Control the flow of time, Durandal
Everyone stared at the trident-wielding Magic Knight.
"Ryo….Do you know what sort of swordsman is he?" Charlotte asked, becoming on guard at the calm aura that Durandal is showing.
"No. I hardly even met Miss Shindai's brother." Ryo responded, a tense expression appearing on his face.
"Now then. Time for elimination." Durandal stated as he got Kaijin ready.
This cause all the Magic Knights to get into battle stances.
"You'll deal with the lower-rank Magic Knights, I'll deal with the upper-rank Magic Knights." Durandal explained as his gaze fell upon the two captains and vice-captain.
"Yes, Brother." Reika said as turning her focus onto the lower-rank Magic Knights.
"Do you think you can take us on all by yourself? Don't underestimate us." Klaus said, an annoyed expression appearing on her face.
This cause a smirk to appear on Reika's face.
"I'm fully aware what many of you are capable of from the Royal Knight exams. But its just that Brother and I are different from regular Magic Knights." Reika responded before transforming into Sebela and started to fight the Magic Knights.
Durandal gave his sister a quick glance before shifting his gaze back onto the upper-rank Magic Knights and the mostly unconscious Sword of logos Magic Knights(?).
"Well then, let's battle." Durandal said before dashing forwards with Kaijin at the ready.
The first to move in response is Yuno, immediately going into Spirit Dive with "Saint of Zephyr" in hand.
Durandal thrust Kaiji forwards and intercepted "Saint of Zephyr".
Durandal then moved Kaiji back towards him, causing Yuno to widen his eyes in shock as he stumbled forwards before getting kicked in the stomach by Durandal.
As Yuno stumbled back, he suddenly disappeared.
Sensing a presence behind him, Durandal spun around and blocked the incoming attack.
"Star magic, hm." Durandal thought as he glanced upwards and saw the shining star just above Yuno's head.
"If I manage to look at Durandal's Grimoire cover, then I may be able to guess his magic." Yuno thought as he saw Durandal's Grimoire floating next to him.
"?" Durandal's eyes perked up slightly as he saw the slight movement of Yuno's neck.
"Trying to have a look at the cover of my Grimoire? I won't allow it." Durandal stated before spinning Kaiji, moving "Saint of Zephyr" to the side before attacking Yuno.
It was mainly thanks to Mana-Skin that Yuno managed to avoid any serious injury.
"The Mana-Skin surrounding his Holy Sword is strong!" Yuno thought before quickly moving away, not wanting to imagine the scenario of where he didn't protected himself with Mana-Skin.
Durandal began to chase after the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn, but was prevented as a whirlwind suddenly materialized around him.
"This magic…." Durandal thought, as he shifted his stance so that he wouldn't fall over, whilst glancing over his shoulder and saw Kaiser's Grimoire glowing.
"Briar Magic: Scarlet-Braided Beautiful Battle Spear." Charlotte announced as her briar took the shape of a spear which she then send flying towards Durandal.
Seemingly not becoming panic, Durandal pressed the open cover of "Ocean History".
Ocean History!
The voice announced and multiple aquatic creatures suddenly appeared and started to attack the two captains and vice-captain with the much larger ones attacking the mechanical beings that are guarding the main branch Sword of Logos Magic Knights(?).
"Ghe!" Charlotte grunted as a piranha bit her hand, causing the briar-created spear to change its trajectory, missing its target, with a similar action happening to Kaiser, leading his spell to weaken, allowing to Durandal to walk out of the magical whirlwind.
Ryo attempted to move whilst getting out Gekido, but a jolt of pain ran throughout his body.
"Hm? It seems that despite Lady Vermillion's high proficiency with healing magic, your body isn't ready for immediate combat….." Durandal commented as he approached Mimosa, Ryo and the other Sword of Logos Magic Knights(?).
The comment caused a frustrated expression to on Ryo's face.
"Do not underestimate me!" The vice-captain of the Sword of Logos(?) said as he slowly staggered onto his feet whilst fully retrieving Gekido, "Genbu Shinwa" and "Holy Sword Strengthening".
"Is that so? Then show me." Durandal stated he watched Ryo transforming into Buster.
"Here I come!" Gekido shouted before dashing forwards.
"His style of battle is pure strength. Something that I can work around, especially with that injured body of his." Durandal thought as he moved to the side avoiding the incoming blade of Gekido.
Durandal stab Kaiji onto the ground, trapping Gekido within the prongs.
Acting quickly, Buster threw a fist forwards, yet Durandal dodge the attack before moving back, letting Gekido to be free.
"I'm not going anywhere like this..." Buster thought, sensing how heavy his body is.
"Let's change things up, shall we." Durandal stated he detach the black handle of Kaiji before pressing the trigger.
Kaiji Erasure!
The voice announced and a water-like pulse surround Durandal before he disappearing.
"He disappeared!?" Buster and Mimosa thought, their eyes widening.
Reset Kaiji!
The voice announced again and Buster immediately sensed a presence behind him.
Unfortunately for Buster, before the swordsman of the earth could do anything, he was immediately attacked.
"Vice-Captain Buster!" Mimosa exclaimed in worry and began to move.
"Don't move, Lady Vermillion!" Buster said as he steady himself.
"So Durandal is capable of teleporting…...but something seems off….." Buster thought, having the feeling like something else has happened apart from Durandal teleporting.
Kaiji Erasure!
The voice announced and Durandal once again teleported.
"Where will he-!" Buster began to thought, but was cut off as Durandal suddenly appeared right in front of him.
Reacting quickly, Buster swing Gekido, but missed as Durandal teleported and reappeared to the side of the swordsman of the earth and attacked him before teleporting again…..just only to attack Buster from a different angle.
"This is seriously a wide-sided battle for Vice-Captain Buster….." Mimosa thought, starting to become worried as she watched the swordsman of the earth repeatedly getting attacked by Durandal without having the chance to attack back…...whilst also feeling the same sensation that Buster has been experiencing each time Durandal teleport.
"Give me a chance to attack!" Buster thought, becoming annoyed at how he is unable to strike back at Durandal.
It was at that moment that the trident-wielding swordsman reappeared again that Buster disappeared herself.
"What?!" Durandal exclaimed as he glanced around and quickly spotted the swords-woman of steel whilst activating "Reset Kaiji".
"Do you need to rest, Buster?" Yuno asked as Buster hover underneath a shining star.
"Nah. I can still keep going." Buster responded, attempting to sound reassuring.
"..." Yuno didn't seemed to accept Buster's response.
However, before the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn, could say anything, Durandal began to move.
As the two vice-captains prepared themselves, the trident-wielding Magic Knight sensed an attack heading towards him.
Durandal jumped to the side before thrusting the "fork" piece of Kaiji into the ground, trapping the briar onto the ground.
"So the captain of the Blue Rose managed to escape the aquatic creatures." Durandal thought as he glanced towards where Kaiser and the other mechanical companions are still fighting the aquatic creatures that he has summoned.
"This Holy Sword wielder is a powerful Magic Knight. How does Ryo not even know about a trident-wielding Magic Knight?" Charlotte thought, attempting to recall if the wielder of Gekido, or any other Sword of Logos Magic Knights of his generation, mentioned a "Durandal" before.
Yuno dashed forwards whilst summoning more of the shining stars.
"From what I manage to observe from Buster's battle against Durandal, there's only a few seconds that we've got a chance to strike back once he reappear and/or disappear." Yuno thought as he got closer to Durandal, who spotted his approach and removed the black-handle piece of Kaiji and press the trigger.
Kaiji Erasure!
The voice announced and Durandal disappeared in a water-like pulse.
A source of Mana suddenly appeared and Yuno quickly activate "Star Magic: Conjunction", disappearing and reappearing underneath a star before firing a blast of wind magic, but Durandal dodged the attack by teleporting himself.
Reset Kaiji!
The voice announced as a water-like pulse then appeared and Durandal himself appeared behind the captain of the Blue Rose.
"What?!" Charlotte exclaimed as she sense Durandal's presence behind her...along with seeing her briar starting to spread across the ground.
"Is my reacting time...quickening?" The captain of the Blue Rose thought, becoming confuse at what is happening.
"You may be confuse at what is happening. But unfortunately, you won't able to get the chance to learn the truth." The trident-wielding swordsman said before striking Charlotte.
"Gah!" Charlotte exclaimed as she staggered forwards, coughing up blood.
"Captain Charlotte!" Mimosa exclaimed in a horrified tone of voice with widened eyes.
Kaiji Erasure!
The voice announced and when Durandal reappeared and activate "Reset Kaiji" within a much longer time-frame, everyone notice big differences.
"Huh?" Mimosa blinked her eyes in confusion.
The reason for this is because above her is her "Plant Creation Magic: Magic Flower Cannon"…...but clearly doesn't remember activating her spell and seemed to have already fired an attack due to how there is blast marks some feet away.
"What?" Yuno muttered in confusion has he saw how his stars are positioned for his "Star Magic: Quartile Hasta" spell.
"When did I cast the spell?" The vice-captain of the Golden Dawn thought as he glanced at his Spade Kingdom Grimoire and saw that the pages are on that spell and seemed to already cast the spell, but, like Mimosa, doesn't recall using the spell in the first place.
"What just happened?!" Klaus exclaimed as he and the other Magic Knights that have been fighting Sebela saw how they are in completely different spots than before.
With Sebela, the swords-woman of smoke didn't seemed off guard with the phenomenon.
"What you're felt is the larger effect of my brother's power. It doesn't matter how many powerful opponents Brother is facing, he will always comes out as the victory." Sebela said in a calm tone of voice.
"What are you talking about?! Your brother cannot win against three upper-rank Magic Knights." Leopold said in an angry tone of voice.
"It doesn't matter how powerful you are, the main factor is lack of experience." Durandal explained, causing everyone to become confused.
"Lack of…...experience?" Kaiser questioned, raising an eye-brow.
"Indeed, captain of the Purple Orca. The lack of experience of fighting against my magic attribute." Durandal responded, causing everyone to become tense…..along with becoming curious.
"I am Kamen Rider Durandal, the swordsman of time." Durandal introduced himself and silence seemed to fill the air.
"You….possess…...the same magic attribute as the Wizard King…..." Vanessa said, a bead of sweat trickled down her forehead.
"That's correct. The only "Magic Knight" who can potentially fight on equal ground as me in terms of the magic attribute is the Wizard King." The newly revealed swordsman of time explained before sighing.
"Its a shame that the Wizard King is still in a….."injured" state, otherwise he would come to fight me." Durandal explained, causing Yuno, Buster and the two captains to become tense, yet relieved that Durandal didn't said the real truth.
"The ability of Kaiji allows me to erase a given frame of time. Whilst all of you will have performed actions during that erased time, you will never experience them, yet I am able to see them." Durandal explained the powers of "Kaiji Erasure" and "Reset Kaiji".
"So that's what has been happening. Instead of teleporting, Durandal is erasing time and then moving to an ideal position to "reappear"." Charlotte thought, going through the battle against Durandal up until now.
"However, what you four….." Durandal began to say whilst focus his attention onto the opponents that he has been facing.
"Has been facing was me using the powers of Kaiji, not my own spells." Durandal explained just as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn.
"Time Magic: 2nd hour: Hands of Time." Durandal announced and multiple clock-hands appeared around him and with a swing of Kaiji, the swordsman of time sent them flying towards all of the Magic Knights.
"I've seriously been fighting the wrong opponent!" Vanessa thought just as Rouge jumped off her shoulder and began to run among the Magic Knights, preventing them from being struck by the clock hands.
"I have been told of your ability to control fate, something that similar to mine. Whilst I erase the "cause", you can change the "effect". But still, your a factor than can not be spared." Durandal explained as he appeared behind the Black Bull thread Mage.
Vanessa's eyes widened and was about to move, but wasn't able to as Durandal swing Kaiji, striking her.
"Get away from her!" Luck exclaimed as he dash forwards, him being able to avoid getting hit by Durandal's attack.
Unfortunately, the swordsman of time "teleported", avoiding getting struck by Luck's "Thunderclap Destruction" spell.
"Darn!" The Black Bull lighting Mage thought, becoming frustrated…..although a part of him knew that his attack wouldn't hit the swordsman of time in the first place.
With the other Magic Knights, when they got struck by Durandal's spell, they instantly became frozen. Luckily, few were spared by other means.
"If Sir Julius isn't in the state of a child, then he would certainly be the right person to fight Durandal." Charlotte thought as she protected herself and two other Magic Knights with her briar.
"I'll go and finish this in one attack!" Yuno said before launching himself towards the swordsman of time with both Grimoires at the ready.
Durandal noticed the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn heading towards, yet has a calm aura around him.
"Brother…?" Sebela said, becoming confused as to why Durandal is standing still before noticing the pages of his Grimoire turning before stopping.
"Time Magic: 12th Hour: Time Reset." Durandal announced and a huge wave of a Mana is felt.
"Huh?!" Yuno exclaimed as his eyes in shock as….his Spirit Dive and his two Grimoires disappeared, causing him to crash onto the ground.
"What…..just happened…..?" Leopold muttered as he and everyone stared at what just occurred.
"B….Bell?!" Yuno shouted in his head whilst attempting to sense the presence of the wind spirit, but he received no answer.
"It doesn't matter how strong one is, all bow down to the force that is known as "time"." Durandal explained as he picked Yuno by his Magic Knight robes.
"Everything that you have gained throughout your journey as a Magic Knight….I have undone them, "resetting" you to the very start." Duranadal further explained before a thought appeared in his head.
"Well, since you are aware of your true magic, I wouldn't say you haven't been completely reset." Durandal stated off handedly before roughly letting go of Yuno and kicking him, causing him to fall back onto the ground.
"Now when. Whilst it would seem that I won't be able to kill all of you. But as long as I kill the intended targets and collect their Holy Swords, Master Logos will be satisfied with the outcome." Durandal said before separating two pieces of Kaiji before reattaching them.
Finished time!
The voice announced and Durandal pressed the trigger.
Ocean three quarter stab!
The voice announced again before the swordsman of time stab the ground with the bottom of Jaiki, creating a blue shock-wave which then turned into water and gathered around the tip of Kaiji before Durandal swing the sword of time, releasing a wave of crescent-shape cyan energy.
"!" Durandal's eyes widened underneath his helmet when he saw his finisher attack striking a barrier of some sorts which then suddenly contracted and everyone within the barrier disappeared.
The two Holy Sword wielders stared at the empty space.
"Did someone…..intervened?" Sebela questioned as she glanced around, attempting to sense anyone close by, but sense nothing.
"….." Durandal became silent, becoming annoyed.
And there we have it, Durandal's showing is powers in front of the Magic Knights, commenting how they lack the experience of fighting against time magic before the Magic Knights themselves seemingly got rescued by someone...
In Gavv:
1) Granute Ochiru ran off and when Shoma/Gavv attempted to chase after him, Lizel attacked him. Vram questioned on who Lizel is, causing her to become annoyed before Jeebh appeared and introduce the president's daughter to the two Kamen Riders, along with the fact that the two are married. Lizel attacked them again before leaving. As the gang began to search for Granute Ochiru, along with Laki informing them about Bocca Jaldak, the president himself is having a meeting with a supporter of his, warning about younger oppositions taking over from Brocca. Magen left, having eaten a Dark Treat and given more by Lango, before Brocca commented the effectiveness of the Dark Treat with him viewing Magen as a opponent...before commenting on the ambition that Stomach Inc have on controlling the Granute World and warning Lango about the prospect of the authorities learning about the Dark Treats.
2) Whilst the gang are having difficulties on locating Granute Ochiru, Jeehb used Shita's Mimic Key within his Mimic-deviser, discovering that he could transform into her, which Lizel walked onto, but didn't mind. Eventually, the gang managed to locate Granute Ochiru and whilst Shoma/Gavv and Valen fought the Granute, Sachika and Laki found the Human Presses, but was found by an Agent. Later Glotta and Neylv discovered that Stomach Inc has been taken over by the Zaldak family.
Well, the story has taken a turn with President Brocca having decided to take over Stomach Inc, making his daughter the new president, using the Dark Treats to have a firmer control over the Granute World. Now Shoma, Hanto and Laki now have a bigger problem to face.
Please review and until next time.
Guest: Thank you. I'll think about that possibility.
howard576:
1) Yes, it will take some time to mend their broken bonds.
2) I have a few ideas of how the Sword of Logos(?) Magic Knights will set up their new base of operations.
3) It looks like you're kind of right in that regard, but President Brocca decided to take over Stomach Inc, destroying their own goal of having influence over the Granute World.
4) Yes, it will be a shock for the family when they discover that their missing member's son suddenly appearing in front of them.
5) If the theme for the next Kamen Rider series is dreams, then it could be that the villains exist in a different plane of reality and are attempting to break into the human world.