Friend or Foe?

It took a few seconds for the Golden Dawn Magic Knights to register who the man introduced himself.

"Swordsman of snow?! Is he a member of the Sword of Logos?" Mimosa thought, relaxing slightly, yet remained on guard.

"So, what are you planning now?" Spatha questioned just as the knocked down Demonic Mana infused Shimis began to fully stand up.

"…..Don't you think that would be obvious." Gram responded before beginning to spin around where a slash of snow shot of of Aerkurufuyu which struck one of the Shimis.

From the point of contact, ice started to spread across the Shimi's body, effectively trapping them.

This cause the other Shimis to become active and lunged towards Gram.

The swordsman of snow turn back round and grabbed Mimosa around the waist, making her blush slightly, and moved out of the way, avoiding the sword-based attacks.

When making some room, Gram released his hold on Mimosa before turning his attention back to the Shimis.

The pages of his Grimoire began to turn before stopping. "Snoklocka Magi: Pil." Gram announced and snow-made arrows started to appear around him

"Snoklocka Magi?" The Golden Dawn Magic Knights thought in confusion just before Gram flicked his sword-holding arm, causing the snow-made arrows shot forwards which successful struck the Shimis.

The swordsman of snow then charged forwards before grabbing one the the snow-made arrows and wrenched it out of the Shimi's body, causing the Golden Dawn Magic Knights to flitch slightly just as Gram charged forwards and began to attack the Shimis with a combination of snow and arrow, using the arrow as close-range weapon.

"How barbaric….." Klaus thought with a disturbed expression on his face.

With Gram, the swordsman of snow plunged the snow-made arrow into the chest of the Shimi, causing the Shimi to fall onto the ground.

It was then that the sound of cracking can be heard, causing the swordsman of snow to turn his head towards the first Shimi that he attacked and saw that cracks have started to appear on the ice.

"….." Gram became silent before raising Aerkurufuyu where the blade took on a new shape, now possessing a razor-sharp edges.

Gram then dash towards the now partially free Shimi and swing Aerkurufuyu, dealing painful damage to the Shimi, preventing it's attempt of breaking free.

Gram glanced over his shoulder and the Shimis and can tell that it seemed angry.

"Why are you angry? Or is the Demonic Mana corroding your emotions. Do you even have emotions in the first place?" Gram question which seemed to cause the Shimis to become more angry.

"Regardless. Time to finish this." Gram commented before closing the cover of "Dragon Slayer" and taking it out of the belt buckle.

Everyone watched as the swordsman of snow placed the back side of "Dragon Slayer" against the open book-like symbol which is located, horizontally, just below when the ice-made blade connects with the rest of Aerkurufuyu once.

Final Read, Dragon Slayer!

The voice announced, causing the standby sound to start playing before Gram raised Frozen Killer into the air before pressing the trigger.

Aerkurufuyu: Breaking Finish!

One Reading Flash!

The voice announced again an snowy-looking clouds started to appear above Gram.

"Slunga Hagel." The swordsman of snow announced before swinging Aerkurufuyu downwards, causing a high-speed hail storm to appear out of the clouds and struck the Shimis, with Mimosa and Klaus backing away as quickly as possible, which managed to destroy them.

Silence descended around them once again before Spatha spoke.

"Huh. You're certainly are powerful if you managed to destroy those Demonic Mana enhanced Shimis. Although that could be because you fought in such as barbaric manner." The swordsman of gold commented just as Gram turn his attention towards him.

"Does my fighting style bother you?" Gram asked in a blunt tone of voice.

"Not really." Spatha responded in a simple tone of voice.

"It does to us!" Klaus spoke his opinion…..although he was completely ignored.

"On the contrary….." Spatha began to say whilst getting into a battle stance.

"Let see how you can handle against me!" Spatha exclaimed before suddenly lunging forwards.

With the swordsman of snow, he possess an aura of calmness despite the swordsman of gold's sudden movement just as Spatha quickly approached him.

Gram quickly raised Aerkurufuyu to block the incoming attack from Golden Sword.

"Snoklocka Magi: Spjut."Gram announced as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn before stopping.

An snow-made spear appeared in Gram's free hand which he then thrust forwards.

In response, Spatha raised Golden Shield to block the incoming attack, a smirk appearing underneath his helmet.

However, the snow-made spear suddenly broke apart before it struck Golden Shield.

"What?! Does Gram knows what Golden Shield is capable of?!" Spatha though his eyes widening underneath his helmet.

It was at that moment that the blade of Aerkurufuyu shattered, causing the swordsman of gold to stumble forwards.

With Gram, the swordsman of snow ducked down and thrust Aerkurufuyu forwards with a smaller blade forming at the hilt.

"Gh!" Spatha grunted as the ice-made blade struck him.

A new snow-made spear appeared in Gram's hand again which he then used to fight the swordsman of gold in an aggressive manner in conjunction with Aerkurufuyu, now possessing a longer and shaper blade.

The three Golden Dawn Magic Knights watched as Gram overwhelmed Spatha with aggressive fighting style with stunned expressions on their faces.

However, Spatha managed to find an opening where he swing Golden Sword and releasing an arc of Mana.

Gram crossed his two weapons whilst cladding himself in Mana-Skin, but still received damage as he was thrown back.

"Hmm. I forgot how my damage output increases when the absorbed Mana is that of a spirit." Spatha commented as he glance at Golden Sword.

This cause the Golden Dawn Magic Knights to widen their eyes whilst Gram glanced towards Yuno, the swordsman of snow having a good idea that the Golden Dawn wind Mage is the one who possess the powers of a spirit.

"Anyway! Time to finish this battle, don't you think!" Spatha said as he prepared to launch his finisher move.

"Mana-Method." Gram spoke before swinging his two weapons, causing harsh storm to suddenly appear.

"He's able to do Mana-Method?! Is he from the Heart Kingdom?" Mimosa wondered as she covered her face with her arms.

After a few seconds, the storm died down where the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights and swordsman of ice noticed that Spatha has disappeared.

"…..He must have fled." Gram commented as he sense Spatha's Mana retreating.

"What on earth where you thinking?! Performing a dangerous attack!" Klaus demanded in angry tone of voice.

"What?" Gram asked in a blank tone of voice. This cause a tick-mark to appear on Klaus's forehead.

"Thank you for helping us…." Mimosa said before Klaus could make a response, yet still have her guard up.

"I was simply tracking Cupiditas's movements and saw that you three fighting him and his minions." Gram explained in a calm tone of voice, making Mimosa nod her head slightly.

The swordsman of snow turned his attention towards Yuno who has deactivated his Spirit Dive.

"I've heard that two Magic Knights of the Clover Kingdom have been chosen to wield the powers of the four great spirits, you're one of the two." Gram commented, making Yuno nod his head.

"Yes, that correct." Yuno responded, yet still remained on guard.

"…" Gram became silent as he tilted his head slightly, seemingly examining Yuno's appearance.

"…..Is there something wrong?" Yuno asked, the Golden Dawn wind Mage sensing that the swordsman of snow is examining him.

"…..Its nothing." Gram responded before turning around.

"Where are you going?" Mimosa asked, becoming curious, causing Gram to glance over his shoulder.

"Is that something you should know, girl of the Vermillion house?" Gram asked, raising an eye-brow underneath his helmet.

"Well…..no, but are you a member of the Sword of Logos?" Mimosa asked, seeing how she's becoming a stalker of sorts.

With Gram, the swordsman of snow glanced down at Aerkurufuyu.

"I'm not a member of the Sword of Logos, but I do suppose that our duties lined up." Gram commented before turning his head back and took a step forwards.

"Will we see you again?" Mimosa asked again, causing Gram to stop and muse over the question.

"It depends on what will happen next." Gram responded as he took his Grimoire and showed it's cover, which is whitish-blue with snow-flake like markings.

However, the three Golden Dawn Magic Knight's eyes widened when they saw the symbol stamped on the cover.


"You're joking, aren't you?" Charlotte asked with a disbelieved expression on her face.

As of right now, a captain's meeting is being held with the main topic being the potential ally that Alyssa suggested to Julius, despite the fact that she was speaking to Marx.

"Like I said, it was a suggestion, so the final decision hasn't been made yet." Julius pointed out, hoping that this will calm Charlotte down…..it didn't.

"A warrior from the Spade Kingdom?! This is serious!" Charlotte said, causing the other captains/vice-captain to nod their heads in agreement.

"Who gave this suggestion to Marx?" Kaiser asked, becoming curious.

"It was from a merchant called Alyssa Celeborn."Julius responded, making Ryo widened his eyes.

"Alyssa?!" Ryo asked, causing everyone to look at the wielder of Gekido.

"You know this person?" William asked, raising an eye-brow.

"Yes, she's the sponsor to Clover branch of the Sword of Logos along with running a merchant company in Wonder World." Ryo explained, making William to become slightly surprise.

"I remember her, she helped out during that ordeal with the Devil Believers. So she deciding to do some expanding." Yami commented with a slight interested expression on his face.

"So what's the decision then, Sir Julius?" Nozel asked, looking at the Wizard King.

"That's something I'm still struggling with, regardless of the fact he's a Holy Sword wielder which could be helpful when fighting the powers of the Devils." Julius said, glancing towards Ryo who shrug his shoulders in response.

"I think it would be best if we speak to Mr Nix-Alba and hear the reasoning for giving his aid to us before making the final decision." Fuegoleon suggested, making the captains/vice-captain widen their eyes whilst Julius gained a small frown on his face.

"I suppose that's the most sensible to do." The Wizard King muttered, muling over the suggestion.

"And how are we supposed to do that without sparking an invasion?" Nozel questioned, knowing that they can't just simply walked into the Spade Kingdom.

Julius became silent for a few seconds turning towards Ryo.

"Would you mind asking Miss Celeborn to contact Mr Nix-Alba to organise a suitable meeting place, Mr Ogami." Julius said, making Ryo nod his head in agreement.

"I hope that this will go smoothly." Julius thought, becoming worried.


"Is there really any need to bring three captains?" Alyssa asked whilst glancing over shoulder.

Once the captain's meeting ended, Ryo went to the black market to speak to Alyssa, without telling the captains where he's going, and told her what happened at the meeting which lead her to contact Sebastian.

Before long, the group flying to met with the wielder of Frozen Killer are flying which consists of Alyssa, Ryo, Fuegoleon, Yami and Dorothy.

Domi/Fillon have also been informed of what is happening and decided to come along as well...with the merchant keen on having some distance between her and the wielder(s) of Eien no Midori whilst they are flying.

Whilst the three Magic Knights became confused at this, Ryo told them not to ask any questions.

"We are heading towards enemy territory, we just be cautious. Just be glad that Jack isn't here." Yami responded whilst glancing towards the ground in case they are suddenly attacked from the ground.

"The Green Mantis captain." Alyssa said, knowing that there is only one "Jack" that the captain of the Black Bulls would be referring to.

This cause Yami to nod his head.

"Still think it's overkill." Alyssa responded in a blunt tone of voice.

"Yeah, maybe." Yami commented whilst shrugging his shoulders slightly.

"How are faring, Domi?" Fuegoleon asked whilst glancing towards the envoy(s) of the Heart Kingdom, them having decided to fly on Salamander.

During the training months, Domi/Fillon seemed to have gained an interest within the two spirits that reside within the Clover Kingdom, probably due to how the Heart Kingdom have their spirit.

"I-I'm good, than you." Domi responded as she patted Salamander's head, causing the spirit of fire to growl softly in response.

"Don't be too get too friendly with Salamander, otherwise it would lead to Salamander ditching Fuegoloen and deciding to join you." Ryo commented, causing Domi to look up.

"Eh?" The wielder(s) of Eien no Midori said with a confused expression on her face.

"During the elf invasion, when we regrouped and was about to enter a space known as the Shadow Palace, Salamander started to act friendly towards Asta due to him being the host of the elf spirit that wielded Salamander's powers in the past." Ryo explained with a smirk on his face.

"Really?! That happened?" Dorothy asked in a surprised tone of voice.

"Yes, and Brave Dragon was about to attack Salamander because of that." Fuegoleon explained, not wanting to imagine what would happen if Salamander and Brave Dragon started an in-fight.

"I would have liked to see that." Dorothy commented with a small pout on her face.

"That's Saber's animal companion, right?" Alyssa asked, tilting her head to the side slightly.

"Yes, that's correct." Fuegoleon responded, making Alyssa hum slightly. It was at that moment that Yami notice something on ground.

"There's someone on the ground." The captain of the Black Bulls said, causing the other captains/vice-captain to become on guard whilst Domi took out Eien no Midori.

However, Alyssa remained calm as she looked through a telescope-like Magic Item.

"You can relax, that's Sebastian." Alyssa said, causing the others to relax slightly, yet still remained on guard.

The group of seven descended onto the snowy ground in front of Sebastian.

"Good to see you, Sebastian." Alyssa said as she dismount her broom.

"Likewise." Sebastian responded back before glancing towards the others.

"Those six are the captains of the Blacks Bulls, The Coral Peacocks, the Crimson Lions, the vice-captain of the Sword of Logos, the envoy(s) of the Heart Kingdom, who wielded the Holy Sword/Bow known as Eien no Midori and the spirit of fire." Alyssa introduced the positions of the others to the wielder of Aerkurufuyu.

"Three captains, a spirit and a person(s) from the Heart Kingdom?" Sebastian questioned with a raised eye-brow, him having a vague idea at least one Magic Knight captain would be coming along with a few Magic Knights from the Sword of Logos.

"I didn't knew who were coming." The merchant responded whilst shrugging her shoulders slightly.

"Right…." Sebastian said before turning his attention towards the rest of the group.

"I am Sebastian Xix-Alba, also known as Kamen Rider Gram, the swordsman of snow. I'd set up a camp close by, so that all of you wouldn't get too close to the Spade Kingdom." Sebastian explained whilst introducing himself. "

Huh. How kind of you." Yami commented in an off-handed tone of voice.

After a few minutes of walking across a section of rocky ground, the group of "seven", with Salamander having gone back into Fuegoleon's Grimoire, reached a cave-like setting where a tent can be seen.

Before long, everyone has entered the tent which is large enough to accommodate everyone where Sebastian removed his coat, revealing a black military-styled suit.

"So. What's your reasoning for…..deciding to aid us despite being a part of the Spade Kingdom?" Fuegoleon asked, it was agreed that he would lead the conversation since was the one who came up with the idea of speaking to the wielder of Aerkurufuyu.

"How much do you about the Spade Kingdom 16 years ago?" Sebastian asked, causing the Clover Kingdom's residents and Heart Kingdom's envoy(s) to become confuse.

"16 years ago...Isn't that when the Spade Kingdom started to become hostile towards the other three Kingdoms?" Dorothy asked as she glanced at the others.

"I believe so. The Magic Knights did attempted to investigate, but found it too dangerous to approach the boarders." Fuegoleon explained, making Dorothy nod her head slightly.

"I'd heard that the Heart Kingdom attempted to do the same, but failed as well." Domi said whilst gaining a slight thinking expression on her face.

"So what happened back then?" Ryo asked, becoming curious.

"The Spade Kingdom was once a peaceful country ruled by royal house of Grinberryall, who possess three special magic attributes, but 16 years ago, three Mages that were part of the military force of the Kingdom rebelled and took control, using fear to subjugate the citizens." Sebastian explained, causing everyone to become tense.

"Using the magic of Devils to perform the rebellion..." Domi stated, making Sebastian to nod his head in response.

"So you're someone who rejects these tyrant rulers and wanted to help to overthrow them." Yami guessed, making Sebastian shrug his shoulders.

"I'm not the only one. There are still those who are loyal to house Grinberyall and are preparing to take down the current rulers." Sebastian explained, making the captain of the Black Bulls to nod his head slightly.

"Does that make you an ally of this resistance group?" Fuegoleon asked, becoming curious.

"I…..tend to work alone." The wielder of Aerkurufuyu admitted, causing the captain of the Crimson Lions to blink his eyes.

"Awwww. Are you the shy type?" Dorothy questioned as she started to poke Sebastian's cheek.

"N-no." Sebastian responded as he pulled his head back.

Luckily, Ryo came to his rescue by pulling Dorothy's arm away from him.

"But do you work alongside this resistance group?" Fuegoleon asked whilst Dorothy gave Ryo a pouty look.

"I do at times." Sebastian responded, making Fuegoleon nod his head slightly.

"So why are you offering your help to us?" Yami asked, raising an eye-brow.

"The idea…..came from someone else actually?" Sebastian responded, making Yami to become curious.

"Who?" The captain of the Black Black Bulls asked, becoming interested.

"….." Sebastian became quiet.

"I have a good idea on who this person." Alyssa said, causing everyone to look over at the merchant.

"Not now, Alyssa." Sebastian said in a firm tone of voice.

"Have you been targeted in the past because of you wielding a Holy Sword?" Ryo asked, deciding to move the conversation whilst ignoring the pout that Dorothy is giving him.

"Many times." Sebastian responded in a tired tone of voice, making the wielder of Gekido to nod his head in understanding.

"If you met the blacksmith of the Clover branch of the Sword of Logos, they you will certainly get peasted until you give him Aerkurufuyu for inspection." Yami commented, making Sebastian raise an eye-brow before a thought appeared in his head.

"Is he a member of the Daishinji family?" Sebastian guessed, making Ryo nod his head in response.

It was at that moment that a thought appeared in Sebastian's head.

"Have you received a report from three Magic Knights from that Golden Dawn squad?" The wielder of Aerkurufuyu asked, causing a confused expression to appear on everyone's faces.

"No…...once we were told about you being an exponential ally, we moved intermediately in order to make contact with you. Should Captain Vangeance had received a report?" Fuegoleon asked in a slow tone of voice.

"I was tracking Cupiditas's movements until I ran into those three Mages fighting him and some Shimis near the boarder of the Clover Kingdom. That's why I'm camped out here." Sebastian explained, making everyone surprise.

"I'm sure that Vangeance will inform us when we get back." The captain of the Crimson Lions explained whilst becoming slightly worried that Sebastian may have done something to the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights, or the three made the first move and the wielder of Aerkurufuyu reacted in an aggressive manner.

"I suppose that once we've hear this report, then the others will be convinced about having you as an ally." Fuegoleon said, making Sebastian to nod his head.

"What about this Spade Kingdom resistance group, should we get Mr Nix-Alba to tell them what is happening?" Domi asked, glancing at the others.

"I think it's too soon for that. But I guess you can inform Queen Lolopechika about what is happening." Ryo responded, making the wielder(s) of Ein no Midori to nod her head.


And there we have it, this chapter shows Gram's barbaric fighting style along with revealing that he possess a Spade Kingdom Grimoire, which include a different naming for his spells, Swedish, causing everyone to become cautious. The Grinberryall family have been mentioned within this chapter, which will lead to diferent reactions in the future. For those we have read chapter 181 on the first two days of it's release, you may have noticed that I have changed Siegfried's name to "Sebastian" due to the request of the person that gave me the OC Gram.

In Gotchard:

1) Eld starts his plan by launching an assult with his Dread-troopers basically spray-painting the city gold whilst he himself is confronted by Clotho who went on to fight him. After having a conversation with his mum, Houtarou met up with the others and began to fight the Dread-troopers with Geryon summoning his version of the three Dark Kings, who was then followed by the appearance of Wind, before Gotchard starts to make his way towards the gold cube.

2) There, Houtarou is confronted with a defeated Clotho, who used all ten Level X Rempli-Cards in the attempt to defeat Geryon, before disappearing. Houtarou then went on to fight Geryon who first targeted (EX)Nijigon, transforming it into gold, causing Gotchard to use all his other forms, yet they gradually got turned into gold as well before Eld destroyed the Gotchard-Driver. Eld then used (EX)Nijigon to enlarge his army of Dread-troppers, thus increasing the speed of his plan.

3) However, Houtarou managed to break free from his gold-frozen form and used the pieces to create a new Gotchard-Driver and transform into Steam-hopper Ultima. He then went on to transmutate all of the Dread-Troopers and the gold into a new planet where he continued the fight there, defeating Eld with the powers of all the 101 Chemies.

4) Some time later, Houtarou talked to Ho-oh and informed him about what has been happening such as information on alchemy and Chemies retreating into urban myths. With the Chemies themselves, they have moved to Houtarou's created earth whilst the Alchemists study if the planet is suitable for human life. Later Legend approuched Shoma and gifted him with a Kuuga-based Gochizo before getting into a argument with Gotchard which Gavv broke up by giving the two sweets.

For the final episode, I'm a bit disappointed with how it is portrayed, like there is no sense of danger as Geryon covers the world in gold. This could have been changed if the final battle was spread across multiple episodes rather than one episode. With the alchemy-made world, whilst I can understand how the large-scale alchemy was possible due to how the new Gotchard-Driver is derived from the Philosopher's Stone, but I don't think that Houtarou would have been able to perform this feat so soon, if it was his future-self, then maybe. Some things that I'm annoyed about is that the Alchemy Association seemed to have been completely forgotten, not even being mentioned when studying the New Earth and Houtarou's objective was to create a world where humans and Chemies can co-exist, but the series just ended with the Chemies living on the New Earth.

So now the baton has been passed onto the sweet-themed Kamen Rider Gavv, lets see how his adventures will go.

Please review and until next time:

AnimeFan13:

I've started watching Kamen Rider when OOOs/Fourze was airing, I can't remember which one, with me having stumbled upon the franchise through Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, the American version of Kamen Rider Ryuki.

BrainWork27:

Thanks for the OC ideas. However, the two titles have been used, so there may be changes to Kamen Rider Shino and Kamen Rider Zwei if they appear in the story.

Howard576:

1) You're basically right with Gram, but like I mentioned, it was requested for his identity's name to be changed.

2) There's roughly 13 Riders who have appeared within the story so far.

3) To be honest, the Riders seemed to have an easy time fighting the Dread-troopers and the Geryon's versions of the Dark King.