The apperance of the Shadow Palace
"Finally! I made it to the capital." Slash thought as he pass over the outer-walls of the Royal Capital.
Once the swordsman of sound has finished dealing with the elf-possessed Magic Knights that were in the area that he was dropped in, he quickly made his way towards the capital, thanks to the broom that he was given by the people that he saved.
"But things doesn't look good though…." Slash muttered as he stared at the giant floating fortress that is hovering just outside the Royal Palace before scanning the rest of the Royal Capital where explosions and screams can be heard, although that was mainly thanks to Slash's hearing.
"Where should I head though…" Slash thought, a frown appearing underneath his helmet as he decide on his next course of action.
"If the elves have so much hatred towards humans who they see as greedy people, then their main target would likely be the royals, the top targets on their list." Slash thought before focusing his attention onto the palace, starting to become worry for Noelle.
As the swordsman of sound made his way towards the palace, his body become tense as his high hearing caught broken bits of conversation from the people below.
"Don't worry. We will make sure that this nightmare is over." Slash thought in response to some of the things that he heard.
"Why did we come all the way to the capital?" A male voice asked, causing Slash to abruptly stop.
"Who said that?!" Slash thought as he glanced around whilst becoming confuse as to why someone would ask such a question.
"I don't know…..I just thought that sounds like a good idea….?" Another voice responded, this one being female this time, yet in an unsure tone of voice just as Slash located the owners of the voices.
"Elves!?" Slash exclaimed in his head, becoming wide eyed as he spotted two elves on a rooftop, one who has taken over the body of a female Coral Peacock Magic Knight whilst the other is possessing the body of a male Green Mantis Magic Knight.
"Why are they having this sort of conversation rather than fighting? I better investigate." Slash thought before making his way towards the roof top where the two elves are at.
The arrival of the swordsman of sounds caused the two elf-possessed Magic Knights to turn their heads and their eyes widened slightly.
"You're Slash, the swordsman of sounds!" The elf-possessed female Coral Peacock exclaimed as he her body became tense.
"Yeah, yeah. And this is the point where you shout "die human!" or something." Slash said, feeling tired of hearing the same phase again and again.
This time, however, the two elf-possessed Magic Knights glanced at each other nervously.
"I'm still reeling about the fact that I want to kill people. I don't even like the sight of blood." The elf-possessed female Coral Peacock commented before shuddering slightly.
"I know what you mean." The elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight said, nodding his head in agreement.
"….Huh?" Slash said in a confuse tone of voice.
"I'm not sure how we can explain this….but our actions aren't entirely own own doing." The elf-possessed male Green Mantis Magic Knight said, causing Slash to become more confuse.
"It felt like that something was magnifying our anger to a degree that we want to kill people." The elf-possessed female Coral Peacock Magic explained, making Slash nod his head slightly.
"Like your soul is consumed by malice?" Slash asked, making both elf-possess Magic Knights nod their heads.
"How exactly did you managed to break free of this malice?" Slash asked, lowering his guard slightly.
"It was Floges's doing. We were fighting him, calling him a traitor, and then his sword glowed red and when he struck us with the glowing sword, it felt like our mind become much clearer." The elf-possessed female Coral Peacock Magic Knight in a relieved tone of voice.
"Floges? As in the soul that took over Asta's body?" Slash asked, remembering hearing that name from Mimosa and Yuno.
However, this cause both elf-possessed Magic Knights to blink their eyes confusedly.
"We're not sure about the name of the human soul, but Floges is in the current Saber's body." The elf-possessed male Green Mantis Magic Knight, causing Slash's eyes to widened underneath his helmet as he realize something.
"Then it was Rekka that managed to free these elves from the malice? I've heard that the sword of flames is blessed with a power that the other Holy Swords don't, but I never seen them myself…." Slash thought, gaining a thinking expression underneath his helmet.
"After Floges freed us from the malice, he he started to make his way towards the capital. It is likely that he freed other elves from the malice whilst on his journey." The elf-possessed female Coral Peacock said, making the swordsman of sound nod his head slightly.
"So Floges may already be here…" Slash muttered before looking at the two elf-possess Magic Knights in front of him.
"What are you thoughts and feelings towards the humans?" Slash asked, causing the two elf-possess Magic Knights to become surprise slightly.
"Well…..I guess we do feel slightly angry from being betrayed…." The elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight responded in an awkward tone of voice as he scratched the back of his head.
"Betrayed?" Slash asked in confusion, tilting his head to the side.
"Yes. Before our deaths, we encountered two siblings from the royal family of that era, where the elder brother had the desire of creating a future where elves and humans can leave alongside each other. Our leader, Licht, he had similar ideas and got along with the two siblings, even falling in love with the younger sister. However, on the day of the wedding…" The elf-possessed coral Peacock explained before her voice died.
"The elves got massacred." Slash guessed, making the elf-possessed Coral Peacock to nod her head.
The swordsman of sound attempted to come up with a response whilst becoming disturbed at the fact the massacred of the elf tribe happened on the day of a wedding.
"You….have to understand that not all humans are selfish people. It's just bad luck that all of you were living in close proximity to a country where a majority the upper-class are greedy people. That elder brother and his sister, those two are examples of humans who wished to live alongside your kind and there could have been others who wished to befriend you." Slash explained in a strong tone of voice, making the two elf-possess Magic Knights to glance at each other with slight uncertain expressions on their faces.
"Please work with me." Slash thought in a pleading tone of voice.
"At last! I made it." Patry commented as he approach the stone fortress.
As he got closer, he notice a few people standing in one of the "windows".
"I see you just arrived too." Patry commented as he landed on the stone floor.
"…..Patry! You finally started looking like Licht?" Gauche(?) questioned as an elf-possessed Marie stand next to him.
"What do you mean "finally"? This is the form that I reincarnated into." Patry pointed out whilst gaining a confused expression on his face.
It was then that footsteps can be heard, causing the current three to turn their heads towards the direction of the footsteps to see Ryha.
"Hey. It's been a while, Drowa." Ryha said as he raised an arm in greeting to the now known Drowa.
"It doesn't seem that long to me, Ryha." Drowa said with a smirk on his face. "Hahaha. Guess not. And little Ecra too. Hi there." Ryha said as he focused his attention onto the now known Ecra.
"Good evening…." Erca greeted in a soft tone of voice.
"Ryha, where is Licht?" Patry questioned, causing Ryha to look at the former leader of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun.
"Hey, Patry. Great work. Maybe it's because of that body being artificially made, or maybe it's because he's the one who activated the forbidden magic, but his memories aren't all back yet. Right now, he's sleeping." Ryha explained, causing a concern expression to appear on Patry's face.
"I see…." Patry said in a low tone of voice.
"Still, the gang's all here now. Everyone's waiting farther in. even if we assembled, though, I imagine the members of the Golden Dawn are already finishing the humans off now. The castle was badly gouge. Ratri must have gone on an incredible rampage." Ryha explained, making Patry nod his head slightly.
"I doubt that shabby-looking king is alive either. And now, all that's left is to fit the final Magic Stone into the pedestal in the castle and activate a spell that uses the entire kingdom. The final Magic Stone is already in our possession. We'll wash away the malice we've been afflicted with as a side effect of the forbidding magic, and complete our reincarnation! We'll wipe out the humans, regaining a world that populated by peaceful elves!" Patry explained in a determined tone of voice.
"You and the others should get the preparations underway whilst I check to see if some of us have woken up." Ryha said as he opened a portal using his copy magic before walking through it.
In a different room within the stone fortress, two cylinders containing water broke apart just as Ryha appeared out of the portal.
"Ah. Good morning. Did you sleep well, Fana, Vetto?" Ryha asked just as Fana and Vetto climbed out of the destroyed cylinders.
However, both of the look younger.
"Do you remember you previous reincarnations?" Ryha asked, causing both Fana and Vetto to nod their heads.
"Yeah. We were the "Third Eye", right?" Vetto responded, showing his pointy teeth,
"Ryha the disloyal, that's so funny. It's great to see you again." Fana said in a cheerful tone of voice.
"We were short on time, so we only managed to you to age 15." Ryha explained as he walked up the two.
"We've already die twice. We can't be too picky." Vetto said as he moved his arms slightly whilst Fana examined her own arms.
"Creating physical replicates with the exact same Mana….Sally's research really helped us there. Unfortunately, she's probably dead now." Ryha said as he thought back to Sally's research.
"My mind is a lot clearer this time." Fana commented in a surprise tone of voice.
"We forced your previous incarnation using the evil eye, so the malice side effect was probably stronger." Ryha explained, causing Fana to nod her head slightly before summoning flames in her hands.
"Hm! Salamanders gone!" Fana said, her eyes widening.
"So somebody else who was qualified showed up whilst Fana's soul was away?" Ryha thought, becoming curious.
"Well, even without Salamander, you're pretty strong yourself." Ryha said with a small smile on his face.
"True. I'd never loose to silly little humans, at least!" Fana said as her entire body got covered in flames.
"I'm taking you two to the Grimoire tower, so grab your Grimoires fast." Ryha said as he step back slightly, not wanting his clothes to be set on fire.
"Uh, before we do that….Would you please put some clothes on, Fana?" Vetto asked as he turned his head to the side with a slight blush on his face since both he and Fana and both clothes-less.
"That's a 15 year old body, but...I think your boobs are bigger that they use to b-" Ryha began to say but was cut off due to Fana slapping him.
On top of the stone fortress, the stone spirals have began to raise into the air, creating a smooth surface where a giant diagram of the sephiroth is present.
7 elves walked out of the stone fortress and made their way towards 6 of the placements on the diagram.
"Licht!" Patry said with a smile on his face as he saw that Licht is already standing on his placement.
"….." Licht remained silent, not even showing any facial emotions.
"He may be like that now, but he's in there for sure. Once the reincarnation is complete, he'll be the old Licht again." A voice explained, causing Patry to turn towards the source of the voice to see Ryha walking out of a portal, being followed by Fana and Vetto.
"Yes, you're probably right…?" Patry responded before realizing something.
"Where's the boy, the one with the Magic Stone." Patry asked, causing Ryha to become silent for a few seconds.
"Well, uh...for some reason, although I'm pretty sure he reincarnated, he kept his former human personality." Ryha explained in a slight awkward tone of voice.
"He what?!" Patry exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"Floges was travelling with us for a bit, but decided to leave, saying that he wanted to have a better view of the battles that are happening…." Ryha said, although a part of him is saying that something is wrong with the possessed swordsman of flames.
"Man. What a great view. The party's in full swing." Ryha commented as he observe the Royal Capital below him.
"Let's get started." Patry said, making Ryha nod his head before walking towards his placement on the diagram of sephiroth.
"What's happening now?!" Slash exclaimed just as a large amount of Mana suddenly appeared.
"Look! At the palace!" The elf-possessed Coral Peacock Magic Knight, causing Slash and the elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight to turn their attention towards the Royal Palace.
"What the-!?" Slash exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he witness a huge amount of darkness erupting out of where the Royal Palace is located before taking on a shape of a castle itself with a sphere-like symbol set with the "wall" of the castle-like structure.
"That's the Shadow Palace! A space that acts as the border between this world and the next. The elves of old entrusted it to the humans as the result of an ancient pact. But only ten elves who have been blessed with divine revelations, the Apostles of Sephira, are able to open it. But even then, opening the gates to the Shadow Palace is forbidden." The elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight explained with a serious expression on his face.
"Well, I know where I'm heading then." Slash commented as he got onto his broom before glancing at the two elf-possessed Magic Knights.
"What are two going to do?" Slash asked, causing the two elf-possessed Magic Knights to become silent.
"…..Even though I'll be fighting against my fellow elves, I cannot allow the Shadow Palace to be used in this act of revenge." The elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight explained, the serious expression reappearing on his face.
"Me to. Whilst I'm not keen on spilling any more blood, I want to help in anyway I can." The elf-possessed Coral Peacock Magic Knight said in a determined tone of voice.
This cause a smirk to appear underneath Slash's helmet.
"Well then, we better hurry then." Slash said before starting to head towards the newly appeared Shadow Palace.
However, a sudden weight suddenly appeared on Slash's broom, causing the swordsman of sound to jump slightly before turning around and saw the elf-possessed Coral Peacock Magic Knight sitting behind him.
"What? Do you think that it's polite to offer a lady a lift?" The elf-possessed Coral Peacock Magic Knight asked, possibly sensing the questioning look underneath Slash's helmet.
"I…..haven't really thought about it…." Slash responded in an awkward tone of voice.
"Hurry up, swordsman of sound, there's no time to waste." The elf-possessed Green Mantis Magic Knight said whilst glancing over his shoulder, him having started to make his way towards the Shadow Palace.
"Right!" Slash said before making his broom fly through the air.
"So. The final act begins." Storious commented as he, Legeil, Zoous and even Desast are positioned on a tower that is partially destroyed.
"Why can't we join in? I'm eager to have some fun." Zoous asked with a predator-like grin on his face.
"Because it would ruin the moment when the elves learn the truth." Storious responded with an evil smirk on his face.
This cause Zoous to grunt in dissatisfaction.
"Hehehe. I can't wait to see the looks of despair on everyone's faces." Desart said whilst laughing darkly.
"Where's Calibur? Doesn't he want to watch the fun?" Legeil asked, glancing at Storious.
"He's still recovering from being exposed to Demonic Mana. Even though he wields the sword of shadows, Calibur's body will still suffer some side-effects." Storious explained, making Legeil nod his head slightly.
"Snacks anyone?" Desast asked as he offered the three Megid Generals a bag of popcorn.
The three Megid Generals sweat-drop at the same time.
"What on earth is that thing?!" Jack exclaimed as he, Yami, Sophia and Nero stared at the Shadow Palace that suddenly appeared in front of them.
"…..I read something like this before. It's called the Shadow Palace, a space linking two worlds together." Sophia said with a thinking expression on her face.
With Nero, a serious expression appeared on her face.
"Whatever is on the other side, it's worth investigating." Yami said as he get himself ready.
"Hahaha! I say we get over there as well." Jack said, a grin appearing on his face.
"We got company." Sophia said just as the captain of the Sword Of Logos saw elf-possess Magic Knights flying down from the stone fortress with the aid of Puli's(?) magic.
"So they're not letting us go into that Shadow Palace without a fight huh?" Yami questioned as he lifted his Katana.
"Bring it on! I'll slash you all!" Jack exclaimed in glee.
However, it was at that moment that a very large black portal appeared where…...the Raging Black Bull came out of it whilst swinging one of it's arms, knocking the eight descending elves to the side.
"What the heck is that thing?!" Jack shouted in a shock tone of voice.
"Hahahahahaha! What an entrance great to see you, you bunch of idiots!" Yami said with a wide smile on his face.
"Good they finally arrive." Sophia said with a small smile in her face.
However, it was at that moment that the blown away elves regained their sense of balance and fly straight towards Raging Black Bull.
"Humans! It doesn't matter how many you are! As if you could even be a match for the elves!" Klaus(?) shouted as he and the others prepared to attack.
Four cannons appeared on both of the Raging Black Bull's shoulders and fired different magic bullets, intercepting the first volley of attacks that the elf-possessed Magic Knight through at them.
Sophia gained a confused expression on her face as she noticed something.
"Lighting? But Luck should still be possessed by the elf." The captain of the Sword Of Logos thought, tilting her head to the side just as the elves attack the Raging Black Bull again. However, non of the attacks hit the giant bull, simply going straight pass it.
"Our attacks aren't striking home?!" One of the elf-possessed Magic Knights exclaimed in a shock tone of voice just before the Raging Black Bull through a fist towards the elf-possessed Magic Knights again.
"Well, tall-and-scrawny? How do you like my squad member?" Yami asked, still having a smile on his face.
"That's just nuts. I want to slash them up." Jack responded with a grin on his face.
"No slashing, Jack. We're still in the midst of a battle." Sophia pointed out whilst sweat-dropping slightly.
"Captain Sophia!" A voice suddenly shouted, causing the captain of the Sword Of Logos to perk up slightly and saw a familiar golden-clad swords-woman standing on the Raging Black Bull's shoulder.
"Espada! So that was you firing that lighting attack!" Sophia called, causing the swords-woman of lighting to nod her head.
"Yeah! I joined the others just before they left for the capital!" Espada responded, making Sophia nod her head slightly.
It was at that moment that a new Mana appeared, causing Espada to spin around….just before she and a large chunk of the Raging Black Bull suddenly disappeared.
And there we go, Slash finally arriving at the capital where he encounter two elves that have been purified by Floges and then teaming up with them when the Shadow Palace appeared. With Ryha, he gain the feeling that something is wrong with "Floges" as well as encountering the awakened Fana and Vetto. So Espada will be replacing Luck for the upcoming battle. The Megid Generals appeared, along with Desast, deciding on watching the elf invasion rather than taking part, with Desast bringing popcorn.
In Black Clover, Sister Lilly, who is slowly returning to normal rather than encountering a interference that I thought of, revealed that she joined the church due to the discrimination that the Nobel Realm held towards the lower classes, but then decided to move to the Forsaken Realm when she discovered that discrimination also exists within the church as well. Sister Lilly also explained that on judgment day, which will take place in three days time, Lucius plans on taking control of all magic in the word. Sister Lilly falls then falls unconscious and Asta turns his attention towards the five-headed dragon.
With Sister Lilly's background revealed, it kind of explains why the elf that was possessing the Purple Orca Magic Knight mistook her for a noble-born, because she it one. I think it's interesting how the chapter reveals what the Zogratis siblings magic is fully capable of, creating a person from nothing, along with the full range of Lucius's plan. With the battle against Asta/Liebe against the five-headed dragon, I'm hoping that we get some more information on the dragon, especially the celestial maiden that was responsible for appeasing it. Although I'm not sure how this can be fitted into the story, similar to how the dragon was first introduced into the story, but it could be that Ryu "tells" us the story was observing the battle. I'm actually surprised that four days have already passed. I never really consider the length of the of Asta's Zetten training.
In Geats:
1) Beroba told Michinaga that the current goal of the Jamato is to steal the goddess of creation, who is in the possession of the DGP, before revealing that she's creating a anti-Kamen Rider guerilla group along with having recruited Daichi.
2) With the DGP, it is revealed that Sae's family have become hostages, leading her demanding that Kiewa returns the "Zombie" Raise Buckle to her. Geats completed a secret side mission which earned him to two Raise Buckles, the "Boost" Raise Buckle and the "Fever" Raise Buckle, yet unknowingly the "Fever" Raise Buckle to Tycoon. With Nago and Lapo, the two of them got attacked by Baffa who stole the "Zombie" Raise Buckle.
3) Ace, through Nago, managed to get to talk to Niram where the two of the discussed how Baffa will cause more trouble with Niram revealing that Baffa has a Jamato supporter helping him. Ace made a comment how Niram and the audience members are from a different era, along with commenting that even gods aren't able to recreate a world on a whim, but the DGP managed to.
4) Returning to the mission, Neon and Sao managed to locate the Jamato hideout before Sae revealed the Desastar mission card to Nago. Whilst fighting, Lopo stole the "Fever" Raise Buckle from Tycoon, prompting him and Geats to realize that she's the Desastar.
5) With Michinaga, whilst heading to fight Geats, he was encountered by Niram who used the Vision Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Gazer and easily overpowering Baffa in the fight. However, Baffa managed to survive Gazer's finisher attack using the "Zombie" Raise Buckle.
6) After the mission, with Sae having managed to save her family, with the aid of Neon, everyone voted Sae as the Desastar, resulting in her retirement. With Neon, she went to Chiram's office and demanded why he planted the Desastar card in her room, ultimately revealing that she's the Desastar.
So the rule for this episode is that the audience is free to choose which Rider to support. This episode reveals a interesting aspect of the current series, the goddess of creation who is responsible for the world's alteration based on the Desire God's desired world instead of the DGP staff members. I this explains why Girori is keen on eliminating Ace and not wanting him to learn about DGP's secrets, AKA, the goddess of creation. With Ace's comment about how the audience members are from a different era rather than a different plane of existence, this raises a question about what is Kekera? He is a being created from the goddess of creation?
Please review and until next time.
Raidentensho:
1) Mimosa using her chest to wake Saber/Asta up? She's certainly bold to do that! I can see Joyeues in the background gaining a dark aura around her if she sees this...whilst having the others holding her back.
2) Charmy using her cotton magic to create Wonder-Ride books, a few people will be interested when they learn about that.
Dragon Rider 66:
1) It will be more interesting if the fight between Brave Dragon and Valkyrie Legacy started because the argument of who is stronger, Saber or Joyeues, rather than just pretending. Unfortunately with Sister Lilly, the only thing we got was her falling unconscious rather than anything bad happening to her, even though she will only wakes up until Lucius is defeated. At least Ryu made the decision of Sister Lilly being healed just in something did happen.
2) Luckily, this episode certainly gave us a plot twist with revealing that Neon is the Desastar instead, although I wouldn't have mind if Daichi was the one who was the Desastar. With Chiram, you are kind of right with him wielder the Vision Driver, but transform into Kamen Rider Glare instead. That would freak everyone out with his behavior, a serious looking armor...with a goofy personality. Keiwas's sister becoming an audience member, that could indeed likely happen since Neon's mother became a audience member herself. Indeed, Tycoon will certainly be panicking if Gaim is wearing his Pine Arms:
Gaim: H-hey! let go off me!
Tycoon trying to rip the pineapple-theme armor off Gaim: Not until I'll get this bomb off of you!
Gaim: What are you talking about?!
Geats watching before turning his attention towards Zangetsu:...Might as well join in.
Zangetsu rising the Melon Defender: Don't come near me.
Elsewhere, Nago will be chasing Ryuga whilst Lopo with being dealing with Baron. The nut-themed Riders will be observing in confusion.
3) Good news, Sister Lilly is back to her normal self, but just in a sleep-like state.
4) That certainly be interesting for Baffa, gaining Raise Buckles that are too dangerous for the participants to use from Beroba who somehow managed to her hands on them.
5) That's true, but I think that the "Boost" Raise Buckle will hit Tycoon every time that it recognizes that he isn't the one using it. It will be good to see Tycoon finally using more of the other Raise Buckles.
6) That will be a good for more original Riders to start appearing in the show rather than having multiple retooled/recolored armors.
7) When that happens and the rest of the Golden Dawn rushed in and see what's happening, William will likely act in a calm manner and politely closed the door whilst sheepherding the others out, somehow knowing that Mimosa has a thing for Asta, resulting in a distressed Mimosa and a shock Asta with Brave Dragon giving a thumbs to William.
8) Well, she certainly did help Sae in rescuing her siblings and in return Sae didn't reveal Neon's identity as the Desastar, along with taking her place.
itspowertime:
1) Well, you're right about more elves appearing.
2) The Paladins being equipped with Holy Swords? That's a cool idea, although Tetsuo won't be happy at the fact that Lucius created his own versions of Holy Swords whilst Master Logos will be intrigued.