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SD Gundam Gaiden NEO: The Forbidden Magic - The Cursed Gund-Graph Notes

The original write up of the story for this arc is by earthofhomozu on Instagram. I just translated them and adapted it into English. The card artwork also comes from their posts.

Complete Card Art in High Quality can be found here.

The previous arc is over here, so read that before reading this.

This summary will be long so I'm putting it under a cut.

The Benerit Nation, a powerful country headed by the Benerit Clan once saw the Dragon Village in a certain forest as dangerous, destroyed it, expanded its state in the "WilderLance", and reigned supreme, was about to destroy the forest where the surviving children of the Dragon Village lived.

However, the Benerit Clan was not prepared for the appearance of Magic Knight Gundam Aerial, a wandering drifter and wielder of the magic sword Escutcheon, who would not tolerate any of their savagery!

Aerial was a member of the Gundam Clan like Knight Gundam Lfrith, the hero who once fell with the Dragon Village and stood up together with Mage Suletta, a fairy who lived in the forest, to protect the people of the Dragon Village.

The three families of the Benerit Nation vied for the credit and were defeated by Aerial. Noble knight Gundam Pharact, who was secretly implanted with a Gund Gem, was transformed into Monster Pharact Dragon due to an outburst of magical power!

Aerial defeated Pharact Dragon with the help of the spirits summoned by the mysterious Summoner Prospera. However, the survivors of the dragon village in the forest became known to the Benerit Clan…. And two “Magic Knight” Gundams, who did not belong anywhere, were also aiming for the forest.

Aerial was a traveling knight, but after interacting with the children of the forest, where the survivors of the dragon village lived, they decided to repay them by fighting the Benerit Clan again to protect them and the forest.

The Gund Gem on Aerial's forehead can produce magic power attributed to the spirits which it has contracted with, and if it contracts with a stronger spirit, the magic power it produces will reach the realm of the mystical! But why did a traveler like Aerial have a Gund Gem, the treasure from the Dragon Village?

Aerial is able to use a new magic sword through a contract with Dryad Echo, a spirit of the forest, and Ore Gnome, a spirit of earth, which were both summoned by Prospera, a summoner who exceled in magic power. Despite this, she was still surrounded by many mysteries.

Aerial's Magic Sword Escutcheon was now stronger, but the additional contracts consumed more magic power. The problem was that the consumption can be reduced with Gund Gems. Because of its power, the Benerit Clan desired the Gund Gem even though they considered it dangerous.

Aerial had renewed their determination, but there was one problem. The noble knight they defeated in the previous chapter had been following them around, begging to become their apprentice.

In the previous chapter, Noble Knight Darilbalde aka Noble Knight Dilanza and his partner, Noble Knight Guel, were reported missing by the Benerit Clan's main army after being defeated by Magic Knight Gundam Aerial.

However, after being defeated by Aerial and marveling at their strength and swordsmanship, Darilbalde became so enamored with magic that he betrayed the Benerit Clan and volunteered to become Aerial's apprentice!

He was so determined that even Aerial was overcome by his insistence. However, since he did not have a Gund Gem, he asked Nika, the blacksmith, to make him a magic sword.

Darilbalde's magic sword had the ability to fly and strengthen its power, but unlike Aerial's Magic Sword Escutcheon, it did not contain the power of a spirit. Furthermore, training was essential to control it by imbuing it with magical power through alchemical magic.

Darilbalde learned basic alchemy magic from Aerial and through daily practice, he grew to be able to control the three prototype magic swords. In order to repay the children of the village for their kindness, he reformed himself, changed his name, and became an official member of the Aerial's group in order to protect the village!

Mage Suletta, who lived in the forest and was entrusted by Summoner Prospera to protect Priestess Miorine, had renewed her determination to stand up to the Benerit Clan. She was a hard worker who was not as good as Aerial, but was still an excellent mage.

Since she and Aerial fought the Benerit tribe with great bravery in the previous chapter, she was officially recognized as the escort of Priestess Miorine, and Miorine gave her clothes containing the power of her prayers, giving her a makeover.

This clothing also allowed her to speak with the enigmatic Spirit Erichts that Summoner Prospera has contracted with. Also, like Darilbalde, she continued to train in magic with Aerial in order to become more powerful.

Meanwhile, the Benerit clan's three families were competing for the Gund Gem, and the balance of power within the clan was on the verge of collapse!

Knight Aerial, Knight Darilbalde, and Mage Suletta's combined efforts to train and protect the children of the village have made Miorine more aware of her role as a priestess of the village.

As a priestess, she has become the representative of the village, and while protecting the village, she has become active in giving permission to those who have reformed and seek to join the village, such as Darilbalde, and in instructing them to develop equipment and prepare for battle in order to improve the defenses for the protection of the village.

Also, as before, she would continue to take care of the fields, especially the tomatoes. She has been busy taking care of and interacting with the “Priestess Dragon,” which she had kept hidden from everyone in the village in previous chapters.

The dragon child communicated only with Miorine, and was so much more of a secret to Miorine than the Gund Gem. What was the true identity of the child dragon?

And besides Miorine, the only other people who know of the existence of the dragon are Summoner Prospera and, surprisingly, Shaddiq of the Grassley family!

Meanwhile, one of the defenders of the village, Hunter Chuchu, struggled to keep up with the others!

Equipped with newly created armor by blacksmith Nika, she has grown so much through training with her mentor, Warrior Demi Trainer, that she is a match for an ordinary MS Clan member.

She has also learned to make calm judgments by borrowing Warrior Demi Trainer's beloved dog and following him when necessary, while still maintaining her passionate spirit and growing as a hunter.

The relationship between the three families within the Benerit Clan has worsened, and they are not strong enough to invade the village of dragons again, even though the villagers are not ready to fight.

Noble Knight Guel, who managed to survive his defeat by Aerial in the previous chapter, was surprised by Darilbalde's reformation and Aerial's strength, and he himself had infiltrated the Dragon Village under the name “Bob” by disguising his identity.

At first, he was surprised by the strength of the Aerial's magic and intended to learn their secret, but as he lived in the village, he changed his mind.

The wonderful alchemical magic he saw in the village, which was used for protection, and the atmosphere of kindness among the village people he met in the cafeteria, regardless of their status, made him wonder why the Benerit Clan was trying to destroy the village.

The children of the village were also preparing for the Benerit Clan to attack again.

Soon, the Benerit Clan had once again begun their invasion of the Dragon Village. However, the competition among the three families for the Gund Gems was surely leading the Benelit tribe to an internal collapse.

While Noble Knight Guel (Bob) was questioning the invasion of the Dragon Village, the next head of the Peil family, Noble Knight Elan, was discouraged by the way his family was doing things.

This was because Noble Knight Gundam Pharact, which should have been defeated by Magic Knight Aerial in the previous chapter after becoming a monster due to an incomplete Gund Gem causing him to go berserk, appeared before Elan!

In fact, this Pharact was a refined individual and duplicate of the original Pharact that the Peil family had created by studying the magical technology of the Dragon's Village! His appearance under his cloak was shrouded in mystery.

The unexpected reunion with Pharact made Noble Knight Elan disappointed with the Peil family's way of doing things. He also remembered Mage Suletta, who he had met in the previous chapter.

Elan and Guel are troubled. However, Shaddiq's ambition is only getting stronger..!

Warrior Demi Trainer is one of the few adults in the village who not only served as a mentor to Hunter Chuchu but also trained her in preparation for the next invasion of the Benelit Clan into the Dragon Village!

He foresaw a rematch with Noble Knight Michaelis, whom he confronted in the previous chapter, and was training himself for battle, like Aerial's group, in order to defeat him.

Recently, Nika had been asked by Darilbalde to help him, and the hardworking blacksmith made a prototype of a magic sword that did not require spirits or strong magic power with her advanced smithing and refining skills, based on the technology of Aerial's magic sword.

Blacksmith Till, who works with Nika, was a taciturn child who demonstrated his dexterity through his work. Even though he was a blacksmith, he was also in charge of cooking in the cafeteria and does this by doing things such as preparing fish. Perhaps because of his skill with blades, he was in charge of finishing Nika's magic sword.

Still other children of the dragon village were each preparing for the return of the Benerit Clan!

As the Benerit Clan's army was about to invade the Dragon Village once again, the people of the village were also on the move.

Two people run a tool shop in the village, Toolmaker Cecelia and Toolmaker Rouji. They seemed to be struggling with their inventory of various tools they had received so far, so they generously provided assistance to Aerial against the attack of the Benerit Clan.

On the other hand, Toolkeeper Rouji was familiar with the history of the old dragon village that was once destroyed because he kept the records of the previous dragon village, but he does not seem to know why the traveler Aerial was equipped with a Gund Gem.

Hunter Felsi,” a hunter like Hunter Chuchu, was preparing for a new attack from the Benerit Clan and was ready to fight. Accompanying Felsiin the forest is Petra, the pharmacist.

Petra was able to gather and use usable medicinal herbs, and was personable and kind to the newly reformed Darilbalde and the mysterious Bob (Guel). She supports her new village friends.

The Benerit Clan had once again started to move their forces to attack the dragon village, but the deteriorating relationship between the three families has become even more muddled, and their positions were falling apart.

However, neither of them knew that a mysterious army, neither from the Benerit clan nor from the Dragon Village, would appear…!

The Benerit clan, who viewed the Gund Gems as dangerous and wanted its power, marched into the Dragon Village with a force led by Headman Vim, the martial leader of the Jeturk family.

However, the balance of power among the three families was no longer in balance within the Benerit clan, and the real leader of the Benerit Clan was Noble Knight Michaelis of the Grassley family. The Grassley family supported Shaddiq with Michaelis and Soldier Beguir-Pente at the helm.

Noble Knight Michaelis and Warrior Demi Trainer clash because of their history from the previous chapter, but Michaelis' mission was actually a diversion, and he was fighting on the front lines for Shaddiq's plan to investigate the legends of WilderLance.

Aerial and co were fighting without knowing it was a diversion, but with the magic and power that each of them had accumulated through their training, the Benerit Clan was no longer an enemy.

Just when it looked as if Aerial and other villagers would be victorious, two Gundam Clan members appeared! They were Magic Knights like Aerial.

One of the knights, Magic Knight Gundam Lfrith Ur, attacked first. It seemed that they are aiming at Aerial, but to everyone's surprise, he had a Gund Gem on his forehead!

This Gund Gem was not a concoction of the Peil family, but a genuine Gund Gem. Furthermore, while the Gund-Graph that caused Pharact to go out of control in the previous chapter appeared, it attacked him without any relation at all!

Ur's “I'll make you into my family” also utilized the power of the Gund-Graph by the addition of a Gund Gem that contained “malicious intent”.

At this time, neither the children of the Dragon Village nor Aerial were aware of the fact that Ur's Gund Gem was the very same one used by Swordsman Gundam Lfrith Junior, who had once protected the previous Dragon Village!

During the clash between Aerial and the other children of the Dragon Village and the Benerit Clan, Magic Knight Gundam Lfrith Thorn, one of the two Gundams equipped with Gund Gems and a Magic Knight like Aerial, suddenly appeared!

While he excels at speed combat, utilizing his quickness instead of the power-oriented fighting of his partner, Magic Knight Gundam Lfrith Ur, he also had a twisted side that likes to destroy things.

His Gund Gem is the very Gund Gem of the former Swordsman Gundam Lfrith Junior, and it was a mystery why they possessed it.

The Gundam Gem contained Lfrith Junior's regret, and therefore, a destructive impulse is given alongside power to those who become its dependents. However, surprisingly for Lfrith Junior, it also harbored the “malice” that he possessed.

Noble Knight Michaelis was defeated by the two Magic Knights who suddenly entered the battle, and the Benerit Clan, which was also on the verge of internal collapse, was defeated. The two Knights used the power of the Gund Gem to create a private army that turned on Aerial and other village children!

Magic Knight Gundam Lfrith Ur and Magic Knight Gundam Lfrith Thorn, who suddenly entered the battle, did not belong to either the Dragon Village or the Benerit Clan, but they had a strong grudge against both of them!

The two brought with them Armor Gundvölva, Desultor Doll, and Stone Prodoros, doll-shaped monsters created by the power of the Gund Gems.

Although these monsters were possessed with the malicious power of the two, they were defeated one after another by Aerial's group, which had grown stronger through their previous training.

However, Ur and Thorn drew more power from the Gund Gem than Aerial, and as expected, the group struggled.

Ur and Thorn controlled a Gund-Graph, which was created when the Gund Gem goes out of control. They fused with the monsters of their army, transforming into a gigantic synthetic magical beast, the Monster Chimera Ur Thorn.

Unlike Pharact in the previous chapter, Ur and Thorn retained their sanity and were powered by the Gund-Graph emitted from their Gund Gems that were full of “malice”. They marched forward, trampling the surviving Benerit Clan in the front line!

Furthermore, the Chimera was also overwhelmingly durable, as even if it receives some wounds, it could reconstitute itself by taking in further monsters and fusing them together.

Outnumbered, Aerial asked Summoner Prospera to summon something and was prepared to put their life on the line for “a decisive action”! There was no way they could win without further borrowing the power of the spirits!

Aerial released new storm and thunder magic power through a contract with Spirit Cloudbuster, the storm spirit summoned by Prospera, and Spirit Judgithor, the lightning spirit! Aerial's magic sword with all its might finally shattered the Gund Gem of Chimera Ur Thorn, and defeated Ur and Thorn!

However, the damage from the battle with Ur and Thorn, as well as the recoil of energy from the magical sword Escutcheon, which contained powerful magic energy from four different spirits, injured Aerial severely to the point that their armor shattered.

While Priestess Miorine was concentrating on healing Aerial with recovery magic, it was revealed that Shaddiq was secretly hiding for this chance!

During this, Noble Knight Shaddiq captured Miorine's dragon baby, and together with Noble Knight Michaelis, who had been standing by, outwitted the head of the family, Vim, under the pretense of being defeated!

Shaddiq had independently researched the lore of WilderLance and had his sights set on the dragon. In order to outwit the entire Benerit Clan and monopolize the village's secrets, he took advantage of this opportunity and went to the “land of lore” to learn more of the dragon's secrets after obtaining the village's dragon child.

On the other hand, Ur and Thorn were actually the mages Sophie and Norea from the old village records. They were interested in the Dragon Village and were acquainted with the elders of the village at that time.

However, in the previous fall of the village, they were separated from the escapees and nearly died. During this time, a “terrible malice” whispered to them to resent those who attacked and abandoned them (this was a misunderstanding), causing them to have a deep hatred for both sides.

And from the shattered Gund Gem of Ur and Thorn… a shadow of the “malice” that planted a seed of resentment in Sophie and Norea appeared……

The mysterious spirit Spirit Ericht with various elements was used by Summoner Prospera. In the previous chapter, Ericht with fire and water elements had appeared, and they continued to appear in this chapter.

Prospera summoned spirits with powerful elements through the Erichts, but is it possible to contract so much that even Aerial would destroy themselves? The mage Suletta can also speak with them, but she does not understand their true intentions.

Prospera was a mystery, but she hated the Benerit Clan, so she joined the group. However, the new village was destroyed by Ur and Thorn. After healing Aerial, Priestess Miorine rose to her feet.

Before searching for a new safe haven, she followed Shaddiq and his subordinates to save the dragon child, the source of the village's power!

How will Aerial be revived? And what does Prospera think as the three families become completely independent and the internal collapse of the Benerit Clan continues? And what is the identity of the shadow in the ruined village?

(End of Chapter)

#sd gundam #sd gundam gaiden neo #sd gundam gaiden neo the forbidden magic #g witch #gundam the witch from mercury #mentioned before but stating here again #unless confirmed otherwise I will treat Aerial as nonbinary and use they/them pronouns when addressing them #I ran out of room for images on here so i had to link some #with this i am up to date #yippie

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