SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 3 out, this is Chapter 4 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OC.
Chapter 4: Royal Capital Riot
In a forest in the Forsaken Realm of the Clover Kingdom...
"Isn't this just messed up?" Rades whined to Valtos. "Why did I have to get kicked out? I have more magical power than the royals do. Magic is everything in this world, isn't it? This is a load of bull." he snarled, the zombie behind him remained silent.
"Who are you talking to?" Valtos emerged from the ground through a portal.
"I'm just talking to myself." Rades replied.
"We're ready." Valtos informed.
"I'll show the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights the true extent of my powers." Rades declared.
In the reception hall...
"Asta, do you know Freyja-sama?" Noelle blinked, realizing her Squad mate had addressed the other girl by name.
"Yeah." Asta nodded, blankly. "Rhiannon grew up in the same church as Yuno and me."
"But she was taken away ten years ago." Yuno added. "We didn't think we'd see her here."
"A mere peasant is Freyja?" Solid sneered. "You must be kidding me, Nozel-nii-sama. I'll expose this fake right now!" he started to summon his 'Holy Water Assassination Bullet', only to suck in a startled gasp when an overwhelming magic aura flooded the reception hall, the sheer pressure forcing him to his knees.
"Solid, do not disgrace yourself any longer." Nozel rebuked. "Do you plan on shaming the Silva Family before Her Grace?"
"It's just as Mimosa said." Leopold suddenly burst out laughing beside Asta. "You're quite amusing. I, Leopold Vermillion, declare you my rival." he informed the Anti-Magic user.
"Rival?" Asta gawked.
"Vermillion..." Yuno trailed.
"Fuegoleon and Leopold are my cousins." Mimosa explained. "My father's older brother is Fuegoleon and Leopold's father. Also, my mother's older sister is Noelle's mother."
"Too many royals." Yuno muttered.
"Guys really are dumb, aren't they, sis?" Sol bit off her slice of meat from her fork.
"A royal acknowledging a peasant as his rival?" Nozel scoffed.
"Julius-sama allowed the boy to be here." Fuegoleon stepped up. "He may be a peasant, but doesn't he deserve a little credit?"
"I never thought I'd hear such nonsense from a royal's mouth." Nozel retorted. "It appears the Vermillion Family has gone soft. You're a disgrace to us all. How am I, an eagle that soars the sky, supposed to give credit to an insect that crawls on the ground?"
"There's an emergency." a messenger burst in before Fuegoleon and Nozel could clash.
"Report." Rhiannon turned to the messenger.
"The capital..." the messenger knelt before the Goddess. "The capital is under attack!"
In the city...
The citizens were under siege by the zombie horde Rades summoned.
"Destroy." Rades laughed at the havoc he unleashed. "Destroy all the fools who can't understand my worth."
"Such disgusting creatures." one of the city guards blasted a zombie off a citizen when an air bullet. "Where did they come from?"
"You must not value your lives, if you're invading the royal capital like this." another city guard using fire magic added.
"What are these things?" the other city guards were fighting off the zombies without success. "They keep coming toward us even when we shoot their limbs off."
"You won't be able to, scum." Rades jumped into the fight. "Get lost, scum." landing on the ground, he summoned even more zombies. "You're stronger than me, right?" he laughed loudly, his creations easily overran the guards. "Get out here, Magic Knights."
In the reception hall...
"The royal capital is under attack?" Fuegoleon echoed.
"Siren." Rhiannon cast a look at the Stone Magic user.
"Stone Creation Magic: Stone Model of the World." Siren summoned a replica of the royal capital.
"It's... a third-dimensional model of the Noble Realm?" Klaus was astonished. "Even the voices of the people at the scene and their magic levels. Is he lacing the whole area with mana and simultaneously making it visible?"
"This is much more advanced than my 'Magic Flower Guidepost'." Mimosa gawked.
"A force with this much magic appears in five places simultaneously without us noticing..." Fuegoleon's attention was focused on the five magic spikes. "A formidable spatial magic user must have made them materialize in an instant." even then, the guard mages of the Nobel Realm work in shifts, constantly keeping a magic barrier in place. It should be impossible to enter with spatial magic. Did they analyze the barrier's mechanism and break through it? Or did one of the guard mages betray us? Either way, they must be phenomenally skilled. "How should we assign the members we currently have?" he spoke up.
"What the heck are we waiting for?" Asta protested. "There are people out there who need our help. I'm gonna go." he dashed out immediately.
"Where do you plan to go?" Klaus questioned. "We don't even know the full situation yet and you can't sense any magic at all."
"I'm going where it's noisiest." Asta fired back.
"Interesting." Leopold dashed out after Asta. "Wait for me, my rival."
"Leo's still very much a child." Fuegoleon remarked. "I'll have to thoroughly retrain him later."
"Captain Fuegoleon, won't it be better to leave that to Mereoleona-dono?" Rhiannon quirked a playful grin at the Crimson Lion Squad Captain.
"My Lady..." Fuegoleon gave the younger girl a pained look.
"Captain Fuegoleon, go after Intermediate Magic Knight Second Class Leopold Vermillion and Asta. Head over to the Northern District after catching up to them." Rhiannon went into Commander-in-Chief mode. "Junior Magic Knight Third Class Noelle Silva, go with Captain Fuegoleon. The Silver Eagles will head to the Central District where the magic is the strongest. The Blue Roses will head to the East District."
"If it's Her Grace's order, I suppose I don't have a choice." Charlotte remarked, Sol already summoning her 'Rampaging Mother Earth' golem.
"Golden Dawn will split into two groups and head to the west and northwest districts." Rhiannon continued. "Remember we have two objectives: one, protect the royal capital and two, capture at least one of the main intruders for interrogation. Is that clear?"
"Understood." all the Magic Knights present chorused and split off to their respective locations.
"Shouldn't you come out now, Junior Magic Knight First Class, Charmy Pappitson?" Rhiannon addressed the seemingly empty hall.
"I managed to get in following Asta and the others." said dwarf-human hybrid crawled out from under a table. "It looks like something awful is happening. This looks like a job for Charmy."
"Please." Rhiannon nodded and smiled. "Give me a complete headcount on the barrier mages." she turned to the messenger as the pair walked out.
"At once, Freyja-sama." the messenger hurried off.
In the Central District...
The three Silver Eagle Magic Knights arrived just in time to take out a zombie attempting to attack a frightened citizen.
In the East District...
Sol's golem punched out a line of attacking zombies.
In the Northwest District...
Alecdora jumped off Yuno's wind chariot. "Those who dare bring chaos upon the kingdom shall perish before my magic." he summoned his 'Sand-Armored Guard'.
Yuno let loose a rain of wind blades at the attacking zombies, only for them get back up. These things keep getting up with half-assed attacks. The wind user noticed. In that case... he summoned a couple of tornadoes.
In the West District...
"I guess we should work off some calories before dessert." Hamon chuckled, jumping off Klaus' transport with Siren in tow.
Fools who disturb the peace of the capital, you shall be eliminated. Klaus swore, entering into the fray.
In the North District...
"What is this?" Noelle breathed in shock, arriving with Fuegoleon on his 'Leo Rugiens' construct.
"I've never seen them before." Fuegoleon admitted. "What county is that army from?"
"Where's Asta?" Noelle scanned the battlefield for the Anti-Magic user.
"Little girl, do you love the Clover Kingdom?" Rades had cornered a terrified girl against a wall.
"I love it..." the child sobbed. "So please, stop this."
"I hate it." Rades snarled. "So the town, the people, and that includes you too, little girl, I'll destroy you all!"
"Then, I'll protect them." Asta snapped, slashing through the wall of flames and shooting towards Rades.
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