Shift the sands, Kamen Rider Shamshir
"So this is were the kidnapping usually happens?" Asta asked as he and Bahadur, plus Blanc lay on a top of a building whilst Yuri, now "transformed" into Saikou and have summoned Saikou Shadow, and Sayo are hidden within the shadows.
All five of them waiting until the kidnapper appears.
"Roughly, this is one of the few places that overlap with each other, we have to act fast in case the kidnapper decided to act in one of the other places." Bahadur explained as he glanced at the desert-dressed girls that are mingling around the squad, which in reality are solidified illusions created through Sayo's magic.
"Rig-Hm!?" Asta began to respond but stop when he saw that his elder cousin is laying on his back and having his eyes closed.
"A-are you preparing to fall asleep?!" Asta asked in a shock tone of voice whilst Blanc has a stunned expression on her face, the white-feather bird feeling better now being embraced by the cool desert night.
"What? I don't see the need to become all tense until the enemy shows up. It makes it easy to think flexibly during a situation." Bahadur explained whilst opening an eye slightly and turned his head to the side slightly to look at the ash-white hair teen.
"O…...kay…." Asta said in an unsure tone of voice before returning his attention onto the square.
"…" Silence filled the air for a few seconds until the ash-white hair teen spoke.
"Did…..did you knew that I existed before we met today?" Asta asked, causing Bahadur to raise an eye-brow slightly.
"I was aware that you were Aunt Richita's child. I actually saw you when you were a few months old. My mum and dad basically dragged me to visit Aunt Richita when they heard that she had a child." Bahadur explained, making Asta nod his head slightly.
"How well did you knew my mum?" Asta asked, becoming curious.
"I've met Aunt Richita a few times, but I wouldn't say that we had a close bond. I think that I met her through Grandma and your Grandfather, the two of them being a team back in their days of being a Magic Knight." Bahadur explained, making the ash-white hair teen nod his head slightly.
"So where did you ended up eleven years ago? I was told that you died during that battle and your body was never recovered?" Bahadur asked, becoming curious this time.
"I don't fully have the details, but mum may have requested Brave Dragon to get me out of the battle zone, although I'm not sure if she intended for me to end up in the Clover Kingdom with all of my first five years of my memories vanished." Asta responded, making Bahadur hum slightly.
"So what sort of life did you led in the Clover Kingdom, did you managed to get adopted into a noble family due to the quantity of Mana that you possess?" Bahadur guessed, making Asta shake his head.
"I ended up appearing in a village called Hage which is located in the Forsaken Realm of the Clover Kingdom and because of this, everyone believed that I'm a peasant who was lucky enough to be born with a large amount of Mana. I basically been treated the same way as the rest of Hage village by the noble family that lived close by." Asta explained and Bahadur made a "Tch" sound.
"I'd heard from Grandma that the upper-class people are fussy over the Mana and magic, but I didn't know that they value status even more." Bahadur commented in an annoyed tone of voice.
"Not all the upper-class people are the stuffy-type. I'd made some friends amongst them, even a few from the royal families." Asta said, making Bahadur surprise.
"You'd managed to make friends from royalty?!" Bahadur asked in a shock tone of voice, making Asta nod his head.
"Yeah, one of them even managed to join the Clover branch of the Sword of Logos along with managing to wield a Holy Sword." Asta explained, although a flicker of sadness appeared in the ash-white hair teen's eye when an image of Noelle appeared in his head.
"Really? Which one?" Bahadur asked, becoming curious again.
"She actually created her own Holy Sword, Argent-Couronne, the sword of steel, allowing her to transform into a Kamen Rider Joyeues." Asta responded, making Bahadur widen his eyes.
"Did she created the sword through her own magic?" Bahadur asked, thinking of the same method that a person goes through to gain new spells.
"We aren't sure how Argent-Couronne came into existence, we only know that it was stored within her Grimoire." Asta said, causing Bahadur to nod his head slightly before a thought appeared in his head.
"Has there been any new Holy Swords been created in the current era?" Bahadur asked, making Asta nod his head.
"The one that I'm aware of at the moment is called Kristal Seiers, the sword of crystals, letting the wielder to transform into Kamen Rider Leavetienn, but it is in the possession of the Diamond Kingdom, they're the ones that created Kristal Seieres by spying on the Clover Branch." Asta explained, causing a frown to appear on Bahadur's face.
"I've heard from Gran about the Clover Kingdom's rivalry with the Diamond Kingdom, but I wouldn't thought that they would spy on the Sword of Logos, you usually tend to focus on the threat of the Megid." Bahadur commented, making Asta nod his head slightly.
"At least the Sword of Log-" The ash-white hair teen began to say but stop when Bahadur suddenly sat up.
"What's wrong?" Asta asked, becoming tense
"I can see someone in the shadows…." Bahadur responded in low tone of voice as he spotted movement in a shadow-covered alleyway.
"It looks like our kidnapper has appeared." Bahadur commented as the dark skin man got next to Asta and the two of them, along with Saikou and Sayo, saw the shadow-covered person peeking out of the alleyway and staring at the illusion created people.
"Don't do anything. We need him to "capture" the illusions so that we can follow him to where the other people are kidnapped." Bahadur explained, making the ash-white hair teen nod his head in response.
The five of them watched as the shadow-covered continued to stare at the illusion-created girls for a few seconds before bursting out the shadows, creating vines around his arms and when he, the once shadow-covered person revealing to be male, sped past the illusion-created girls, the vines caught them and continued to move in a straight line.
"Come on! And try not to make yourself known." Bahadur said in quick tone of voice as he got onto his feet and began too ran after the kidnapper.
"Right!" Asta responded as he began to follow Bahadur, with Blanc gripping the inside of the ash-white hair teen's hood tightly.
Asta glanced to the side and saw that Sayo has taken to the roofs as well whilst below them Saikou is moving close to the ground with Saikou Shadow hiding within the sword of light's shadow.
After a while of following, the four of them found the kidnapper stopping at a series of sand dunes which are located some distance away from the town of Duran.
"Why has the kidnapper has taken those he kidnapped here?" Asta thought in a confused tone of voice as he and the other "three" hid behind some rocks and watched as the kidnapper approached another set rocks and tapped on one a few times.
After a few seconds of nothing happening, a section of sand shifted, revealing a series of steps which the kidnapper began to walk down, the opening being big enough for him and the illusion-created girls to walk down with ease.
Once the kidnapper and the illusion-created girls have disappeared underneath the sands, the trapdoor closed.
"Should we…" Asta began to say whist beginning to step in front of the rocks, but was stop by Sayo.
"Not yet. Wait for a few more seconds." The wielder of Shinkiro responded, making the wielder of Rekka nod his head and stopped.
After a few seconds, the "three" of them made their way towards the trap door.
"Now then….which one was it….?" Bahadur muttered as he examined the rocks, attempting to figure out which one the kidnapper tapped.
After a few seconds, Bahadur's hand touched a rock which imitated a slight hum of Mana.
"Heh. I think this it." The dark skin man commented before tapping the rock a few times, causing the secret trapdoor to open…..where one of Asta's feet was standing on.
"Geh!" The ash-white hair teen said in a startled tone of voice whilst on the verge of loosing his balance.
Luckily, Sayo caught Asta before he could fall.
"You okay?" Sayo asked, making Asta nod his head in response.
"We better make haste. We don't know what he's doing down there." Saikou commented just as Saikou Shadow tilted the sword of light so that he could see the down the steps.
"I still find that very strange…." Bahadur muttered in an unsure town of voice at the fact that Yuri has merged into the sword of light rather than donning armor.
"Come on. Lets get going." Sayo said as she took out the Illusional Sword-Driver out of her Grimoire and strapped it to her waist whilst Asta did the same with his Seiken Sword-Driver.
Bahadur's hand twitched over his Grimoire before deciding to save it for later.
The "three" of them began to descended the steps before getting consumed by darkness, causing Asta to activate his magic, but only producing a small flame so that the kidnapper won't notice that he's being followed.
After a period of walking down the steps, which could be a few minutes or an eternality, the "three" of them reached the bottom of the steps and began to walk across a passageway.
"This kind of remind me of my first Dungeon-searching mission." Asta commented in a low tone of voice.
"In what way?" Bahadur asked, becoming curious whilst having a hand on the wall just in case the passageway splits into multiple passageways.
"Me and the others walked down a dark-covered passageway and I was using my magic to light the way until I got knocked over by one of my f...friends." Asta said, stuttering at the last part.
This caused Bahadur to nod his head slightly, along with becoming confused at the stutter, while Sayo gained a sad expression on her face, knowing why Asta stuttered.
"Please tell me that didn't set anyone on fire when you got knocked over." Bahadur commented with a smirk on his face.
This resulted in Asta snorting slightly.
"Nope. I didn't set anyone on fire." Asta responded, making Bahadur nod his head.
"…...I think there's an opening up ahead." Saikou commented as he saw a light up ahead.
"Be prepare everyone. We don't what we're going to witness." Sayo commented, making Asta and Bahadur to nod their heads.
When the "three" entered the room, their eyes, although it was a bit difficult for Saikou, widen at what they saw.
The room that they have entered is a large circular shape which dips down in the centre. Along the walls of the room are cages where people are present, some of them being alive whilst others look dead-like.
However, the most eye-catching feature of the room is that set in the centre of the room is a machine which includes a chair that has cuffs on the arm rests, that have circular pieces set into them, and metal wires which are connected to a cage of some sorts with the most attention-feature is what is in the liquid-filled tank.
"That's a Megid!" Asta said in a shock/low tone of voice as he and the others stared a humanoid-looking Megid which is headless and have shoulder-pads in the shape of horse heads.
There is also a cloak flowing from the Megid's back.
"What is he planning on doing with that Megid?" Saikou questioned whilst having a "raised" eye-brow as he and the observed the Megid, from behind some crates.
"This is bad…" Sayo said in serious tone of voice.
"Hm? What's wrong?" Bahadur asked, becoming confused.
"You see how the book-like symbol is open." Sayo pointed out, making Bahadur nod his head.
"Yes….although from what I've been told, the book-like symbol is closed." Bahadur commented, remembering what he'd been told from Shan.
"Well, those Megids are created through a different method. This type of Megid is created by infusing a book into a human, thus using their life-force and Mana to create the Alter-Ride book along with making the newly created Megid stronger." Sayo explained, making Bahadur widen his eyes.
"Is there way to separate the human from the Megid?" Bahadur asked, becoming serious.
"Currently at our disposal, Rekka has the ability to separate a human from a Megid." Sayo responded, making the dark skin man turn his attention towards Asta who nodded his head.
"Thank goodness that you were chosen to wield the sword of flames." Bahadur commented, a small smile to appear on his face.
"There's no time to dawdle. It's time to act." Saikou pointed out, making the other three to nod their heads.
With the kidnapper, he's currently opening one of the cages…..or at least trying to.
"Tch. Why did I stole second-rate cages?" The kidnapper muttered in annoyed tone of voice as he fiddle with the lock for a few more seconds until it clicked opened.
"Good. Now to put this girls into here and take some out…." The kidnapper muttered as he glanced towards the other captured people in the cage, causing them to back away in fear, at least the ones that are more alive.
"Now then, whose fir-?!" The kidnapper began to say whilst turning his attention towards his newly captured victims…...but found that they have disappeared.
"Huh? What?" The kidnapper said in a confused tone of voice as he glanced around.
"How can they just disappeared?! My vine produces an aroma which causes those trapped to fall unconscious, for at least an hour." The kidnapper thought as he closed the "door" to the cage.
"Looking for your latest victims?" A voice suddenly asked, causing the kidnapper to jump slightly before turning his attention towards the source to see Sayo, the one who spoke, and the others appearing from behind the crates.
"W-what did you do?" The kidnapper asked, attempting to regain his posture.
"Those victims of yours, they were simply illusions that I created, along with being able to make them solid." Sayo explained with a smirk on her face.
This caused the kidnapper to make a "Tch" sound.
"I only heard that the mayor only recruited one person, where did you managed to get extra help?" The kidnapper asked as he glanced towards Bahadur, him knowing who the mayor of Duran recruited.
"Lets just say that extra help came during the last minute." Bahadur responded with a smirk on his face.
"How did you managed to capture that Megid?" Saikou asked, making Saikou Shadow turn him to the side to glance at the headless Megid.
"I simply saw it roaming the desert a few days back and decided to capture it, planning on using her to perform raids on any towns and villages that I came across." The kidnapper explained whilst becoming slightly confused at the fact that Saikou's voice came from the sword rather than the person wielding it.
"And what about the captured people?" Asta asked, glancing around at the cages.
"I'm capturing these people so that I can absorb their Mana into this Megid, making her more stronger." The kidnapper responded with a smirk on her face.
"You're a monster." Sayo stated with an angry expression on her face.
"It doesn't matter what you call me. It is far too soon, but I might as well give it a test drive and see her power that I've absorbed into her." The kidnapper commented as he approach a switch and pull it down.
Everyone watched as the liquid disappeared from the tube before the front piece opened.
However, the headless Megid remained motionless.
"….." remained silent yet becoming tense as they wait for any movement from the headless Megid.
"Asta! This is the perfect opportunity to separate the human from the Megid!" Saikou called, causing the ash-white hair teen to suddenly dash towards the headless Megid.
"I won't let!" The kidnapper shouted as vines appeared around his arm and began to launch them towards Asta.
However, before he could attack Asta with the vines and the ash-white hair teen could draw Rekka, Mana came bursting out of the headless Megid, causing everyone to shudder slightly whilst Asta was sent flying.
"Asta!" Sayo shouted in an alarmed tone of voice as she and the others watched the ash-white hair teen smashed into a wall.
Ghostly Headless Horseman
A voice announced just as the Ghostly Headless Horseman began to move.
"Hahahaha! If you got flying back, I wonder how powerful she gets when actually fighting." The kidnapper commented with a smirk on his face.
"Asta! Bahadur! You two deal with the Megid whilst we deal with the kidnapper." Saikou said just as his Grimoire appeared.
"Light Magic: Sacred Sword's Vanishing Light." Saikou announced, making Asta, Bahadur and Ghostly Headless Horseman to disappear in a flash of light.
"Why did you do that? Don't you want to witness the Megid slicing the guts out of those two?" The kidnapper asked with an evil smile on his face.
"You have a screw loose…." Sayo muttered as she took out a white-boarded Wonder-Ride book that has images of foxes, some of them possessing nine tails swarming around the title of "Kitsune Tales" before opening the cover.
"These tales will mark the appearance of the mythological foxes that have gained divinity."
The Wonder-Ride book announced before Sayo closed the cover of "Kitsune Tales" and placed it into one of the slots.
"A new Wonder-Ride book?" Saikou thought just as Sayo unsheathe Shinkiro.
Unsheathe the illusions!
Volume one!
Kitsune Tales
When Shinkiro, the sword of mirages, and the spiritual foxes meet, a tricky knight is blessed with divinity to devastate evil.
The voice announced just as multiple nine-tail foxes burst out of the larger version of "Kitsune Tales" before merging with Sayo, donning armor where the left side is covered in white armor that includes a claw-shaped gauntlet, a shoulder-guard in the shape of a fox's head and a trench-coat piece which is stylized to resemble nine fox tails.
"Now, prepare yourself." Kris said as she point Shinkiro at the kidnapper.
"I'm not afraid of you two." The kidnapper said just as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn.
"Plant Magic: Needle Blasts." The kidnapper announced, causing a cactus-like plant to appear beside him which started to fire needles at the two Holy Sword wielders.
"Shadow Magic: Sacred Sword's Shadow Shield." Saikou announced quickly whilst stabbing the sword of light into the Kris's shadow, causing her shadow to morph and formed a shield in front of them, blocking the attack.
"Use your own shadow next time." Kris commented as she jumped over the shadow-created shield and dash towards the kidnapper."
"If we continue the battle here, the captured people will get in the crossfire." The sword-woman of mirages thought just as the pages of her Grimoire opened.
"Mirage Magic+Mana-Zone: Illusional Fox's Domain." Kris announced just as she landed on the ground, causing dark purple mist to rapidly spread across the space, covering everyone's vision.
After a few seconds, the mist disappeared, allowing everyone to see again, but in a different location.
"W-where are we?!" The kidnapper demanded as he glanced around, him, Kris and Saikou, plus Saikou Shadow now in an eastern temple-like setting with fox statues set about the place.
"The spell that I just used creates an artificial space, pretty usual for different purposes." Kris explained, a smirk appearing underneath her helmet.
"And everything's solid." Saikou mused as he made Saikou Shadow tap on one of the fox statues, seeing how solid it is.
"I guess that I just have to defeat you to escape this space." The kidnapper said before making the cactus-like plant to fire needles again.
However, one of the fox statues suddenly moved, getting in front of the swords-woman of mirages and took the attack instead, causing it turn into rubble.
"W-what?!" The kidnapper exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he stared at the destroyed statue.
"Since this is my spell, I have complete control over this space." The voice of Kris spoke, causing the kidnapper to turn around and saw that the swords-woman of mirages has appeared behind him and began to swing Shinkiro downwards.
"Plant Magic: Cactus Blade." The kidnapper announced and a cactus-themed dagger to appear in his hand which he then used to block Shinkiro.
The kidnapper then push, attempting to make Kris stumble backwards.
However, the swords-woman of mirages quickly regained her balance and the claws on her left gauntlet began to glow.
"Huh?" The kidnapper said in a confused tone of voice as he stare at the glowing claws just as Kris began to raise her hand before swiping them downwards.
"Gah!" The kidnapper exclaimed as he dived to the side, avoiding the slashes of Mana that came out of the claws.
As the kidnapper got back onto his feet, a presence was immediately felt.
"Don't forget about me." Saikou said just as Saikou Shadow thrust the sword of light forwards.
The kidnapper tilted his cactus-themed dagger so that its flat and when the tip of Saikou's blade struck it, the sword of light it sank through the cactus-themed dagger.
"Huh!" Saikou said in a surprised tone of voice.
"Heh. Didn't think my dagger can do that?" The kidnapper questioned just as vines started to sprout out of the cactus-themed dagger and started to spread across the sword of light's blade.
"Even though I won't be effected whilst I'm fused with the sword of light if those vines have the same effect that cause those solidified illusions to fall unconscious, but the vines themselves will be a problem." Saikou thought as he saw that vines are moving quickly.
However, Saikou's Grimoire appeared and the pages began to turn.
"W-where did that Grimoire came from?!" The kidnapper asked, becoming shock at Saikou's Grimoire's sudden appearance.
"Shadow Magic: Sacred Sword's Shadow Travel." Saikou announced, causing him and Saikou Shadow to turn into a mass of shadow and moved back.
"W-what the-!?" The kidnapper said as he witness his opponent(s) turning into a shadowy mass with widened eyes.
Before he could do anything else, Kris appeared beside the kidnapper and thrust a leg into his side, sending him crashing onto the ground.
"Ghe." The kidnapper grunted as he got onto his knees.
"You should give up. We have more important matters to attend to." Kris said as she point Shinkiro at the kidnapper just as Saikou and Saikou Shadow returned to their normal mass and stood beside the swords-woman of mirages.
"Give…..up….? Do you think I'm dumb enough to give up so easily?!" The kidnapper demanded just as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn before stopping.
"Plant Magic: Cactus Army." The kidnapper announced and vines started to spread out of him.
This caused Kris and Saikou Shadow to back away.
Luckily, the vines didn't seemed to be chasing after them, but instead cactus soon started to grow from the spreading vines.
Soon enough, the "two" Holy Sword wielders are faced with an army of walking cactus men.
"…..Okay. This isn't something I was expecting….." Saikou commented in a blank tone of voice, making Kris nod her head in agreement.
"Now, get them." The kidnapper ordered, causing the cactus men to start approaching the "two" Holy Sword wielders, menacing expressions on their faces.
"Ofh" Bahadur grunted as he landed onto the sand.
"Huh? Did Saikou teleported us outside?" Bahadur thought as he glanced around and saw that he, Asta and Ghostly Headless Horseman are outside.
"It would have appreciated if Saikou would see I was alright first before teleporting us away." Asta muttered in slight annoyed tone of voice as he got onto his feet.
"I think he was just thinking ahead." Bahadur commented, making the ash-white hair teen to grumble slightly.
It was at that moment that the two of them heard movement, causing them to see Ghostly Headless Horseman staggering slightly, probably not use to suddenly being on uneven ground than solid ground.
"That Megid possess a large amount of Mana thanks to that guy's doing…." Asta commented as he felt the Mana coming off the Megid, he and the others haven't felt it because Ghostly Headless Horseman still being a sleep at the time.
"….." Bahadur became silent has he studied the opponent in front of them for a few seconds before speaking.
"I think that the Megid isn't use to the large amount of Mana that has been thrust upon her, meaning that she will be unlikely to be able to perform accurate attacks until her body adjusts to the Mana." Bahadur explained as he felt how uneven the Mana is within Ghostly Headless Horseman's body.
"I hope that we're quick enough to separate the two." Asta said as he took out "Dragonic Knight".
"Huh? What sort of Wonder-Ride book is that?" Bahadur thought in confusion as he watch Asta place the large Wonder-Ride book into his Seiken Sword-Driver before transforming into Kamen Rider Saber Dragonic Knight form.
Unsheathe the flames!
Don't miss it!
The knight appears!
When you side, you have no grief and the flame is bright!
The metallic armor!
The stylistic booster!
Ride on, dragon! Fight!
The dauntless Rider!
Dragonic Knight!
In other words, it's the strongest!
"What is this?!" Bahadur exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he stared at the silver-armored swordsman of flames.
"A new form I managed to gain a while back." Saber commented with a smirk underneath his helmet before turning his attention towards Ghostly Headless Horseman, who has noted their presence.
"Now. Time to rescue you." Saber said before charging forwards.
A sword appeared in Ghostly Headless Horseman's hand, in a ghostly fashion, and swing it, releasing a powerful wave of Mana.
"W-whoa!" Saber exclaimed in a shock tone of voice before diving to the side.
"T-that was one powerful attacking." Saber muttered as he glanced over his shoulder at the path that the Megid's attack took….along with realizing how the attack couldn't have struck him if he didn't have dived to the side in the first place.
It was at that moment that a shadow cast over Saber, causing the swordsman of flames to turn around just in time to see Ghostly Headless Horseman raising her Mana-coated sword and bringing it downwards.
"Fire Creation Magic: Flame Dragon's Metallic Shield." Saber announced, causing a shield to appear in front of him, making the Megid's sword attack strike it instead.
However, cracks immediately started to appear on Saber's shield.
"Not good!" The swordsman of flames exclaimed in his head before diving to side, again, just in time for his shield to break completely and the sword continue with it's swing, striking the "ground", causing sand to burst into the air.
Saber used the falling the sand in an attempt of a sneak attack, but unfortunately, Ghostly Headless Horseman spun around and blocked Rekka.
"She moved fast-!" Saber thought in his head before getting kicked in the stomach, causing the swordsman of flames to be sent flying backwards for some distance.
"Ofh!" Saber grunted as he landed on the sand.
"W-what the hell!? Did that Megid used Mana-Skin or something?" Saber questioned in his head before starting to get back onto his feet.
However, it was at that moment that Ghostly Headless Horseman appeared in front of the swordsman of flames.
"Yep! Definitely using Mana-Skin!" Saber thought whilst preparing himself to get hit again.
"Sand Trap Magic: Sand Cat's Wall." A voice suddenly announced and a sand-made wall appeared in front of Saber, causing Ghostly Headless Horseman's sword to hit it again.
Whilst cracks did started to appear, the wall started to mend itself.
"Sand Trap Magic: Sand Cat's Lance." The voice announced again and a sand-made lance came flying out of a magic circle that has appeared on the wall, heading straight towards Ghostly Headless Horseman.
However, the Megid jumped back, letting the lance strike the spot she was standing previously.
"Huh?" Saber said in a confused tone of voice just as the wall disappeared.
"You certainly got a thrashing from them." Bahadur commented as he appeared next to Saber with a Grimoire floating beside him.
"Oh now you decided to join in." The swordsman of flames commented, feeling annoyed.
"I just wanted to watch how you fight." Bahadur explained with a sheepish smile on his face.
"As you can see, I'm not doing very well!" The swordsman of flames said in an exasperating of voice whilst gesturing towards Ghostly Headless Horseman.
"Yep. The Megid sure is strong, despite wielding "her" Mana in a chaotic manner." Bahadur just as Ghostly Headless Horseman got into a fighting stance.
"Feel free to join in." Saber said as he got himself ready.
"Yes. I think it is time for me to join the fight." Bahadur commented just as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn.
"Hm?" Saber said, becoming curious just as the pages of Bahadur's Grimoire stopped and something began to emerge from the pages.
"Wait…..is that…!" Saber muttered before widening underneath his helmet just as Bahadur took the object and fully took it out of his Grimoire.
The object is in fact a sword that possess a golden-brown handle and a silver one-sided blade. Located flatly next to the handle is a rectangle-shaped slot.
"You weren't told what sort of skills Grandma taught me, but now you can see them." Bahadur commented whilst taking out a gold-boarded Wonder-Ride book which features an image of a sand cat running along the desert underneath the title of "Dusty Feline" before opening the cover.
"The speed demon feline raced across it's domain of sands to hunt."
The Wonder-Ride book announced before Bahadur closed the cover and placed "Dusty Feline" into the slot of his Holy Sword, making a standby sound to start playing.
"Henshin." Bahadur announced before pressing the trigger of the handle.
Shift the sands!
A voice announced whilst the two versions of "Dusty Feline" opened, making a small sandstorm come out of the larger version.
Bahadur then swing his Holy Sword in a diagonal slash.
Slice through the sands!
Kick up a storm within the domain of the desert!
Dusty Feline!
Let the book of the animal meet the sword of sand, Endless Dash!
The voice announced just as the sand storm consume Bahadur.
When the sandstorm disappeared, Bahadur is now donning Persian-style armor that's mainly gold with some silver lines going across the armor. The helmet's visor is in the shape of a diagonal slash underneath the sword-like horn-piece.
"Kamen Rider Shamshir, the swordsman of sand, ready for battle." The now transformed Shamshir introduce himself.
"Whoa….." Saber said in a stunned tone of voice.
"Stay focus, Saber. We have a battle to finish." Shamshir pointed out, making the swordsman of flames to shake his head before returning his attention onto Ghostly Headless Horseman which seemed to have been curious as to what was happening.
With the two Kamen Rider's attention drawn onto her, the Megid got into a battle stance.
It was at that moment that mist started to come out Ghostly Headless Horseman's body which then took on a form of a horse who then climbed onto.
"Huh?! She can do that?!" Saber said in surprise just as the horse of Ghostly Headless Horseman started to run, circling the two Kamen Riders.
"I'll try to stop her movements whilst you find an opening and then free the victim." Shamshir explained, making Saber nod his head.
"Let's dance, Megid. Sand Trap Magic: Sand Cat's Lance." Shamshir announced whilst slamming a hand onto the sand, causing a magic circle to appear which then started to follow Ghostly Headless Horseman and when it touched the horse, multiple lances sprout out of ground, aiming to pierce Ghostly Headless Horseman.
This cause the horse to stumble, yet quickly recovered and continue to gallop.
"Knew that it won't easy to knock that the Megid off her horse." Shamshir thought before starting to run with the aid of Mana-Skin.
"Is Shamshir planning on running after the Megid..." Saber thought whilst sweat-drooping...along with realizing that he would need to chase after the two.
Ghostly Headless Horseman swing her sword, releasing Mana-based sword attacks.
Shamshir swing a Mana-Skin covered Endless Dash, deflecting the Megid's attack.
"Sand Trap Magic: Sand Cat's Sandstorm." Shamshir announced as he slammed his hand on the ground, summoning a magic circle which started to chase after Ghostly Headless Horseman and when it touched the horse, a sandstorm appeared and engulf the Megid and her horse, trapping the two.
"Shamshir's style of magic is similar to Zora's, yet seemed to have a tracking/homing feature added to it." Saber thought as he observe Shamshir's sand magic just as the swordsman of sand closed the distance between him and Ghostly Headless Horseman and swing Endless Dash, knocking the Megid out of the converged sandstorm and off her horse.
"Need to remember not to deal too much damage." Shamshir thought as he used the disappearing sand to launch a sneak attack at the already dazed Ghostly Headless Horseman.
The swordsman of sand swing Endless Dash a few times and managed to land a few successful hits.
However, Ghostly Headless Horseman's horse suddenly stood back onto its feet and changed at Shamshir, managing to knock the swordsman of sand off his own feet.
As this was going on, Ghostly Headless Horseman stood back up before swinging her sword at Shamshir, releasing a sword slash.
Luckily, Saber appeared in front of Shamshir and deflected the attack.
"Thanks." Shamshir said as he quickly got back onto his feet.
Ghostly Headless Horseman then started to swing her sword randomly, releasing multiple sword slashes, causing the two Holy Sword wielders to dive to the sides.
"She's just throwing attacks randomly!" Shamshir thought as he defected an attack with Endless Dash whilst sensing how chaotic the Mana from within the Megid's body.
Ghostly Headless Horseman then dashed towards her horse and prepared to climb aboard it.
"No you don't! Sand Trap Magic: Sand Cat's Yarn." Shamshir announced, summoning a magic circle and when it touched Ghostly Headless Horseman, a rope made out of sand shot out of the magic circle before wrapping around the Megid's body, preventing her from fully climbing onto her horse.
"Saber!" The swordsman of sand shouted, making the swordsman of flames charge forwards with the blade of Rekka glowing bright red, knowing what to do.
Ghostly Headless Horseman was easily able to break free from the "yarn" with the aid of Mana-Skin, but this caused her to have lack of awareness of the incoming Saber until seeing the glowing blade of Rekka striking her in the stomach.
"Gha!" Ghostly Headless Horseman grunted as the energy of Rekka going through her body and when Saber continued his attack, the Megid felt something ripping away from her whilst staggering back.
The horse attempted to hit Saber, but the swordsman of flames was quick enough to avoid the incoming attack.
"Shamshir! Finish her!" Saber shouted as he held a girl with brown hair and dark skin, along with being unconscious.
"Right." Shamshir responded before pressing another button on Endless Dash with his thumb.
Final Page!
Dusty Feline!
Vortex Strike!
The voice announced just as sand started to gather around the swordsman of sand.
"Here I come!" Shamshir exclaimed swinging Endless Dash, causing the gather sand to be send flying towards the dazed Megid and her horse, successfully hitting them.
The swordsman of sand then dashed forwards, the blade of his Holy Sword started to glow and when he got close to the Megid, he performed a serious of heavy sword slashes which resulted in the horse disintegrating back into mist.
Shamshir then kicked Ghostly Headless Horseman, making it stumble back before exploding.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds until Saber spoke
"That was….impressive." The swordsman of flames commented, causing Shamshir to snort slightly.
"Is that all you got to say?" Shamshir asked, making Saber shake his head.
"No. I didn't mean like that." Saber responded, making Shamshir waved his free hand slightly.
"It's fine. But still, this is the first time in two generations that the wielders of Rekka and Endless Dash worked together….although the first part mainly refers to you." Shamshir commented, making Saber pout slightly.
It was at that moment that the swordsman of sand noticed something.
"You may want to cover the lady up when you dismiss your armor." Shamshir said, causing the swordsman of flames to become confused before glancing down and saw that the woman has no clothes on.
"…..Gah!" Saber exclaimed in a shock tone of voice, whilst starting to blush underneath his helmet.
This cause Shamshir to chuckle slightly whilst Blanc shook her head slightly.
And there we go, Asta, Yuri and Sayo helping out Bahadur with his mission involving the kidnapped people getting their Mana drained into the Ghostly Headless Horseman Megid, who was kidnapped in the first place. Bahadur revealed himself as the swordsman of sand, Kamen Rider Shamshir who wields Endless Dash, something that is implied to be once wielded by Shan. Kamen Rider Shamshir is an OC Rider that someone gave me with Endless Dash having a design similar to that of Noroshi. Kris revealed her third Wonder-Ride book, "Kitsune Tales", meaning that we're on the verge of Kris gaining a power-up form of her own.
In Gotchard:
1) Atropos explained to the other two Dark Sisters how they need to take a more productive role in making Chemies come into contact with human malice, as per the wishes of Master Glion where Clotho observed a fight involving a pro-wrestler and decided to "pull out" more of his violent personality. At the Alchemy Academy, Rengu showed Houtarou and Rin the Chemies that she and Sabimaru caught which are (3)Gengenchoucho, (7)BulletBaang, (3)Hiikescu, (4)Bakuonzemi, (3)DoctorKozo and (7)Flayrose, before the four of them headed to gym where a Chemy has been sensed.
2) As the group of four began to investigate the gym, they were attacked by the gym owner who thought that they belong to the Yakuza before were successful in being calmed down and asked if the group of four want to become wrestlers. However, the real Yakuza appeared and attempted to take the land that the gym is on, but were prevented as (5)Wrester-G, in the form of a toy wrestler, appeared and began to fight the Yakuza, eventually causing the Yakuza to draw their guns. Houtarou decided to finish things off by transforming into Gotchard's Bulletchoucho's wild form, taking on the form of a gun which then Rin uses to create an illusion which lead to the Yakuza disappearing.
3) Goriki then appeared and transformed into the Gorilla Malgam and Gotchard attempted to fight him, but was easily defeated where Valavard took over, but the Malgam retreated. Koichiro explained to the group about Goriki's behavior and actions in the past which resulted in the gym to become abandoned, crushing his dream of training youngsters to become wresters. (5)Wrestler-G possess Koichiro where he and Houtarou began to spar though out the entire night. The day, Goriki reappeared and "challenge" Houtarou, leading him to transform into Gotchard's Antwrestler form and fight the Gorilla Malgam which then leads to (5)Wrestler-G possessing Koichiro where the two of them tag-team against the Gorilla Malgam, eventually leading to Gotchard's win.
Well, the episode certainly revealed a key fact which is that the Dark Sisters are in fact servants working for someone called Glion and their plan of opening the door of darkness is a form forbidding alchemy. This episode also touched upon the numbers that the Chemy Cards are given and the combined number of ten, yet we didn't got an answer due to how Houtarou acted on the subject.
Please review and until next time.
howard576:
1) The younger members of the Clover branch will be surprise that Asta's family is tied to the Sword of Logos, along with having three members of the Staria family possessing the title of Holy Sword wielder of flames whilst the older members of the Clover branch could be stunned at the presence of former Magic Knights of the Sword of Logos.
2) From the looks of the things, the Dark Sisters are starting to become more productive with their actions, mainly due to their master's impatience.
TheOkWriter: Oh, Thank you for pointing this out to me.