Happy new year everyone!
With the new year, the great spirit of flames appears
Randall! What has got into you?!" Fuegoleon shouted as faced his opponent, the now elf-possessed vice-captain of the Crimson Lions.
Right now, the Magic Knights that are still stationed within the Crimson Lion Headquarters are getting attacked by Randall(?).
"I'm afraid that soul that once inhabit this body can no longer hear you." Randall(?) said with a smirk on his face.
"What?! Has Randall became possessed by someone else?" Fuegoleon thought, gaining a frown on his face.
"Hfm. All of you attacked in a group, and this is still what you've got, humans?" Randall(?) questioned as he glanced at the other Crimson Lions Magic Knights that teamed up to fight the elf-possessed Magic Knight.
"Sir...stop this please!" Forte pleaded in a pain tone of voice as he struggled to get up off the ground, along with a few other Magic Knights.
"Nobody's stopping until you're all dead and gone." Randall(?) responded in a casual tone of voice.
"His magic….is on a whole different level!" Gareth said with a pained tone of voice.
"Can we even defeat him?" A Crimson Lion Magic Knight questioned with a slight fearful expression on his face.
"Of course we can! You are apart of the Crimson Lions, one of the strongest Magic Knight squads! Have faith and keep on fighting!" Fuegoleon shouted, seemingly responding to the Crimson Lion Magic Knight's doubt.
"Brother. You should stand back, you haven't fully recovered." Leopold said, starting to become concerned as he glanced towards Fuegoleon's fire-made arm.
"Nonsense! As long the Clover Kingdom is at risk, I will keep on fighting." Feugoleon said in a determined tone of voice.
Even though the captain(?) of the Crimson Lions should still be recovering, Fuegoleon has decided to join the fight when the Crimson Lion Magic Knight's headquarters got attacked instead of standing back.
This cause a small smile to appear on Leopold's face.
"Such courage for a human. I wonder how you last?" Randall(?) questioned as he tilted his head to the side before sensing the quantity of Mana that Fuegoleon possessed.
"Are you royalty by any chance?" Randall(?) asked, becoming curious.
"….That's correct, my name is Fuegoleon Vermillion from the royal house of Vermillion and this is my younger brother, Leopold Vermillion." Fuegoleon introduce himself and Leopold.
"Vermillion? Times has certainly changed, I use to live during a time when the royal family was known as Silvamillion." Randall(?) commented, causing Fuegoleon to blink his eyes confusedly.
"Just we are you?" Fuegoleon asked whilst still keeping his guard up just in case Randall(?) pulled a sneak attack.
"I use to belong to the Elf time 500 years ago….until you humans slaughtered every single one us." Randall responded, making Fuegoleon surprise.
"Slaughtered? But weren't the elves evil?" Leopold questioned, his guard also kept up.
This cause a look of disgust to appear on Randall's(?) face.
"Is that what is written in the history book? Humans do love to make themselves the good guys, even if they have to lie." Randall(?) said in tone of voice.
"Then what about the Demon that almost wiped out the Clover Kingdom if it wasn't for the first Wizard King?" Gareth asked, him having read that the giant Demon appeared when the leader of the elf tribe used forbidden magic on themselves.
This caused Randall(?) to shrug his shoulders.
"I don't know, and frankly, the Demon should have destroyed the humans back then." Randall(?) explained in an uncaring tone of voice.
"So you, and most likely other members of the elf tribe who taken over the bodies of humans, are fighting to get your revenge on us?" Fuegoleon asked, making Randall(?) nod his head.
"Whilst you have a solid reason for your actions, taking your grudge on us for something our ancestors did is completely wrong." Fuegoleon explained, but this just cause Randall(?) to scoff slightly.
"It doesn't matter what excuses you make, all humans are the same, lying and deceitful people who ultimately only care about their own well being rather than anyone else's. Now then, prepare to die!" Randall(?) shouted as he prepared to activate his magic.
"Attack him before he can use his magic!" Fuegoleon ordered, causing everyone else to nod their heads before activating their own magic.
Unfortunately, Randall(?) was quicker.
"Air Magic: Exploding Wave Palm." Randall(?) announced before swiftly moving through the air and striking one of the attacking Crimson Lion Magic Knights.
"Through the use of his magic, Randall can move anywhere he pleases by kicking the air and then attacks with invisible attacks created from the air." Fuegoleon thought just as Randall(?) brought his hands together.
"Air Magic: Rending Air Pressure Bullet!" Randall(?) announced, releasing a blast of air.
"With this Elf's large amount of Mana, they're pushing Randall's magic to new heights!" Fuegoleon thought as he managed to dodged Randall's(?) attack just as his Grimoire began to glow.
"Fire Creation Magic: Leo Rugiens!" The captain(?) of the Crimson Lions announced, creating a lion made out of flames.
The lion then let out a roar, releasing stream of fire.
"Whoa!" Randall(?) exclaimed as he used his magic to avoid the attack.
"Fire Magic: Spiral Flame!" Leopold shouted, releasing two streams of fire which are heading to a point where Randall(?) which reach.
"That's it, Leo. Following his movements and then strike!" Fuegoleon thought with a small smirk on his face.
However, Randall(?) used his magic to destroy Leopold's spell.
"Air Magic: Rending Air Pressure Bullet!" Randall(?) announced, firing a blast of air straight towards Leopold, striking him and sending him flying backwards before crashing into a wall.
"Leo!" Fuegoleon shouted in a concern tone of voice before returning his attention back towards Randall(?).
"Fire Magic: Sol Linea!" Fuegoleon announced as the pages of his Grimoire turned.
A small sphere-like object appeared beside the captain(?) of the Crimson Lions before firing a concentrated beam of fire.
"Yikes! You really are serious!" Randall(?) exclaimed as he quickly moved out of the way, knowing that he can't destroy the attack with his own magic.
"O…..owe…." Leopold muttered in a pained tone of voice as he struggled back onto his feet.
"Leo!" Gareth exclaimed as he and the other two Crimson Lion Magic Knights regroup around Leopold.
"I'm…..fine…." Leopold said as fully stood back up.
"You don't need to push yourself. We have Captain Fuegoleon fighting along side us." Rokken said in a reassuring tone of voice.
"Yes...but…." Leopold said with a frown on his face as he watched his brother fight Randall(?), knowing that he's not fighting at his full strength because of his injured arm.
It was then that Leopold's eyes widened when he felt a new Mana suddenly appearing.
"What the heck is this mysterious Mana….high above us?" Leopold thought as he glanced upwards but saw nothing.
Back with the fight between Fuegoleon and Randall(?), the captain(?) of the Crimson Lions is casting fire spells at the elf-possessed Crimson Lion Magic Knight who unfortunately managed to block the attacks with his own magic.
"If it wasn't for my injuries, then I would likely have more of an advantage in this battle. Hmph, if it wasn't Randall who got possessed and we we were fighting a different elf-possessed Magic Knight, then his air magic could have boosted mine and Leopold's fire magic." Fuegoleon thought, becoming slightly amused at the last part.
"Come on now. Is this all what you can do? Have royalty become weaker during these five centuries?" Randall(?) asked in a mocking tone of voice.
This caused Fuegoleon to growl slightly.
"Fire Magic: Leo Palma." Fuegoleon announced, creating multiple fire-made lion paws to trap Randall(?).
The elf-possessed Crimson Lion Magic Knight attempted to dodge the fire made lion paws, but they moved fast, effectively restraining him.
"I'm sorry, Randall." Fuegoleon thought just as fire-made lion appeared beside.
"Oh? Planning on burning me alive, even though this body use to belong to a comrade of yours?" Randall(?), recognizing the fire-made lion.
"You don't need to worry, I'll make sure not to burn that body too much." Fuegoleon responded just before the fire-made lion opened it's mouth and released a stream of fire.
However, before the attack could hit Randall(?), the elf-possessed Crimson Lion Magic Knight released a huge amount of his air magic, destroying the incoming attack and the restraints.
"So he was only pretending to get captured?" Fuegoleon thought as he was pushed back.
"It doesn't matter what you do..." Randall(?) began to say as he suddenly appeared in front Fuegoleon, making the captain(?) of the Crimson Lions to widen his eyes.
"You'll all die in the end!" Randall(?) said before attacking Fuegoleon with multiple
"Rending Air Pressure Bullets". Fuegoleon grunted slightly as the attacks struck him, but thanks to Mana-Skin, the attacks didn't do too much damage.
"Brother/Captain Fuegoleon!" Leopold and the other Crimson Lion Magic Knight exclaimed as the watched their captain(?) get thrown back due to the impact of the multiple attacks(?).
"Hm? Those attacks didn't do little to no damage? You must have been using that Mana-Skin technique." Randall(?) commented as he titled his head to the side slightly.
"Well then. I guess that I need to put more of an effect behind my next attack." Randall(?) said as he began to gather a large among of Mana for his next attack.
"Here it comes." Fuegoleon thought as he prepared to cast his "Ignis Columa" spell.
However, before he could cast the spell and Randall(?) could perform his attack, a suddenly burst of Mana is felt, making everyone surprise.
"What is this new Mana?! Has a new enemy appeared?" Fuegoleon thought as he glanced upwards, sensing that's where the new Mana is coming from.
Suddenly, the captain(?) of the Crimson Lions got consumed by a fiery light that shot down from the sky.
"Brother?!" Leopold exclaimed in a shock tone of voice, starting to become worried for his brother's safely.
Randall(?) blinked his eyes in confuse, thinking that a fellow elf has come to his aid.
After a few seconds, the flames dispersed, revealing that Fuegoleon is completely unharmed.
"What…..happened? It doesn't look like I receive any damage…..?" Fuegoleon thought in confusion before realizing that there is a presence behind him.
The captain(?) of the Crimson Lions turned around and become wide, along with everyone else.
"S-Salamander?!" Randall(?) exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he stared at the great spirit of fire.
"Why did Salamander chose the likes of a human to receive it divine protection? And a royal, the most disgraceful and despicable of them all!" Randall(?) thought, gaining a tense expression on his face.
"From what I heard, Salamander use to belong to one of the higher ranking officer of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun. It must have left it's previous wielder and decided to chose Brother as it's new host. Out of everyone that Salamander could have chosen, my brother is an ideal host...or Saber." Leopold thought in a tone of awe.
"Mana and life force is flowing through my body." Fuegoleon thought as he stare down at his fire-made arm before turning around to look at the great spirit of fire.
"Thank you for leading me your power." Fuegoleon said, causing Salamander to growl softly in response.
"Now. Let's finish this." Fuegoleon commented as he turned his attention back towards Randall(?).
"Whoever you are, I may or may not be able to control just how hot these flames will be since I just received Salamander's blessings. So suggest that you do you're best not do die." Fuegoleon said as the pages of his Grimoire started to turn before stopping on a page where new writing has appeared.
"That's rich. Whether you were chosen by the sprit or not makes no difference, you're still human. There's no way that you can compete the elves…." Randall(?) explained with an evil spirit on his face.
It was at that point where Salamander opened it's mouth.
"Fire Spirit Magic: Salamander Breath!" Fuegoleon announced, before letting Salamander fire stream of flames at Randall(?).
In response, the elf-possessed Crimson Lion Magic Knight used his magic to defend himself.
"The flames are too powerful! I can't put them out….the heat….I can't breath! It's incinerating away….the very atmosphere!" Randall(?) thought as Salamander's flames started to overwhelm him.
"Curse you Royal!" Randall(?) shouted before his form got consumed by the flames.
"As long I'm around, I will not let you to commit any more acts of violence and destruction with the vice-captain's body. Fire Magic: Leo Palma." Fuegoleon announced once the flames has died down, creating multiple lion paws which wrapped themselves around the unconscious form of Randall(?).
Leopold and the three other present Crimson Lion Magic Knight began to cheer.
However, a serious expression is present on Fuegoleon's face as he started to gain a new sense of his surroundings.
"Through Salamander, I'm able to sense all the non-human Mana that is across the Royal Capital." Fuegoleon thought as he scan the buildings that make up the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom.
"It seems the fight has only begun." Fuegoleon commented as an image of Licht, the light magic user, appeared in his head.
Elsewhere within the Royal Capital, a golden portal appeared where Sophia, Buster, Kenzan and Blades stepped out.
"So this where the enemy should be gathering, right?" Kenzan asked, starting to become excited.
"Supposedly, yes." Sophia responded.
The others have informed the swords-woman of the winds, Vanessa and Magna the reason why they are heading to the capital in the first place, due to Calibur saying how the endgame will take place at the Royal Capital.
Whilst this caused confusion to appear on Vanessa's and Magna's faces, Kenzan became concern although knowing that Kurayami grants the wielder foresight.
Right now, Sophia decided to split the group into two with her, Buster, Kenzan and Blades in one group whilst the rest remained in the Ranging Black Bull with a clear instruction of keeping a close eye on the three former members of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun.
"So we're basically sweeping the streets until reaching the castle?" Buster asked as he lifted Gekido onto his shoulder.
"Yes. That seems the likely place where all the elf-possessed Magic Knights will converge." Sophia explained as she draw out her own sword.
"It seems that there are elves already." Blades commented as he started to hear screaming in the distance.
"Then lets get going then." Kenzan said as she got the twin blades of Hayate at the ready.
"We'll split into two groups. Buster, Blades, you'll be in one group whilst me and Kenzan will be in the other." Sophia said, making the three Kamen Riders nod their heads before the four of them headed in two different directions.
"I wonder who we'll be fighting against?" Blades questioned as he and Buster hurried down a street.
"I don't really want to discuss it." Buster responded as he grip Gekido whilst starting to gain a bad feeling.
"Hmm, I know what you mean…." Blades admitted whilst gaining a frown underneath his helmet.
It was at that moment that someone came crashing in front of them.
"C-captain Yami?!" Both Buster and Blades exclaimed at the same time, both becoming surprise at the Black Bull's captain's sudden appearance whilst becoming relieved that didn't got possessed by an elf.
"Hm? Oh! It's you two." Yami commented as he relaxed his stance slightly.
"Are you in the middle of fighting an elf-possessed Magic Knight?" Buster asked in a serious tone of voice, causing Yami to nod his head.
"Yeah. I guess that it's happening all over the Kingdom?" Yami asked, making Buster nod his head.
"Yes. We've arrived with the rest of you're squad...although Gauche and Luck have been possessed by elves." Buster explained, causing a small frown to appear on Yami's face.
"And what about your lot?" Yami asked, becoming concerned.
"Just Asta….unless there's still some elf souls still yet to wake up." Buster responded, making Yami nod his head slightly.
"Don't go jinxing us, Vice-Captain….?" Blades said before noticing a mass of darkness floating beside Yami.
"What's that?" The swordsman of water asked, becoming curious.
"….." Yami became silent as a serious expression appeared on his face.
"Wha-?!" Blades began to ask again but was cut off as the three Magic Knights suddenly got attacked.
Luckily, they managed to avoid the attack.
"Heh. So you managed to catch up." Yami commented, a small smirk appearing on his face.
"Oh no…." Buster thought as he notice familiar-looking briars apart from the fact that the roses are red instead of the usual blue.
"Have you done running away, human?" A female voice asked in a cold tone of voice as Charlotte(?) walked out of the rising dust.
"C-captain Charlotte?!" Blades exclaimed as he a raised Nagare and got into a battle stance.
The elf-possessed Blue Rose Magic Knight noticed the presence of the two Sword Of Logos Magic Knights.
"Oh? You two are Holy Sword wielders. It's a shame that non of two you are on our side." Charlotte(?) commented as she tilted her head to the side slightly.
"Buster. Is it okay if I let you deal with this? I need to take this to a safe location." Yami exclaimed, referring to the dark cocoon.
"Absolutely." Buster responded as he got Gekido at the ready.
"Are you sure….?" Blades asked, becoming concerned.
"Yes. You go ahead." The swordsman of the earth responded, causing the swordsman of water to become hesitate for a seconds before nodding his head and started to run.
Charlotte watched Blades leave, but made no move to attack him.
"Good luck then." Yami said before leaving himself.
"Well then. It just the two of us." Buster said in a confident tone of voice, yet becoming nervous at the thought of damaging Charlotte's body too much.
"Don't become overconfident, human." Charlotte(?) said as she got her "sword" at the ready.
And here we're go, the first chapter of the new year starts with Fuegoleon, who took part in the Crimson Lion's battle against the elf-possessed Randall instead of still being in a coma, gaining the powers of Salamander. Sophia, Kenzan, Blades and Buster then appeared within the capital before splitting off with Blades and Buster encountering Sukehiro, with a "dead" Julius and an elf-possessed Charlotte.
Within Geats:
1) Girori revealed that a new mission is made to Tycoon and Nago called Fox Hunt which involve them fighting Geats, who is being attacked by brainwashed players and DGP staff known as GM Riders.
2) However, Kiewa and Neon are hesitating on fighting a fellow Kamen Rider, with Kiewa being confronted by Girori who attempted to encourage him by reminding him about his desired world along with giving the chance of getting the "Twin Command" Raise Buckle.
3) Neon herself encounters Ace, who is keen on becoming the Desire God before getting attacked a still brainwashed Punkjack with the following battle resulting in an explosion to occur.
4) After the first half of the Fox Hunt Mission, Ace and Tsumuri have a conversation, whilst Ace is in hiding, where Ace questioned if Tsumuri knows a woman called Mitsume, his mother and the previous navigator of the DGP.
5) The second half of the Fox Hunt shows the GM chasing Ace before being confronted by a more confident Kiewa before fighting each other, with Kiewa using the "Twin Command" Rise Buckle.
6) When it seemed that Tycoon is loosing against Geats, Girori appeared and transformed into Glare, but was prevented from attacking Geats when Tycoon shot bullets at him instead.
7) Niram appeared with him personally seeing Glare interfering with the game before Neon revealed that she decided to file a complaint to the head producer, through her father, along with revealing that Punkjack is the cause of the explosion through the brainwashing mask.
8) The three Riders began to fight Glare before Niram stepped in and fired Girori on the spot and then took the Vision Driver.
9) With Kiewa and Kiewa commenting how their animal can be sneaky as well, Ace then commented that there won't be a God of Desire for this series of the DGP before all three participants get confronted by Tsumuri who announced that all three are invited to the next DGP.
10) With Archimedel, he commented that a fresh "fertilizer" has appeared, who is in fact Michinaga.
11) Back at the Desire Temple, Tsumuri revealed that the DGP isn't just a game of saving the world, it is in fact a Reality Rider Show.
So the rule for this episode is that the DGP is a Reality Rider show loved by the audience and the sponsors. Before the series started, I did had a small idea that the DGP is a tournament that is known by the public, who was strengthen with the poster of Kamen Rider Geats. However, the question now is that who are the audience? They could be upper-class people. With Archimedel, he questioned if Michinaga is still alive due to the usage of the "Zombie" Raise Buckle. If this is the case, then do the other Raise Buckles have side-effects if they used by the same person multiple times? It also seems that Tsumuri has knowledge on Mitsume's possible whereabouts, but can't tell Ace the information.
Please review and until next time.
FlameFireZero X:
1) Thanks!
2) I don't think I will...although my mind has unconsciously been making ideas for Geats crossover stories.
starwing1995: Liebe won't be appearing in this arc I'm afraid.
Dragon Rider 66:
1) Another big change is that the Magic Knights don't have the Demon Destroyer sword, meaning that there is a chance that they will have to fight the knocked out elves again. That moment within Bleach is one of my favorite scenes within the series.
2) The producers should have wrote that Ace will return as Geats within the next DGP rather than the next episode, thus giving a chance of Tycoon and Nago a chance to grow, although that happened within the fox hunt mission.
3) It will be likely that Mimosa taking that risk that and use her charms in an attempt to seduce Brave Dragon.
4) Yeah, Ace should have let the others have the chance of fighting the final boss.
5) Luckily, it was a more confident Tycoon this time who pretend to be in a disadvantage to get Girori into the open so that he's properly punished for his actions of interference.
Kamen Rider Yokai:
1) If the elf possessing Asta encounters Sally, then he will be confused as a human is becoming clingily towards him, along with Patry inwardly screaming in confusion.
2) That's an interesting idea, the trio discovering Licht's previously owned Grimoire.
itspowertime:
1) Yep, last review of 2022.
2) Indeed, the former Royal Knights/Magic Knights are gathering their remaining allies before going into battle.
3) Calibur isn't a host for an elf, he's recovering from using the Jaou Dragon form which is powered by Demonic Mana. As for Reika, it depends on where she is at the moment, such as causing trouble within the main branch of the Sword of Logos.
Farhan Nugraha:
1) Oh! When you said "what do you think?", I thought that you have posted up that idea of Noelle being Live with Leviathan being her Devil somewhere already.
2) Bahato will still be Falchion in this story, but won't be appearing in this arc.
3) That's something that I'm aiming to reach.