Battle within the Shadow Palace
"Ohf!" Saber exclaimed as he suddenly found himself hitting a stone floor.
"What di I-!" Saber began to thought as he lifted himself off the ground slightly, but was cut off as a scream is heard above him.
The swordsman of flames looked up to see Mimosa falling.
"Mimo-" Saber began to say but was cut off again when Mimosa landed on top of him…..with her chest getting pushed us against his helmet-covered face.
"Eeek!" Mimosa exclaimed as the two of them crash onto the ground.
"I-I-I'm so sorry, Saber!" The Vermillion hair girl exclaimed as she quickly got off the swordsman of flames.
"…..I think my head's broken…." Saber muttered as he slowly sat up.
"Move your helmet! I'll heal you." Mimosa said as she got her magic ready and Saber removed his helmet.
"So that what Asta looks like with pointy ears." Mimosa thought as she stare at Asta's new pointy ears.
"If you weren't wearing your helmet, then you have enjoyed the sensation of having two breasts pressed against your face." Floges said just as Mimosa began to heal Asta's head which was bleeding slightly.
"Really, Floges?" Asta thought with a questioning look.
"Is there something wrong?" Mimosa asked, becoming confused at the expression on Asta's face.
"Nothing, it just Floges commenting about…...your chest." Asta responded, his cheeks turning red.
This cause Mimosa to start blushing.
"Y-yes. They are on the large size." The Vermillion hair girl said in a slight embarrassed tone of voice.
"So this is the inside of the Shadow Palace?" Asta asked as he glanced around the room that they are in which is cylinder in shape with chunks of stone floating in the air.
Asta noticed that he and Mimosa are alone.
"That's you all healed now." Mimosa said as she saw Asta's wound healed.
"Thanks, Mimosa!" Asta said before replacing his helmet back on his head.
"Now lets see the layout of this place." Mimosa said as she activated "Magic Flower Guidepost" spell.
In front of Saber and Mimosa, the image of the tree of life diagram appeared in front of them.
"There are several large spaces, and I sense elf magic in each of them. We're in one of the paths that link those spaces. Our group seems to be scattered. We won't be able to meet up again unless we defeat the enemies at each our locations." Mimosa explained, gaining as she examine the image.
"This isn't good. There're the "Apostles of Sephira", opponents with greater magic than a Magic Knight captain." Mimosa thought as she gain a grim expression on her face.
"The uppermost space seems to have the strongest Mana." Mimosa further explained as she look at the room on the highest level of the structure.
"That must be the sword wielding Licht." Saber commented, making Mimosa nod her head in agreement.
"Okay! We'll all do something about the enemies in front of us then meet up at the top where Licht is!" Saber explained as in his mind seeing the others heading upwards to the topmost floor.
"I can see Saber becoming a great leader in the fu-!?" Mimosa began to thought but was cut off when Saber suddenly picked her up bridal style.
"S-Saber?!" Mimosa exclaimed, her face starting to become bright red.
"Sorry! But we have no time to loose!" Saber said before activating his wings and fly upwards.
"T-the space in the very c-center is right above u-us." Mimosa said, her voice stuttering slightly.
"I don't know who we'll be up against, but Mimosa and I will just have to beat them on our own." Saber thought just he and Mimosa entered the room above them…..to see multiple paintings floating about.
"Those paintings…." Saber muttered as he glanced around at the paintings.
"Oh my. Why are you carrying a human in that manner?" A voice asked in a surprised tone of voice, causing the swordsman of flames and the Vermillion hair girl to turn towards the direction of the voice to the elf-possessed Rill.
"Lira!" Saber said as he landed on the ground.
This cause the elf-possessed captain of the Aqua Deer to nod his head.
"Yep! That's me alright, but why are you holding that human in that manner?" Lira repeated his question, tilting his head to the side slightly before his widen slightly.
"I see, you must be the human soul that's somehow managed to take back control over his body." Lira commented as he twirl his paint brush slightly.
"Just hold still and I'll free you from that malice." Saber said as he place Mimosa onto her feet and raised Rekka which is glowing.
"Whatever do you mean by that? Anyway, picture magic is fun, isn't it? It took a little used to, but I can draw more things than I could with my old scribble magic!" Libra explained just as the numerous paintings starting to become alive.
"We'll draw a new world on a pure white canvas...once we've erased the humans from it." Libra said, a dark smile appearing on his face.
"I guess that this won't be easy then, huh?" Saber commented as he got into a battle stance whilst Mimosa gained a nervous expression on her face.
"So you're my opponent, huh? For a human and a royal, you sure got some interesting Mana." Vetto commented as he sat on a piece of floating rock.
"And you've got no manners. I'll discipline you, little brat!" Mereoleone retorted with a wide smirk on his face.
"I may be young, but I'm not a beast a mere human can train." Vetto said, a small look on excitement appearing within on his face.
"I never got the chance of seeing your combat abilities, but I never would have imagine that it would in this situation." Fuegoleon commented as he stare at the elf-possessed captain of the Purple Orcas.
"Hah hah hah. There's no need to hold back. After all, I don't know you." Kaiser(?) said as he stroke his moustache slightly.
"Yes. And holding back would be rude of me!" Fuegoleon said in a serious tone of voice.
"So we got separated. It must be due to that tunnel-like construct." Nozel muttered as he examine the stone pathway that he and Brave Dragon found themselves in.
Brave Dragon growled slightly as he glanced around.
"It must be sensing the different Manas around the place." Nozel thought as he himself sensed the different types of Manas that are close by.
It was at that moment that the red mechanical dragon jerked it's head in a direction.
"Is an enemy approaching?" Nozel asked as he got his Grimoire ready, being confused as to why himself haven't sensed anything.
Brave Dragon shook it's head in response.
This cause Nozel to become confuse as he look back at the direction again.
"…..Can you sensed the swordsman of flames in that direction?" Nozel asked, making Brave Dragon nod it's head in response.
"I suppose it would be wise to group up with the others." Nozel commented as he remember the time when he and the others got transported into Wonder World.
The red mechanical dragon lay down, making the captain of the Silver Eagles confuse for a few seconds before realizing that Brave Dragon is offering him a lift.
"I would have prefer riding the eagle that belongs to the "Storm Eagle" Wonder-Ride book." Nozel thought as he climb onto Brave Dragon, crouching rather than properly sitting on the red mechanical dragon.
The red mechanical didn't "say" anything as it started to fly into one of the tunnels.
"Where is everyone else?!" Joyeues said as she glance around.
"So this what the Shadow Palace looks like from the inside." Espada commented as she examine the room that the two swords-woman are in.
"Oh? So some humans have managed to enter the Shadow Palace?" A voice suddenly said, causing both Joyeues and Espada to spin around to see Fana with wings made of fire.
"Fana?! What are you doing here?!" Espada exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
The question cause Fana to tilt her head to the side.
"What do you…...Oh right! You're talking about my human host, right?" Fana asked, causing Joyeues and Espada to glance at each other, both gaining confuse expressions underneath their helmets.
"This is an artificial body that was created to host my soul, which is why I'm look much younger that I was." Fana explained with a smile on her face.
"…..You're acting different than the time we fought each other at the Witch's Forest…." Joyeues pointed out, making Fana nod her head.
"That's right. I overused my third eye during my previous reincarnation, so my my mind is much more clearer now." Fana explained just as her wings seemed to glow brighter.
"Now then, shall we play?" Fana asked, causing Joyeues and Espada to get into battle stances.
Silence descended around the three of them for a few seconds before Joyeues launched herself straight towards Fana.
"Whoa! That form of yours can fly?!" Fana asked as she moved to the side, barely missing getting cut by Argent-Couronne.
As Joyeues sped past Fana, the pink hair elf prepared to cast a spell.
"Fire Magic: Phoenix Feathers." Fana announced, creating fire-made feathers which then she sent flying straight towards the swords-woman of steel.
With graceful movements, Joyeues managed to avoid getting hit by the fire-made feathers.
"Hmmm...that movability of her's will be tricky to deal with." Fana thought, gaining a small frown on her face.
It was at that moment that Fana sensed a presence behind her, causing her to quickly turn around to see Espada flying on her golden carpet and pointing her "Lamp Buster" at her.
Fana quickly ducked just in time to avoid getting shot in the head.
"Fire Creation Magic: Phoenix clawed swords." Fana announced as two claw-like swords appeared in her hands before swinging them straight towards the swords-woman of lighting.
Espada swing Ikazuchi to deflect the claw-like swords.
"I should be careful about fighting at close range. This two are more experienced with fighting in close combat." Fana thought as she flew back to avoid getting hit a lighting covered Ikazuchi.
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Spikes!" Joyeues announced before firing water-made spikes straight towards Fana.
Whilst the pink hair elf managed avoid getting properly hit by the water-based attack, some of the spikes managed to struck the fire-made wings, causing Fana to fall slightly before managing to regain her balance.
"Fire Magic: Phoenix Feathers." Fana announced, firing fire-made feathers again.
Espada moved back to avoid getting hit by Fana's attack, but Joyeues went straight towards her, swinging Argent-Couronne to deflect the feathers.
"Eeek!" Fana exclaimed as she suddenly have to defend herself against a flurry of sword swings from Joyeues.
The swords-woman of steel swing Argent-Couronne hard, knocking the two claw-like swords out of Fana's hand.
"Oh-!" Fana began to say but was interrupted as Joyeues suddenly kicked her in the stomach, causing the pink hair elf to be sent stumbling straight towards the ground.
However, Fana managed to recover.
"Hmph! I should probably get more serious." Fana said, almost pouting slightly, just as the pages of her Grimoire started to turn.
"Fire Magic: Phoenix Burst!" Fana announced, creating multiple sphere's of fire which she then sent flying straight towards the two female Sword Of Logos Magic Knights.
Joyeues and Espada quickly moved about to avoid getting hit by the fire-made spheres.
"We ought to finish this quickly and meet up with the others. Since the elf is using a different body than last time, there's no need to hold back." Joyeues thought before closing the cover of "Valkyrie's Legacy".
Valkyrie's Charging!
The Wonder-Ride book announced, causing a new standby sound to start playing.
"Let's see what Joyeues's new Wonder-Ride book in capable of." Espada thought whilst Fana became curious.
The swords-woman of steel pressed the button on the belt buckle, causing "Valkyrie's Legacy" to spring open.
Valkyrie's Victory Finish!
The Wonder-Ride book announced again just as a huge amount of water surround Argent-Couronne.
Joyeues then swing Argent-Coronne, releasing a huge wave of water straight towards Fana.
The pink hair elf's eyes widened at the speed of the attack and ended up getting struck, causing smoke to raise into the air.
"Good one, Joyeues." Espada said whilst giving the swords-woman of steel a thumbs up.
"Hmph! What do you think? I'm royalty after all." Joyeues responded in a haughty manner.
"Yes! I did it!" Joyeues exclaimed in her head just as a mini version of her jump in joy.
It was at that moment that the spoke began to disappear and when the two swords-woman saw "Fana" again, their eyes widened in shock underneath their helmets.
"OH MY GOD! I know she's the enemy, but that just gone overboard!" Espada exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
The reason for the two Sword Of Logos Magic Knight's shock is that only Fana's legs and some of her skirt remain whilst the rest of her body have been completely been blown off.
"I-I-I-I'm Sorry!" Joyeues exclaimed, starting to panic.
However, it was at that moment that fire burst out of the cut of part of Fana's body and the two Sword Of Logos Magic Knight watched as the rest of Fana's body started to reappear.
"Wow! Talk about incredible power! I lost my clothes again." Fana commented as she cast "Flame Recovery Magic: Phoenix Robes", whilst using fire to cover her chest.
"W-what?!" Joyeues said, become shock…..whilst becoming a bit relieved.
"We went and use forbidden magic, so we can use magic from the other other world to case supernatural spells." Fana explained as she place a hand on the markings on her forehead.
"That's the same with how Vetto healed his blown off arm." Espada thought, she and the others been told how Joyeues's newly gained "Sea Dragon Roar" spell completely blown off Vetto's arm.
"I'm sorry. I got tired of dying." Fana said as flames appeared in one of her open palms.
"What are we supposed to do about this." The two Sword Of Logos Magic Knights thought at the same time.
Outside of the Shadow Palace, the Sword Of Logos Magic Knights and Black Bull Magic Knights are facing against incoming elves.
"Hell yeah! This is what I call a party!" Slash exclaimed as he fired multiple Mana-Bullets.
"Can you please calm down, Slash. Everyone is mostly highly stress at this point." Blades said as he fired water-based bullets and swing Nagare if any elves got too close.
"These elves are really strong! We've been close, but we haven't managed to strike a decisive blow!" Vanessa thought, sweat being present on her face.
"Heh. You lot sure put up a fight." Kenzan commented as she kicked an elf in the face before dodging an incoming attack.
As Sophia mainly used her magic to block on transport the attacks elsewhere, she suddenly sensed multiple new Manas approaching.
"More enemies…..no…." Sophia thought as she properly analyzed the different Manas.
It was at that moment multiple attacks came flying, striking the elves and knocking them out.
"Beautiful….." Kirsch said in a stunned tone of voice as he and the others stare at the multiple Magic Knights that have appeared.
Standing in front of them is Yuno.
"That guy….he managed to pick up the Magic Knights that were scattered all over the place and brought then here?!" Zora thought in a stunned tone of voice.
"I'm so glad you're here, Yuno. Have some food." Charmy said as she present a bowl of food towards the Golden Dawn wing Mage.
"I don't think it's time for…." Yuno began to say but Charmy wasn't listening as she place the bowl of food into his hand.
"….." After a few seconds of staring at the food, Yuno decided to take a bit whilst Bell started to yell at Charmy.
"It recovers your Mana?!" Yuno thought as he eat more of the food.
"What's the situation?" Yuno asked, causing Charmy to break away from Bell's rant.
"The enemy's strongest members are some of the Magic Knights are in the pitch-black castle, fighting the final battle. You can't go in there any more though." Charmy exclaimed as she point towards the Shadow Palace.
"I need to get inside and help the others." Yuno thought as he look up at the Shadow Palace.
It was at that moment that Yuno's neckless began to glow and a beam of light shot out of the stone.
"Hm? What's with the light show?" Magna asked as he and the other Magic Knights saw the beam of light which is pointing towards the Shadow Palace.
"Is the Magic Stone reacting to something?!" Sophia thought, her eyes widening.
Nero, who is sitting on Sophia's shoulder, perked up slightly.
Yuno summoned a small tornado which he rode up towards where the beam of light is hitting the Shadow Palace.
"Hey, you!, get away from Yuno!" Bell shouted to Charmy, who has decided to grab onto Yuno's Royal Knight, in an angry tone of voice.
"Well, he hasn't eaten desert yet. Humble though my skills are, I'll follow you anywhere to cook for you." Charmy said in a daydream-like tone of voice.
With Yuno, the Golden Dawn wind Mage levelled to where the beam of light ended and somehow knowing what to do, raised an arm.
"Just sit tight everyone..." Yuno thought as a portal/doorway appeared and he, Bell and Charmy went though it before it closed.
And there we go, those we have entered the Shadow Palace have started to battle, minus Nozel, whilst Yuno managed to bring the scattered non-possessed Magic Knights to the Royal Capital before entering the Shadow Palace himself, along with Bell and Charmy. So I decided to name Fana's spells, this version anyway, with phoenix in them, due to how one of them already has the word "phoenix" in it. Did everyone like how I partnered Nozel with Brave Dragon?
In Black Clover chapter 352, the chapter focuses on the battle against the five-headed dragon where Ryuya used his Tengentsu to aid Asta and the Ryuzen Seven to create a strategy where Asta would cut all five heads at the same time. To be honest, I'm disappointed at how the fight against the five-headed dragon went. The first time was understandable because five members of the Ryuzen Seven were fighting it, along with showing the healing capabilities of the dragon, but the second time was over too quickly and we didn't really see any of the dragon's fighting capabilities. When the Hino arc gets animated, I hope that the two battles involving the five-headed dragon gets extended.
In chapter 353 of Black Clover, it is revealed that the clouds covering Hino is due to the influence of the five-headed dragon, but now that the dragon is defeated, the clouds are gone, showing the night sky. A party is then started, where some of the food is the meat of the five-headed dragon and Asta learns that the charmy-likes statues are based on a person called Ochami who saved Hino when famine started to spread. Due to Asta, and pretty much everyone, becoming drunk, he was taken to a hot-spring to sober up...but unfortunately encounter Ichika who started to act in a embarrassing manner, even starting to blush and scream, which causes Asta to run away. With three days left until the final battle, Asta continues his training with the Ryuzen Seven.
So I think that the highlight of the chapter is Asta getting drunk, you can just imagine everyone's reactions when they see a drunk Asta, acting all happy. The characters in this story will be in a state of shock when they see Asta drinking.
In episode 24 of Geats:
1) The staff of the DGP shows a recap of the previous DGP, being watched by the audience/supports and participants where they explained that the supporters themselves choose those become Kamen Riders and take part in the DGP with Zin choosing Ace because he'll makes one on hell of a Rider, Kekera choose Kiewa because he represents what a Kamen Rider supposed to be and Kyuun choose Neon because he wants her to find happiness.
2) The broadcast got hijacked by Beroba who introduces the Jamato Grand Prix which focuses on the Jamato defeating Niram, AKA the final boss, in order to claim the Vision Driver and becoming the Jamato God.
3) The newly introduced JGP starts with a army of Jamatos starting to attack the humans, prompting the participants to fight, even though that it won't count into becoming the Desire God.
3) As this goes on, Ziin encountered Beroba, him being keen on restarting the DGP. Before the two could transform, a human form Kekera and Kyuun appeared, both of them having the same goal as Ziin. the four of them transformed before fighting.
The first rule for the JGP is that its a game that grants the Jamato their ideal world, in exchanged for them fighting against humanity. So this episode revealed how the participants are chosen to take in the DGP, with Beroba's reason for choosing Michinaga is because of his unwavering animosity against all Kamen Riders. With the futurist/supporters Kamen Riders, I'm confused as to why Ziin is the only one who has a normal Rider suit whilst the other three are more animal-shaped.
In episode 25 of Geats:
1) Beroba explains to the first players of the JGP the points system and their final goal beating the final boss, Niram. As this goes on, Michinaga talks to a Knight Jamato who has managed to completely personate his late friend Toru.
2) The first mission of the JGP starts which involves the Jamato attacking five festivals in order to "bring down the thunder" and when the Riders appeared, with them being the antagonists of the JGP, two of the Jamato-themed Riders revealed that they possess "Fever" Raise Buckles and the DGP Riders got overwhelmed before it was announced that the first round is over.
3) Kousei started to question Niram about how he will deal with the fact that the public will soon be aware about the Jamatos exitance, which he has been doing involving silencing the government and police. Niram simply responded by saying that he would reset the world if need be.
4) The second round of the mission starts where Baffa, who has teamed up with "Toru" to fight Geats, who has received aid from Zin, completed a secret side mission which involves attacking a Rider at close range, earning him the "Twin Command" Raise Buckle.
So the second rule of the JGP is that the Jamato with the highest score at the end of the game shall become the Jamato God, granting their world of misery. So it is revealed that Kousei fathered Neon through the powers of the Goddess of Creation, this could hint that he himself was once a participant of the DGP, which could be where he met Ben and John before recruiting them. Following the animal theme of Neon, Ben and John, it could be that Kousei has a cat-based motif for his Rider form.
Please review and until next time.
Brainwork27:
1) I get it that you hate the Nobles of the Magic Parliament and their personal-opinion system, but it is related to to the plot of the story that Asta gets convicted, but it won't be related to the elf invasion or Zagred. I will say that the actions of the Magic Parliament will cause Asta to develop negative emotions.
2) Thanks for the spells, they sound interesting.
FlameFireZero X: I'd watched the first episode and it certainly has a different vibe with how each ranger, apart from the current(?) Kuwagata Ohger, have bigger roles with them being rules of different kingdoms. Gira has the same sort of vibes as Sougo due to how Sougo was a tyrant king in the future and Gira wants to become "the king of evil". Thanks for the suggestion of the King-Ohgers making a cameo apperance. Everyone will be surprise due to how the King-Ohgers are basically an alliance(?) between five kingdoms...which may cause King Augustus to become on edge. I think that Gira and Asta will get along well due to their desire of changing the corrupt system that they live in. A while ago, I saw a poster which shows how the King-Ohgers can be seen as a fusion between Kamen Rider Kabuto and Kamen Rider Saber.
mastergamer14: I'm not entirely sure about making an adaptation of the Super Hero Senki movie.
Itspowertime:
1) It kind of been hinted that Saber has been purifying the malice that have been trapping the souls of the deceased elves whilst heading to the Royal Capital, so the Magic Parliament may put that into consideration...hopefully. They didn't put Yuno on trial despite him being a host of an elf.
2) I didn't realize that Kamen Rider Desast is a repaint of Cross-Z, I think that's because the helmet is a repaint of Solomon's. I'll try to place Desast's Rider form somewhere in the story, but no promises though.