holy Sword wielders ignited their swords in their respective attributes before swinging them in an "X" shape.
When the two blades struck Saber, the swordsman of flames(?) began to growl in pain as the Mana from the two Holy Swords began to flow through him.
The primitive-state Brave Dragon lunged forwards, aiming to aid it's partner, but it was to late as the blades of Saikou and Kurayami glowed more brightly and when it died down, Saber has reverted back to Asta whilst the primitive-state Brave Dragon has disappeared.
However, everyone's attention was on Asta has their eyes widened in shock.
The reason for this is because Asta's appearance has changed, half of his body now donning a dragon-like appearance with cyan-coloured scales.
The wielder of Rekka swayed limply for a few seconds with half-opened eyes before falling onto the ground.
However, like with the same with Noelle, Calibur caught Asta.
The Clover Kingdom Magic Knights, minus Yuno who has he seemed to have fallen unconscious, became nervous as Calibur stare at Asta for a few seconds before swinging Kurayami, causing a portal made from swirling darkness to appear.
"Where are you taking Asta?!" Olivia called, a frown appearing on her face, becoming concerned for Asta.
However, Calibur didn't respond as they walked through the portal which then closed.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds before the chief witch turned her attention towards Saikou.
"What have you been doing?" Olivia asked, the frown having turned into a small glare.
"Y-yeah….it's a bit of a story…." Saikou responded in sheepish tone of voice whilst scratching the back of his helmet.
"….." Olivia stared at the swordsman of light for a few seconds before sighing.
"Okay. For now, you will you take those five to the infirmary within the Royal Capital and then inform Vice-Captain Ogami and Captain Vangance about where they are before heading back." Olivia explained, making Saikou nod his head, but became a bit stunned that the chief witch is giving him orders.
"I'm able to heal their wounds." Mimosa pointed out, feeling a bit insulted about her healing capabilities.
"It's more for the benefit of the four leaf Grimoire holder that he's be taken to the Royal Capital, concerning the magic that "Saber" used." The chief witch explained whilst glancing towards Yuno, noticing how the dark blue flames are flickering around his body.
"Right." The swordsman of light said as he walked towards Yuno and picked him up before walking towards the other Clover Kingdom Magic Knights just as his Grimoire opened.
"Light Magic: Sacred Sword's Shattering Light." Saikou announced, causing the seven of them to be covered in light which then shattered, causing them to disappear.
What will we do?" Takdir asked, becoming curious.
"We'll head back once we ensure the citizens of the town that the threat has been dealt with…?" Olivia responded before trailing off as she notice someone, causing the fused witch to look in the same direction that she's looking at.
"Eh….Hi?" Fiona said in an awkward tone of voice.
"Who are you?" Olivia asked, becoming confused.
"I am Fiona, the maid who resides within the Clover branch of the Sword of Logos." Fiona introduced herself whilst curtsying slightly.
"And why are you here?" Olivia asked, tilting her head to the side.
"I was doing some errands before encountering Mimosa which leads to us encountering Liegel." Fiona explained, making Olivia nod her head slightly before gaining a small frown.
"I would suggest heading back to base…..once you've managed to complete your errands that is." Olivia said, making Fiona nod her head whilst pouting slight at the fact that she's been giving a non-tense instruction.
"Please let me go, Vice-Captain!" Rin exclaimed in a frustrated tone of voice as she struggled against the earth-made rings that are holding her.
Currently, the remaining Sword of Logos Magic Knights are still within the headquarters of the Clover branch, yet the wielder of Hayate is eager of of doing something, leading to the vice-captain to use his magic to hold Rin down.
"Please calm down, Rin. I know that you're on edge, but I've made the decision of sending Noelle, Donna and Rintaro." Ryo explained in calm tone of voice.
"You need to have faith in them." Secre added, making Rin stop struggling and after a few seconds, deflated.
"I understand…." The wielder of Hayata muttered in a low tone of voice.
"And anyway, there will likely be Magic Knights from the other squads passing by who decided to join the battle, thus dealing with Liegel much more faster." Tetsuo explained, causing Rin to become more depress.
"You're good at making people more depress." The wielder of Hayate commented, causing the wielder of Sezume to flinch.
It was at that moment that a bright light appeared within the common room, causing everyone to become alter, along with making Rin excited.
When the light died down, Yuri stood amongst them.
"Yo/Espada, Blades, Joyeues, Mimosa and Yuno are in the infirmary at the Royal Capital. Need to pass the message to Captain Vangance, bye!" Yuri explained quickly before immediately disappearing.
It took the four of them a few seconds to register what the wielder of Saikou just said.
"Rin! You're with me! Secre, Tetsuo. You two stay here!" Ryo instructed quickly whilst removing the earth-made bindings around Rin and the two scrambled out of the room.
"…" Secre and Tetsuo became silent.
"So how is Yuno, Sir?" Mimosa asked as she watch Owen examine the unconscious Golden Dawn wind Mage.
"With the aid of your healing magic, he's fine, but..." Owen began to say before trailing off, gaining a frown on his face.
"Y-yes?" Mimosa asked, the Vermillion hair girl starting to become nervous.
"What sort of magic did Yuno got structed with?" Owen asked, causing Mimosa to tilt her head to the side.
"We don't know what sort of magic attribute Primitive Dragon wields." Mimosa responded, causing a troubled expression to appear on Owen's face.
"A unknown type of magic attribute, hm? That will make things a bit difficult to properly examine since we only know the "effect"..." Owen muttered, gaining a frown on his face.
"Will Yuno be okay?!" Mimosa asked, starting to become worried.
"Well, this unknown magic attribute seemed to have a curse-like effect which is causing Yuno's body to suffer somewhat." Owen explained, causing Mimosa's eyes to widen in shock.
"But I believe that due to him being in Spirit Dive at the time, along with you healing him immediately after getting attacked, the curse-like aspect of of the unknown magic attribute is reduced. But what I'm more worried about is Asta. From what you told me with the changes of his apperance, it would seem he's getting consumed by a larger concentration of the unknown magic attribute, leading to his body suffering much more that Yuno's." Owen explained, causing Mimosa to pale.
"I think that you should go back to your friends, I'll continue to watch over Yuno." Owen explain, causing Mimosa to nod her head before leaving the room.
The Vermillion hair girl entered the room where the Sword of Logos Magic Knights are resting and even though they are physically okay, thanks to Owen's examination, their mental state…..
The room was dead silent when Mimosa entered the room, the three Sword of Logos Magic Knights preoccupied with their own thoughts, but looked up when Mimosa closed the door.
"Sir Owen said that Yuno's body is under an effect caused by the unknown magic attribute, something curse-like." Mimosa explained, causing everyone to perk up.
"Will Yuno be okay?" Rintaro asked, his voice having a heaviness to it.
"Sir Owen didn't actually say the exact damage that the unknown magic attribute has on Yuno's body, but he did explain that due to being in Spirit Dive and me healing him immediately, the effects have been reduced." Mimosa explained, making the wielder of Nagare to nod his head.
Silence filled the air once again for a few seconds until the Vermillion hair woman decided to speak again
"So…..eh….what have you guys been thinking?" Mimosa asked the three Sword of Logos Magic Knights in an awkward tone of voice.
After a minute of complete, painful, silence, Rintaro spoke.
"Just what sort of situation have we landed ourselves in?" The wielder of Nagare questioned as he glanced up at the ceiling.
"Indeed…." Mimosa said, a sad expression appearing on her face, knowing that there is little to add.
"…" Both Noelle and Donna remained in silence.
Mimosa shuffled on her feet, attempting to say something, for a few seconds before a something finally entered her head.
"So what about C-" The Vermillion hair woman began to say, but was cut off when the door suddenly banged open.
"What happened?! That Yuri guy said that you've been handed over to-!" Rin began say in a loud tone of voice, but was cut off as she was hit on the face by Mimosa using the first object that she could lay her hands on…..which would just happen to be her Grimoire.
"O-ow…." Rin muttered in a pained tone of voice as she covered her nose with her hands.
"Read the mood, jerk." Mimosa said in a slight angry tone of voice.
"H-huh?" The wielder of Hayate said in a confused tone of voice before noticing the Ki in the room.
"What's will all the gloomy expressions?" A new voice asked, causing everyone to look back at the door and saw Ryo and William.
"Vice-Captain Ogami, Captain Vangance, how did you know that we would be here?" Rintaro asked, becoming confused, along with making Rin pout that she wasn't included.
"Yuri appeared at headquarters and told us what happened before disappearing, presumably to the Golden Dawn base." Ryo explained whilst glancing towards the captain of the Golden Dawn who nodded his head in response.
"Owen told me about Yuno's condition." William said as he turned his attention towards Mimosa, causing the Vermillion hair girl to nod her head slightly.
"So what happened?" Ryo asked along with becoming concerned at the expressions on everyone's faces.
It was Mimosa who told the three newly arrived Magic Knights about what happened during the battle against Liegel which then turned into a battle against Saber along with getting aid from Shamshir and the two witches.
Ryo and William gained grim expressions on their faces as Mimosa told them her report, even Rin became quiet.
"How did you managed to stop Primitive Dragon's rampage?" William asked from the perspective of Primitive Dragon rather than Asta's.
Mimosa began to open her mouth, but was stop when Noelle spoke instead, the first time since arriving at the Royal Capital infirmary.
"It was when I was getting assaulted by Primitive Dragon." Noelle responded, causing Ryo, Rin and William to become wide-eyed in shock.
"When Primitive Dragon was about to unleash a finisher move on me, I was saved by Saikou…..and Calibur." Noelle explained, causing the three to become more shock.
"So Kurayami has been found and along with being wielded." William mused, his expression calming down.
"Is there anything you can tell us about this new Calibur?" Ryo asked, eager for any kind information about the new Holy Sword wielder of darkness.
"Nothing, they didn't even spoke." Rintaro responded, causing the wielder of Gekido to gain a frown on his face.
"Did the witches or the swordsman of sand said anything?" William asked since he knows that Yuri has allied himself with the witches.
"No. Saikou seemed to acting alone when meeting(?) with the new Calibur and aiding in undoing Primitive Dragon's rampage and Asta's armor." Noelle responded, although not knowing if she said the right words.
"So what happened to Asta, did the witches took him?" William asked, becoming concerned for the swordsman of flames.
"No. The new Calibur took Asta away to somewhere unknown." Noelle responded, causing a small frown to appear on William's face.
It was then that Rin snorted slightly.
"Did you thought of something, Rin?" Ryo asked, raising an eye-brow.
"I just thought that now that Kurayami has been "found", we can prove Asta's innocence if we can persuade the new Calibur to appear in front of the Magic Parliament." Rin explained, a small grin appearing on her face.
This cause everyone to perk up.
"I suppose that will prove the existence of a second dragon-themed swordsman, but with the current line of events, things may become complicated, especially with how Logos has decided to blame the actions of the Magic Parliament for the creation of the host of Primitive Dragon." William explained, causing the grin of Rin's face to falter.
"Oh…." The wielder of Hayate muttered, gaining a slight depressed aura around her.
"Did….did you knew that Asta is the host of Primitive Dragon?" Donna asked as she look at Ryo and William with a blank expression on her face.
This cause the vice-captain and captain to gain slight awkward expressions on their faces.
"The chief witch confirmed that Asta is the host of Primitive Dragon, but it was agreed to keep it a secret. The reason for this is the same as to why the Clover Kingdom Magic Knights are put on the defence rather than than being the offence. If you knew, then you would likely act on your own in the attempt of freeing Asta from Primitive Dragon's control. But since Primitive Dragon is acting on Asta's negative emotions, it will cause the situation to worsen….which you've already experienced." The wielder of Gekido explained, flinching slightly as the wielder Ikazuchi glared at him.
"There's something else you should know." Rintaro said, causing Ryo, Rin and William to become curious.
The wielder of Nagare explained to the three Magic Knights about the change to Asta's body.
This left them with surprise expressions on their faces.
"Is Astai starting to transform into a dragon or something!?" Rin exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"That could be a possibility…." William responded, a mild curious expression appearing on his face.
"So what now? Are we just going to sit back like this is not happening?" Mimosa asked, she starting to become worried for Asta's health.
This cause an awkward expression to appear on Ryo's face.
"Considering what you're told us about Asta's partial transformation, it would be best if we leave this in the hands of the witches." Ryo explained before once again flinching from the glare that Donna is giving him.
"What has you been doing and where's Asta?!" Sayo shouted as soon as Yuri returned and grabbed him.
"H-huh?!" Yuri exclaimed as he looked around and saw that Asta, or the new Calibur, aren't present.
"Well?! Answer me!" Sayo said, the wielder of Shinkiro starting to gain an angry expression on her face.
This cause the "wielder" of Saikou to start sweating.
"Sayo, I think it's best if you give Yuri some breathing space." Ekrixi said in a calm tone of voice, yet being on edge himself.
"….." After a few seconds of being silence, Sayo reluctantly released her hold on Yuri.
"T-the message that I received from my friend was that he'd finally managed to locate Kurayami, who at that time had chosen a new wielder. After encountering them, we rushed to where the fighting was happening and managed to undo Asta's transforming." Yuri explained….whilst backing away from Sayo.
"So where's Asta? Can this new Calibur be trusted?" Ekrixi asked in a serious tone of voice.
"I...haven't seen who the new Calibur is, but they do seemed that they want to help Asta." Yuri responded, yet everyone is giving him doubtful expressions.
"S-so what happened here? How did Storious managed to kidnap Asta?" Yuri asked, keen on moving the conversation.
"We're not entirely sure how Storious found us, maybe using his magic to create a clairvoyance ability, but he's launched a sneak attack on use. Whilst summoning a group of Megids and Shimis to distract us, he mainly focused his attention onto Asta and managed to get him to follow him through a spatial portal. After we finally managed deal with the Megids and Shimis, me, Kecil, Utama and Bahadur managed to locate where Storious took Asta and joined the fight." Olivia explained, making Yuri nod his head.
"What's happening with Asta now, him gaining dragon scales?" Bahadur asked, starting to become worried.
"I'm not entirely sure what's happening, but it would seem that the Chaotic-Mana of Primitive Dragon is starting to effect him the longer he uses the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book. That's what caused Asta's right eye to start changing colour." Olivia explained, mentally kicking herself for not realizing this sooner.
"So what now?" Megan asked, starting to become anxious.
"The only thing we can do is wait until Calibur decided to show themselves again…..hopefully with Asta." Reonia responded in a simple tone of voice, but silence starts to fill the air.
Nighttime as fallen on to the Clover Kingdom, yet there are those we aren't getting any sleep.
One of those many people just happens to be Donna, the wielder of Ikazuchi sat in silence whilst seemingly staring at a book which is laying open in front of her.
After being silence for so long, Donna perked up too quickly at the sound of knocking from her bedroom door.
"Come in." Donna responded, causing the door to open, revealing Noelle.
"Can't sleep?" Donna guessed, causing the wielder of Argent-Couronne to snort slightly.
"Obviously." Noelle responded before noticing the book that Donna has opened.
"Trying to keep you're mind occupied?" Noelle asked as glance towards the open pop-up page of "Wonder Story".
"Failing though." Donna responded, a sad expression appearing on her face before flipping over a few pages and Noelle's eyes widened.
"Was that always there?" Noelle asked, becoming curious as she stare at pop-up image of a creature that eerily resembles Primitive Dragon.
"No. I just opened the book onto a random page and saw the image there. It was like the time when Saber's Dragonic Knight form appeared." Donna explained, making Noelle nod her head slightly before a thought appeared in her head.
"This book. It use to belong to Luna before she gave it to Asta, right?" Noelle asked, making Donna nod her head.
"Do…...you think that Luna is...somehow adding new images to the book in response to current events?" Noelle asked, causing Donna to purse her lips together again, knowing that the wielder of Argent-Couronne is referring to how the Mana coming from the book is the same that appeared when Asta gained his Dragonic Knight form.
"That could be a possibility…" Donna responded before starting to bit her lips.
"I-if Luna was here, she would likely be yelling at m-me." Donna said, her voice slowly starting to break.
"Is she…." Noelle thought as her own body has slowly been shaken.
Donna's eyes started to glisten.
"W-what sort of situation have we l-landed i-in!" Donna said as she cover her mouth just as tears began to seep out her eyes.
Noelle instinctively hug the wielder of Ikazuchi, tears starting to appear in her eyes as well.
And there we have it, Calibur finally making their reappearance into the story, aiding the Magic Knights in stopping Primitive Dragon's rampage, with Saikou's help that is. So it seems that Asta's body is greatly changing due to the Chaotic-Mana, something that Yuno is also effected with.
In Gotchard:
1) After returning from capturing (8)Tricera, Houtarou, Rin and Sabimaru noticed how Renge is acting strange with Tamami commenting that it is love. The three decided to observe Renge with them almost believing that Renge is meeting Spanner, but instead meeting a male who is surrounded by fans where Sabimaru commenting that he looks familiar. Meanwhile, Spanner and Kyoka talked about Mr Minato's behavior despite working for Geryon.
2) With Mr Minato, he is getting interrogated by Geryon about his actions of letting Spanner take back the Valvard-Driver as well as the growth of Houtarou and Rin. Atropos attempted to persuade Geryon to let go of Mr Minato and suggest Clotho to take actions. In response, Geryon decided to enhance her strength. Clotho managed to locate Spanner and fought him, but was getting overpowered until receiving aid from the Saber-Tiger Malgam where the two of them escaped.
3) After doing research about the mysterious male, Sabimaru deduced that he's the Chemy (5)Zukyumpire whilst realizing that Renge and the many other people are in danger. Deciding to confront (5)Zukyumpire, the Chemy decided to posses each one of them before escaping, aiming to put his plan into his action. Houtarou and Rin were stopped by Clotho and the Saber-Tiger Malgam and began to fight them, with Clotho stealing (9)Kamatis and transforming into the Mantis Malgam(au). Gotchard and Majade are joined by Valvard who primary focused his attention on the Mantis Malgam(au), defeating both Malgams. However, Clotho managed to reabsorb both Chemies, transforming into the Saber-Mantis Malgam. Meanwhile, (5)Zukyumpire started to put his plan into action.
I'm going away next week, so there will be no update until the following week.
Howard576:
1) Yes, it will be a VERY awkward reunion.
2) As you can see, very late Saikou and Calibur prevented Saber/Primitive Dragon from killing Noelle.
3) It could be that when Spanner's parents killed themselves, only their rings remained which caused the Angel Malgam's resurrection ability to believe that Spanner's parents are "still" in the land of living. Yes, Lachesis could potentially attempt to leave Geryon and the other two Dark Sisters. However, since she's one of Geryon's creations, her act of rebellion won't last long.
4) So Iron Gotchard could be a Pre-Final Form, since Iron Gotchard is drawing inspiration from (9)Steam-Liner, which then transforms into the Final Form when the (1)Hopper-1 element is included, making the the Final Form a upgraded version of Gotchard's Steam-Hopper form somewhat.
Farhan Nugraha:
1) I try my best for character development.
2) I suppose Noelle would be the main heroine.
3) I have watched a couple of Garo's episodes from different series.
Guest: To be fair, whilst their friendship have become strained, Asta doesn't want to kill anyone, it's just that Primitive Dragon is acting on the extreme side. Plus Asta knows that Yuno won't betray him.
