Returning to Yultim Volcano-Part 1
"I'm glad that this situation has managed to get resolved." Julius thought in a relieved tone of voice.
The Wizard King is currently in his office, him having received the report about ending the Devil Believer's plot of persuading the citizens of the Forsaken and Common Realms in gaining the powers of the Devils in order to rise up against the upper-class.
"Although the conclusion of this situation included the deaths of two people." Julius thought again, a sad expression appearing on his face.
"If only the opinions of the upper-class would have changed at some point in the past, then Cupiditas wouldn't have been able to easily persuade those two woman in starting this…." The Wizard King thought, him having been told about the Megid's involvement in the actions of the Devil Believers.
"This just to show that we need to double our efforts in reinforcing the citizen's faith in us." Julius muttered, him gaining a determined expression on his face.
"So, Cupiditas has made his reappearance." A voice spoke through audio-only communication device…..held by Alyssa.
"Yes, that's correct." The merchant responded in a calm tone of voice.
Currently, Alyssa is at her stall within the black market, selling Magic Items until receiving a call from a friend of hers.
"Hmm. The upcoming battle will be eventful if he decided to take part….or even have already decided to team up with those three." The voice commented, sounding slightly concerned.
"How is the current Saber doing with his mastery over his new powers?" Alyssa asked, becoming curious.
"Asta is doing well with his training with the Mana of the Primordial Dragons." The voice responded in a pleased tone of voice.
"Well, I hope that he's manages to master the Mana of the Primordial Dragons, no ordinary human has ever managed to reieve the blessing of the five dragons." Alyssa commented, sounding slightly concerned.
"Don't worry about it! Asta's already a skilled wielder of Rekka, I'm sure that he's able to master the Mana of the Primordial Dragons within the six month training period, or at least a suitable level to fight against the most dangerous "forces" of the Spade Kingdom." The voice explained and Alyssa knew what the voice meant by "forces".
"I hope that you're sure about that…" The merchant responded, a small frown appearing on his face.
The scene shifts towards the Sword of Logos headquarters where Fiona is currently cleaning the entrance hall.
"Ahhh. It feels so good that everyone is not so moody any more." The maid thought, a smile appearing on her face whilst feeling her body relaxing from feeling tense ever since everyone became moody due to their actions towards Asta.
"Although….I wonder how he's doing?" Fiona thought, a small frown appearing on her face.
The last thing that the maid has been told is that Asta is under the care of the new wielder of kurayami.
"Or is he…..?" Fiona thought again whilst starting to gain a conflicted expression on her face, not sure what's happening with Asta's current predicament.
It was at that moment that footsteps can be heard, causing Fiona to turn around to see Domi walking down the corridor.
"Doing your usual observing routine?" Fiona guessed, causing Domi to nod her head.
"Yes, that's correct. I'm heading to the Crimson Lions today….." Domi explained before gaining a nervous expression on her face.
"Is there something wrong?" Fiona asked, starting to become worried for the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori.
"Well, Its just that one of their…..semi-member can be….scary….." Domi responded in a nervous tone of voice.
This cause the maid to blink her eyes for a few seconds before realizing who Domi is refereeing to.
"You're talking about Lady Mereoleone, right?" Fiona asked, causing Domi to nod her head.
"I don't think that there's no need to worry, Lady Meroleone usual spends her time in the wild for training." Fiona explained in a reassuring tone of voice.
"I hope you're right…." Domi said, yet still feeling nervous.
"Captain Fuegoleon is more friendly and he's like Queen Lelopechika with him wielding the powers of Salamander." Fiona explained, making Domi nod her head slightly.
"Yes, that's true…." Domi said as a small smile appeared on her face.
"Well, I better get going to the Crimson Lion's headquarters…..?" Domi began to say before noticing that Fiona has gained a slight frown on her face.
"Is something wrong?" The wielder(s) of Eien no Midori asked, starting to become worried.
"It's nothing to worry about, but it's just that I was saved by the previous wielder of Eien no Midori, when my home village was attacked. That was when the bow of the forest was still a sword." The maid explained, causing Domi to widen her eyes.
"Oh yes! Vice-Captain Ogami and Mr Daishinji mentioned something similar." Domi said whilst gaining a thoughtful expression on her face.
That caused a smile to appear on Fiona's face before loud banging can be heard from the door, causing the maid and the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori to jump before turning their attention towards the door.
"W-well? Aren't you going to get it?" Domi asked, starting to gain a scared expression on her face.
"R-right." Fiona responded in a slight jumpy tone of voice before slowly approaching the door.
"You really need to build up that confidence." Fillon commented in a blank tone of voice.
With Fiona, the maid approached the door and opened it.
"Lady Mereoleone!? What are you doing here?!" Fiona asked in a shock tone of voice as she and Domi stared at the former captain of the Crimson Lions.
Mereoleone didn't immediately respond as she took note of Domi's presence.
"Where are the others?" Mereoleone asked as she returned her attention onto Fiona.
"M-most of them are within Liberation, Vice-Captain Ogami is in his office and Mr Daishinji is in his workshop." Fiona responded, making Mereoleone to nod her head slightly.
It was at that moment that footsteps can be heard, causing Fiona, Domi and Mereoleone turn towards the source of sounds and saw the rest of the currently present Sword of Logos Magic Knights.
"What's with the ban-Lady Mereoleone?!" Tetsuo began to ask, sounding irritated at first before noticing the Vermillion haired woman's presence.
Like before, Mereoleone didn't say anything as she scan the Sword of Logos Magic Knights, causing them to become scared.
"…...Yep. You'll be suffice." Mereoleone said as fire-shaped lion paws suddenly appeared and grab Domi, Noelle, Donna, Rintaro, Rin and Nero.
"Huh?" Everyone said at the same time whilst the captured people got lifted into the air.
"Where are you/Hey! Get your paw off me!" Fillon demanded, cutting off Ryo as she took over and attempted to break free from the fire-shaped lion paw.
"I'm taking them on a training course with the rest of the Crimson Lions and a few others." Meroleone explained to Ryo, ignoring Fillon.
"O-okay….Where exactly are you taking them?" Ryo asked his question again, faintly remembering how the Vermillion haired woman used the same method to kidnap everyone and took them to the volcano-based Strong Magic Region.
"To the same place as last time, Yultim Volcano." Mereoleone responded, causing mostly everyone to become pale.
"Yes!" Rin exclaimed in an excited tone of voice, causing everyone to gain horrified expressions on their faces whilst a small smirk appeared on Mereoleone's face before speaking.
"Does everyone have their swords on them?" Mereoleone asked, knowing how Tetsuo does maintenance work on the Holy Swords.
"Nope! I'm not handing them out for training, even if it's a Strong Magic Region." Tetsuo responded in a firm tone of voice.
The wielder of Sezume has started to become more protective of the Holy Swords after the ordeal with the Cupiditas and the Devil Believers.
Mereoleone stared at Tetsuo for a few seconds before manifesting another fire-shaped lion paw and punched the wielder of Sezume in the face.
"O-okay, I'll go and get them." Tetsuo said in a blank tone of voice before turning around and making his way towards his work shop.
Everyone sweat-dropped at this.
"Glad for you guys to make it!" Leopold said in an excited tone of voice as he and the rest of the Crimson Lion Magic Knights saw Mereoleone approaching them with the captured Sword of Logos, plus the still struggling Fillon, towards them.
Fuegoleon is also present.
"Although not willingly I presume." Fugoleon thought, fully knowing his and Leopold's sister's methods.
Mereleone stopped and released the captured Magic Knights, causing them to fall onto the ground.
"Finally! You got some nerve lady!" Fillon shouted as she sprang up off the ground and seemingly attempt to attack the Vermillion haired woman.
However, Mereoleone punched the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori, causing her to crash back onto the ground.
This cause everyone to flitch.
"Anyway, now that we're all here, the training can start." Mereoleone said whilst making everyone sweat-drop at the fact that she just ignored Fillon.
"For those we can remember, this will be the similar as the hot-spring training back during the fiasco with the Eye of the Midnight Sun." Mereoleone explained, causing everyone to become tense.
"So it will be heading towards the top again." Rintaro commented whilst glancing upwards at the highest volcano.
"Who wants to race?" Rin asked, sounding excited.
"No thank you." Noelle responded in a simple tone of voice.
"I'm game." Leopold said, causing the wielder of Hayate to start grinning.
"…...This time, all of you will be surviving underneath Yultim Volcano." Mereoleone said, causing everyone to become surprise.
"We're going underneath the Strong Magic Region?" Donna repeated Mereoleone's statement, not sure if she'd properly heard the Vermillion haired woman.
Even though everyone is standing on the edge of Yultim Volcano, the wielder of Ikazuchi can still feel the intense heat.
"That's correct. We've discovered that a Dungeon is located underneath Yultim Volcano, so you can consider this a mission of some sorts." Fuegoleon explained, making Donna nod her head slightly.
"However." Mereoleone began to say, causing everyone to become tense.
"The underground area of Yultim Volcano is full of monsters. So the intense heat isn't the only thing you should be worried about." Mereoleone explained with a dark grin on her face, causing everyone to pale.
"Luckily, I'd managed to secure some extras in case any of you start to lag behind." The Vermillion haired woman said before turning her head towards some boulders.
"You two can come out now." Mereoleone said whilst everyone else, including Fuegoleon, became curious just as two people appeared from behind the rocks.
The Sword of Logos Magic Knights widen their eyes as they recognized the two people.
"Hello juniors." Shan greeted with a smile on her face.
"Did you just called them juniors?" Ekrixi asked with a raised eye-brow.
"What? It's true though." Shan pointed out, making Ekrixi shake his head slightly.
Whilst this was going on, mostly everyone else gained confused expressions on their faces.
"These two are former Magic Knights, belonging to the Sword of Logos Magic Knights squad." Mereoleone said, causing the Crimson Lion Magic Knights to become surprise.
"Really?! These two are your predecessors?" Leopold asked whilst glancing towards Noelle.
"That's correct. They're also Asta's grandfather and grandaunt, Ekrixi Staria and Shan Kasper with Sir Ekrixi being the previous Saber before Asta's own predecessor whilst Lady Shan held the title of swords-woman of sand, also known as Kamen Rider Shamshir." Noelle properly introduced the two former Sword of Logos Magic Knights, making everyone surprise once again.
"Seriously?!" Leopold asked, making Noelle nod her head. The next thing that everyone saw, Leopold is standing in front of Ekrixi and Sarha.
"Hi there! I'm Leopold Vermillion, a friend of Asta." Leopold greeted with a smile on his face.
"A…..friend of his…?" Shan asked whilst tilting her head to the side slightly.
"That's correct." Leopold responded just as Ekrixi gained a small frown on his face.
Everyone started to become nervous at the silence that has descended around them with the only sound coming from the bubbling lava.
"Did I…..do something wrong?" Leopold thought, starting to become nervous himself.
Deciding to help a fellow lion, Rintaro slowly approached Leopold and grabbed his cloak before pulling him back.
"A team comprised of Saber and Shamshir…..I think I heard about that from somewhere….." Fillion commented with a deep thinking expression on her face.
"And you are?" Ekrixi asked, him and Shan turning their attention towards the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori.
"I'm Fillon, an envoy of the Heart Kingdom who is aiding in the training regime of the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights. I'm also the one of the current wielders of Eien no Midori, the second being the other soul within me, Domi." Fillon introduced herself, causing Ekrixi to nod his head slightly.
"Yes. Lady Mereoleone told us about you two." Ekrixi said, causing Fillon to glance towards the Vermilion haired woman who nodded her head slightly before turning her attention towards everyone else.
"Right then! Now that the introductions are over, time to get moving everyone!" Mereoleone called, everyone to nod their heads before moving further into the Strong Magic Region, cloaking their bodies in Mana-Skin whilst doing so.
"Whoa. The atmosphere sure is hot." Donna commented as she starts to feel her insides heating up intensely.
"You eventually get use to the heat….maybe in an hour or so…." Rintaro said, saying the last part with a sheepish smile on his face.
This cause the wielder of Ikazuchi to snort slightly before glancing towards Rin who has a slight smile on her face.
"You okay?" Donna asked, gaining a slight worried expression on her face.
"Yep! I'm good, just need to get use to the heat!" The wielder of Hayate responded in a cheerful tone of voice.
"Good for you….." Fillon said in a weak tone of voice.
This cause the Sword of Logos Magic Knights to become worried for the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori.
"Have you never been in this sort of environment before?" Noelle asked, raising an eyebrow.
"What do you think my magic is?" Fillon asked in a blank tone of voice.
This cause Noelle to gain annoyed expression on her face.
"A simply response would be suffice!" Noelle shouted in an angry tone of voice.
"Please don't fight. It would be bad if we loose concentration on our Mana-Skin." Rintaro pointed out, attempting to defuse the situation.
After a while of making their way across the burning rocky ground, the group of Magic Knights, plus Heart Kingdom envoy, found themselves staring at an entrance leading downwards.
"Be vigilant, everyone. You may never know what can happen down there." Fuegoleon said in a serious tone of voice, causing everyone to nod their heads before starting to descend into the underground section of Yultim Volcano with Ekrixi and Sarha going in last.
Whilst it was seemingly agreed that everyone should remained together, everyone eventually separated for some reason.
"Where are those monsters that Lady Mereoleone mentioned….?" Noelle thought as she peaked around a corner whilst gripping Argent-Couronne tightly and keeping quiet in the attempts of hearing anything unhuman.
"Or it could be that Lady Mereoleone simply said that to keep our guard up." Noelle thought again whilst attempting not to become nervous.
"Hear anything?" A voice spoke, causing the silver hair girl to jump slightly before spinning around and raised Argent-Couronne.
"H-hey!" Leopold said whilst quickly raising his arms into the air as the blade of Argent-Couronne is pointing straight at his neck.
"Don't do that, Leopold." Noelle said in a slight agitated tone of voice as she lowered the sword of steel.
"Sorry." Leopold said with a sheepish smile on his face, making Noelle sigh deeply before glancing over her shoulder.
"It doesn't seemed to be anything close by, so it's safe to keep moving." Noelle said before starting to move again, being followed by Leopold.
"So….what's up with your two predecessors? They seemed…..a bit edgy." Leopold commented, becoming curious.
"They're just….protective of Asta with everything that has been happening with him. There's nothing to worry about." Noelle responded, making Leopold to nod his head.
"That's good to hear. Have you even heard word about Asta?" Leopold asked, making Noelle shake her head.
"Nothing." The silver hair girl responded, causing a small frown to appear on Leopold's face before a thought appeared in his head.
"I suppose I should ask them then." Leopold commented with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"I think that Lady Mereoleone and Captain Fuegoleon would be the better option." Noelle thought, knowing that those to would have an easier time to get some sort of information out of Sir Ekrixi and Lady Shan about Asta in the current time.
It was at that moment that the sound of crawling can be heard, causing the two Magic Knights to suddenly stop.
"It looks like something's with us…." Leopold commented as he slowly got his Grimoire out.
"Y-yes. It sure looks like it." Noelle responded whilst gripping Argent-Couronne tightly.
Noelle and Leopold glanced around in the hopes of seeing anything, but couldn't.
However, eight eyes glowed in the darkness above them.
So here we go, the Magic Knights continuing their training for the upcoming training with the Sword of Logos and the Crimson Lions returning to Yultim Volcano with Domi/Fillion, Ekrixi and Shan joining as well. It would seems that Alyssa is well informed about the current ongoings with the Sword of Logos, probably a perk of being their sponser.
In Gotchard:
1) With the people starting to regain their overwitten memories, some wanting to obtain the Chemies for their own gain with Houtarou and Rin being attacked by the Gorilla Malgam who was joined by Gaelijah who stole (5)Vemondrake and placed a marker on Majade. When the two of them returned to the Alchemy Academy, with Minato being unable to contact the Alchemy Assosiation, they were soon discovered by a TV pragram who painted them as evil people, with even Kyoka and Lachesis getting attacked.
2) The Gorilla Malgam and the Poisonous Mushroom Malgam lauched an attack where Gotchard and Majade dealt with them before Spanner announced to the public that he will depose all Chemies.
So there we have it, the public getting a nasty shock about the presence of Chemies and Malgams and like in the past, the Alchemy Assosiation haven't made any known actions, although there are some members who are behind Spanner's actions. So even though we're near the end of the series, I'm a bit uncertain of how then endgame will play out since their are three opponents that are needed to be dealt with, the two Dark Kings, who are even at odds with one another, and Geryon, who has an army of Dreatroopers at his disposal.
So news about Gavv's idenity has been revealed with his real name being Shouma who enjoys eating sweets, something which is a bit obvious. With the Gochizos, they are created by how much sweets Shouma eats and it seems that there a different versions of a single Gochizo with the colouring representing a different flavour.
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