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Chapter 2: Elodie harassed - Diamante Torrentia!
"Hydraulics is ok!"
"Dimensional Gate is online and good to go!"
"Time Dilation Belt and Room are ready for synchronisation!"
"The engine's for Lamborghini Diamante all good to go; air pressure's green; Nitrous system's going well; gearbox grinding well; electric motors and Jet Thrusters are a-ok!" Leona nodded.
The Diamante was Chris's first ever Concept Car that she created as her Honors' Degree in Design final year project. The concept was given to life - became an official car instead of just a plain conept model - towards the end of the Heptagram Incident, thanks to Wakamura Izuki's blessings channelled from the Goshiki-mura's Onsen.
Initially a symbiote vehicle summoned via her ability to harness the power of Diamonds from the ground, Leona successfully brought the hypercar to its fullest potential via the Arcane Core Reactor Diamant Project - a magitek program designed to harness the full potential of her diamond controlling ability.
As the dimensional portal initiated its opening sequences, Leona grinned, brought her right hand towards the Diamant Projet, ran towards the portal on the landing strip, and chanted...
"Scatena, il fascino dei diamanti!" ("Unleash, the flair of Diamonds!" in Italian)
Several towers of diamonds began erupting from the ground and from Leona's arms and surrounded her in a glimmer of magitek light just as she leapt of the ground to fit inside the diamond sphere. Within a next few moments commanded the Diamond Sphere to shape itself into a hypercar with angular surfaces, extremely low front-end with the protruding carbon-fiver spoiler, the windshield brought forward on the hood and the intricate rear end, and sharp surfaces that brought out the aesthetic of a diamond.
"Lamborghini Diamante, ready for launch!"
"Jet Thrusters Diamant system - online."
"Nitrous System: ready for supplement."
"Diamant System V2.0 - Online."
"Welcome - Leona 'Diamante' Silvi.'
Team Muse shot out, "START: DASH!:
"Rock and Roulette!" Leona shot out as she stepped upon the accelerator; the Diamante unleashed a melodious howl as it sped itself towards the Dimensional Portal.
Outskirts of Nova - 50 km from the castle
Meanwhile...
Two figures sat inside the carriage in dead silence, the tragic mood permeating the atmosphere and their sorrows etched across their face.
One of them wore a red crown with gold hightlights and small sapphires embedded upon the crown. He wore a red and white royal robe and a white fur coat, has short brown hair and blue eyes. It does not take a dense person to know who he was - a king.
The other, sat upon the right, was a young teenage girl with bobbed pink hair, sideswept bangs, two pigtails, and two light blue eyes. She wore a dark brown uniform seen in most boarding schools.
Her mother, who loved her more than anyone else in the world and ruled a particular state well enough for peace to reign supreme, at least in her rule, was dead.
The state of Nova was where her mother once ruled.
For that girl was the Queen-to-be - Elodie - devastated from the news of her mother's death.
"We're almost home, Elodie. Your room is just the way you left it." the king spoke softly.
"..." Elodie remained silent and looked down.
"I know it's hard to leave your school and all your friends, but I've arranged the best possible tutors for every subject." the king continued, his voice filled with a tinge of concern about his beloved daughter's well-being and trying her best to suppress his grief for the time being.
Elodie spoke nothing.
However, who could blame her? Her heart broken, sorrow permeating across her face days upon hearing the devastating news, for she was separated not just from her friends across the boarding school, but also her mother.
No one needed explanation as to why a mother's love was big.
"You'll have to work hard this year to prepare yourself before your fifteenth birthday, but I low you can do it." Joslyn nodded softly. "You'll learn quickly and make a wonderful queen. It's what your mother would have wanted."
Elodie snapped, "This is not what Mother would have wanted!"
She shook her head as she calmed down despite her tears welling up her eyes slowly but surely.
"She wouldn't have wanted to die and leave me."
The king sighed as he held Elodie's hands softly. "No, she wouldn't. But sometimes bad things happen, and some ain't controllable...We have to pick up and carry on, I suppose..."
"Suppose?! I thought I could have...have done something to help her..." Elodie shook her head as she shot back.
"There are things that are way beyond our control...the best we can do is to make do with what we have most of it...I promise, we will investigate who was the perpetrator of Fidelia's death." Joslyn replied softly. "Right now, you have to do your best so that the Kingdom of Nova can have a bright future in looking forward to."
Elodie looked at her father, she knew that he was supressing his grief to the best of his abilities. Yet at times she could see that he may break at any moment.
"All of Nova depends on us, on you."
Elodie cried silently and sighed.
Meanwhile...
A huge astral bridge materialised itself as a huge dimensional rift opened up in the middle of a plain field connected to a dirt road. A Lamborghini Diamante emerged from the dimensional rift and followed the trial left by a certain carriage.
"Those trails must have been left by Joslyn's carriage and were heading back towards Nova." Leona frowned as she drove the Diamante across the Dimensional Aerial Plane - an astral projected bridge-cum-plane fitted to every car to allow land automation in the air without obstacles from the road.
"So this is Nova..." Honoka gasped, her eyes widened in enthusiasm. "I may know about the medieval times, but to actually witness it firsthand, without pictures from history books and the likes, is incredible!"
"That's only because you are forced to learn it through history books to improve your less-than-average grades back then!" Umi rolled her eyes.
"Hey! Not nice! At least I have the decency to admit is easier than mathematics! It's crunching my brains with all those numbers; it's number-crunching!"Honoka facpalmed and shook her head.
"Seems like a medieval place to me just by the land layout and the atmospheric levels in this place. The materials used on the house are suitable for its medieval times - Timble, Woven Muds...the likes." Nozomi nodded through the Dashboard Display.
"Let's get a move on, sis! We can comment about how beautiful the dimension of Nova is when we settle down by reporting to Joslyn!" Mimi followed.
"You are dang right we're gonna!" Leona nodded as she activated her Nitrous System. A savage roar echoed through the skies as the car picked up speed tremendously, like a bull enticed by a matador's red cape.
Distances away...
Elodie's spine tingled as she heard the huge, savage roar.
"What was it, my beloved?" the king wondered.
"Something...or someone is following us..." Elodie's breathing hitches as she tried calming down.
*Vrrrrroooooaaaarrrrr*
Back to Leona...
"There it is - Joslyn's carriage!" Eli shot out through the intercom.
"No prises as to where they must be heading, let's hurr...huh?" Leona frowned upon noticing strange sightings marked by multiple reticles and heard subtle vibrations made by the trees and bushes across the dirt road.
"What is it, Leona?" Carte wondered.
Leona said nothing as she quickly typed in a few commands aboard her dashboard-cum-computer system.
"Diamante's Auto-pilot system: Engaged."
"Roadster form: Engaged - Now opening rooftop."
"Tag Mode engaged: Maintaining constant distance behind target."
Leona's Lamborghini Diamante retracted its rooftop as she waited for the perfect moment to strike.
Unexpectedly, a group of bandits leapt out of the bushes and trees, with several archers raining down their arrows upon the carriage!
"RELEASE!"
Leona swiftly leapt off the open-top Diamante, landed on top of the carriage, concentrated her mind, materialised her Diamante Torrentia, and unleashed a sweeping Iaido wave, which shattered the projectiles away!
The Lamborghini Diamante calculated the proximity of the bandits' horses and unleashed a huge EMP Ring, zapping all who came into its radius of contact.
Joslyn looked up, his eyes widened in shock along with a surprised Elodie.
"W...Who are you?" Joslyn exclaimed.
"No time to talk about it yo! Just sit back, calm your socks and we can talk about it later! Tell the driver to be quick!" Leona shot back.
A group of bandit, upon sighting the rain of arrows destroyed by Leona's Iaido, came out of their hiding spots and riding their horses in a fit of rage.
"Like lambs to the slaughter, eh? Come, the invitation to dance with me is most welcome!" Leona smirked as she materialised multiple Diamante Spears, shot at the surrounding horse-riding bandits and launched them towards the air.
"Now the fun begins!" Leona chuckled as she pressed upon her Diamant Projet.
"Get Set!"
Leona press her right thumb on her Diamante Torrentia's hand guard, charged up immense amount of arcane energy, and instantly teleported towards the helpless bandits while slicing them in multiple directions.
Leona unleashed huge sword slashes and arc slashes in multiple directions - the Diamant Torrentia glowing white hot with arcane power while slicing through the heartless bandits' flesh.
"Taste my fury! Diamond Cutter: Furious Storm!"
Leona blitzed back and forth, swiftly gaining momentum as she performed multiple sweeping cuts from multiple directions.
The Diamond Maiden than kicked one of the bandits back towards the chariot rooftop, landed on the Diamante's rooftop, summoned a Diamond Spear to bring herself closer towards the thrown bandit, unleashed several Diamante Cuts upon the group of bandits leaping from the trees, twirled her tachi, slammed it on the carriage's rooftop, and unleashed a huge blast of energy. The Diamond energy erupted from the blast radius threw the surrounding bandits of their tracks and were slammed across the floor, sustaining massive injuries.
"S...Such power...Is she one of the Lumen sages? It must be...isn't it?" Joslyn frowned.
More bandits in wooden chariots and tamed horses managed to maintain their reach with the heavy Royal Carriage; not that it would matter to Leona anyway.
"Now...who's next in line to dance? All of you? Now, now...don't be so eager if all you wanna do is to have a touch at me!" Leona taunted and winked as her Diamante Torrentia began glowing once more.
"Strike one!" Leona hooked two bandits from the left.
"Strike two!" Leona hooked two bandits from the right.
"Strike three!" Leona hooked two more bandits from the carriage's back.
Leona proceeded to blitzed in front, unleashed multiple cuts upon the stunned bandits, blitz to the back, jumped to cancel any delays, descended down to slash them from the other side multiple times, appeared in multiple directions while conjuring up a slash storm, and charged up her Diamante Torrentia.
"And YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!" Leona roared as she unleashed a huge swipe that sent the group of bandits flying. The sonicboom exploded into multiple slash energies that crippled the bandits and left them collecting dust.
Elodie remained rooted in her seat, her eyes widened in a mixture of awe and fright - fright that her life flashed pass through her eyes and her life was on the line, awe that someone possess such astounding ability and presence in commanding the fight.
"Leona-sensei, watch out!" Eli shot out.
Leona swiftly turned her back in time to see a archer bandit managing to climb on top of the carriage and launched several big arrow on her way.
With no words required, Leona swiftly cleaved her diamond-crafted tachi and sliced three arrows into two and redirecting the rest. However, four arrows managed to scrape her battle gown.
"Aw, c'mon! That's my third dress in a month after all the hoolaboo back in my world!" Leona exclaimed in disgust as she faced the archer, who was accompanied by two more sword-wielding bandits.
"I hope you guys have enough gold to cover for all of this, after I made you eat the dust on the ground!" Leona flared up, intolerant of anyone who messed her favourite piece of clothing - any battle gowns in existence.
A huge mauve aura engulfed her entire being as she constructed a diamond clone. Both the clone and Leona charged up their Diamante Torrentia, their eyes glowing white hot with anger while Diamant Projet pupmed huge amounts of arcane magic and making their veins glow.
Leona and the clone instantly zipped past the last group of bandits, appeared behind their backs, released a huge flaming spiral slash that launched them towards the sky as they launched themselves towards the bandits, unleashed a flurry of devastating slashes, and summoned a ring of diamond projectile bring them down.
As the bandits descended down quickly, Leona swiftly landed on the ground before them and blitzed through back and forth to prevent any delay in between her slashes and blitz attack.
Both Leona and the clone landed on the floor while multiple glowing lines begin to appear in large amounts and a huge pentagram platform was summoned from beneath their feet.
"Diamondia: Dimension Slice!"
With a huge swing of the clone and Leona's Diamante Torrentia, the glowing lines dissipated into one huge slash attack that sent them flying towards the skies until they are just a tiny speck.
Leona's aura slowly dissipated as she twirl her tachi, wiped off the blood splattered upon the blade body, and sheath it back to the sword hold.
And...
"A...A...Achoo!"`
*BOOM!*
The multiple bandits that were been launched by the final attack cashed towards the ground several tens of meters behind the Royal Carriage.
"God dang it. My immersion is ruined!" Leona sniffed as she looked at her dress, which was tattered by the several arrows that grazed her.
Leona shook her head and gave a troubled, yet forlorn look. "Remind me to get a better quality fabric later on in the year during the Winter Sale, sis..."
"Duly noted!"Mimi chuckled. "Still, sure was a brilliant start to your journey there; bandits to assure you that your skill ain't rusted!"
"Yeah, sure, but I gotta look stylish doing it, man! What's a woman without fancy clothes to kick some asses in?" Leona pouted.
"I am sure Kotori will sew it back to high quality!" Honoka chirped.
Leona's grin soon returned as she brought a thumb up, but soon scratched her head and chuckled sheepishly.
"However...I think we may have gotten our host into a scare..." Leona replied as she looked down and saw both Joslyn and Elodie, both eyes widened and speechless.
Leona jumped back into her Diamante, deactivated its autopilot, and soon caught up with them while maintaining constant speed with the Royal Carriage.
"Sorry bout that earlier! Was gonna warn ya by catching up, but had I do that your heads will come off sooner than a flying fish leaping out of the pond!" Leona apologised. "I guess that's a horrible analogy...eheheheh..."
"T...Thanks...I suppose..." Joslyn replied.
"Aie, no sweat! Say, you must be the Joslyn that hailed from Caloris as a Duke, right?"
"Y...Yes...it is I." he nodded. "But how do you come to know about us?"
"Now's not the time to discuss the stuff while we're on the road; both you and your daughter need to do some calming down. It's better to discuss thing back in the castle! Thy name's Leona, Leona 'Diamante' Silvi!" Leona winked. "Trust me, I do not come to harm!"
Joslyn looked at Leona with wary eyes; given Leona's astounding swordsmanship and arcane power, what would happen if she ended up being one of the secret Lumens or even an assassin plotted to kill his daughter?
The Duke of Caloris felt a soft touch upon his hands as he turned and saw Elodie nodding softly.
"S...She saved us...let us hear what she has to say back in the castle before...jumping the gun." Elodie was still in the middle of calming down from her shock.
Joslyn sighed and nodded. "As you wish, Queen-to-be."
"I thank you both for understanding." Leona nodded.
Both parties remained in silence on their journey back to the Castle of Nova.
"Joslyn must have been protective of Elodie; the way he looked at me with wary eyes when I mentioned about Elodie seemed to me as much - fear of me being the assassin." Leona puffed while piloting the Diamante.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they did, considering that they are just starting their stage of recovering from their grief." Clarte remarked. "Though I understand the circumstances just now; it's too late if you try to warn them further about what ya gonna do. Just be careful next time, you may shock 'em senseless!"
"Depends in circumstances." Leona replied.
Clarte sighed. "You sure are one hyped-up woman, huh?"
"Well, look at it this way, given the potential dangers of this mission, telling them before launching into an attack is courting suicide." Leona replied cheekily
"Well...gotta give ya that." Clarte shrugged.
"Hey, hey, there's no point arguing about it now. At least Elodie allowed us to seek their audiences with them, so that is Stage One done and over with." Eli followed.
"We have to get ready in explaining our purpose travelling to this dimension, and bring the perpetrator of Fidelia's death to justice." Leona nodded.
The team nodded.
