"Th-that is—" Down on the ground, Mystogan and the others, who had been blown far away by the powerful winds, were clambering out of a pile of rubble. Looking up, they caught sight of the transformed 'Achill.' The strange, blood-red markings on his face and both arms left them stunned, unable to recover for a long time!
"Wait!! That blade, could it be—" As Mystogan stared at the two blood-red weapons in 'Achill's' hands—a spear and a blade—he seemed to recall something terrible! His expression turned utterly grim!! When it had been nothing more than a blood-red broadsword, he had failed to recognize it, thinking it was merely a high-grade magic item. But the appearance of this dual-weapon form instantly awakened memories of something he had read in the Edolas Kingdom's histories as a child! Memories of that terrifying Magic Conductor the Kingdom had sealed away forever—
"Prince, you're right. That is—" Pantherlily had also seen the weapons finish transforming. Seeing Mystogan's grim expression, he sighed bitterly. "It is indeed the final form of the King's Demon Weapon, part of the King's Campaign Set—one of the Kingdom's sealed, ultimate forbidden magic items!!! A thousand years ago, our great ancestor used the King's Campaign Set to conquer the realm. Later, because using the set was far too abhorrent, he divided it into two parts: the ultimate weapon, the King's Dragon Rider, and this King's Demon Weapon. They were then sealed separately in the Royal Palace's Forbidden Ground and the continent's Far North!! But five years ago, when that damned Demon Reaper betrayed the Kingdom, he didn't just steal a full twenty years' worth of the Edolas world's magic power from the Kingdom's Forbidden Ground!! He even went to the Far North alone and slaughtered over ten thousand innocent people! Using their