𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎: 𝙱𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙵𝚞𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.....

" What exactly are we doing?" Kagura asked as he walked a dirt trail with Leo and Fuegoleon, which the eldest responded " We have a simple task of dealing with some beasts that got a little too close to a nearby village" Fuegoleon replied " And said village is close to the noble realm " he added " Perfect " Kagura sighed " This will be the perfect opportunity to show off my capabilities!" Leo exclaimed " as well for Jaden" Fuegoleon chimed in " I'd rather not fight these creatures if you two are more than capable of defeating them " Kagura stated " Are you wussing out?" Leo smirked " Your childish taunting isn't going to work runt" Kagura shot back

" Who you calling a runt?!"

" OBVIOUSLY You!"

"Don't be jealous because I'm stronger!"

"You dream of being stronger Leo!"

"Dream?! I was trained by Fuegoleon and Mereoleona!"

"Then we'll see just how well they've trained you!"

Fuegoleon had just watched the two as he sighed softly ' now I'm concerned how much of Mereoleona's personality has rubbed off on them...' he thought to himself seeing both Vermillion siblings in a handlock trying to overpower the other while an explosion mana aura of fire surrounded the two ' yeah......a lot of her rubbed off on both of them......great' Fuegoleon shook his head imagining Mereoleona behind him just laughing victoriously.

About three hours had passed before the three reached the village. Looking around they saw it was relatively peaceful, although looking off towards the grassland that could see considerably large boars roaming around ramming trees and such close to the village " Those are way bigger than the ones back in Salé" Kagura muttered " Salé?" Leo and Fuegoleon starred at Kagura " I'll have to fill you in when we get back, I've done aaaaaaaloooooot of things while outside the Noble Realm" he chuckled before walking ahead towards the village with his two siblings following behind him while watching how he interacted with the villagers and such " it's like they're all family" Leo said and Fuegoleon just smiled softly " That's how Jaden is, just like he always was.."

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" Hey, Onii-Chan?"

"Hm?"

" Can I go play with your friends too?"

"What's gotten you in the mood?"

"Well, your friends are my friends, which makes them family, and I like having fun with my family!"

"Jaden, your so pure....but I guess it can't be helped now can it little brother"

The young Fuegoleon chuckled as he carried his brother on his back towards the backyard where all his friends were

" but stay pure, and treat everyone as if they were your family "

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" Magic Knights" the mayor greeted the three as they entered the villages center " Mayor" Fuegoleon had nodded in response " I'm glad you've responded to our request" the mayor smiled, as he began walking with the three magic Knights " for some odd reason the local boars have become rather agitated and instead of their normal ductile attitude they've become more aggressive and rather larger, they even attacked a couple of villagers out in the fields. The alarming issue is that by the days coming the more they grow in size and numbers" The mayor explained as Fuegoleon starred at Kagura " Their mating season isn't for another few months " He informed his brother " Which means we have a rogue mage" Leo pounded his fist together and smirked " Indeed" Fuegoleon nodded " Jaden, can you deal with the boars?" Fuegoleon looked back at Kagura who only gave a thumbs up " I'll stall them "Kagura replied which his brothers nodded " We'll track down that mage in the mean time " Fuegoleon replied before hearing a loud crackle as if the thunder were striking the earth several times. " I assume thats the boars stampeding " Kagura looked at the Mayor " As sharp as an eagle I see " he chuckled which Kagura had froze hearing such words, before just shaking it off softly before being to walk towards the grasslands where he heard the screams and yells of villagers " Fuegoleon, do I need to hold back?" Kagura called out behind him which made Fuegoleon flinch just a bit ' How much stronger did he get from all those years ago....' his older brother thought to himself but from precautionary measures he said " Don't use more than what you have too" Fuegoleon replied to his younger brother as Leo only chuckled " I can't wait to see for my own eyes how stronger my brother is!" Leo laughed.

" Help Us!" Were all the villagers out in the fields called as the charging board charge towards them, fire blazing from their hooves and mouth. One villager had fallen over, trying to get back to his feet, he saw a boat already closing in on him, all he could do was brace for the inevitable.

Justas the villager's hope had diminished, heard a voice, and as he opened his eyes and looked up, he saw several giant magma fist like objects raining down across the fields attacking all the boars in proximity had began to burn to nothingness

Kagura had landed in front of the Villager who was in awe of the sheer power and ability the knight in front of him just performed. " A magic Knight!"

The villager exclaimed " Oi! Shut up and get out of here, it'd be a pain if you died here because of your fan-girling" Kagura sighed and the villager began sweating before indeed running off into his village. Kagura had rolled his neck a little as he saw more boars heading his way " Stalling.....I think I'll call this a warm up" Kagura had still had his eyes closed this entire time, he simply pulled his hands back as his palms glew red " Magma release........" Kagura had farted towards the horde, getting into the lead boars face and bringing both his hands forward " RYŪSEI KASAN!" he balled his hands into fist and began punching the boar in front of him and the area to the left, right, and above which began creating several giant fist of magma that blasted into the boar in front of him while several of the other fists had bombarded the surrounding lands in front of Kagura.

" Whoa...." Leo starred in awe, he and Fuegoleon left the village, following sudden spike of mana that occurred each time the boars arrived which was happening frequently: Leo just caught glimpse of Kagura's power from afar " I'd love to fight him one day" Leo chuckled as Fuegoleon shook his head " I'm sure he wouldn't want to harm you especially if it is just friendly spar. " Fuegoleon replied as he kept walking following a trail as well as the mana spike, before stopping in front of a cavern entrance " It's hard to tell if there's more than one mage" He said to himself as Leo narrowed his eyes a bit hearing foot steps coming from the inside " We've finally found it.....and here I thought THEY would be an hindrance in reviving Lord Zeba " a female voice could be heard coming towards entrance allowing with a low growl " Now now Gujitu, you'll be able to eat soon, I bet spawning all those enhanced boars has drained you" The feminine voice giggled. It wasn't long before Fuegoleon and Leo came face to face with a fully robbed, cloaked, and masked woman holding a very odd relic in her hands, who stood next to an odd specimen: it was built like a masculine figure, except its facial features resembled a spider like create, it retained a normal upper body with tribal clothing, while its lower body had resembled a man's leg build except its feet, it was more barbaric if anything. ' Oh? Magic Knights?....I guess the Midnight Sun haven't executed their plan just yet ' the woman had thought to herself " Gojitu, deal with these Magic Knights...after that, you can devour all the humans you like" the woman giggled before walking back as portal appeared and she walked through it with the relic as the spider creature, Gojitu had slowly began walking towards Fuegoleon and Leo " Hmph don't underestimate us Magic Knights!" Leo smirked " Leo Wait!" Fuegoleon called after his brother who recklessly charged ahead towards the monster " Flame Magic!" Leo has cocked his hands back to his sides " Spiral Flames!" He smirked sending the dual vortex of flames towards the creature in front of him, incinerating it. He then turned around and faced Fuegoleon with a victorious grin " That thing wasn't any match for me!"he said as Fuegoleon narrowed his eyes which Leo frowned " whats with that look? Aren't you proud of my skil-" Fuegoleon quickly grabbed Leo and jumped back as he slid onto his feet after dodging downward punch from Gojitu, which its punch had enough force to shatter the ground. " What the hell! It should've been burnt to a crisp!" Leo exclaimed in sheer shock " This isn't any normal beast or creature " Fuegoleon replied as Gojitu tilted its head making strangle ' crackling sounds ' before running at Leo and Fuegoleon. Gojitu had tried going for another punch which Fuegoleon dodged this attack as his grimoire opened " Flame Magic: Sol Linea!" He announced as a thin beam of blue light pierced the chest of Gojitu, creating another explosion of flames shortly afterwards, although it proved ineffective as Gojitu had quickly dashed forward and delivered a hard knuckle strike to Fuegoleon's chest which knocked him flying into a tree. " Brother!" Leo gritted his teeth and began throwing several balls of fire towards Gojitu while Fuegoleon began to stand back into his feet " Flame Magic: Leo Rugiens!"

" Hm....it seems they've stopped coming " Kagura said as he set a young girl onto her feet " ....I wonder how Fuegoleon and Leo are holding up" he said as he stood up. The villagers had finished gathering all the crops and food that weren't damaged by the boars or magma which was still quite a lot left over as a Kagura had kept his promise of holding back and stalling the beast. The villagers had all thanked him before he suddenly froze in place felling Fuegoleon's mana take a sudden increase " Brother...." Kagura had began running towards the forest before being pushed back by an intense heatwave that pushed him him back just a bit, he saw a large fire lion in the air with Gojitu in its mouth being carried towards the air, Fuegoleon of corse mounted on the lion's head. " BURN!" Fuegoleon shouted as the lion had let out a large blast of fire from its mouth engulfing Gojitu: which the spider like monster has retaliated by grabbing Fuegoleon by his face and falling towards the ground with him, bashing the Lion Captain into the ground " Brother!" Leo had shouted as he casted spiral flames once more only to be swatted away by Gojitu. Kagura quickly caught Leo and looked at his little brother seeing him unconscious. " Leo..." he gritted his teeth. He laid Leo on the floor and slowly stood up, he looked at Gojitu " I don't know what you are.......or where you came from....but I will make your grave personally" he charged towards Gojitu who only began walking towards Kagura dodging the knight's punch and gut punched him causing him to cough out some blood. Gojitu had then punched Kagura across the face, and upon impact Kagura had a sudden flash of some sort of memory.

He who speaks.....shall speak of truth

Kagura had held his head as he slowly stood up " What was that...."he muttered before Gojitu had kicked him in the back, cashing another flash in his head

He who protects.....protects the innocent

Kagura had began breathing harder as he his head began ache, for some reason his body was tensing up as well making it harder for him to stand " W-Whats going on.." he panted as he began to feel something burning around his waist which made start to wince and groan in pain. He rolled onto his back to see faint markings around his waist, which those same markings had burnt through his shirt nearby the waste in that same pattern. Gojitu had walked over Kagura, grabbing him by the neck and holding a jagged dagger, it began rambling in some foreign language. It went to stab Kagura in the chest only to be stopped by a white breastplate appearing over Kagura's chest, he blinked before quickly punching Gojitu with his left hand, upon contact his left fist up to his shoulder had changed into an armor with a white arm brace and gold wrist band, as for when he punched with his right hand the same happened upon contact.

He went for magma encased kick which sent Gojitu sliding back on his feet as both of Kagura's legs were both now in armor before he back hand Gojitu gaining a helmet to complete his armor

[minus the belt]

Kagura had delivered one more punch to Gojitu'a chest launching it back towards the grasslands, onto its back. Leo has slowly awakened before looking towards Kagura, not knowing it was him, and watching as he slowly fell onto his side panting heavily. Kagura rolled onto his stomach and slowly began to stand up, it was clear there was something with the armor he wore but he didn't realize it: he just had a goal, to protect his family, and the villagers in need.

Kagura had begun to run towards Gojitu who had just only started to get back to its feet, only to be tackled onto the ground by Kagura, as he began unleashing a hateful barrage of punches, pummeling Gojitu's head into the ground " Die!Die!Die!" He shouted as his fist became encased with magma to which his attacks became even deadlier causing the ground to crack and shatter. Gojitu had growled before grabbing Kagura's hand and pulling him off before using it's spider like mouth to bite his neck causing the latter to yell in excruciating pain before having a thread pulled against his neck, chocking him from behind. Leo has quickly ran towards Gojitu picking up its dagger it had dropped, jabbing it into Gojitu's back which got the spider off of Kagura and giving him a window to strike " Flame Magic: spiral flames!" Leo announced but had fired the spirals behind Kagura who had guided the two into a single vortex " Magma release: Spiral disruption!" The flames had hardened to bedrock keeping Gojitu in place " Kagura!" Fuegoleon had towards Kagura who held his chest as if he were being drained of stamina "so that is you in that armor....do you have any idea what that thing is?" He asked his brother who shook his head " No" Kagura replied before seeing the bedrock around Gojitu had began to disintegrate entirely " Y-Your kidding me..." Kagura watched in shock " That's why we can't defeat it....it's absorbing our magic!" Fuegoleon exclaimed as Leo gritted his teeth. Gojitu had began emitting some sort of slime from its body before liquefying it and letting it wrap around Fuegoleon and Leo " Bast-" Kagura was cut off by a sudden blow to the chest which cracked his armor " Kagura!" Leo shouted unable to get out of his binding, only able to watch as Gojitu had grabbed Kagura by his arm and tossing him back onto the ground, curb stomping his head into the soil, rendering him unconscious. Gojitu had pulled the dagger out his back, and aiming to kill Kagura this time.

Gojitu had been swooped into the air by a gust of winds and hurled deep into the forest as a dark haired teen had hovered above the group of Crimson Lion males, she had pales yet her clothing was strange enough: a tribal-type robe that covered her upper body in a dark yellow waist coat-like garb. The neckline is topped with white fur along with a black hem underneath said fur, with short hanging sleeves that end with a brown and yellow triangular pattern along the sleeves' hem. A fur lined green sash that sits beneath the the young woman's bust, above the bust keeps the garb tied up and the ends of the coat fanned out by the wearer's thighs. Along the her forearms are white bandages strapped around them from the wrist to below the elbow. The lower portion of the armor consists of a pair of black pants and light, shin high boots where the tongue is flanked by the main body of the boot flaring out slightly. The armor is completed with a pair of wings that sat on both sides of the her head and with the wearer's hair tied into a low ponytail.