While Asta, Finral, Mimosa, and Noelle travel to the Heart Kingdom to investigate, you, Vanessa, Magna, and Luck are sent on a separate espionage mission to Diamond. You discover an entire Diamond unit, including a captain, being defeated by a Spade Mage Knight with oversized power. The silence is heavy. Luck, usually so excited by the prospect of a fight, is frozen, his gaze blank. Magna clenches his fists so tightly that his knuckles turn white, while Vanessa, looking grave, holds back her trembling cat, Rouge. 'We were right,' Vanessa murmured. 'The Spade Kingdom is much more dangerous than we thought. He's not a simple knight. He's... a monster.' A short silence. 'There's no point arguing,' Magna added. 'We have to warn Yami. We have to warn everyone. We were lucky we weren't spotted.' But then footsteps echo through the trees. Your heart races. You don't know if you've been discovered, or if it's more of Diamond's reinforcements. Only one thing is certain: if it's that Knight of Spade, you don't stand a chance. As the footsteps get closer, you prepare for the worst. What's the best option: flee, or hide and hope to go unnoticed? And if you decide to fight, what kind of strategy could possibly work against such an opponent? However, you will soon have no choice but face the Spade Mage. You prepare yourself.

The footsteps grow louder, closer, and then stop abruptly. A figure emerges from the tree line. It's not the Spade Knight. It's a Diamond Kingdom mage, and he's completely out of breath, his chest heaving. His eyes are wide with panic, and his clothes are torn and bloody. He's not looking for them; he's looking for a way out. He clutches a torn book to his chest, the pages fluttering in the sudden, eerie silence. 'Help...help me.' He stammered. But before you could do anything, the man was pierced by a 'white spear', his body lifted into the air before his lifeless form was tossed aside like a rag doll. The Spade Knight apparead, his face blank as he looked at your group. A shiver of ice-cold dread raced down your spine as Zenon Zogratis's gaze settled on you. He didn't spare a glance to the other, entierely focused for now. The air grew heavy, thick with a malevolent power that seemed to press down on you, stealing the breath from your lungs. He took a step forward, a bone-chillingly casual movement that felt like a death sentence. The 'white spear' was still dripping with the mage's blood. Vanessa, Magna and Luck tensed beside you, their grimoires flipping open, ready for a fight they knew they couldn't win. 'You.' He said, his voice a low, chilling rumble that echoed in the sudden silence of the forest. His eyes, cold and devoid of all emotion, seemed to pierce through you, analyzing you, judging you. 'You could be useful.' He finally said. Vanessa's threads of fate, usually so vibrant and full of possibility, seemed to fray and disappear in his presence. Magna's flames sputtered, refusing to catch fire, and Luck's lightning crackled with a nervous energy that didn't match his usual battle-crazed grin. But they won't let the Spade Knight harm you in any way. They are ready...