"Since you're not from here you might not know this. But that's a very important relic for our country. It's not something you can just come and take!" Copen informed.
"Dang, I shoulda known..." Grazie sighed.
"Man, this one here's a real nut." Zeno joked.
"Not right now, Zeno." Gunvolt hushed.
"Don't s'pose I could jus' bring it back when we're done with it?" Grazie hoped.
"I'm afraid I can't agree with that. Do you think we'd just leave an important relic in the hands of people who illegally entered the country with a bunch of missiles!?" Copen ranted.
"Ain't that just the pits... Ya'll are gonna make me get serious! The name's Grazie! You an' me are gonna settle this fer good!" Grazie announced before lifting the Brand into the air.
A windy gust rolled through the area as the Brand disappeared and made a ripple in the air above them. A black orb surrounded by a all of nebula encased in a circle of teal with gusts and purple lightning lowered down upon Grazie. The black orb and nebula orb both had a white 'shadow' 3 feet outwards. After it left, Grazie looked different.
Grazie gained black sclera with yellow pupils. She also wore a large helmet-esque headpiece with two pointed spikes on the sides and her hair flowing through the back opening, leg-length armor with white ankle pads, and simple boots. Beneath her chin were white spikes resembling a gnome's beard. Grazie also carried a large shovel with a yellow blade and a spiked handle grip.
Grazie jumped forward, landed again, jumped into the air, threw her shovel, jumped up and landed, catching the shovel in turn. Grazie used this attack again as her second gauge was activated. Sand spirals, four of them, were created as Grazie used her Sandstorm Emperor attack. Grazie's armor looked even more ferocious as she gained a tail and drill looking legs, both of which were made of sand.
She landed on the ground, causing five sand towers to build on either side of her. The sand fortress's drill legs loosened slightly. Gaining the appearance of ribbons as they launched her into the air. Grazie landed a few feet away from her original position.
After she landed, three spiky mines landed and shattered upon impact with the ground. This same action was repeated in the opposite direction. A few seconds later and the adversary's final gauge was initiated. Grazie jumped into the air to the center of the area and actiated her Dune Demon Disaster Septimal Skill.
There was five mines instead of three, followed by a giant pillar of sand. It's first seen on the right, then the left. Proceeded by two sandy spirals, one against each wall of the room. Everyone remained near the walls as this attack occurred.
Grazie was soon defeated. Just then, a feather landed on her head, turned Grazie into a ball of light and flew into the sky.
"Enemy dispatched, well that was dull." Zeno complained.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, a grand plan was in the making.
"That concludes our record of the incident that occurred here which we obtained through Layla's Septima." a pink-haired woman announced.
"Thanks for the report, Sistina. You and Layla must have put in long hours gathering all that information." Zed added.
"Mm." Layla agreed.
"Now that this "Primal Dragon" has appeared... we can't just sit by and watch. I have a feeling this is that "child's" handiwork. It would be so much easier if Sumeragi would just open up and share their info and tech with other countries." Zed sighed.
"Holding exclusive technology regarding Septimas grants them a sginificant advantage over other countries. Sumeragi would never give that up." Sistina reminded.
"So we'd just be wasting time trying to cooperate. And we don't have that kind of time to spare." Zed noticed.
"Our investigations of the Primal Dragon revealed that Layla's Djinn can control them while they are weakened or unconscious." Sistina revealed.
"Which means we have our trump card. Now we just need to get to that child. If we hope to get anything done, we need to get a move on. Layla, can you sense it? ...The Child of Hope's location?" Zed queried.
"Mm." Layla confirmed.
"How shall we proceed? S-FIT's barrier is unparalleled. It will be near impossible to enter the room by normal means." Sistina cautioned.
"We know the Binding Brands locations, don't we? They should have no trouble dissolving the barrier." Zed explained.
"... I should have known you already had a plan. I will have the Knights deployed posthaste." Sistina notified.
"Thanks, Sistina. I'll inform the reasearch team myself." Zed thanked.
"My pleasure, I'll tell the Knights to be here for the meeting." Sistina assured.
Meanwhile, everyone else was wondering what just happened.
"Do you think that feather was from Lola?" Zeno queried.
"There's no way that could've been from her. Gunvolt's Skytether jumps are the only thing here that would give the illusion of feathers." Copen rebuked.
"What sould we do now?" Gunvolt pondered.
"It's best we try to understand the information we have right now. Let's depart and reconvene at my place later." Copen notified.
Everyone agreed and left. Zeno was happy to finally relax. Gunvolt and Joule stayed in their apartment, Lumen talked with Moniqa who decided to visit. Xiao went with Zeno and Atari to the new mall that opened recently. It had pokeball bean bag chairs and even a Pikachu fountain that spit water out its mouth.
"It's okay, you can leave her here. We'll be right there." Xiao stated.
Zeno wanted to go look at a candy store on the left as soon as you entered the mall. Atari was fascinated with the fountain and slightly sleepy from the fighting.