Awakening
Back within the Eye Of The Midnight Sun's stronghold, Mereoleone, Saber, Zora and Nils stared at the armor-donning Ryha.
"Hehehehe. This feels great…" Ryha commented as he examined himself.
"W-what happened to this guy's M-Mana?" Nils thought, starting to sweat as he feel the Demonic Mana coming off Ryha.
"Hey runt. Why the hell is that guy wearing armor in the same manner as you?" Zora asked, glancing towards Saber.
"I don't know! The only thing I know is that the Megid decided to gift the Eye Of The Midnight Sun with some Alter-Ride books." Saber responded as he tighten his grip around the hilt of Rekka.
"Oh? So you decided to wield Demonic Mana like how the two previous members of the "Third Eye" don armor?" Mereoleone asked with a grin on her facing, having read the reports that revolves around the battles of Vetto and Fana.
"Yep. Might as well use what I was given." Ryha responded with a smirk underneath his helmet.
"Well then, let's see what your new armor is capable of!" Mereoleone shouted before lunching herself towards Ryha.
"Demonic Copy Magic: World Tree Magic." Ryha announced before a black and red silhouette of a person appeared.
"World Tree Magic?!" Nils exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"Isn't that the magic of….?" Saber began to say before trailing off, starting to realize who currently wields world tree magic.
"Yep. Captain Vangeance of the Golden Dawn." Zora said before raising an eye-brow.
"But what has changed with Ryha's magic? It allows him to create a silhouette of the person that the magic belongs to?" Zora thought, analyzing what is currently in front of him as he recognize the shape that the silhouette is taking.
"Oh? So you managed to copy the magic of that guy huh?" Mereoleone questioned as she prepare to attack, not intimidated by the "newcomer".
The silhouette of Willian raised one of it's arms, causing roots to spout out of the ground which rapidly grow.
"You're pretty stupid if you decided to use magic that has a weak attribute to my own!" Mereoleone shouted as she swing a fire-covered fist at the incoming roots.
However, the roots didn't seem to be affected by the flames in anyway.
"What?!" Mereoleone shouted in a surprise tone of voice as she jump back to avoid getting hit by the rest of the roots.
"Hah. You're the stupid one if you think that the armor is just for show." Ryha commented with a smirk underneath his helmet.
The comment caused a tick-mark to appear on Mereoleone's forehead.
"Why you..." The captain of the Royal Knights growled before using Mana-Zone to move about the space quickly.
Ryha's eyes widened as Mereoleone suddenly appeared in front him before throwing a punch.
However, the last member of the "Third Eye" didn't do anything as Mereoleone's punch hit him in the face.
"Yes! A direct hit!" Nils cheered with a small smile on his face.
"Don't get too excited. Something isn't right." Zora said with a frown on his face.
The same can be said with Mereoleone as a slight surprise expression on her face as she sense that something isn't right.
"….So that how you use Mana-Skin." Ryha commented as he stood his ground.
"So he's using the same sort of combination skill that the Sword Of Logos Magic Knights used when they use Mana-Skin whilst donning armor-!" Mereoleone thought before jumping out of the way to avoid getting hit by silhouette William's magic.
"Do you want some help, Captain Mereoleone?" Saber asked as he raised Rekka.
"Do you want to die?" Mereoleone responded back in a slight aggressive tone of voice.
"N-no." Saber responded as he backed away, regardless of the fact that there is already a distance between him and Mereoleone.
"Just shut up and watch then." The captain of the Royal Knights said as she turned her attention back onto Ryha.
"Wow. You really are brutal towards your subordinates." Ryha said whilst chuckling slightly.
"Just shut up. I'm mainly interested in taking revenge against you guys for taking my brother out of action." Mereoleone said as she got ready to attack again.
"Revenge huh? I guess that we're both similar then….." Ryha thought just before the pages of his Grimoire started to turn.
Saber's Zora's and Nil's eyes widened when they saw multiple silhouettes appearing around the final member of the "Third Eye".
"So that power-up allows Ryha to multiple spells at the same time without deactivating the current spell." Zora thought as he glanced towards the silhouette of the captain of the Golden Dawn and saw that he hasn't disappeared.
"You do know that I can easily crush whatever you throw at me." Mereoleone pointed out, a small smirk appearing on her face.
"Are you're sure about that? Go!" Ryha ordered, causing the multiple silhouettes to charge towards the captain of the Royal Knights….all apart from one.
"Whoa!" Saber exclaimed as the silhouette of William fired tree roots straight towards him, Zora and Nils.
Luckily, the three Royal Knights dodge the attack, letting the tree roots to crash into the stone floor instead.
William's silhouette glanced at the three Royal Knights, deciding on who to attack first.
"If you're dawdling, then I might as well go first." Zora commented before activating his magic once he got close and throw ash towards William's silhouette, blocking it's vision.
Nils then activated his magic, creating a path of ice which head into the ash.
When the ash disappeared, the Silver Eagle Royal Knight smiled slightly when he saw that he'd managed to trap William's silhouette.
"Now, runt!" Zora shouted as he glanced up to where Saber is hovering in the air, making the swordsman of flames nod his head just as the pages of his Grimoire started to turn.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Saber announced, creating a fire-made dragon's head which then open it's mouth and released a torrent of flames, heading straight towards William's silhouette.
Unfortunately, tree roots suddenly sprouted out of the ground, shielding William's silhouette from Saber's attack.
"What?! Surely Saber's spell would have burned the tree roots!" Nils said in a surprised tone of voice as he and the two others saw that the tree root haven't been damaged by the flames in anyway.
"It must the Demonic Mana increasing the durability of those roots." Saber thought in annoyed tone of voice whilst gaining a frown underneath his helmet.
"Couldn't you have been a bit faster?" Zora asked in a blank tone of voice.
"Shut up!" The swordsman of flames shouted in response.
"You two, it's going to attack!" Nils said as he watch William's silhouette summoning more tree roots which shot towards each of the three Royal Knight at an alarming speed.
Whilst Saber was luckily enough to dodge the tree root that was aiming for him, with a bit of it just scrapping his armor, Zora and Nils weren't so lucky.
Zora grunted in pain as the tree root scrapped the side of his body, creating a deep wound.
"Ow, ow, ow." Nils muttered as he activated his magic, creating a sheet of ice over the wound that he received from William's silhouette's attack.
"Tch! Thing are turning nasty for us." Zora thought as he placed a hand over his wound before bringing it up to his face, seeing it covered in blood.
"Let's try this then! Fire Magic: Salamander's Soul Burst!" Saber announced, creating another fire-made dragon's head, but this time the flames being gold, which open it's head again and shot a torrent of flames.
William's silhouette created tree roots again to protect itself again from Saber's attack.
However, William's silhouette noticed that the tree roots are blackening slightly.
Not wanting to take any risks, William's silhouette decided to move.
"Got you!" A voice suddenly shouted, causing William's silhouette to turn around just in time to get stab by a blade covered golden flames.
"Heh. Good work." Mereoleone thought as she watch William's silhouette disintegrating, she having been observing the fight from the corner of her vision.
However, the captain of the Royal Knights quickly turned her attention back to her own fight just in time to avoid getting hit by a club that seems to be made out of rocks before striking the wielder of the rock-made club.
"Just how long have you been mingling among the Magic Knights?" Mereoleone asked, starting to notice how some of the silhouettes have resemblance to some Magic Knights.
"A while. I picked up a lot of interesting spells whilst I was spying on you lot." Ryha responded in an offhanded tone of voice.
"Wanting to fill your Grimoire I assume?" Meroleone asked, making a small frown appear underneath Ryha's helmet.
"You do like to push people's buttons, don't you?" Ryha asked as he prepare to attack.
This cause a smirk to appear on Mereoleone's face before she charge straight towards the remaining member of the "Third Eye".
Within the Demon skull at Hage village, a portal opened where Licht, Valtos, Rades and Sally walked out.
"When I insert the remaining Magic Stones, we will call to awaken the true power of the tree of life's monument." Licht explained as the four of them headed towards a large stone that has the diagram of Sefirot engraved on it, with each of the current Magic Stones are placed within the different sections of the tree of life.
"At last. The time has come, Master Licht." Valtos said with a smile on his face.
"So with this, we, the chosen ones blessed by Mana, will awaken a tremendous magic power….!? Those Magic Knights bastards...this time we'll show then our true powers." Rades said with a smirk on his face.
"It's a shame that Daichi couldn't be here. I should probably head back and examine any changes to his body. The flow of Demonic Mana within the "Jaou Dragon" Wonder-Ride book is different than the ones used by the "Third Eye"." Sally said with a small frown on his face.
"Not now, Sally. This is critical moment for master Licht's plans." Valtos said with a frown on his face as he looked over to the Eye Of The Midnight Sun's scientist.
"Sorry." Sally said in an off-handed manner, causing Valtos to make a "tch" sound.
"Everyone." Licht said, who has one remaining stone within in his hand, causing the three to look at him.
"You've done very well up until now. I appreciate your efforts...and I'm proud that you all exists. At last, the time to achieve our long-standing desire has arrived. With the placement of the last Magic Stone, we will reincarnate into our true forms and create our own country." Licht said before turning around towards the diagram of Sefirot.
Unknown to the other three, an evil smirk started to appear on Licht's face.
Donna has completely no idea what is going on.
Up until an hour ago, she has been talking with the other residence of the orphanage before starting to hear a commotion outside, causing her, Sister Lilly, Father Orsi and the children to go outside and became shock when they saw that the sky is filled with swords made from light.
As far as the wielder of Ikazuchi can tell, the multiple light-made swords seem to be spread out across the entire Clover Kingdom.
Starting to gain a nasty feeling, Donna was about to order that everyone should take cover in their homes.
However, before she could, a wave of Mana can be felt, and the multiple light-made swords suddenly disappeared.
Whilst everyone was shaken by the experience, Donna started to make her way towards where the master of the Grimoire tower resides, hoping that he has a communicator in his possession, the wielder of Ikazuchi having thought that she wouldn't need one for her day off.
Donna managed to locate where the master of the Grimoire tower resides, but before she could even speak to him, a suddenly burst of light appeared originating from the Demon skull.
"What is going on?!" Donna exclaimed in her head as she ran, heading towards the Demon skull whilst taking out her Seiken Sword-Driver, starting to become nervous.
"Donna! Have you managed to contact the Magic Knight's Headquarters?" Father Orsi asked as he saw Donna reappearing.
"No! I don't know what to do!" Donna responded back.
"Poor child." Father Orsi thought whilst sweat-dropping.
It was at that moment that the wielder of Ikazuchi felt a large amount of Mana heading towards Hage.
Donna, and the those close by, turned towards the direction of the Mana and saw a Magic Knight donning the robes of the Purple Orcas riding a broom.
At first, Donna became relieved at the suddenly arrival of help, but starting to gain a bad feeling when she noticing a few things.
The first is that a gold aura surrounding the male Magic knight, the second is that red markings are present and the third is that his ears are pointy.
Everyone watched as the Purple Orca Magic Knight landed on the ground and at first, the citizens of Hage village became relieved before slowly starting to realize that something is wrong as the Purple Orca Magic Knight glanced around with a cold look in his eyes.
"….It's been a while since I last saw a human settlement, how small." The Purple Orca Magic Knight commented, causing everyone to become confuse.
"Hey! What sort of Magic Knight are you, being rude like that?!" Donna exclaimed, becoming annoyed.
This cause the Purple Orca Magic Knight to turn his attention towards Donna and his eyes perk up slightly.
"You're belong to the Sword Of Logos…..and the current Espada." The Purple Orca Magic Knight commented as he spotted the emblem of Ikazuchi.
"The current Espada?" Donna thought, becoming confuse at the term that is being used.
"Who are you?" Donna asked as she placed the Seiken Sword-Driver around her waist.
"My name is of no importance….since everyone here will die." The Purple Orca Magic Knight said, shocking everyone as his Grimoire started to float into the air open.
"What?!" Donna shouted in her head just as the Purple Orca Magic Knight cast a spell, creating a large plant that has green and purple vines.
"Plant magic….!?" Donna thought before suddenly jumping back as the vines shot towards her.
When the wielder of Ikazuchi touched the ground, she started to take out three Wonder-Ride books.
"Everyone! Get as far away as possible!" Donna shouted as she place the three gold coloured Wonder-Ride books into the Seiken Sword-Driver before unsheathing Ikazuchi.
Unsheathe the Lighting!
Witness the djinn of the lamp's true power!
Golden Alangina!
Ikazuch: Volume three!
The amber blade shines with radiant splendor, striking down with roaring thunder!
The voice announced as the gold mechanical Cerberus, yellow spikes and golden mechanical genie fly around Donna before merging into her, transforming her into Kamen Rider Espada.
"So that's what it looks like for Asta to don his armor." Father Orsi, Sister Lilly and the children of orphanage thought at the same time as they, along with the other citizens of Hage village, observe Espada at a distance.
"I don't know who you are, but you're no Magic Knight." Espada said as she point Ikazuchi at the Purple Orca Magic Knight.
"Your human concepts do not apply to me. Now, time for you to pay for your sins!" The Purple Orca Magic Knight just as purple smoke started to come out of his magical-created plant.
Suzune: Recital Strike!
Yay!
The voice announced just as Slash pointed the gun form of the sword of sound towards the real Dream-Eating Baku.
"Hundred-eyed blast!" Slash announced before pressing the trigger, releasing multiple blasts.
"I must get away!" Dream-Eating Baku thought as she attempted to dodge the attack.
However, before she could move, mercury suddenly appeared around her body before solidifying.
"You're not going anywhere." Nozel commented in cold tone of voice just before the Baku-themed Megid got engulfed by Slash's finishing attack.
"Glad that's over." En commented in a relieved tone of voice as he rubbed his glasses clean.
"Come on. We need to get moving." Nozel said as he started to move, keen on reaching the heart of the Eye Of The Midnight's stronghold.
"Hang on a minute!" Slash called as his eyes widened underneath his helmet.
"What's wrong?" Nozel asked as he stop and glanced over his shoulder.
"I can hear…..a lot of screaming?" Slash responded, starting to frown.
"On whose side?" En asked as he placed his glasses back on his face.
"I don't recognize them. They must be from the enemy Mages." Slash responded, causing the other three present Royal Knights to widen their eyes.
"I can understand if Mereoleone is releasing her full anger on the enemy, but from Slash's behavior, the screams are coming from everywhere." Nozel thought, gaining a small frown on his face.
"Siren? Why are you glowing!?" En asked, causing Nozel and Slash to turn around and saw that the Golden Dawn Royal Knight's appearance is changing.
"Luck, Ben!? What's happening to you two?!" Joyeues asked as she and Kirsch watched as Luck and Ben starting to gain pointy ears and red markings.
"How dare you two sparkly more brightly than me!" Kirsch said in annoyed tone of voice.
"Now isn't the time!" Joyeues shouted in annoyance as she look at the vice-captain of the Coral Peacocks.
It was at that moment that the swords-woman of steel saw movement from the corner of her visor, making her turn head just in time to see Luck(?) throwing his Royal Knight robes onto the ground and began to approach Joyeues and Kirsch.
"Wait….what are you doing, Luck?" Joyeues asked, starting to gain a bad feeling.
"Hm? You're a Holy Sword wielder that I never seen before." "Luck(?) commented, focusing his attention onto Joyeue's appearance.
"What about me?" Kirsch thought in annoyed tone of voice.
"It's a shame that you couldn't become our companion. Now die." Luck(?) said as he raised a hand and shot a bolt of lighting.
"G-guys? What happened to you?" Kenzan asked as she slowly backed away from her other teammates who appearance also changed.
"Oh? It's Kenzan, the Holy Sword wielder of the winds." Puli(?) commented as she and the other two turned their attention towards Kenzan.
"Yep. That's me." Kenzan responded, acting friendly despite the bad vibes she's starting to gain from the other three.
"This must be a new "Kenzan". The previous Kenzan was male." Fragil(?) commented as she tilted her head to the side, becoming curious.
"What is she talking about?" Kenzan thought as she tilt her head to the side as well, but in confusion.
"Unfortunately, for being human, she must die." Ruben(?) stated as he activated his magic.
This immediately caused Kenzan to get into a battle stance.
"Hehehe. You think that you can fight all of us?" Puli(?) asked with an amused smirk on her face.
"She's right. I can't fight all three of them at the same with that high amount of Mana. Just what the hell happened to them, and why didn't I get a boost in Mana!?" Kenzan thought, becoming annoyed at the last part.
The swords-woman of the winds started to laugh.
"What's wrong? Has the fear of death caused you to lose you mind?" Ruben(?) asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Nope! I just thought of a plan." Kenzan responded, making all three Royal Knights(?) to become confuse.
"How are you planning on defeating us?" Fragil(?) asked, becoming curious.
"Heh. My plan isn't to defeat you. My plan is to…...LEG IT OUT OF HERE!" Kenzan shouted as she turn around and sprinted in the other direction.
"What….what is wrong…..with all of you!?" Mimosa asked, backing away with a scared look on her face.
With her and the other members of her team(?), they have arrived at a large room where they found a body suspended within a sphere of light.
However, not soon later, Yuno's, Klaus's and Hamon's appearance and quality of Mana started to change.
"Don't dare speak to us, you fool. You're not our comrade." Klaus(?) responded in a cold manner.
This cause Mimosa to flinch before becoming more scared as she saw Klaus(?) and Hamon(?) preparing to attack her.
And there we have it, returning our attention onto the Royal Knights which shows Mereoleone's team fighting against Ryha's armored form, which altered his magic before the souls of the deceased elves starting to awaken within their new hosts. Poor Donna, running all over the place without a break before having to fight an elf-possessed Magic Knight. Did anyone notice the Jojo reference in this chapter?
In Kamen Rider Geats, Girori questioned about Ace's Desires, commenting how they have no pattern to them with his latest Desire wanting to be a member of the DGP. Within the Desire Hall, Girori implored Win to eliminate Geats by any means within the next mission and when Tsumuri questioned about this, saying that the DGP's staff should be playing a neutral part, Girori responded that Ace has won to many times. similarly at the Kurama residence, Neon's mother started to ask questions about the yellow item-box that is left, but her father responded by saying that it's a complicated matter, but will be told eventually. The two then get interrupted by the two bodyguards where they said that Neon has disappeared, having decided to speak to Ace. The two of them continued the conversation that they had previously with Neon asking why Ace didn't wrote about meeting his mother on the Desire card, but Ace revealed that the card didn't accept that Desire, basically revealing that the DGP can't grant every Desires. The second mission then got started with the Riders, plus Tsumuri unwillingly, heading into a pocket dimension created by the Jamato, in the form of a mansion, where they encounter some victims of the Jamato area who have barbed vines around their necks, one of them being Kiewa. Tsumuri explained that the goal of the mission is for the Riders to escape with their paired victim, with her Rider being Win, with the door requiring a password to open it. The group then got attacked by maid and buttle themed Jamatos with two of them transforming into Jamato-themed Kamen Riders using a Desire Driver and the "Jamato" Raise Buckle.
As the Jamato-themed Riders came closer to the victims, the barbed vines around their necks tighten, resulting in everyone retreating into the mansion when it is revealed that the Jamato-themed Riders are able to resurrect themselves. Seeing the situation, Girori made the decision of sending items to the Riders in order to help them before attempting to contact someone...but failing as that person is focused on growing a new batch of Jamatos!? Back with the Riders, Ace noticed a clue which may help them to open the door before being questioned by Neon about the Game Master. With Win and Tsumuri, the two managed to locate one of the item-box, revealing a new type of Raise Buckle, the "Fever" Raise Buckle. Win then decided to tamper with the clues, but was caught by Michinaga, commenting about the odd pairing and asking why the DGP are interested on eliminating Ace. With the others, Keiwa commented how unlucky he has become, something that Neon noted before being told by Ace that not only those who get retired lose their memories, but also the drive of their original desire, making Neon realize how she didn't remember her live-streams and attempts of escaping after the previous DGP. The group then got attacked by the maid and Buttle themed Jamatos with Geats and Nago fighting them whilst Keilow took the hostages to safety. However, Keilow got seriously injured, making both Geats and Nago go to aid him. Geats managed to retrieve one of the item-boxes that the Game Master sent them, revealing another "Fever" Raise Buckle and then using it to transform into his Fever-Boost form and then fighting the henchmen and the appeared Jamato-themed Kamen Rier with the finisher move involves throwing Boostsriker like a club. As everyone moved on, a Jamato appeared and took the dropped Desire Driver and "Jamato" Raise Buckle.
So the rule of this episode is that when one is eliminated, they will also lose the motivational drive of their original Desire. This episode reveals how the Jamato are created, being grown by a man called Archimedel by feeding them cracked ID Cores of previously eliminated Kamen Riders. This does raise some question as to how Girori is able to contact him, even though he failed, and the entirety of the DGP as the Riders also lose their motivation upon defeat.
New scans have been revealed, the first set showing new power-up forms, Geats Command and Tycoon Raging which are accessed using the "Twin Command" Raise Buckle which is also equipped with two modes, jet and cannon. There is also a raising form that is accessed through the Raising Sword, not sure what the form(s) look like. I'm not sure why it's just Geats and Tycoon are receiving power-up forms, it could be just that it will those two will be the first to gain these new forms. In the second set, which is just one, shows a new Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Glare who uses a different Driver to transform with, implying that he isn't associated with DGP.
By the way, I did some editing with chapter 64 in terms of Rin's background.
Heads up, I'm going away next week, so I won't be able to update the story.
Please review and until next time.
Dragon Rider Rider 66:
1) The Riders that are a part of the Royal Knights will be keen on adding Charmy to the menu if they saw what happened with their fellow Riders.
2) It did actually stated on wiki that Ace's reason for his Desire is the longing for a family ever since his mother disappearing 2000 years previously. It does seem that he has planned each Desire in order to reach his ultimate Desire, finding his mother that he couldn't obtained in his very first participation in the DGP. You could be on the right track with Ace's current wish wanting to be a member of the DGP's staff. Thanks to this episode, we've been told about another side-effect for those who have been eliminated and it is hinted in the next episode's preview about Kiewa's return as Kamen Rider Tycoon.
3) Indeed, that will likely happen during the Black Bull's battle against Lucifero's monstrous form and Saber decided to aid them the enlarged base with King Excalibur.
4) Let's hope that Asta's Zetten is able to reverse Lucius's magic on Sister Lilly, plus the other two Paladins.
5) Considering that it will be a battle royale-type movie, they will likely be fighting each other for a large portion of the movie. That will be cool to see Revice using the "Komodo Dragon" Vistamp in the movie and Geats, or one of the other DGP Riders, using a Legend Rider Raise Buckle.
6) I can see Ryuga, plus the other Ryuzen, teasing Ichika about liking someone younger than her.
Kamen Rider Yokai: Don't worry, I've have plans on how Asta and the others will be able to defeat Zagred, the word soul Devil, and thanks for the suggestion concerning Yuno.
TheOkWriter: I'm sorry, but I wasn't keen on the movie because it was just a battle, no build-up whatsoever. We did, however, learn about Bahato's background during series, but we don't know what happened to the Book of Ruin after Yuri sealed Bahato away.
itpowertime: I guess that I did tone down Jaou Dragon's power, or at least didn't wrote it, and I did actually hinted about Kurayami's foresight ability during the Star Festival during Donna' monologue.