The Second Great War (二次大戦 Niji Ōikusa) was the concurrent war between the Bal Masqué and the second incarnation of the Flame Haze Army.
Background[]
Pre-War[]
Bal Masqué waited for the completion of the Psalm of the Grand Order while destroying potential enemies and major Outlaw networks to pave a path for their master's return. When preparing a vessel for their master to inhabit, they made The Silver and Statue of Pride but both failed. Instead, a Mystes was chosen by their master to be the suitable substitute for his return. They greeted him and addressed him as "Snake of the Festival" Yūji Sakai as he requested and they accompanied him to Seireiden so he could become their leader.
Upon Yūji's return to Misaki City as Bal Masqué's newest leader, Shana was defeated by him before she was taken to the Seireiden. Her powers were then sealed by Bel-Peol's Treasure Tool Tartaros while Alastor chose to stay with Yūji to probe his intention. Later, after the Divine Gate was created, Yūji and the Trinity, Dantalion, Domino, Sabrac and Rofocale then traveled to the Rift between the human world and the Crimson Realm, the place where the true body of the Snake of the Festival was sealed.
Preparation of War[]
With Major Outlaw networks destroyed, the remaining Outlaw networks began to regather and reorganise all their remaining resources they had at their disposal for the upcoming war. They sought Sophie Sawallisch, the supreme commander of the previous Great War, to take command as their Supreme Commander of the newly incarnated Flame Haze Army in the impending war with Bal Masqué. With Dorel Kubelík and Pietro Monteverdi's death at the hand of Sydonay, Samuel Demantius took the position as Chief of Staff and gathered enough Flame Haze to make a stand against Bal Masqué Army. Sophie was assisted by the surviving Great War veteran Francois Auric and was also visited by Centerhill, one of the Four Gods of Earth, who came to observe the God of Creation's plan and decided their action as a whole.
The Starting of War[]
The Army of Bal Masqué, overseen by Decarabia, mounted an attack on Outlaw Headquarters. Haborym, leading the Western Outlaw Subjugation Army Main Forces, attacked Romania, which was commanded by Hildegard and Ribesal, leading the Eastern Outlaw Subjugation Army Main Forces, attacking Tokyo, which was commanded by Ernest Flieder. Fecor stays inside Seireiden, waiting for his superiors' return from the Divine Gate.
Surprise Attack on Seireiden[]
With the location of Seireiden anonymously revealed by Pheles, the Flame Haze Army lead by Sophie Sawallisch launched a surprise attack on Seireiden. The simultaneous raid was made by Wilhelmina Carmel, Rebecca Reed and Khamsin Nbh'w to rescue Shana; they successfully sneaked into Seireiden through a bridge that originally connected it with Tendōkyū, a secret previously told to Wilhelmina by the Treasure Tools' creator, Gavida.
At a certain room in Seireiden, Wilhelmina encountered Lamies who had agreed to help Bal Masqué in exchange for something. He gave Wilhelmina two crucial intel: the location of Gehinnom and a "cheat sheet" for the Psalm of the Grand Order compiled by Johann, who had asked him to deliver it to her.
Meanwhile, Rebecca and Khamsin caused commotion inside Seireiden but was intercepted by one of its guardian, Purson. Tenmoku Ikko also awakened within Nietono no Shana through the call of its master Shana; he went on a quest, searching for her and killing several Crimson Denizens on his path. He encountered and severely injured Fecor. He managed to find Shana and destroyed the Tartaros, giving Shana her powers and weapon back. She then encountered Vual whom she manage to defeat with ease and discovered a new way and power to fight.
Wilhelmina reached the unprotected Gehinnom with Lamies's guidance and, through the similar way she commanded Tendōkyū, she ordered Seireiden to descend; this caused the destruction of Seireiden's Crypta by the Divine Gate being fixed in place, revealing Seireiden's exact location to the approaching Flame Haze Army. Purson was defeated by Rebecca when he was distracted by the Flame Haze Army who had landed beside Seireiden. Shana finally reunited with Wilhelmina along with other Flame Haze's then they went outside to find out what Yūji, the God of Creation, and the Trinity were up to.
Battle at Seireiden[]
Outside the grounded Seireiden, the Flame Haze Army landed just in time to attack Bal Masqué Headquarters. Decarabia, who lost contact with Fecor, called for the reinforcements from all of the Outlaw Subjugation Armies to protect Seireiden. Shana announced Bal Masqué's plot and the whereabouts of the Snake of the Festival and the Trinity; she volunteered to pursue them, along with Wilhelmina, Rebecca and Khamsin. The Flame Haze Army and the guarding army of Bal Masqué engaged in battle.
In the battle at Seireiden, the Flame Haze Army was near victory but was intercepted by Decarabia, who personally appeared in the battlefield in order to stall time. He was ultimately defeated by Sophie. However, he was able to buy enough time for the reinforcements of the Western Army led by Haborym, with the help of Stolas's power.
Meanwhile, in the Rift Between Both Worlds, Shana and the others, who were pursuing the Bal Masqué, were intercept by Sabrac. The others stayed to hold of Sabrac while Shana continued on with the chase. The Bal Masqué was able to retrieve the true body of the God of Creation; his movement towards the Divine Gate along with the pathway's destruction made a tremor of the Power of Existence to the human world. Sabrac perished within the collapsing Rift upon witnessing the power of the God of Creation. Sophie attempted to destroy the Divine Gate to prevent the return of the God of Creation, but was prevented by Fecor's Magnesia; he lived long enough to bear witness to the return of the Snake of the Festival's true body.
With the successfully revived Snake of the Festival's true form and his return to this world, Bal Masqué had the advantage in the war against the Flame Haze and his existence gave the necessary morale boost to Bal Masqué's troops and subsequently, the Flame Haze were losing the war.
Yūji proclaimed his Grand Order plan to the Flame Haze Army that, as the God of Creation, he wished to created a new world named Xanadu; a paradise that fulfilled every Denizens wishes; the world that was abundance of the Power of Existence, so there was no more need to consume humans. Also, Crimson Denizens would leave this world and went there. After seeing Flame Haze still continuing to fight, he added that they should not oppose his plan, as this also indirectly fulfilled Flame Haze purpose that no more Denizens would kill humans indiscriminately for Power of Existence. However the second proclamation had a darker purpose. Most of Flame Haze made pacts with Crimson Lords for revenge, injustice, and suffering. Now, with the weight of protecting a new world irrelevant to them being too cruel, most mentally broke down, leading to a massacre by Bal Masqué's troops.
The Flame Haze Army retreated to the forest nearby and discussed their next step. Sophie said that they should find a way to save as many Flame Haze as they can. Centerhill decided to help the Flame Haze Army; he explained that even though Denizens left this world and no more humans eaten, Xanadu might endanger all of the worlds regardless due to the unnecessary consuming of humans there. He revealed his teacher's discovery to other Flame Haze about the true nature of Power of Existence; it was an unstable energy that, in its energy form, caused distortions; on the other hand, if it was changed into objects or phenomena in this world, it would be stabilized. This was kept as a secret because this knowledge would have negatively cause Denizens to wreak havoc as they pleased. Centerhill concluded that if Denizens continued to consume humans in Xanadu, the unstable Power of Existence would cause an imbalance of Power of Existence in the far distant future if Denizens still consumed Power of Existence recklessly in Xanadu; this was why he and the other Four Gods of Earth decided to stand against the Snake of the Festival.
Centerhill and Samuel Demantius served as rear guards for the retreating Flame Haze Army to Tendōkyū. With Centerhill's power, Tlalocan, and Samuel's created beacon, they led the remaining Flame Haze Army to safety. Shana and Wilhelmina confronted Sydonay, while Khamsin and Rebecca protect the Flame Haze who were retreating towards the beacon which led to Tendōkyū. Shana, Wilhelmina, Centerhill and Margery Daw managed to trick Sydonay into attacking the false Tendōkyū. Seere Habichtsburg and Chiara Toscana came to retrieve the group, but had to leave Centerhill behind in order to allow the others to escape. Samuel died from wounds and took some Denizens with him when the beacon collapsed. Centerhill was later killed by Sydonay. Rofocale silently left the battlefield, spectating situations from afar.
In truth, Tendōkyū stayed hidden nearby, undetected by enemies with its Crypta. Bal Masqué and Seireiden left the area for Misaki City for their final stage of the Grand Order. Sophie, Khamsin and Rebecca who stayed with the injured inside Tendōkyū then went to regroup with Shana's group at the Hong Kong International Airport. After the Flame Haze Army's defeat, Sophie and Francois went back to Zurich to meet up with Outlaw and were caught in the dispute among Flame Haze and humans, unable to lend more assistance to Shana.
Shana and others then traveled to New York to meet with the remaining three of the Four Gods of Earth. At the John F. Kennedy International Airport, they met up with Southvalley and Westshore. At Eastedge's place, Shana relayed Centerhill's words and the three decided to lend their hands with her mission. Wilhelmina, Margery and Seere managed to crack open and modify the Psalm of the Grand Order with a "cheat sheet" given by Lamies. They were then contacted by the Hyakki Yakō, the group of smugglers who was previously discovered by Pheles and was hired for a certain mission.
The Battle in Misaki City[]
After the battle, Yūji revealed where the location was appropriate for the creation of Xanadu, Misaki City. Kazumi Yoshida was asked by Yūji to be used as a catalyst to the ritual of reversing the Tuning effects made by Khamsin, which she reluctantly agreed to. Yūji ordered Bel-Peol to seal Giralda's ability with Tartaros. Meanwhile, Crimson Denizens from all over the world swarmed Misaki City to witness the ceremony. Flame Haze and Outlaw personnel retreated from Japan. Misaki City was put inside a Fūzetsu in unison with Tartaros's ability to protect Misaki City's inhabitants from being devoured during the ceremony.
Seireiden turned into a tower-like building to perform the ceremony to create Xanadu. Hecate transformed into the World Egg, waiting to be sent into the Rift Between Both Worlds at midnight; at that moment, the Divine Summoning, Saiki Reisō would be performed.
Somewhere in China, Rofocale was captured by Ernest through Mikalojus Cui's power. He then, per Sophie's order, asked Rofocale to contact Shaher, the God of Guidance, to deliver an Oracle for them. But Rofocale politely denied, explaining that he, one of her many kindreds, could not perform the summoning anytime as he wanted; it was only on Shaher's approval.
Shana, Wilhelmina, Seere and Chiara approached from one side of the city to fight Yūji and his group. The remaining Four Gods of Earth approached from the other three sides; they decided to kill as many Denizens as they could. This was for these Denizens to remember the taste of punishment if they went to the new world and continued to consume humans, and also for them to be the messengers for the newer Denizens that would come in the future. Shana attempted to hit the World Egg with the ring-shaped Treasure Tools Chorde embedded with the modified Psalm of the Grand Order. At first, she failed to hit the World Egg, but through her manifested flaming fist, she eventually managed to do it. The spell implemented the law that humans must never be consumed in Xanadu. This angered the Snake of the Festival as they tried to alter the wish of all Denizens.
But Shana's group knew that Bal Masqué had a counter-measure prepared in case of the Psalm of the Grand Order was interfered: a backup of the original Psalm of the Grand Order. Margery Daw sneaked into Saishuku no Shadan's Conloquium, where the backup of the Psalm of the Grand Order was kept and hit it with the modified one as well, preventing Bal Masqué from reversing the modification. Khamsin also managed to go into Saishuku no Shadan's base area and attempted to topple the tower by forming the Rubble Giant using its base as materials. However, Sydonay threw his spear Shintetsu Nyoi into Saishuku no Shadan from above, supporting the tower from collapsing. Dantalion then readjusted its structure, but exposing himself in the process.
From Kazumi's plea, Shana went to her and cut down the Tartaros that was sealing Giralda. She then used it to summon Pheles who comforted her that she would not die from using the Treasure Tool. Pheles distracted Yūji with the asleep Kazumi and managed to awaken Johann from inside the Reiji Maigo. Johann used Power of Existence to reconstruct his body outside and tried to reclaim Reiji Maigo from Yūji. While struggling and debating about Yūji's reasoning, Johann told Yūji that he underestimated love and let him keep the Reiji Maigo. Johann and Pheles then escaped along with Kazumi with the help of the Hyakki Yakō. Johann and Pheles then used a portion of the Psalm of the Grand Order to combine their existences into one, becoming a flask-like object in Kazumi's care. She met them in a dream-like environment and they left her with messages to their friend Wilhelmina. Hyakki Yakō's van was escaping the scene. Khamsin acted as decoy for them to flee, but their vehicle later lost control via Pirsoyn's power, so they had to leave it and hid at the base of Saishuku no Shadan; there, Para deactivated the tower's certain mechanism nearby for them to enter inside.
Meanwhile, Dantalion, along with Domino, were caught by the explosion sent back to them by Seere. They intended to escape through the escape mechanism, but it was the same one that was deactivated by Para. Their escape failed and were destroyed. The Professor's death made Yūji's Tyrants and Dragon Tail unusable. This also made all robots that were fighting around the tower uncontrollably exploded. To protect the tower, Mammon sacrificed himself by hauling most of the robots to him. However, Khamsin, who was fighting elsewhere, was also caught by these explosions and was mortally wounded.
Through ensuing battles, Shana and Margery successfully inserted the modified Psalm of the Grand Order into the World Egg when the backup at the Conloquium was used. As they felt relieved that their plan worked, Shana was agitated to see Yūji smiling; he foresaw their plan to meddle with the World Egg and revealed that he was only waiting until midnight so that Reiji Maigo would replenish its host of the Power of Existence. He revealed that the source of replenishing power that Reiji Maigo originally used was taken from this world's repellent force that attempted to restore distortions. Yūji previously asked Dantalion to remove the restriction of the Reiji Maigo, allowing it to gain access to extremely vast amounts of Power of Existence, more than what it normally did. With that massive Power of Existence under his control, he could direct it to the creation of Xanadu and easily null the law placed by Shana.
Shana and her team had not been beaten, but clearly lost hope, as they could only watch helplessly at the creation of Xanadu. At the same time, Shaher was summon with the sacrifice of her kindred Rofocale, who saw the flask left by Johann and Pheles; she then announced the new thing that was created: the Heir to Both Worlds. In the end, the God of the Festival heard Denizens' wish and realized that they had come to agree with the law placed by Shana, so he did not undo the modification and allowed the new world to be created as it was.
Post-War[]
After their long yearned plan succeeded, Bel-Peol uses Tartaros to separate the Snake of the Festival from Yūji's body. She ordered the temporary disbandment of Bal Masqué until Seireiden was completely repaired, waiting for her master's return, indicating Bal Masqué will be reestablished once again. Sydonay, without Hecate to protect, decided to stay to assist Yūji. Bel-Peol, holding the Aggregate Will of God of Creation, gave Yūji a chain-shape key which was a part of Tartaros that controlled the Fūzetsu protecting the city. In the end the God of Creation stated he grew fond of Yūji, a mere Torch that was willing to allow himself to be used as a tool to fulfill his ambition, and even if nobody else approved of his plan, the God of Desire approved of it and gives his blessings to Yūji. He, Bel-Peol, along with other Denizens, then crossed over to the newly created world via the Heavenly Ladder.
Meanwhile, the surviving Flame Haze and Kazumi gathered around to mourn their fallen comrade Khamsin. Kazumi gave Wilhelmina the flask which had access to massive Power of Existence left behind by Denizens and became Justus, the combined existence of Pheles and Johann; they asked Wilhelmina to take care of him. Rebecca, along with 1225 Flame Haze arrived on Tendōkyū. After that, everyone along with Wilhelmina, Justus, Seere, Chiara and the remaining Four Gods of the Earth all left for Xanadu.
Later, Lamies, or Leanan-sidhe appeared after fulfilling her long-waiting wish of restoring her beloved's painting. She cast away her Torch disguise and gave Yūji a crystal containing an Unrestricted Spell Insignia for bringing back lost things. She also embedded a new condition into a certain Unrestricted Spell Insignia that had been carved on the anti-flame ring Azure, saying its been wonderful working with Yūji. Leanan-sidhe left a last parting gift, naming Yūji's new Unrestricted Spell, Grammatica and asked him to contemplate on the meaning of it, before going to Xanadu.
Now, fully himself, Yūji decided to face Shana and Margery Daw in the final battle. Sydonay, impressed by the boy's actions, decided to cooperate with him and fought Margery Daw. During the battle, Yūji activated Grammatica and cast it on Kazumi with the last plea for her to agree. The Unrestricted Spell Insignia for bringing back lost things activated, using tremendous amount of Power of Existence left behind by Denizens who left for Xanadu. The spell restored all devoured people at Misaki City by the hands of Crimson Denizens, ever since Friagne's arrival; this also included Yukari Hirai.
Shana asked Yūji what his intentions are. He replied that in order to atone for the killing of Flame Haze and Humans on his quest, he will travel to Xanadu, which has no Misaki City, to teach Denizens and humans to coexist peacefully on his own, even if it takes thousands of years so that he can finally be together with Shana without guilt.
Shana and Alastor, however were furious with his philosophy of severe self-punishment. Shana used her tremendous strength to overpower Yūji and led to his defeat while Sydonay was killed by Margery. In limbo, Johann confronted him smiling, and teased Yūji that he underestimated the power of love, again. He awakened, carried by Shana shyly said he just needed to ask and she would go with him to Xanadu together without a thought. Admitting his loss he replied to Shana, he asked for her forgiveness, asking her to be with him in Xanadu and she accepts happily. As they embraced and kissed, Leanan-sidhe's Unrestricted Spell Insignia activated (by the condition revealed to be a kiss). Yūji Sakai was no longer a Torch, a Mystes, or a human; he became a kind of "solid existence". As Yūji and Shana delighted at this revelation, they departed to Xanadu.
Participants[]
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| Bal Masqué | |
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| Achieving the "Grand Order" by creating Xanadu | To defeat Bal Masqué |
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| Bal Masqué | ||
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| Leaders | Snake of the Festival • Yūji Sakai | |
| The Trinity | Hecate • Sydonay • Bel-Peol | |
| Waches | Fecor • Purson • Vual | |
| Herolds | Decarabia • Gaap • Stolas | |
| Wanderers | Mammon • Orgon • Ribesal • Barma • Egyn • Orobas • Paimon • Phaleg • Bifrons | |
| Jaegers | Haborym • Ose • Leraje • Bufar • Pirsoyn • Bathin • Vine • Zarovee | |
| Army Commanders | Fecor • Decarabia • Haborym • Ribesal • Purson • Mammon • Orobas | |
| Allies | Dantalion • Domino • Sabrac • Rofocale • Lamies | |
| Conflicts | Battle of God-Slaying • Great War • Révolution War • Second Great War | |
| Related Articles | Divine Gate • Fumina Konoe • Grand Order • Heavenly Ladder • Path of Pilgrimage • Sanctuary • Seireiden • The Silver • Statue of Pride • Xanadu | |
| Hyakki Yakō | ||
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| Members | Gyūki • Zemyna • Para | |
| Allies | Senmurw • Mare • Giwoitis • Doog | |
| Conflicts | Second Great War | |
| Four Gods of Earth | ||
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| Members | Centerhill • Eastedge • Southvalley • Westshore | |
| Crimson Lords | Tlaloc • Quetzalcóatl • Tezcatlipoca • Chalciuhtlicue | |
| Conflicts | Civil War • Second Great War | |
| Related Articles | Outlaw • Eastedge Foreign News • Northair • Huitzilopochtli • Norman Purcell • Thrym | |