Appear, the warrior that lives within the sword's shadow
The sound of the screams caused all four of them to become alert.
"They're coming from that way!" Asta said as he jumped of his feet and started to run.
"Asta! Wait!" Sayo shouted, but it fell on deaf ears as Asta continued to run.
"…..Is the current wielder a battle maniac?" Yuri asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Lets hope not." Ekrixi responded, dreading the thought.
Back with Asta, the ash-white hair teen reached the place where the screams are coming from along with what is causing the screams.
"A Megid!" Asta thought as he stared at a Megid which resembles a yeti, but there's something different that Asta noticed.
"The book is opened….along with producing a lot of Mana." Asta thought, becoming confused.
"Never matter. I need to take it down." Asa thought whilst taking out his Seiken Sword-Driver as he noticed that the surrounding area is covered in ice, most likely due to the yeti-themed Megid.
The ash-white hair teen then took out "Dragonic Knight" before transforming into Saber.
The transformation caught the yeti-themed Megid's attention as it spun around to stare at the swordsman of flames.
"Time to take you down." Saber said whilst pointing Rekka at the yeti-themed Megid.
"Yet first…." Saber said before releasing a wave of heat, thawing the ice that is trapping the people that have been unlucky of getting struck by the yet-themed Megid's attack.
However, this gave the yeti-themed Megid the opportunity to lunge towards Saber.
Luckily, the swordsman of flames quickly raised Rekka and managed to block the claws that the yeti-themed Megid used to attack with, but had to shift his legs in order not to get pushed back.
"Get out of here!" Saber said whilst glancing over his shoulder slightly, causing the once trapped people to quickly get back onto their feet and started to run away.
"Now then, I hope your ready." Saber said before kicking the yeti-themed Megid, causing it to stumble back.
However, the swordsman of flames wasn't finished as his Grimoire opened.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's Fangs." Saber announced, creating a fire-shaped daggers, the colours of the flames being silver, before shooting forwards.
The yeti-themed Megid raised it's arms, whilst covering them in ice, to protect itself.
Fortunately for the yeti-themed Megid, it managed to receive minimal damaged.
"Knew it will be difficult to defeat this Megid." Saber thought, a frown appearing underneath his helmet.
The swordsman of flames dashed forwards, preparing to strike the yeti-themed Megid with Rekka.
Unfortunately, another sword suddenly appeared, blocking Rekka.
"That sword…." Saber thought as he turned his head to see the owner of the sword.
The human form of Liegel pushed Rekka to the side before swinging his sword towards Saber's legs.
Luckily, the swordsman of flames jumped back, avoiding getting hit.
"Liegel." Saber said whilst becoming tense.
"We'd appreciative if you didn't get in our way." Liegel said as he walked in front of the yeti-themed Megid.
"Why are you attacking Wonder World? You usual focus your attention on the Clover Kingdom." Saber asked whilst getting mentally prepared just in case Liegel decided to pull a surprise attack.
This cause the Megid General to scoff slightly.
"We've decided to change tactics. But now….time for you to die." Liegel said before transforming into his monster form.
This cause Saber to become on guard whilst glancing to see if the yeti-themed Megid is still there.
"Saber!" a voice called, causing the swordsman of flames to glance over his shoulder to see Kris approaching them.
"Kris…..?" Saber said before sensing a dark aura around the swords-woman of mirages.
"Don't tell me you've started to become a battle maniac." Kris said in a disapproving tone of voice.
"No." The swordsman of flames responded, become slightly nervous under Kris's gaze.
The swords-woman of mirages stared at the swordsman of flames for a few seconds before sighing and then turning her attention towards Liegel.
"So we've finally meet, Liegel." Kris said, her voice becoming serious.
"Hm?" Liegel said, tilting his head to the side in confusion.
"I've been waiting until the moment that we can meet and then I can take avenge the death of my friend whose life you stole." Kris said as she point Shinkiro at Liegel.
"Can you be more specific? I've fought and slay many people." The Megid General asked, becoming slightly confused.
"Richita Staria, who was also the previous Saber." Kris explained, causing Liegel to gain a surprise expression on his face.
"Oh? So she was your mother then. I did have a feeling that your name, "Staria", was familiar." Liegel said as he glanced towards Saber before remembering something.
"There was a kid that Brave Dragon was protecting during the moment that I killed the previous Saber before it started to attack me. So that was you then." Liegel said, causing Saber to become tense.
"Now, time to take you down!" Kris said before dashing towards the Megid General.
Liegel raised his sword to block the horizontal slash from Shinkiro.
"I'm not keen at fighting at the moment, but I might as well indulge you." Liegel said as he push the sword of mirages to the side and swing his sword and successfully struck Kris.
However, his sword went through her.
"An illusion…!" Liegel thought before spinning around and saw Kris preparing to swing Shinkiro at him.
"I'll leave Liegel to Aunt Kris." Saber thought before turning his attention back to the yeti-themed Megid who was slowly creeping away.
"No you don't!" Saber shouted before dashing towards the Megid.
The yeti-themed Megid turned around just as the swordsman of flames jumped into the air.
In response, the yeti-themed Megid released an icy breath from it's mouth.
"Gah!" Saber exclaimed as the attack consumed him, halting his attack.
The yeti-themed Megid then covered it's fists in ice before punching Saber, knocking him back.
"I have the elemental advantage, plus being in my new power-up form, yet I'm getting beaten!" Saber thought before ducking a punch from the yeti-themed Megid.
From his crouching position, the swordsman of flames thrust Rekka at an diagonal, managing to hit the yeti-themed Megid in the stomach, causing it to stumble back.
"Time to bring up the heat." Saber muttered before covering Rekka in flames.
Whilst the two fights happen, Ekrixi and Yuri appeared at the scene.
"Hm? A Megid General has appeared." Yuri said in a surprise tone of voice.
The sight of Liegel of cause Ekrixi to gain a frown on his face.
"I should join in." Yuri said as he took out his Holy Saikou-Driver and strapped it to his waist before taking out his personal Wonder-Ride book and opened the cover.
Gold or Silver?
"Kin no Buki, Gin no Buki" asked before Yuri closed the cover before inserting it into the Driver, along with opening the small blade.
"Henshin" Yuri said before taking the sword of light out of the belt.
Ekrixi quickly moved to the side as this happened.
Release the radiance!
Who is the shining sword?
Saikou chapter one!
The sword glittering with the power of gold and silver!
Saikou!
The voice announced just as Yuri turned into particles of light which then fused with Saikou, causing the blade to lengthen.
"So that how Yuri transforms. But why doesn't he don armor?" Ekrixi thought, becoming confused just as Saikou zoomed forwards, heading towards the battle between Kris and Liegel.
Even though Kris has the advantage of being able to easily evade Liegel's sword attacks, the Megid General is capable of preventing the swords-woman of mirages from attacking by using his magic, which he did.
"Whoa!" Kris exclaimed as she attempted to keep her balance as the ground that she's standing on made wave-like motions.
"Is that all you got, swords-woman of mirages?" Liegel asked before sending his scarf flying through the air before trapping Kris.
"Heh. So much for that mirage magic of yours." Liegel commented as he slowly approached the trapped swords-woman of illusions, sword at the ready.
However, it was at that moment that Saikou suddenly appeared and sliced through the scarf, freeing Kris.
"What the-!?" Liegel exclaimed as he quickly raised his sword just in time to avoid getting hit by the sword of light.
However, Saikou simply swing himself around and struck the Megid General on a different part of his body.
"Ghe!" Liegel grunted before attempting to strike Saikou, but couldn't.
"Where the hell is your armor?!" Liegel demanded as he swing his sword which struck the blade of Saikou.
"I cast my armor years ago. But that is something you shouldn't be focusing right now." Saikou commented before pushing Liegel away from him.
"Don't tell me what to do!" The Megid General demanded before swinging his sword again.
One Reading!
Brave Dragon!
Two Reading!
Storm Eagle!
The Dragonic Booster announced as Saber slotted two Wonder-Ride books into the dragon's mouth before pressing the thumb trigger and drawing his left arm back.
Mix Spicy!
The voice announced again before Saber punched his fist forwards, releasing a flaming twister which stuck the yeti-themed Megid pushing it back.
"Now lets try it with this!" Saber said as he removed "Dragonic Knight" from his Seiken Sword-Driver and placed the large Wonder-Ride book into the Dragonic Booster.
Habanero Reading!
The voice announced and flames began to cover the dragon-shaped gauntlet.
"W-whoa! Things sure heating up!" Saber thought as the swordsman of flames did the same actions as last time.
Dragonic Hot Spicy!
The Dragonic Booster announced and when Saber punched his left hand, a fire-shaped dragons head burst force and consumed the yeti-themed Megid, causing an explosion to occur.
"Yes! I did it…..huh?" Saber began to cheer but stop when he saw someone rolling out of the smoke.
"A person!?" Kris exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as she sand the others stare at a woman.
Laying beside her is a white Alter-Ride book, but the cover is slowly turning to red.
"What is the meaning of this?!" The swords-woman of mirages demanded as she turned her attention back to Liegel.
"A new tactics of ours." Liegel responded with a "smirk" on his face, causing a frown to appear underneath Kris's helmet.
"…" Saikou became silent as he hovered in the air.
"Is she okay?" Saber thought as he approach the woman.
"No you don't." Liegel said before dashing forwards and appearing in front of the swordsman of flames.
Saber immediately jumped back to avoid getting hit by Liegel's sword.
"Insert a book into a human and they turn into a Megid, and with enough rampaging, a new Alter-Ride book will be complete." Liegel explained just as the Megid General picked the blank Alter-Ride book.
It was at that moment that the woman began to slowly regain consciousness, catching Liegel's attention.
"Remain still. This will hurt a little bit." Liegel said in an evil tone of voice before dropping the blank Alter-Ride book into the woman who began to scream as the book absorbed into her.
Shirayuki Yeti!
A voice announced just as ice began to cover the woman's body and when it shattered, the yeti-themed Megid lay in her place before immediately standing up.
"I won't let you get in our way." Liegel stated before opening two Alter-Ride books where a Medusa Jaden and a Itazura Goblin appear.
"I let you three have fun with these two." Liegel said before standing to walk away, being followed by Shirayuki Yeti.
"Hey!" Kris exclaimed as she began to chase after the two of them, but her attempt was halted when an appanage suddenly wrapped around her ankle, causing the swords-woman of mirages to fall onto the ground.
"Aunt!" Saber called as he began to rush to Kris's aid, but his path is blocked the Itazura Goblin.
"We can't let our path be blocked by some minor minions." Saikou thought before moving forwards, freeing Kris, again, from Medusa Jaden and then doing a few sword strikes towards Itazura Goblin.
"Let bring the light." The sword of light stated before pressing the side button.
Release the Radiance!
Good Luck!
The sword of light announced before the blade released a rays of blinding light and when the two Megid got struck by the rays of light, they got destroyed.
"S-serious?! How powerful is Yuri?!" Saber thought in his as he remember how he and the others had difficulties fighting those two Megids, plus their siblings.
"This sure have become serious." A voice commented, causing Asta to look up to see Ekrixi standing next to him.
"Y-yeah." Saber said as he slowly stood up back on his feet.
"We need to go to the city guards and explain to them what happened." The elderly man said, making the swordsman of flames nod his head.
"Her name is Stacy Frost. She was reported missing last night." Jonathan said to the Asta, Sayo, Yuri, Ekrixi and Blanc.
Currently, the three Holy Sword wielders, elderly man and white-feathered bird are within the main city guard base within Fissi and had explained what happened to Jonathan.
"But I never would imagine that she would get caught up within the Megid's busy….along within such a manner." Jonathan said before releasing a sigh and then looked at the five with a questioning look on his face.
"…..What?" Asta said, becoming confuse at the expression that Jonathan is giving them.
"Don't you know what happened to Stacy?" Jonathan asked in an expected tone of voice.
"I don't know." Asta responded in an exasperating tone of voice before glancing at the others.
"I don't know either." Sayo responded before glancing towards Ekrixi who shook his head.
"Once upon a time, there was a forbidden technology that is able to convert humans to Megid." Yuri suddenly said, causing everyone to surprise.
"By integrating a blank Alter-Ride book into a human, it uses the life force and Mana of that human to produce incredibly powerful Megids. By the end of the process, the human will be erased." Yuri explained, causing everyone to become shock.
"Why….would the Megid do something like this…..?" Jonathan asked, paling slightly.
"Isn't obvious? The Megid are creating powerful Alter-Ride books to eventually restore and claim the Almighty Grimoire. That's something we mustn't happen." Yuri responded, making Jonathan gulp.
"Why wasn't I told about this? Was this information lost or forbidden to even talk about it?" Asta thought, remembering what Yuri said at the beginning.
"But that would mean cutting down the Stacy who have turned into the Megid." Sayo pointed out, making the room to become silent.
"That's…..something who can't do….." Asta said in a low tone of voice.
"Unfortunately, there are situations when a Holy Sword wielder have little choices about what they can do." Yuri said in a matter of fact tone of voice.
This cause Asta's stomach to turn in a bad way.
"Anyway. We can't do anything until the Megid appear again." Yuri said, causing the atmosphere to calm down slightly.
"I'm I willing to strike down the life of an innocent person?" Asta questioned himself as he stared down at Rekka.
Currently, it has been a day since the appearance of the new type of Megid and everyone is back at the Staria's residence, waiting until Shirayuki Yeti appears again with Asta sitting outside in the small outer-yard that the house possess.
Blanc is also present, sitting on the ash-white hair teen's shoulder.
"What will the others say?" Asta thought, thinking of what his friends(?) would say.
"Still having trouble of finding your resolve?" A voice questioned, causing Asta to look up and saw Yuri standing some distance away.
"Yeah...kind of." Asta responded as he stared back down at Rekka.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds until Asta decided to speak.
"How does it feel to you, having to make hard decisions when wielding a Holy Sword?" Asta asked as he looked back up at the "wielder" of Saikou.
"..." Yuri became quiet for a few seconds until speaking.
"It's difficult to say, I have decided to remove myself from the world to prevent the power of the sword of light from being misused, thus becoming less active when it comes to full combat." Yuri began to explain, causing a slight depressed expression to appear on Asta's face.
"But during my full active time as a Holy Sword wielder, my actions...does plague my mind...until I gradually got use to it and continue on walking down the path of a Holy Sword wielder." Yuri explained, causing Asta to perk up slightly.
"Isn't it your end goal is to become the Clover Kingdom's Wizard King?" Yuri asked, causing Asta to slowly nod his head.
"Then you would need to make hard choices, choices that require much sacrifice to accomplish as the Wizard King." Yuri pointed out in a serious tone of voice, making Asta to nod his head again.
"Its not only external forces you need to deal with as the Wizard King, even those of the Clover Kingdom's nobility will like to see you fall." Yuri explained, this time making Asta surprise.
"Really? I thought that the title of "Wizard King" is related to public opinion." Asta pointed out, making the "wielder" of Saikou to nod his head slowly.
"Whilst that is true, there are the rare few who possess darker opinions about the Wizard King. Similar to the first Wizard King, Lemiel and Julius, there are Wizard Kings/Queens who desire to change the Clover Kingdom for the better. Examples include the 11th Wizard Queen, Princia Funnybunny, the 16th Wizard King, Jester Garandros, the 20th Wizard King, Edward Avalache and the 27th Wizard King, Conrad Leto. They possess the desire of improving the Clover Kingdom, but are thwarted by the nobility and royals of each era, they opposing the idea of change." Yuri explained, making Asta blink his eyes.
"Although the question raises as to why the upper-class decided to accept Julius's ideas...?" Yuri thought, a frown appearing on his face.
"What sort of name is "Funnybunny"? Do they like carrots or something?" Asta thought, going completely off topic.
"Anyway! What I'm trying to say is that you need to possess a strong, unshakable will to walk the path of a Magic Knight. Ever since you arrived at Avalon and managed to acquire the "King of Authur" Wonder-Ride book, I've been observing you and I see that you do possess what it takes to become a powerful Holy Sword wielder, it just that you need to take the first step forwards." Yuri explained in calm tone of voice.
"..." Asta became silent, taking in what Yuri said.
"Hey." A voice said, causing Asta, Yuri and Blanc to look up to see Sayo standing by the doorway.
"Sir Staria received a call from the city guard, our yeti-themed Megid has reappeared." The wielder of Shinkiro said, causing the other two Holy Sword wielders to perk up.
Within the city of Fissi, there are may lakes dotted around the city and currently, one of them is getting targeted by ice-based attacks.
Shirayuki Yeti released an icy-breath which covered a large portion of the lakes surface.
It was then that hurried footsteps can be heard, causing Shirayuki Yeti to turn her head towards the direction of the footsteps to see Asta, Sayo and Yuri.
"Hmm. The Mana of this Megid seemed to have increased greatly since our last encounter." Yuri commented, tilting his head to the side slightly.
"Yeah..." Asta said as he glanced at the ice-covered area.
"Stacy. We're here to save you." Sayo said as she took out her Illusional Seiken Sword-Driver and "Inari no Trickster" Wonder-Ride book.
"..." Asta became silent as he took out his Seiken Sword-Driver, maybe on instinct, whilst Yuri took out Saikou and "Kin no Buki, Gin no Buki".
All three of them strap their Drivers onto their waist before Sayo and Yuri activated their transformation sequence.
Unsheathe the Mirages!
Release the radiance!
Two transformation sounds announced and two Kamen Riders stand/hover in front of Shirayuki Yeti who became cautious.
"From the look of things, we don't have long until the woman completely disappears and a new Alter-Ride book is created." Saikou pointed out, making the other two nod their heads.
"Right. Asta...stand back until your ready to fight..." Kris explained in a slight awkward tone of voice, making Asta nod his head before taking a few steps back.
"And now you…." Kris muttered as she turned her attention towards Shirayuki Yeti.
The yeti-themed Megid growled before dashing forwards, claws becoming covered in ice.
When Shirayuki Yeti attempted to hit Kris, she simply went through the swords-woman of mirages, making her stumble.
Saikou took the opportunity to strike the yeti-themed Megid, hitting her a few times.
Becoming angry, Shirayuki Yeti swing one of it's claws, but Saikou easily dodged the claw before hitting Shirayuki Yeti again.
"Be careful! There's a person there!" Kris said in an alarmed tone of voice, becoming worried at the amount of damage that they are dealing towards the yeti-themed Yeti.
"We can't be soft, can we." Saikou responded back, making a frown to appear underneath Kris's head.
Shirayuki Yeti began to growl, causing the two Kamen Riders to turn their heads to see the yeti-themed Megid preparing to attack them.
"Mirage Magic: Illusional Fox's Mist Of Mirages." Kris announced, causing a thick purple mist to suddenly appear, making Shirayuki Yeti to halt her attack when she saw both Kris and Saikou disappearing.
Shirayuki Yeti glanced around, becoming tensed as she started to see shapes appearing within the mist for a few seconds before disappearing.
Shirayuki Yuki began to think of performing a wide-ranged attack, but is interrupted when Kris suddenly appeared and swing Shinkiro a few times.
This cause Shirayuki Yeti to stumble back and when she recovered, she immediately threw a ball of ice, but it hit nothing as Kris disappeared within the mist.
Something moved behind Shirayuki Yeti, causing her to swing around and attack with one of her claws, but only struck a mirage of Kris which disappeared.
Outside of the mist, Asta has a conflicted expression on his face.
"What should I do? Mr Yuri said that I need to possess a strong and unshakeable will, but..." Asta began to thought before trailing off, still unsure about his decision.
"Didn't I said do not interfere?" A voice suddenly asked, causing Asta to spin around and saw Liegel approaching him.
"This is such bad timing!" Asta shouted in his head.
"…...Are you even going to fight?" Liegel questioned as he tilt his head to the side, becoming confuse at the lack of fighting spirit from the wielder of Rekka.
"Regardless. Like I said before, do not interfere." Liegel said before charging forwards began to swing his sword.
Acting quickly, Asta managed to avoid getting struck by the Megid General's sword.
"Oh? Are you afraid of facing me?" Liegel asked in a mocking tone of voice after a minute of failing to land a hit on Asta.
The Megid General glanced towards the purple mist.
"Hmm….Maybe I should gave you some help." Liegel said with an evil "smirk" on his face before summoning a strong gust of wind which blew the purple mist away.
"Huh?!" Kris exclaimed in a shock tone of voice whilst becoming wide eyed at the disappearance of her spell.
Her eyes then fell on Liegel.
"Asta!" The swords-woman of Mirages shouted before dashing towards the Megid General.
"H-hey!" Saikou exclaimed in a surprise tone of voice as he watch Kris coming to Asta's aid before ducking under an attack from Shirayuki Yuki.
"So the fox has come to protect her cub." Liegel commented just as Kris stood in front of the wielder of Rekka.
"You got that right." Kris responded as held Shinkiro up.
"You know that this battle will likely end up like last time." Liegel pointed out as he point his sword at the swords-woman of mirages.
"….." Kris became silent for a few seconds before a thought appeared in her head.
"I guess that a change of tactics is in order then." Kris said before sheathing Shinkiro and then taking out a new white-boarded Wonder-Ride book which has an image of a fox being chased by a few people underneath the title of "Mischievous Fox" before opening the cover.
"The fox uses it's skills to mock and tease the people."
The new Wonder-Ride book announced before Kris closed the cover and then swapping it with "Inari no Trickster", making the standby sound to start playing.
"Aunt is going to use a new Wonder-Ride book?!" Asta thought, becoming surprised just as Kris unsheathed Shinkiro.
Unsheathe the Mirages!
Volume 1!
When Shinkiro, the sword of mirages, meets the mischievous fox, the trickster knight mocks their enemy!
The voice announced just as the white mechanical fox burst out of the larger version of "Mischievous Fox" before fusing with Kris, causing the centre piece of her armor to gain a fox-shaped chest-piece and a strip hanging down from the front side of the Illusional Seiken Sword-Driver whilst a fox tail hangs from the back. Two fox ears have appeared on the top of Kris's helmet.
"So cool!" Asta exclaimed in an excited tone of voice, making Kris chuckle slightly.
"Hmph! I don't know what you gained by changing Wonder-Ride books, but it won't help you!" Liegel said before charging forwards.
The swords-woman of mirages turned around just in time to see the Megid General closing in.
Kris raised Shinkiro to block the sword attack from Liegel before kicking him in the stomach, knocking him back.
Quickly recovering, Liegel sent his scarf flying towards the swords-woman of mirages.
"I don't think Aunt isn't able to escape that!" Asta thought, seeing how fast the scarf is travelling at.
However, Kris easily jumped out of the way.
"What?!" Liegel exclaimed in a shock tone of voice just as Kris got close to him and thrust Shinkiro forwards, successful in stabbing the Megid General.
"W-what just happened….?" Liegel demanded as he held his stomach.
"This Wonder-Ride book gives me an increase in agility." Kris explained whilst tapping "Mischievous Fox".
"So now it will be difficult for you to land a hit on me." Kris further explained whilst sticking her tongue out...even though it can't be seen.
Liegel growled in anger before summoning pieces of burning rock before sending them flying towards Kris.
However, the swords-woman of mirages seemingly danced through burning rocks, striking them so that non of them would hit Asta before heading straight towards Liegel.
The Megid General stabbed his sword into the ground, causing ice to start spreading quickly.
Unfortunately for him, Kris dodge the spreading ice by jumping into the air, which involves doing a rolling motion, before striking Liegel with a vertical sword attack from Shinkiro.
With Saikou, the sword of light is zipping around Shirayuki Yeti, dodging the yet-themed Megid's attacks and then attacking back.
"Hmmm…..the Megid's Mana is raising still…." Saikou thought before starting to "frown", becoming concerned that the process will be completed soon.
"How is Asta doing?" Saikou thought whilst glancing to where Asta and saw that the wielder of Rekka still has a conflicted expression on his face as he observed his battle
"That doesn't look good. Is there a way I cou-!" Saikou began to thought but he was interrupted Shirayuki Yeti grabbed the blade piece.
"Erk…." Saikou said in a low tone of voice as the yeti-themed Megid began to breath on the blade, causing him to start getting covered in ice.
"Nice idea, but we'll see about that." Saikou commented, recovering from his state of shock, before pressing the side button.
Who is this?
Saikou second chapter!
The shadow born from the light: Shadow!
The voice announced just as the sword of light began to glow brightly and his shadow began to morph, taking the form of a figure which then "stood up" before kicking Shirayuki Yeti, making the yeti-themed Megid stumble backwards along with causing her to release her hold on Saikou.
The shadowy figure caught Saikou just as the ice covering the blade shattered.
"That's better." Saikou said whilst "shivering" slightly, being thankful of being freed from the ice.
"Eh?! You can summoned a person?!" Asta exclaimed in shock, causing the shadowy figure to turn around in a robotic manner.
"Yes. I can summon Saikou Shadow as an alternative form of fighting." Saikou explained in a calm tone of voice whilst the now known Saikou Shadow hold him upright.
"So…..this is basically your Rider armor….?" Asta asked in a confused tone of voice as he examined Saikou Shadow who is wearing black armor over a dark grey under suit whilst the eye-pieces are done in black.
"You can say that." Saikou responded in thoughtful tone of voice.
Growling can be heard, causing Asta and Saikou to look back at Shirayuki Yeti and saw her preparing to attack.
"Stay back. Let me handle attacking whilst you find your resolve." Saikou explained just as Saikou Shadow and Saber jumped to the Asta to avoid getting hit by the ice-based attack.
"Right." Asta responded whilst nodding his head.
Shirayuki Yeti charged forwards, preparing to using it's claws to attack the shadow warrior.
However, her attack went straight through it.
As the yeti-themed Megid became confused at this, Saikou Shadow took the opportunity to attack, swinging Saikou and a dealing some heavy hit to Shirayuki Yeti.
Creating ice on her feet, Shirayuki Yeti skated back, attempting to create some space between her and the shadow warrior.
However, Saikou Shadow threw Saikou whilst retreating back into the sword of light's shadow.
The yeti-themed Megid attempted to defend herself, but Saikou broke through her defense, knocking her off her feet, before getting caught by the reappeared Saikou Shadow.
Saikou Shadow dealt some more sword-based attacks before letting go of Saikou and sinking into the ground, the letting the sword of light attack the yeti-themed Megid this time before reappearing behind her.
Saikou Shadow was about to deliver another attack to Shirayuki Yeti, but was interrupted as a wave of Mana is felt, knocking the shadow warrior back.
"It looks like the creation of the Alter-Ride is almost completed..." Saikou said, before starting to wonder if he should act.
With Asta, the wielder of Rekka has started to become frustrated.
"Why I'm I just standing and doing nothing?! There's a woman who is going to die. Is there anyway that she can be saved?!" Asta shouted in his head.
This exclamation seemingly cause Rekka to start glowing.
"Huh?" Asta said in a slight stun tone of voice as he glance down at the sword of flames.
"...Oh. I see...That how it is..." Asta muttered, him seemingly understanding what needs to be done.
"Saikou! I'm going into battle!" Asta shouted as open the cover of "Dragonic Knight".
"So you finally found your resolve." Saikou commented in a pleased tone of voice as he and the yeti-themed Megid watch Asta transforming into Saber.
"Here I go!" Saber exclaimed before charging forwards with the blade of Rekka glowing brightly.
Shirayuki Yeti began to back away, somehow knowing what Saber is planning.
"No you don't." Saikou said just as his Grimoire appeared and opened.
"Shadow Magic: Sacred Sword's Shadow Chains." Saikou announced and chains burst out of Shirayuki Yeti's shadow and wrapped around her, effectively trapping her before she could properly flee.
"Saber, now!" Saikou said just as Shirayuki Yeti attempted to break free which seems to be working with the increase of Mana she just received.
"Right!" Saber said before charging forwards.
The swordsman of flames swing the glowing blade of Rekka at the yet-themed Megid's back and the almost created Alter-Ride book burst out of Shirayuki Yeti.
The swordsman of flames then jumped over Shirayuki Yeti and swing Rekka again, destroying the Alter-Ride and the Mana released transformed back into Stacy.
"Good. Now to finish the Megid once and for all." Saikou commented as he felt the sudden decrease of Mana from Shirayuki Yeti.
Saikou Shadow pressed the side button on the sword of light.
Release the radiance!
Good Luck!
The voice announced and Saikou Shadow transformed into a whirlwind, which has a glow of light within it's centre, which then consumed Shirayuki Yeti's, effectively destroying it.
"What?!" Liegel exclaimed as the explosion caught his and Kris's attention.
"They managed to save Stacy." Kris thought in a relieved tone of voice, before noticing Liegel walking away.
"Hey! Where do you think you're going?!" Kris demanded as she point Shinkiro at the Megid General.
"The Megid got destroyed, so there's no need for me to stick around." Liegel responded before disappearing through use of an Alter-Ride book.
This cause Kris to sigh in frustration before turning her attention towards the others.
"You can use shadow magic as well as light magic?!" Asta exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"Y-yes. Those we stand within the light produce a shadow after all." Yuri explained, jumping slight at Asta's shout.
"I don't understand how that leads to Yuri being able to wield two types of magic…..or is it something to do with the sword of light." Asta thought, titling his head to the side slightly.
"Well done, Asta." Sayo said as she approach them.
"Thanks." Asta said with a small smile on his face.
"How is Miss Frost doing?" Yuri asked just as Sayo crouched down and examined Stacy.
"She's alive, but I'm not sure about her Mana." Sayo explained as she and the others sensed how Stacy's Mana is low.
This cause a worrying expression to appear on Asta's face.
"So how did you managed to separate the Megid from Stacy?" Sayo asked, becoming curious.
"I don't know really. I guess that Rekka just told me what I'm able to separate the human from the Megid." Asta responded, scratching the back of his head.
This cause Sayo to shake her head slightly before speaking again.
"We now need to be concerned with the Megid targeting other people." Sayo pointed out in a serious tone of voice.
"So it is very likely that the Megid will target the Clover Kingdom as usual. I wonder how the others will be able to handle this situation…." Asta thought, starting to become anxious before becoming worried at the fact that the others will unknowingly cut down the human vessel.
"You know, Saikou is also capable of separating humans from the Megid." Yuri suddenly said, causing both Asta and Sayo to stare at him.
"...What?" Asta asked in a blank tone of voice.
"Saikou possess the same ability that you just performed with Rekka..." Yuri explained before starting to become nervous at the expression that has appeared on Sayo's face.
"And why didn't you decided to indulge this information to us before hand or even used that ability during the battle?" Sayo asked in a deadly calm tone of voice.
"W-well...The first reason is because it gave Asta the opportunity to grow as a Magic Knight, learning how Mages will need to make hard decision. As for the second reason, I was about to perform the separation ability, but then Asta acted and performed the technique himself..." Yuri explained before trailing off, starting to become scared due to the aura that has started to surround Sayo.
"Yuri...come here." Sayo said as she began to approach the "wielder" of Saikou.
Instead, Yuri began to run in the opposite direction.
"..." Asta became silent as he watch Sayo starting to chase Yuri.
"Hehehe. Yuri sure likes to tease people." Tassel commented with a small smirk on his face as observe the scene happening through the pages of book.
"Hmmmm. Maybe I should reveal myself soon. it's been a whilst since me and Asta meet each other." Tassel thought, a small smile appearing on his face.
And here we go, the Megid Generals have started their next step whilst Asta became hesitate on the prospect that he may have to cut down a human in order to destroy a Megid before managing to find his resolve and awaken an ability within Rekka. Kris also showed a new Wonder-Ride, "Mischievous Fox" whilst Saikou himself revealed Saikou Shadow. So I hope you guys like how the previous Wizard Kings/Queen were mentioned during Yuri's motivational speech with Asta, along with inwardly question how Julius has been successful whilst the others have failed. A possible idea is that Lucius has been altering people's memories when they attempted to oppose him/Julius. This is supported by how the angel-like statues that serve Lucius were created from souls that attempted to thwart his plans.
Within the fist episode of Kamen Rider Gotchard:
1) A unknown male is running away whilst being in the possession of the Gotchard-Driver and the 101 Chemy Cards, but was stopped by the main villains of the series with leader commenting how the key to the door of darkness is completed, yet the unknown male responded that the Driver is the key to governing life and death, a key of hope. Using some of Chemy Cards when getting attacked, the unknown male managed to escape them into the Ouroboros Realm. The unknown male then requested (1)Hopper-1 and (9)Stream-Liner to find someone to aid him.
2) Within a family-owned restaurant, Houtarou Ichinose is creating a free-style bento box before remined by his mother about heading to school where he got scolded by his teacher, Mr Minato, about his career choice. As he rushed to class, Houtarou bumped into Kudoh who scolded him about school rules before being approached by Mr Minato who reminded her about handing her own career form, something which seems reluctant to do. After classes, Houtarou is approached by his friend, Kajiki, who informed him about appearances of a monster.
3) Whilst heading home, Houtarou spotted Kudoh and decided to follow her before witnessing her using a mysterious ability to extend an existing set of stairs and creating a doorway which she walked through. Houtarou examined the wall where the door use to be before noticing another door opening by itself. Entering it, Houtarou started to hear buzzing noises and a shadow...which ended up being (1)Hopper-1 who he decided to give his lunch to, causing the Chemy to like him. It was at that moment that Houtarou spotted Kudoh and quickly hid (1)Hopper-1 in his way, something that was noticed by Kudoh before she, Houtarou and everyone else notice (9)Steam-liner appearing and heading towards them.
4) Using her mysterious powers again, Kudoh attempted to stop the Chemy, but was unsuccessful just as Houtarou intervened and eventually getting kidnapped by (9)Steam-liner and taken to the Ouroboros Realm where he encounter the unknown male who gifted the Gotchard-Driver to him before encountering the three female villains where the unknown male was successful in holding them back to allow Houtarou to return where he and Kudoh witness the 101 Chemies appearing and starting to cause trouble. The two are then met with the three female villains where the one called Clotho requested to reclaim the Gotchard-Driver before encountering (9)Kamantis and fusing with it.
5) Understanding how the Gotchard-Driver works, Houtarou transforms into a cyan bug-like form before fully transforming into Kamen Rider Gotchard and fight the transformed Clotho, using the Gotcharge Gun side-arm, and managed to defeat her, freeing (9)Kamantis. Houtarou was suddenly approached by Kajiki who showed him and an image of (9)Steam-liner, which got erased along with Kajiki's memories, causing him to leave in confusion. Mr Minato suddenly appeared and revealed that he possess the same abilities as Kudoh.
And that's the first episode of Kamen Rider Gotchard with the series going back to a less experienced primary Rider than Geats. I noticed how the series brings more aspects from previous series into the show with the existence of another world/realm and a group possessing memory-alteration abilities. With the Ouroboros Realm, I think that the Ouroboros aspect follows the cycle of life and death, something that the unknown male stated when referring to the Gotchard-Driver.
Please review and until time.
FlameFireZero X:
1) I don't tend to watch Super Sentai, just reading some pieces of information, so I can't really. Sorry.
2) I enjoyed the first episode as it gives little pieces of information which will be expanded upon in the next episode.