The Devil-Believers
"Information, now!" Tetsuo exclaimed, his excitement going on overdrive.
Currently, Tetstuo, Noelle and Donna have arrived at the Headquarters of the Blue Rose Magic Knights were Rintaro, Rin, Reika, Secre and Domi/Fillon are also present, the "five" of them having also been investigating another location.
"I can't say very much, but some of my Magic Knights have heard comments about an announcement happening within the town of Lehart tomorrow. As to who have started to spreading this message, my Magic Knight weren't able to gather information about that." Charlotte explained, causing Tetsuo to sigh in disappointment.
"What happened? The announcement involves a sword which caused me to think of you first." Charlotte asked, the captain of the Blue Rose Magic Knights giving the Sword of Logos Magic Knights are questioning look.
"The/Rin allowed Hayate to get stolen." Tetsuo responded, cutting off Reika, causing the wielder of Noroshi to give the wielder of Sezume a look.
"Hm?" Charlotte said, gaining a confused expression on her face.
"Rintaro, Rin, Domi/Fillon have been sent to investigate some strange sightings with me and the person who reported these sightings tagging along. We encountered a group of stronger version of the Shimis and then a two-headed dog themed Megid who then stole Hayate." Reika explained, making Charlotte nod her head slightly.
"So we're heading to Lehart and crash this announcement?" Rin asked, starting to feel excited.
"I think it would be best if we listen to what this announcement is first, considering that the person/group of people are keen on keeping the existence of this upcoming announcement a secret." Reika explained, taking into account the possibility that Cupiditas have been recruiting people for his scheme, based on the information that Tetsuo, Noelle and Donna have gathered whilst in Tiulyu.
"But why though? Is Cupiditas taking advantage of the citizen's dissatisfaction towards the Magic Knights of the Clover Kingdom?" Reika questioned in her head whilst gaining a thinking expression. It was at that moment that Charlotte gained an idea.
"If this could potentially turn into something bigger than it sounds, then the other Magic Knight squads will need to get involved." Charlotte suggested, causing Reika to hum slightly.
"I suppose you're correct. But we have limited time to organise a group to deal with this matter." Reika explained, making Charlotte nod her head before gaining a small smirk on her face.
"If the citizens of the Common Realm and the Forsaken Realm aren't satisfied with the efficiency of the Magic Knights, then we'll show then what we're capable of." Charlotte said in a confident tone of voice.
However, the others became slightly unnerved at the smirk that the captain of the Blue Rose Magic Knights is showing.
"Is this the right spot?" Ryo asked as he glanced down from his position within a balcony, wearing a cloak.
"My Magic Knights didn't reported the exact location of where the announcement is taking place, but this is the largest within Lehart." Charlotte responded, speaking into a communication device.
As of right now, it's the next morning and the quickly assembled team of Magic Knights are surrounding a large square where a stage is set.
The group of Magic Knights consists of Ryo, Reika, Rintaro, Rin and Noelle, something that Tetsuo is upset about, Charlotte, Yami, Jack, Nozel and Domi/Fillo.
"Hehehe. I can't wait to fight this Megid, I've been itching to fight one of them." Jack commented, recalling the time when he and the others fought the "Third Eye" of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun where Zoous was also present.
"Keep your battle fanatic side under control. This isn't the time." Nozel spoke in a calm tone of voice as he kept his eyes locked on the square.
"Don't go and ruin the fun." Jack responded in a slight agitated tone of voice.
This simply caused Nozel to sigh heavily on his end of the communication line.
"Come on, come on. I want my sword back!" Rin said in a low tone of voice whilst hopping on the spot.
"Stay still, Rin. We don't want our presence to be known this soon." Noelle said in a slight harsh tone of voice, the wielder of Argent-Couronne and the "wielder" of Hayate hiding in the same spot.
"Okay…." Rin said in a rejected tone of voice.
"I can see people coming into the square." Rintaro said, causing everyone to become alert just as people started to filter into the square, some of them having nervous and unsure expressions on their faces.
The hiding Magic Knights watched as more and more people started to appear in the square until it became full.
"That's…..certainly a large number of people wanting to listen to this announcement." Charlotte thought whilst becoming disturbed, her thoughts being mirrored by everyone else.
The gathered people within the square talked amongst themselves with most of them being that of nervousness until clapping can be heard, causing everyone, plus the Magic Knights, to become quiet and focus their attention onto the stage where a group of seven white-cloaked figures started to appear with one of them carrying a rectangle-shaped box.
"What sort of masks are those?" The Magic Knights thought, becoming curious at the Devil design that the masks took…..whilst becoming slightly on guard.
"Welcome everyone and thank you for coming." One of the masked figures greeted in a female tone of voice, muffled due to the mask.
"I can see that most of those who have come seemed to be hesitating, but be assured. This talk will be beneficial." The same female masked person spoke.
This caused everyone to gain expressions of curiosity.
This caused the female masked figure, plus the others, to smile.
"How many of you are dissatisfied with how you are treated by the upper-class purely because of your status and low amount of Mana?" The female masked figure questioned, causing the crowed of people to murmur amongst themselves.
"As all of you squander away in an endless cycle of agony and self-loathing, the upper-class enjoy their lives in comfort, knowing that the Magic Knights will protect them without fail. Do they even care about us? Absolutely not." The masked figure explained, causing the crowd to mummer in agreement.
"As we still recover from those attacks that happened months ago, the Magic Parliament decides to make our lives a misery with the appearance of a beast. While the damage caused by the beast has been minimum, the Magic Parliament is simply teasing us cruelly, waiting us to drop our guards so that they can fully release the beast." The masked figure continued to explain with the reaction coming from the hiding Magic Knights, causing them gain angry expressions on their faces.
"How dare they call my nephew a beast." Charlotte whispered angrily.
"And what are they doing now? They're preparing to go to war, leaving us in the crossfire." The masked woman said before preparing herself for the main kicker of the announcement.
"If you all desire the power to stand equal to that of the nobles, then there is a solution that we provide." The masked woman said before gesturing to one of the masked people who is carrying the rectangle-shaped box who steeped forwards and removed the lid.
The Magic Knights's eyes widened as the saw that Hayate is placed within the box.
"This is known as a Holy Sword, one of the may swords that the Sword of Logos Magic Knight wield that we've managed to get our hands on." The masked woman said whilst the crowd stared at the sword of the winds.
"With this, we are planning on offering this sword in exchange to receive the powers of the Devil." The masked woman said which caused the entire square to become deadly silent.
"They're planning on doing what with the sword?!" The Magic Knights exclaimed in their heads.
"There is cur/What are you planning on doing with Hayate?!" Rin shouted, interrupting the masked woman as she stormed out of her hiding place.
"Rin!" Noelle shouted, but didn't move, wanting to keep her, and the other's, presence unknown as of right now.
The crowd moved to the sides, becoming slightly scared due to the small gale of wind that has appeared around Rin.
Fortunately for them, the "wielder" of Hayate has her attention focused on the masked people.
"We knew that you come, Magic Knight." The masked woman commented as she and everyone else took note of the Magic Knight robe that Rin is wearing.
"Yeah, you got that right." Rin responded in a surprisingly calm tone of voice.
"Is it just you?" One of the other masked people, this one being female as well, asked as she glanced around the edges of the square, causing the still hiding Magic Knights to become on guard.
"Can you please hand back Hayate, someone from the squad is fuming that your….pet stole my sword in the first place." Rin requested and for some reason, the two female masked people flinched slightly at the "pet" comment.
The second speaker then snorted.
"So even though the Magic Knights managed to learn about the announcement, they'd only decided to send only one Magic Knight to stop us. How arrogant can they be." The second female masked person commented in a harsh tone of voice.
This cause Rin to gain a tick-mark on her forehead.
"Just who are you people?" The "wielder" of Hayate asked, attempting to remain calm.
"We are the Devil Believers, the ones that will make the nobles and Magic Knights kneel." The first female masked person responded before taking out a large Alter-Ride book just as the second masked person step next to her.
The first masked person then opened the large Alter-Ride book, making a bright light to appear which then engulf the two and bring them together.
Koueihei Orthus!
The voice announced and when the light died down, the now known Koueihei Orthus stood in the place of the two female masked speakers.
This cause the crowd to become scared.
"There's no need to fear. This is a taste of what you can obtain from the Devil." The voice of the first speaker spoke in reassuring tone of voice from the left head of Koueihei Orthus.
"Even though Megids and Devils don't have any direct connection to each other." Reika thought, a small frown appearing on her face.
It was at that moment that Shimis started to appear and surround Rin.
The "wielder" of Hayate glanced around at the Shimis, gaining a slight nervous smile on her face.
"Not so brave now, Magic Knight." The second speaker commented from the right head of Koueihei Orthus.
Silence descended around the square for a few seconds until one of the Shimis lunged forwards.
In response, Joyeues jumped out of her hiding place just as Rin dived to the side, allowing the swords-woman of steel to block the incoming attack instead.
"Just why did you decided to revealed yourself so soon?" Joyeues asked as she glanced over her shoulder to look at Rin who is drawing two mass-produced Holy Sword that she….."borrowed" from Tetsuo.
"Sorry." Rin responded with a sheepish smile on her face.
This cause Joyeues to take a deep sigh before returning her attention onto the Shimi whilst the other Magic Knights started to reveal themselves and the crowd began to flee the square.
"So there are more Magic Knights here." Dazu thought with in her head, she and Bow being the ones who transformed/fused together to form Koueihei Orthus.
The two-headed dog Megid became altered just as Buster came dashing forwards, whilst the others faced the Shimis, before jumping back to avoid getting hit by Gekido, causing cracks to form on the ground.
"You certainly are different from the Megids that we've fought the past, not only that you two willingly transform into a Megid, but you two have to fused together to transform." The swordsman of the earth commented in an interested tone of voice…..whilst sensing something else.
"Is that you going to do, making comments?" Bow asked, causing a small smirk to appear underneath Buster's helmet.
"Of course not." Buster responded as he lift Gekido off the ground.
Koueihei Orthus then moved forwards and used their snaked tail to attack the swordsman of the earth.
"Whoa!" Buster exclaimed as he moved back to avoid getting struck by the snaked tail.
"Two can play at that game." Buster commented just as his Grimoire opened.
"Earth Creation Magic: Earth Tortoise's Snake Companion." The swordsman of the earth announced, causing an earth-made snake to appear beside him.
The earth-made snake made a hissing sound before lunging forwards.
In response, Koueihei Orthus's snaked tail quickly moved and "caught" the earth-made snake, it's fangs holding the earth-made snake just below its head.
Both Dazu and Bow gained annoyed expressions on their faces as they realized that the weight of the earth-made snake is preventing them from moving.
Taking advantage of this, Buster charged forwards and prepared to swing Gekido again.
Having no choice, Koueihei Orthus released their hold on the earth-made snake and move back, or at least attempted to.
Koueihei Orthus's path was blocked by the appearance of rose covered briars.
Buster glanced at his wife and saw her slightly breathing heavily.
"You okay?" Buster asked in a slight worrying tone of voice.
"I'm okay, just a bit surprised at the level of Mana that these Shimis possess." Charlotte responded as she glanced at the Shimis that she decided to tie up rather than fully fight them.
"Hm-hm. Your sponsor certainly decided to make some alterations with them." Buster commented, saying it to Koueihei Orthus, causing "them" to become tense.
"Do they know?" Dazu and Bow thought, although not becoming fully concerned.
"I think it's best if you two stop this foolishness and hand yourselves in before the situation starts to get into a dangerous area." Charlotte explained in a firm tone of voice whilst pointing her briars at Koueihei Orthus.
"No. not until we reach our goal." Bow's voice responded in a harsh tone of voice before Koueihei Orthus lunged forwards.
In response, Charlotte swing her arm to the side, causing the briar to slither towards the two-headed dog Megid.
Koueihei Orthus attempted to dodge the incoming vines, but some of Charlotte's briar managed to wrap themselves around one of the Megid's arms.
Frowns appeared on both of Koueihei Orthus's faces as they attempted to break themselves free by using the snaked tail to cut through the briar.
However, they were prevented as Buster's earth-made snake intervened, it's fangs sinking into one of Koueihei Orthus's arms.
"Ghe." Both Dazu and Bow grunted in pain from the snake bit before receiving a kick from Charlotte who released the two-headed dog Megid from the Briar.
"These two are strong." Bow thought just as left head bit her lips slightly.
"Indeed. I hope that the others managed to get out of town safely, that Holy Sword is essential to our plans." Bow commented, causing Dazu to mentally nod her head in response.
With the rest of the Devil Believers, they successfully managed to exit the square and are now running down a side street.
"Was the plan successful?" One the Devil Believers asked in a slight nervous tone of voice.
"Of course. Dazu seemed to have managed to convince the audience to follow us. Just focus on escaping Lehart, if we get caught, then all of our plans will be for nothing." Another one of the fleeing Devil Believers responded in a reassuring tone of voice.
It was at that moment that Sebela suddenly appeared in front of the fleeing group, causing them to abruptly stop.
"Y-you're a member of the Sword of Logos." A third member pointed out in a startled tone of voice, seeing how she is wearing armour.
"That's correct. And now, please return the sword of the winds, it's a valuable object to the Sword of Logos." Sebela said whilst pointing Noroshi at the Devil Believers, causing them to become tense.
One of the Devil Believers stumbled back before starting to run in the opposite direction.
However, their path was blocked as Blades appeared, making them stop.
"Please surrender and this can be solved peacefully." Blades said as he got into a non-threatening stance.
This cause the Devil Believers to become even more tense whilst the one holding Hayate tightened their hold.
It was at that moment that a humanoid-looking person, whose body is covered with a black coat-like motif and gold eyes, suddenly appeared next to the Devil Believers with two dark orbs in their hands.
"You may want to duck." The newcomer commented, causing the Devil Believers to duck into the ground before the new comer fired the Mana-Bullets at the two Holy Sword wielders.
Whilst Blades dived to the sides, not wanting to take his chance of blocking the attack due to the dark aura surrounding the Mana-Bullet, Sebela activated her "Misty Veil" spell, letting the Mana-Bullet pass through her.
"Who are you?!" Blades demanded as he got back onto his feet and pointed Nagare at the newcomer.
Instead of feeling intimidated, the newcomer chuckled darkly.
"Have a good guess. I'm sure that the swords-woman of smoke may have already informed you and the others about me." The newcomer commented whilst glancing over his shoulder at the reforming Sebela, causing the swordsman of water to tilt his head to the side in confusion before a small idea appeared in his head.
"You're Cupiditas, aren't you." Blades guessed, causing the Megid form of Theke to clap his hands.
"That's correct, swordsman of water." Cupiditas responded in a pleased tone of voice.
"What are you actually planning, dragging people into one of your schemes?" Sebela asked as she point Noroshi at the humanoid-looking Megid.
However, her answer came in the form of Cupiditas snorting.
"And why should I answer that question?" Cupiditas asked, a smirk appearing on his face.
This cause Sebela to make angry noises.
"Anyway…." Cupiditas began to say whilst turning his attention towards the Devil Believers.
"Time for you lot to disappear." Theke said before swiping an arm, causing the Devil Believers to disappear in the same fashion as the Humanoid Megid appeared.
This cause the Holy Sword wielders to gain stun expressions on their faces due to the fact that they failed to retrieve Hayate.
"But why is Cupiditas still here?" Blades thought before becoming on guard due to Cupiditas turning his attention towards the swordsman of water.
"I might as well take a present back with me." Cupiditas commented as he eyed Nagare.
"….Don't tell me you're planning on stealing Nagare?" Blades asked, starting to become nervous and not want to imagine Tetsuo's reaction.
"Bingo." Cupiditas responded before lunging forwards.
As the swordsman of water got into a battle stance, Cupiditas's charge was interrupted as a Mana-constructed arrow landed in front of him.
The humanoid-looking Megid glanced up to the roofs and saw Cortana preparing to fire another arrow.
sitting on Cotana's shoulder is Nero.
Before Cupiditas could do anything else, Sebela dashed forwards and prepared to swing Noroshi at the humanoid-looking Megid.
However, Cupiditas was quick to spin around and summoned a shield, which is squared in shape with the colours being mostly black with a gold outline and red lines forming an X shape. In the centre in a metallic dome protruding outwards whilst a sword is seemingly sheathed into it.
"Those weapons…." Sebela thought, a small frown appearing underneath his helmet.
Taking the opportunity, Blades dashed forwards and prepared to attack Cupiditas's non-defended side.
However, similar with Sebela's failed attack, Cupiditas managed to block the attack by drawing the sword of out shield and using it to block Nagare.
"Is that all you got?" Cupiditas asked as he glanced at the two Kamen Riders, a smirk appearing on his face.
It was at that moment that Cortana released "her" prepared arrow, aiming towards Cupiditas's head.
In response, a wave of Mana burst out Cupiditas, causing Blades and Sebela to be thrown back whilst the Mana-constructed arrow got destroyed.
"What sort of Mana…..is that….?" Blades questioned in his head, sensing how dark the Mana is.
It was at that moment that Cupiditas approached the falling swordsman of water whilst sheathing his sword.
"I'll be taking this." Cupiditas said as he picked up the falling Nagare.
"Ach!" Blades exclaimed, his eyes widening underneath his helmet.
"No you don't!" Cortana shouted as she lunched herself off the roof and attempted to attack Cupiditas with the bladed pieces of Eien no Midori.
However, Cupiditas dodged the attacks before disappearing.
"…" Silence filled the air for a few seconds Secre spoke.
"Mr Daishinji won't be happy about this." Secre stated, mentally preparing herself.
And there we go, the Magic Knights encontering the Devil Believers, I couldn't think of a way for them to introduce themselves as the "Devil Banishers" since there is no Devils in the Clover Kingdom to begin with, and the two headed-dog Megid, known as Koueihei Orthus, to be both Bow and Dazu. Cupiditas's Megid form is also revealed along with the weapon that he wields...along with him managing to steal Nagare from Blades.
In Gotchard:
1) When Mami woke up after being freed from the Malgam, she explained how she and Geryon worked together in the same group, but gradually distancing herself when she realize how dangerou some of Geryon's ideas was before Kenichi was notified that the barrier around Kongo Laboratory became compromsed. Houtarou and Spanner investigated and discovered Geryon who created a golem to distract them whilst he made his way to the Laboratory.
2) Sabimaru approuched Kenichi who revealed that he's frustrated that he was given the credit for the creation of Kamedoom, something that was designed by Sabimaru himself. Geryon appeared in front of the two brothers and stole Kenichi's Issac before transforming him into the Kamedoom Malgam who went on to attack the Laboratory.
3) As Gotchard and Valvard fought the Kamedoom Malgam, Sabimaru confronted Geryon who went on and used the stolen Issac in conjuction with the Dread-Driver to create a Dread-Trooper. Sabimaru fought the Dread-Trooper with the - that Gotchard handed to him which caught the attention of his brother which cause him to become anger.
4) As the two brothers continued their argument from eariler, Sabimaru revealed that Kenichi's ring also shined during the experiment, leading to the fact that the Chemy was created by both of them. As they successfully capture Kamedoom, Geryon is seen creating more Dread-Drivers.
So news about Kamen Rider Gavv's forms have been revealed with them being based on different types of sweets, the defult form is called Poppingummy, which is further expanded into Punchingummy and Kickingummy, the chips-based Zakuzaku-Chips form, the marshmallow-based Fuwamallow form, the lolipop-based Gurucan form and the chocolate-based Chocodan form. Gavv access these forms through items called Gochizo. Even though we've now have images of Kamen Rider Gavv and some of his upcoming forms, I'm still uncertain about the premise of the show, but if the plot of the series can overshadow this, then I may enjoy it better.
Please review and until next time.
brave kid: I will think about that idea.