The destruction of the Clover Branch
"C-Captain Sophia?!" Everyone shouted in shock tones of voice.
"Yes. It's me." Sophia responded with a smile on her face.
"What happened to you? Where have you been?" Ryo asked, asking the questions that is on everyone's minds.
Sophia held up a hand and everyone calmed down.
"I like to say thank you to everyone for carrying out your duties as Magic Knights during my absence from the Clover branch. However….." Sophia began to say before the smile on her face slowly disappeared.
"I'd heard about what happened involving the Magic Parliament." Sophia said in a disappointed tone of voice, causing everyone to become quite and seemed interested on avoiding eye-contact with her, something that Tetsuo is already an expert at.
"You certainly been through a lot during your time away from the Sword of Logos, Asta, from meeting family members and eventually gaining a new power." Sophia said, causing the wielder of Rekka to nod his head slightly.
"Although the second part wasn't planned from the very start." Asta admitted in his head.
"So…..who kidnapped you?" Ryo asked in a meek tone of voice, knowing that Sophia is still disappointed in them.
"Before I explain my own experience. I want to bring in the others." Sophia said as she opened the side door where Ekrixi, Shan, Sayo, Bahadur and Yuri walked into the room.
"Did Captain Sophia used her magic to bring them in without us noticing?" Everyone thought, seeing how that is the most likely explanation.
"So. What have you been told about my disappearance?" Sophia asked as she turned her attention back to everyone in the room.
"We were told that the Megid were responsible for kidnapping you." Ryo responded, causing Sophia to glance towards Tetsuo who quickly adverted his eyes away from her.
"That isn't true. I was kidnapped by Miss Reika…...on Master Logos's orders." Sophia responded, causing everyone's eyes to widened.
"Miss Reika kidnapped you?! Why?!" Rin asked, becoming confused.
"As you may know, the Almighty Grimoire was split into multiple pieces. Whilst a large majority of these pieces are known as Wonder-Ride books, there are more larger fragments, which I possess one of them. Master Logos is keen on stealing this fragment." Sophia explained, causing the room to become quiet.
"Steal? But isn't the main mission of the Sword of Logos is to reform the destroyed Almighty Grimoire?" Rintaro asked, making Sophia nod her head.
"Whilst this is true, the current Master Logos seemed to be interested on claiming that power for his own usage, thus driving the Sword of Logos onto a different path." Sophia explained, making everyone to become quiet as they slowly remembered something.
"Did you you know about this, Mr Yuri?" Ryo asked, remembering what he and the others have been told by Tetsuo, Noelle and Rintaro during their mission.
"I was only aware that the Sword of Logos is taking a different path than it was supposed to, but didn't possess any detailed information." Yuri responded, making the wielder of Gekido to make a slight humming sound.
"What about you, Asta? Were you aware of this before getting saved by Mr Yuri back then?" Noelle asked, remembering how Asta mentioned about needing to do something during the scenario where they attempted to hand him over to the Magic Parliament.
"Actually…...I was continuing what Mr Kamijo was trying to accomplish." Asta responded, causing everyone to stare at him.
"Pardon?" Ryo asked, him, plus the others, weren't sure if they heard Asta correctly.
"Before his death by Desast's hands, Mr Kamijo revealed that Donna's father was told by someone in the Sword of Logos that what he was doing would accomplish world peace and so Mr Kamijo decided to leave the Sword of Logos in order to discover who corrupted Mr Fukamiya." Asta explained, causing the room to become to become quiet.
"With my kidnapping, it is most likely that Master Logos is the one responsible for Hayato's actions 17 years ago instead of him turning his back on the Sword of Logos." Sophia explained, a thinking expression appearing on her face.
"Master Logos…..he's the root cause of Luna's disappearance." Asta thought, an angry expression appearing on her face.
"So what is your decision, Captain Sophia? Logos won't just sit by now that you have…...How did you escape in the first place?" Ekrixi asked, suddenly realizing this.
"During the whole ordeal of the Spade Kingdom invasion and stopping the Advent of Qliphoth, someone took the opportunity to rescue me since everyone's attention is drawn to preventing the Devils from entering Wonder World…." Sophia began her story.
Flashback (Start)
A physically poor-looking Sophia sat within her room/cell.
"What is happening? It feels….quiet." Sophia thought as she glance towards the door, expecting for someone to enter, but no one came.
"Has something happened which reacquire everyone's attention?" Sophia thought whilst glancing towards the sole window within the room, becoming concerned for what is happening outside of the main branch of the Sword of Logos.
It was at that moment that the door began to open, causing Sophia to snap her attention back towards the door.
"What is….Calibur?!" Sophia said, her eyes widening as she stared at the new comer who was currently glancing down both ends of the corridor, probably making sure that no one has spotted her before quivkly entering the room.
"So, Kurayami fell into ownership of a new wielder." Sophia stated as she saw how the Calibur in front of her is in fact female.
"Sophia, captain of the Sword of Logos, I have come to help you get out of here." Calibur said as she walked into the room.
"What is happening outside?" Sophia asked, wanting answers.
"A large-scale crises is occurring." Calibur responded, causing Sophia's eyes to widen.
"I'll tell you the details once we've get out here." The swords-woman of darkness explained, causing Sophia to nod her head.
Flashback (End)
"So that was the mission that Ombre undertook before joining the battle." Bahadur commented, him and the others didn't knew Finsternis's mission until now.
"Once we've managed to get out the main branch of the Sword of Logos, we've immediately went to the Spade Kingdom where Calibur informed me about the current events before heading off to fight the Mage and Devil duo, Vanica and Megicula. I would have joined in the battle as well, but my time being captured had a negative effective on me. Luckily, I ran into the Black Bull cotton Mage, Charmy, who aided me in restoring my Mana." Sophia explained…...yet was met with blank expressions.
"…...Captain Sophia. Let me get this straight, whilst we were risking our lives in the attempt to prevent the Devil King from entering the human world, which we failed at, you were eating?" Ryo asked in a blank tone of voice, causing a sheepish expression to appear on Sophia's face.
"Well…..I did helped out. I used a spell which allowed me to attack a target without hitting anything else…..even though did that caused my slowly recovering Mana to be reduced back to zero….." Sophia explained in a low tone of voice.
"Where is Finsternis?" Rin asked, becoming curious at the wielder of Kuraiyami's absence.
This cause Asta, Ekrixi, Sayo, Shan, Bahadur, Yuri and Sophia to glance at each other, confuse expressions on their faces.
"The last time we saw Finsternis was she wanted to "check something out", but didn't elaborate on what that was." Sophia explained, causing the others to glance at each other.
"This is concerning, considering that we still don't know anything about her." Shan said as a frown appeared on her face.
"That can wait. But for now, we need t-" Sophia began to say, but was interrupted as something collided with the headquarters of the Clover branch, destroying it.
"And there it goes, the destruction of the clover branch. Thank you for all of your services." Master Logos said as he dropped the arm that is holding an energy-constructed bow which he used to fire an arrow at the Clover branch of the Sword of Logos, him somehow able to see his target.
"What is your plan now, Master Logos?" Ryogo asked as he and Reika stood behind Master Logos.
"I want you and Reika to head over and collect the Holy Swords along with making sure that Sophia is alive. They are important for the revival of the Almighty Grimoire." Master Logos explained, causing both Shindai siblings to nod their heads.
"Yuno! Slow down!" Klaus called as he watched as the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn fly quickly through the air.
The Magic Knight's headquarters picked up a rising spike of Mana and knowing the location, Julius immediately contacted any Magic Knights available to investigate the area when he couldn't make contact with Sophia or any other Magic Knights of the Sword of Logos.
"And we've just survive the ordeal against the Devil invasion….." Yuno thought, a frown appearing on his face.
Whilst the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn knew that Asta and the others are capable of handling any situation by themselves, but the fact that the raising spike of Mana was reported to have appeared violently, that's of some concern.
It didn't took too long, for Yuno, Klaus and Mimosa to appear at the site that once the headquarters of the clover branch…..now reduced to rubble.
"Oh no….." Mimosa muttered in a horrified tone of voice.
"Just what sort of attack was this? Didn't the base supposed to have a protective barrier around it…...?" Klaus questioned as he scan the rubble before noticing Magic Knights examining the rubble.
"It seemed that we aren't the first to arrive." Yuno commented as he began to land on the ground.
"Captain Charlotte." Yuno said, causing the captain of the Blue Rose and two other Blue Rose Magic Knights to turn their attention towards the three new arrivals.
"I see that you've got the message as well." Charlotte commented, a pleased expression appearing on her face.
"Are you the first to arrival?" Yuno asked just as Klaus and Mimosa landed on the ground.
"As far I'm aware, yes. But more importantly, we need to remove this rubble as quickly as possible. Sir Julius hasn't been able to contact any of the Magic Knights of the Sword of Logos, so it is highly possible that they are buried within the rubble." Charlotte explained, making the three Golden Dawn Magic Knights to widen their eyes.
"You possess steel magic, correct." Charlotte said as she turned her head towards Klaus, remembering the events of when the Royal Capital was attacked by the Eye of the Midnight Sun.
"That's correct, Captain Charlotte." Klaus responded, causing Charlotte to nod her head.
"You will aid in creating support beams along with Sol. I don't want to risk causing more rubble to fall whilst we go deeper." Charlotte explained, causing Klaus to nod his head whilst getting out his Grimoire.
Before long, the Magic Knights have began to clear through the rubble and head deeper into the destroyed base of the Clover branch with more Magic Knights from different squads appearing and helping out.
"Phew! Its like cleaning the ruined Spade Kingdom castle all over again." Vanessa commented as she lifted a piece of rubble.
"Hm-hm." Luck hummed in agreement whilst attempted to sense the presence of the Sword of Logos Magic Knights.
"Sense anything?" Vanessa asked, knowing what the Black Bull lighting Mage is doing.
"Nope! Nothing." Luck responded, causing a frown to appear on Vanessa's face.
"They must be alive. They're too tough to die to some collapsing building-!" The Black Bull thread Mage said before suddenly losing her footing on some loose rubble.
"Gah!" Vanessa exclaimed as she began to fall onto the ground.
With quick reaction, Luck caught Vanessa before could she hit the ground and potentially cause the already weakened structure to suddenly collapse.
"You okay through there?!" Leopold's voice shouted through the doorway.
"Y-yes. Just lost my footing." Vanessa responded back.
"Maybe you should have wore some different footwear." Leopold commented, seeing how Vanessa is wearing something almost close to high-heels.
"Rude." Vanessa muttered in annoyance.
"!" Luck's eyes widened when he sensed something.
"So-" Luck began to say, but was cut off just Brave Dragon burst out of a wall.
"Ah!" Vanessa shouted, jumping out of her skin just as Luck got out his Grimoire.
"What is it now? Don't tell me you lost you fo-Whoa!" Leopold exclaimed as he exit the room that he was in and saw the red mechanical dragon.
The suddenness of Brave Dragon's appearance started to cause the room to shake.
"Great! Brave Dragon's appearance caused the room to collapse!" Vanessa thought as she prepared to summon Rouge.
However, a steel construct started to appear, quickly strengthening the structure of the almost collapsing corridor.
"Don't cause such sudden movement." Klaus said with an annoyed expression as he look at Brave Dragon, who in return gain a sheepish expression on it's face.
"What is going on over here?!" A voice said in an alarmed tone of voice just as Charlotte appeared from around a corner.
Her eyes lit up when she saw Brave Dragon.
"Where are the others?" Charlotte said, a serious expression appearing on her face.
The sound of scraping can be heard, causing the five Magic Knights and the red mechanical dragon to turn towards the newly created hole and saw more of the mechanical begins appearing, each one carrying the Sword of Logos Magic Knights who are in a state of unconsciousness.
"Get them in fresh air. Make as much support beams as possible." Charlotte ordered, saying the last part to Klaus, knowing that the mechanical beings will likely cause the headquarters to collapse with ease.
Before long, the unconscious Magic Knights have been taken out into the open.
"They certainly are in a bad shape." Kaiser commented with a grim expression on his face just as as Mimosa rushed forwards whilst opening her Grimoire.
"Is that Captain Sophia?!" The surrounding Magic Knights thought, their eyes widening, having been told that Sophia has disappeared over six months ago.
"…" A slight groan can be heard and Ryo's eyes flickered opened.
"Erh!" The wielder of Gekido grunted as he slowly sat up. Ryo's eyes blinked as he stared at the surrounding Magic Knights.
"Huh…..what ha-!" Ryo began to say, but was cut off as Charlotte suddenly hugged him.
"Are you okay?! What happened!" Charlotte demanded as she draw back slightly.
Ryo gained a frown on his face as he attempted to remember the previous events before noticing the others and then glanced at the destroyed headquarters of the Clover branch.
His eyes widened as his mind become clearer.
"Can you explain to us what happened?" Kaiser asked, seeing that the wielder of Gekido has become awake.
"Captain Sophia was telling us what happened to her and our next course of action before…" Ryo began to say before trailing off.
"Your base got attacked." Kaiser guessed, causing Ryo to nod his head.
"Do you know who the attacker is?!" Charlotte asked, becoming concerned.
"Well….." Ryo began to say, having a good idea on who the attacker is, but it isn't sure how to properly respond.
"So you managed to survive that attack." A voice spoke, causing everyone to turn towards the source of the voice to see both Ryogo and Reika approaching them.
"Miss Shindai and…" Kaiser said before giving Ryogo a confused look.
"This my older brother, Ryogo Shindai." Reika introduced her older brother.
"Do you want to/Don't trust them!" Ryo said in a firm tone of voice, cutting of Charlotte.
This cause the other Magic Knights to become confuse.
"So Miss Sophia told you who kidnapped her. This makes things more complex for us, especially with so many Magic Knights present." Ryogo commented as he glanced at the collected group of Magic Knights with a steel-like expression on his face.
"What do you mean by that?" Yuno asked, a serious expression appearing on his face.
"Master Logos wants no witnesses, right?" Ryo guessed, causing Ryogo to nod his head in response.
"That is correct. Master Logos likes to say thank you for all of your service, but he requests your termination." Ryogo before taking out a black-boarded Wonder-Ride book which has pictures of aquatic creatures underneath the title of "Ocean History" and open the cover.
"The many lives resting beneath our deep blue waves continue to weave our history from times past into the present."
The new Wonder-Ride book announced before Ryogo closed the cover before taking out a sword that possess a black handle and a gold blade that seemed to possess a bulky piece at the base.
"Is he….." Some of the gathered Magic Knights thought just as Ryogo placed "Ocean History" into the slot that is located on the black handle, causing a standby to start playing.
The next thing that happened caused everyone eyes to widened as Ryogo…..split the blade the handle.
"He broke the sword?!" Everyone exclaimed with a few being relieved that Tetsuo is still unconscious.
With Ryogo, he switch the blade around and place it back into the handle, forming a small trident.
Reversing the edge of time!
The voice announced just as the larger version of "Ocean History" opened and a school of fish burst out of the pages.
Time, time, time, time, time, time-embodies our Being!
Ocean History-EEEEEEAH!
The ocean goes Splish and splash!
The voice announced again just as the school of fish merged with Ryogo, donning him in a black and white armour with blue lining. His helmet comprised three blue lines that resembles a "V" shape with the top left side being done in gold where two red-eye pieces peered through the lines. The trident has also change, becoming more larger.
"Wielder of the Chronostate Blade Kaiji, Kamen Rider Durandal." The known Durandal introduced himself.
And there we go, Sophia explaining to the Sword of Logos about who kidnaped her, along with being disappointed with them, before the Clover Branch got destroyed by Master Logos. As other Magic Knights came to their aid, the Shindai siblings appeared where Ryogo transformed into Kamen Rider Durandal, the swordsman of time.
In Gavv:
1) After a month of having things return to normal, Hanto questioned Shoma about the prospect of finding family relatives on his mother's side of the family, but Shoma is unsure about the idea. Within Stomach Inc, Glotta questioned Lango about the productivity of Dark Treats, aimed at the Upper-Class, with Lango attempting to put her at easy. As Neylv talked about his own problems, Jeehb appeared and introduced his wife Lissel Zeludec, the daughter of the president of the Granute World. The president, Bocca Zeludac, appeared, commenting about the existence of humans and the routes connecting to earth, becoming annoyed at how the Stomach family is keeping it a secret.
2) Meanwhile, Shoma, Sachika and Laki got involved with basketball with one of the audience members commenting on Laki's bounty. As this is going on, Hanto started to do some research into Shoma's mother's family. Elsewhere, Jeehb and Lissel arrived at their new house in the human world and talked about their first meeting, which involves Lissel encountering a depressed Jeehb on the street, wondering on "joining" Shita. With Shoma and Sachika they realized that a Granute kidnapping is happening and went to investigate, with Laki joining them. A fight ensured when they quickly found the disguised Granute, yet the battle was interrupted when Lissel appeared.
And there we go with Jeehb making his return along with being married to the daughter of the Granute president. Even though Lango himself was aiming for Jeehb and Shita to get married of to wealthy families to increase Stomach Inc's influence, it seemed to cause trouble instead. So with the Granute World's president making his appearance, I wonder how this will affect the story? Not only that, but Shoma's family on his mother's side may get involved as well.
A new poster of Kamen Rider Gavv have been revealed, showing his Final Form(s). The first Final Form is called Over-Gavv whilst the other is called Over-Master Gavv. I'm not sure what the two forms are based on, but the Gochizo seems to resemble a sweet-bag.
Please review and until next time.
Howard576:
1) The truth of Acier's death could have been revealed during the one year and three months time gap.
2) As you can see, it was Finsternis who rescued Sophia.
3) The previous episode has created some loose ends with Kenzo's past. With him being dead now, the most likely person we can get answers from is Neylv, but that depends on how long they knew each other.
4) I don't think that the Dark Shoma clones are gone for good.
5) One of the aspects for a dream-theme series is that the villains are nightmare based who are capable of entering people's dreams and then corrupting them.
parthd1510:
1) I don't have any ideas that are fleshed-out, but one idea involves is space-theme called Kamen Rider Jigen(dimensions) which involves Jigen and their allies traveling between worlds/dimensions. The forms that Jigen will transforms into will be based on the different worlds they travel to with the transformation items being sky-charts shaped as key-cards. Another idea is called Kamen Rider Buccaneer/Kaizoku, a pirate-themed Kamen Rider with the story involving locating dangerous treasures/relics, something similar to Super Sentai Boukenger's plot. One idea for the Driver is in a shape of a treasure chest with the transformation items being keys whilst the other is where the transformation item are compasses, leading to the Driver having a wheel-like attachment. The compasses will be plot-related as each one will point Buccaneer and their allies towards a treasure/relic.
2) If Asta has the same background as Ace, then people may become suspicious at the vast knowledge that Asta possess from his constant reincarnations, something that would rival the Heart Queen's inherited knowledge. Magic-wise, Asta will contain the same attribute despite his multiple rebirths, yet won't be overpowered until he realize what his mother is.
3) I can't give an accurate answer on when the remaining Megid Generals will die.