Appear! The power that is passed from parent to child!
The statement caused a surprise expression to appear underneath Joyeues's helmet.
"Yes!" Joyeues responded in a confident tone of voice.
"….That's too bad. But in this enclosed space, none of your attacks will ever reach me." Letoli(?) said as she fired more compass needles forwards.
Fully concentrating on his Mana, Nozel managed to create mercury-made shields, even though they barely have any shape to them.
With Joyeues, the swords-woman of steel rush forwards.
"I need to be careful with this one, she's capable of fighting without using her magic." Letoli(?) as she moved some compass needles to intercept the sword swing that came from Argent-Couronne.
"I can only manipulate the mercury to this extent even with my full concentration, and even then it's around the small space around me." Nozel thought as he attempted to made any sort of solid shape with his mercury, but the mercury is phasing from solid to liquid alarmingly.
"I have to leave the attacking to Noelle…." Nozel thought, gaining a frown on his face as he watch Joyeues attacking Letoli(?).
"Even though I am capable of fighting the most effectively, those compass needles are fast!" Joyeues thought as she ducked as a compass needle attempted to strike her head before jumping slightly.
"Is that all you got? I thought that I would see something interesting, a royal not relying on their magic to fight." Letoli(?) commented as she stare down at Joyeues.
"Shut up." The swords-woman of steel responded as she launched herself off the ground and thrust Argent-Couronne forwards.
Unfortunately, a compass needle got in the way and blocked the attack again.
However, a surprised expression did appear on Letoli's(?) face.
"She's fast!" The elf-possessed Golden Dawn Magic Knight thought as she move back and her surprise expression disappeared.
"I'm getting nowhere at this rate. We need to finish this battle quickly and deal the rest of the elf invasion." Joyeues thought, trying to think of a means of winning the battle.
"We can't run away with this magic in place...we're trapped in here!" Solid exclaimed, him presumably trying to see if he and Nebra can escape.
"Trapped?" Joyeues thought before starting to glance around the space.
"….Yes. That might work." Joyeues thought just as her Grimoire floated into the air and opened.
"What are you doing? As long as "Another Atlas" is cast. You cannot use any spells." Letoli(?) explained as she push up her glasses.
However, a smirk began to appear underneath Joyeues's helmet as she covered herself in more Mana-Skin.
"Maybe I can't keep my magic in a stable form, but I can still use it." Joyeues responded before turning her attention towards Nozel.
"Brother! You may want to take cover." Joyeues said, causing Nozel to become curious before creating a dome of mercury around himself, Nebra and Solid.
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Surging Wave!" Joyeues announced before stabbing Argent-Coronne into the ground.
"What are you-!?" Letoli(?) began to ask but was cut off as a circular wall of water suddenly erupted around Joyeues before spreading outwards.
"She's summoning a wave? But what purpose is she trying to-?!" Letoli(?) began to thought but stop when she notice a second wave behind the first.
"She's trying to flood the room!" Letoli(?) exclaimed in her head as the water level quickly raise.
Before long, Letoli(?) is floating with a water-filled room.
"I need to deactivate "Another Atlas" otherwise I drown….?" Letoli(?) thought before seeing something heading straight towards her.
"A dolphin?!" Letoli(?) thought as she saw Swift Dolphin quickly approaching her.
The next thing that happened was the silver mechanical dolphin using it's tail to wack Letoli(?) about the place.
"Gah! I need to deactivate "Another Atlas" now otherwise I will loose my breath!" Letoli(?) thought before deactivating her spell, making the hurricane-like effect to disappear….along with the windows breaking due to the huge amount of water.
Luckily, Swift Dolphin wasn't finished as it gave one final wack to Letoli(?) with it's tail, causing her to crash onto the floor.
"We….did it…." Joyeues muttered in a slight amazed tone of voice just Nozel made the mercury-made dome disappear.
"We won….but I wouldn't call it an ideal method of victory for a royal." Nozel commented as he walk up to Joyeues.
"Oh….right…." Joyeues said in a slight sheepish tone of voice.
"What is that thing?!" Solid exclaimed as he and Nebra stare at Swift Dolphin.
"This is Swift Dolphin, my companion that resides with the Wonder-Ride book that I'm using right now." Joyeues introduce the silver mechanical dolphin to her siblings.
This caused Solid to nod his head slightly before turning his attention back to Swift Dolphin.
Meanwhile, the silver mechanical dolphin is staring at the two middle siblings with a hard look in it's eyes.
"Swift Dolphin. Not now." Joyeues said in a stern tone of voice as she saw the look, the swords-woman of steel having a good idea what is going through Swift Dolphin's head.
"…" Swift Dolphin stared at Solid and Nebra, who have become nervous under it's gaze, for a few seconds before turning it's head to the side.
"Good girl." Joyeues said in a pleased tone of voice before her attention towards the knocked out Letoli(?) and gained a worried expression underneath her helmet.
"I understand that you're worried about the well-being of a fellow Magic Knight, but you have to remember that she's possessed by the enemy, so stay on alert until this is all over." Nozel explained, having a good idea what is going through his sister's head.
"Yes, Brother." Joyeues said whilst nodding her head.
"You….look just like our mother. I was afraid of losing her again." Nozel spoke, causing his siblings and Swift Dolphin to become confuse.
"I genuinely believed that you couldn't grow strong, so I tried to distance you from the battlefield. But you did grow strong and that means….I was wrong." Nozel explained before coughing into his hand.
"Erm...You know…..I…..I apologize…..Noelle." Nozel said whilst gaining an awkward expression on his face.
"Nozel just….apologized…?" Nebra questioned, gaining a shock expression on her face along with Solid.
With Joyeues, the swords-woman of steel gained a stunned expression underneath her helmet.
"B-brother. I….I don't know what to say….." Joyeues said, her mind becoming a blank…...yet some fury emerged.
With Nozel, a serious expression appeared on his face, yet with a softer tone to it.
"The fight isn't over yet. We have to get Nebra treated quickly or else…." Nozel began to say but trailed off as compass needles found themselves embedded on his body striking him from behind.
"Brother…." Joyeues said in a stunned tone of voice just as some blood coughed out of Nozel's mouth.
It was at that moment that the area surrounding them gained a hurricane-like effect to it just as Nozel fell onto the ground.
"Brother!" Joyeues exclaimed as she rush to her brother's side.
"That...was a worthy attempt, but this mad world….isn't over! More immense, more powerful! You'll never submerge it again!" Letoli(?) explained as she slowly stood up, gaining a serious expression on her face.
"Curses….! What are we supposed to do about this thing?!" Solid said, a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead.
"There is nothing you can do. Give up, grieve and repent, royals!" Letoli(?) responded, a furious look appearing in her eyes.
"I can't give up! Find something...some sort of plan! Think, Noelle! You can do it. After all, Brother finally….he finally recognized you! If nothing changes...Brother, Solid and Nebra are going to….!" Joyeues thought in a desperate tone of voice.
"So despite not having any good memories with them, you still consider them siblings." A voice suddenly spoke within Joyeues's mind, causing the swords-woman of steel to gained a shock expression underneath her helmet.
"That voice…..!" Joyeues thought, starting to recall hearing it back at the Witches Forest.
The swords-woman of steel suddenly found herself in a throne room of some sorts with the throne made out of steel.
"Where…..?" Joyeues muttered before realizing that she's out of her armor.
"Where am I…..?" Noelle thought as she glanced around the throne room.
"Don't be alarmed. We are in your mind-scape." A voice suddenly spoke, causing the silver hair girl to whirl around towards the throne where a ghostly figure sat, yet seemed to be featureless and have a silver aura to them with the colour purple added to it.
"Who….?" Noelle began to ask before trailing off, gaining a confused expression on her face.
"My identity isn't of great importance right now. You have more pressing matters to attend to." The ghostly figure pointed out, making Noelle widened her eyes.
"The battle! Right…" Noelle began to say before trailing off.
"But what can I do? I have no clue on how to defeat an opponent who basically return my magic to it's starting point?" Noelle asked, referring to how she had little to no control over magic in her younger years.
"I guess that you are in a tough situation. Long-ranged attacks won't hit your opponent and you can't manage complicated magic manipulation." The ghostly figure commented, causing Noelle to sweat-drop.
"Are you here to discourage me or not?" Noelle asked, causing the ghostly figure to giggle slightly.
"Sorry, sorry. A possible solution if the magic is closer to you, nearer, denser. Something you can because of the situation and because of who you are right now." The ghostly pointed out, causing Noelle to raise an eye-brow.
"What do you mean by that?" Noelle asked before starting to gain a strange feeling.
"You're about to re-enter the battlefield. You can do it, Noelle." The ghostly figure said before she and Noelle's mind-scape disappeared.
Joyeues blinked her eyes a few times before realizing that she's back inside Solid's bedroom.
"I still don't get it. What is that ghostly figure trying to sa-?!" Joyeues began to thought but was cut off just as her Grimoire started to glow.
"You gaining a new spell? It won't help you, especially in this space." Letoli(?) pointed out, yet became slightly curious.
"Who knows. Maybe it will." Joyeues responded just as the pages of her Grimoire stopped turning and the blank page began to gain written.
However, what happened next caused the swords-woman of steel to become confuse.
A large rectangle object, which is covered in a blue light, floated out of the pages and hover in front of Joyeues.
"What…?" Joyeues muttered confusedly as she reached slowly reach out for the rectangle object.
When her hand touched the object, the light disappeared, making Joyeues's eyes widened underneath her helmet.
"A new Wonder-Ride book?! But….why is it looked different?" Joyeues thought as she examine her new blue-bordered Wonder-Ride book which is larger than the regular Wonder-Ride books. On the cover is an image of Valkyrie in a battle pose underneath the title of "Valkyrie's Legacy".
"Is this what the ghostly figure trying to say?" Noelle thought before opening the cover.
"The powers of the divine god's warrior is passed down from from parent and child."
The new Wonder-Ride book announced before Noelle gained a strange feeling around her waist.
Looking down she saw that her belt has changed, the silver belt buckle now having a slot in it.
"So I put it in there…." Joyeues muttered, realizing that "Valkyrie's Legacy" would be too heavy for the slot on Argent-Couronne.
Joyeues closed the cover and placed "Valkyrie's Legacy" into her newly gained belt-buckle, making the violin-like standby sound to start playing, yet a different tune.
After a few seconds, Joyeues pressed the button on top of the belt buckle with her hand, causing the new Wonder-Ride book to open, revealing an armored figure.
Royal Ascending!
Argeny-Couronne announced just as the larger version of the "Valkyrie's Legacy" Wonder-Ride book opened, causing a Valkyrie wearing silver armor to burst out of the pages before dancing around the swords-woman of steel.
This divine power marks the stage of achievement! Wield it to crush your enemies!
The new Wonder-Ride book announced and the silver armored Valkyrie merged with Joyeues, making her entire form changed. Her under-suit has now changed from white to black and blue armor covered her body along with a new head piece.
"This...is my new power…." Joyues thought as she examine herself.
"Noelle...?!" Solid muttered in a stunned tone of voice.
"What is that form?! There's an astronomical amount of Mana surrounding it!" Letolie(?) thought before gaining a serious expression on her face.
Letolie(?) sent compass needles straight towards Joyeues.
However, Joyeues easily dodged the attacks before heading straight towards Letolie(?).
"She looks as if she's swimming through space! She eluding both the magic attack and the disturbance in this magical space as though she's skimming over high waves. Does that new form gives her a perfect grasp of the Mana surrounding it?!" Letolie(?) thought as she jumped on a compass needle.
"But I still have the advantage!" Letolie(?) thought before firing more compass needles towards Joyeues.
"Can you evade all of these?! Letolie(?) demanded as the compass needles flying towards Joyeues at different angles.
"I don't know if managing to disrupt the slightest Mana surrounding the armor will let "Another Atlas" to strip off the rest, but it's worth trying." Letolie(?) thought, becoming excited at the prospect of victory.
However, Joyeues easily avoided the attacks yet again.
"Everything else seems unreal now….It's as if I've been released from a cage. Oh….so magic is something this wild and free!" Joyeues thought whilst can't help but smile underneath her helmet.
Back with Nozel, the captain of the Silver Eagles struggled to remain awake.
However, his eyes widened he saw Joyeues's new form.
"The dancing princess of the battlefield….mother." Nozel thought as an image of Acier flashed through his mind, wearing armor that resembles Joyeues's "Valkyrie Legacy"'s armor but silver.
"She dodged all those attacks…" Nozel thought just as the swords-woman of steel closed on Letolie(?).
"You're mine!" Joyeues shouted as she thrust Argent-Couronne forwards.
"Compass Magic: Willful Compass." Letolie(?) thought as she used her magic to create a compass in front of her, blocking Joyeues's attack.
The needle on the compass started to spin, making the surrounding disrupt Mana to change directions.
"I'm changing the destination and that Mana current you dance through so gracefully….to hell." Letolie(?) explained whilst summoning multiple compass needles, all aimed at the swords-woman of steel.
"Now fall, royal…" Letolie(?) said in a dangerous tone of voice whilst making the compass needles head straight towards Joyeues.
However, before the compass needles could strike the swords-woman of steel, who is trapped by the change of the flow of Mana, Joyeues managed to press the open cover of "Valkyrie's Legacy".
Valkyrie's Legacy!
The Wonder-Ride book announced, causing a mechanical, silver armored Valkyrie appeared and deflected the incoming compass needles with a sword that resembles Argent-Couronne.
This cause Letolie(?) to widen her eyes.
That wasn't the only that happened as the needle of the compass that Letolie(?) has been using to block Joyeues's attack stopped spinning.
"Sorry, but I'm not dancing gracefully….I'm forcing my way forwards to destroy you and this twisted world of yours!" Joyeues exclaimed as she continue to push forwards until finally destroying the compass/shield.
"This is over!" Joyeues shouted as she prepare to swing Argent-Couronne just as "Another Atlas" started to disappear.
However, before the swords-woman of steel can deliver the final blow, something red blurred pass whilst grabbing Letolie(?).
"What?!" Joyeues exclaimed in a shock tone of voice before looking where Letolie(?) went and her eyes widened when she saw who saved Letolie(?).
"Are you okay?" The elf-possessed Saber asked as he glance down at Letolie(?) in his arms.
"Y-yes. I'm unhurt." Letolie(?) responded, she being surprised herself at who saved her.
"…..You're Kivn, right?" Saber asked whilst raising an eye-brow underneath his helmet.
"That's correct. I'm glad that at least one of the Holy Swords are in our possession. Especially it's the sword of flames." The now revealed Kivn responded just as Saber released her.
"Master Logos said that Rekka is the first Holy Sword to created by the Sword Of Logos, the sword of flames coming after the sword of shadows and the sword of light….Does Rekka possess abilities that sets it part from the rest of the Holy Swords that came afterwards?" Joyeues thought as she descended towards the ground whilst increasing her guard, along with Valkyrie's Legacy.
Saber glanced at Solid, Nebra and Nozel first before his eyes landed on Joyeues and Valkyrie's Legacy.
"….What sort of Kamen Rider are you? I don't recognize you." Saber asked whilst tilting his head to the side.
"…..I'm Kamen Rider Joyeues, the swords-woman of steel, first wielder of Argent-Couronne." Joyeues introduce herself, making the swordsman of flames nod his head slightly.
"You know…..you're pathetic, Kivn." Saber said, causing the compass magic user to gain a shock expression on her face.
"P-pathetic?!" Kivn exclaimed, her eyes widening.
"Yes. You managed to defeat three royals, yet you managed to let one royal get the best of you." Saber explained in a cold tone of voice.
Kivn attempted to say something, but ended up spluttering instead.
The comment caused Joyeues to flinch as well.
"How dare he used Asta's voice to speak that way." Joyeues thought, becoming angry.
"Maybe I should take over." Saber said as he got Rekka at the ready along with pressing the open page of "Brave Dragon" causing the red mechanical dragon to appear, probably as a counter measure to Valkyrie's Legacy.
"Great. Now I have to fight my friend." Joyeues thought whilst gripping Argent-Couronne tightly.
"There's nothing to be concern about, you know all of Asta's spells, you so just have to be aware of the quantity Mana that is used for each spell and the different sword….there's could be a chance Asta's Grimoire may have gained new spells when he got possessed…." Joyeues thought, starting to gain a slight nervous expression on her face.
Silence descended around the broken room as the two Holy Sword wielders stare at each other.
And there we have it, Nozel's and Joyeues's battle against Kivn where the swords-woman of steel gained her new power-up form, Valkyrie Legacy, before Saber/Floges appeared. The design of the armor is pretty much an armored version of canon Noelle's water-made armor yet with a black under-suit. So who is the mysterious figure that Noelle spoke to? When Nozel apologized to Noelle, I decided to make it slightly more realistic with Noelle being slightly angry, like if you lived the life that Noelle lived and then found out that the family member was taking a "cruel to be kind" approach, then you would be angry.
In Geats:
1) The participants are suspicious of each other for being the Desastar with some refusing to eat the dinner that Kiewa prepared for them before getting told by Chiram that their Spider-Phones have been updated, now including a voting system for the participants to vote on who they think is the Desastar.
2) Whilst Kiewa visited a local childcare(?), the second mission starts which is basically basketball call "Jamato Ball", resulting in all of participants forming a team.
3) When Tycoon was fighting a Rider-themed Jamato, who is carrying the ball, he was confronted by a Rook Jamato that starts to speak lines that Takeshi once spoke, resulting in him becoming distracted.
4) Whilst observing some people being trapped in the Jamato area, he was approached by Jean who revealed that he's been doing some research and found out that whilst Ace is looking for the ex-navigator of the DGP, Mitsume, his mother's name is Mika Ukiyo. When Ace question about how Jean is able to enter the Jamato area and asking who the audience are, Jean responded by saying that they are a group of tourists traveling between dimensions.
5) Whilst the other four participants interact with each other, Michinaga wondered around the Jamato greenhouse before discovering his ID Core, yet broken, before taking a Desire Driver and started to find his way out of the greenhouse which was stopped when he was confronted by a Rider-themed Jamato. Michinaga attempted to transform into Baffa, but was unsuccessful a few times before managing to transform. After managing to destroy the Rider-themed Jamato through brute force, Baffa was confronted by two more Rider-themed Jamatos, resulting in him using the "Jamato" Raise Buckle.
6) Back with the participants, they all started to accuse Kiewa of being the Desastar with Daichi even taking his "Ninja" Raise Buckle before starting the second phase of "Jamato Ball" with changes such as more Jamatos and two balls.
7) During the mission, one of the throws from the Jamato struck the building that Tycoon was in earlier, causing Tycoon to rescue the people inside, thus resulting in clearing a secret side mission being cleared, earning him the "Twin Command" Raise Buckle.
8) Whilst using the "Twin Command" Raise Buckle, Tycoon attacked Nadge-Sparrow who was in the middle of fighting a Rook Jamato.
So the rule of this episode is that players can vote on who they think the Desastar is and at the end of the round, the most voted player will be eliminated. In this episode, Jean hinted that the audience members are from a different dimension which is proven true, at least for now that is, since one of the audience members is a frog named Kekera who has great interest in Kiewa. There is something that I notice which is a small easter egg illuding to Kamen Rider Shinobi, a ninja-themed Kamen Rider who has a frog for one of his motif. With the added feature of players being able to vote on who they think is the Desaster, this season is becoming more like the "Among Us" game.
Please review and until next time.
Dragon Rider 66:
1) Noelle gaining her new power-up Wonder-Ride book is similar to how she gain her Holy Sword, through her Grimoire.
2) It could have been more suspenseful for the readers if they saw Ichika becoming unstable, yet not knowing why. I am interested in seeing Sukehiro's side of the story of witnessing Ichika's bloodlust rampage and then acting like he's the one responsible for slaughtering the Yami clan. Yep, the moment of seeing Asta's Zetten is getting closer.
3) Indeed, it got even worse with how Kiewa acted during "Jamato Ball", making everyone believe that he's the Desastar. If Keiwa meets his supporter, he will be surprise that it's a frog. I can imagine Kekera crocking angrily when he saw Tycoon gaining the "Boost" Raise Buckle during the first DGP game, but then giving it away until the final mission. My guess on who the Desastar could be is Daichi because he's too calculative and he's even said that the Desastar won't be so easily found. Keiwa is a suspect just because of his way of thinking.
4) It will be interesting to see an army of Rook Jamatos transforming into former participants of all DGP games that have been eliminated and the current participants of that season will have to fight them. That will likely be the turning point of the series.
5) Well, Kiewa's main priority at the moment is to pursued the others that he isn't the Desastar.
6) Yep, poor Asta getting dragged to the Golden Dawn's headquarters...although at least he gets to talk to Yuno and Klaus as well.
7) yep, Keiwa's certainly under pressure whilst Neon is confused.
8) That's certainly will be a nice way of ending the last DGP with the final mission being a battle royal-styled mission.
KnightofthePen25: Thanks for the idea. I can imagine the Riders freaking out when they see their Grimoires transforming.