Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five (translated as Drakengard: Five Intoners) is a short manga series relating the adventure of the sisters during that period. Here is a summary:

  The Intoners choose the Land of Sands to be their first target in their crusade in freeing Midgard. They enter the castle of Bass, the Lord of the land. His castle ornaments are made of the flesh of countless children and slaves. The Intoners manage to bypass his traps only to be captured by the Lord's guards. Bass himself appears after, piloting a giant golem that he uses to overwhelm the sisters. The Intoners manage to fight back and launch a counterattack. In the end, Bass begs One for his life, but receives no mercy. The Intoner disintegrates his head against a wall, with such force that the wall collapses on top of the headless corpse. Partition, former Bass’ assistant, joins the Intoners.

  Behind their righteous cause, the Intoner are also trying to practice their power and prepare themselves for Zero’s arrival. They are seeking more power to kill “the traitor” one day. Partition, hearing this, reveals to the girls the alleged origin of all magic: Cathedral City, and more precisely, whatever lies beyond the Mercurius Gate. With this new information, the girls and the young magician board on a boat.

  On their way toward the mysterious city, they are attacked by a kraken-like sea creature and One falls into the water. No one on board the ship is able to help her, but One eventually makes it ashore and dispatches the creature with the aid of her magic. Turning her back on the seemingly dead creature, One is tripped by one of its long tentacles, proving that it is far from dead. Luckily, though, a black dragon appears just in time to save her by crushing the creature's head. The dragon presents herself as Gabriella (please note that Dragons are a sexless race, but they seem to have male or female-like personality and names).

  While they speak, a man appears and battles One and the Dragon. This is none other than Bartas, the gatekeeper of the Mercurius Gate. Gabriella gets mildly injured and contemplates retreat. One pushes herself beyond known limits and discover her Intoner Mode. She manages to decimate Bartas until nothing is left of him, only to regain her senses and discover that he is able to regenerate his entire body. Within a burst of energy, the figure of a young boy emerges where the adult-looking Bartas once stood appears. One passes out. Gabriella, impressed by the young girl capacities, decides to flee with One and look after her during her month-long comatose state.

  Neither the Intoners nor Zero arrives first at Cathedral City; Caerula, Gray, and Shaxor have also heard about the mysterious powers lying behind the Mercurius Gate, and they are eager to open it. On their side is Bartas. Caerula told him to go read aloud a certain text written in the Old World’s language, to some sort of Terminal near the final gate. He does just that, but a holographic representation of Accord suddenly appear, stating that “The voice date is incorrect, please come again”. Bartas promptly disappear. The Lords of the Lands have no other choice but to wait and prepare an ambush against the Intoners.

  One flies toward Cathedral City, thanks to Gabriella. She meets her sisters and Partition along the way and together they arrive near the Gate. Just as they approach the door, the Lords attacks them; in an instance, Two, Three, Four, and Five are killed. One screams at the top of her lungs in horror, unleashing an incredible amount of energy. The Gate resonate with her Power of Songs and opens, pouring black ooze on the bloody floor. The liquid quickly forms dislocated arms out of its shapeless surface. They move like tentacles, trying to grasp anything in sight. The black entity grabs body parts of the dead sisters and “put them back together”. They are now nothing but puppets subject to the Black Flower will. No longer sealed behind the Mercurius Gate, it can directly force the Intoners to use their Power of Songs, summoning their Watcher from the sky. Armisael, Egregori, Phanuel, Armaros; they all get unleashed into the world, attacking the Lords and everyone nearby. Gray, the Lord of the Land of Mountains, is obliterated by Armisael’s attack. The young—but far from innocent—Shaxor tries to seek refuge beside Caerula who kill him. She rips his heart out of his chest and absorbs his magical power. However, her new youth won’t last for long: Partition kills her in the same manner.

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  In the meanwhile, Zero and Michael arrive at the city. They quickly realize how grave the situation is. She enchants four doves and sends them toward their respective Intoner. They envelop the sisters and thus deprive the Flower of their power. The Watchers immediately disappear and Michael takes advantage of this to strike the Black Flower. This attack seemingly melts it, it is unknown what happens to its physical form after this. Just when Zero confronts her sister One, Bartas reappears: His role as a gatekeeper is no more now that the Gate has been destroyed and its prisoner escaped. Deprive of his purpose, he is looking for an opponent capable of killing him.

  Zero and One decide to fight together against Bartas. He is incredibly powerful; the two girls are incapacitated in no time. Even Michael, the strongest dragon, is not able to injure him. In a last attempt to save One’s life, Gabriella uses her “Last Wish” to become a “Beast”. Dragons have this ability to wish for almost anything, once in their life. Most of them use this on their death bed to reincarnate, making them “immortal”. However, Gabriella chooses the path of the beast: in exchange for power, she will be reduced to nothing more than a mindless monster.

  With her new power, the dragon pierces Bartas with a giant light beam, killing him instantly. Still in the middle of the Beastification process, she turns against her friend One. The Intoner implores Gabriella; she will do anything to bring her to her senses. She uses the most severe forbidden Magic of the Old World: A Pact. It’s a contract between a human and a beast in which they become “Pact Partners”. By merging their spirits, and using all nearby magical energy, she is able to save her friend. However, this comes at a price: Firstly, One will remain in her childish body and never grow up. Secondly, if one should be fatally injured, it means death for both unless the pact is broken.

  One wakes up, leaning on Gabriella’s wing, her sisters next to her. They all are safe. They cry, laugh, and hug each other. Just above them, Michael flights away with Zero passed out between his claws.

  The End

  This is the end of the Utahime Five Chapter. However, the story is far from over. Knowing that her sister Zero will eventually return to kill her, One “gives birth” to a clone of herself using one of her ribs. His name is One just like his sister. She trains with him in absolute secrecy; no one must know of his existence, not even her sisters. His purpose is simple: if One were to be killed by Zero during their battle, he should be the one to take Zero's life. She also entrusts a special sword to him, made using one of Gabriella’s fangs. The weapon should be much more effective against an Intoner thanks to its draconic origin.

  The other sisters having finished to take over all Lands, each become the leader of one of them. This is the end of the Feudal Kingdom and the yearlong Intoner Civil War. The Feudal Era also marked the end of Catholicism and really the end of all forms of religion as they would eventually be overtaken by Intonerism. The new Intoner Empire was swift in making policies that kept the common people out of poverty and famine and the Intoners punished the former nobility. Especially those who tried to oppose the Intoners directly. The Empire had a year to establish itself and, in that time, it managed to invent new technologies such as Warships, Airships, dragon busting cannons as well as improved weapons and armors. At some point, the subhuman and monster races were drafted into the Imperial Army and the Intoners were now being worshipped as goddesses.

  The girls grow up abnormally fast: they are now adult-looking (except for One due to her pact), despite being 2 years old. It is also interesting to note that each Intoner has some sort of price to pay for their ability to use the Power of Song: One’s senses grow keener daily, making each of her public appearance increasingly painful. She tends to stay enclosed within the silent wall of Cathedral City’s Library. Two’s strength continues to grow gradually despise her unchanging appearance. She makes substantial efforts to avoid breaking objects or hurting people. Three’s hair continuously grows. She must cut them every day in order to move freely. Four’s nails also continuously grow. She developed the habit of biting them throughout the day. She uses hand to hand combat weapons to hide them as she is ashamed of them. Lastly, Five’s breasts grow at an ever-alarming rate, which seems to fuel her personality with bravado and confidence much to the envy of her other sisters. It can be said that Zero also paid by losing an eye for her powers.

  Each Intoner is granted a disciple to assist her in her duties, as well as to protect her from harm. They function through the Intoner as a summoner of sorts and to regulate the Intoners' high sex drive. They were created by Zero as a means to siphon off the sisters' song power (they are the human form of the dove she used to stop their rampage during Utahime Five).

  It is mentioned that a disciple's personality is shaped by the Intoner they are with, as in the case of Dito who alleges that Five brainwashes him to be her every desire. Although held fervently to the needs of their Intoners, disciples retain a sense of awareness, possessing distinct personalities that can potentially clash or agree with their respective Intoner. Some are more prevalent towards their duty of relieving the sexual desires of their Intoners, as illustrated by the casual nature of Octa asking his Intoner for sex.

  To learn more about the everyday life of the disciples, you can read Cent, Octa, Decadus, and Dito’s Novella on pages 75, 79, 82, and 86 respectively.

  One spoke a lot with her Pact Partner Gabriella; the dragon is kind of afraid of Michael. For this reason, she asks the Intoner to transform her into a daemon. The dragon becomes Gabriel. Although he possesses the mind of a primal beast, he retained his bond and loyalty to One.

  “…And thus, the Five Intoners defeated the evil lords of the land… The world that would have drowned in the depths of destruction once again found peace”. Those are the words Partition wrote on a thick parchment, chained inside his room. He is also part of the new Empire regardless of his will. He has been tasked to embellish the Intoners story and deepen the population trust in the new government.

  It is the end of the year 998. One asked everyone to come to Cathedral City before March 999. They must prepare before Zero return. The following story gives us some information about One’s everyday life during that period.?