In the mansion of the Braun, two elderly people - a man and a woman - were sitting on a sofa and talking to each other, remembering their old days, when a blast came into a wall and Jan and Erik appeared. The old man gasped upon seeing Erik. He sprang up and covered his wife.

"Sandy, get back!" he told her. He took a battle pose and glared at Erik. "How come you freed yourself, fiend?!"

"Oh, I'm not free... yet!" Erik glanced at his brother. "Jan, do it!"

Jan grinned. He was going to dash at the stupefied old man when an air blow came from above and pushed him back.

"Huh?" Erik and Jan looked up. 

Tamie, Riza, Tiger, Rianna, Cherrie, and Jannah had arrived. They covered the elderly couple.

"Get back, you monsters!" Tamie yelled. She was the one who had blown the air shot. 

Both of the boys widened their eyes. They chuckled and crossed their arms.

"Who do we have here? A newbie who thinks she's tough?" Erik grinned.

"I'll make you regret you interfered with our plans!" Jan snarled. He was going to move forward when Erik stopped him. "Huh?"

"No need, Jan! I can deal with them all myself. You take care of Lord Georg_"

"Don't you dare touch my grandpa?!" Tiger shouted: "Virgo Style, Tamer Art, Animal Mode - Fusion!" 

All of her three pets - Blizzard, Astra, and Christo - vanished. They turned into their respective energy elements - Fire for Blizzard and Earth for the cats - and fused into Tiger's body. Her eyes glowed green with her Zen power. Tiger didn't count it as enough and added an incantation: 

"Ox Spirit, Ring Five - Green Nature Ox!" 

A giant green female Ox spirit covered her whole body. Tiger got locked into its core. She ran towards Erik at full speed, making the floor shake.

"Girls, attack!" Rianna yelled. "Cancer Style, Defender Art, Medic Mode; Boar Spirit, Ring Ten - Shell Demon Boar!" An enormous blue female Boar spirit embraced her. She too charged in the fight.

"Leo Style, Battler Art, Queen Mode! Tiger Spirit, Ring Eleven - Red Fire Tiger!" A large Red Tiger spirit roared, with Cherrie in its core.

"Sagittarius Style, Singer Art, Enchantress Mode!" Riza took up. "Mouse Spirit, Ring Twelve - Orange Demon Mouse!" A big Orange Mouse spirit embraced her.

Jannah, the leader of the group, wove signs and cried:

"Pisces Style, Sneaker Art, Ninja Mode; Snake Spirit, Ring Twelve - Ocean Water Snake!" A giant, light-blue-to-green Water Snake with fins and poisonous fangs embraced her body.

"Woah, so many spirits! Alright, if you want to utilize spirits, so be it!" Erik wove signs. "Leo Style, Battler Art, Emperor Mode; Dragon Spirit, Ring Twelve - Red Fire Dragon!" A wrathful Red Dragon spirit emerged, breathing fire. Erik laughed from inside its core. "Now, then, how can you beat my Dragon when you've got no Dragons on your side, you pitiful brats?!"

Jannah frowned. The girls were about to strike notwithstanding their lower powers when they heard Tamie's laugh.

"Huh? What are you laughing at?! You don't even have a spirit unlocked!" Erik burst out laughing.

"Who needs a Tiger spirit of mine to beat the likes of you?" Tamie yelled: "Libra Style, Writer Art, Expert Mode, White Zen - Summoning!" 

She grabbed her scroll and put down a single word. 

"Ronna!" she cried.

She made a two-finger hand sign. The girls blinked and Erik raised an eyebrow. 

Soon, they all realised what Tamie meant when she said she needed no Tiger spirit to beat a Dragon. After she made the summoning spell, the scroll glowed white. A giant green dragon with bloody wings, sharp horns, fangs, and cogs, flew out. 

"Ronna!" Tamie brightened up at the sight of her dragon character. She jumped onto her back and they flew up high. She smirked at Erik. "Now we're not short-handed of dragons, are we? Your Dragon is just a spirit, while Ronna's a real deal!"

Erik's jaw dropped. This dragon was bigger than his!

She has a powerful muse. He thought.

"Jan, quick, before I've got things here, get Lord Georg!" he shouted.

A vile chuckle sounded. It brought great dismay to Erik and Jan and confused the girls. A tall guy with brown hair and hazel eyes covered the elderly Braun couple, to protect them.

"Goldmund?!" Erik and Jan exclaimed, "What's the meaning of this?"

"Huh? Who's that?" Tiger raised an eyebrow.

Rianna recognized him, for she had been a member of the Rose Cruce Order for long enough.

"Goldmund Steinbock?!" she cried out. "He's a traitor! He was our member but he betrayed us thirteen years ago and formed the Illuminant Darkness Order!"

"Huh?!" The girls widened their eyes.

Goldmund chuckled. He raised his right hand, where a Rose Cruce Order ring shimmered. Erik and Jan gasped. So he had been lying to them all this time?!

"Huh?" Rianna was no less astounded. "What's the meaning of this?"

"Goldmund Steinbock, Mission of Grandmaster Rank, no more need to operate undercover!" Goldmund grinned. The friends noticed he had Goatee's earphones in his ears and could connect to their Artificial Telepathy System too. "I'm here to stop Jan von Drachen," he said. "Once Rose Cruce, always Rose Cruce!" He turned to Rianna: "Long time no see, Ria! Oh, as for the Illuminant Darkness Order..." He snapped his fingers. All of his ten masked members appeared out of the blue. "They're all my clones," he said. All of the ten guys took their cloaks off, revealing their identical faces with Goldmund.

"So, you were on our side all along?!" Rianna gasped.

"My mission was to find out how to kill Erik von Drachen in his seal." Goldmund smirked at Erik, who flared up with anger and embarrassment at getting tricked. "Now that I've obtained needful information, I've no more need for hiding. My current mission is to prevent this puny ghost from doing nasty stuff." Goldmund pointed at Jan. 

"You won't be able to stop me!" Jan wanted to move, but he noticed that he couldn't - he was locked in an invisible glass box. "How's this possible? I cannot be locked in items, I'm a Ghost Clone!"

"Sorry!" Goldmund grinned. "Steinbock Clan of the Builder Class specializes in building unreal stuff, like Magister's sight-decreasing glasses. How come you thought I was incapable of creating Ghost-locking glass boxes? You're a goner, poor ghost!"

"Huh? I didn't even hear you cast spells to build this thing!" Jan could believe neither his ears nor his eyes. He banged his fists on the glass box. Unfortunately for him, it turned out not just 'ghost-locking', but unbreakable as well.

"I don't need to cast spells for weaklings like you," Goldmund said.

The girls widened their eyes. He didn't need to cast spells?! They had such a powerful ally by their side! 

When Georg Braun caught the moment, he teleported himself and his wife away with his Air powers. It was no longer possible for Jan to catch them.

"Ugh, no!" Jan snarled. He banged at the glass box but to no avail.

"So, you're that 'trustworthy source' that William was talking about?" Riza brightened up. This Goldmund guy was of Steinbock Clan just like William, so that should be it!

"Oh, finally someone calls my father by name!" Goldmund chuckled. He smiled at Riza. "Thank you, beauty! And yes, I am his son, so I am the most trustworthy source he can possibly have."

The girls were shocked. Goatee had a son?!

"Awesome..." they muttered.

"Well, don't just stand there, princesses, let's finish the job here!" Goldmund took his battle pose.

"Yeah!" The girls charged at the frightened Erik.