Excel

Excel is the human contractee of? Steiner, a high Tera Guardian from the? German High-Council.

History
Excel's real name is Maria. ? As a child, Excel came from a fiefdom of abundance and wealth.? After her parents passed away, Excel took over their duties to lead their fiefdom before Klaus reached of age to take over.? Excel is shown to have one younger sibling, a brother Klaus in the anime.? One day, the village is slaughtered by Alter Egos and set on fire.? After she is rescued by Steiner from "Alter Egos", who killed her younger brother, she asks Steiner to make a contract with her to make Steiner stronger. By doing so, Excel became a part of The Noble Ones with Steiner ever since.

Personality
As a veteran contractee, Excel has gained considerable experience and a keen insight. ? Her childlike appearance is the result of a mutation caused by her contract with Steiner; it severely slows down her physical growth and aging process. Because of which, she embodies the fact that one should not judge others based on appearances, and reminds people, such as? Keita Ibuki? and Mikami of it from time to time.

Excel is always shown on her gaming console, seemingly disinterested in anything.? ? In Steiner's fight with Kuro, she notes that they did not need to synchronise to win and is more engrossed in her video game rather than the fight.

She is also shown to have a romantic interest on Keita, proven by kissing him.



Relationship With Steiner
In an omake, it is revealed that the contract between them has lasted for a century.? In the commemoration of their hundred years together as well as to represent the depth of their relationship, Steiner gives Excel a ring with a green pearl, which she wears on her ring finger. Steiner also tells her that he would ask her a question after Okinawa, which she replies that she would give her sincerest answer, suggesting that he may have proposed.?

<p class="western" style="border-style:none;margin-bottom:0in;padding:0in;line-height:0.2in;"><span style="line-height:0.2in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Excel and Steiner are a strong duo of The Noble Ones with a hundred years of fighting experience together. Because of which, Excel is shown to have? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:0.2in;">much faith in Steiner's strength and is convinced that they were undefeatable together. In their fight with Kuro, Excel reprimands Steiner for continuing the fight although she wanted them to stop, showing her dominant side in the relationship as well as Steiner's respect for her.

When Excel realizes that Steiner had died in the fight against Reishin and had used a clone to save her, she cries and tells Steiner not to leave her.?

Abilities
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:0.2in;">She possesses several combat accessories called "thousands", but only two are shown in the manga. One is the Hexa Ring she wears creates the Hexa Shield which blocks attacks, while the other one is the ring she gave to Keita. The Hexa Ring is able to block off attacks of great intensity and Excel uses it to protect both herself and Steiner in battles. However, the Hexa Wall was shown to break under consistent attacks from Reishin. After the battle, Excel upped the abilities of Hexa Wall to be able to be cast anywhere rather than only in front of her, as well as to absorb attacks and reflect them at opponents, both of which she used against Reishin in the Pure Place.?

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Storyline
<p class="western" style="border-style:none;margin-bottom:0in;padding:0in;line-height:0.2in;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Excel and Steiner went missing after their infiltration mission to the Kaionji base of operations. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9pt;line-height:0.2in;">In the anime, she was rescued by one of Steiner's split images during the climax of Steiner and Reishin's showdown. Excel cries upon realizing that Steiner had died and grabs at his split image who cannot reply. I <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9pt;line-height:0.2in;">n the manga, ? she loses her left leg as well as her memories of Steiner.

<p class="western" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;line-height:0.22in;"> After Steiner is killed by [http://kurokami.wikia.com/wiki/Reishin ? Reishin ], Excel? forms a contract with Mikami Houjou from the Gingko clan to avenge his death. ? Even though Excel does not like the fact that Mikami is a money grub, she comments that she has no choice as Tera Guardians of Mikami's calibre were hard to come by, and she need to avenge Steiner's death. Mikami agrees in return for an exobitant fee as well as her feeling a connection to Excel, having lost her partner Shingo in the fight with Kuro. Before the contract is made, Excel recalls the time when Steiner gave her the ring before passing out in the washroom. While she was unconscious, she had a vision of Steiner, who told her that she had to live. She is then discovered by Mikami, who realizes that Excel's age was catching up to her with the loss of her partner, and Mikami makes a contract with her to save her.?

<p class="western" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;line-height:0.22in;">Excel states that she was not prepared and now has lost all of Steiner's tera which was once within her with the new contract. Mikami tells her that nothing lasts forever, with Shingo's house burning in the background, and she recalls her time with Shingo.? As they both ride in the car driving away from the ruins, Excel smiles as she comments on Mikami's love for money, showing that her previous resentment of the fact was gone.

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