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((Well, he is a rookie. xd ))

Ryan assumed a defensive upon landing, he too preparing to see if the two would survive or not. Thankfully they did not have to.

Kamen Rider Fury was dehenshined and Zenno, who was barely moving, looked over at the two heroes in disgust. Fang's muscles tensed as Zenno then tried to stand.

"This....this is not over. I refuse to beaten. By.. mere insects!" As he tried to raise his hand in one last act of spite, a shimmering portal opened behind Zenno and Fury. Despite being a safe distance from both Fang and Ardence, Ryan could tell it was highly unstable.

"It's over." Ryan said as Fury was overrun by the silver wall.

"Noo!" said a infuriated Zenno before a shot from Dalton's gun made him lose his balance and flew through the portal right behind Fury by mere seconds.

As if out of a low budget sci-fi movie, the silver portal shimmered out of existence after it had taken Zenno and Fury and before it reached Fang and Ardence. However, Ryan, knowing his luck, had a feeling that he hadn't seen the last of them.

((He's still will always be a rookie/kid in my eyes. xd
Also, when do you want to do your event thingy? Now? ))

"Yeah" Fang agreed as he removed the Saber Memory and canceled his transformation. "That's the thing about us riders though," Ryan said, referring to Dalton's last statement, "there's always one evil rider out there."

Ryan then took a closer look and noticed the dark rings under the younger rider's eyes. "Hey, you okay?"

((Not right at the moment, but soon enough. Probably this upcoming week or so. Still got to type some of it up.))

*Ardence nodded a bit, gulping as if he needed water and had a dry throat. Standing up fully again, he nodded again for some reason.* I'll be fine. That monster had a really weird attack though. It took a lot out of me. I should probably head home and rest up a bit. *Giving a slight wave to Ryan, he moved over to his motorcycle which was safely a few blocks away and drove off for home to eat up, drink a lot of soda, then pass out for a few hours and recover.*

((Kio should go to Geico then. They got motorcycle and kaijin insurance too. ))

(Yes there is. You forgot but i mentioned he was looking over a bridge a few posts back)

Ankh blinked as Hiro left. She sighed and shook his head, dragging Kio back to the hotel. "Humans...soo strange."

The greed plopped Kio onto the bed and shook his head. "Well at least he held his own. Maybe..he can use that medal soon. But he best be carefull, he is human after all."

(Oh god Itami! But i dont think they cover damage by kamen rider. If they did...well the deductable would be huge!)

Ankh raised a brow at Ryan. "Tsk...more like three fights. One with himself, the second with the core medal, and the third...with DestrOy. But...i can safely say he won two of them. Kio did something not even I was capable of...he gave the ryu medal a purpose."

Ankh actualy sounded impressed by this.

(( Finally finished with most the stuff. So, here it comes. ENDING FIGHTZURU... for my stuff anyways.
This takes place several days after the fight of Fang & Ardence vs Fury & Zenno))

*A homeless man shuffled across the rundown streets of the more abandoned side of town, heading to the next place he believed equally abandoned tin soda cans would be to make enough money to keep going. Suddenly, a large black creature emerged from the shadows of an alleyway. Screaming, the person took off in the other direction, not wanting to risk sticking around when such a thing had just came out of no where. Ignoring the man, the creature stepped out into the light more. Looking around, the Bishop monster that Noburus had made before she fled the dimension motioned outwards. The white Bishop stepped out next to his brother, followed by a third Bishop which was colored silver. The three monsters stood looking at the mostly empty area, raising up their arms in order to summon a variety of explosives and setting them off in the air.

Getting the message, Dalton stopped in the street while on his motorcycle.* That couldn't have been fireworks.... something is up. *Going on his instincts and riding to that part of town, he knew that the others might have noticed it as well. Stopping on his bike, he noticed the three bishops waiting for him. Indeed, they had set off the explosions in order to lure the riders out.* Three of them now?! This is going to be a tough one, but I'm up for the challenge I suppose. *Hopping off his bike, he revealed the belt around his waist and formed the gearden he needed. Posing with it, he got into a stance while staring down his opponents.* Henshin! *Slotting it into the stone slab, Dalton posed a bit more as he transformed from his normal fleshy human state to the armored kamen rider known as Ardence.

Immediately, he took out another gearden and slotted it in, outstretching his arms afterwards to block the array of weapons the Bishops began to form with his own set of weaponry. Rushing for the monsters, he continued to form various sized weapons and objects to counter the other Bishops weapons. Swapping the gearden as he got close, he shifted form to resemble the Yeti imajin monster and smashing the black Bishop with his oversized club, freezing it into a block of ice as the monster skid across the ground. Swinging and letting go of the club, he shifted back to the Bishop's gearden as the club flew at the white Bishop who quickly formed a large shield to absorb the club before it disappeared. Swords flew around the shield however and began slashing the Bishop monster's back as Ardence did a flying punch into the silver colored Bishop.

Smirking as it stumbled back, it pushed it's arms downwards as a tall, apartment looking building formed in the sky and came crashing down onto Ardence. As the debris fell apart and scattered over the road, denting and ruining it beyond the damage it had already endured, the three Bishops regathered themselves together. Smashing from the crumbled and broken multi-story building, what seemed like one of the Rook monsters charged out from under the building. Shifting back into Ardence and delivering a flying kick to the face of the white Bishop, he had survived the large building attack unharmed. Flipping back and adding another gearden to his belt, he landed and began firing the Barrett Crius at the Bishops who quickly blocked with various weapons they formed. As they were distracted blocking, Ardence suddenly began moving towards them without running.

To defend themselves, they summoned more weapons and flung them towards the rider. Firing his weapon and blasting the blocking attempts out of the airspace, he launched upwards and landed a dropkick attack into the black Bishop. After the energy gears ripped into his enemy, Ardence sprung off of them and landed a downward kick on the white Bishop while firing at the silver one to keep the monster at bay. The white one quickly formed a weapon in Ardence's blind spot, smashing him off of the monster, but too late. The black Bishop and white Bishop exploded violently as Ardence sparked and hit the ground.

Groaning a bit, Ardence got up and began firing at the remaining bishop.* I'm stronger than I was before. I will take all of you monsters down before you can bring any more harm to this city! *Jumping to land another kick, the white Rook monster came out from it's spot and smashed it's fist into the sailing rider, knocking him from his path. Several more Rooks appeared, bringing their number to three with the fourth being the remaining Bishop. Surrounding the lone rider, they boxed him in and ensured that Dalton was trapped between them.* Crap... even if I've improved there's no way I can take these numbers. No choice I guess. I'll have to push myself even further. *Preparing to unleash another barrage of attacks, he had no idea that he was being targeted from afar.

The silver Joker monster that has previously knocked the rider's power out was back like the rest of the monsters, aiming it's sniper barrel towards Ardence intending to hit the now cornered rider and revert him to a helpless teenager. As the monster was about to fire suddenly a blue, digital looking funnel-like target-cone flew from far in the city and hit into the monster. A blue light flashed across the same distance and through the air, connecting a rider kick to the silver monster and creating a brilliant explosion in the air. Falling from the explosion and landing on a rooftop in the abandoned area, the one armed rider stood up. Shifting from the form of Zeta, the blue Faiz style rider, Era aimed his own firearm weapon towards the group cornering Ardence and began firing to get their attention.*

Hiraku?? Where have you been all this time?! What happened to you?! *Looking to his missing arm, then to his driver, Era returned his attention to the monsters.* Too much to go into right now. There is quite a fight to finish here. *Slotting in several cards, three riders appeared and jumped into the battle. His belt responded by listing the riders as they appeared.* KAOODRA! *The rider jumped out, kicking into the shadows and branding the monochrome Joker while knocking it from it's hiding. It laughed a bit as the attack sunk in, exploding, but not finishing it off.* ATLAS! *The orange rider appeared, seemingly standing still despite clocking up and using it's large double sided axe to smash the Joker around a bit before it even casted off it's armor. As it cast off, the attack landed and launched the monster high into the air.* BEAT! *Flying high in the air as he was summoned, the multi-colored five-part rider came soaring downwards with his own version of the rider kick, connecting into the weak areas that the others had made and destroying the other Joker before it had a chance to react. The three riders then rushed in to fight the various Rooks which were trying to pin down Ardence.

Reacting quickly, Era moved his rifle to three points in the air and fired several shots off. The first two points hit the silver Bishop in key limb areas, preventing it from forming a large tanker ship to drop on the re-enforcement riders that he had summoned. The third blast hit the weaker point of the white Rook past his heavy shell armor, stumbling him back as the three summoned riders jumped up to deliver a triple, slightly off-timed rider kick into the confused monster and destroy it quickly. Landing from their attack, the three split up with Beat shifting combos while rushing the silver Rook. Changing to his Tyranno Forte combo, he began to engage the fully-armored monster.

Kaoodra shifted forms and joined with Atlas meanwhile to double team the thick-skinned, black Rook monster. Laying in a series of quick slashes with his Empathetic form, Kaoodra quickly and easily darted around the slower and bulkier Rook while ripping open the tough armor. Creating an opening big enough, Atlas moved in with a tachyon charged axe slash. The move rendered it's way through the black Rook, blasting it apart and allowing the two to join with Beat who was having his hands full attacking the well armored Rook. As they went in to attack, the third set of three appeared, slashing in with a sword and spear attack which pierced the riders from behind and caused them to evaporate back into data.

The black and white Knights continued their charge, assisting the Silver Rook with his problem by stabbing and slashing away the powered up Beat. Turning quickly, the summoned rider caught their sword and spear attacks with the t-rex-like jaws on his hands, holding the weapons well despite their properties. Despite this, the third, silver colored Knight rushed in and attacked with his double weapons. Beat joined the other fallen summoned riders, disappearing into a burst of digital fragmentation. Ardence wasn't fairing any better. Despite managing to avoid and attack back against the silver Bishop, it was overpowering him at most every turn. Suddenly it summoned a large cargo jet which came roaring forward and smashed the rider head on. Launching high in the air, Ardence came crashing down over a dozen blocks away, smashing through the ceiling and several stories of a large mall complex and landing in the lobby area.

People screamed and fled the area, some taking their cellphones out to snap pictures of the damage and the rider who was laid out on the floor, seemingly unconscious at the moment. Bishop moved it's way towards where the rider had landed, intending to finish the rider off that had killed it's brothers. Meanwhile Era had sunk into the roof, zipping through several large cards that appeared and transported him around the area. Appearing in front of the black Knight, he went to rider kick it. Going to defend itself with it's shield, another card manifested before it as Era kicked through it. Appearing behind the defending knight, he landed the kick square on causing it to explode violently.

Rushing in to attack Era now that he was on the ground and before he could recover from his attack, the white colored Knight ran in to stab into him with his spear weapon. Slashing quickly in the air with his sword as he somehow dodged the spear coming in from behind him, Era spun around gracefully and his belt caught both cards in a slightly delayed fashion. "ATTACK RIDE- ILLUSION" stated the belt as suddenly multiple Eras appeared and surrounded the white Knight. "ATTACK RIDE - SLASH" it followed up with as the slashed in with multiple sword swings. The wall of swords came sweeping into the Knight and overwhelmed it before it could manage to raise it's shield in defend, causing it to be hacked multiple times over and fly back in an explosive fireball.

As the illusion clones disappeared, the two silver monsters ran in to attack Era. Dodging several slashes and stabs by the silver Knight and hopping back to avoid the smashing double handed hammer attack the silver Rook threw down at him, he slashed the air which caused more cards to come out of his sword. The belt snatched them with it's energy-based rails and pulled them in. "ATTACK RIDE - SLASH" "ATTACK RIDE - SLASH" "ATTACK RIDE - SLASH" the multiple cards called out through the belt. A large wave of multiple sword trails came slashing forward, seemingly an endless wave of blades originating from one source unlike his previous attack. The silver Knight blocked most the attacks with his own weapon, dispelling the digital energy as it made contact. However, the silver Rook was torn apart by the move and pushed back slightly. Enduring the attack easily though, it's very thick armored skin repaired itself rapidly.

Going to do the move again to ware down the enemies, a monster suddenly jumped out and slashed down. Instinctively, Era rose up his sword and blocked the attack of the incoming new threat. It was the checkard colored monster, mimicking Era's sword again and using it to press an attack. Taking the cue, the silver duo quickly rushed away from the battle to leave it to the checkard colored one. Heading off to finish the rider with it's brother silver monster, they would overwhelm the weaker one. Era and the checkard monster began to lock swords, exchanging multiple slashes and blocks. While Era had an advantage in skill, he was still one armed which proved to be difficult to keep up with the two armed, and bladed, checkard.

Flashing over to the mall area, the people who were gawking at the destruction had cleared out, running for their lives and screaming out in fear as the silver Bishop had arrived and begun to destroy the mall. A large oil tanker came smashing down from the sky, the monster on it, towards where Ardence had landed. Shifting into the Rook form again, Ardence managed to avoid taking too heavy of damage as it came down and smashed into him. The impact knocked him out of the form however, causing him to fly through the air once more and into one of the stores. Smashing through it's window and knocking over a few display cases, he was glad that this attack didn't launch him as horribly as the last one.* This thing is on a completely different level than the other ones... I'll have to pull out all the stops if I want to bring him down.

*Changing geardens once more, he shifted back to using Bishop's own power against it. The silver monster summoned a large cargo jet once more, tossing it through several stores at the direction that Ardence had landed. Countering, the rider formed a large and durable net structure which bounced the jet back towards the monster. Forming a wall of it's own, the jet smashed into it and exploded before toppling the wall down. Jumping from his location, Ardence went to go for a vaulting kick at the monster. Met with a large summoned pillar however, he was smashed like a baseball out of the air and through yet another wall.* If I can't get near it, I'll do the next best thing then...

*Summoning a large APC type vehicle above the Bishop, he dropped it down towards it before he emerged from the broken debris of the storage area he was sent into. The Bishop pulled it's arms through the air and created a giant rock to smashed the APC out of the air and launch it through two escalators that were nearby, causing it to topple and smash into a few more stores before it vanished away. As it was distracted, Ardence moved his own arms to summon a large battleship and launch it at the Bishop. Going to summon another wall, Ardence flicked his hand and caused the ship to begin actually using it's cannons to blast away the wall and slam head on into the monster. Both the ship and the Bishop went flying through the side of the mall, launching the creature through the air and into the nearby building's wall. Laying in the debris, trying to recover from such an impact, Ardence quickly tried to follow.

Stumbling a bit and falling to a knee, he began to pant a little bit.* Using these things take a lot of effort.. I need to practice it. If I can survive this anyways... *Focusing, he pursued the enemy to the parking garage that was next to the mall and where the silver Bishop was smashed into. The Bishop by the had recovered itself, forming several large object to fling at the approaching enemy in a desperate attempt to keep him away. Forming an overly large buzz saw, he motioned it to slash through any of them that got close enough while managing to avoid one of them. The large rock he did avoid came smashing out of the complex, taking several cars with it as it fell into the road and smashed into what little traffic was still going by.

Summoning a giant meteor which immediately destroyed multiple levels of the building upon being formed, as well as igniting into fire, the Bishop pushed forward towards Ardence intending to overwhelm anything the rider might make to counter it. Trying to think of what he could do in time to block such a massive object as it broke apart the building they were in, his belt began glowing as the gears rotated quickly.* I see... so you think I should try that already? Well... here goes then! *

Propelling forward, the energy gears formed as well as the track which was part of his rider kick attack. As Ardence launched in the air, suddenly various sized gears formed in two rows. The multiple gears rotated, forming a solid wall of gears which rotated quickly. As they rotated, it built up energy the further down the line that Ardence went before the gears on his feet grew larger and connected onto a large gear with two separate moving lines of teeth. Positioned at the end of the line of other gears, it connected both walls on an axle of sorts. Spinning rapidly as soon as he connected on it, the gear launched him off with great power and rotational momentum.

The saws chewed through the meteor attack, dispelling any fire near him with his great speed and spinning movement. Buzzing through it and straight towards the Bishop, he cut through a hastily made wall the monster threw up in panic.* Revolution Gear Kick! *Coming down with one leg first, the move cut through and chewed into the monster. The second leg came down, ripping through the opened area the first one formed and slashing deep into the monster. As the second leg hit through, the energy gears suddenly disconnected and pushed Ardence off of them. Landing a bit away, he barely made the landing and fell to a knee, breathing heavily from the strain of the attack. The gears exploded into the open area, causing the monster to split in two before becoming two separate fireballs which shot out the other side of the building.

Stumbling back a bit, he sighed with relief that he had beaten the strongest of the Bishop monsters. Taking his time, he jumped out of the building through one of the openings that the Bishop had formed with it's multiple attacks. As soon as he landed however, he was struck by the heavy and powerful silver Rook and sent stumbling back into a parked car.* They followed me too?! What happened to him?? *Worried over Era, and what could have happened to him or made him loose track of both the silver Rook and silver Knight, he eyed his two attackers with great dismay in having to keep fighting. He was already worn down, and fighting this duo would be more than he could handle. As he eyed the monsters, the parking complex finally came crashing down, it's structural integrity too damaged.

The checkard pattern monster and Era continued to exchange blows. Era was picking up a slight advantage, but nothing pressing enough. He knew that the monster would continue to mimic anything he did, so to keep the monster from gaining too much power he avoided any of his standard attacks or summoning any other riders to assist him. Locking with one of the blades and struggling to keep it from overpowering him, he had to dodge and avoid the second bladed arm of the monster. Jumping back, he was starting too loose any advantage he was gaining on the creature.

Thinking of the only move he could do in this situation, Era decided to gamble. Tapping the sword on the side of his belt quickly, it slotted in two cards. Jumping back to avoid two wild swings from the monster, he activated his illusion card once more. Multiple Eras appeared, and suddenly jumped forward into multiple cards that appeared. Checkard followed suit, forming just as many illusion clone Checkards in an attempt to confuse and overwhelm the Eras. As they bounced card to card, the mass of riders filled the area with portal-like hopping around while the Checkard group kept together waiting for the attack to commence and likely miss it's target.

Trusting in his belt's ability, the riders suddenly all flew out in an instant, the multiple rider kicks connecting on a single Checkard target. The frenzy of kicks launched it in the air, causing it to explode. Landing as the illusions once again vanished, Era stood up triumphantly as the Checkard they hit was the real one. While it exploded, the illusion Checkards wiped away as well. Slashing his sword in the air as if he was slashing out cards from it, he turned to help Ardence beat the silver monsters. Suddenly, a large sword came from no where and slashed him hard across the chest. Flying back, he spiraled in the air before landing on a knee.*

Odd... I should have been able to avoid that... Just what are you? *A large black, white and silver monster stood before Era unlike the others before it. It held it's large, cloud-sized sword in one hand.* I am King. Ruler of those you try to destroy. Noburus made me to finish this world off, but apparently they were too weak to uphold themselves. Now their creation will do what they could not, kill you. King, huh? *Era raised his sword to point it at the King when he suddenly was slashed from behind and sent falling forward on the ground. Smoking off his back, he slowly got up and turned, confused.* More of them as well? No, peasant. I am the only King. I am grander than you or any other.

*Appearing in front of Era suddenly, he grabbed him by the neck and rose him high in the air.* Your no match for me, pitiful rider. *Era went to attack with his sword, but the King quickly threw him up in the air and slashed him down into the ground. Gasping out in pain, Era slammed hard into the cement road and sparked violently.* Like your belt, I can read your movements. However, I am far superior to you in many ways. Now stop struggling and accept your death! *Kicking the downed rider, the King continued to mock Era as he bounced across the pavement and rolled to a stop. On the ground, Era moved his sword to his belt and had several cards slot in.

The belt announced three more riders as they were summoned. "OLYMPUS", "EBITH", "KIVOID" it announced as they appeared and rushed the King monster. Laughing out at the pathetic attempt, the King rose his sword and slashed across the air horizontally. A large wave of energy flew from the sword, ripping into the summoned riders and breaking them all apart instantly, much like the Knight creatures yet with a vastly more powerful force to it. He then slashed down vertically, launching a different type of energy which went across the downed rider and causing him to spark further. Groaning in pain, he got up slowly and smoked further.* I can't keep enduring these attacks... It is true that he can predict my movements and apparently masks his movements from my driver. I'll have to think of something to counter him, and fast...

(( Fang can enter here to fight with Ardence. Dragoon and other riders won't be involved. ))

*Panting a bit, he smiled under his helmet to see Fang had arrived to provide some backup.* I'll be fine. Just been fighting for a bit. Too many enemies... and Era is here. He was fighting these two though, so I'm a bit worried about what he might be facing now if they got past him.

*The fangarangs were smacked away by the silver Knight monster, while they had no effect on the Rook. As the motorcycle rammed into the Knight, it recoiled a bit into the air, but was able to get to it's feet very quickly. Aiming for the one who had just hit it, the Knight went to attack Fang. The Rook meanwhile swung several times at Ardence who tried to dart around the attacks, but wasn't quite fast enough. Getting hit once, he stumbled back and caught himself on a nearby tree.*

*The silver Rook charged in, going for Ardence like a bull. Darting to the side and avoiding the tackle move, he took out the Barrett Crius weapon and began shooting into the back of the monster. The shots had no effect however as the Rook stopped it's charge and spun around. Smashing it's arm into the rider, it knocked Ardence off his feet and sent him into the nearby wall cracking it, but not breaking through it. Quickly taking out a gearden, he slotted it in and summoned Double's weapon once more. Using HeatTrigger, he tried firing into the Rook monster once more. The fire shots pelted the armor, doing nothing to the silvery armored monster as he rushed through the attacks and smashed through the wall. Ardence had quickly avoided the attack, barely.*

That didn't work either... *Thinking quickly, he formed another gearden and placed it inside of his Crius gun. As Rook smashed it's way out of the building through the area of wall it hadn't yet broken through, it rushed forward only to be blasted multiple times by both the HeatTrigger and acidic shots formed from the much earlier Scorpion Makamou. Charging through the acid and fire, it's armor sizzled but easily reformed to block the heat and caustic empowered shots. Charging straight into the double-firing Ardence, he was smashed up in the air once more and landed across the street, sliding to a halt and sparking a bit more. The rider slowly got up, staggering to his feet.* Resistant to fire, acid... lets try ice then.

*Swapping geardens in the Crius and putting in one in his belt for added measure, he aimed the gun and began firing ice shots towards the Rook. Charging in yet again, it began to get hit by the ice blast, but barreled through them as it had all the other elements put before it. Quickly changing his aim, Ardence fired at the monster's feet to try and freeze it to the ground. It worked slightly, but the strength and momentum of the Rook continued to break the ice the moment he was stuck to the earth below him. Going to charge the rider again, he met with thin air as Ardence jumped through the air with his boosted agility, flipping past the monster and laying in a few swift kicks as he moved past. Landing a bit away, he winced and shoot his leg out.*

Note to self: Don't kick the heavily armored monster so hard. *Turning and glaring at the rider, Ardence sighed a bit and tried to figure out what to use against the monster. Shifting the gearden in the weapon again, he used the Cricket mirror monster's thunder and lightning shots on the monster. The gun took a moment to charge, so he had to leap around and avoid the swinging and charging attacks from the Rook, but once it had charged he let loose a loud and bright attack. The lightning and thunder attack ripped through the air, straight into the Rook monster. The attack forced him back a bit, but the armor regenerated itself before the light and sound show stopped. Running forward again, it swiped at Ardence causing him to once again flip through the air and use his agility to avoid being flattened out.*

No choice I suppose... I'll have to try landing a rider kick. *His belt charged up, pushing him forward in his usual manor. Doing his standard rider kick, he launched upwards and landed with his gear-powered dropped kick. The attack ripped into the armor, sparking it a bit, but not enough. The silver Rook swatted the rider from his attack into the ground, knocking him away and onto the ground. Rolling a bit and getting to his feet, he panted from the exertion of even more energy after using so much of it today. Stunned that the attack had such a little effect, he watched as the monster's armor regenerated from the hole he had dug in.* I... have to....beat him. I have to use...the only....attack... I can....

*Standing up and nearly falling over as he did, Ardence's belt glew one more time. Launching forward, he screamed out as the rails formed again. Going up in the air, the powered up attack from earlier went into effect. Launching down the dual rows of gears, he rotated in the air and came down with both powered up kick attacks.* Revolution Gear Kick! *The two downward kicks ripped deeper into the Rook than any attack had before, but he still endured it, smashing the Rider away from him. Skidding across the floor and sparking, Ardence groaned in pain from overusing the attacks. Seeing the ripped open armor closing up, he quickly acted and put in another gearden in his gun. Aiming fast, he fired the shot into the chest area and focused.

The armor reformed over the silver Rook, who began his charging assault once more. Slowly pulling himself to his feet, he aimed down with the gun and fired into the ground before him while still trying to focus despite the pull on himself.* Whatever you were... I once again thank you. If not for meeting you and that horrible attack I wouldn't have the will to endure this.... or do this move to beat this monster. *The shot he fired into the ground suddenly swirled into a rift very similar to the one Zenno was manipulating. The geardens in his Barrett Crius began to glow and spin, charging up and drawing the last ounce of energy Ardence had in him. Aiming down towards the rift as the Rook monster gained ground ever closer to him, he let off a large, bright, charged shot into the rift. Trying to dodge the Rook as it got within strike range, he almost made it clear but was launched through the air once the Rook violently exploded.

His Crius' charged finishing shot had traveled through the rift he formed, going from the one in the ground and straight past the formed armor of the monster. The first shot with that particular gearden had been set up to help pass through the brunt of the monsters armor, intending to destroy it from the inside. It had barely worked. His armor smoking from the damage he took up to that point and the explosion of the silver rook, Ardence laid on the ground wincing in pain and feeling horribly drained. The armor around him broke down and disengaged, leaving the teenager laying on the ground and wincing from the strain.

Smiling a bit, he was proud of himself for having done so much and come this far as a fighter. Taking great efforts to pull himself to a sitting position at the moment, he looked over to see how Fang fared. Glad to see the silver Knight vanquished, he took a moment to gain some more energy before looking in the direction of where Era had been.*