Granberia's Return

[Later]

While Luka, Solo, and Alice were visiting San Ilia, with Solo trying to not destroy everything with a Gran Rey Cero, someone came near them and asked.

Extra: He, is a Mr. Luka here? A Luka that applied to have an audience with the King?

Luka was curious and told him.

Luka: Yes… I'm Luka.

Extra: Hmm… So it's you? The king will meet you right away.

Luka/Solo: Eh?

Luka: What's going on here…?

Then Luka was hastily pushed towards the King's hall while Alice was following with a sour expression and Solo with a bored one.

[later]

They were in the king's hall, in front of them was the king himself, who had a smile and was really old.

Extra: I've brought him, King.

King: Thank you, you're dismissed. I shall have a private talk with him.

Extra: Of course.

Then the king sent the man away. and then Luka introduced himself.

King: Traveler that calls himself Luka… I wish to ask you a question.

Luka: Eh? Of course…

King: You… Are not baptized, are you?

Solo's eyebrow twitched and prepared to escape with the other 2.

Luka: ...That's right. I'm not baptized…

King: Oh! So it really is just as Illias revealed to me in a dream!

Luka/Alice/Solo: ...Eh?

The king was excited and then explained.

King: Last night, Illias came to me in a dream. With her beautiful hair, and pure face. Her angelic appearance was like a breath of…

Solo: Can we fucking stop here and you talk?! I'm getting mad for every single second I stay here!

King: ...Anyway, so Illias gave me a revelation. An unbaptized person named Luka would come before me. And this unbaptized hero will be the one to defeat the Monster Lord.

Luka: I...Will?

Solo: 'Oh Soul King, give me the patience, because I am already strong enough to put upside down the entire world…'

King: Now, I shall indicate the path you should take! There are three wise men on this continent. You need to demonstrate your power to all three, and receive their blessings. I shall bestow this only upon the one who receives all three blessings.

Then he motioned to a sword next to his throne.

King: The sword of a true hero… The Goddess Sword!! If you wield this sword, it's said all monsters, even the Monster Lord herself, will bow to you.

Solo muttered in a low voice.

Solo: That is just trash… I could easily break it…

Luka heard him and then concentrated on the King.

King: Now, begin your quest to get proof from the wise men! Then I shall bestow this sword upon you.

Solo: ...I have a question…

King: Mh? You must be Sir Luka's companion, you can talk.

Solo: Nn, then why didn't you sent someone to the Monster Lord with that sword if it is so strong?

Luka: Solo, watch your words, you are in front of the king!

King: ...Eh? Well… It was because the other people weren't worthy of this weapon and they couldn't use it.

Solo: King… No, what's your name?

Mark: My name is Mark.

Solo: Ok, Mark… We both know that what you just said is bullshit… It's just that the sword is weak.

Mark: W-what?! You…

Solo: I'll challenge you… use the Goddess Sword to cut Crisalida, if it could cut it, then I will give you my head, but if I win the challenge, then I have the freedom to do whatever I want, because you wanted to send my companion with a weak sword…

Mark: Tsk… I accept, but don't underestimate the Goddess Sword, brat!

Solo Shrugged and took out his zanpakuto, which is named Crisalida, and pierced the ground with ease, and let it stand vertically.

Mark: Sir Luka, I would request you to use the Goddess Sword for this challenge.

Luka: E-Eh?

Solo: Go, grab that sword and use all your might to cut Crisalida.

Luka gulped and slowly grabbed the sword, and felt an incredible power from it, it was easy to handle, then he walked towards Crisalida, which was still stuck vertically in the floor and readied himself.

Everyone watched him, Alice with a bit of interest, the King with confidence, and Solo just had an amused face, then Luka swinged the Goddess Sword right to the sharp part of Crisalide, and the results were a bit unexpected.

Crisalide was still standing where it was, it seemed undamaged, while the Goddess Sword lost half of its blade, the other half was stuck in a wall away from them, Crisalide just cut the Goddess Sword like butter, and used only the force from the now-damaged weapon.

King: T-the sword…!!

Then the king rushed at the part of the sword that was stuck in the wall and kneeled while crying.

Solo: So… I won?

King: Yes, you won… *Sob* You can do whatever you want… Just leave….

Solo shrugged and took his blade while leaving and whistling, meanwhile Alice was explaining to a surprised Luka what he should do instead of searching the three wise men.

[later]

Solo was walking around until he was bored and decided to find Alice and Luka, he found them with a familiar reiatsu, so he used sonido and some instants later he arrived, and found Granberia in front of Luka and Alice.

Granberia: You are here, 0th Espada… I wanted to see you again…

Solo: Mh? Why?

Solo was confused and then Luka got near him and said.

Luka: She wanted a rematch against you.

Granberia: Indeed, I trained myself really hard, and now I want to test myself against you!

Solo checked her energy and it is indeed a bit higher, but still lower than the 6th Espada in normal form.

Solo: You certainly got better, but it's still useless…

Granberia: We will see right now!

Granberia rushed as fast as she could towards him but he just sighed and took out his sword which was still in the sheath.

Granberia: Use your sword!

Solo didn't answered and just used Sonido to appear in front of her before he put his sheath over Granberia's forehead and pushed her in the ground with it before putting the sheath in front of her face.

Granberia was surprised from this technique, and she started to see the illusion of a sword instead of the sheath.

Solo: This is Shitonegaeshi, a technique used to subdue an opponent and immobilize them on the ground using coercion alone.

Everyone watched dumbfounded the scene that just happened, the guards nearby started to cheer for Solo until he used reiatsu around him to make the guards unconscious while Luka, Alice and Granberia were the only ones awake.

Solo: I told you, it isn't enough, you have a really long way before you could even scratch me, you can't even be compared to the 6th Espada and you think you can beat the 0th? Don't underestimate my power…

Then he moved the sheath away from her face and put it back in his place, leaving a confused Granberia.

Solo: You can even leave now, maybe the next time you could entertain me a bit…

Granberia was surprised from his words before he yelled with a grin.

Granberia: I will, 0th Espada! 'One day I'll win! Just wait…'

Then Granberia vanished from the area with an excited face, and everything was fixed.