Luca

**Luca** (full name: **Lucaria Nin Nanna**) is a great mage who was a member of the Alliance of the Races, one of four who later came to be called the Heroes of Legend to fight against the Demon Lord’s Army in the Mythic Era thousands of years ago.

## Appearance

In the light novel version, Luca is a beautiful elderly female elf, but transformed into a young girl. She wears a robe with her magic staff.

## Personality

Luca is an elf race and is known as the Great Mage. She is a great mage who lives on Mount Ancald. She is an emissary of Shin, the god of time and of fate. She is an elder already over 10,000 years than elves like Ilkanresis, who looks old, but her age can't be measured from her physical appearance, as she can be seen from a young girl to a beautiful old woman in her 70s.

She is the lord and sole inhabitant of this house. She has many titles called the sage of time, The golden moon, the woman of steel, the witch of Ancald, and the one who loves flowers.

## Abilities

Luca possessed abnormal amounts of magical power and talent and above all the power to see the future. She can shoot down the Zero fighter flying at an altitude of several thousand meters by herself. She neutralizes the gravitational field around the Scarlet Dragon.

## Chronology

### Great Race-Demon War Arc

Due to the long distance that the western force had to cover, the Alliance of the Races and Emissaries of the Sun God pounced on the Demon Lord's Army every day, forcing them into an endless marathon. When the pilot on the Zero fighter spotted something halfway up Mount Ancald, he saw something like a large glowing ring form around the silhouette of a person before a lightning bolt from the ground ran past him. He was able to avoid a direct hit, but he also feared falling out of the sky due to a malfunction caused by the lightning strike. Two Zero squadrons returned the Kaga-class aircraft carrier *Tosa* from Mount Ancald and reported them.

After hearing the report about the people surviving on Mt. Ancald, Alliance Army Commander Galeos still found it difficult to believe. Moreover, having heard the part where a lightning bolt jolted up from the slope of the mountain towards the sky, he bent his head over after concluding that there may be a very strong mage on Mount Ancald. According to what the elf said, there appeared to be an obstinate elven mage living on the mountain. Vice Admiral Kasai Ryuuken, Galeos, and some officers headed for Mt. Ancald. They met a young-looking elven woman called Luca, but she changed her appearance to that of a beautiful old woman in her 70s by enveloping a flash of light from the staff in her hand when hitting the ground. Introductions were exchanged, and Kasai with Galeos, Luca already knew that they were going to come and that they didn’t encounter any demon beasts may have been due to some unseen mystical barrier protecting them or the path. She explained to them about her magic and power to see the future.

After that, she decided to join the Alliance of the Races. They stayed in Luca’s residence for the night before setting out early in the morning the next day. Returning to the coast through the path, they found the destroyer *Sasameyuki* waiting for them as planned. Someday later, as soon as Galeos mentioned Luca’s name to Ilkanresis, he jerked back in fear and surprise. Afterward, just as requested by Luca, they sent forth Meriell from Rodenius to tend to Luca’s residence.

One month later, after leaving behind Mt. Ancald, the western force took the route going down the Maal peninsula and ended up at the westernmost tip of the Philades continent. Luca was aboard the flagship *Tosa*. Saying that her part was still far off in the future, she kept changing her appearance from an old woman to a young woman over and over as she walked around the ship. Apologizing to the surprised Zero fighter pilots first, she was then shown otherworldly weapons before then becoming chummy with them. Galeos tried to explain to Kasai about her magical power and talent were undoubtedly not on the level of a regular person. Before Galeos could finish his explanation, they were interrupted by a message from a Zero fighter that spotted an unknown number of sea monsters approaching from the ocean to the west of the Philades continent. The Blue Ogre and the White Ogre’s force have finally arrived. The prelude to the decisive battle had begun, where Luca witnessed the fleet attacking the sea monsters, carrying the Blue Ogre, the White Ogre, the Scarlet Dragon, and the beasts in the Battle of the Western Philades.

At the Battle of Topa, the Emissaries of the Sun God would begin their all-out attack on the Demon Lord's Army on the land bridge of Topa. Galeos, sitting in the back of a command car, stated to 1st Division Commander Matsushita Takao that they couldn't hit them after all unless the Scarlet Dragon ran out of magic. Luca suggested neutralizing the gravitational field around the Scarlet Dragon, but she was required to be near to pull it off. To have a group of mages, let alone Luca, get close to a place where they concentrated their bombardment was a no-go for the Japanese. They instead, as Galeos suggested, opted to exhaust their munitions to get the Scarlet Dragon to exhaust its remaining magic, but Demon Lord Nosgorath, the four ogres, and the Scarlet Dragon ended up escaping to Grameus. However, Matsushita rejected Galeos' plan for chasing the Demon Lord and his sub-commanders to Grameus after letting them escape and run free.

One year later, after they with the help of the Imperial Japanese completed the construction of a great wall called the Doors of the World across the end of the land of Topa, the emissaries were gone to Earth. At night, Kijje and Luca joined Ta Lou and Kenshiva standing in front of Galeos, who was sitting next to a bonfire. They were reminded of a lot of things about their past and abilities. Galeos always wondered who Luca was during the entire journey as a great mage. With the focus on her, she upheld her dignity and changed her young form to a real old woman, turning Ta Lou and the others into agreement. Hearing of her real name and underling of Shin, the god of time and fate, Galeos and the others swiftly got on their knees and thought she was an emissary of the gods herself, but she didn't mind as they did with the sun goddess’s emissaries. The four men then sat back down. She decided the time had come for her to fulfill her purpose after her life and journey over 10,000 years. She would serve as their guide to subdue the Demon Lord. Shortly afterward, Ta Lou, Luca, Kenshiva, and Kijje decided to join and guide their duty to defeat the Demon Lord, leaving Galeos's duty to the world and its reconstruction where the people of the races needed to be in peace when they returned. Having been persuaded by the three, Galeos reluctantly nodded in acceptance of his duty to protect the people. Galeos no longer wanted to order them to go.

The 1,000-strong soldiers of the last group of the Alliance of the Races called the Demon Lord Extermination Army under Commander Esperanto with Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje marched towards the Guradoah in the northeast of the Grameus continent from the Doors of the World. Esperanto and Ta Lou had difficulty with a map of Grameus, according to Luca, their objective lay deep in the treacherous mountains to the Guradoah in the northeast of the Grameus continent when looking from the land of Topa. Luca warned them that magical beasts, which used magic in their body, were poisonous for them to eat. The problem of food weighs heavily on a 1,000-strong army. They would have to hunt something in the next three days.

Two months later, they marched in a wasteland that was unimaginably harsh with the shortage of food and water, but they lost almost half and forcibly retreated to Topa by the harsh climate and terrain. Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje took their weapons and baggage and set off. They had divided the fighting amongst themselves, but the monsters, beasts, and enemies they would encounter moving forward would have to be dealt with by their own hands.

Two weeks later, after Esperanto and the other 500 soldiers divided and left back to Topa, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Kijje, and Luca reached the Gurganaff Plain. The Red Ogre and the White Ogre, who scouted for resources, stood in front of Ta Lou and the others and blocked their way at the Gurganaff Plain. The two ogres were surprised to see that only four had come and decided to fight against them.

After Ta Lou killed the White Ogre with his blade, the Red Ogre laid his eyes on Luca and slipped through once he saw the opportunity, processing in his mind an opening towards her. The Red Ogre instantly felt dread from the spine-chilling voice of Luca. While the Red Ogre was confused, Ta Lou closed in while Kenshiva attacked from the rear and Kijje from the flank. With all sides blocked off, the Red Ogre then jumped out. He landed next to the White Ogre’s remains, picked them up, and clutched them close. As the Red Ogre ran away, Ta Lou and the others decided not to force themselves to give chase, saving their energy on that encounter. Luca had been using her magic to strengthen the capabilities of Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje. After sifting through the Red Ogre's mind, Luca was able to look through his memories, confirming for herself the current state of Guradoah. She learned the Demon Lord was currently regaining his lost power until he had gained a fifth of his power back in the next five years. They must hurry to strike while the Demon Lord still wasn't at his full strength.

One month and two weeks later, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje stood in front of the snow-laden gates of Darelgulla Castle. Ta Lou began forcing open the doors of the gate loudly. The 1000 goblins and 200 orcs lay in wait for them on the other side. They drew their weapons and faced the 1,200 troops from the Demon Lord's Army. Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje all managed to dispose of three to five goblins each. Malastriss quickly flew to the Demon Lord’s chamber, leaving the fight to the ogres. During Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje battled against the hordes of goblins, Luca remarked as she slowly walked forward. When the goblins and orcs closed in, the magic-rich earth around her, which enabled her to cast more powerful spells, erupted into spikes, impaling them. As the fight continued, the numbers of the Demon Lord's Army thinned.

In less than an hour, the number of goblins and orcs combined stood at around 300. The Red Ogre suggested that the three ogres and the Scarlet Dragon fight the four to take down one or two of them, and the Yellow Ogre agreed. The Blue Ogre hoped to take on Kijje and the Red Ogre inevitably ended up dealing with Kenshiva. The three ogres all ran forth to fight the four with the Scarlet Dragon. After the Yellow Ogre lost his leg to Ta Lou, who cut it with his blade, he looked in the direction of the Scarlet Dragon and felt threatened by Luca as he made a bewildered expression. Luca said coolly with her arms folded as she stood directly in front of the Scarlet Dragon. Magic flowed from their direction. Water canceled out the fire as fire consumed air, which whittled then on the earth that absorbed water. Luca neutralized the Scarlet Dragon’s gravity ability with a repulsive force. After Ta Lou executed the Yellow Ogre, the Red Ogre, the Blue Ogre, and the Scarlet Dragon immediately escaped into the bowels of the castle.

When Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje reached the deepest innards of the Darelgulla castle, they found the black, wide royal chamber lit with purple flames reminiscent of the twilight glow where Demon Lord Nosgorath sat alone on the throne. Nosgorath stood up from his throne and slowly walked down the steps toward them. They drew their weapons and faced him. Nosgorath explained to them that he was created by the Demon Emperor and the light-winged people, which have arrogantly turned to depose the gods. As punishment, destruction rained down on them, compelling them to transport their nation, the Ravernal Empire, to the future. However, the four could not hide their surprise at the fact that they were the ones who made Nosgorath. He told them that after the Ravernal Empire was in their absence, he had left to control the new world until the Ravernal Empire would be returning to this world in the far future.

When Nosgorath finished explaining, the four were beyond angry at what they heard. Ta Lou jumped to land the first strike on Nosgorath. Ta Lou was parried, stopping the blade with his bare arm. Nosgorath’s eyes glowed red, looking at Ta Lou. He then cast a spell, the shockwave of which threw him back toward the wall behind him. When he walked toward Ta Lou, Kijje threw some rocks down his way, but the rocks turned pulverized upon striking Nosgorath and reformed at the wave of Nosgorath’s hand. Then the pulverized rocks flew back to Kijje at high speeds. Taking a blow to his abdomen, Kijje was forced to kneel in pain. Luca ran to Kijje to seal the wound. Besides the Demon Lord, Ta Lou rose from the debris of the wall he crashed into and returned with his beloved blade unsheathed. He cackled with laughter after he heard Nosgorath's answer about his greatness and insulted him as disrespecting his greatness, giving him anger. Nosgorath was about to cast a hellfire spell when his magical power suddenly vanished. When Nosgorath finally realized what happened, Ta Lou tricked him into shutting his magic off along with his existence, which made it already too late.

All around Nosgorath, countless blobs of orange light appeared, tracing countless lines of light all around him, which the four let the Demon Lord blab on. Luca knew their slim chances of winning since it wasn’t enough to destroy the Demon Lord. She drew up a magical barrier to seal him inside. After Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje heard her explanation, they all decided to exchange their life energy which required their sacrifice of the magical barrier to seal the Demon Lord for all eternity. However, the barrier itself couldn’t kill, but the magical powers of the people inside neutralized, and the flow of time stopped, trapping those insides into an immobile state. Having not encountered the Demon Lord personally up to that point, Luca knew that the risk of casting the spell without prior rehearsal would be too much.

As Luca began the main chant for the spell itself, Kijje’s body began to glow and fade away. Then Ta Lou’s body also started to glow. Kenshiva, who thought his next, was taken aback when Luca’s body started glowing before his turn. Luca explained to Kenshiva that she could only be cast her magic as a retainer of the god of fate. No one knew what happened to the four and the Demon Lord. She wanted to entrust his return to tell their story and its immortalization. Considering Kenshiva’s case, he should still have two years left as a beastman who was able to put up resistance against the sickness. Kenshiva reluctantly agreed that persuaded by Ta Lou. With those last words, Ta Lou and Luca disappeared, leaving Kenshiva and a Demon Lord sealed. The power of the barrier would slowly decay over time.