Round two, start!
Everyone's eyes widened as the saw the battlefield changing.
However, Xerx twitched slightly, something that was noticed by one person.
"What's up with that Xerx guy?" Rin thought with a small frown on her face.
"Fighting under all sorts of conditions gives us the best picture of your abilities. The second-round battles will be fought on this field!" Julius said as the Magic Knights observe the new battlefield which is hillier than in the first rounds.
"The second round with start with the battle between team B and C." Julius said, causing the two teams to perk up.
"The staged may have changed...but my beauty has not." Kirsch commented as sparkles surround him.
"Yeah, yeah." Sol muttered in a low tone of voice.
"Come on now, we're on the same team." Rintaro said with a sheepish smile on his face just as Kirsch turned towards the other team.
"I hope that you three are prepared to face my beauty." Kirsch said, making Asta gained an unsure expression on his face.
"No! It you who needs to prepare yourself, Kirsch!" Mimosa exclaimed, becoming slightly annoyed.
"Asta. We aren't going easy on each other, right?" Rintaro said with a smirk on his face.
"Of course we're not, Rintaro." Asta said, a smirk appearing on his face as well.
"Hey, Asta." A voice called, causing the ash-white hair teen to turn around to see Rin walking up to him.
"Rin? Is there something wrong?" Asta asked, becoming curious.
However, the wielder of Rekka started to blush when the wielder of Hayate came up to him and placed her mouth close to his ear.
"Don't trust Xerx." Rin whispered to Asta, causing him to become confused.
"What do you mean?" Asta asked he took a quick glanced towards the Purple Orca Magic Knight.
"When the battlefield changed, he reacted differently than the rest of us." Rin responded, making Asta raised an eyebrow.
"You read his Ki, right?" Asta asked, making Rin nod her head.
"And don't you think that it was suspicious that those two traps that you ran into during the first match just happened to be there whilst he was fast asleep during the entire match." Rin explained, making Asta widened his eyes.
"Just keep a close eye on him." Rin suggested, causing Asta to nod his head.
"What are you two whispering about?" A voice suddenly asked, causing the two Sword Of Logos Magic Knights to turn around to see Mimosa…..with a slightly dark aura surrounding her.
"Er….." Asta attempted to say something, but his voice died in his throat.
Luckily, Rin spoke.
"What? Can't I say good luck to a fellow teammate?" Rin asked with a smile on her face before suddenly hugging the ash-white teen from the side.
Asta started to blush even more as he felt Rin's chest pressing against his arm.
"Oh really? Why do I have the feeling that it's just more than a simple "good luck"?" Mimosa asked, a small smile appearing on her face, which seemed to only increase the dark aura.
"Please don't do anything like attacking Rin with that cannon spell of yours, Mimosa." Asta thought, starting to become scared.
However, Rin has a calmed expression on her face.
"If that's what you think, then…." Rin began to say before leaning in her head in and kissing Asta on the cheeks, causing the ash-white hair teen to gain a shock expression on his face.
With Mimosa, a tick-mark appeared on the Vermillion hair girl's forehead.
"Come on now, Asta. It's time for our match to start soon." Mimosa said as she reached over and grabbed Asta's wrist and pulled him away from Rin's grasp.
"H-hey! Stop dragging me, Mimosa." Asta said as he attempted to regain his balance.
"….." Mimosa didn't say anything as she led Asta towards Xerx.
"….Are you thinking about the time when Rin suggested that me and her-!" Asta began to ask but was cut off as Mimosa put pressure on Asta's wrist.
"Yep! She's definitely thinking about that time." Asta thought whilst gaining a pained expression on his face.
As Rin watched Asta getting pulled sway by Mimosa, the wielder of Hayate felt dark vibes being directed towards her, causing her to turn her head in the direction of the dark vibes to see Noelle glaring at her.
In response, Rin gave the silver girl a peace sign.
"Does that wind Magic Knight of yours like to flirt with everyone?" A voice asked, causing Noelle to jump slightly before turning her head to the side to see Fragil standing next to her.
"Rin...she does like to tease people. Why are you asking?" Noelle asked, becoming confused as to why Fragril is talking to her about Rin's behavior.
"I don't like how she's seducing my captain." Fragil responded, gaining a slight angry look on her face.
Noelle blinked her eyes at this.
"Those two did spend a lot of time together during the time when Captain Rill's and the other's Grimoires became unreadable, as well as during the Star Festival..." Noelle thought, gaining a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Can you help me get Asta and Rin together so she won't be able to seduce my captain-!" Fragil began to say but stop when Noelle started to glare at her whilst gaining a dark aura around her again.
"W-wrong person to suggest that idea t-to..." Fragil thought, starting to become scared.
"Finished talking to your fellow squad mate?" Xerx asked with his head tilted to the side.
"Yes!" Asta said in voice full of pain.
"…..You and that ninja girl were talking about me, weren't you?" Xerx suddenly asked, causing Asta to gain a shock expression on his face.
"How did you guess?" Asta asked, starting to become on guard.
"It was kind of obvious with how the two of you glanced towards me." Xerx responded simply whilst shrugging his shoulders.
"If the conversation was about my traps, then yes. I set traps all over the field yesterday. I rustled some intel and found out where they were holding the test here." Xerx explained, causing both Asta and Mimosa to become shock.
"Intel? But the location of the Royal Knight exam was highly classified, wasn't it?!" Mimosa thought as she glanced over her shoulder, feeling slightly relieved that their conversation wasn't being overheard.
"You set them yesterday?! That's cheating, you jerk!" Asta exclaimed in angry tone of voice.
"And why is that moron? Information warfare is a skill too, you know. Did the rules say we couldn't set traps the day before? Huh? They haven't even called me out on it." Xerx explained as he grabs Asta by the head and twist it around slightly.
"Grrrrr.…!" Asta growled in annoyance, his body shaking slightly.
"He already argued him into silence. Asta's cute when he's like this too." Mimosa thought despite having a panicking expression on her face.
"Then tell us where those traps are! We're on the same team! We can help!" Asta said in an exasperating tone of voice.
"Uh, no. if I tell you, the enemy will probably pick up on them too and besides, I'm doing this my way." Xerx said, making Asta and Mimosa glanced at each other.
"If I let you in charge, can your little low-watt brain even come up with a decent plan?" Xerx asked, causing a tick-mark to appear on Asta's forehead.
"Come on now…..only Asta's height is little." Mimosa commented, seemingly being on the ash-white hair teen's side at first.
"Oh come on, Mimosa!" Asta shouted, causing the Vermillion hair girl to giggle.
"All right, it's team B versus team C! Let the first match of the second round begin!" Julius announced this time with a wide smile on his face.
"Mimosa….Even though you're fighting against me, I will make not to damage that beautiful face of yours. Cherry Blossom Magic: Magic Cherry Blossom Storm of Petals-Plus My beautiful Illusions." Kirsch announced as he once again covered the battlefield in a storm of petals with copies of himself within it.
"He made his move right away! I talked big but….I can't find a way to break through this spell!" Mimosa thought, starting to gain a nervous expression on her face.
"I'd better sit tight for now. I'll wait for them to stumble into magic traps." Xerx thought as he observes the petals.
"Since Noelle isn't interesting in returning "Storm Eagle" to me, this will have to do." Asta said as he straps his Seiken Sword-Driver to his waist and took out "Saiyuu Journey" before placing the red-boarded Wonder-Ride into the slot.
Mimosa and Xerx gained curious expressions on their faces just as Asta unsheathed Rekka.
Unsheathe the Flames!
Rekka: Volume 1= When the Monkey's journey and Rekka, the sword of flames, meet, the crimson sword shows the way!
The Seiken Sword-Driver announced, cladding Asta in armor where the left side is red, the center is white and right is black.
"And what are you going to do with that form, dance about?" Xerx asked, referring to the monkey part.
This caused a tick-mark to appear underneath Saber's helmet.
"Now. I have a different idea." The swordsman of flames responded before pressing the open "page" of "Saiyuu Journey".
Saiyuu Journey!
The red coloured Wonder-Ride book announced and a large red cloud appeared.
"Come on. We fly above the petals." Saber said as he climbed onto the red cloud before presenting a hand for Mimosa.
"Oh, thank you." The Vermillion hair girl said with a smile on her face as she took Saber's hand.
"I see that you are capable of thinking up ideas." Xerx commented as he glanced around at the storm petals, gaining a disgruntled expression on his face as he saw a copy of Kirsch flying past.
"Now that team B can't move. It's time to attack, in a beautiful manner of course." Kirsch said to the other two.
"Can you please stop making comments about beauty-?" Sol began to ask but stopped when she and the other two saw Saber, Mimosa and Xerx emerging from out of the top of the storm of petals, with their crystal with them.
"What?! They managed to escape my spell?!" Kirsch exclaimed with a shock expression on his face.
"So they managed to escape, huh?" Rintaro commented with a smile underneath on his face.
It was at that moment that team B noticed team C's location.
"Here they come!" Sol said as she got her Grimoire at the ready.
"Hmhm." Rintaro said as he got his Seiken Sword-Driver at the ready.
With some hand movements, Kirsch sent the storm of cherry petals moving.
"Tch! And we just escaped that." Xerx commented as he held an arm over his face.
"I try to land us!" Saber said as he moved the red cloud, steering it to somewhere that is flat.
However, this was proven difficult with every passing second.
"I think that we have to jump it! Xerx, you take Mimosa and the crystal!" Saber said, making Xerx nod his head before grabbing Mimosa around the waist.
"Ek!" Mimosa exclaimed, becoming shock at the suddenness.
Saber and Xerx then jumped off the red cloud, with the swordsman of flames making it disappear.
"What?! Did Mimosa got attacked by her own teammate?! I'm coming my dear sister." Kirsch said before suddenly heading towards the direction that Mimosa and Xerx landed.
"Really? He just left us just because he believed that his sister getting attacked by her own teammate?" Sol questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"It certainly looks like it….." Rintaro responded with a small smile on his face.
This caused Sol to sigh exasperatedly.
"Sheeesh! Men can be dumb sometimes." The Blue Rose Magic Knight commented as she rub the back of her neck.
It was that moment that Rintaro sense's Saber Mana heading towards them.
"Saber's coming. You don't mind if I fight him?" The wielder of Nagare asked, glancing towards Sol.
"Go ahead. At least you're polite enough to say what you want to do." Sol responded, making Rintaro chuckle sheepishly before moving towards Saber's direction.
With the swordsman of flames, he was having a difficult time heading towards team B's crystal.
This is mainly due to Kirsch's storm of cherry petals blocking his vision.
"Go away, cherry petals. And especially you!" Saber exclaimed as he swings Rekka and a copy of the Coral Peacock's Vice-Captain.
When the blade of Rekka slashed through the copy of Kirsch, it burst into petals.
"That doesn't make me more happy….but Mimosa will probably be enjoying herself with destroying these clones." Saber thought, remembering how Mimosa wants to "slaughter" her brother.
It was at that moment that the wielder of Rekka reached a small clearing where his vision was a better.
"Whilst it's cool that I can see better than before, it doesn't help me get any closer to the other team's crystal." Saber thought with a small frown underneath his helmet.
It was at that moment Rintaro appeared from the cherry petals.
"Hey." Rintaro greeted in a casual manner.
"Did you had a hard time finding this place?" Saber asked, also in a casual manner.
"No. despite Mimosa's brother running off by himself, he'd still allowed me and Sol to sense people's Mana through the cherry petals." Rintaro explained, causing Saber to gain an annoyed expression under his helmet.
"Seriously? He let you guys an easy time through the petals, despite him looking down on you two." Saber said, causing Rintaro to chuckle slightly.
"Yes. It looks like it." The wielder of Nagare said before gaining a serious expression on his face.
"Now. Let's fight." Rintaro said as he took out "Lion Senki" and "Knight of Sun".
Lion Senki!
"A knight stood brightly with his sword to shine for the king's justice."
The two Wonder-Ride books announced before Rintaro placed the two into his Seiken Sword-Driver, causing the standby sound to start playing just as the wielder of Nagare placed a hand on the handle of the sword of currents.
"Henshin!" Rintaro shouted before unsheathing Nagare.
Unsheathe the Currents!
When the two books stack, the sacred sword gains power! Wonder Rider!
Lion! Sun Knight!
With two elements, the blade is sharpened!
Rintaro's Seiken Sword-Driver announced and when he's clad in armor, his left side is coloured red with a head as a shoulder guard, in his hand is a sword that has a red guard and a gold blade. There is also a trench coat piece attached Blades's waist.
"That Wonder-Ride book is similar to "King Of Arthur"?!" Saber exclaimed in his head.
"Well then, here I come!" Blades exclaimed before charging towards Saber.
The swordsman of flames raised Rekka just in time to block Nagare before Blades swings Sun Excalibur.
Saber's eyes widened as he felt the searing heat from blade of Sun Ecalibur, whilst managing to jump back.
"What the heck was that?!" Saber exclaimed as he he stared at the glowing blade.
"It seems that the strength of this Wonder-Ride book alters depending on the position of the sun, pretty useful when fighting multiple or powerful opponents. Caused me to become shock at this discovery." Blades explained as he examined Sun Excalibur.
"Why couldn't the Wizard King make that make-over team change sun into the moon…" Saber muttered in a low tone of voice.
However, Blades heard him, causing the swordsman of water to chuckle slightly.
"Sir Julius commented how Magic Knights fight in different environments, but he didn't mention the time of day though." Blades commented, causing Saber to nod his head slightly.
"However, it's too late to make complements. Now, let's continue." Blades said before attacking Saber again.
It was mainly thanks to Saber's "Saiyuu Journey" Wonder-Ride that allows him to dodge easily…..but he still felt terrified at the heat that Sun Exaclibur is giving of.
"I need to stay close so that Blades can't fire those beams of energy." Saber thought before lunging towards Blades.
"Whoa!" The swordsman of water exclaimed as he raised Nagare to block the attack from Rekka.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's Fangs!" Saber shouted before firing fire-shaped daggers towards Blades.
The first few "fangs" of Saber' attack struck the swordsman of water, knocking him back slightly.
Luckily, Blades managed to get his Grimoire glowing.
"Water Creation Magic: Water Lion's Shield!" Blades shouted, creating the water-made shield to block rest of Saber's spell, causing steam to appear.
"Great. I just created more blockage to my vision." Saber thought, frowning underneath his helmet.
"Water Magic: Aqua Bullet." A voice announced and a few seconds later, water-shaped bullets came flying out of the smoke.
The swordsman of flames jumped to the side, but one of the water-made bullets stuck his leg.
Luckily, Saber has coated his armor with Mana Skin, making it more durable.
"You…..are such a copycat." Saber commented as he got back up on his feet, making Blades laugh slightly.
"All is equal in a fight…..unless you decided to use underhand methods." Blades explained, making Saber perk up slightly.
"It looks like that someone has other ideas, Xerx." The swordsman of flames thought, a small smirk appearing on his face.
"Water Creation Magic: Water Lion's Paws." Blades announced, cladding his legs in water.
"Oh no." Saber muttered just as the swordsman of water lunged towards the swordsman of flames, the speed-enhancing spell becoming more powerful thanks to Mana Skin.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's exploding Ring!" Saber announced in a panicked tone of voice, quickly creating a large red ring in front of Blades which then exploded.
"Maybe I should have stick with long ranged attacks." Blades thought as he staggered back from the explosion.
Blades became on guard, not sure what Saber will do.
Dragon! King Authur!
A voice announced, making a smirk appearing underneath Blades's helmet just as Saber burst out of the smoke, now in his Dragon-King Arthur form.
Blades raised both Nagare and Sun Excalibur quickly to block Rekka and King Excalibur.
However, the swordsman of water wasn't expecting the kick that Saber aimed at his stomach.
"Gah!" Blades exclaimed as he staggered backwards.
"So, what to see what's stronger? The "King of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book or the "Knight of Sun" Wonder-Ride book?" Saber questioned as remained in a battle stance.
"Hahaha. Looks who the copy-cat now." Blades commented as he recovers from the kick.
This caused Saber to gain a tick-mark.
"You started it!" Saber exclaimed, causing Blades to chuckle slightly.
"Maybe. But let's continue fighting, shall we?" Blades asked, making Saber nod his head.
With Mimosa and Xerx, the two of them managed to land on one of the newly raised pieces of land…..mostly unharmed.
Xerx glanced around and saw that Saber isn't with them.
"Did that runt got lost within these petals?" Xerx questioned, a small frown appearing on his face.
"I'm sure Saber will be okay. He's super strong." Mimosa said in a reassuringly tone of voice.
"…." Xerx didn't say anything, causing a tick-mark to appear on Mimosa's forehead.
"Anyway. What is your capability of your magic?" Mimosa asked, causing Xerx to glare at her slightly.
"And why should I tell you?" Xerx asked in a slightly aggressive tone of voice, making the Vermillion hair girl to become startled slightly.
"We're on the same team, and even though you won't reveal the locations of your traps, it would be good for you to tell us what your magic can do." Mimosa explained, causing Xerx to raise an eyebrow.
"She's different from the rest…." Xerx thought before sighing.
"Very well. As you may have guessed, my magic attribute is ash. My specialty is trap spells. That said, big traps like the ones from the last match….I can't set up those up fast. Setting big traps take time and Mana. How much you put into them determines their power. That's why I pulled an all-nighter setting those traps." Xerx explained, making Mimosa widened her eyes.
"Him going to sleep was real?!" Mimosa exclaimed in her head.
"Apart from the traps that was shown in the first match. I can create binding traps, making everyone whose touches the magic circle gets tied up, pitfall traps, whoever touches the circle will fall into a hole, and land-mined traps, make a simple attack spell activate on a certain spot. All my traps disappear after one use." Xerx explained, making Mimosa nod her head.
"Thanks for explaining. But it will be difficult moving on the ground for me and Asta since you refuse to tell us the locations of the traps and due to the alteration of the land, some of the taps could have changed locations." Mimosa explained, a small frown appearing on her face as the Vermillion hair girl glanced around.
"She's correct about the last part, a lot of my traps have shifted positions. This petals storm isn't helping with our vision either." Xerx thought, saying the last part with a frown on his face.
However, it was at that moment that storm of cherry petals lifted.
"I think your brother is here." Xerx commented in a relaxed tone of voice, but his body became tense.
"Good. Now we slaughter him." Mimosa said with a small smile on her face.
"What is wrong with you?" Xerx thought with a raised an eyebrow.
"Cherry Blossom Magic: Dance of the Beautiful Cherry Blossom Blades." A voice announced, making both Mimosa and Xerx turn their heads towards the direction of the voice to see pink petals heading straight towards then.
Acting quickly, Xerx grabbed the Vermillion hair girl around the waist and jumped out of the way, along with their crystal.
"So you managed to avoid the attack." Kirsch commented whilst holding a large pink fan in one of his hands.
Kirsch then focused his attention towards where Xerx has his arm on Mimosa.
"We're maybe fellow vice-captains, but I would appreciate if you remove your arm from my dear little sister. I can image that arm being in different places, considering the sort of man the previous captain was." Kirsch explained with a slight disgusted expression on his face.
"Don't tell others what to do, stupid narcissist brother." Mimosa said with an annoyed expression on her face.
"Please don't say such things in front of others." Kirsch said whilst sighing.
"Wow. How does it feel to roasted by younger sister?" Xerx asked with a smirk on his face.
"Silence, ruffian!" Kirsch exclaimed before launching another attack.
"Let see how you can handle this…" Xerx muttered before activating his magic, making a magic circle appear.
Kirsch's eyes widened as he watched as his spell hit the magic circle before heading back towards him.
The vice-captain of the Coral Peacock attempted to avoid getting hit by his own spell but ended up getting some parts of his clothes damaged.
"My Beautiful clothes!? You will certain-!" Kirsch began to shout in his head but when he landed on the ground, a magic circle suddenly appeared.
"Wha-!" Kirsch exclaimed before getting hit by an attack that was embedded within the magic circle.
"Hahahahaha! You fell into that trap!" Xerx exclaimed with a smile appearing on his face.
Mimosa also gained a smile on her face.
"Trap magic?! Did that ruffian set up that magic circle on a whim?" Kirsch thought as he slowly recover from getting hit by the attack.
"Did he set up traps elsewhere?" Kirsch questioned in his head before concentrating on the surrounding area.
"H-he set up traps all over the place?!" Kirsch exclaimed in his head as he sense the faint magic that took the form of the traps.
It was then the vice-captain of the Coral Peacocks looked down at his clothes….to see them even more destroyed.
"Look at what you done! My clothes are even more ruined!" Kirsch shouted in anger.
"What's the problem? I think the style suits you." Xerx commented, making Mimosa giggle whilst Kirsch growled slightly.
"Show some respect. I'm royalty after all." Kirsch said with an angry expression on his face.
"So? That doesn't mean anything on the battlefield." Xerx responded in a carefree manner…..however, Mimosa noticed his mouth twitching slightly.
It was then that a rumbling sound is heard, causing the three to turn their heads towards the source of the sound and after a few seconds, Sol appeared whilst riding an earth-made golem.
"Sorry for being late! I ran into a few traps." Sol explained as she stop next to Kirsch.
"Where's our crystal. Is Rintaro protecting it?" Kirsch asked, him having calm down slightly.
"No. I have it." Sol responded as she moved some of the earth on her golem, revealing the magic crystal.
"You shouldn't reveal the location of your crystal whilst in front of the enemy/Moron." Both Mimosa and Xerx thought at the same time.
"Good to see that our crystal is well protected. Now, let's go and destroy the other team's crystal." Kirsch said as he turned his attention back onto Mimosa and Xerx.
"Right!" Sol exclaimed as she ordered her earth-made golem to move.
"Plant Magic: Magic Cannon Flower." Mimosa announced with her Grimoire open.
The large plant appeared behind the Vermillion hair girl before firing a beam towards the earth-made golem, completely blowing away it's right arm.
"That was a powerful attack, but..." Sol said as her Grimoire began to open.
"Earth Magic: Clod Seal." Sol announced, creating a large mass of earth which send towards Mimosa and Xerx.
"Tch. Am I going to be carrying you throughout the entire?" Xerx questioned as he quickly grab Mimosa and avoided getting trap.
This caused Sol to gain a frown on her face.
"Hurting woman isn't my thing, but it looks like that I have no choice." Sol muttered just her earth-made golem regenerated it's right arm.
"I think speed is more suitable for this battle. Let me handle things." Kirsch said as he began to cast a spell.
However, it was at that moment that something mainly blue crashed into the rocky wall, causing Mimosa, Xerx, Sol and Kirsch to jump.
"W-what was that?!" Mimosa exclaimed as she attempted to see what has crashed into the rocky wall, her vision being blocked by the smoke that has risen into the air.
After a few seconds, the smoke disappeared, revealing Blades.
"Blades?! What happened to you?!" Sol exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"…..I...I just got...sent flying by Saber…." Blades responded as he slowly recover his senses.
"He did what?" Kirsch asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Hm? Blades is using a new Wonder-Ride book." Mimosa thought as she studied the left side of Blades's armor.
"Great. All three of our opponents are close to the crystal." Xerx thought, a frown appearing on his face just as Blades got himself out of the rocky wall.
It was at that moment that hurrying footsteps can be heard and after a few seconds, Saber came jumping over some large boulders.
"Blades! Are you okay?!" Saber asked whilst becoming worried.
"I'm fine, Saber. Don't worry." Blades responded in an assuring tone of voice.
"What the heck happened with you two?" Xerx asked, giving the swordsman of flames a questioning look.
"Well…..we were clashing swords with each other and then I swing King Excalibur….a bit too hard…" Saber explained in a sheepish tone of voice, which just cause Xerx to become more confuse.
"…..Why are you two copying each other?" Mimosa asked the swordsman of flames as she saw that his and the swordsman of water's left side are almost identical.
"We're not copying each other! Blades is the one copying me!" Saber exclaimed in response, pointing King Excalibur at Blades.
"Really? I was the one who used the "Knight of Sun" Wonder-Ride book first." Blades pointed out in a calm tone of voice.
"….." Saber became silent as he can't come up with a response.
"Are you done argu/Cherry Blossom Magic: Dance of the Beautiful Cherry Blossom Blades." Kirsch announced, cutting of an annoyed Xerx with the materialization of thousands of sharp cherry blossom petals.
"The crystal!" Saber exclaimed in his head as he dashed towards his team's crystal, planning on protecting it.
However, Blades got in his way.
"Sorry, but you're not going anywhere." The swordsman of water commented, a smirk appearing underneath his helmet.
"Tch." The swordsman of flames muttered in an annoyed tone of voice as he glanced towards his team's crystal but became relieved that the vines that Mimosa have been using to move the crystal are holding up against the sharp cherry blossom petals, with the Vermillion hair girl using her "Magic Flower Cannon" to fend off the advances of Sol's earth-made golem.
"You better focus on the opponent in front of you, Saber!" Blades said as he lunged forwards and swing Sun Excalibur.
"Whoa!" Saber exclaimed before managing to duck under the attack.
With Xerx, the vice-captain of the Purple Orca's is using ash to destroy the cherry petals that came close to him.
"They have an easier time defending their crystal became its hidden within that girl's golem, but ours is still easier to getting shattered even if Miss Royal's vines are protecting it….." Xerx thought as he swiped a hand, causing ash to move within the air, destroying some of Kirsch's cherry blossom petals.
"Seriously?! How powerful is that cannon of hers?!" Sol questioned in her head as her earth-made golem kept on getting pelleted by attacks from Mimosa's flower cannon.
However, it was at that moment that Mimosa's "Magic Cannon Flower" stopped firing.
"Now's my chance!" Sol exclaimed in her head as she charged towards Mimosa and her team's crystal.
"Is she fast enough to dodge?" Xerx questioned in her head as he glanced towards Mimosa, preparing, although not wanting to, to help her.
However, Xerx became curious when he saw that Mimosa has a determined expression on her face.
"Oh? She has a plan in mind." Xerx thought before quickly turning his attention back onto Kirsch.
"You better move if you don't want to get hurt!" Sol called just as her earth-made golem prepared to swing its arm downwards.
However, it was at that moment that Mimosa began to run forwards.
"H-hey! Your supposed to be running in the opposite direction!" Sol exclaimed, becoming startled at the direction that the Vermillion hair girl running in.
Sol glanced in the direction that Mimosa should have run and the Blue Rose Magic Knight saw that there was a huge rocky wall close by.
"I see. She has no way of running if she went that way…." Sol thought before returning her attention onto Mimosa.
"But that doesn't mean I'm going easy on you!" Sol said just as her earth-made golem swing its arm downwards.
"This is it! I only have this one shot." Mimosa thought as she got closer to Sol's earth-made Golem, moving her team's crystal closer to made it harder to hit.
Before long, Mimosa is a few feet away behind the earth-made golem.
"Now all….we need to….do now...is wait." Mimosa thought whilst taking deep breaths, she not being use to running in that manner.
"Wow. You ran pretty fast…..considering that chest of yours." Sol commented in a carefree manner.
This caused Mimosa to gain a shock expression on her face, which is turning red, whilst covering her chest slightly.
"That's my sister you talking to!" Kirsch shouted, him and everyone managing to hear Sol's comment.
"If I wasn't fighting Blades, then I would wack you on the head with the flat side of King Excalibur!" Saber shouted, pointing said blade at the Blue Rose Magic knight.
"How about I talk to Sol afterwards. There's no need for violence…." Blades said in a sheepish tone of voice.
"Kekekekeke. This is a perfect chance of covering Miss Royal's plan…." Xerx thought with a grin on his face.
"What are you grinning at? Don't you dare have dirty thoughts about my beautiful sister." Kirsch asked, giving the vice-captain a suspicious look.
"And what about you? I expect that you have similar thoughts." Xerx responded back, causing an angry expression to appear on the vice-captain of the Coral Peacock's face.
"How dare you!" Kirsch exclaimed before attacking Xerx.
It was during this time that Blades saw an opening with everyone being distracted.
"Better be quick before the others can focus back onto the fight." Blades thought before sheathing Nagare back into his Seiken Sword-Driver and pressed the trigger.
Final Page!
Blades's Seiken Sword-Driver announced, catching Saber's attention just as the swordsman of water pressed the trigger on Nagare again.
Lion! Sun Knight!
Volume 1 strike: W-Water!
The Seiken Sword-Driver announced a second time just as bright red energy started to cover the blade of Sun Excalibur.
"Sorry about this, Saber. But this is our win." Blades commented as he got into a stance.
"Mimosa! Get out of the way!" The swordsman of flames shouted, causing the Vermillion hair to glance in Saber's direction and became wide eyed at the sight Blades preparing his finishing move.
"Glittering Sun Light." Blades announced before swinging Sun Excalibur, releasing a wave of red Mana.
Luckily, Mimosa managed to get out of the range for getting hit by the attack.
With Blades's attack, when the wave of Mana struck the crystal, a magic circle suddenly appeared.
The appearance of the magic circle caused Blades, Sol and Kirsch to become shock.
"Surprise? I decided to place on a trap on the crystal, just in case something like this happens." Xerx explained just as the swordsman of water's finishing attack started to get absorbed into the magic circle.
"That looks familiar….." Saber thought, starting to gain a bad feeling.
"Have I seen something like this before….!" Blades thought, becoming confuse for a few seconds before widening his eyes in shock when he saw his attack coming back straight towards him.
However, the swordsman of water's entire body is still feeling dehydrated from using "Knight of Sun's finishing attack.
"Blades!" Saber, him having dived out of the way to avoid getting hit, exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he watch Blades flying through the air before crashing onto the ground, resulting in his armor disappearing.
"Worry about him, later! We're still fighting!" Xerx called, him having some thoughts that the swordsman of flames would run to his fellow squad member.
"W-what the heck was that?! Rintaro's attack came bouncing back towards him!" Sol exclaimed in her head before glancing back towards the crystal.
"Can we even destroy the crystal?" Sol thought, starting to become worried for a few seconds before noticing something.
"Hm? That magic circle has disappeared? Does that mean that it was a one-time thing?" The Blue Rose Magic Knight thought, tilting her head to the side for a few seconds before shaking her head.
"Whatever, let's go and destroy the crystal!" Sol exclaimed, ordering her earth-made golem to attack team B's crystal.
However, when it looked like that the earth-made golem would destroy the crystal with one of it's fist, it suddenly froze.
"Hey?! What's the matter?! Move!" Sol ordered as she hit her earth-made golem on the head.
The Blue Rose Magic Knight started to notice vines appearing all over the earth-made golem's body.
"Huh?!" Sol exclaimed, trying to understand what is happening.
"It looks like that my magic-controlling weeds have taken effect." Mimosa thought just as the earth-made golem started to open it's chest, revealing the other team's crystal.
"Hey! What are you doing!? Don't show the crystal to the other team!" Sol shouted as she continued to hit the earth-made golem on the head.
"Saber! Destroy the crystal!" Mimosa called, causing the swordsman of flames to nod his head.
"You got it!" Saber called as he began to dash towards the opposing team's crystal, King Excalibur at the ready.
"No you don't!" Kirsch said as he attempted to intercept Saber.
However, the vice-captain of the Coral Peacocks suddenly ran into a magic circle, causing him to get struck by a magic attack.
"Heh. Didn't expect that I can set traps within the air as well?" Xerx commented with a smirk on his face.
"This is nothing! I will be on the move in-" Kirsch began to say before stopping as he saw a larger version of King Excalibur materializing next to Saber.
"This is our win!" The swordsman of flames shouted as he thrust King Excalibur forwards, causing the larger version to fly through the air before striking the other team's crystal….along with destroying Sol's earth-made golem.
"Ohf!" Sol exclaimed as she crashed onto the ground.
"Crystal Destroyed. Team B wins!" The announcer said amongst the shock Magic Knights….possibly due to the appearance of the larger version of King Excalibur.
"Good work you two. That was better performance that your fist matches." Reika commented as she stood in front of Asta and Rintaro.
"Er…..Thank you…." Asta said with a slight unsure expression on his face.
Currently, the two teams have returned to the viewing platform, after Xerx has giving Rintaro, Sol and Kirsch some "advice" and the two Sword Of Logos Magic Knights are standing in front of Reika.
"Are you feeling okay, Rintaro? You took a large attack after all." The messenger of the Sword Of Logos pointed out as she turned her attention towards the wielder of Nagare.
"I'm okay, just feeling slightly dazed after getting hit, that's all." Rintaro responded in a reassuring tone of voice.
It was thanks to the combination of the amour and Mana Skin that Rintaro managed to avoid getting seriously hurt.
"Hmm….." Reika said with a small frown on her face.
"S-seriously! I'm fine, Miss Shindai!" Rintaro exclaimed, attempting to reassure the messenger of the Sword Of Logos is okay.
"….If you say so." Reika said after a few seconds of being silent.
"Why doesn't she believe me?" Rintaro thought in a depressed tone of voice.
As if reading Rintaro's thoughts, Asta patted the wielder of Nagare on the shoulder.
"So it's Donna verses Mr Daishinji now." Noelle commented with a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Are….you not interested in the other Magic Knights that will be involved with the fight?" En asked, becoming curious.
"Hmf! Why should I focus my attention on the others?" Noelle asked in a haughty tone of voice.
"Even if one of the Magic Knights is a fellow royalty and the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn?" En asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Leopold can handle himself and Langris….not interested at all." Noelle responded, still in the haughty tone of voice.
"Royalties are brutal with their opinions." En thought whilst sweat-dropping, referring to the last part that Noelle said.
"Hey Yuno?" A voice suddenly asked, causing the Sword Of Logos Magic knight and Green Mantis Magic Knight to turn their attention towards the direction of the voice to see Charmy standing in front of Yuno.
"I'm know that it's a bit late, but I made an after-battle dessert for you." Charmy explained as she held a large cup-cake in her hands.
"…..It's important to replenish your energy." Yuno thought before taking the cup-cake from Charmy.
"Thank you. I'll savour it." Yuno said whilst from Charmy's perspective there is air of coolness when he said it, causing her heart to feel that it been struck by an arrow.
"Hehehe. It looks like an interesting scene has just happened." En commented with a smirk on his face.
"Next up, the second battle between of round two. Team E verses team G!" The announcer suddenly said.
And there we go, the battle between teams B and C where Blades uses the "Knight Of Sun" Wonder-Rider book, whose sword design is based on Excalibur Galatine from the Fate/Night series, the idea coming one of the readers of this story, along with Saber transforming into his Saiyuu Journey form at the start of the battle. Like Calibur, "Xerx" also commented on how status has no meaning on the battlefield.
So in Black Clover, the news that "Julius" has become an enemy has spread across the capital, causing the people to start panicking whilst the captains, plus Noelle, Mimosa, Nero and Yuno discussing about the revealment of Lucius. I'm a bit confused as to how everyone is discussing the possibility of Lucius being a Zogratis, even though we know that, since his surname was never mentioned, only his first name, along with the fact that he has split personality rather than Julius being a created persona that Lucius used with in the Clover Kingdom. Natch attempted to located Asta, but can't entered his shadow and coming to the conclusion that he'd been sent far away, to another continent or dimension or being dead already. With Yuno, who has been at the borders for the last few chapters along with members of the Golden Dawn and Black Bull, he reported about encountering Adrammelech, who has been accompanied by numerous High-ranking Devils, but decided to flee. With Adrammelech, he'd return to Lucius's based of operation, wherever that is, and commented on how strong Yuno is. Lucius then explained that he looked at tens of thousands of futures and saw that one is where the Magic Knights have the upper-hand against him, which involves Yuno, so made the decision of eliminating Yuno in order for that single future to disappear. With Asta, it is revealed that he has been teleported to beach where he has been found someone and judging by the person's clothes, Asta could be in Hino, Yami's homeland!
When Lucius was talking to Adrammelech, there was four other people present who are Sister Lilly, Damnatio and two unknown people. Damnatio and the two unknown people could be other people that Lucius has transformed into Paladins, or going to. With Lucius's talk about he looked at numerous futures, I think that Mr Tabata was inspired by that scene in Avengers: Infinity War when Dr Strange looked at numerous futures and found only one where they won, but decided to flip things around have the enemy seeing this single future. However, Lucius stated that the future only gives the Magic Knights the upper-hand, it doesn't mean that they win. So with Asta, the person who found him seemed to knew that he would appear at a beach within Hino, hinting that the unknown person possess the ability of foresight, similar to the Witch Queen's ability. Whilst the unknown person's face can't be seen, due the sun, their hair seem to resembles Yami, hinting that they could be related to the captain of the Black Bulls. However, whilst I am interested that Hino is possibly being introduced into the final arc, it would have add more suspense if the last two panels were a part of the next chapter, especially when Natch talked about how he can't locate Asta. Yuno also seems to have bandages wrapped around one of his arms which may holds some importance in the future since one of the panels zoomed onto the bandages arm.
The art style of the chapter has changed as well, having a more darker tone to it, showing the atmosphere of the chapter.
So the first episode of Kamen Rider Geats is great! The episode mainly focuses on Keiwa as he attempted to gain a job, but unfortunately failed the interview. In order to cheer him up, his sister, Sara, decided for the both of them to eat lunch at a restaurant but got interrupted when the Jamato monsters got attacked and the two of them got separated by a barrier, with Keiwa being on the side of the attacking Jamato. Whilst escaping from the Jamato, Keiwa run into the celebrity influencer Neon. Unfortunately, the two of them got ambushed by Jamato monsters, but luckily got saved by Buffa and Shirowe with the latter taking them to safety. When Shirowe got Keiwa and Neon to safety, he was confronted by Buffa. After a brief conversation between the four of them, a giant Jamato known as a Fortress appeared before attacking them. Whilst Keiwa, Neon, Buffa avoided getting it by one of the Fortress's tentacles, Shirowe took a direct hit before being eliminated. The fortress then launched a wide scale attack, resulting in the building that Keiwa, Neon and Buffa are standing on getting destroyed and Neon falling off it. Luckily, Ace arrived, riding his bike, and rescued her. After talking to Keiwa and Neon briefly, Ace transformed into Geats and fought the Jamato minions before destroying the Fortress. Talking to Ace again, Keiwa is told about the attack being apart of a game to rewrite the world before the destroyed city got rebuilt. Keiwa then woke up in bed and wondered about was he dreamt about. When eating at the same restaurant that he and his sister went before the attack, Keiwa encounter Tsumuri who gave him a Desire Driver and ID Core.
With the transformation sequence, it looks cool with the robotic arm placing the armor onto the Rider. However, I found the Revolve On sequence a bit strange...
So Ace has been Geats for 6 months before the series started, taking part in another tournament that has 33-35 Kamen Riders in total, with the most recent eliminated Riders being Kamen Rider Meleo, Kamen Rider Taria, Kamen Rider Okemarupi, Kamen Rider Yaiva, Kamen Rider Nippo and Kamen Rider Antch. It's only been one episode Kamen Rider Geats as already become the series with the most original Riders in the entire franchise, even though we haven't seen them. It is pretty obvious that a physical version of the suit won't be made, but it is likely that a concept art will be made. So when a Kamen Rider is defeated, their Rider Core ID gets destroyed, they are then eliminated from the game, luckily not actually getting killed. The winner of the current tournament is given the title of "Desire God" thus being able to recreate the world in their image, within certain limitations that is. One of the rules for the GDP is that when someone gains a Rider ID Core and Desire Driver, it's a one-way ticket of becoming a Kamen Rider with no going back.
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Dragon Rider 66:
1) Don't worry, Asta will regain "Storm Eagle"...eventually.
2) You'll just have to wait and see about the identity of the announcer until later, but Master Logos being the announcer? I hope that he hasn't decided to ditch his duties as the supreme ruler of the Sword Of Logos to watch, and announce, the matches like with Julius ditching his duties as Wizard King in order to discover new types of magic, or Lucius decided to take over his body.
3) Yep, Lucius is certainly the most dangerous than his other siblings with his soul magic along. From the last panel, it can be assumed that Asta and Liebe landed up in Hino...or Wano from One Piece. Funny enough, I've seen a video which talks about Asta and Liebe entering the afterlife when Asta died and trained before somehow waking up back in the world of the living.
4) Yes, such a sad ending for a strong friendship, but it is suitable for Vice to leave a humors gift for Ikki. The "Revice Driver" Raise Buckle may make a apperance within the upcoming crossover film.
5) Yes, the siblings, mainly the Silva Siblings, will certainly "suffer" from Reika's lecture.
6) The possible combinations that Revi and Vice can use will likely be inspired by the Desire Grand Prix Riders with their Raise Buckles in the crossover film.
7) Countermeasure wise, it mainly depends on what skills Asta gains during his time in Hino.
8) Vice's comeback could possibly revolve around the "Revice Driver" Raise Buckle...that's if Ace still has it that is.
9) I saw an image of Tycoon using the "Ninja" Raise Buckle and it with him wearing the armor...he looks more buffed up than his entry form. So with him being a green ninja, I can see him and Kenzan getting along.
10) It is likely that the other mechanical beings that reside within the Wonder-Ride books will attempt to stop Brave Dragon's plans.
11) Mimosa will likely call Liebe cute in his chibi form, Fuegoleon will treat Liebe in the same manner as Asta and Yuno will do the same...by calling him short. Patry will attempt to ask Liebe how he come into possession of Licht's former Grimoire.
12) With the repainted "Spider" Vistamp, it could be used by Hiromi's newly emerged inner-Demon to show some difference between the two. I guess that it makes sense for Hiromi to be teaming up with Hikaru instead of Daiji and Kagero since Blue Birds are formed from members of both Fenix and Weekend, hence a representative from both groups. For the Gorge and Olteca TTFC, I haven't seen anything else regarding that.
13) Solomon will definitely use the spirit-based Wonder-Ride book when getting cornered by Xross Saber.
14) Whilst Geats will be intrigued that Revice has a form based on him, he may question about the coloring as in why it isn't his colors, Revi's side of the form that is.
15) It would seem that when a GDP Rider uses a Raise Buckle relating to a Legend Rider, the color of their visor will change to match the corresponding Rider.
16) My guess is Kahono somehow finding the potion and decides to give it Noelle.
17) Some members of the Blue Rose being told of the threat of Giff? That sound cool, although Charlotte will have to be careful not have a Deadman created from her, just imagine the chaos the Deadman will cause around her and Yami. With Noelle's debut as Jeanne, it would makes sense for her to have experience of fighting as a Kamen Rider before a big battle and with Lovekov's cameo apperance in the banquet hall, she may start to become seeable, from Vice's view that is, when Noelle starts to get tormented by Solid and Nebra, who aren't aware of the threat of Giff, making Lovekov angry. With Mereolona's reaction to the Lion Remix form...whilst a part of me don't want to know, I'm still want to hear your idea.
18) An anniversary for Fourze...didn't Gentaro destroyed the Fourze Driver in his crossover film with Wizard?
Howard576:
1) Yep, Noelle certainly showed Solid that she's no weakling anymore.
2) When Ikki and Vice meet each other again, in the crossover film with Geats, I wonder if Ikki regains his memories of him, along with being Revice, or act like this is the first time that they meet?
3) If Lucius was able to use his magic on Asta, plus Liebe, then the Magic Knight will have little chance of winning since the angle-form Asta will be using anti-magic against them. I think that Lucius won't give a second magic to Asta, like he did with Sister Lilly, since he won't be able to use his second magic effectively alongside anti-magic. Since Asta is potentially be in Hino, he may gain new skills, which are used in a new sword, that are unknown to the Clover Kingdom, which could give Asta the advantage when fighting in the final battle against Lucius.
Kamen Rider Yokai:
1) Considering that she holds the title of swords-woman of smoke, Reika will be tricky to catch as she can disappear and reappear with nobody noticing and don't worry, Asta will regain "Storm Eagle" before facing Calibur again.
2) I guess that makes sense since Geats is just after an anniversary series, similar to how Donbrothers used the same transformation gimmick as Zenkaigers, yet named differently. When Asta and the others meet Geats for the first time using the "Saber" Raise Buckle, they will be surprised at the Saber-inspired armor, with Tetsuo being slightly annoyed that Geats will be wielding an imitation of Rekka, which he will call a fake. When Noelle commented about the clashing of colors, I'd imagine Geats responding back how the Sword Of Logos Kamen Rider's three-way combinations may be made from different colors as well.
Worseman:
1) Interesting guesses, but you just have to wait.
2) Saver Saber, the form Saber transforms into when wielder by King of Authur mecha form, holds some similarities to Decade's Final Form Rides. But for Saber's final Form Ride, those two are very likely. Saber will likely be doing the splits if transforming into his own version of Brave Dragon, similar to Ryuki's own Final Form Ride. Reaction wise, everyone will be shock at the transformation with Joyeues demanding that Decade transform Saber back, becoming furious. This will likely cause Decade to start teasing Joyeues about transforming her into a Final Form Ride whilst holding a card, the attack card rather than a Final Form Ride card for Joyeues, making the swords-woman of steel to become quiet. After the battle, if Saber has transformed into his own Brave Dragon, he will be recovering from doing the splits for a few minutes or so.
3) I'm still thinking about those crossovers.
4) I've already have a place where Falchion will make his make his debut in the story.
Farhan Nugraha:
1) Wow, Asta is brave to kiss Noelle to get the "Storm Eagle" Wonder-Ride book back...especially if it during the Royal Knight selection exam and everyone is watching.
2) Geats is different from other primary Riders with the level of confidence that he been showing. Ace flirting with the girls of Black Clover, that will cause a lot of commotion amongst the Magic Knights.
3) Everyone will certainly feel the sense of nostalgia when seeing Asta's and Noelle's children...along with headack for some.
4) Considering the style of clothing that the person is wearing, most likely.
5) I haven't really been focusing on Super Sentai, but Noelle/Oni-Sister being one of the legs...she will freak out, big time!