Stage 46 – The Lost Holy Kingdom

Anbrorn is informed that ZEXIS is assaulting their base with her expressing disbelief that they got through their defenses so easily and undetected. Arksabers than inform Anbrorn that the city is laced with explosives which angers her. The Xabungles, Aquarion, King Gainer and Shin Mazinger Z crew than get to work causing explosions all around the Insalaum city while taunting the Arksabers to come out and play.

Meanwhile Crowe’s team slips into the Insalaum ship and confronts Anbrorn who screams for the Arksabers to defend her though they prove no match against Team Maliness(Crowe, Xingke, Simon, Viral, and Ryouma.) + Marguerite. Marguerite states all the crimes that Anbrorn has committed and that she has long awaited the day that Anbrorn would be brought to justice for bringing Isalaum to ruin. Anbrorn refuses to relent and says that Marguerite will pay for betraying Insalaum which Marguerite says that she is fighting to save Insalaum from people like her.

Crowe than warns Marguerite to watch out as she barely blocks an attack from Wayne. Wayne can’t believe that Marguerite has betrayed Uther and Insalaum. He thought nothing of it when she vanished but he never would have thought she would have used that time to sell out Insalaum. Wayne than orders the Arksabers to get Anbrorn out of here which causes her to protest as she’s dragged away. Marguerite doesn’t want Anbrorn to escape but Wayne tells her that she still has him to worry about.

Just as he’s about to take out Marguerite she’s saved by Crowe who tells Wayne that he would make a far more fitting opponent. Wayne yells that he can’t stand anyone getting in the way of him punishing the traitor. Crowe takes this moment to admire how mature and strong Wayne has become with Wayne saying that Crowe is indeed a worthy opponent. However he still has his duties as the Knight of Knights and attacks Crowe and says that he will defeat him not for his own personal grudge but for Insalaum.

Viral and Simon than intervene and tell Crowe to leave Wayne to them and that he still has that promise to keep to Esther. Even Ryouma gets in on this and says orders Crowe to get his ass moving now. Crowe reluctantly agrees with them and takes his leave to find Esther with Wayne demanding that Crowe stay and fight. Marguerite tells Wayne that he will have to settle for her instead with Wayne saying that he will deal with the traitor first than and that she should expect no mercy. Marguerite demands to know if Wayne is fine with the current state of Insalaum but he tells her that he’s the Knight of Knights and that he wont be questioned by a traitor.

Uther and Wayne appear to confront ZEXIS with Wayne still desiring to fight Crowe and punishing Marguerite while Uther is furious at the sight of his capital in ruins. Roger Smith than talks to Uther about his motives and his sphere than everyone has inner dialogue about this as Roger Smith continues his interrogation with Uther asking Roger his own set of questions.

Uther than breaks down and says that he will defeat ZEXIS as the King of Insalaum and lead his people back into their age of glory. Which surprises Roger since Uther refuses to fall for his negotiation skills Dorthy than asks Roger is he’s okay even though his negotiations failed and he says he is.

Aim curses Roger Smith for getting in the way of his reaping as he flees for his life.

Roger apologizes to Uther for interrupting but Uther is fine with this, Aim will die by his hand another day. Uther reveals that he is now accepted as the “True” King of Insalaum however, at this time Crowe appears with Esther and Marguerite with ZEXIS glad to see Esther and Crowe unharmed. Uther decides to grant Crowe one Kindness and orders Wayne to bring Crowe, Marguerite, and Esther to ZEXIS. .

	Uther
	Ywain. You will escort Crowe and Marguerette back to their ship.
	Crowe
	You heard the man, son.
	Ywain
	I’d shut your mouth, Crowe Broust! Otherwise my Diamund might accidentally crush you into pulp!
	Crowe
	Geez, I guess all you Insalaum guys have no sense of humour!

After getting back in the Li-Brasta, Uther tells Crowe he would like to try “that” with Crowe saying he understands. Besides, Crowe figures that his sphere alone wouldn’t have been enough to restore Esther. Sumuragi asks Crowe what he plans on doing but he tells her to trust him on this. With that he takes Esther to Uther.

Wayne than tells Uther to leave which he protests but Wayne asks if Uther has forgotten his duty as the “True” King of Insalaum which gets Uther to relent. Wayne than says to leave the rest to him and yells for Anbrorn to get Uther out of here. Anbrorn says she was already planning to do that and Uther is convinced to leave. Esther tries to talk to the Prince but Uther has to leave but he’s glad that he knew her and got to learn her name.

	Esther
	I…I can still fight!
	Esther
	Crowe worked so hard to save me…
	Esther
	…and I’ll never forget Uther’s kindness…
	Esther
	but I won’t stop fighting Insalaum! Not until all the DM research is destroyed! I won’t allow anyone else to suffer like I did!

There’s a short scene when Esther engages a DM.

	Crowe
	Ywain, it’s over.
	Ywain
	Never!
	Crowe
	What?!
	WILL
	Detecting dimensional anomaly forming in the Diamund’s D Extractor.

Upon his defeat, Ywain overloads his D-Extractor, causing a ZONE effect.

Back at the Dragon’s Hive, Kouji discusses his upcoming battle against Dr. Hell whom he’s sure he’ll defeat. ZEXIS of course says they’ll back Kouji.

Esther on the other hand is alone, the ordeal was very traumatizing for her. Being made into a DM, subject to experiments, and forced to fight Crowe and her friends against her will was a lot to digest. Kallen and ZEXIS than arrive and try to cheer up Esther who hides her thoughts from them. Instead they catch up and express how much they missed Esther with Esther telling them that she’s fine and totally back to normal. She uses this time to try and get caught up on recent events in between ZEXIS gushing with happiness.

Esther than asks for Crowe but ZEXIS says they haven’t seen him since the battle, he must be taking care of something important. This makes Esther feel depressed since she really wanted to talk to Crowe about something that she can’t bring herself to confide in with her friends from ZEXIS about. They tell her to cheer up and that Crowe was extremely worried about her and he went through a lot to get her back. They’re also sure Crowe is happy that she is back with Esther saying that she’s fine with not seeing Crowe yet and is glad that he cared that much about her. They asks Esther if she’ll still fight with Esther saying that she plans to continue fighting and with the Brasta Es she will never lose.

ZEXIS doesn’t suspect that she’s still upset at all and takes their leave while telling her again that it’s good to have her back. Who can blame them, Esther has turned out to be quite the actor. Once they’re gone Esther thanks them for trying to cheer her up and being good friends. However, she soon returns to being conflicted but before she can brood she’s approached by Marguerite who wishes to speak to Esther about Uther which gets Esther sad once more.