Let the invasion...start
After the ceremony has been concluded, the Magic Knights who took part headed towards a different building where a banquet is being held.
However, despite the banquet, a majority of the Magic Knights have their eyes on the Sword Of Logos.
"Are you three okay with being watched?" Klaus asked as he and, the Sword Of Logos, Nero, Mimosa and Yuno sat together whilst Noelle is somewhere else in the room.
Even though Klaus isn't one of the people being stared at, he did feel nervous.
"I just ignore it. Its very unlikely that they would do anything here." Donna explained calmly, making Klaus nod his head slightly.
"Why are we being stared at? Is it because we're the most secretive Magic Knight squad?" Asta asked as he enjoyed his food.
"Well the main is because…..a majority of the Magic Knights mistrust us." Donna replied, making Asta widened his eyes slightly.
"I thought you said that the some of the Magic Knights are concerned, Sir?" Yuno asked, remembering what the senior Golden Dawn member said during the Dungeon mission.
"W-well, I was mainly referring to Magic Knights from the lesser noble families. The higher noble family Magic Knights…they're a different matter." Klaus explained, acting slightly flustered.
"I'm sure they will change their mind if they see you in action and see that you're not a threat." Mimosa said in a reassuring tone of voice.
Asta felt nervous for some reason before glancing around and noticed a Magic Knight, a female Magic Knight with blond hair that hiding underneath a silver decorated helmet with a braid hanging down the left side of her face and blue eyes. Over her shoulders is a blue Magic Knight robes that have a emblem of a rose done in gold.
However, the ash-white hair teen noticed that she is looking directly at him.
Noticing that Asta is looking at her, the female Magic Knight quickly looked away.
"Er...why was Captain Charlotte been staring at me?" Asta asked in a confused tone of voice, identifying the female Magic Knight as the captain of the Blue Rose Magic Knight squad.
This caused the others to become confuse.
"Did you...offended her in someway?" Klaus asked, raising a eyebrow.
"No. I never meet her before." Asta replied...although a part of him began to think that he met captain Charlotte during the first five years of his life.
Donna gained a nervous expression on her face before finding a distraction.
"Gzzz, Asta. Can you at least eat sensible at an event such as this?" Donna asked as she took a napkin and wipe the food that is around Asta's mouth.
"Sorry." The ash-white hair teen said in an apologetic tone of voice.
"Asta. Can I have a word in private?" Yuno asked, causing Asta to gain a confuse expression on his face before nodding his head.
"Awww. I want to have a conversation with Asta." Mimosa thought, pouting slightly as she watch Asta and Yuno heading towards the edge of the room, which is circular in shape.
"What do you want to talk about?" Asta asked, trying to keep is voice low.
"I wanted to talk about that purple-clad swordsman that's in your dreams." Yuno replied, making Asta's eyes widened.
"What about him?" Asta asked, becoming slightly serious.
"I was wondering if you managed to discover his identity because I think he's connected to the Sword Of Logo in some way." Yuno explained, sounding serious.
"Yes. I did manage to discover his identity. He is called Kamen Rider Calibur, the swordsman of darkness. He was a member of the Sword Of Logos until betraying the squad 10 years ago." Asta explained and Yuno's eyes widened at the last part.
"I….also discovered another part of the dream which took place sometime before I got attack." Asta said, making Yuno surprise.
"What happened?" Yuno asked, becoming interested.
"I was attempting to save a girl and when I spoke to Big Sis, the girl's name is Luna who happens to be another childhood friend." Asta explained before a slightly sad expression on his face.
"What happened to Luna?" Yuno asked, gaining a bad feeling.
"She….got swallowed by some sort of holographic book and disappeared. Donna been searching for her for the past 10 years…..but with no result." Asta explained, making Yuno gain a sad look in his eyes.
"I see….." Yuno said before becoming quiet.
It was then Asta remembered something.
"By the way, Captain Sophia told me something about four-leaf clover Grimoires." Asta said, making Yuno perk up slightly.
"What's that?" Yuno asked, becoming curious.
"She said that if a owner of a four-leaf clover Grimoires fall into absolute despair, then the Grimoire transform into a five-leaf clover, which then can be used by devils to unleash their full powers." Asta explained, making Yuno widened his eyes.
"Thank you for telling me this, Asta, but when was the last time you see me feeling negative?" Yuno asked in a calm tone of voice.
"Well…..you did act all wimpy until 5 years ago." Asta pointed out whilst scratching the back of his head.
"…..That's true." Yuno said in a blank tone of voice.
"Hey, Asta!" A voice suddenly said, making the ash-white hair teen to jump slightly before turning around.
The person who spoke is a male with vermilion hair that spikes out and turquoise eyes.
He's wears a red Magic Knight robes that has a emblem of a lion on it.
"He's from the Crimson Lions." Yuno thought as he prepared himself in case he need to help Asta if the Crimson Lion Magic Knight does something.
"Yes? Do you need something?" Asta asked, feeling slightly confused as the Crimson Lion Magic Knight stopped in front of him.
"I heard from Mimosa how you help to protect her during the Dungeon mission." The Crimson Lion Magic Knight said whilst Asta and Yuno relaxed slightly, sensing the Magic Knight in front of them doesn't seem hostile.
"What is your relationship with Mimosa?" Yuno asked, becoming curious.
"She's my cousin." The Crimson Lion Magic Knight, whose name is Leopold Vermillion, replied, making Yuno and Asta widened their eyes slightly.
"Your welcome….." Asta replied, sounding awkward.
"Hahaha. She said in her letter how you have the title of Saber, the swordsman of flames, whilst also being able to use plant magic." Leopold said with a grin on his face.
"Well, it not just plant magic. I can use different abilities outside by own fire magic." Asta explained, but Leopold didn't seemed fazed by this.
"Since we're both fire magic users and you seemed to be a powerful Magic Knight…..I dub you as my rival." Leopold announced with a wide grin on his face whilst pointing a finger at Asta.
This cause a surprise expression to appear on the ash-white hair teen's face.
"Hmm…..I hate to say no, but I already have a rival." Asta said as he point at Yuno.
"Come on now. It will make things interesting." Leopold said as he draped a arm around Asta's neck, surprising him slightly.
"Anyway. I'm pretty sure that the sword-bearer of wind from the Sword Of Logos Magic Knight squad will likely make Yuno, the wielder of a four-leaf clover Grimoire, their rival." Leopold explained in a reassuring tone of voice.
However, Asta blinked his eyes slightly.
"I haven't actually met the sword-bearer of the wind. I have heard that the other members of the squad are still on missions." Asta explained, making Leopold surprise for the time.
"Making friends, Leopold?" A voice asked, causing the three Magic Knights to turn their heads towards the source of the voice to see a man shoulder length vermilion hair and purple eye.
A most notice a feature is a small burn mark on his forehead.
Like Leopold, he's also wearing the Crimson Lion robes.
"Yes, Brother. And I just made Asta my rival." Leopold said with a grin of his as he turned around slightly, effectively dragging Asta with him.
"I see…" The new Crimson Lion Magic Knight, whose name is Fuegoleon Vermilion, said as he examined the ash-white hair teen.
"H-hello sir." Asta said whilst being professional, although it was difficult due to him still being in a semi-headlock, as he did the Magic Knight salute.
"So you're the swordsman of flames that Mimosa mentioned in her letter." Fuegoleon said, making Asta nod his head.
"Yes. That's correct, Sir." Asta responded just as Leopold removed his arm from the ash-white hair teen's neck.
"How is Noelle doing in the squad? In Mimosa's letter, she seemed to make good progress with her skills during the Dungeon mission. Although the ceremony also "speaks" of Noelle's achievements." Fuegleon asked, making Asta frown slightly.
Fuegoleon instantly knew what is going through the ash-white hair teen's head.
"If you're worried that I would say nasty things about Noelle, then don't. I'm one of the few members of the royal family that don't torment Noelle." Fuegoleon explained, making Asta slowly nod his head.
"Noelle is doing well at the Sword Of Logos. She's getting training from Rintaro, the swordsman of water, to gain a better control her magic." Asta explained, making Fuegeon nod his head.
"That's good to hear. If it wasn't for Noelle's mysterious teacher, then it would likely be that our sister, Mereoleona, would kidnapped Noelle and trained her personally. And I don't want the Silva family have their own Mereoleona." Fuegoleon said before shivering, along with Leopold.
"Their sister must be terrifying." Asta and Yuno thought at the same, imagining a Magic Knight with a personality of a demon.
"Do you know who Noelle's mysterious teacher would be?" Fuegoleon asked, making Asta to become quiet as he think of a response.
"….I think its best if Noelle tells you about her teacher personally, Sir." Asta replied, causing Fuegoleon to frown in disappointment.
"By the way, Asta. What is Rintaro's Wonder-Ride that he used to transform?" Yuno asked, having been wondering what main theme Rintaro uses.
"He uses the "Lion Senki" Wonder-Ride book." Asta replied, making all three Magic Knights to stare at him confusedly.
".….The swordsman of water from the Sword Of Logos….has a lion theme for his armor. A animal that is usually associated with the element of fire, water's opposite…..?" Leopold asked in a slow and confused tone of voice.
"Yes. It is a bit strange. Hehehe…." Asta replied with a sheepish smile on his face.
"You don't say." The other three Magic Knights thought at the same time.
It was then that Leopold notice something from the corner of his eyes, causing him to sigh deeply.
"Brother. Solid and Nebra are "speaking" to Noelle." Leopold, making the ,present, elder Vermilion sibling widened his eyes.
"Really! And here I thought that they would behave for a event such as this." Fuegoleon said in a exasperating tone of voice.
Both Asta and Yuno turn their heads to where Noelle is at and saw that she is confronted by two people that have the same features at her, except that their hair is more wavy then Noelle's, including wearing the same clothes that the silver hair girl wore before wearing the Sword Of Logos's uniform.
However, Asta's eyes widened in fury when he saw the terrified expression on Noelle's face.
Meanwhile, outside of the Noble Realm are two…men observing the grand city.
The first is a male with long, messy light purple hair and a blue eye whilst the other is covered by dark red bandages that has metallic light green eye-piece placed on it.
The other person is basically a corpse that is somehow standing.
"Stupid." The living man said with a sight.
"No, its wrong. I mean me of all people. How could they even consider kicking me out, you know?" He asks whilst scratching the back of his head.
"I have more magic power than any other royalty and they just toss me to the side like garbage. It doesn't make sense, magic is supposed to be everything, right? Mock me?! How dare they!" The living man shouted angrily as he turn his head towards the corpse who simply moaned in response.
"Do you need to use your magic to create an audience for your rants?" Another voiced asked, causing the eye-patched man to glance over his shoulder to see a male whose features are hiding under a tattered cloak.
"Eh…..I like to release my anger with someone next to me. It looks like I'm not loosing my marbles." The eye-patched man explained whilst shrugging his shoulders.
The cloaked person sighed slightly before turning his attention towards the Noble Realm.
"Everything is in place now." The cloaked person informed, making the eye-patch man smile.
"Good. Is that skull-face swordsman ready as well?" The eye-patch man asked, making the cloaked person nod his head.
"Yes, he is….." The cloaked person replied, feeling nervous when discussing about the skull-face swordsman…..or the others of his kind for that matter.
"Make it stop! Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!" Noelle shouted in her head as the tormenting voices of Solid and Nebra enter her ears.
"Can't I just have ONE time to enjoy my achievement in peace?" Noelle thought as tears started to threatened to come out of her eyes.
"Enough you two!" A voice ordered, causing both Solid and Nebra to turn their heads to see an older male with the same features as the other three Silva siblings approach them. The most noticeable feature is that the male's hair is done in a style that could be called the "reverse ponytail" where a blue cross hangs from the very tip.
"But Brother-" Solid began to say but was cut off as Nozel gave him a hard glare.
"This is a important event for Magic knights to bask in their achievements. However, I don't think some of them appreciate you two showing off your…hobby in public." Nozel explained, making Solid and Nebra nod their heads slowly before walking away.
However, Solid glanced over his shoulder to look at Noelle.
"You should wear that uniform more often…..since you're basically exiled from the house of Silva." Solid explained whilst laughing as he continued to walk away.
The comment caused Noelle to flinch, gaining a more depress expression on her face.
Nozel watched the two walked away before turning his attention towards Noelle….but saw that she somehow disappeared.
Taken a quick glance around, the elder Silva sibling saw his youngest sister surrounded by her fellow Sword Of Logos Magic Knights, Mimosa and the two Crimson Lion Magic Knights.
Nozel watched the group comforting the silver hair girl for a few seconds before closing his eyes and sighing.
It was at that moment a hooded mage ran into the room.
"Terrible news!" The hooded mage shouted, causing everyone to turn their heads towards new comer.
"What is it?" Fuegoleon asked, breaking away from the group that is comforting Noelle.
"Sir, the Royal Capital is getting attacked!" The hooded mage replied in a urgent tone of voice.
This cause everyone to become confuse.
"What do you mean the Royal Capital is getting attacked?!" Fuegoleon asked, knowing full well that an invasion is impossible as long as the barrier hold up.
It was at that moment that Siren Tium, a Golden Dawn Magic Knight with short blond hair and green eyes, got out his Grimoire and open it.
"I'll use my Rock Creation Magic: The World Through A Rock Model, it'll show us what we need to see." Siren explained as activate his magic, creating a exact replica of the Nobel Realm out of rock.
At 5 different points on the map, fires rage into the air whilst people's screams can be heard. "A three-dimensional model of Noble Realm?!" Klaus said in a shock tone of voice.
"That's impressive." Asta said in awe.
"Its far more advance than my Magic Flower Guidepost spell. He must have send mana to a given area and then create a replica model simultaneously." Mimosa deduced with widened eyes.
"For troops with this much power to strike 5 places at once without us noticing…." Alecdora Sandler, a Golden Dawn member with spiky green hair and grey eyes, said with a frown on his face.
"Yes, a skilled spatial magic user must've transported them inside simultaneously." Fuegoleon said in agreement.
"But how could that happen? The Nobel Realm's guardian mages maintain a constant magic barrier around it, preventing any usage of spatial magic to penetrate the city. Did the enemy analyze the mechanism behind the barrier and break it somehow?! Did they pass a bribe to the guardian mages?! Either way….they must be phenomenal skilled." Fuegoleon thought, coming up with ideas.
"First we need to guard the area around the castle…" Alecdora began to explain. However, Donna shook her head.
"No. The ones that need our help at the moment are the citizens within the Nobel Realm, they are the ones who are currently getting attacked." Donna explained, but Alecdora glared at her.
"Your suggestions are not needed, Sword Of Logos Knight." Alecdora said in a hard tone of voice.
This cause Donna, along with Asta, to become angry.
"There's no need to focus on the castle, its already heavily guarded. We should focus on the capital itself." Nozel said, making Donna surprise slightly.
Alecdora grumbled slightly.
"I know that you will all find this irritating….but listen well! Me and Leopold will head to the North District with the Sword Of Logos Magic Knights. Silva Eagles, you take the Central District. Blue Rose Knights, take the east district. Golden Dawn, you'll spilt into two groups and head to the West and Northwest Districts." Fuegoleon explained before using his magic to create a large lion made out flames.
Everyone nodded their heads, yet begrudgingly, before using their magic to create their own forms of transport.
Lamp Do Alangina
The voice of Donna's Wonder-Ride book is heard by everyone, making all the Magic Knights surprise when they saw a golden carpet appearing which then Donna and Noelle climbed aboard.
"Did that Magic Knight summoned a carpet from a tiny Grimoire?!" A female Magic Knight, whose name is Sol Marron and having short black hair and light blue eyes, wearing the Blue Rose Magic Knight robe asked in a shock tone of voice.
"Yes. It certainly looks like it." Charlotte responded with a calm expression on her face.
"So the Magic Knights having the ability to summon things out of their small books is true." Fuegoleon thought, remembering reading something like that within Mimosa's letter.
"You can summon a dragon with your main book, right?"" Leopold asked, turning his head towards Asta who has decided to join the two Crimson Lion Magic Knights on the fire-created lion.
"Yes. That's correct." Asta replied, making Leopold grin slightly.
"I wonder if its just as strong as Salamander." Leopold wondered, referring to the great spirit of fire.
"All Right! If we fail to protect the Capital, it will bring great shame to the Magic Knights. Don't let the enemy escape!" Fuegoleon shouted, causing all of the other Magic Knights to nod their heads before flying off in different directions.
Within the Royal Capital, the sky has turned dark as black smoke filled the air as the sound of people's screams filled the sir.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's right, my army! Destroy everything in your sight!" The eye-patched man said with a gleeful expression on his face as his army of multiple moving corpses ran rampant through the streets, attacking the citizens.
"Let see how many people you can save, Magic Knights." The eye-patched man thought as he felt the magic powers of the Magic Knights approaching.
The team of the Crimson Lions and Sword Of Logos landed in a street and when they saw the walking corpses, they gain slightly revolted expressions on their faces.
"What sort of enemy are we fighting?!" Noelle exclaimed, feeling her insides churning unpleasantly.
"There's no time to question the appearance of the enemy, just defend the citizens." Fuegoleon said as he and the others climbed off their transport.
"Asta. Noelle. Time to transform." Donna said as she retrieved her Seiken Sword-Drive from her Grimoire.
"Right!" Both Asta and Noelle responded as the ash-white hair teen got out his Seiken Sword-Driver whilst Noelle summoned Argent-Couronee.
Brave Dragon/Lamp Do Alangina/Swift Dolphin
The announcement of three Wonder-Ride books in heard before the three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights placed their Wonder-Ride books into their drivers/sword.
The two Crimson Lions Magic Knights became curious as the standby sounds start to play before three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights start their transformation.
Unsheathe the flames/Unsheathe the lighting/Nobel Scriptures!
~Brave Dragon~
Rekka: Volume 1-When the brave dragon and Rekka, the sword of flames, unite, the crimson blade shall pierce all that is evil.
~Lamp Do Alangina~
Ikazuchi: Volume 1-When the Djini from the lamp and Ikazuchi, the sword lightning, unite, the amber blade shall shine with radiant splendour!
"Argent-Couronee~
Mastery of the sword will lead to growth! Never lose hope! Keep striving forward!
Dolphin volume: Let the power of the animal fuse with the blade…..
Three announcements are heard and the three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights finished their transformations.
"So cool!" Leopold exclaimed with a excited expression on his face.
"So that's how the Magic Knights of the Sword Of Logos don their armor." Fuegoleon thought with interest before shaking his head, focusing on the task at hand.
"Right! We got an army of the undead to deal with." Fuegoleon ordered, making Saber, Espada and Leopold nod their heads before charging towards the enemy.
However, Joyeuse didn't move as the voices of Solid and Nebra entered her head.
The captain of the Crimson Lions could tell what is going through the swords-women of steel's head as he notice her body shaking slightly.
With a slight sigh, Fuegoleon walked up to Joyeuse…..and whacked her on the head.
"PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!" Fuegoleon shouted just as Joyeuse picked herself off the ground.
"If your going to let others drag you down, you won't get anywhere in life. Being weak isn't a sin…..staying weak is!" Fuegoleon explained to Joyeuse.
"I want to become strong, but….." Joyeuse said before trailing off.
The captain of the Crimson Lions sighed.
"Look at yourself. You have grown the last time I saw you. I don't know how things work in the Sword Of Logos, but gaining that sword is a sign of your growth." Fuegoleon explained, making Joyeuse become quiet for a few seconds before taking a deep breath.
"Right! Time for Kamen Rider Joyeuse, the swords-woman of steel, to take the stage." Joyeuse said before charging into battle.
"So that's Noelle's title when she's transform." Fuegoleon thought before going into battle as well.
With the eye-patched man...he is simply wondering about the streets, soaking in the screams of fear with a smile on his face.
"That's right. Scream in fear as death falls upon you." The eye-patched man thought before noticing a little girl crying against a wall whilst being surrounded by 8 corpses.
The eye-patched man decided to approach the little girl.
"Hey, little girl. Do you like it in the Clover Kingdom?" The eye-patched man asked, kneeling down slightly.
"Y-yes. I do….Please, stop this….." The little girl responded in a fearful tone of voice.
"I can't! I hate the Clover Kingdom! I'm going to take this city and it's people….and destroy you all!" The eye-patched man explained in a menacing tone of voice, making the little girl cry more.
The 8 corpses started to close around the little girl who cowered in more fear.
"Please…..someone help me!" The little girl exclaimed in her head.
It was at the moment that someone burst through the wall of flames that surrounds square and swing a flame covered sword at the corpses, lightening them on fire.
"Whoa!" The eye-patched man exclaimed in shock as he moved backwards.
"Right! Time to save the citizens!" Saber exclaimed in a determined tone of voice.
And there we have it, the start of the invasion on the Royal Capital and I hope that people spotted the small preview of who will be appearing in the upcoming chapters. For those who noticed, I decided to make Nozel more "kinder" towards Noelle in this story. This means that he will still give her the cold shoulder, but he won't verbally abuse Noelle. For Nebra's and Solid's torment towards Noelle, I didn't have the heart to write any lines for them. So next time on Kamen Rider Saber, Blades will gain his final form, transforming into the swordsman of ice and I think that Zoous will also receive a upgrade form.
During this week, the Kamen Rider Saber movie, The Phoenix Swordsman And The Book Of Ruin, was released and to be honest, I'm a bit disappointed how the entire movie is just one big battle, no story what so ever. Bacht just came out of nowhere and started to destroy earth and Wonder World. The only interesting parts was seeing Kamen Rider Falchion and "Emotional Dragon" in action. Since Bacht is appearing into the main series, lets hope that they would reveal some of his background.
Please review and until next time.
starwing1995:
1) Thanks for the information.
2) Well, most people will likely forgot to write something in their review and then write a second review.
A humble squire: Wow, that certainly will make things interesting.
PS: Since we're on the subject, Do you have any ideas on what sort of person canon Asta's father could be? Considering the fact that Richita's curse(?) caused her to forcibly absorb the life force and Mana from any living being near her, Asta's father could be someone who has some sort longevity spell and a huge pool of Mana or someone who is completely devoted to Richita despite her condition. We only have half of Asta's origins, so I hope that Mr Tabata will reveal his father in a future chapter.
TheOkWriter: Using the "Demonic Dragon" Wonder-Ride book wouldn't necessary cause Asta to go into a berserk state, it could cause a curse to be placed on his body every time he uses the Wonder-Ride book which cause pain.
Fanreader365: Thank you.
DJ Toku:
1) I'm not sure but thanks for asking.
2) A Sword wielder being based on planets sounds like a interesting concept and it being Mimosa, a interesting devolpment to her growth.
itspowertime:
1) Eye Of The Midnight Sun: "Hey, what about us?"
2) I'm not sure about Nebra's and Solid's reaction, but Nozel's reaction will happen during the invasion.
3) Don't worry, I have Sylph's reaction planned out.
Kamen Rider Yokai: Thanks for the Wonder-Ride books
P.S: Is it okay for Wonder-Ride books to exist that have the same type of God-Beasts? Because I have a small idea of a Wonder-Ride book based on Kuzunoha, the female Kitsune who is the mother of Abe No Seimei.
