The appearance of the sword-wielding Devil
"W-what did you s-say!" Noelle asked in a shock tone of voice, ignoring her current condition.
"Acier Silva. You just look like her." Vanica repeated with a smile on her face.
"How do you know my mother?!" Noelle demanded, making the Devil host of Migicula to blink her eyes slightly.
"So your her daughter. Like I said, we fought each other in the past. Boy! She was super strong!" Vanica responded as her mind slowly started to remember Acier Silva.
"Well….she's dead now if you wanted to know how she's doing." Noelle said whilst gripping Argent-Couronne tightly.
Instead of looking disappointed, Vanica blinked her eyes.
"I already know that. Acier-sweetie was cursed like Lolopechika-sweetie and died to the curse." Vanica said, causing Noelle's eyes to widened.
"What are you talking about?! My mother died of child birth!" Noelle said, making Vainca blinked her eyes again.
"How old are you?" Vanica asked, causing Noelle to blink her eyes.
"I'm 16..." Noelle responded, causing Vanica to frown as she attempted to remember any more details.
"It was roughly 16 years ago that you made a contract with me." Megicula suddenly spoke, making Vanica nod her head.
"That's right! I wanted to test out Megicula's magic and I heard about a super strong Mage in the Clover Kingdom and seeked her out, finding her resting within a village." Vainca explained before remembering something.
"I took a child hostage and Acier-sweetie became super strong! That child must be you." Vanica said, causing Noelle's eyes to widen.
"I was taken hostage?!" Noelle exclaimed in her head.
"Was there anyone else present, someone attempting to interfere?" Noelle asked, knowing that at least someone would contact the Magic Knights with some rushing to the battlefield since Acier would surely still recovering from giving birth.
"How should I know? I was mainly focused Acier-sweetie." Vanica responded, a slight look of irritation appearing on her face.
"I believe that there was a third person present became I activated a secondary effect of the curse." Megicula responded, causing Noelle to freeze.
"Secondary…..effect….?" The silver hair girl asked in a tense tone of voice, starting to become worried for Lolopechika.
"I can activate a secondary effect of my curse-warding magic which prevents anyone from speaking the truth, otherwise they will be cursed as well along with those who hear the truth, like a disease." Megicula explained before remembering what Noelle said earlier.
"I have heard that woman given birth can die with factors such as a weakened body, but for someone as strong as Acier Silva, a powerful Magic Knight of the Clover Kingdom, I would have expected that a slight altered story to be told. I suppose that the humans of the Clover Kingdom are simple-minded or there are those who hated your existence and took the opportunity to spread lies since the truth of Acier Silva's death cannot be told." Megicula explained her thoughts.
However, Noelle is distracted with her thoughts.
"There was someone else present during Vanica's/Megicula's duel with Mother. But who…." Noelle thought, attempting to remember any scrap of information surrounding her birth.
"…!" Noelle's eyes widened as someone appeared in her head.
"Anyway! That's enough story telling! Time to return to the fight." Vainca exclaimed as a smile appeared on her face.
However, the smile disappeared slightly when she saw that Noelle has become frozen.
"…..Noelle-sweetie…..you can still fight…..right?" Vanica asked, starting to become concerned about missing a good opportunity of having another fight.
The silver hair girl's body then started to shake.
"I'm going to a good...long...talk with Brother as soon I get back.…." Noelle muttered through gritted teeth.
"I suppose that Noelle-sweetie discovered who that third person is." Vanica thought, she having managed to hear Noelle.
A part of the Devil host of Megicula started to become annoyed that Noelle is loosing focus of the fight, but a part of her became curious if she could used Noelle's anger to motivate in some way.
"Vanica. Why don't we take Noelle back to the Spade Kingdom." Magicula spoke, causing Vanica to perk up.
"What for? Another experiment of yours?" Vanica asked, becoming curious.
"Yes. I want to experiment on that Holy Sword of hers. From what we've been told, the sword of steel is created through a different method than the rest of the Holy Swords." Megicula explained just as Vanica started to pout.
"But I want to fight Noelle-sweetie though." Vanica said, making Megicula start to chuckle.
"What's wrong with making some alterations to Noelle? If we put in your elder brother's plan into consideration, then you two can fight for eternity." Megicula explained, causing a grin to start flickering on Vanica's lips, implying that she's liking the idea.
"I would suggest taking the queen of the Heart Kingdom back as well." Megicula added, causing a confused expression to appear on Vanica's face.
"What for?" Vanica asked, her mood shifting.
"The knowledge that she contains could be of some use. Plus taking two hostages will surely attract powerful opponents towards you, right?" Megicula pointed out, causing Vanica to start becoming excited.
"Sure! Why not." Vanica said before starting to approach Noelle, who seems to still be stuck in her own thoughts, before knocking her out and catching her before the silver hair girl could hit the floor.
"You're coming along as well, Lolopechika-sweetie." Vanica commented as she made her way towards Lolopechika and doing the same with her.
The Devil host of Megicula began to fly away, but stop as she turned her attention towards Secre, who is semi-conscious whilst being trapped within black runes, and Undine.
"You two can tell the others about what's happening…..if you can that is." Vanica spoke before starting to fly away.
Her departure didn't went unnoticed.
"Lady Vanicaaaaaaa! You're returning to the Spade Kingdom alreadyyyyyy?" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage asked as he glanced upwards.
"Why is she taking Lolopechika and Noelle?!" Mimosa thought, her eyes widening in shock as she saw the two kidnapped people.
"Could you wait just a minute? I've almost got this girl licked/Would you not talk to me? You're icky. And actually….I don't need you people any more." Vanica interrupted in a cold tone of voice.
"Huh?" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage said, becoming confused.
"Curse-Warding Magic: Exploding Life." Vanica announced, causing black markings to spread across the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage's body.
"His magic…..it's swelling?!" Mimosa thought, her eyes widening.
"Lady….Va….nica…..! What….are….you….doi…..?!" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage asked in a pain tone of voice.
"It's a curse bomb. I'm detonating the Demonic Mana I have you Dark Disciples." Vanica explained with a cruel smile on her face before quickly making her way back to the Spade Kingdom.
All across the Heart Kingdom, explosions of Demonic Mana erupted into the sky.
"H-he's looking at us, r-right?!" Grey asked as her entire body shivered.
"Yeah, I think so." Gauche responded, becoming tense.
Outside, Dante floated towards the Raging Black Bull before breaking down the wall separating him and the three Black Bull Magic Knights within the room.
"So you're the cat's owner." Dante commented as he stare at Vanessa.
"Stay behind Rouge, you two!" Vanessa ordered just as Rouge hissed at Dante.
"Hmm….Magic that interferes with natural laws, plus…..that beauty….your figure…." Dante mused as he examine Vanessa.
"You're a good fit for Dante of the Dark Triad. Be my woman." Dante said, causing everyone to become shock.
"Huh?! The Dark Triad….?!" Vanessa thought, a bead of sweat tricking down her forehead.
"So he's one of the goons controlling the Spade Kingdom." Gauche thought before speaking.
"Is that supposed to be some kind of joke." Gauche demanded, making Dante chuckle slightly.
"No, I'm not joking." Dante responded in a reassured tone of voice.
"Well, you're sure being creepy, Kekekeke." A voice suddenly spoke, causing everyone to snap their heads towards the source of the voice and their eyes widened at the speaker.
"A Devil?!" The three Back Bull Magic Knights thought as they and Dante stare a Devil who possess spiky white hair, red eyes, two horns that point forwards, a tail and he's wearing clothes designed for cold weather.
"Hm? And who might you supposed to be?" Dante asked, becoming confused as he tilt his head to the side.
"My name isn't important to tell someone like you." The Devil responded with a smirk on his face.
The response caused one of Dante's eyes to twitch.
"You certainly are rude. I think that discipline is needed." Dante commented before snapping his fingers.
The newly appeared Devil, who is currently hovering in the air, suddenly shot downwards as the gravity increased around him.
"Gak!" The Devil exclaimed as he struck the ground.
"Now then….." Dante began to say as he floated outside the Raging Bull.
"How to deal with you…..?" Dante said before noticing how the Devil is slowly getting back onto his feet.
"How is he managing to stand back up despite the increase of gravity?!" Dante thought, becoming surprise before noticing a dark aura surrounding the Devil.
"Is that…..Mana-Skin?" Dante thought, although sensing that something is different.
Fully back on his feet, the Devil flapped his wings before suddenly shooting upwards.
"What an increase in speed! And…..is that a sword?" Dante thought as he quickly dodged the incoming Devil who now holding a black-bladed sword which possess a red guard.
Dante's eyes widened as he saw the Devil's flight suddenly changing, heading straight back towards him.
"Is he using a homing spell or something?" Dante thought as he kept on dodging the incoming sword-wielding Devil.
"Oh come on! Let me hit him!" The sword-wielding Devil shouted in annoyance.
"Hey, sword-wielding Devil!" A voice shouted, causing the Devil to glance towards the source and saw Gauche standing on top of the Raging Bull's head.
"Yeah?!" The Devil called as he sped past.
"Look at me!" Gauche said as lifted the hair covering his left "eye".
"Mirror Magic: Mirror Brigade!" Gauche announced just as the Magic Item began to glow.
"What are yo-huh?!" The sword-wielding Devil began to say, but stop when he saw multiple versions of himself appearing.
Dante's eyes widened at the suddenly appearances of the sword-wielding Devil.
"Kekekeke. I this." The original sword-wielding Devil commented before turning his attention back to Dante.
"Try to dodge this!" All of the sword-wielding Devils shouted as the fly straight towards Dante.
"I don't know whose side that sword-wielding Devil is on, but if he's fighting that creep, then that's okay. There's no way that he can dodge or block them." Gauche thought, becoming slightly hopeful.
"…...50%." Dante announced before gaining Devil features.
"That human host has activate the Devil's Ma-?!" The original sword-wielding Devil began to thought, but stop when he saw how the air is starting change around Dante.
When the multiple sword-wielding Devils got closer to the warped air, they suddenly shot off different directions.
"That's crazy! He warped space?!" Gauche thought as he left eye widened in shock.
"Huh? What just…." The sword-wielding Devil said as he quickly glanced around and watched as his clones disappeared.
It was at that moment that a boot found itself on the sword-wielding Devil's shoulder.
"Let's….have a little talk." Dante said before suddenly increasing gravity again, causing the both of them to crash onto the ground.
"Where did you come from? Judging from the clothes that you are wearing, I'd expect that you're from the Spade Kingdom as well." Dante commented as he pinned the sword-wielding Devil on the ground.
"Why….the hell should I tell you….anything!?" The sword-wielding Devil questioned as he managed to lift his head up.
"Well, it's not everyday that you see a Devil simply walking about in the human world, without any help anyway. I suppose that you are existing within the human world due to the Devil-binding ritual method rather than you taking a human host." Dante explained in a calm tone of voice.
"So what sort of magic do you wield and why are you suppressing your Mana? It doesn't feel that you wanting to fight seriously." Dante questioned, becoming curious.
"…..I don't wield any form of magic, I wield anti-magic which is able to nullify any form of magic." The now revealed anti-magic Devil decided to answer that question, making Dante widened his eyes.
"So that's how he'd managed to stand within in area of increased gravity, he coated his body in something similar to Mana-Skin to nullify the effects of my Devil's magic." Dante thought, becoming interested
"So why are you here? Did someone ordered you to follow me, somehow discovering that I'm heading towards the Clover Kingdom?" Dante asked, breaking away from his current thoughts.
Before the sword-wielding Devil could say anything, multiple mirrors suddenly appeared around the two.
"Hm?" Dante said whilst glancing over his shoulder.
"Mirror Magic: Reflect Refrain!" Gauche announced before firing a beam of light which bounced between the different mirrors.
Unfortunately, Dante managed to dodge the attack whilst the sword-wielding Devil…...barely managed to avoid getting hit.
"Hey! Be careful with your aim next time!" The sword-wielding Devil shouted towards Gauche.
"Shut up, Devil! It's not like we're allies in the first place! Just facing the same opponent." Gauche shouted back, causing the sword-wielding Devil to growl slightly.
"You certainly are a lively one, aren't you." Dante commented as he turned his attention towards the Black Bull mirror Mage.
"What do you expect? You decided to attack us for some reason." Gauche pointed out, making Dante hum slightly.
"True. I'm just simply playing with you until Yami Sukehiro returns." Dante explained, causing Gauche, Grey and Vanessa, who have joined the Black Bull mirror Mage, to perk up slightly.
"What does this guy what with Captain Yami?" The three Black Bull Magic Knights thought, becoming confused.
It was at that moment that a thought appeared in Dante's head.
"I wonder how Yami will feel when he sees one of his foot-soldiers heavily injured? Maybe it will awaken his true nature as a person." Dante wondered, causing the three Black Bull Magic Knights and the sword-wielding Devil to become confuse.
"What are you talking about?" Vanessa asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Malice is the supreme emotion that dominates all humans. This Devil will be fully aware of this fact as well, a being belonging to a race that are born from anger, hatred, revenge and destruction." Dante began to explain.
"Don't lug me with the rest of those scum." The sword-wielding Devil said darkly.
"When one unleash their darkest emotions, that's when they are truly human." Dante continued to explain, ignoring the sword-wielding Devil's comment.
"Now. Time to set the stage for unleashing Yami's true nature." Dante said before activating his gravity magic, causing all three all three Black Bull Magic Knights to become "frozen" in the air whilst the Raging Bull crashed onto the ground.
"He's pinning us down from all sides!" Gauche thought as he attempted to move, but found it impossible.
Dante raised a hand, causing a bolder-shaped portion of the earth to raise into the air.
"Gravity Magic: Evil God's Pressure Craft." Dante announced before crafting the earth so that it takes on the form of a sword.
"Now then, be prepare for some "slight" pain." Dante said with a cruel smile on his face as he positioned the sword that it's pointing towards the Black Bull Magic Knights.
"Don't you dare, basta-!" The sword-wielding Devil said as he prepared to launched himself towards Dante.
However, he was too slow as Dante snapped his fingers, sending the rock-formed sword flying…..stabbing Gauche in the chest.
"GAUCH!" Both Vanessa and Grey shouted at the same time whilst Gauche himself started to cough up blood.
"You bastard!" The sword-wielding Devil shouted as he launched himself towards Dante and swing his sword towards the male Dark Triad member.
However, Dante moved out of the way.
"I should better help them….." The sword-wielding Devil thought as he turned his attention towards the three Black Bull Magic Knights whilst covering his sword in the same black aura that is covering him before swinging his sword, sending out a wave of black mist towards them.
"EEK!" Grey exclaimed in fright as the attack came towards them.
When the attacked reach the three Black Bull Magic Knights, however, it didn't do any damage towards them, but instead released them from from Dante's magic.
"Oh? So you can do that." Dante mused as he watched as the sword-wielding Devil snapped his attention back towards him.
"Tell me, do you know this Devil, Lucifero?" Dante asked as he now "stand" within in his own mind-scape, staring up at a Devil whose form cannot be properly seen, but possess four wings and four curved horns.
And there we have it, Noelle learning about the truth of Acier's death from Vanica/Megicula before getting knocked unconcious and getting kidnapped alongside Lolopechika. With the Black Bulls, they are recieving aid from a certian anti-magic wielding Devil...something that a few people have been asking in the past. So with Noelle getting kidnapped, it will cause some changes to occur.
In Gavv:
1) Shoma/Gavv approuched Valen where they mistook each other with Shoma/Gavv believing that Valen is a Granute who has undergone surgery whilst Valen believes that Shoma/Gavv is a human that has undergone surgery as well. Valen suggested that they shouldn't pry into each other's personal history, something that Shoma/Gavv agreed to. Later Shoma and Sachika headed to a job which involves looking after ahouse where two artists are renting rooms.
2) Meanwhile, Shita and Jeehb are needing to maximise their procurements from their few remaining checkpoints before getting visited by Glotta who "asked" why there is a fall in Human Press collection where she decided to "encourage" the suppose lacking part-timers. With Hanto, he asked Kenzo if there are more people researching Granutes, based on his assumption on Shoma/Gavv, where Kenzo responded that he has little knowledge on the matter, but became interested about possibly studying Shoma/Gavv.
3) Shoma visted Dante where he gave him a phone which has the function of being able to see what the Gochizo have seen in the past with the used Gochizo showing Valen's first battle where Dante thought that it was Shoma. The next day, Shoma created a box where the Gochizo can hide in, which they quickly did when Hanto appeared, looking for Sachika. When Shoma looked up Hanto's name in the folder, he started to become nervous to the fact that Hanto is investigating Granutes and "him". When asked about the topic, Hanto started to panic about the prospect that his idenity as "Valen" could be discovered.
4) Following a lead from a Poppin-Gummy Gochizo, Shoma discovered a Granute in a art-gallery with the resulting battle causing Shoma/Gavv to obtain his new Chocodam form. Meanwhile, Hanto entered the art-gallery where he encouter Glotta.
And there we have it, Shoma/Gavv gaining a new form and to be honest, I'm not entire sure about Shoma/Gavv and Valen both possessing a chocolate-themed form, but at least Shoma/Gavv's version has a cowboy-theme added to it. With Shoma and Hanto having an alliance, I can imagine Shoma giving Hanto Chocodon Gochizos so that he can continue to transform into Valen. I can see the screen being chaotic when Shoma and Hanto learn each other's idenity.
Please review and until next time.
howard576:
1) Yep and from the look of things, it won't be a happy conversation that Noelle will have with her brother.
2) I think that Soji's Human Press was snapped because his emotion wasn't that of happiness, thus lacking good quality spice for Dark Treat production.
3) I can see Shoma going through at least one surgery with his modified Gavv being able to grant hm access to both his Super Form and Final Form.
