The colorful warrior and the tribe that lives within the mountains
"SABER!" Kris shouted in a horrified tone of voice.
"Spit him out this minute!" Shamshir shouted as he jumped off the ground and attempted to strike the white-skinned Megid with Endless Dash.
However, the white-skinned Megid's six eyes began to glow and Shamshir instinctively covered his visor.
Despite her failed attempt of turning the swordsman of sand into stone, the white-skinned Megid kicked Shamshir in the stomach, causing him to stumble back.
Kris then lunged forwards, Shinkiro at the ready, forcing the white-skinned Megid back to avoid the sword thrusts from the swords-woman of mirages.
"I'm sorry, Kris." Shamshir said in an apologetic tone of voice.
"Lets just focus on making this Megid spew Saber out." Kris responded, making the swordsman of sand to nod his head.
"I suppose that it's time to use that form…." Kris thought as a hand began to take out her other two Wonder-Ride books.
However, it was at that moment that a sword past the two Kamen Riders and hit the white-skinned Megid, dealing damage as she staggered back.
"Huh?" Both Kris and Shamshir said just as a black armored figure caught the blade.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Saikou said just as Saikou Shadow turned around in it's usual robotic manner.
"Where were you!?" Kris demanded in an annoyed tone of voice.
"My friend just managed to locate the object that I desired….although it transformed into something I didn't expected." Saikou explained, saying the last part in a sheepish tone of voice just as Saikou Shadow used his free hand to hold up and a large Wonder-Ride book which has a light green and orange boarder an image of an armoured underneath the title of "X-Swordsman".
"A new Wonder-Ride book?" Kris and Shamshir thought at the same time just as Saikou Shadow opened the cover of "X-Swordsman".
"Episode 1: Fight with all colours."
The voice announced before Saikou Shadow closed the cover and placed the new Wonder-Ride book into the belt buckle, making a standby sound to start playing for a new seconds until Saikou Shadow used the hilt of the sword of light to press the button on the belt buckle, causing "X-Swordsman" to open onto a new "page".
Release the Radiance!
The voice announced just as the larger version of "X-Swordsman" opened which released multiple colourful images which floated around Saikou Shadow before merging onto it.
Get all the colours!
X-Swordsman!
I am the sword protecting the world….
Episode 1: Appearing in full colour!
Ba-Ba-Ba-Bang!
No…..I am a swordsman!
The voice announced with Saikou Shadow wearing brightly coloured armor whilst possessing a face-piece which resembles a star of some sorts.
"What sort of form is that?" Shamshir questioned, tilting his head to the side slightly.
"No idea…." Kris responded just as Saikou charged forwards and starting to attack the white-skinned Megid.
The swordsman of light dealt a few heavy sword swings towards the white-skinned Megid before kicking her in the stomach, making her stumble back.
As she recovered, the white-skinned Megid fired two stone fists towards the swordsman of light.
"Shadow Magic: Sacred Sword's Shadow Travel." Saikou announced, transforming into a mass of shadow, which has a colourful tint to it, managing to avoid getting "punched" before transforming back into his solid mass.
Saikou was about to dash forwards but stopped when he sensed the stone fists heading back towards him.
"Whoa." Saikou said as he rolled to the side, letting the fists fly past him and striking the white-skinned Megid instead.
"How slow." Saikou commented with a smirk underneath his helmet.
This caused a tick mark to appear on the white-skinned Megid's forehead before opening her mouth-like appendage.
"Saber's in there…." Saikou thought, not moving from where he's standing, before opening another page of "X-Swordsman".
Episode 2: Full colour goes to my arm!
Hack and Slash with the colourful sword!
The voice announced just as the colourful armor removed itself from Saikou's body before focusing on on Saikou's left arm.
"I'm taking Saber back." Saikou said as he drew his left arm back before thrusting it forwards just as the white-skinned Megid's mouth-like appendage is upon him.
Saikou's arm delved into the blackness of the white-skinned Megid's mouth-like appendage and managing to grabbing something before pulling back, revealing it to be Saber.
This cause Kris and Shamshir to sigh in relief.
"T-that was scary!" Saber exclaimed in a shock tone of voice before glancing at Saikou.
"What's with your new armour?" The swordsman of flames questioned before noticing "X-Swordsman".
"Did Mr Yuri managed to gain a power-up Wonder-Ride Book? But why did it just effected the arm?" Saber thought, tilting his head to the side, him haven't seen the first form of Saikou's X-Swordsman form.
"Now them. Let there be light." Saikou's voice said, coming from the gold head-piece, before Saikou closed and re-opened the cover of "X-Swordsman".
Finish Reading!
The voice announced just as Saikou pressed the belt buckle's button two times with the hilt of the sword of light.
Saikou Powerful!
The voice announced just as Saikou dashed forwards and dealt a powered-charged sword attack at the white-skinned Megid, managing to separate the human host.
"That must be Remi's sister!" Saber thought as he ran forwards and managing to catch Mami before she could hit the ground.
"Once more." Saikou, now back in his Episode 1 form, surprising Saber when looked at the swordsman of light, stated as he closed and re-open "X-Swordsman" once again.
Finish Reading!
The voice announced before Saikou pressed the belt-buckle's button once.
Saikou Colourful!
The voice announced just as Saikou made an "X" shape with his sword and arm.
"X-Sword Break!" Saikou announced before dashing forwards, striking the white-skinned Megid with an "X" shaped sword slash, whilst being joined by colourful comic pictures, before the Megid got destroyed in an explosion.
"Phew! Glad that's finally ov-!" Saber began to say but was interrupted as Kris appeared right in front oh and grabbed the swordsman of flames by the shoulders.
"Saber! Are you okay!?" Kris exclaimed, sounding concerned.
"I-I'm okay!" Saber responded in a startled tone of voice.
"What was it like to get eating?" Shamshir asked, becoming curious.
This earn the swordsman of sand a glare from the swords-woman of mirages.
"…..Don't I get a "thanks" or anything?" Saikou asked, feeling left out.
"Why? You appeared at the wrong moment." Kris responded in annoyed tone of voice.
"O-okay…." Saikou said in a dejected tone of voice.
Blanc patted the swordsman of light in a comforting manner with one of her wings.
"….Erh…" Mami suddenly made a groaning sound, causing everyone to turn their attention towards the once Megid host as her eyes fluttered open.
"…..W-where I'm I?" Mami asked in a confused tone of voice whilst glancing around just as Saber placed her on her feet.
"You….just had a nasty experience…." Shamshir responded, yet in an unsure tone of voice.
This cause Mami to gain a confused expression on her face for a few seconds before her mind started to become more awake.
"Oh god….." Mami said, gaining a horrified expression on her face.
"You can calm down now, it's over." Kris, who have taken a few steps away from Saber, said in a reassuring tone of voice.
"Y-yeah. Y-you're right." Mami said in a shaky tone of voice before focusing her attention onto Saikou.
"Thank you for saving me." Mami said with a small smile on her face.
"Your welcome." Saikou said before quickly glancing towards Kris a small smirk underneath his helmet, making the swords-woman of mirages rolled her eyed underneath her own helmet, somehow knowing that Saikou is smirking at her.
It was at that moment a rumbling sound is head, causing everyone to stare at Mami.
"Hehehe…..I'm kind of hungry…." Mami said with a sheepish expression on her face.
"Really?! You basically just eaten me!" Saber exclaimed, making Mami giggle in response.
"I'm glad that they managed to save the young girl." Tassel commented as he watch the events through a screen which originated from a book.
"But for me….." Tassel to say as he turned his attention towards his completely wrecked house.
"I have some cleaning up to do." Tassel muttered, sweat-dropping.
"Well, it looks like your grand scheme has failed. That's what you get for taking our Alter-Ride books without permission." Zoous commented with a slight sneer on his face.
A similar expression is on Liegel's face.
However, Storious didn't look upset.
"What are you talking about? Charybdis is a special type of Megid, it still has a role to play." Storious said as he held up a large white Alter-Ride book that he has retrieved earlier.
The title of the Alter-Ride book is that of "Charybdis".
"Pardon?" Asta asked in a slight stunned tone of voice.
"I'm asking if you like to come and visit my home village." Sayo explained, yet the ash-white hair teen still has a confused expression on his face.
"Why are you heading back? Do you want to meet up with some friends of yours?" Asta asked, becoming curious.
"Well….that isn't the actual reason. It's mainly due to with Shinkiro." Sayo responded as she drum her fingers against the table in a nervous manner.
"What has Shinkiro got to do with it?" Asta asked, becoming curious.
"I am a part of a group of Mages that possess a very dangerous artifact, the founder of the group having been a wielder of Shinkiro in the past, and at times, a representative of the Sword of Logos comes alone to check on the artifact." Sayo explained, making Asta nod his head slightly.
"Did that request came from the Daishinji family by any chance?" Asta asked, knowing that the Tetsuo's family will want an excuse to check if Shinkiro doesn't get damaged in any way.
The question caused Sayo to giggle slightly.
"No, but members of the Daishinji have appeared, or so I heard." Sayo responded with a smirk on her face.
"What sort group of Mages do you belong to?" Asta asked, becoming curious.
"I'm born into a group of witches." Sayo responded, making Asta widen his eyes.
"W-witches?!" The ash-white hair teen asked in a shock tone of voice, making Sayo nod her head in response.
"That's right, I'm a witch. Is there something wrong?" Sayo asked, starting to become worried.
"There is a group of witches that live in a forest just outside the Clover Kingdom….and there's a witch in the Black Bull Magic Knight squad." Asta responded, an image of Vanessa appeared in his head at the last part.
This cause Sayo to gain an interested expression on her face.
"Really? Did you interacted with them in any way?" Sayo asked, becoming curious.
This cause Asta to freeze slightly, knowing that his "aunt" won't like what he's going to say.
"The witches don't interact with males or females that aren't apart of their group, but there was a time that my arms were seriously damaged and the Witch Queen was the only one who is capable of healing me so I….was taken to the Witch Queen in the hopes that she may be willing to heal me." Asta explained, making Sayo's eyes widened at the injured part before raising an eye-brow.
"Taken?" Sayo asked, having a feeling that isn't the truth.
"….I was actually kidnapped by one of my squad-mates who took me the Witch Queen…...although it wasn't at the right moment." Asta responded, making Sayo curious whilst inwardly gaining a dark aura and having a desire to "speak" with Asta's friends(?).
"Why is that?" Sayo asked, mentally returning to her usual self.
"The witch's forest, that is the home of that group of witches, was being attacked by the joint group of the Megid and the Eye Of The Midnight Sun and the Diamond Kingdom." Asta explained, causing Sayo's eyes to widened.
"And you fought with broken arms?!" Sayo asked in a shock tone of voice.
"Not the entire fight. The Witch Queen somehow decided to willingly heal my arms." Asta responded, making Sayo sigh in relief whilst becoming slightly confused.
"Anyway, as the current wielder of Shinkiro, I am considered a guardian Mage of the Wonder World's witches, so I can't be away from the witch's homeland too long. Especially now." Sayo explained, returning to the main topic.
"What happened?" Asta asked, starting to become worried.
"I received a message that...strange sightings have been seen, along with a few witches disappearing." Sayo responded, making Asta widen his eyes slightly.
"You think that this is connected to the current events of the Megids?" Asta asked, making Sayo nod her head.
"That is correct. And if the Megids are targeting the artifact..." Sayo began to say before trailing off whilst starting to gain a bad feeling, something that is copied with Asta.
"Therefore. I thought that I would ask you to come with me incase some Megid separation is needed." Sayo explained, making Asta nod his head before a question appeared in his head.
"How do the Wonder World witches behave towards outsiders?" The wielder of Rekka asked, making the wielder of Shinkiro hum slightly.
"We do act politely, but keep a few steps back….as far I'm aware with the group of witches that I'm from." Sayo said, saying the last part with a small frown on her face.
"How reassuring." Asta commented in a blank tone of voice.
This cause Sayo to giggle slightly.
"I'm sure that my follow witches will treat you kindly, they got along well with Sir Staria." Sayo said, making Asta surprise slightly.
After a period of getting prepared for the journey, Asta and Sayo, plus Blanc, started their journey towards the homeland of the witches whilst leaving Yuri and Bahadur behind, yet Sayo requested that the two remained in standby in case something happens and her and Asta need backup.
The journey that Asta, Blanc and Sayo took was a long one, but before long, the three of them reached their destination.
"The mountains?" Asta asked whilst staring at the approaching mountains, as well as Blanc who peaked out of the hood of Asta's travelling cloak.
"That's right. Us witches usually live in places that are hard to navigate after all." Sayo explained whilst glancing over her shoulder, making Asta nod his head before the two of them began to descend towards a town of some sorts located at the foot of the series of mountains.
"Welcome to the town of Ernal." Sayo said as she, Asta and Blanc walked through the town known as Ernal.
"What are we stopping here?" Asta asked in a confused tone of voice.
"The witches of the Penyihir mountains will attack anyone that attempted to enter their village from the air, so it will be for the best if we land here and continued by foot." Sayo explained, making Asta nod his head before glancing around and some females wearing witches hats.
"Ernal is also the ideal meeting place for the witches of the Penyihir mountains and outsiders, making things more convenient for everyone." Sayo explained, making Asta nod his head again before starting to hear voices.
"Miss Rubah!" One of the voices exclaimed just as Asta and Sayo turned towards the direction of the voices to see a group of witches approaching them.
"Hello there." Sayo greeted with a small smile on her face.
"You're back!" One of the witches said an excited expression on her face.
"Aunt Sayo must be popular amongst the Wonder World witches." Asta thought, remembering how Sayo explained how the wielders of Shinkiro are seen as guardian Mages for witches.
"Miss Rubah…..who's he?" one of the two witches asked as she focused on Asta's presence.
This in turn cause Asta to become nervous as one of the witches give him a suspicious looks whilst the other an unsure expression on her face.
"This is my nephew, I'd invited him to to the Penyihir mountains." Sayo explained, making the two witches surprise at the first part.
"Can he…..be trusted?" One of the witches asked, the suspicious expression returning to her face.
"Come on! You don't have to be suspicious to every male!" Another of the witches said with a small frown on her face.
"Hmph! You may never know." The first witch responded simply, making the other girl sigh before returning her attention onto Asta.
"I'm sorry for her behavior. It's just that she can be a bit distant to new comers" The second witch explained, making Asta nod his head slightly.
"Yes. Aunt Sayo told me the same earlier" Asta said, starting to gain a bad feeling.
"Anyway! Time to get going. It will be a bit of a walk until we get to the actual village where the witches lived." Sayo explained, making Asta nod his head in response.
"Bye." Sayo said as she waved to the group of witches as she and Asta began to head towards the mountains.
"I hope that more of the other witches are more friendly." Asta thought whilst starting to gain a bad feeling, something that Blanc picked up on.
"Here we are at last." Sayo said as the three of them are facing a village which is set on the mountainside, thus being on different levels and curving around the mountainside.
"We need to meet with the chi-Asta!?" Sayo exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as she glanced to the side and saw that the ash-white hair teen is laying face-down on the rocky ground whilst Blanc sat on his back.
"I…...can't…...carry….on….." Asta voice can be heard through deep breaths, making Sayo shake her head slightly with a small smile on her face.
"Rubah, is that you?" a voice asked, making the wielder of Shinkiro turn around to see an older witch possessing black hair and matching eyes, plus wearing black robes.
"Hi, Miss Blair…." Sayo greeted in a tense tone of voice to the now known Blair.
"Back at last I see. I saw you two approaching the village, but I wasn't sure who it was." Blair commented in a stiff tone of voice before glancing down at Asta who is slowly getting up off the ground.
"And you brought a male boy with you." Blair commented, giving Asta a look.
"This is Asta Staria, the grandson on Sir Staria." Sayo introduced Asta to Blair who perked up slightly.
"Didn't you say that he'd went missing when your friend Richita was killed?" Blair asked, making Sayo nod her head in response.
"That's correct, but I'd managed to locate and bring him to Sir Staria…..although it was Sir Staria who'd managed to locate Asta first and then told me." Sayo explained, making Blair nod her head slightly.
"Anyway, I'd decided to head to meet with the chief first." Sayo said, making Blair nod her head slightly.
"That seems the right course of action. You don't mind if I accompany you?" Blair asked, making Sayo twitch slightly at the last part.
"S-sure." Sayo responded, making Blair nod her head before turning around and walked back into the village.
"I suppose that Aunt couldn't refused that request." Asta thought, noticing Sayo's twitch.
As the three of them travelled through the village, which involves going up the different levels, the wielder of Rekka is aware of the stares he's gaining from the witches, causing him to stay close to Sayo.
"Hehehe. How cute." Sayo thought, giggle slightly as she started to see Asta as a shy kid instead of a powerful swordsman.
"Why is Aunt giggling?" Asta thought, starting to become scared at the thought that he isn't even safe from his aunt.
After walking through/up the village, the three of them arrived at a building made from high quality wood.
"This building is were the chief witch resides and perform her duties." Blair explains before continuing to enter through the doors.
"Can you just simply walked in?" Asta asked, raising an eye-brow as the four of them entered an entrance hall of some kind.
"Of course. The building is split into two sections with one of them being the living quarters of the chief witch whilst the other is opened for others." Blair explained, making the wielder of Rekka nod his head in response as they continued to walk through the building until arriving at a door where a witch is standing guard.
"Is Chief Olivia inside?" Blair asked the guard, making the witch-guard to nod her head in response whilst giving Asta a questioning look.
"I have a question." Asta asked, making the three witches look at him.
"Does the chief witch possess longevity by any chance?" Asta asked, causing the three witches to gain a confuse expressions on their faces.
"Why are you asking such a question?" Blair asked, becoming on guard slightly, which is mimicked by the witch-guard.
"I encountered another tribe of witches whose leader, known as the Witch Queen, is in her fifties or something, but is like….five hundred years old…..I believe. So I thought that maybe your leader possess longevity as well." Asta explained, remembering how the Witch Queen commented how she encounter the Elf tribe in the past.
This seemed to make Blair relax slightly.
"Chief Olivia's age is unknown, but she possess a youthful appearance." Blair explained in a calm tone of voice.
"Does Miss Blair knows the age of the chief witch but doesn't want to give the answer?" Asta thought just as the black hair witch knocked on the door.
"Come in." A voice responded, making Blair open the door.
And there we go, Saikou revealing his new X-Swordsman form and then Asta, Sayo and Blanc head towards Sayo's home village, revealing that she's a witch and her group of witches is connected to the Sword of Logos through Shinkiro, the sword of mirages.
Please review and until next time.
Farhan Nugraha:
1) Hehe...Let's just hope that Mereoleone doesn't decided to take over Asta's training...
2) I like Legend's design, even though it's basically a gold version of Decade's armor. I find it interesting that not only he's able to transform into previous Kamen Riders, although I'm a bit disappointed that there is a minor difference between Legend's and Decade's apperance when transforming onto other Riders, but also being able to summon Kamen Riders like with Kamen Rider Diend. The only issue is that Legend seems more suitable for anniversary series rather than an ordinary Kamen Rider series, since Revice, who appeared two years ago, marks the 50th anniversary of the franchise.