John finds himself in the city walking around when he sees Cyrus come out of a shadow in an alley nearby.
"Boss-man," said Cyrus.
"So, what have you found out?" asked John.
"Well, this place is full of knights. It going to make travel a bit hard for us," said Cyrus.
John looks and sees a building with the word barracks on the door.
"I think the best way for this task is if you can't beat them then join them," said John.
They both head over to the barracks and head inside.
When they enter the barracks and see no one around, they head to the wardrobe and swap their clothes for those of the Celestial Knights.
"These will help us get around better," said Cyrus.
"Indeed, my friend," said John. "We should find the commander with ease."
"If I was a betting man, he would probably be close to the Yggdrasil," said Cyrus.
"Ah, then we know where he goes from here," said John.
They take off from the Barracks and head for the Yggdrasil to find the Commander.
Rize with his Espers was on the outside of the city outskirts walking to it.
"Almost there," said Rize.
"Ah, great all this walking is starting to tire me," said Anna.
"Stop being a baby," said Alexis.
"Hey, that's not nice," said Anna.
They looked as if they were about to fight but Rize stepped in between them.
"Girls, we have a mission to do," said Rize.
But before they almost start fighting, they would see a giant object falling from the sky and land right behind them. This was able to create an earthquake near them. When the dust cleared, they were in shock as they would see a giant of a man. He stood around twenty feet tall. He wore an outfit that looked like a barbarian would wear. He wore a horse helmet which made him a celestial knight. He carried two axes on his back. This was giant.
"The hell is that?" questioned Alexis.
"He not human," said Anna.
"Ah, it seems I have gotten to you first Rize Alistair," said The Giant.
"So, you know who I am," said Rize.
"Of course, The Devil, who has been causing problems for the humans. But you are also the spawn of Lord Patrick, one of the greatest warriors to ever live in his limited lifespan and the most powerful swordsman, Robert Alistair," said The Giant. "Finally, a battle I can go all out in. We shall fight to the death as warriors."
The Giant starts to draw his axes from his back.
"I do not think we are going to get out of this one easy," said Rize.
"You are going to fight this guy?" questioned Anna.
"Yeah, I think if we ran, we would not get far," said Rize.
"Then let's kick his ass," said Alexis with a smile.
Rize raises his hands and Anna and Alexis transform into their weapon forms and Rize gets ready to fight the giant. The giant swings his axes at Rize who starts to lunge at The Giant. The Axes hit the ground right after Rize was able to dodge it. But he saw the earthquake under him, and he was knocked up in the air about fifty feet above which surprised Rize. He flipped around and was engulfed in flames creating a firebird which helped him glide around The Giant. Rize starts to fly down towards The Giant. Rize starts to spin around, which creates a giant fire spiral that crashes right down at The Giant which can knock him down onto his back. Rize jumps down from him and waits a bit before The Giant jumps back up to his feet.
"Ah, what a counter to my attack," said The Giant. "I remember when Lord Patrick fought me."
"You fought gramps?" questioned Rize.
"Yes, it was nearly twenty years ago, He came to help train the Celestial Knight and I challenge which he accepted. It took him twenty seconds to beat me with one flick of his fingers. His strength was beyond human," said The Giant.
"The times I heard how string that old man was," said Rize. "I would be a rich man."
"Now let us continue our fight," said The Giant.
"Fine by me," said Rize.
They both start to emit their aura before they continue their battle to the death.
Judas and Yumi are walking through the city when he starts to feel Rize and The Giant's fight.
"Damn, it seems Rize is in a tough one," said Judas.
"What?" questioned Yumi.
"He fighting the big guy," said Judas. "I hope he does not kill Rize now."
Rize was lunging at the giant as he swung his axes at him Rize managed to dodge this attack and get right under The Giant. He engulfs himself in flames once more and leaps up into The Giant's torso which makes him fall down to his back once again.
"Stay down this time," said Rize.
He just starts to hear The Giant start to laugh at him.
"Ah, this is starting to get fun Rize Alistair. You are living up to your grandfathers as a warrior," said The Giant.
He gets back up and this time he destroys his axes from the grip of his hands, and he starts to rip his torso armor off revealing his upper body which was covered in scars from all the battles he has been in. The Giant then takes off his helmet revealing his face. He had tan skin with a scar down the middle of his face light-blue eyes with long blue hair. He tossed his helmet to the ground which cracked the ground from the weight.
"I will no longer fight you as King Drazel's Bronco Knight. I will fight as the champion of the Giant's Festival of Asgardians. I fight as Horace. Warrior," said The Giant whose name is Horace.