Setting the stage for...
"There's goes my chances of getting the "King Of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book." Calibur thought with a deep frown underneath his helmet as he sat on a wooden chair.
The swordsman of darkness is feeling frustrated at this fact.
"Hey!" A voice suddenly spoke, causing Calibur to turn his head towards the source of the voice and saw Sally.
"What are you doing here?" Calibur asked, becoming curious.
"Is it true that you failed to steal a super-powerful Wonder-Ride book?" Sally asked, a grin being present on her face.
"….Is there an actual reason you want to speak to me or are you just here to insult me?" Calibur asked, starting to gain a dark aura whilst a hand slowly crept towards the handle of Kurayami.
"No! No! No! I have an idea you may like!" Sally responded, waving her arms in the air in a slight panicking manner.
This cause the swordsman of darkness to stop his movement.
"I was wondering if it's possible to create a Wonder-Ride book." Sally said, causing Calibur to tilt his head to the side slightly.
"Create a Wonder-Ride book?" Calibur asked, becoming curious as he moved his hand away from Kurayami.
"Yeah! I thought that if we can infuse some Demonic Mana into a blank Wonder-Ride book and used your "Jakuu Dragon" Wonder-Ride book as the base, then we can create a Wonder-Ride book that's far more powerful than the one that you failed to steal." Sally explained, causing Calibur to become silent.
"…..Sounds interesting. But I think we need more Wonder-Ride books if we are using Demonic Mana to balance the power level and avoid the wielder getting overwhelmed by the Mana." Calibur explained, remembering how Vetto and Fana gained much darker personalities because of the Demonic Mana.
The response caused Sally's grin to widen.
"This going to be one of my best creations yet." Sally muttered before starting to giggle.
"All we need now is an opportunity to steal some Wonder-Ride books from the Sword Of Logos…." Calibur commented in a thoughtful tone of voice.
"Hmmm….I think I know how." Sally responded, causing the swordsman of darkness to become confuse.
changing locations, Sally is now standing in front of the blank portrait that contains the Alter-Ride books.
"Now then. Which one shall I'll take?" Sally questioned herself as she watched the portrait disappearing, revealing the shelves of Alter-Ride books.
After a few seconds of scanning the shelves, the member of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun's hand landed on an Alter-Ride book.
"This looks like a good one." Sally muttered as she stared at the Alter-Ride book which as the title of "Mienikui Ahirunoko".
"And where do you think you doing with an Alter-Ride book?" A voice suddenly asked, causing Sally to jump before spinning around to see Storious with a questioning look on his face.
"I….er…...going to do some experimenting…." Sally responded in a nervous tone of voice.
"Oh? And this "experimenting" involves the creation of a book through the use of Demonic Mana?" Storious questioned, causing Sally to start sweating.
"How did he know?!" Sally exclaimed in her head.
Storious started to chuckle.
"Go ahead and take it. I want to see the outcome of this experiment." Storious said, causing a smile to appear on Sally's face.
"Oh thank you very much!" Sally said before running off. The Megid general watched the scientist leave with a smirk on his face.
"Yes! Everything is starting to come together!" Tetsuo cheered as he is currently in his workshop, using the other Wonder-Ride book, "Knight Of Sun", that Asta gained from Avalon to finally complete his project.
"I wonder how the others will react once they see this back in action." The Mechanic of the Sword Of Logos thought, a small smirk appearing on his face.
It was then that loud knocking on the door is heard, causing Tetsuo to jump.
"I-in a minute!" Tetsuo shouted before grabbing his project whilst opening his Grimoire.
Once the project is safely set within the pages, the Sword Of Logos Mechanic walked towards the door and opened it, revealing Rin.
"Is there something you want?" Tetsuo asked, attempting to return to his usual self.
"We have a visitor, Reika Sh…?" Rin began to say but stop before a frown started to appear on her face.
"Is everything okay, Mr Daishinji, you seemed to be acting differently?" The wielder of Hayate asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Damn her Ki reading." Tetsuo thought in slight annoyance.
"Yes, everything is okay. You say that Reika Shindai is here?" Tetsuo guessed, making Rin nod her head.
"What is she doing here? Does she have a message for us or just want to see how things are currently operating?" Tetsuo thought, starting to become tense.
"So what brings you here, Miss Shindai?" Sophia asked once everyone has arrived within the meeting room.
"I'm just doing a routine check. A lot of things have been happening with this branch as of late." The Messenger responded as she scan the people in the room, making them slightly nervous.
"The Eye Of The Midnight Sun has been keeping the Clover Kingdom on their toes." Sophia responded, making Reika nod her head in agreement.
"Indeed, especially how the Megid have decided to join forces with them for some reason. The Diamond Kingdom seemed to have taken an interest with the Sword Of Logos, even managing to forge a Holy Sword of their own, the sword of crystals." Reika said before glancing towards Asta, Noelle, Donna and Rin.
"Why didn't the four of you retrieved Seiers Krystall during that time?" Reika asked, causing the four named to gulp slightly.
"We didn't took Seiers Krystall because we thought that it wasn't the Sword Of Logos's property…." Donna responded, starting to become nervous underneath Reika's gaze.
"Well, whilst it would have been a boon to our forces, Master Logos isn't upset by this…." Reika began to respond, making the four sigh in relief.
"….But Master Logos has decided to send a member of the Sword Of Logos to spy on the current wielder of Seiers Krystall, Mars I believe, to make sure that he won't be further threat in the future." Reika said, making Asta, Noelle and Donna to become nervous.
"Further expanding on this, Mater Logos has started to become concern that the other Kingdoms may also start to forge their own Holy Swords, or at the very least attempt to take Holy Swords for themselves. Although he believe that the Spade Kingdom will be more of a threat rather than the Heart Kingdom." Reika spoke, knowing how hostile the Spade Kingdom is compared to the peaceful Heart Kingdom.
"So we may encounter the Kamen Riders like those statues me and Nero saw back in Avalon." Asta thought before noticing Reika turning her attention towards him.
"Master Logos also heard that you, along with the help of Magic Knights from other squads, managed to reach Avalon whose location is said to have been lost long ago and managed to claim the power that was slumbering there." Reika said with a small smile on her face.
However, Asta just became more nervous with the appearance of Reika's smile.
"Y-yes, that's correct." Asta responded, making Reika nod her head slightly.
"Master Logos heard that you encountered a person within Avalon, presumably the guardian of the "King Of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book?" Reika asked, making Asta nod his head.
"That's correct, but he didn't told me his name though." Asta said, making Reika hum slightly.
"Whilst that is unfortunate, the main thing is that the power of the "King Of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book is in our possession." Reika said before glancing towards Nero, who is currently on the ash-white hair boy's shoulder.
"So you managed to have an anti-magic bird as a pet?" Reika commented, becoming interested.
"Well…Nero kind of made herself my pet." Asta responded in a sheepish tone of voice.
In response, Nero peck him on cheek.
"Nero! What is with you pecking me!" Asta shouted as he attempted to hit Nero, but the anti-magic bird easily evaded him.
"But that anti-magic bird has two horns, meaning that it somehow got itself involved with Demonic Mana….." Reika thought, starting to frown slightly.
It was at that moment that the sensors starting to make a sound, causing everyone to become alert.
"Here we go, the Megid have came out to play again." Ryo commented just as Tetsuo approached the table where a holographic screen has appeared.
"It doesn't seem that strong of a reading, but its better to be careful." Tetsuo spoke as he stare at the screen.
"Right. Asta, Rintaro, Donna. You three dealing with the appeared Megid. Miss Shindai…." Sophia began to say but trailed off when her attention onto the Messenger of the Sword Of Logos, not sure what to say next.
"I'll remain here and watch the battle." Reika responded before placing a hand into a pocket whilst everyone else became confuse.
The Messenger of the Sword Of Logos took out an object that resembles a metal eye with the eyelid currently being closed.
"For those we aren't aware, this is viewing eye-piece which allows people to observe events that are happening large distances away." Reika explained, causing everyone to become surprise.
"I've heard of those, but they're consume a lot of Mana to remain active." Donna said, causing Reika to nod her head.
"Indeed, they're mostly used for important missions and such." Reika said, causing Asta, Rintaro and Donna to become slightly tense.
"You heard that? You three better do your best since a high-ranking member of the Sword Of Logos is watching the battle." Noelle said in a haughty tone of voice.
"Don't put more pressure on us." The three chosen Magic Knights all thought at the same time.
"Don't just stand there, get moving!" Ryo instructed, causing Asta, Rintaro and Donna to nod their heads before quickly making their way out of the room.
"This mission would have been a good opportunity for my come back." Tetsuo thought, becoming disappointed.
"Hey Fiona. Do you think that you can some snacks ready?" Rin asked, causing everyone to sweat-drop.
"What is the meaning of this, Storious?" Zoous demanded as he and Legeiel comfort Storious.
"Is there something the matter?" Storious asked in a "perplexed" tone of voice.
"Where is that scientist-chick and Calibur going with one of your Alter-Ride books?" Zoous asked in an aggressive tone of voice.
"Knowing the girl, she may have an experiment in mind that involves an Alter-Ride book and Calibur." Storious responded in an "innocent" tone of voice.
"Storious. If you are planning something behind how backs…." Legeiel began to say before trailing off, also in an aggressive manner.
"Relax. I'm more interested in the shape of the outcome rather than the impact it may have." Storious explained in a reassured manner.
However, both Zoous and Legeiel are still feeling suspicious towards their fellow Megid general.
Somewhere in the Commoner Realm, a village is getting attacked.
"Hehehe. Now all we need now is to wait for the Sword Of Logos Magic Knights to arrive. I wonder who will be coming?" Sally commented as she watched chaos from a rooftop.
"Qwack. Are all the humans of the Clover Kingdom this weak?" A Megid with the appearance of a duck questioned as he stamp one of his foot onto a woman who has fallen onto the ground.
"Hey! Get off her!" A voice shouted and the next thing that the duck-themed Megid knew is receiving a kick the stomach.
"Gah!" The duck-themed Megid exclaimed as he was sent crashing onto the ground.
"Are you okay?" Saber, in his volume 2 form, asked as he turned his attention towards the woman.
"Yes." The woman responded, yet still feeling pain from getting stamped on.
"You better get to safety." The swordsman of flames instructed, causing the woman to nod her head before running away.
"Who did that, Qwack!?" The duck-themed Megid demanded as he slowly got up off the ground.
"Did you found the Megid, Saber?" Espada asked as she and Blades, who are in their volumes 2 and 3 forms approach the swordsman of flames.
"Yep. They're over there." Saber responded, pointing towards the duck-themed Megid who is slowly getting up off the ground.
"Oh? So the Magic Knights of the Sword Of Logos have arrived, Qwack." The duck-themed Megid stated as he goy back onto his feet.
"Qwack? What are you, a duck?" Espada asked whilst tilting her head to the side.
"Of course I am, Qwack! I am known as Ahiru, Qwack." The now known Ahiru introduce himself.
However, Espada and Saber sniggered slightly.
"Don't make fun of me, Qwack!" Ahiru shouted in annoyance, which only made the swords-woman of lightning and the swordsman of flames snigger even more.
"Why you, Qwack….." Ahiru muttered in annoyance, gaining a tick-mark on his forehead.
"Is it just one Megid? There's seemed to be more chaos that one Megid is capable of. It could be that some from the Eye Of The Midnight Sun are here." Blades, who is trying his best not to snigger, thought as he glanced around before widening his eyes as he felt multiple Mana levels approaching them and after a few seconds, three more duck-themed Megid appeared.
"There's more of them?!" Saber and Espada thought at the same time in a shock tone of voice.
"Hm? So the Magic Knights have finally come. I guess things will become more interesting now, Qwack." Ahiru(2) commented, him starting to feel bored from attacking weak humans.
However, Saber and Espada just sniggered and a hint of a smile started to appear underneath Blades's helmet.
"Let's kill them, Qwack!" Ahiru(3) exclaimed not liking how the Sword Of Logos are sniggering at them.
"Agreed, Qwack." Ahiru(4) responded before charging towards the three Magic Knights.
"Here they come." Espada said as she got Ikazuchi at the ready.
The other two Sword Of Logos Magic Knights got their own swords at the ready just as the four Ahirus got close to them.
Saber hopped back to avoid getting hit by the golden claw that the Ahirus are equipped with.
"Stay still will you, Qwack. This is for hitting me earlier, Qwack." Ahiru(1) said before thrusting his claw forwards.
"Why should I even keep still?" Saber questioned before swinging Rekka in a horizontal slash.
Unfortunately, Ahiru(1) ducked under the sword swing before attempted to knock the swordsman of flames off his feet.
Luckily, Saber jumped to avoid the attack before activating his wings, taking to the skies.
"You really think that you have the advantage since you can fly, Qwack? Well think again." Ahiru(1) said before a pair of sprouted from his back and then taking to the skies himself.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's Exploding Ring." Saber announced, creating a fiery ring that appeared in front of Ahiru(1).
"Qwack?" Ahiru(1) said in confusion before widening his eyes just as he flew straight into the ring which then exploded.
"I wonder if Fiona is able to cook the Megid if I bring them back." Saber thought before chuckling slightly.
However, it was at that moment that Ahiru(1) burst out of the smoke, zoning onto the swordsman of flames.
"I'm going to get you, Qwack!" Ahiru(1), whose feathers are slightly blackened, exclaimed as got close to Saber, claw at the ready.
"Whoa!" Saber exclaimed as he raise Rekka just in time to block the incoming claw.
Ahiru(1) kicked Saber with his knee, causing him to "stagger" back slightly.
The pages of Saber's Grimoire started to turn.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Drago-!" Saber began to announced but was cut off as Ahiru(1) lunged towards him, claw at the ready.
"He's fast with that claw!" Saber thought as he moved backwards to avoid getting hit by Ahiru(1)'s claw.
After a minute of avoiding Ahiru(1)'s attacks, Saber managed to found an opening by circling around Ahiru(1).
"Get ready to get fried, duck!" Saber shouted before swinging a fire covered Rekka.
However, before the sword of flames can strike Ahiru(1), something struck Saber instead, causing him to flinch.
This gave Ahiru(1) the opportunity to strike Saber, attacking him with his claw.
"Owch!" Saber exclaimed as he moved back.
"Where did that attack came from?" Saber wondered glancing towards the ground.
With Espada, the swords-woman of lighting is facing against Ahiru(2).
"How long can you fight against a speeding opponent?" Espada asked as she, clad in her "Lighting Genie's Thief's Boots" spell, lunged forwards and thrust a lighting covered Ikazuchi towards Ahiru(2).
"Hmph! Worry about yourself, swords-woman, Qwack." Ahiru(2) responded as he jumped back to avoid getting hit, although he did gain a slight tingling feeling as the lighting came close to making contact with him.
The "qwack" made Espada snicker, causing her to stop moving for a brief moment.
Noticing this, Ahiru(2) took the opportunity to swing his claw at the swords-woman of lighting, whilst avoid getting close to Ikazuchi.
Luckily, Espada managed to pull herself together and quickly raised Ikazuchi.
This cause Ahiru(2)'s eyes to widen, but he was too late as his claw struck the surface of the sword of lighting, leading him to become electrocuted.
"I always wondered what fried duck tastes like." Espada commented as she saw how Ahiru(2)'s feathers have turned black.
This cause Ahiru(2) to make angry "qwacking" sounds before lunging forwards and attempting to strike the swords-woman of lightning with his claw.
However, Espada easily dodged the attack by jumping backwards, with the use of "Thief's Boot's" spell making more distance.
"I'm not sure if these Megid are capable of using long-ranged attacks, but it will be good if I exploit that." Espada thought just as the pages of her Grimoire started to turn before stopping.
"Lighting Creation Magic: Lighting Genie's Lamp Buster." The swords-woman of lighting announced just as a lamp made out of lighting appeared in her sword-free hand.
"Qwack?" Ahiru(2) said in confusion whilst tilting his head to the side.
Espada then point Lamp Buster at Ahiru(2) before starting to fire lighting towards him.
"Qwack!" Ahiru(2) exclaimed as he dived to the side to avoid getting hit by the lighting.
"I guess that I still need to be on guard in case he does started to use long-range attacks." Espada thought as she got Ikazuchi at the ready, prepared to destroy any projectiles that Ahiru(2) fired at her.
However, it was at that moment something attack Espada's back.
"Gah!" The swords-woman of lighting exclaimed as she stumbled forwards but managed to stop herself from falling.
Espada whirled around, ready to swing Ikazuchi…..but found that nobody is standing behind her.
"What?! Where did that attack came from?!" Espada exclaimed in her head as she frowned underneath her helmet.
"Hey! I'm still here, Qwack." Ahiru(2) spoke, causing Espada to turn around and managed to block the claw that Ahiru(2) used to attack her.
"Don't worry. I haven't forgotten about you." Espada responded as she raise Lamp Buster as Ahiru(2)'s stomach.
However, before the swords-woman of lighting can press the trigger, something struck her on the back again.
"What?! Again?!" Espada exclaimed in her head whilst glancing over her shoulder, attempting to see her attacker.
However, the only thing Espada only saw nothing behind her.
As Espada was distracted, Ahiru(2) used the opportunity to attack her with his claw.
With the swordsman of water, Blades is facing against both Ahiru(3) and Ahiru(4), summoning Lion Senki for additional support.
"For multiple Megids, they don't seem that strong." Blades thought as he swing Nagare at Ahiru(3)
"Stop swinging that sword of yours too much! I can't even attack you, Qwack!" Ahiru(3) said as he move backwards to avoid the fast sword swings that Blades is throwing at him.
"Do you think that I just stop my assault?" Blades asked in a deadpan tone of voice.
"Qwack…" Ahiru(3) said in a low and annoyed tone of voice before thrusting his claw forwards, attempting to land a hit.
However, the claw was simply battered away by Nagare.
"Water Magic: Aqua Bullets." Blades announced with the opening of his Grimoire, creating multiple water-made bullets which he then fired at Ahiru(3).
With such a close range, the bird-themed Megid can't dodge the attacks, leading him to grunt in pain whilst staggering backwards.
"Qwack! Don't come near me, lion!" Ahiru(4) exclaimed as he ducked under a swipe from one of Lion Senki's claw.
It was safe to say that Ahiru(4) was having trouble fighting his opponent than the rest of his fellow duck-themed Megid.
However, Lion Senki simply growled in response before attempting to swipe Ahiru(4) again, but with both its claws again.
This time, Ahiru(4) wasn't able to dodge both attacks, leading him to get struck by one of the claws.
"Owch!" Ahiru(4) exclaimed whilst staggering his backwards.
Continuing with it's assault, Lion Senki lunged forwards and bit Ahiru(4) on the shoulder.
"Qwack! Qwack! Qwack! Qwack! That hurts!" Ahiru(4) exclaimed as he attempted to shake the blue mechanical lion off him.
"Its strange that Lion Senki is the one doing the most damage than the Magic Knights…." Blades thought, sweat-dropping as he glanced over to Lion Senki's fight.
Sensing something coming towards him, Blades jumped out of the way and dodged getting hit by a claw.
"Qwack. That was supposed to hit you…" Ahiru(3) said in a frustrated tone of voice.
"I'm not someone who you can beaten so ea-!" Blades began to respond before getting hit by something.
"What the?!" The swordsman of water exclaimed as he staggered backwards slightly.
"Oh really now, Qwack?" Ahiru(3) commented, referring to Blades's last comment before kicking the swordsman of water, knocking him back even further.
"Owch. What just hit me?" Blades thought as he glanced around.
"You to?" Espada asked as she regroup with Blades.
"Yes. I can't see where the attacks are coming from." Blades commented as he glanced around.
"They seemed to be good at completely hiding their presence." Saber commented as he and Lion Senki joined the two.
All four duck-themed Megid started to laugh as they start to close onto the three members of the Sword Of Logos and blue mechanical lion.
"Darkness Creation Magic: Dark Dragon's Bindings." A voice spoke, and the three Magic Knights and blue mechanical lion found themselves trapped in darkness-made chains.
And there we go, Tetsuo seemed to have completed his project before Saber, Blades and Espada starting their battle with the story Alter-Ride book based on the "ugly duckling". In this story, Sally is the one helping Calibur to create the "Jaou Dragon" Wonder-Ride book which is powered by Demonic Mana, mainly because of her skills. Reika makes her reappearance within this chapter and noted how Nero has tampered with Demonic Mana.
So in Revice, it is revealed that Hideo has existed for several millennia years, originally a king of a ancient civilization who formed a contract with Giff and was entrusted with the decision of shaping the future of humankind, deciding on making humanity servants to Giff rather than fighting against the Supreme Demon. Ameki allowed Giff to transform her into a Demon called Giffdemos when she witness the hopeless future for humanity. George seems to have plans on altering the Demons Driver so that the wielder rely on their own inner Demons rather than letting Vail absorb the wielder's life force, leading to the idea of the Demons Driver being mass produced. Vail has been talking to Vice, putting doubt in his mind about acting like a proper Demon.
It can be assumed that, based on Hideo's backstory of meeting Giff, there could be a group of people who objected to Hideo's decision and fought him and Giff. However, they weren't strong enough to kill Giff, resulting in him getting sealed instead. This could lead to the possibility of George, plus his father in their attempts of finding a means of eliminating Giff, researching the notes that have been written down on the burial site of Giff and discovering the existence of this group of rebels. The Vistamp that would give Revice their final form would then be created through the gathered data.
Please review and until next time.
Dragon Rider 66:
1) Well, they can't really regroup like they did in canon because the upper-class and other Magic Knights will likely see this as a sign cowardness if they hear about it. It will be safe to say that the rest of the Magic Knights will be shock at the what King Excalibur is capable of and Asta transforming into a sword...although Julius will likely have stars in his eyes. Tetsuo is certainly putting "Knight Of Sun" in good use.
2) Another way you can put it is that it may cause the citizens to to see Asta and Liebe in a better light because from their point of view, they would see that Julius has a strong enough faith in them that he would transfer "his" time magic to them. That's assuming that they don't learn the truth that the time magic originally belongs to Astaroth and possibly stolen by Lucius. I'm also wondering if the Magic Knights would tell the citizens the real connection between Julius and Lucius. The most likely answer is that they won't say the exact truth, telling the citizens how Julius and Lucius are two completely different people, rather than a single person with two personalities. The reason behind this is that it would be likely that the Magic Knights will need to kill Lucius to end his plans, thus killing Julius in the process. This would cause the Magic Knights to tell the public that Julius is dead, but won't reveal that the person known as Julius is a disguise for Lucius so that the Wizard King would be honored as a great man rather than having his reputation tarnished.
3) It's good to see Lovekov growing up rather than staying acting like a toddler. With what happening at Fenix...things aren't going well for Akemi transforming into a Demon known as Giffdomos.
4) Good point.
5) Why do I have a feeling that there would be an increase of tomb stone productivity when Charlotte is involved in a fight?
6)(C) I haven't thought about Vanessa's fate controlling spell, but yeah, Lucius can just simply rewind time whenever Rouge's uses her powers until Vanessa rans out of Mana.
7) Well, with how Akemi got transformed into Giffdomos...yeah, things are getting out of hand.
8) Lets just hope that its a positive influence.
9) I guess that I need to think of a possible connection between Astaroth, the sole wielder of time magic, and Kaiji, the sword of time.
10) That seems like the most likely idea, the other Vistamps being used for finishers within the series.
11) Right.
12) Lets just that the future forms for the series will look better.
13) I think Tetsuo will be like "Nope! Not taking part in this shipping war" and walk away.
14) That would be interesting, Tetsuo using his blacksmith skills to forge new equipment for the Kamen Riders.
15) Oh I see, that is a neat idea for Rebecca to have more screen time...and Rin finally understanding what Asta was referring to by "getting to the back of line".
16) Sure, I'm interested in what ideas you have.
Raidentenso: Thanks for the suggestion for Wonder-Ride book , especially the one for Mimosa.
TheOkWriter: Yeah...I guess that should have written that chapter better...sorry.
Farhan: Nugraha:
1) ticking off a royal who just gain a power-up is not the best of action...especially if you're a Supreme Devil
2) I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if it's involved the quality of the previous chapter, then I'm sorry.
3) Thanks for the suggestion for combo attacks.
4) Well...I have something like that in mind.