__Royal Capital - Random Location__
A man of average height with long, messy, light purple hair and a blue eye stood, surrounded by chaos. He wore dark red bandages that covered his forehead and left eye with a light green eye ornament on top of the latter. Similar bandages were also tightly wrapped around his neck with the tattered ends dangling in front of him.
The man's attire consisted of a dark red tank top with a right sleeve and trousers of similar colour. In addition, he also wore an elbow sleeve and a glove on his left arm. Moreover, he wore a big belt around his waist with a strap attached to it on both sides. He also wore a dark-coloured bracelet on his right arm and two light-coloured bracelets on his left arm. He wore a pair of boots with two light-coloured stripes on each of them. Lastly, he had a tattered cape that covered his body. The cape was held together by a button on his right shoulder.
The man, Rades Spirito, Cackled like a maniac as multiple undead, Human-like creature surged from around him, destroying everything in sight.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" He cackled, right hand clutching his good eye, as he gazed at the choas with glee. "Break it, Break it, Break it, Break iiiiiiitt!!!!"
"EEEEEK!" - Npc 1
"W-what's going?!" - Npc 2
The Undead creatures surged forwards, as Rades bent backwards cackling up at the sky, while enjoying the sounds of battle, chaos and blood that surrounded him.
"Any country that doesn't see what i'm worth... Is just asking to get razed!!!" He shouted with glee.
*Whoosh!!*
*Boom!*
*Splap!*
*Blam!*
Three mages landed infront of the zombie horde, attacking them and tearing off large chunks of their bodies with their attacks.
A zombie ended up with a hole in his chest, while the other lost an arm. A third lost it's head, yet they kept moving forwards, as if oblivious to the damage.
"C-creepy freaks! Where in the world did these things spring from?!"
"What... What are they?! Even if you shoot their limbs... they keep coming?!"
"T-that one doesn't have a head!! and it's still moving!!! AAAAAGGHHH!!"
"Stand Your ground!! The clover kingdom is ours, and we will protec-"
He was cut off by Rades glare and loud voice.
"No you won't, scum!! Get lost, Scum! Scum! Scuuuum!" Suddenly, the shadows around him expanded, releasing dozens of more such monsters.
"EEEEEEEKKKK!!!!"
"What... is this magic?!"
"Mommy!!! I'm never going back to the magic knights!!!"
The zombies surged outwards spreading rapidly to other parts of the capital.
The Magic knights in front of Rades? Swallowed by the Horde. Alive.
"You're tougher than me, right? Right?!" Rades cackled. "Come out, come out, Magic Knights!!"
*Kaboom!*
*Whoosh!*
*Kablam!*
*Boom!*
A series of explosions rang out everywhere, as shadows grew and spewed out hundreds more zombies into the capital, engulfing the city in war, chaos, blood, fire, and overwhelming fear.
__Scene Change - Banquet Hall__
"The... The capital..."
"The capital is under attack!!" The messenger yelled, as he collapsed, out of breath.
The reaction was instantaneous.
Shiren, quickly activated his magic.
Stone creation magic: Stone model of the world!
A massive stone model of the capital came to life in the centre of the room. It was the full package, fires, explosions, smoke, little stone people moving around.
"Thats... a 3D model of the Noble realm...?!" Klaus muttered in awe. "Even the voices of the people at the scene, and their magic levels...! Is he lacing this whole area with mana and simultaneously making it visible?!"
"W... Wooow!" - Asta
"This is much more advanced that my magic flower guidepost!" Mimosa muttered.
In the centre of the city, loud voices of Rades and the three magic knights could be heard.
"A force with this much magic appears in five places simultaneously, without our noticing it..." Shiren muttered with a frown.
"A formidable spatial magic user must have made them materialize in an instant." Fuegoleon mused.
'However' he continued internally, narrowing his eyes. 'Even if that's the case, the guard mages of the noble realm... Work in shifts, constantly keeping a magic barrier in place. No one can use spatial magic here, other than a few select people!!'
"How should we assign the members we have?" Fuegoleon muttered to himself, right hand on his chin, in a thoughtful expression.
"No... we need to guard the area around the castle first..." Shiren gave his input.
"..." Asta suddenly fell silently, before bursting into the conversation. "Argh! No! What're we waiting around for!?"
He turned and ran towards the door. "We know there are people who need help out there!!! I'm going!!"
"Going where Asta?! We don't have a complete grasp of the situation yet... And anyways, you can't sense magic at all, remember!? How're you gonna find the culprit?!" Klaus yelled, trying to stop Asta.
However, Asta merely looked back and yelled. "I'm going to where it's the noisiest!!"
Saying so he kicked the door open and vanished down the corner.
Silence engulfed the room.
"What are you, an animal!?!?" - Klaus.
Then, a laughter bloomed in the room.
Ray stumbled to the door still laughing.
"Pffft... Hahaha!!! Typical Asta. Please don't mind him. I'll keep him in check. Yuno. Godspeed." Ray said, waving at Yuno before turning around and running after Asta, vanishing down the corner again.
Klaus's glasses fell down from one side, revealing his twitching eye.
Now, another laughter boomed in the silence.
Leopold ran towards the entrance.
"Bwa ha ha ha ha!!! Iiiiiinteresting!!" He said, heading down the corridor and vanishing at the corner too, his voice still lingering. "Let's see what you've Got!! Wait for me, my rivals!!"
"Hihihihi! Guy really are dumb, huh, sis?"
"Yes, they are."
"That Leo... He's still very much a child..." Fuegoleon muttered, massaging his forehead. "I'll have to thoroughly retrain him later!"
Then, he turned back to the gathering and spoke in a resolute voice. "I'm sure you find it irritating to take orders from me... but listen well, magic knights!!" he said, swiping his hand infront of him and addressing the gathering.
"I'll follow Leo and the Black bulls boys. After i've joined them, we'll head to the North district!!" He said, conjuring a flaming Lion, and then climbed on it. "You, Black bulls girl! Come with me!"
"Silver eagles, you take the central district!! The enemy's magic is the strongest there!!"
"Tch. Very well..." Nozel muttered, summoning a Eagle made of mercury.
"Blue Roses, take the East district!!"
"I'd rather not take orders from a man, but... I suppose there's no helping it." Charolette muttered as Sol summoned a Stone golem beneath them.
"Golden Dawn, Split into two teams and head to the west and northwest districts!!"
"We will protect the people of the noble realm!" Sandler said as he, Yuno and Mimosa got atop Yuno's wind ark.
"Let's go get a bit of postprandial exercise, shall we? (Oh ho ho ho ho!)" Hamon said, as he, Klaus and Shiren climbed onto Klaus's Metal chariot.
Flame Creation Magic: Leonis Ride!
Mercury Creation Magic: Soaring Eagle!
Earth Creation Magic: Rampaging Mother Earth!
Wind Creation Magic: Heavenly Wind Ark!
Steel Creation Magic: Silver Chariot!
"If we fail to Protect the capital, We'll bring shame on the magic knights!!! Whatever you do, Don't let the enemy escape!!! Auto bots, Roll ou- *cough cough cough*"
*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*
Series of explosions rang out as the five groups burst out from the hall, shattering the wall and dispersing to their respective locations.
__Location Change - Random Street Corner A__
Chaos had broken out in the streets by now. People were running for their lives.
A little girl tripped and fell, unable to keep up with the rush.
"Waaah!! Mommy! Help!"
"Hey, Little girl!" A voice called. She turned and saw a hideous man. Rades. "Do you like the Clover Kingdom?" He asked, voice calm.
"I love it...!" She teared up. "So... Please stop this...!"
Rades grinned, calmness gone in an instant. "Me? I hate it!!"
"So the town..."
"The people..."
"And you, Little girl."
"I'm breaking it all!!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
He stepped back, cackling like crazy, as 4 zombies zeroed in on the girl.
She closed her eyes, bawling as she waited for her demise. but... it never came.
*Whoosh!*
*Slash!*
Instead she heard the sound of a sword slashing, and multiple bodies falling.
She opened her eyes and saw a small back, protecting her, sword outstretched.
"Get away from that girl, you crazy jerk!!" Asta yelled, holding his sword at a ready in front of him.
"So somebody shows up... and not only is he from the bulls, He's just a kid!" He smiled again and screamed. "You moron!! You can't stop my army with an attack like that!!" He yelled, expecting his zombies to get up and charge at Asta again. However, no movement from the fallen zombies.
"Eh? Wait..." He muttered. "Huh?!"
"I get it! You're that Anti-Magic guy!" His face suddenly twisted in disgust. "Nobody asked for a no-magic Nobody like you!!!" He yelled as the shadows beneath him enlarged spewing more zombies.
__Scene Change - Central District__
"Look! It's the Silver Eagles! The magic knights are here!!"
"Captain Nozel! This creature don't die even after losing limbs and large chunks of their bodies! They seem to be some kind of puppets!"
"In that case... We'll just crush them until they can't get back up!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Eye sores! take my Beautiful water magic!"
"You aren't much fun to toy with! This is boring big brother Nozel!"
"Accept your punishment."
Water Creation Magic: Slashing Sea Serpent!
Mist Creation Magic: Solid Mist Clones!
Mercury Magic: Rain of Silver!
__Scene Change - West District__
"What are these Fiends...?! We cut them down, and they just get right back up!"
"I thought I'd have dessert when we got back... But their looks have made me lose my appetite. (Oh ho ho ho!)"
"..."
Steel Creation Magic: Steel Lance!
Glass Creation Magic: Verre Fluer!
Stone Creation Magic: Stone Spike Formation!
__Scene Change - East District__
"These guys are seriously creepy Sis!"
"Yes, they are. Just looking at them makes me want to vomit."
"Quit Grosing my sister out!!"
Earth Creation magic: Raging Mother Goddess!
"I will allow no one to touch me!!"
Briar Creation magic: Corpse-Hunting Briar Trees!
__Scene Change - North West District__
"These things are so creepy!! Eeeek!!!"
"Do they have some kind of weakness...? (If Ray was here, he'd have found it easily...)"
"Looking for it would take too much time!"
Stone Creation Magic: Sand-Armoured Heavy Guard!
"..."
Wind Creation Magic: Thousand Wind Needles!
"A-anyone who's injured, come to me!"
Plant Magic: Princess Healing Robe!
__Scene Change - North District__
"These things... there's magic in them... But their not living humans! Leopold! Destroy them in one go! No need to waste magic fighting them hand-to-hand! Black Bulls girl! Stick close to me. The Fires are about to get hotter!"
"Burn to Ashes!"
Flame Creation Magic: Leorzenas!
"Ha ha ha! On it Big Brother Fuegoleon! Try taking My magic!!!"
Flame Magic: Spiral Flames!
__Scene Change - Random Street Corner A (Near North district.)__
*Slash!*
"Haaap!! Take this!" Asta yelled as he cut down the last of the released zombies.
around him lay a pile of dead zombie Bodies.
Leopold, fighting nearby couldn't help but marvel at Asta's fighting prowess.
'I can't believe it! He's moved down that many with just his sword, and he keeps going! What incredible strength!! What stupid, ridiculously straight-forward way to fight!'
A laugh slipped his mouth. "Keh... heh heh... Ha ha ha ha ha ha! He's just way too intresting!! That's exactly what makes him one of my perfect rivals!!" Then, leopold paused. "Wait a second. Where's Ray?!"
*Dun Dunn Dunnn!!!*
Suddenly, all Magic Knights felt a chill travel up their spines.
"Watch out!" Fuegoleon yelled to Noelle, Leopold and Asta. However, Asta didn't bat an eye and Noelle sighed in relief.
"He's pulling that move again!" She said, sighing in relief.
Fuegoleon turned to her in confusion, when, a arrow dropped and exploded on a nearby zombie, destroying him completely.
Fuegoleon froze.
Suddenly, A hail of Arrows became visible, coming down at high speeds, straight at them.
Heilig Pfeil: Volley + Explosion Shot + Lock On +Minenfeld!
All around the capital, arrows started falling, exploding the moment they came near a zombie, taking it out immediately.
And the curious bit here was that none of the arrows missed. Each seemed to home-in on a zombie each. and if it accidently missed? it'd stay embedded in the ground until a zombie came in range, then explode.
"This magic power... That crazy black bulls boy?" Nozel muttered to himself, eyes narrowed.
"Arrows...? Ray!" Klaus said happily.
"..." Yuno merely smiled, while still attacking nonstop.
"This... It's Ray's power, isn't it Yuno!?" Mimosa asked excitedly.
"..." Yuno nodded in agreement.
"This... its that archer boy's move...?" Fuegoleon asked Noelle, his voice tinged with surprise and respect. "Amazing. And not just here. I'm feeling similar energy attack throughout the capital. He's launched such a large scale attack, with each hitting their targets accurately!"
"BWA HA HA HA! As expected from my rival! I can't relax even for a second!" - Leopold.
Throughout the Capital the number of zombies decreased significantly.
"Wh-what?! What is this magic!!!" Rades screamed as he felt his zombies stop responding to him everywhere. "Why aren't they listening to me!!!"
*WHOOOOOOSHH!!!*
*BOOM!*
A figure fell from the sky, right beside Asta.
Ray landed in the Spider man pose. Blut Vene and Reishi enhancement running at full speed underneath his skin.
"Hey. Your controlling these dead humans, right?" Ray asked, his voice containing unrestrained anger.
"So what if I am?! Huh?" Rades said, his face twisting with rage. "How dare you destroy so many at once!!!"
"Shut up!!" Ray roared, his figure suddenly blurring as he moved forwards at high speeds. He appeared in front of Rades, with his Seele Schneider drawn. "How dare YOU violate the bodies of the dead!?!" He yelled as he swung the Schneider down in a savage arc. But Rades lifted his arms and blocked it with his magic enchanted clothing, using the attacks momentum to push himself backwards.
Asta followed up appear suddenly from behind Ray and charging at Rades.
"Why are you attacking innocent people, you Sleazebag?!" He yelled as he approached Rades. "I'm gonna take you down!!!"
Suddenly, a ray of purple magic shone in front of Rades and a beam launched itself at Asta, who managed to narrowly dodge it with a scratch, courtesy of Ray who pulled him out of harm's way.
"Number four... Jimmy!"
______Author's_Notes:______
Happy New Year everyone!!! Hope this previous year went well and best wishes for the coming years!!!
New year's Bonus chapter dropping at midnight so, watch out for it!!!