Giselle Mercury

Giselle Mercury (ジセル-マーキュリー, Jiseru Mākyurī) is a character debuting in Daybreak Chapter: A Change of Perspective; and a former scientist from the Magic Council. She was involved with the Human-God Project; the same project that created the homunculus race; and most importantly, Crux Kouga and Vivian Starkkewolfe. She had used her own cells in order to create Vivian but didn't do the same for Crux. Giselle's complex and mysterious past, revealed in pieces during the story, directly ties into the stories of Vivian and Crux, and helps set the stage for the story's events.

Appearance
Giselle's appearance is that of a beautiful young adult; with an almost perfect figure. She has light-green hair which reaches down to her ankles; it is arranged to have clumps covering her forehead; her hairstyle is parted in the middle, with two of her bangs framing her face on the sides; she additionally has ruby-red eyes, a trait shared with Vivian. She will wear glasses on occasions where she needs to think hard.

Giselle's attire is that of a tight black jumpsuit with red linings that clings to her body. In addition, Giselle wears a white scarf that reaches down to her knees. Giselle's most distinctive feature is her red cloak, held in place over her shoulders and lower face by several buckles, and she wears a golden gauntlet on her left arm.

Personality and Traits
Giselle acts too logically and lacks common sense, which is demonstrated when she stripped in front of others without thinking about it, a result of her years being a researcher. She appears almost ice-cold and quiet; her quietness is not due to a lack of self-confidence however; it is because she does not fear anything; aside from her nightmares and that person. She has a "no-nonsense" attitude, and follows through with her goals with unexpected determination, putting said order before anything else. Giselle always remains bitter and apathetic towards other people, disliking "humans" so to speak.

She does not seem to care about the individuals she aids or others, thinking only of them as tools to further her goal, evident by the fact that she didn't care if Tsuruko Sejren was killed from the side effects of her Trance Mode after lying about mastering its powers. She usually formulates plans that usually get more people than just her objective people harmed; and for this, she is seen as extremely dangerous.

Originally, having difficulty with children, her experiences after becoming a teacher to each of the homunculus change this. The only people she is kind and considerate to is her "children", whom she is fiercely loyal to, willing to make the Magic Council her enemy, make use of weak mages, as well as willingly cause destructive phenomena for their sake. However, she feels an enormous amount of guilt for being forced to leave a young Crux with the other scientists, who made him into the monster he is today. To this end, she would even assist Vivian in order to atone for her past mistakes. The bags under her eyes are a direct consequence of her intense dedication to her work as a researcher and the lack of sleep.

History
As a researcher in the Advanced Education Department, under the supervision of Guran Doma, Giselle was part of a team that researched how to gather fragments of deity-esque beings and implant them into artificially created fetuses; creating homunculi; she was even the creator of the first and seventh homunculi, giving the seventh subject her DNA. During her tenure with the project, Giselle was tasked by Doma to become a teacher for homunculi as she has a teaching license. During her time as an instructor to the children she first thought of them as a nuisance, however she eventually formed a bond with them, especially to Crux Kouga. Giselle treated Crux like a son, who was always happy and child-like. He would always look up to Giselle, even now calling her one of the smartest beings there is and even eating badly made food she cooked.

Over time, Giselle planned on escaping the Magic Council with Crux, but was unable to, thus forcing her to leave Crux behind with the people who forced him to undergo various experiments; deeply warping his psyche and causing his mind to shatter, transforming into the unstable mess that he is currently. The experiments she had partaken in eventually helped in the improvisation of the Crystallized Mage Essence and the Body Clear, a drug that can be used to surpass a magician's limits. Realizing that she had done so much damage, she began plotting her revenge against the Magic Council, and she wished to atone for making Crux a monster. In order to atone, Giselle locked herself within a coffin in the basement of Bevelle Mansion, where she slept mostly undisturbed for twenty years to atone for her "sins". She constantly relived her "nightmare" as a punishment for her inability to stop Guran Doma from taking Crux away. By the time Daybreak Chapter rolls around, Tsuruko hears groaning coming from a coffin in the Bevelle Mansion basement, she opens it and is startled to find a sleeping person. Deciding against disturbing the slumbering woman, Tsuruko replaces the cover, which locks back into place.

Equipment
Nanomachines (ナノマシン, Nanomashin): Nanomachine is the general term for a machine ranging in size from one micrometer (one-thousandth of a millimeter) to one nanometer (one-millionth of a millimeter) using MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) technology. An example of a nanomachine would be a protein aggregate resembling the structure of a man-made motor using biomolecules such as DNA, proteins, and resins as parts. When she was working with the Magic Council, she, like the rest of the scientists, had managed to inject nanomachines within her body in order to withstand any unexpected attacks from the test subjects. Giselle's heart is the origin of her machines; through pumping nanomachines from her heart to her other organs; she is capable of harnessing their power. Her nanomachines serve as a fat burner and an immortality inducer; with them, Giselle is by all intents and purposes immortal, never aging. Additionally, it serves to push her already physically fit body to reach superhuman levels; running faster than a speed bullet-train, leaping over a building in a single bound, and being capable of surviving the most vicious of attacks without a scratch. However, they take an enormous amount of energy to activate; and at most, they can only be utilized for ten minutes before Giselle becomes exhausted.
 * Electricity Generation: Finally, Giselle's nanomachines possess the ability to act like "amplifier circuits". When activated in such a way, the nanomachines will, for a short time increase the effectiveness of the electricity she is capable of discharging; which itself is accessed by pressing their energy absorption to the limit. It can absorb energy if said resources were several miles below her; this energy-absorbing ability grants her a pseudo-electromagnetic ability, as it allows her to temporarily levitate surrounding objects/vehicles and use them as projectiles to throw against her enemies. The volts that she releases with this function are around 500,000,000 volts, and the electric current is far beyond 250,000 amperes; being far beyond the discharge of a bolt of lightning; but due to its immense destructive power, this power is reserved for a particularly tough opponent or impossible situation.

Lacrima (魔水晶 (ラクリマ), Rakurima): Lacrima is a Magic crystalline substance found in both Earth Land and Edolas. Lacrima can be powered up with different spells and used for different purposes. Lacrima is crystallized Magic. Metaphysically, Lacrima calls upon the wisdom of the world in order to manipulate nature itself. This manifests as the phenomenon of magic for most Lacrima, although other Lacrima pieces enhance the user's abilities. To withdraw the power from the stabilized crystal, a shock triggered by the user's mind is required. As a result the Lacrima user's mind is weakened and frequent use of Lacrima without rest taxes their stamina. A Mage can charge their Magic into a Lacrima to suit their uses. Lacrima is best used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armour. Once slotted into an equipment piece, the user can unleash powerful attacks or call upon special effects relating to the type of Lacrima itself. Using Lacrima has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Lacrima equipped, some stats may be hindered or enhanced. Giselle is noted to be the person who revolutionized the art of using Lacrima; as she was the person who invented Dragon Slayer Lacrima through her knowledge of dragonkind and began to enable creation of Lacrima-adaptable Magic Items.

White Swan: Raising Heart (白鵠・レイジング・ハート, Byakkō: Reijingu Hāto): Raising Heart is the name of Giselle's personalized sword; it is prominent in her past. Raising Heart is classified as an enormous broadsword; from tip to handle, it is approximately five to six feet long, with a single-edged, enormous blade approximately one foot wide. It sports a bolted steel base and blade, and there are two holes on the blade near the hilt; possessing winged motif etched upon it, which is tinted a shade of gold. Raising Heart is white with engraved marks on it, a prominent sharpened edge and the slots are equipped with a latch cover. Standing from the tip of the blade, the sword is nearly as tall as Giselle, surpassing the latter's height by just a few centimeters; as of the current time, the sword is wrapped in bandages. When Giselle was recruited to the Magic Council, Giselle's father had the blade forged for her. Her parents borrowed a large amount of money for the sword and Giselle's father worked as much as he could to pay back the debt, eventually falling ill and passing away. Giselle decided to take care of the sword in her father's memory, and uses it as little as possible to avoid it being damaged, instead fighting with a standard sword. Raising Heart as a whole pays homage to the white swan; a creature symbolic of Giselle's past. The damage Raising Heart deals depends on Giselle's current magical power in relation to her maximum magical power; the higher it is, the greater the damage dealt. The aura around the blade changes colours depending on Giselle's magical power, from a dark blue and purple when she has nearly expended it all, to a bright blue and white when she is in top shape.

Ways of Combat
Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Even before receiving her nanomachines, Giselle was known to be an incredibly talented master of the art of swordfighting. Her fighting style is known as Hissatsuken (必殺剣, Killing Move Sword). She attacks very quickly, leaping through the air to strike enemies with her long sword, carving a trail of destruction through the area. Considering that she was capable of battling foes such as Crux Kouga and even Guran Doma in his aged-down form, not to mention an entire division of the Rune Knights, it can be assumed Giselle is one of the most powerful characters in the Dawn universe.
 * Hissatsuken (必殺剣, Killing Move Sword): Giselle's personal fighting style which she taught to Crux Kouga; it is focused around swift draws; similar to the art of Iaidō; sword style where the user quick draws the blade extremely fast to strike, then re-sheathing it after every attack. Giselle's speed is so fast that she prevents opponents from reciting magical incantations and releasing their powers making it highly effective against mages, however, if one has no need for incantations or have short release commands, then they could hamper Giselle's advantage. Giselle is able to strike so fast that the opponent does not realize they have been cut until she sheathes her weapon; slicing up to ten times in a row in the span of a few moments, relying on a combination of power, strength, and speed, always on the offensive, attacking with wide, fast, and powerful swings, performing amazing feats of acrobatics, such as somersaults and backflips, not only for attack, but also to evade the slashes and strikes of her opponents. It is a style of sword fighting that is free in its movements, sparse, restrained, adapted to brawls and to duels, than to the fields of large scale battles. With this style of swordsmanship, the user takes into account and adapts to the opponent's weaponry, contrary to other ways of battle which taught to impose dominance without taking into account the opponent. Hissatsuken takes into account the geography of the terrain, the hour of battle, and other parameters. It is effective against ranged weapons and magical blasts for this reason; being almost undefeated. Hissatsuken is an extremely powerful way of fighting; and as such, is only usable by the most skilled of warriors. The user learns to use the sword not only to defend their position but to also have the "power of adaptability" in facing different individuals, much as a captain must consider the winds and change sails in order to travel in the best direction to reach their objective. It is similar to a hunting hawk, which must constantly reconsider the best trajectory in which to strike effectively. Like the raptor, it is necessary to be able to anticipate, to be able to assess and definitively act. "Move with the mind, in order to move with the body" is one of the central tenets of style. If the user's sword does not stop the movement of the enemy, then they try to fit to the opponent's rhythm, thus entering into the mind of the adversary to find their weakness.
 * Gokōjin (後光刃, Halo Blade): Giselle's signature technique; when performing Halo Blade, she gathers and condenses her magical power within Raising Heart; once it is compressed, she grips the hilt of the enormous sword; unsheathing it at incredible speeds from any range that she wishes. It is manifested by collecting magical energy, absorbing magical particles from an opponent or gathering magical particles, giving Giselle many ways to form this attack; however, each and every way of materializing this attack is functionally the same. The moment that Giselle unsheathes Raising Heart at incredible speeds, she releases the magical energy that she has gathered in the form of an azure, halo-esque spinning ring projectile that is launched off of her blade with enough power to bust an adversary to shreds. Its principal use is to strike at adversaries outside of the sword's range. Essentially, it breaks the air with a slash and forces out a powerful blast of pure magical energy at the adversary. Because it is essentially the release of focused magical energy, it is capable of destroying anything with a decisive strike of cutting magical waves. What should be noted is that Gokōjin possessing homing properties; tracking the foe's heat signature in order to sniff them out and deal damage. Giselle's mastery over this technique is such that she does not need to unsheathe the blade, but simply use it as an attack at close range.
 * Hattō Issen (八刀一閃, Eight Blades in One Flash): Hattō Issen is one of Giselle's signature sword skills; when performing it, she charges magical energy within her sword and immediately teleports towards the opponent; either behind them, or in front of them. From there, she grasps her sword with both hands and swings in all directions at tremendous speeds; unleashing a swift sequence of sword slashes that are so fast that more often than not the opponent cannot keep up; to the untrained eye, it appears as if it is merely a single, godspeed sword slash that strikes eight times in quick succession. While the multitude of attacks are extremely powerful, the deadliness lies in how many strikes the attack deals. Because of the speed that Giselle swings her blade, it seems as if she has unleashed these blows concurrently, enabling them to all impact upon the foe's body at the same time. The slashes close on the enemy from all sides to create a prison, allowing no chance for defense or evasion. It should be noted that if the foe deflects one, then the others will surely hit, and due to the close range, if the opponent attempts to escape, the blade will quickly cut them down.
 * Reiraku Byakuya (零落白夜, Midnight Sun Faded Glory): Reiraku Byakuya is prepared by assuming an unusual stance; dropping into a partial crouch, both knees bend, right arm drawn back and left extended forward while Giselle winds up her sword arm. Focusing her magical energy into her feet to get a better foothold as well as her left wrist to augment the strike, Giselle waits for the foe to draw close, before instantly breaking out of the stance and thrusting at the foe whilst releasing her sword arm, creating a drill effect with extreme force at high speeds, piercing through many an obstruction while tearing through the air itself; dealing piercing penetrating damage. The technique is considered quite deadly, as the Reiraku Byakuya has only a precious few blind spots to be exploited. Despite the apparent inflexibility of using one attack repeatedly, it has many useful applications; it is capable of being utilized from many stances to unleash varying effects; each of them being equally devastating.
 * Tsuihōryūga (追放竜牙, Banishing Dragon Fang): A powerful technique; where the user plants their sword into the ground, dragging it slightly as to send up sparks from the sword, before allowing their magical energy to course through the blade, creating a unique reaction that is caused by the sparks igniting the magical energy, manifesting a whirling mass of blazing flames upon the user's sword. This not only increases the power of the sword swings, but also, the flames burn anything that they come into contact with. The result is being simultaneously burned and slashed simultaneously, giving this attack great power. Lastly, this technique is nearly unblockable as the blazing blade can easily cut through steel. Furthermore, if an opponent is stabbed, the flames spread to their body, causing them to catch ablaze. By swinging the sword, the user can throw the condensed flames against enemies that are far away. Once more, in environments where the oxygen is particularly condensed, this technique can cause explosions, just by swinging the sword towards the hapless opponent.
 * Ryūseigufū (流星颶風, Shooting Star Tornado): The most powerful non-special technique of the Hissatsuken; when performing this technique, the user thrusts their sword above their head; swinging it around like a propeller. By doing this, the user gathers numerous air currents and channels them into their sword while condensing their magical power into their blade; once this has been done, the user swings their blade forward, unleashing an enormous tornado with their own might. This tornado is ignited by the user's own latent magical power, causing crackling electricity to form around the tornado, giving it an explosive touch due to the wind and lightning combined, which is only bolstered tremendously as the user adds in flames from Tsuihōryūga into the mixture; creating a mixture of the three most powerful elements. The tornado shoots forward like a meteor heading towards the opponent; all with the simple purpose of destruction; the tornado peaks at 120m/s, with a pressure of 900HPA; essentially possessing enough power to rip an enormous hole in the user's opponent through mere touch. Once the opponent is caught by the tornado, the triple elements decompress; exploding violently and dealing tremendous damage to the user's opponent.
 * Hissatsuken Ōgi: Shinzō no Owari (必殺剣奥義・心臓の終わり, Killing Move Sword Secret Art: End of Heart): The strongest technique of Hissatsuken; it is an attack above all others; one that none could hope to evade. When beginning it, the user pours all of their magical energy into their blade, compressing it while gathering stray magical energy from the atmosphere and adding it into the equation. Once this is done, it produces the effect of the user's sword being basked in a brilliant azure aura, with several white wisps of energy swirling around the aura. From there, the moment that the opponent attacks, the user counters by unleashing an overwhelming sword slash which releases a projectile wave of azure light; shaped in the form of a jagged arc. When the user charges this move, it becomes unblockable—however, the user isn't invincible while charging. The projectile wave deals significantly less damage than the initial hit of the super, but luckily the sword slash has great range so typically it's the part that connects. After firing, the path of the blast can be controlled, and it possesses explosive power and speed; it is capable of immense destruction, as shown when it shot through several towers upon the first use. The arc of energy will launch itself towards the user's enemy, ignoring obstacles, ignoring magic, ignoring any form of magical or supernatural defense, blowing through them outright. The only true method by which one can defeat this technique is through constant evasion, since the light will without exhaustion continue to search for its target. Attacking or deflecting the attack only causes it to rebound for a moment before it begins its attack pattern anew, though it can be worn down with repeated assault. This attack strikes the opponent nineteen times; dealing overwhelming damage.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Giselle is a master of Bāguàzhǎng; a Chinese martial art, which is a rather uncanny fighting style. Because she is a practitioner of Bāguàzhǎng; Giselle is granted the perfect fighting style for her; as it requires swift footwork, something she takes in stride due to her uncannily high speed. With every blow that Giselle unleashes, she deals tremendous internal damage to her foe by causing her attacks to impact upon the foe's pressure points at the exact angle, which allows her to assault their organs without fail—but outwardly, it seems that Giselle's physical attacks are unable to inflict any visible damage; but if Giselle strikes her foe hard enough, she can trigger a violent internal explosion. Because of her mastery of this art, Giselle is able to alter, affect, and even disrupt the flow of magical energy in the foe, via blunt attacks, sending her kinetic energy through her limbs and into the opponent's body, drastically weakening their joints and causing irregularities in their internal and external powers, essentially sending her own magical energy into them, and causing their magical energy to surrender to her; making her foe's attacks unable to deal any damage at all.
 * Hyappō Shinsō (百方神葬, Hundred Steps True Funeral): This move is a technique that focuses on destroying an object in two hits. The first blow is absorbed by the objects initial resistance, and the second destroys the object, which has no more resistance to sustain itself. With this technique, Giselle is able to supplement her strength with the ability to completely pulverize matter. She does this by implementing a double-strike, first using the proximal interphalangeal joints of her right hand and then folding her hand to strike with the proximal phalanx joints. The first strike counters and negates the target object's natural resistance and the second strike, delivered within 1/75th of a second, strikes the target object before it can recover from the initial blow, thereby causing it to shatter completely. This allows her to strike an object quickly, with only milliseconds between each attack. She completely destroys the object, letting the first strike dissipate the natural resistance of the object and the second strike destroying the object while it is weakened. Giselle is able to use this technique with, not only her fists, but also with her head, elbows, knees and feet.

Physical Abilities
Immense Strength: Despite being trained in martial arts; Giselle's physical strength is really nothing to write home about- it is very much below average- a major contributing factor to this is her low physical durability, and the fact that it is virtually impossible for her to take a 'serious' hit; though it is still very much above the average human. Because of this, she, at her strongest, is capable of breaking wood and she uses quick kicks and jabs to produce extra pain to the opponent, and while at first these blows do not seem as if they are inflicting any particular harm, the damage racks up frighteningly fast, but when being enhanced by her nanomachines, she becomes frighteningly powerful.
 * Nanomachine-Enhanced Strength: In her peak fighting condition, through the use of her nanomachines she is able to further manipulate the energy stored inside her body well enough to the point of being capable of accumulating said energy into her fists, similar to how she is able to compress her nanomachines to form a stronger exterior as detailed below, thereby greatly enhancing her punches while also allowing her to create extremely powerful bursts of energy on impact; in which the dispersal of said energy through the ground can even create flaming shockwaves and gigantic firewalls. Her ability to create bursts of shockwaves is also heightened to the point of causing massive explosions around herself; in which it was strong enough to push debris out of her way while causing damage at a much wider range than before.

Tremendous Speed: As befitting her light frame, even though she is physically weaker than most of the cast, Giselle is noticeably faster. Without using any particular type of movement-enhancing technique, Giselle usually moves at speeds rivaling those of a Wizard Saint. Her movements are so tremendously swift that few would be likely to see an attack take place; and due to her nanomachines, she only becomes even faster.
 * Nanomachine-Enhanced Speed: For speed purposes; Giselle can utilize the energy manipulating ability of her nanomachines to dash and propel herself in large distances through short bursts of energy expenditure, moving at supersonic speeds, even nearing that of hypersonic speeds, so swift that more often than not her opponents are unable to track her movements, merely appearing as a flash of jet-black energy that bursts through the air, and her speed enables her to attack almost a multiple of fifty times in a row per second; and she manages to move fast enough to instantly close a huge gap of space between her and the opponent and even seemingly disappear from sight in the span of a millisecond. Finally, the nanomachines enable Giselle to flight for a short amount of time.

Low Durability: The only thing that Giselle lacking is her stamina, which is very much below average- a major contributing factor to this is her low physical strength and speed, and the fact that it is virtually impossible for her to take a 'serious' hit; in addition to her sickly body which brought on such conditions due to her past as a street rat-turned lab experiment. She is neither particularly slow nor particularly swift, but her slender and small frame makes her a difficult target; Giselle even notes that in a straight up battle with the "big hitters", she would go down in "five seconds, give or take". She is completely unable to fight prolonged battles in close-quarters, and thus, she opts to use her nanomachines in order to make her extremely durable.
 * Nanomachine-Enhanced Automatic Defenses: Because her body is infused with nanomachines, with the heart acting as the origin of her power source, which upon her will could merge with her body parts and harden in response to physical trauma, Giselle has an enormous amount of durability. This makes her incredibly difficult to injure all while granting her extreme durability and strength. It activates by allowing Giselle's magical energy to influence the nanomachines in her body the moment that she is attacked; hardening her skin immensely to the point that her skin seems to be made from diamonds; this is represented by a faint pattern tracing the veins beneath the surface of her skin, which is only visible on the afflicted area when struck; it is on this pattern that the nanomachines condense on the veins, emitting a powerful repulsive force that instantly deflects the attack. With this automated defense, even attacks delivered by a Wizard Saint can potentially be negated completely. This defense can also be used to aid Giselle against critical wounds that have already been inflicted, able to stop the severe loss of blood that would be caused from said wound.

Nanomachine-Induced Regeneration: Beyond just granting Giselle super-human capabilities, her nanomachines also act as self-repair units in her body. When inflicted with further injury, she is able to heal herself and restore energy by continually absorbing it from her surroundings; notably from machinery. This energy-absorbing system mainly circulates on her back, emitting a glow of green light shining from a specific area located near her heart. With this, she can heal herself in the middle of a fight, though it also leaves her vulnerable. The extent of this healing is to the point that she can regenerate severed limbs with ease., recovering from any damage she sustains by allowing her to heal at a drastically increased rate, closing the wounds on her body and growing back any lost limbs within extremely short periods of time, all with nanomachines. While this ability to regenerate is indeed powerful, it is not without its flaws. Despite the extent to which it can heal the body, internal organs such as the brain cannot be regenerated; if such irreparable damage is sustained, the rest of the body can continue to regenerate, though to no avail. In addition, if the body is damaged before it has the chance to heal, or if enough damage is inflicted at once, it can be destroyed nonetheless. However, a flaw with the nanomachines is that they need to be continuously operating in order to benefit her in its healing properties: If she had the nanomachines shut down and they end up reactivating around the same time she experiences a mortal wound, the nanomachines, while still maintaining their function of rapid healing, will cause unbearable pain to her in the process.

Other
Immense Intelligence: Being a former scientist for the Magic Council, and the origin of the Human-God Project, Giselle is shown to be immensely intelligent. She possesses a perceptive eye and remarkable intuition. She possesses a genius that is rarely matched, and it is prevalent through her ways of fighting. While others were content simply to achieve the power, speed and technique of their regular magic, Giselle was interested in developing her own type of magic, creating a variety of techniques and abilities to suit her needs. However, Giselle's ability to discern even the most closely guarded of secrets is where her true prowess lies. Additionally, Giselle is a bit of a smooth talker, able to maneuver herself in favorable situations and coerce even the most resilient minds to comply with her words. Giselle is very polite, and soft-spoken, speaking in a very eloquent manner, even her opponents. She has a great talent for analyzing and observing everything in her presence, allowing her to quickly understand a person's pattern of thinking and better talk to them. She is well-versed in the history, strategy, tactics of the world, and is privy to knowledge previously unknown to many, such as knowing of the existence of a Dimensional Transferor, as well as the obscure method in which to make one. In battle, Giselle's preference is to concoct strategies based on deduction of her opponents' abilities and fighting style. Giselle has molded herself into a master strategist, tactician, and analyst. She is frequently the first person to point out or find a weakness in her opponent's abilities or fighting style and exploit them to her advantage. The weakness of this is that in her attempt to understand and come up with a way to defeat her opponent, she tends to go easy on her opponent at first and is often the most injured of the main characters. Nevertheless, her ability to think several steps before the enemy almost always ensures her victory.

Magical Abilities
Intense Magical Power: Being a top scientist of the Magic Council, Giselle possesses an enormous amount of magical power, even rivaling that of a Wizard Saint's. Her skill and control at using manipulating her demon energy aura allows her to perform a variety of abilities. Giselle has undergone numerous experiments in order to raise her magical energy to this insurmountable level.
 * Makō (魔晄, Magic Light): Makō is a unique power; it was gained by countless experiments performed upon herself in order to learn the "true essence of magic". Makō is the liquid form of magic; creating Makō energy for electricity, and also for condensing it into Lacrima. Makō is a real-life equivalent for oil, as being removed from Earth Land by Giselle, used up, and then ceasing to be. However, its mutagenic properties, the fact that its energy is produced in reactors, and its controversial nature show that it also symbolic for nuclear power. The Makō extraction is a process that would eventually lead to Earth Land's death. Makō is similar to radioactive materials in that prolonged exposure can lead to genetic mutation, poisoning, and ultimately death. Living things, both plants and animals, that have been over-exposed to Makō, can suddenly mutate. Makō can give people a powerful boost of energy; granting them far greater strength and cognitive ability than ordinary people possess, provided they are mentally strong enough to handle the Makō infusion process without going insane. Giselle can utilize Makō in order to power those around her and herself, giving them an inexhaustible amount of magical power, and increasing all of their attributes twentyfold.

Numerous Magic Spells: Being a developer of magic spells, Giselle knows a fair amount of experimental magic; she is an expert at developing new spells and new ways of using old spells, and an expert at delayed spells. Due to her natural magic, Giselle is capable of weaving spells together; and her magic is noticeably more stable than most others with magic abilities, and therefore it doesn't breakdown at all and is not easily deflected; it can be said that Giselle's spells are almost unstoppable. Giselle, due to her incredible skill, is able to cast spells up to the high #80's range without the need for an incantation without any loss of power. Well, it can be said that she didn't achieve it by herself, but the experiments performed upon her body in her early years enabled her to achieve this skill quicker than most. Because of her immense mastery of magic, Giselle can chain up to a maximum of fifteen spells together by applying her great mind and concentrating; focusing to her utmost limit—because of this connection, the special effect of the casted spells are sprung into activation instantly after the spell before it, or at the exact same time as one another. This enables Giselle to unleash attacks in swift succession and effortlessly overpower her opponents quickly.
 * Gamma Magic (ガンマ・マジック, Ganma Majikku): An experimental magic that Giselle was developing during her time with the Magic Council; it allows Giselle to produce and manipulate gamma rays. Gamma radiation, also known as gamma rays, and denoted by the Greek letter γ, refers to electromagnetic radiation of high frequency and therefore high energy per photon. Gamma rays are ionizing radiation, and are thus biologically hazardous. They are classically produced by the decay from high energy states of atomic nuclei (gamma decay), but are also created by other processes. Gamma rays are produced by a number of astronomical processes in which very high-energy electrons are produced, that in turn cause secondary gamma rays by the mechanisms of bremsstrahlung, inverse Compton scattering and synchrotron radiation. In Giselle's case, she is capable of emitting gamma radiation and shaping it in any way that she desires; being able to canalize it in the form of devastatingly powerful beams.
 * Gamma Ray (ガンマ・線, Ganmasen): The main offensive spell of Gamma Magic; when performing it, Giselle's cupped hands are drawn to her side and the her magical is concentrated into a single point between the cupped hands; the hands must be very close or touching. The hands are then thrust forward to shoot out a streaming, powerful beam of gamma energy. The blast can also be used, generally under extenuating circumstances, with just one arm or even the feet. This gamma ray possesses immense destructive power; causing everything around it to spontaneously explode via the radiation that it emits merely by being released; when it strikes, it envelops the target in a sphere of energy which then itself detonates. A gamma wave is a pattern of neural oscillation in humans with a frequency between 25 to 100 Hz, though 40 Hz is typical, and gamma waves may be implicated in creating the unity of conscious perception (the binding problem).
 * Gamma Defenser (ガンマ・フェンサー, Ganma Fensā): Gamma Defenser is one of Giselle's most powerful spells; with it, she can protect herself from any offensive special attack. Gamma Defenser takes the form of a octahedral energy shield with black outlines. When performing the Gamma Defenser, Giselle crosses her arms and bends her legs slightly upward while hovering in the air. She then forms Gamma Defenser around herself, with the Gamma Defenser itself rotating around her at high speed and protecting her from all kinds of damage, while her own body glows in a multitude of white, blue and purple colours. Unlike most other magical spells, the Gamma Defenser is completely costless, and Giselle can utilize it at any time that she sees fit. While the Gamma Defenser is active, Giselle is invulnerable to any damage from any magical spells; because it is composed of gamma radiation, it will instantly break the opposing projectile down into pure magical energy and essentially vaporize it. However, Giselle can still be affected by spells that affect the area, or nature itself. Also, while Gamma Defenser is being used, Giselle cannot maneuver, but she can maintain her momentum and even exceed her maximum speed when using it before using a nanomachine speed boost.

Oversoul Magic
Oversoul Magic (オーバーソウル・マジック, Ōbasōru Majikku): A powerful magic that was borne from numerous experiments; it is said to be a perfect mix of scientific knowledge and magic. When utilizing this magic, the user is able to form and reshape almost any part of their body into various weapons by using the nanomachines in their body; this is done by stimulating the nanomachines with the user's magical power; which causes them to submit to the user's will; granting them complete control over them. All in all, Oversoul Magic allows the user to turn almost any part of their body parts into various objects, preferably weapons or tools used for combat; the nanomachines that circulate through their body allow them to do this. The user usually utilizes their long hair for transformation, occasionally using their arms and feet. When nothing else is within reach, they can form their body or limbs into claws, blades, guns, hammers, etc. In short, their arsenal is limited only by their imagination. Additionally, the user can alter their density to be as malleable or as hard as they wish; they can manipulate and alter skin, nails, fat, muscles, blood, nerves, etc., allowing them to freely alter and manipulate themselves; and they can additional appendages and body-parts, remove them or otherwise manipulate bodies, in visible, chemical and cellular/sub-cellular levels. The user can absorb the organic matter of other living creatures, converting it into more biomass. This process sustains and regenerates the user's health. In addition, the user can consume individuals, absorbing their knowledge, skills, and even their physical form, which they can call upon at will. They can manipulate their physical form to create weapons to attack their enemies, generate armour to defend themselves, and take on the appearance of another person to disguise themselves. A downside to Oversoul Magic is that if the user utilizes the power excessively, the nanomachines in their body overheat, leaving them extremely weak and unable to move; sometimes causing them to pass out.

Memory Control
Memory Control (記憶操作, Kioku Sōsa): Memory Control is a Caster Type Magic utilized by Giselle, which allows her to add her existence to other people's memories, making it seem like they have known her for a long time, allowing her to pass unnoticed and easily infiltrate even large groups of people. In Giselle's case; she is capable of not only inserting herself into the memories of others; but manipulating memories in their entirety; it is a very powerful ability involving the human mind which includes reading other people's memories, telepathy, changing a person's personality by means of brainwashing, memory elimination, amplification of will, institution of illusions, and transplantation of emotions. She can control her own memories and others, allowing her to modify, fabricate, suppress, influence, repair, restore, erase, detect, and view them. She can change memories to confuse, wipe away certain memories to cause amnesia, discern and provoke nostalgia, and enter the victim into a psychic vision, replaying their memory. It has also been shown that she can somehow prevent the use of powers and movement of other people using this magic, making it extremely powerful. Giselle's skill with Memory Control apparently have so many applications that she does not have a stable control if it unless she creates "boundaries" for herself.
 * Demon Emperor Fist (幻朧魔皇拳, Genrōmaōken): With a quick movement of her hands, Giselle "cuts" the air, thus opening a kind of space in the atmosphere. Then after the space has been cut open, she shoots a beam of light that goes through the opponent's brain through a vacuum created due to lack of air resistance. The weak version can paralyze the opponent's nervous system for a few minutes, rendering them immobile and ultimately open to any attack. The more powerful version allows Giselle to strike into the mind of her opponents, allowing her to "brainwash" the opponent and take-over a person and use his or her body to interact with other people in long distance. She has the ability to control up to ten people at once using her full power. However, Giselle mainly uses Demon Emperor Fists to relay messages to others by controlling a person and giving them orders to meet her target and give them information. After the person has relayed the message her target, they return back to normal, unaware of what they have been doing.
 * Nemesis Horizon (天の岩戸, Nemeshisu Horaizun, lit. Heavenly Cave): Nemesis Horizon is a forbidden Memory Control spell that was outlawed decades ago due to the horrific nature of it's workings. Nemesis Horizon allows Giselle to enter the opponent's mind and manipulate them by giving them false experiences, making it seem as if they were doing things of their own free will. It is regarded as a spell of the highest class, due to the victim being entirely unaware that they are being manipulated. The person on whom the spell has been cast cannot break the spell by themself, so another person would have to break the spell for them. As a testament to its power, it is powerful enough to break Kagemusha's control over Vivian Starrkewolfe; in spite of the former's Human Subordination Magic being considered almost absolute. Upon activation, Giselle would give the order "protect the dearest to you" to whomever was affected by it. She intended this to be used on Crux Kouga, feeling immense shame for not being there for him as he was taken away from her via the other corrupt scientists, turning him into the monster he is today. The technique was instead used on Vivian; in the hopes that she would be able to get through to the Origin Fragment.