Let's seperate the Megid
"Now, gather around, gather around!" Hadashi no Ousama exclaimed as he watch the broken pieces of houses starting to form into a new structure, along with altering the shape of the town.
"There you are!" A voice shouted, causing the crown-wearing Megid to groan before turning around towards the direction of the voice to see the six Magic Knights, plus guardian of Avalon, appearing.
"Go away, would you." Hadashi no Ousama said in a tired tone of voice.
"Don't talk to us in that tone of voice!" Noelle shouted in an angry tone of voice.
"Complain later, we have limited time." Tetsuo pointed out whilst taking out Sezume and Rintaro took out Nagare.
"Fine." Noelle grumbled slightly before taking out Argent-Couronne.
Jam with the Bayonet!
Unsheathe the currents!
Royal Ascending!
Three voices announced, cladding the three Sword of Logos Magic Knights in armor.
"Remember, try to prevent the Megid from leaving." Slash explained whilst getting into a battle stance, remembering how Joyeues and Mimosa said that Hadashi no Ousama simply ran away when he meet the two royal girls for the first time.
This caused both Blades, who is in his Lion King Daisenki form, and Joyeues, in her Valkyrie's Legacy form, to nod their heads.
"Urgh! If I'd need to eliminate you to stop you from becoming a nuisance, then so be it." Hadashi no Ousama commented in the same tired tone of voice before getting in a battle stance himself, yet the pieces of stone still continued to come together to form a new structure.
The three Kamen Riders and Megid stared at each other for a few seconds before charging towards each other.
"So that what Noelle's new armor looks like…..?" Mimosa thought as she look at Joyeues's Valkyrie's Legacy form before noticing something.
"Eh…..aren't you going to transform yourself, Mr Yuri?" Mimosa asked as she glance towards the "wielder" of Saikou.
"Hmm, I suppose I should. I was enjoying this book though.…" Yuri responded, saying the last part in a low tone of voice whilst placing the book away and taking out the Sieken Saikou-Driver and activate the transformation sequence.
Release the radiance!
Saikou: Chapter one!
The voice announced, causing a bright light to appear, making the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights to cover their eyes.
When the light died down, the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights became silent as they just saw Saikou floating in the air.
"…...Where's your armor?" David asked, raising an eye-brow in confusion.
"I don't wear one." Saikou responded, making the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights to glance at each other confusedly.
"What are you talking about? You were wearing black armor earlier." Letolle pointed out whilst pushing up her glasses.
"Well...!" Saikou began to say before suddenly shifting his attention onto the battle.
"I better join in." Saikou said before flying into battle.
"He'd just avoided the question." Letolle thought, gaining a tick-mark on her forehead.
With Saikou, he was heading towards Blades who was at this moment battered Hadashi no Ousama's staff away from him.
"Swordsman of water! Use my pow-" Saikou began to say but was cut off just as a Mana-Bullet struck him, knocking him to the sides which caught everyone's attention.
"Where did that attack come from?!" Mimosa said in a startled tone just as someone appeared.
"Would you please do not interfere." Storious commented before transforming into his monster form.
"Great. Not only do we have to deal with a Megid-possessed human, but a Megid General as well…." Slash thought, gaining a frown underneath his helmet as he drop out the fight with Hadashi no Ousama slightly.
"Let us deal with him." Mimosa said as she got her Grimoire out, along with Letolle and David.
"….." Slash became silent before turning his attention back onto the crown-wearing Megid.
"So, members of the Magic Knight squad lead by the traitorous captain wants to fight to fight me?" Storious questioned, causing the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights to flinch.
"Don't call Captain Vangeance that!" Mimosa said with an annoyed expression on her face.
She and the rest of the Golden Dawn have been told by William that he'd took part in the Eye Of The Midnight Sun's scheme of bringing back the elves.
"It is true though." Storious responded simply before creating two copies of himself.
This cause the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights to become tense, but Letolle has a calm expression on her face.
"If you are attempting confuse us by creating copies of yourself, then you're wasting your time." The Golden Dawn compass Mage said before her Grimoire opened.
"Compass Magic: Useless North." Letolle said before creating a compass needle which she shoot forwards, flying towards one of the three versions of Storious at random.
The targeted Storious swing his sword, cutting the compass needle in two.
"Does it really matter if you found the real me? It won't change the outcome." The real Storious questioned whilst pointing his sword at the three Golden Magic Knights just as the two other versions of himself dash forwards.
"Dice Magic: Gambler's Fallacy." David announced whilst throwing a dice, landing on a which cause a blast of Mana to be shoot towards the two incoming versions of Storious, making them halt slightly.
"Plant Magic: Magic Flower Cannon." Mimosa announced with an open Grimoire, creating a cannon which then fired a beam of Mana.
However, the two copies of the Megid General somehow managed to prevent themselves from getting destroyed, yet were pushed back.
"Hmph. I expected no less from Magic Knights from one of the high ranking squads. But I am curious as to why you two haven't tapped into the remnants of the elf Mana still within you?" The real Storious questioned, causing both Letolle and David to flitch slightly.
"Whilst it may give you an edge on this battle, it still won't give you victor." Storious said before charging forwards.
However, it was at that moment that someone got into the path of the Megid.
This caused Storious to stop abruptly before raising his sword to block the sword attack from Suzume.
"Oh? You decided to focus on me rather than Hadashi no Ousama? I thought that Megid would be the main priority." Storious questioned as he took a quick glance towards the battle between Joyeues, Blades, Saikou and Hadashi no Ousama.
"There's a matter I want to discuss with you, where is Captain Sophia?" Slash demanded as he push Storious back.
Flashback (start)
"We've managed to discover who kidnapped Captain Sophia. She was kidnapped by the Megid." Reika said to the gathered members of the Clover Branch of the Sword of Logos.
"What?!" Everyone said in a shock tone of voice.
"You're certain of this?" Ryo asked, making Reika nod her head in response.
"At least it wasn't another group of people such as the Diamond Kingdom or the Spade Kingdom." Tetsuo pointed out with a frown on his face whilst crossing his arms, remembering how the Diamond Kingdom somehow managed to spy on the Sword of Logos which then they used to create Krystal Seieres.
The reason as to why the wielder of Sezume didn't mentioned the Heart Kingdom is because is more peaceful than the other two.
"….." Donna became silent as she remembered how she was the last person to see Sophia, but was too focused on fighting Calibur.
"Why would they kidnap Captain Sophia-chan in the first place?" Rin asked, tilting her head to the side, becoming curious.
"Your captain…. Holds top-secret information that she what's to keep hidden. The Megid are likely attempting to extract this information from her." Reika responded, making Rin nod her head slowly….but there was a slight hint of suspicion on her face.
Flashback (End)
"So I ask again, where is Captain Sophia, Storious!" The swordsman of sounds said in a serious tone of voice.
"…..I have no idea what you're talking about." The Megid General responded after a few seconds of silence, causing Slash to widen his eyes underneath his helmet.
"What!?" Slash exclaimed, becoming stunned which Storious took advantage of by kicking the swordsman of sounds in the stomach, knocking back.
"I got you!" David said as grab Slash before he could hit the ground.
"But this is interesting, not only has the swordsman of flames has been exiled out of the Clover Kingdom, but the captain of the Clover branch has disappeared." Storious commented in an amused tone of voice.
"Did you just announced that your captain had gone missing…..right in front of the enemy?!" Letolle demanded in angry tone of voice.
"W-well. We were informed that Captain Sophia got captured by the Megid." Slash responded, becoming fearful under the gaze of the Golden Dawn compass Mage.
"It could be that one of the other two Megid Generals kidnapped your captain without letting the others know." Mimosa said, attempting to save the swordsman of sounds from Letolle's wrath.
"That could be….." Slash muttered, him sensing no change in the Megid General's heartbeat when he responded.
"You four do realize that you're in the middle of a fight?" Storious questioned before he and the other two copies swing their swords, releasing slashes of Mana.
"Compass Magic: Willfill Compass." Letolle announced quickly, creating three compasses which attempted to divert the path of Storious's attacks, but something they slightly corrected their paths.
Luckily, the Magic Knights quickly moved to avoid getting hit by the attacks.
"How did my spell didn't fully divert "his" attacks?!" Letolle thought in a shock tone of voice.
"Are you forgetting that this is one of the Megid Generals. I highly doubt that your spell can fully be effective against his attacks." Slash explained, him having a good idea on what Letolle is thinking due to her quickened heartbeat.
"They're approaching." David pointed out whilst getting a dice out as he saw the three versions of Storious approaching them.
"Is he actually going to fight one of the three strongest Megids with a dice?" Slash thought, sweat-dropping as he glanced at the dice in David's hands.
With the fight between the three other Kamen Riders and Hasashi no Ousama, the crown-wearing Megid doesn't seemed to be interesting in fighting, more focusing attempting to escaping.
"With our mobility, me and the swords-woman of steel can easily prevent this Megid from prevent escaping, but that just leaves Blades to fully do the attacking himself, even if he is in his currently most powerful form." Saikou thought with a "frown" on his face.
"Go away!" Hadashi no Ousama shouted before firing a Mana-Bullet from his jewel-topped staff at the incoming Blades.
However, the sword of light appeared in front of the swordsman of water and cut the Mana-Bullet.
"Thank you!" Blades called as he continued his change towards Hadashi no Ousama and swing Nagare in a spinning motion.
The crown-wearing Megid somehow managed to block the sword attacks themselves by using his staff, but he took a few steps back due to the impact of the attacks on his staff. The swordsman of water then kicked Hadashi no Ousama in the stomach, causing him to stumble back even more.
"It would be best if we get this Megid into a position that would make things more easier for us to separate him from Michael." Blades thought before beginning to perform a stronger sword attack whilst dashing forwards.
"S…..save…..me…." A voice suddenly spoke in a quiet tone of voice, causing the swordsman of water to abruptly stop his planned attack whilst being a few steps away the crown-wearing Megid.
"Where did that voice came fr-!" Blades began to question but was cut off when Hadashi no Ousama fired a Mana-Bullet at him, causing the swordsman of water to stagger backwards.
"Blades! Why did you stop your attack?" Joyeues questioned whilst taking quick glances just in case Hadashi no Ousama attempted to flee.
"I thought that….I heard a voice….." Blades responded as he slowly recover from the Mana-Bullet.
"What?!" The swords-woman of steel said as she widen her eyes underneath her helmet whilst glancing towards the crown-wearing Megid who seemed to be in slight discomfit.
"It must be the human vessel, he seems desperate to escape." Saikou commented as he hover next to the other two Kamen Riders.
"We're slowly loosing time here." Joyeues thought, starting to sound slightly frustrated as she felt the crown-wearing Megid's Mana raising.
It was at that moment that Hadashi no Ousama began to flee in the opposite direction.
"No you don't!" Joyeues exclaimed before dashing towards the crown-wearing Megid and got in front of him.
The suddenly appearance of the swords-woman of steel caused Hadashi no Ousama to jump slightly in surprise.
"Sorry about this, but we're running on limited time." Joyeues thought before beginning to attack the crown-wearing Megid.
Hadashi no Ousama had a hard time blocking Argent-Courrone at the speed that the sword attacks are going at.
Finally, Hadashi no Ousama somehow managed to create some space between him and the swords-woman of steel.
However, Saikou took the opportunity to attack, delivering a diagonal slash at Hadashi bo Ousama's back.
"Hmph. You have to remember that you are facing against multiple opponents." Saikou commented in a slight amused tone of voice just as Hadashi no Ousama spun around.
This cause the crown-wearing to growl in anger before suddenly moving his free hand.
"What?!" The sword of light in a surprise tone of voice before beginning moving.
However, it began to move at the wrong time, causing Hadashi no Ousama to successfully grab him.
"Huh." Joyeues and Blades said in a blank tone of voice as the crown-wearing Megid examined it's newly gained sword.
"Let go off me this instant, Megid." Saikou said before "pressing" the button on the side of the sword of light.
Who is this?
Saikou: Chapter 2
The shadow born from the light: Shadow!
The voice announced, causing Saikou to produce a bright light and Saikou Shadow emerged from Hadashi no Ousama's shadow.
"Hm?" Hadashi no Ousama said as he slowly turned around to face the newcomer.
Saikou Shadow kicked the crown-wearing Megid into his stomach, causing him to drop Saikou which was caught by the shadow warrior.
"That's better." Saikou commented just as his Grimoire appeared and opened onto a page.
"Light Magic: Sacred Sword's Arcs Of Light." Saikou announced before letting Saikou Shadow swing him, releasing arcs of light Mana which struck Hadashi no Ousama at point-blank range, causing him to stumble back.
"….EH?!" Joyeues and Blades exclaimed in shock.
"W-what this?!" Joyeues said as she point a finger at Saikou Shadow.
"A second form of fighting I can use, summoning a shadow warrior to wield me." Saikou explained in a calm tone of voice.
"So that's basically Saikou's armor." Blades muttered, tilting his head to the side slightly before noticing that Hadashi no Ousama has recovered from Saikou's attack.
Hadashi no Ousama the waved his staff, causing an energy construct in the shape of a crown to appear around Joyeues, Saikou and Saikou Shadow.
"Get out you…...three…...?" Blades exclaimed, sounding urgent at first before becoming confused as to the fact that there are technically only two people.
Joyeues flew into the air whilst Saikou Shadow basically threw the sword of light out of the crown-shaped construct just as an explosion occurred.
"Gah!" Hadashi no Ousama exclaimed in pain just as the tip of Saikou nicked him at high speed, causing pain to quickly spread throughout his body.
With Saikou, the sword of light got caught by Saikou Shadow which appeared from the sword's shadow.
"Er….You do remember that we're trying to cause the less amount of pain until we separate Michael from the Megid…." Blades pointed out in a sheepish tone of voice.
"You can't be picky when fighting. The swords-woman of steel seemed to have the right idea." Saikou explained, causing the swordsman of water to turn his attention towards the crown-wearing Megid just in time to see Joyeues delivering a strong vertical sword attack as she descended from the air.
"….." Blades didn't say anything but instead sweat-drop before shaking his head slightly.
"Never mind that! Now is the perfect opportunity to infuse the sword of light's power into Nagare." Blades said whilst presenting the sword of currents in front of Saikou. "Right." Saikou said before making his Grimoire reappear.
"Light Magic: Sacred Sword's Blessing." Saikou announced, making the blade start to glow where the light started to transfer over to Nagare.
"Whoa! I can feel power flowing through Nagare…." Blades thought in a tone of awe.
"Hm? What's happening over there?" Joyeues questioned in her head as she glance over her shoulder and saw the transferring happening.
However, she wasn't the only one who noticed this.
"I won't let you!" Storious shouted, he having a good idea on what the "two" Holy Sword wielders are doing and mentally ordering one of his copies to attack Blades, Saikou and Saikou Shadow whilst he continue to fight Slash.
However, a compass suddenly appeared in front of the copy's path.
"It's more like we won't let you." Letolle commented with a smirk on her face just as David threw a dice at the compass which redirected the attack towards the copy, causing it to stagger back.
This cause the real Storious to growl slightly before ducking under a sword attack from Sezume.
Back with Blades, Saikou and Saikou Shadow, the sword of light's blade stopped glowing.
"All you need to do now is use your own Mana to strengthen Saikou's blessing." Saikou explained, making Blades nod his head in response before turning his attention towards Joyeues and Hadashi no Ousama with a glowing blade of Nagare.
"Joyeues! Get out of the way!" The swordsman of water called whilst getting into a running stance whilst his Mana flow through Nagare.
The swords-woman of steel saw what Blades is doing and began to move to the side whilst making sure that Hadashi no Ousama remained within Blades's path.
"Eh?" The crown-wearing Megid said, becoming confuse at Joyeues's retreat before noticing Blades lunging towards him, the glowing blade of Nagare at the ready.
"No, no no no no!" The crown-wearing Megid exclaimed in a panicking tone of voice whilst shaking his head in a quick manner.
However, this didn't hinder Blades in any way as the swordsman of water continued his charge towards the crown-wearing Megid until striking him in the stomach.
The impact caused a large Alter-Ride book to burst out of Hadashi no Ousama which then morphed into Michael.
"Yes! He's safe! Mimosa exclaimed in a relieved in a relieved tone of voice within her head.
With the crown-wearing Megid, he fell onto the ground as he felt a large amount of Mama suddenly leaving his body.
"N-no….." Hadashi no Ousama said in a weak tone of voice as he reached a hand towards Michael, seemingly in attempt to reclaim his lost power.
However, a shadow draped over the unconscious form of Michael, moving him away from the crown-wearing Megid's reach.
"He can wield shadow magic as well!?" Blades and Joyeues exclaimed in their heads at the same time, they having heard Saikou announcing his spell.
"A-anyway. Let's defeat this Megid." Blades said as he remove "King Lion Daisenki" from his Seiken Sword-Driver and placed it within the mouth of King Lion Booster, having opening it first.
"Right." Joyeues said before closing the cover of "Valkyrie's Legacy".
Splash Reading!
Valkyrie's Charging!
Two voices announced before a huge concentration of water started to surround the King Lion Booster as well as Argent-Courrone whilst a standby sound started to play.
Blades pressed the button on the handle piece of the King Lion Booster whilst Joyeues pressed the button on her belt buckle, making "Valkyrie's Legacy" to spring open.
Lionic Full Burst!
Valkyrie Victory Charge!
The two voices announced just as Blades punched the air, making a water-shaped lion's head fly towards Hadashi no Ousama which is then joined by a wave of water originating from Argent-Courrone.
The crown-wearing Megid could only stare at the incoming finishing attack before getting consumed by them.
"Whoa….." Saikou muttered in an awe tone of voice.
"Yes! They did it!" Mimosa said in a relieved tone of voice just as she and the other three saw Hdashi no Ousama getting defeated whilst Storious sighed in frustration.
"No matter. There are others to take it's place." The Megid General commented before disappearing.
"Hey!" Slash called, but it fell on deaf ears.
"Darn." The swordsman of sound thought in an annoyed tone of voice just as the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights began to meet up with the other three Holy Sword wielders.
"Well done you three." Letolle said with a small smile on her face as she glanced down at the still unconscious form of Michael.
"Yes, but these new types of Megid will be difficult to fight against…." Blades said with a small frown underneath his helmet.
"Should we take Micheal back to headquarters to check if he's isn't suffering from any side effects of being fused with a Megid?" Joyeues asked, glancing towards Slash.
"Hmmm. I suppose so…..?" Slash responded before noticing that Saikou Shadow is laying the blade of Saikou against Michael who is covered in a soft light.
"What are you doing?" Mimosa asked, becoming worried.
"I'm healing him. It is very likely that he'd suffered from injuries during the fight." Saikou explained just as Saikou Shadow tilt the sword of light slightly so that he can see the Magic Knights.
"I see….." Mimosa said before giving Blades and Joyues a "look".
"Saikou was attacking him as well!" The swordsman of water and the swords-woman of steel thought at the same time, knowing why the Golden Dawn plant Mage is giving them a look.
"So did you manage to get information from Storious about Captain Sophia's whereabouts?" Blades asked, turning his attention towards Slash.
"I did, but Storious didn't knew that Captain Sophia went missing in the first place." The swordsman of sounds responded, making both Blades and Joyeues to become surprise.
"Really?" Blades asked, making Slash nod his head in response.
"So we basically told the enemy that our captain is now missing." Joyeues said, gaining a frown on her face.
"That what I said." Letolle said whilst pushing her up her glasses.
"…..Is the information that Miss Shinda told was fake or something?" Blades asked, becoming unsure.
"I don't see why she would give us false information though…." Slash said, gaining a frown underneath his helmet.
"Its simply, the Sword of Logos has started to branch further away from its original purpose." Saikou responded just as Saikou Shadow stood up, causing everyone to become shock.
"W-what did you just said?!" Joyeues said, starting at the sword of light.
"When you look from the sidelines, you have a clear view of the path that the Sword of Logos is taking over the years, and the one that the Sword of Logos is currently on is the one that it shouldn't be taking." Saikou explained, causing everyone to glance at each other, becoming confuse.
"Anyway! Time to head back now that the threat is dealt with. You should be able to transfer the power that I gifted to Nagare to other the Holy Sword." The sword of light said just as his Grimoire appeared.
"I'm afraid we can't let you leave." Slash said as he point Suzume at Saikou.
"Eh?" Saikou and the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights said in a confused tone of voice.
"From having been missing for 2000 years, the Sword of Logos are keen on reclaiming the other original sword….along with you further explaining what you meant about the Sword of Logos "taking a different path" than it should." Slash explained whilst the other two Sword of Logos Magic Knights got their swords at the ready.
"I have to decline." Saikou responded simply.
"You don't have a choice in the matter." Slash responded back before lunging at the sword of light and the shadow knight.
"Shadow Magic: Sacred Swords Shadow Travel." Saikou announced, causing Saikou Shadow to transform into a mass of shadow, causing Slash to stumble through it.
"Huh?!" Blades and Joyeues said in a surprise tone of voice just as the mass of shadow quickly made it's escape.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds before Mimosa spoke.
"So Saikou is a wanted sword now." The Golden Dawn plant Mage stated, causing David to snort slightly, understanding what Mimosa is getting at.
"Yes, it would seem so." Blades responded in a simple tone of voice.
"So….What should we do about the mess that the Megid caused?" Letolle asked, referring to the structure that whilst has stopped building by itself when the crown-wearing Megid was defeated, it didn't disappeared.
"…..Get a Magic Knight with an earth attribute." David responded with a thoughtful expression on his face.
And there we have it, the Sword of Logos Magic Knights, plus Saikou, managing to defeat Hadashi no Ousama whilst the Golden Dawn Magic Knights dealt with Storious. Slash attempted to gain information from Storious about Sophia, but didn't got what he wanted. Yuri "warned" the Sword of Logos Magic Knights that the squad is branching away from its original goal.
In Gotchard:
1) (5)Venomdrake is seen getting absorb into a human with a serial killer-like personality and use its poison to force people to laugh with this being watched by the three Dark Sisters. Houtarou is introduced to other students of Alchemy Academy, Rengo Icho and Sabimura Tsuruhara, before Minato explained to the students about collecting the remaining Chemies. Whilst capturing (4)Pilets, Rin questioned Houtarou's personaility before heading in a direction, being watched by a man who transformed transformed into the Submarine Malgam.
2) Meanwhile, Houtarou requested to be friends with (8)AppareBushido, but was silently rejected before getting dragged by (1)Hopper-1 to where Poisonous Mushroom Malgam has appeared and fought it, but was easily defeated and past out. Houtarou awoke back at Alchemy Academy where Minato explained how Alechemist used the powers of the Chemies in the past, such as using (5)Venomdrake's powers to create medicine.
3) Houtarou entered a Dojo to earn (8)AppareBushido's approval whilst learning more about the Gotchard-Driver before getting approached by Spanner who demanded that the Gotchard-Driver is handed over. Houtarou managed to held his ground, gaining the approval of (8)AppareBushido and Spanner left, commenting how Houtarou's dream of humans and Chemies co-existing is a joke.
4) Rin located Poisonous Mushroom Malgam is and began to fight it, using the new (4)Pilets Chemy Card she gained, with Minato's aid before Houtarou appeared and transform in Gotchard's AppareShebow form, easily overpowering the Malgam with Gotchard Tornado. Submarine Malgam suddenly appeared with the aim of kidnapping Rin, but was approached by Spanner who transformed into Valvarad who then began to fight him.
And there we have it, the apperance of the Ride-like rival of Gotchard, Valvarad, who simply sees Chemies as tools to use, similar to Thouser and his views of Human-Gears. So the device that the Alchemist Academy use to capture the escape Chemies is called the Chemy Riser...I think the DGP will want to file a complaint. I know that this is the very start of the series, but the three Dark Sisters haven't done very much, we know that their main aim is to steal the Gotchard-Driver to open the door of darkness, but they haven't really made any major moves as of right now, they even don't seem too focus on the Chemies, simply observing them getting consume by human malice.
Two more of the Chemy Card types have been revealed, Occult and Ancient. Whilst I can see the Ancient type Chemies being based on dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, I'm not sure about the Occult type since (10)X-Wizard is a part of the job type Chemies. Something I find confusing is the number of Chemies, 101. I would have imagine that there would equal number of Chemies which can be paired together to form one of Gotchard's many forms. It could be that Houtarou creates his own Chemy in the future, thus making an equal pairing. Although the number of 101 is often used in introductory courses.
Please review and until next time.
Itspowertime: Yes, I only briefly mentioned about the Clover branch being punished, through Damnatio, but didn't really expand upon it. However, the scene you wrote looks cool.
TheOkWriter: I did wrote in a previous update about a Magic Item being created for Asta to gain access to the other Holy Sword outside of the 11 used in the creation of Houken whilst as Xross Saber. It could be that someone travel around and collect fragments of the the Holy Sword's Mana which is then stored within the Magic Item which is then gifted to Asta.
howard576:
1) I can't just ignore everyone else just because Asta is no longer in the Clover Kingdom and I suppose that it would have add more suspense if they didn't know about the new types of Megids until the very last minute when they performed a final attack but got blocked.
2) I can see Houtarou communicating with the Chemies having an importance in the future since he needed (8)AppareBushido's approval to access Gotchard's AppareShebow form. I suppose it would makes sense that Houtarou would use the number ten cards together to gain a new form, which I can see having more weight to it and Houtarou acquiring an item to access future power-up forms sounds suitable due to the shape of the Gotchard-Driver.