Calibur meeting the Magic Knights
"…" Asta's eyes blinked open, yet only to see darkness.
"Where I'm I?" The wielder of Rekka thought, becoming confused at his lack of surrounding.
"The last thing I remember was….." Asta began to mutter before trailing off, a frown appearing on his face as he attempts to remember previous events.
It was then that something caught Asta's attention on the ground.
"Red liquid?" The wielder of Rekka thought in a confused tone of voice as he stared at the red liquid that he's standing in.
The liquid seems to be seeping from somewhere, causing Asta to follow the trail of the red liquid and when he saw the origin, he's eyes widened.
The red liquid was in fact blood….seeping out of Father Orfai.
"F-Father Orfai…..?" Asta muttered in a horrified tone of voice before noticing other dead bodies littering the ground.
The grey-white hair teen's eyes followed the trail of dead bodies, which he recognize, before landing on the person who is likely responsible for the dead bodies.
Asta's eyes widened even further as he stare at Saber in his Primitive Dragon form.
In one hand he's holding Rekka and in the other…..
"Sister Lilly!" Asta shouted, catching Sister Lilly's attention.
"A-Asta…." Sister Lilly said in a weak tone of voice.
With Saber, the swordsman of flames(?) raised Rekka and swing it down.
"No!" Asta shouted in a horrified tone of voice whilst raising his arm.
"W-what?!" Asta thought as he stared at his dragon-like arm.
With Saber, "he" discarded the dead body of Sister Lilly onto the ground before turning "his" attention onto Asta.
The ash-white hair teen backed away as Saber began to approach him.
"S-stay back!" Asta said in a shaky tone of voice.
However, Saber ignored his plead as he lunged forwards, a blood covered Rekka raised.
Asta's eyes snapped opened and sat up abruptly.
"It's just a nightmare….it's just a nightmare…." The ash-white teen told himself, his breath being shaky.
Asta glanced down and saw that his right arm is the same as the one he saw in his nightmare.
"W-what is happening to m-me?" Asta muttered as his body began to shake.
Images of the dead bodies filter through his mind.
"I can't tell the difference if it was Primitive Dragon who killed them or me!" Asta thought, tears starting to threaten to appear as the images of his dead friends of the Sword of Logos flashed through his mind.
Arms suddenly wrapped around him in a comforting manner.
Asta's body became tensed at the sudden contact.
"It's okay. you just had a nightmare, that's all." A female voice said in a comforting tone of voice...yet sound muffled.
After a few minutes of Asta's body continue to shake and crying, the ash-white hair teen managed to calm himself down.
The person who was hugging him moved back slightly, letting Asta to fully take in the woman's appearance which consists of clothes that are a mix of black and purple, with the black being the dominate colour.
However, the woman is wearing a hood, covering most of her face apart from her mouth, which it itself is covered by a see-through veil, the cause of the muffled voice.
The ash-white hair teen frowned slightly as his vision seemed different for some reason.
"Feeling better?" The woman asked, becoming concerned
"….Not really." Asta responded, causing the black-clothed woman to gain a small frown under her hood, although already knowing the response.
Asta glanced around and saw that they are in a forest of some kind.
"I've manage to take you to Wonder World…...although I would have preferred a more secured location." The black-clothed woman explained, yet saying the last part in slight annoyance.
"We're back in Wonder World?" Asta asked, making the black-clothed woman to nod her head in response.
"It took two days of failed attempts to get back to Wonder World, yet you managed to do it with ease." Asta muttered, gaining a a slight pout on his face as he remember the many times that his nose got squashed.
"To be fair, me and Saikou managed to damper the chaotic Mana leaking from the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book, along with using a different method than the "Gate Book" to travel." The black-clothed woman explained, causing Asta to raise an eye-brow.
"Who exactly are you?" The ash-white air teen asked whilst becoming on guard.
Instead of verbally responding, the black-clothes woman glanced to the side, causing Asta to look in the same direction and saw Kurayami, the sword of darkness, leaning against a tree-stump where Blanc herself is sitting on.
It took a few seconds for Asta to register what he's looking at, whereupon his eyes widened.
"You're the new Calibur?!" Asta said in a surprise tone of voice.
"That's correct. However, I won't say my actual name, but you can call me Finsternis." The now "known" Finsternis introduced herself.
This cause a suspicious expression to appear on Asta's face, which cause Finsternis to bit her lips slightly.
"I know that you are having trouble with giving people trust, giving your current predicament, but I can't reveal my name, not now." Finsternis explained in a firm tone of voice.
"Can you at least tell me whose side you're on, are you a member of the Sword of Logos?" Asta asked, although suddenly regretting saying the name of his, once, Magic Knight squad.
Finsternis tilted her head to the side whilst her lips pursed slightly, seemingly coming up with a response.
"I'm not with the Sword of Logos...in a sense." Finsternis responded, causing Asta to make a slight humming sound, not satisfied with Finsternis's answer.
"Please work with me." The new wielder of Kurayami said in a slight pleading tone of voice, making Asta to snort slightly before becoming on guard once again.
"So what's happening now? Are you going to help me getting back to Mr Yuri and the others?" Asta asked, remembering how Finsternis mentioned the "wielder" of Saikou's name.
Finsternis's lips pursed once again.
"The next steps are a bit tricky, whilst you are keen on returning to the others, we have another matter to deal with." Finsternis responded, causing Asta to raise an eye-brow.
"Are you referring to this?" The ash-white hair teen asked whilst raising his dragon-form arm.
"…..I'm afraid that it's much worst than your arm." Finsternis admitted before taking out a hand mirror and handed it to Asta.
The ash-white hair teen immediately jerked back as his reflection showed his partially transformed dragon face.
"W-What's happened to me?!" Asta exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"It would seem that the power of Primitive Dragon has started to effect your body." Finsternis explained in calm tone of voice.
"I-I'm going to transform into an actual dragon?!" Asta asked, still feeling on edge.
"If you keep on using "Primitive Dragon" and being bathed within the chaotic Mana, then probably." Finsternis responded and a horrible thought appeared within Asta's head.
"I'm I…...going to become like Primitive Dragon….?" Asta asked in a quiet tone of voice, remembering the "dream" he had.
"…" Finsternis didn't say anything, causing a wave of dread to go through Asta's body.
"For now, I think that you should rest properly and let the chaotic Mana "calm" down." Finsternis suggested, causing Asta to nod his head, whilst inwardly snorting at the part with the chaotic Mana "calming" down.
It didn't took Asta long to fall asleep, he only had to lay his head on the ground and went out like a light.
Finsternis look down at the sleeping form of the wielder of Rekka with a small smile underneath her veil for a few seconds before turning her attention towards Blanc.
"There's something I need to do, can you keep a close eye on Asta?" Finsternis asked as she stood up and walked towards Kurayami, making the white-feathered bird nod her head in response.
"I'm surprise that Asta didn't sensed anything suspicious. Probably due the chaotic Mana and mental state." Finsternis thought as she picked up the sword of darkness and gave a final glance towards the ash-white hair teen.
The black-clothed woman then took out the "Jaaku Dragon" Wonder-Ride book and start the transformation.
Kurayami, the sword of shadows!
Moonlight! Darkness! Slash! Get go under than get keen!
Jakku Dragon!
Kurayami Deciphered: The sword of darkness expunges the light, over the twilight dragon in cold blood!
The voice announced, cladding Finsternis in armor.
"Now. I hope that this will work this time." Calibur thought in a hopeful tone of voice before swinging Kurayami in a vertical slash, creating a portal of swirling darkness.
Staring at the portal for a few seconds, Calibur began to walk through it.
"Well, things have started to accelerate much faster than I expected." Master Logos thought, him having received the report about the recent battle of Primitive Dragon.
"But at least it has cause the once lost Kurayami to resurface." Master Logos thought again, a small smirk appearing on his face.
It was at that moment that a knock at the door can be heard.
"Come in." Master Logos responded, causing the door to open, revealing Reika.
"Master Logos, we've received word from one of the branches about detecting a unusual source of Mana." The messenger of the Sword of Logos explained, causing Master Logos to perk up slightly.
"Oh? What sort of Mana is this?" Master Logos asked, yet already have an idea about what sort of Mana it is.
"We're positive that it belongs to Primitive Dragon." Reika said, confirming Master Logos's suspicion.
"With the boy starting to become effected by Primitive Dragon's Mana, what should we do?" Reika asked, a questioning expression appearing on her face.
"….." The supreme leader of the Sword of Logos became quiet for a few seconds before speaking.
"I think that it's time for you to get involve." Master Logos said, causing Reika to perk up slightly.
"With Asta Staria starting to be bathed in the chaotic Mana and showing signs of transforming into a dragon, he needs to be…..tamed." Master Logos explained, causing Reika to nod her head, a small smile appearing on her face.
"But be careful, with the appearance of the new Calibur, things may become unpredictable from now on." Master Logos further explained, making Reika to nod her head before bowing and leaving the office.
"I wonder how things will turn out?" Master Logos thought, a smirk appearing on his face.
"It's clear that you aren't capable of handling the situation!" Damnatio said as he glare at Olivia.
As of right now, an emergency captain's meeting is being held and somehow Damnatio heard about the previous battle and decided to take part in the meeting as well.
Olivia sighed heavily at the comment.
"You are aware that Primitive Dragon is a beast that has been sealed within a Grimoire for a long time, along with possessing a chaotic form of Mana. So it's actions can be unpredictable." Olivia explained, attempting to keep calm.
"Then how do you explain about letting someone kidnap the host of the dragon to attack the Clover Kingdom, with ease that I might add?" Damnatio questioned, raising an eye-brow.
"The person who kidnapped Asta is the most dangerous of the three Megid Generals, Storious. Not only does he possess the ability to wield multiple magical attributes, but he also possess a strategical mind, the most dangerous aspect." Olivia explained, making Damnatio hum slightly.
"Regardless of the person responsible for kidnapping the host of Primitive Dragon, I think that the best course of action for you to take is to hand over him to us and let the Magic Knights execute him." The judge explained as he continue to glare at the chief witch.
Olivia was about to respond, but "Julius" spoke, through Marx that is.
"Sir Julius asks if you can calm down, Lord Kira. We won't get anything done." "Marx" said, causing the judge to glance towards "Julius" before closing his eyes and releasing a deep breath in the attempt to calm himself, yet there is a sign of fury in his eyes when he opened them.
"Put your Grimoire away, Kecil." Olivia said, noticing from the conner of her eye that the card magic user has her Grimoire out, probably in case to defend the chief witch.
"Yes, chief Oliva." Kecil responded in a low tone of voice as she place her Grimoire away.
Kecil and Utama are also present in the meeting due to "their" presence in the previous battle.
"From what it has been reported from Lady Mimosa, when the swordsman of light and the new Calibur appeared and manage to stop Primitive Dragon's rampage, Asta gained dragon-like features." "Marx" said, causing Olivia to nod her head.
"That's correct. However, this is something that is completely unknown to me. The only conclusion that we have come up with is that the more Asta is "bathed" in the Mana belonging to Primitive Dragon, the more changes to his body will occur." Olivia explained, causing everyone to widen their eyes.
"So Salamander may get a fellow dragon to play with." Yami commented in a calm tone of voice.
"Apart from the phrasing on Yami's comment, Asta will transform into a dragon?" Fuegoleon asked, becoming curious…...yet inwardly becoming amused at the thought of Salamander and a dragon version of Asta playing together.
"That may be the case." Olivia responded in a thoughtful tone of voice.
"Is there a chance that you can reversed the process?" Charlotte asked, the captain of the Blue Rose having become worried.
"It could be possible…..if we have Asta." The chief witch responded in a weak tone of voice, causing everyone to become perk up.
"What do you mean "if we have Asta"?" Ryo asked, starting to become concerned.
"I'm sure that you've been told that when Saikou and Calibur stopped Primitive Dragon's rampage, the new Calibur took Asta away." Olivia began to explain, causing mostly everyone to nod their heads.
"Well, they took him somewhere unknown to us, even to Saikou who brought them to the battle." Olivia finished, causing everyone to widen their eyes.
"Can we trust this new Calibur?" Nozel asked in a sceptic tone of voice.
"I don't know who this Calibur's identity is! Yuri is refusing to say anything on that matter." Olivia responded whilst shrugging her shoulders.
"So this new Calibur is unpredictable as of right now." Kaiser commented, causing mostly everyone to nod their in agreement.
"What title does Calibur hold?" Damnatio asked, becoming curious for the first time.
"Calibur is the Holy Sword wielder who possess the attribute of darkness." Olivia explained, causing the judge to raise an eye-brow.
"And the supposed person who people claimed to be a dragon-themed sword-wielder like the boy?" Damnatio "asked" in a sceptic tone of voice.
"Here we go again." Half of the room thought at the same time, gaining the feeling that an argument is on the horizon.
"Yes. That one." Olivia responded through gritted teeth.
Damnatio was about to speak, but a knock on the door was heard, causing everyone to look towards the door.
"Come in" "Julius" said, through Marx, whilst he and everyone became curious.
The door opened and everyone's eyes widened as they stare at who is standing in the open doorway.
"Calibur!" Ryo exclaimed as he quickly got out of his seat whilst getting his Grimoire out, him being joined by the captain.
Kecil and Utama got in front of Olivia in battle stances.
"…" Damnatio become silent as he took in Calibur's appearance.
Calibur stared at the battle ready people for a few seconds until before speaking.
"I thought that you would be interested in speaking with me, maybe I was mistaken?" Calibur questioned whilst tiling her head to the side.
"A voice modifier?" Fuegoleon thought, remembering how the previous Calibur used a modifier as well.
"How long have you been standing out there?" William asked in a slight stunned tone of voice.
"Ever since you start talking about me." Calibur responded in a simple tone of voice.
"Creepy." Yami commented, his guard lowering slightly.
"Are you any better, foreigner?" Jack retorted, making the captain of the Black Bulls to shrug his shoulders in response.
"No. you are correct, I think it's just a surprise that you would suddenly appear." "Marx" responded to Calibur's enquiry.
"…...How did you managed to walk into the Magic Knight's Headquarters?" Nozel asked in a suspicious tone of voice, seeing how Calibur seems to be too relaxed.
"Kurayami possess the ability to open portals. I just simply open one and walked through." Calibur responded, making the captain of the Silver Eagles, plus the others, to become alarmed.
"Where have you taken Asta?!" Charlotte asked, unable to contain her worry any longer.
"For safety reasons, I won't reveal Asta's location..." Calibur responded whilst giving a not-so-subtle look towards Damnatio.
"All I can say is that he's resting." Calibur said as she returned her attention towards the others who sweat-drop whilst Damnatio himself narrowed his eyes at the swords-woman of darkness.
"What are your plans for Asta?" Charlotte asked, becoming concerned for her nephew's safety at the hands of an unknown person.
"For now, I'm preparing him for the best course for the future." Calibur responded as she tapped Kurayami, which is strapped to her waist something that the vice-captain of the Sword of Logos, Julius, who just so happened to be standing outside of the room, and Olivia understood.
"Eh….what do you mean by that?" Yami asked, he and the others becoming confuse whilst Kecil and Utama glanced at each other, them having heard rumors about Kurayami.
"Kurayami, one of the two original swords, grants the wielder the ability to foresee multiple futures. That's what you're referring to, right?" Olivia asked as she turn her head towards the sword-woman of darkness who nodded her head in response.
"Can we trust this woman? She's taking the host of Primitive Dragon in her care after all." Damnatio asked with a questioning expression on his face and everyone knew that when the judge said "we", he's referring purely to the Clover Kingdom.
"…" Calibur became silent after a few seconds before sighing.
"If you get involved, you're just going to pour more fuel onto Primitive Dragon's fury, endangering Asta's life even further." The swords-woman of darkness responded, causing Damnatio's eyes to widen with fury.
"Do you even understand the value of people's lives? Of course you don't. You hold the scales, yet they always lean towards the decision that favors the nobles of the Clover Kingdom." Calibur explained, causing Damnatio to become even more furious.
"Don't tell me how to perform my duties!" Damnatio shouted as he glared at Calibur.
Despite the anger that is leaking out of the judge, the swords-woman of darkness have a calm air about her.
"Do you want to know a slice of future events that will occur if you get too involved?" Calibur questioned, causing Damnatio to pause slightly, although not interested in taking Calibur's words to heart.
"In that future…..you'll get executed due to the fury of the citizens falling onto the Magic Parliament, seeing that you are the starting point." Calibur explained, causing the room to become silent.
"Don't be ridiculous. Even if what you said is true, I am Royalty, there is nobody that can execute me." Damanatio said as he gave the swords-woman of darkness a look.
Calibur stared at the judge for a few seconds before sighing deeply a third time.
"Can your status really save you? In the end, that holds no meaning when the collective fury of the Clover Kingdom is upon you." Calibur explained, causing Damnatio to flinch in anger.
"If you want a second opinion, then you can ask Sir Julius…" Calibur began to say whilst placing a hand on Kurayami.
"Or I could seal your Grimoire, thus negating that future right here and now." Calibur said as she draw the sword of shadows.
This immediately cause the captains and vice-captains to immediately stand up and got out their Grimoire, plus swords in the case of Ryo, Char and Yami, whilst the three Wonder World witches completely moved out of the way.
However, the swords-woman of darkness didn't seemed threatened by the drawn Grimoires and swords…...although this was many due to the reluctant air that is surrounding the captains and vice-captain.
"Seal?" Damnatio questioned, raising an eye-brow.
"Kurayami also possess the ability to seal Grimoires." Marx explained, making Damnatio widen his eyes slightly.
Calibur lowered Kuryami slightly.
"I will reunite you with Asta as soon as I can, chief witch." Calibur said, glancing towards Olivia before turning and swinging the sword of darkness, creating a portal.
"Do not act, Damnatio Kira. This is your only warning." Calibur said as she glance over her shoulde before walking forwards and disappearing into the portal which then closed.
And there we have it, Asta having a nightmare of "him" killing everyone before waking up to the new wielder of Kurayami, going by the name of Finsternis, who then went to present themselves to the Magic Knights, judge and witches.
In Gotchard:
1) Houtarou was successful in capturing the Chemy (2)Kesuzo, which later went in a angry rampage when Rengu was using it, resulting in multiple objects getting erased, including data that Sabimaru has been collecting, leading to everyone to recall all of Gotchard's battles whilst Geryon used the newly captured (6)Warptera to create a new Malgam. Back with the others, they are visited by Spanner and Kyoka which is then followed by a alchemy-controlled origami which is a letter written by Mr Minato about taking down Geryon.
2) Yet in reality was a trap which resulted in a vast majority of the collected Chemies to be stolen by the abilities of the Pteranodon Malgam with Houtarou being only able to save (9)Steam-liner. Whilst Valvard and Majade fought Dread, who has gained a new form known as Type one: Unicorn, and the Pteranodon Malgam, the others retreated where Houtarou questioned if there's anyway for him to fight whilst using one Chemy Card.
3) Kyoka responded that there is an old form of forbidden alchemy which involves completely combining a Chemy with a human. Whilst taking about the risks of the forbidden alchemy, someone arrived. Back with the fight, Valvard and Majade are getting overwhelmed by Dread and the Pteranodon Malgam before Houtarou arrived, now bearing a gold and red ring and (9)Steam-Line having evolved into (10)Ten-Liner. Using the new Ten-Liner adapter, Houtarou transformed into Iron Gotchard.
And there we have it, Gotchard transforming into his Super Form which has an interesting design with the train-like guantlets and the additional helmet piece. I did read somewhere that Iron Gotchard has a hint of a egyptian-theme to it with the black and gold colouring. the concept of Iron Gotchard is similar to how a human tranforms into a Malgam when fused with a Chemy. We also have an image of Gotchard's Final Form which involves attaching the evolved (1)Hopper-1, known as (10)Cross-hopper, in conjuction with the Ten-Liner Adapter to transform into Platium Gotchard which I like the colouring of. Similar to Iron Gotchard, Platium Gotchard would be similar to how Clotho managed to transfomed into the Saber-Tiger Mantis Malgam, using two Chemies from different catagories.
Please review and until next time.
howard576:
1) Well, Damnatio seems VERY keen on letting the Magic Knights, minus the Clover branch, handle the situation despite the warning that Calibur is giving him.
2) Indeed the previous episode was a bit lack-luster, apart from seeing Majade transforming into her MoonCerberus form and a subtle hint of Mr Minato receiving his Type-one form.
3) Whilst I'm okay with the suit, I'm not a fan of the wheel-shaped visor.
Guest: For now, Finsternis is taking the correct course of action by taking Asta as far away as possible from anything that can cause Primitive Dragon to go berserk...Although that depends on how long Asta can be kept hidden from people with dark intentions.
Donna Traitor: Yeah...everyone will really start regrating their decision if that happens.
Guest: Sorry about that, but a lot of stuff was already happening during that battle.
TheOkWriter: I have a complex idea in mind that can solve this issue.
BrainWork27: Those are good guesses, I can imagine Sukehiro freaking out slightly when he discovered that the new Calibur is his little sister.