Battle against the Dark Triad:Vanica
With everyone else, they gain chills throughout their entire bodies.
"She must be Vanica, the host of Megicula." Noelle thought as her body started to become tense.
"Last time, I only cursed you for Megicula and went home….but let's have as much fun as possible as we want today!" Vanica said in a carefree tone of voice as she walked further into the room.
"….If I'm the one you want, then why attack the Heart Kingdom….focusing on places where people live?!" Lolopechika demanded as a bead of sweat trickle down her face.
This cause a smile to appear on Vanica's face.
"Because I figured…..you'd be more into this fight that way." Vainca responded, her smile widening in a cruel manner whilst Lolpechika felt another chill going through her body.
"That little…" Noelle thought whilst gritting her teeth.
"We've dealt with all your henchmen! You're the only one left! You'd better be ready!" Noelle in a confident tone of voice.
"Huh? You didn't deal with them." Vanica responded simply just before a pulse of Demonic Mana is felt and the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage suddenly stood up.
"Doh ho ho ho ho! That felt good!" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage commented as small horns are now present on his head whilst the others became shock.
"No….I was sure he was out cold." Mimosa thought, becoming horrified.
"Ahhhh, I'm grateful, Lady Vanica. Thanks to you, I fell good again and ag-" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage began to say, but was cut off just as Vainca jumped into the air before kicking him in the shoulder, drawing blood.
"Shut your mouth." Vanica responded in an emotionless tone of voice.
"Just hurry up and take care of the losers who aren't Lolopechika." Vanica explained as she twist the heel of her boot into the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage's shoulder for a few seconds before taking it out.
"Aaaaaa, Lady Vanica. Please step on me moooooreeee." The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage said in an excited tone of voice.
"…" Vainica became silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"Anyway. Thanks to the curse power I cast upon them, no matter how many times you kill these guys, they won't die." Vanica explained, returning to her happier persona.
"You won't get away with this, Dark Disciple." Gahja spoke in a cold tone of voice as he stared down at a Spade Kingdom Mage that he'd struck down.
"Whoa! That's Lord Gahja for you!" A citizen spoke whilst they and the others cheered.
"I hate to admit it, but among us Spirit Guardians, Gahja's on a level all by himself." A heavily woman commented with a small smile on her face.
"I made it here in time. I was the fastest, so I came running….But I have to return to Lolopechika immediately." Gahja thought whilst glancing towards the direction of the Heart Kingdom Palace and began to move.
"And where do you think you you're going?" A voice suddenly spoke, causing Gahja to stop.
"What?!" Gahja spoke in a stunned tone of voice.
"I'm just about to shred you and your country in Lady Vainca's name." The Spade Kingdom Mage spoke just as his nails became longer.
"Hehehehehehe! That's the pover of love! Long live Lady Vanica!" The Spade Kingdom skin Mage said in a gleeful tone of voice.
"Why you...how dare you….you wounded me, hurt me….Me! The one Lady Vainca chose!" Swidal shouted in an angry tone of voice.
"How could you make such a mockery of my beauty?! I'll crush you two to a bloody pulp….using the eternal beauty that Lady Vanica granted me!" Halbet exclaimed in an angry tone of voice.
"All the enemy fighters-!" Lolopechika thought as she glanced at the screens, starting to become more nervous.
"They're all sprouting random nonsense, aren't they?" Vanica thought with a deadpan expression on her face as she glanced at the screens as well before returning her attention back onto Lolopechika.
"Unless you take me down, they'll keep right on coming back! Are you into this now, Lolopechika-sweetie?" Vanica questioned, a smile appearing on her face.
"You are absolutely going down!" Lolpechika shouted as she and the other two got ready for battle.
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Roar!" Noelle announced before firing her spell towards Vanica.
Vanica remand where she stood whilst blood started to appear around her.
"Blood Magic: Red Beast." Vanica announced as the blood started to take on the form of a beast which easily destroyed the water-made dragon.
"What was that snake supposed to be? An att-!" Vanica began to say, but stop when she saw Joyeues dashing towards her.
In response, the female Dark Triad member jumped back to avoid the sword thrust from Arent-Couronne.
"A Holy Sword wielder? So that attack was probably a distraction…." Vanica thought as she analyse the swords-woman of steel.
"But what type? Did anyone mentioned which Holy Sword wielders would be in the Heart Kingdom?" Vanica thought before starting to become curious about Joyeues's strength.
"Now, now, Vanica. Remember Lolopechika-sweetie." Vanica told herself, focusing on the main target.
"EEEEEK!" Mimosa exclaimed just as the tongue of the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage wrapped around me.
"Doh ho ho ho ho. You girlies are going to be fighting meeee…...huh?" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage said before starting to notice that vines are starting to sprout all over his body.
"Hmmmmmm?!" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage questioned, starting to become shock.
"I slipped some magic-controlling weed seeds into that last attack. Leave the frog to me, you two! Focus on the Devil host!" Mimosa said as she started to release the tongue's hold on her.
"Right!" Joyeues said, although becoming worried for her cousin.
With Undine, the water spirit of water launched an attack, resulting in Vanica to move back with some of the attack cutting into the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage, although the wounds, that would have killed him, quickly healed.
"Doh ho ho ho ho! Both your magic are fantastic, Lady Vanica!" The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage said in a pleasant tone of voice.
"Blood magic and curse-warding magic. It's just like Lolopechika said." Joyeues thought, remembering how the queen of the Heart Kingdom explained how the members of the Dark Triad are able to wield two types of magic, their own and the Devil possessing them and due to having fought Vainca and Megicula before, Lolopechika is able to create counter-measures for the next time that they fought.
Back to the fight, vast amounts of water have started to gather around Lolpechika and Undine.
"Ah ha! That's just like you, Lolopechika-sweetie!" Vanica said with a wide smile on her face whilst riding her blood-created beast.
"I wonder if Dante and Zenon are having fun right now too! I got the best job though, huh! After all, it's you, Lolopechika-sweetie! And it's fine if I kill you! World tree magic and dark magic both sound fun, but having to take them back alive must be a major pain." Vanica said whilst making her blood-created beast to move, attacking the water-based attacks that are heading in her direction.
With Joyeues, the swords-woman of steel widen her eyes underneath her helmet.
"Those are the magic of Captain Vangeance and Captain Yami!" Joyeues thought before speaking.
"What do you mean?! What is the rest of the Dark Triad are doing!" Joyeues demanded.
"Huh? Why do I have to explain something like that whilst I'm having fun?" Vanica questioned with a slight annoyed expression on her face, causing Joyeues to grit her teeth in frustration whilst positioning herself in front of Lolopechika who have started to close her eyes.
"World tree magic. Dark magic." Lolopechika thought as she is now floating with a space filled with book-shelf's with books containing all the knowledge that have been collected by previous queens of the Heart Kingdom. Within her mind-scape, Lolopechika floated towards a book-shelf and took out a book before opening it.
Images started to filter through Lolopechika's mind as she started to "read" the information within the book.
"This is…..horrible….." Lolopechika muttered in a horrified tone of voice. "Lolopechika?!" Joyeues asked, starting to worried has she glanced over her shoulder.
"If we let these people….the Dark Triad…..have their way….over 90% of the people of this continent will die….and it will spell the end of the world!" Lolopechika explained her findings.
"What?!" Joyeues exclaimed, starting to become horrified herself.
"Why would you do such a dreadful thing?! You'll destroy humanity too, you know!" Lolopechika demanded as she focused her attention onto Vanica who became silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"I want to get all fired up with all the tough guys who managed to survive in a place like that. Humans who are weak enough to die don't interest me." Vanica responded in a calm tone of voice before laughing.
"Well, forget the future. Let's enjoy the present." Vanica said she prepare to attack.
"I knew it. We really can't let these people run loose…" Lolopechika began to say just as the water transformed into a pillar around Vanica, pushing her upwards.
"And so, we'll defeat them here and now! "Mana-Zone+Mana-Method. Water Spirit Magic: Ludic Sanctuary." Lolopechika announced just as the pillar of water transformed into a giant sphere of water with runes surrounding it.
Vanica is left floating within the water.
"This water cuts the power of your blood magic in half whilst increasing Joyeues's own magic." Lolopechika explained just as Joyeues closed the cover of "Valkyrie's Legacy".
"Hm? What is that girl planning?" Lolopechika thought as she watch as Joyeues pressed the button on top of the belt buckle twice, causing two "pages" "Valkrie's Legacy" to open.
Royal Ascending!
Second Form: Mermaid!
Thw Wonder-Ride book announced with a slightly altered version of the silver mechanical Valkyrie burst out of the pages of the larger version of "Valkyrie's Legacy" before swimming around Joyeues and then fusing with her.
Let the divine power be empowered with the element of water!
The voice announced with Joyeues's armour changing so that it has a more sleeker design to it as flippers are added to her boots.
"Due to the nature of "Valkyrie's Legacy", I am able to alter it in a similar to manner to how I would normal gain spells." Joyeues thought before started to swim, moving swiftly through the water.
"I won't let you….one single thing go your way!" Joyeues exclaimed as she suddenly appeared in front of Vanica and stabbing her with Argent-Couronne.
However, instead of gaining an expression of pain, a happy expression appeared.
"Ah ha! Good one!" Vanica said with a smile on her face.
"So there was somebody who could tag team with Lolopechika! Oh, this will make it even more fun. Don't die too fast, all right?" Vanica said, making a chill go through Joyeues's body.
"Devil power….50%." The female Dark Triad member announced before Devil-like features with her one horn being black whilst the other is red along with her right arm being covered in blood.
"My spell make it hard for blood to congeal, yet even in here she's still this powerful! Ordinary attacks really won't be enough to defeat her!" Lolopechika thought as she entered the sphere of water.
With Vanica, she swing her blood-covered hand, attempting to hit the Joyeues.
However, the swords-woman of steel was quick enough to dodge the attack before starting to swim around the sphere of water.
"Ah ha! Nice! I'm getting all fired up! 51%!" Vainca announced as she increased the usage of her Demonic Mana before attacking again.
"Just one percent more gave her a phenomenal increase in power!" Joyeues thought as she sense Vanica's powers increasing.
"Ah ha ha! 52%!" Vanica announced with a wide smile on her face as she once again increased her usage of Demonic Mana.
"So all you care about is to is filling your on desires!?" Joyeues questioned as she dodge another attack.
"Of course! I don't care about anything else! 53%!" Vanica announced, increasing her powers a third time before launching an attack with this time Joyeues blocking the attack rather than dodging it.
Back on the ground, the Spade Kingdom tongue Mage somehow managed to regain his hold on Mimosa.
"Do ho ho ho! Just give up and lemme lick yoooou. Lady Vanica's spell keeps us from dying, you knoooooow." The Spade Kingdom tongue Mage pointed out as he kept a firm grip on Mimosa.
"We….we trained so that we wouldn't lose to people like you!" Mimosa said as she struggled against the tongue's hold on her.
"We absolutely going to win!" Mimosa said as a memory of her, Noelle and Lolopechika entered her head.
"65% 66% 67%" Vainca announced as her powers increase at a fast rate.
"AAAAAAAAA! That's goood! Here I come, okay? I'm coming okay?! With all the power I've got right now! 70%" Vanica announced with an appearance having changed.
"That...what we've been waiting for!" Joyeues thought as she remembered the plan that Lolopechika explained to then.
"Nerooooooo!" The swords-woman of steel shouted, causing the Sword of Logos sealing Mage to suddenly appear before transforming in her human form.
"I'm going to seal that Devil power of yours." Secre said to a slightly surprised Vanica.
"Sealing Magic+Mana-Method: Eternal Prison." Secre announced as she created a cube-shaped prison around Vanica, trapping her.
"Yesssss!" Joyeues exclaimed, becoming relieved yet remained on guard.
"It worked! I sealed both Vanica's magic and the Devil's magic. Now….any effect Megicula's power on this world should cease. Lolopechika's curse will be broken." Secre thought just as the queen of the Heart Kingdom herself moved some of her white robe.
Everyone's eyes widened in horror when they saw that the black swirl is still present.
"It's not?!" Secre thought in horror, trying to understand why hasn't the cursed mark hasn't disappeared.
"Hehehe…..even though you are abysmally inferior to us….sometimes you cast spells that go beyond our expectations. Humans truly are intriguing." A new voice suddenly spoke before the prison suddenly broke with black coloured runes shooting outwards, destroying a vast majority of "Ludic Sanctuary".
"You worked out quite a strategy in order to defeat us. You very nearly sealed my powers. Marvellous. You humans. You make me want to toy with you even more." The new voice spoke from Vanica's mouth with the right side of her face now being completely black and the eye-patch gone, revealing a completely black eye.
"Megicula!" Lolopechika thought, recognizing the voice.
"Why….?! Secre's seal….it should have worked!" Lolopechika exclaimed, her body shaking.
"Curse-Warding Magic: Decaying World. It weakens spell arrays that affect me. At 70%, it was already activated. It managed to weaken even sealing magic. Even the spell of an Arcane Stage. That proved to be a good experiment." Megicula spoke in a pleased tone of voice.
"Hey Megiculaaa...Don't get in my way, all right? I'm having fun." Vanica said in a slight annoyed tone of voice.
"Lo….lopech….ika." A weak voice spoke, causing the queen of the Heart Kingdom to glance over her shoulder and her eyes widened in horror to see Undine in a very weak state.
"I've never cursed a spirit before. This was a good experiment as well. So that's what happens when you cursed one." Megicula commented in an interested tone of voice.
"Un-!" Lolpechika began to say, but was cut off as a searing pain spread throughout her body.
"Ah. My apologies. I see me approuching you made the cures react." Megicula said whilst Lolopechika clutched her stomach and fall onto the ground.
"You won't be able to move, thanks to the agonising pain. The water spirit is useless too….You're done for." Megicula said in an unsympathetic tone of voice.
"Whoa, hang on! Lolopechika-sweetie! Things were just getting good! You can still hang in there, right?! Right?!" Vanica questioned as she approach Lolopechika.
"Undine….." The queen of the Heart Kingdom muttered as tears started to appear.
"….Oh. Nope, she had it." Vanica commented, starting to become disappointed before sighing.
"Fine. You can die now." Vanica said as she raised a blood covered hand, preparing to strike.
"Why you…..that's enough of that!" Noelle exclaimed as she slowly stood back up.
"…..What can you do? Your armour has been stripped away and there's nothing else without Lolopechika's magic." Vanica explained in a bored tone of voice.
However, Noelle charged forwards.
In response Vainca raised a hand a fired blood which quickly solidified.
All of the attacks struck Noelle.
"You're too slow. There's too much of a power differential here. I can't even get into this." Vanica commented before sighing.
"I'm not done yet! Power differentials….have nothing to do with it." Noelle said in a determined tone of voice as she kept on moving forwards.
"This girl….She's using Mana-Skin to just barely avoid any lethal wounds." Megicula thought as she took note of Noelle's current condition.
"What you're doing….Should never be forgiven!" Noelle shouted before managing to stab Vanica in the chest.
However, Vanica didn't seemed to react to the attack.
"I liked your spirit at the end there. Too bad though! When it comes down to it, attacks like that won't work on m/I'm not letting you kill Lolopechika!" Noelle shouted as a suddenly increase of her Mana is felt.
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon Roar!" Noelle announced, creating the water-made dragon around her.
"Blood Magic: Red Beast." Vanica quickly announced, swiftly destroying Noelle's spell along with knocking the wielder of Argent-Couronne back.
"See? Pointless. Your attacks can't do a think to…" Vanica began to say, but stop when she felt blood coming out of her mouth.
"…" Vanica became silent as she stared at Noelle.
"…..Girl. Was is your name?" The Devil host of Megicula asked, causing Noelle to become surprise at the question.
"I am Noelle Silva. A Clover Kingdom royal and a Magic Knight with the Sword of Logos with the title of swords-woman of steel, Joyeues." Noelle introduced herself, causing Vanica to perk up slightly.
"You remind me a lot like someone I fought in the past. What was her name again…..?" Vanica muttered, gaining a small frown on her face for a few seconds before her eyes lit up.
"That's right! Her name was Acier Silva." Vanica said in a happy tone of voice.
And there we have it, the battle between Lolopechika, Undine and Joyeues Vs Vanica. I'm sorry since this chapter is basically a copy-and-paste from the original, apart from Joyeues's Mermaid form. I'm surprise that I haven't been commented on that I'd missed out the part where Noelle was told about the truth of her mother's death, although Noelle and the rest of the Sword of Logos have been through a lot! Anyway, next chapter will surely be a shock for Noelle.
In Gavv:
1) Hanto searched for Soji and when he reached the area where Soji was at the night before, Hanto discovered his belongings alongside a snapped Human Press of Soji. With Shoma, he requested the Gochizos to patrol the city for Granutes, yet some were discovered when Sachika came back who then decided to offically call them "Gochizos". Meanwhile, Hanto went to Kenzo and showed him the snapped Human Press of Soji which leads to Kenzo offering Hanto the chance of getting revenge, yet need to perform surgery first which involves planting a Granute's Organ into Hanto.
2) Shoma visited Dante where he explains that he's planning on fighting against his siblings, something that Dante is hesitate about, yet was won by human sweets. With Nyelv, he's observing a video of Shoma/Gavv, commenting how Dante's report claimed that the surgery was a failure, before getting confronted by Shita and Jeehb who wanted his help on taking down Shoma/Gavv, yet refused as he wants to examine him more.
3) The next day, Shoma was handing out leaflets before being "informed" about a Granute, resulting in him interupting a magic show and battling Granute Otake, but wasn't successful in defeating the Granute. The fleeing Granute Otake ran into Hanto who then went on to using the Valen-Buster and Chocodon Gochizo to transform into Kamen Rider Valen and defeat Granute Otake, with Kenzo recording the battle. Nyelv has also been observing the battle.
And there we have it, the second Rider of the series, Kamen Rider Valen, and for his first battle, it wasn't that great in my opinion, although he was still in pain from the surgery. The possession of the Granute organ certainly puts more suspicion about Kenzo and his research. Speaking of surgery, I believe that Shoma will go through surgery again to obtain his upgraded forms, possible with Dante's help.
Please review and until next time.