Episode 6 (Anime)

Arise (顕現（アライズ）, Kengen (araizu)) is the sixth episode of the Reign of the Seven Spellblades (Anime) series.

Synopsis
Oliver and Nanao battle a powerful mage with an enchanted eye, and the true purpose of Oliver's coming to Kimberly is revealed.

Summary
Oliver attacks Vera with Tonitrus, but she counters with more powerful Tonitrus. Nanao then attacks her and Vera takes her in a sword fight. Vera manages to handle Nanao's sword skills and trips her. As she is about to finish her, Oliver attacks to save her. The two continue to fight Vera, who manages to fight both of them easily. Vera shoots out an Impetus, which Nanao manages to feel with her sword and deflect it. Vera gets impressed and excited about their skills. Oliver forms a plan with Nanao, he creates a bouncy object, sending Nanao behind Vera, while he keeps her distracted with attack spells. Nanao then charges Vera from behind, but Oliver then realizes that Vera has another basilisk's eye on her left hand. Nanao sees that as well and guessing that her curse travels at the speed of light, she realizes that her sword must be faster than the speed of light and cut the space and time around that flows around it. Nanao manages to accomplish that and cuts Vera's left arm before she can petrify her. Vera then loses conscious from the shock. Seeing what Nanao did, Oliver realizes that Nanao himself haven't realized it, but what she did is an unavoidable attack and the appearance of a new, seventh spellblade. Nanao requests a victory kiss, but in that moment Alvin and Carlos arrive. They are surprised that they managed to handle Vera on their own and explain that they came after an anonymous tip.

A bit later, Oliver and the rest explain to Katie that Vera indeed wanted to help and work with her, however Katie then managed to do something that Vera couldn't, make the troll talk. Since the troll is the only one who can talk, he is an unique species now and the school won't get rid of him. Katie gets happy and kisses Oliver and Nanao as thanks. She doesn't care what Vera did and is happy that they won. She will speak with Vera and tell her everything she thinks and they will decide where their relationship will go from there. Oliver cries of joy for being able to protect Katie and she to remain that kind.

Few days later, Darius calls Oliver to come with him, since he wants them to talk about something. Darius explains that they are recovering a student's research, something normally he leaves to others, but since this student is exceptionally talented, the others got too close to the spell and died. Darius faces several monsters, each stronger than garuda, but he beats them easily. At the student's research place, Darius explains that there is a gate and those monsters all came through it. The monsters also devoured each other and those that he killed were the survivors. Darius then closes the gate. Oliver is sure that Darius knew what was done to the troll, since he wanted to quickly kill the troll, so that he can get rid of the evidence. Oliver also found out evidence that Darius was supplying Vera with demi-humans. Oliver wonders why he was assisting her research. Darius then states its because his dream is to eliminate stupidity within the human race. Darius intended to use the same technique on humans to make them more intelligent. Darius wishes that Oliver joins him. While he doesn't have any special skills, he is valuable as an assistant.

Oliver decides to ask him one more question. In the year 1525, on the eight night of the fourth month, where was Darius and what he was doing. Darius finds the question interesting and realizes that Oliver was targetting him all this time. He is surprised that woman still had living relatives. As they are within a sword striking range, Oliver tells Darius to draw his sword. Oliver then sees that Darius is better with the sword and in thousands of futures, Darius kills him. However Oliver is sure that there must be one that he wins and looks for it. He finally manages to do it and as he observes it, he uses it against Darius and cuts him, using the fourth spellblade: Angustavia. Darius is surprised as the fourth spellblade was supposed to die with that woman on that night seven years ago. Oliver explains that they were able to take things from her, but they were unable to take everything. Darius then realizes that Oliver is her son. Oliver explains that a pain spell is able to reproduce only the pain the caster had once experienced. He tells Darius that Oliver made sure to experience all the 128 forms of pain that Darius inflicted on his mother that night. He tells Darius that he needs to start searching for the right words and he will keep on torturing him until he says them. Oliver then starts casting the pain spell and after each cast, he questions Darius if he found the words.

After the 57th pain spell, Darius asks him to end his life. Oliver states that those were the correct words and kills him. His cousins Gwyn Sherwood and Shannon Sherwood are there. Gwyn asks Oliver how is the strain on his body. Oliver states its as usual and he can handle it using it twice, but anything more than that and he will die. Gwyn then forbids him from using it three times. Teresa Carste also shows up and Oliver realizes that she is his secret guard and that she warned Alvin about Vera. Teresa promises to continue serving him and to use her as he wishes. Gwyn then calls their comrades. He gives a mask to Oliver and tells him its his coronation and asks him to rule and guide them, until all of the people who killed his mother are dead. Oliver confirms that he will kill all of them: Vanessa Aldiss, Frances Gilchrist, Enrico Forghieri, Demitrio Aristides, Baldia Muwezicamili and Esmeralda. In the year 1525, Oliver's mother was being chased by six people. She managed to escape and survive thanks to Esmeralda, however as his mother turned her back on Esmeralda, she backstabbed and killed her. With six more people remaining, Oliver recalls Nanao's word that there is no joy in a blade wielded for revenge and guesses he will find out if her words are true.

Characters

 * Oliver Horn
 * Nanao Hibiya
 * Vera Miligan
 * Katie Aalto
 * Alvin Godfrey
 * Carlos Whitrow
 * Michela McFarlane
 * Pete Reston
 * Guy Greenwood
 * Darius Grenville
 * Gwyn Sherwood
 * Shannon Sherwood
 * Teresa Carste
 * Chloe Halford
 * Vanessa Aldiss
 * Frances Gilchrist
 * Enrico Forghieri
 * Demitrio Aristides
 * Baldia Muwezicamili
 * Esmeralda

Light Novel-Anime Differences

 * In the novel's version of the fight with Vera Miligan, Alvin Godfrey and Carlos Whitrow did not appear in person: Teresa Carste sending them an anonymous tip is original to the anime.
 * In the light novel, the scene where Oliver is greeted by his vassals after the death of Darius Grenville is the first time he meets Teresa Carste.
 * In the novel, Chloe Halford's death scene took place in the prologue to volume 1.