LOTM: Sword of Kings AA Final - Eckidina Arc: Madness Sub Arc

"Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep!"

- Leohart's Cult motto

The Madness Sub Arc is the fourth major plot arc of the LOTM: Sword of Kings Saga AA and is the next arc after the end of LOTM: Sword of Kings AA Final - Eckidina Arc: Phoenix Arc, the 3.5 of LOTM: Sword of Kings AA Final - Eckidina Arc: Mafusa Gang Sub Arc; both Mafusa Gang Arc and Phoenix Arc are like prologues and prequel arcs of Madness Sub Arc as they're connected and both of the previous arcs are to introduce the true mastermind behind all evil of Saga AA that firstly showed up in LOTM: Sword of Kings AA - Raizen School Arc. In CIS Productions' naming conventions Madness Sub Arc is broken up into five sub-sagas: the Blackness Virus, Infinity Clock, Malevolence, Astaroth Future and Ara Astaroth Sub Arc.

While the numbers of episode still unknown, the arc is suppose to have 30+ episodes and is so far the longest sub arc of the Saga AA and possible the longest Sub Arc of Magic Side so far as it involves three sub sagas with different antagonists connected to the same mastermind.

Nearly all of the Madness Arc takes place on the Prime Earth in the two first sagas while the Astaroth Future takes place in other universes and planets. The main plot is the long-awaited battle between the Rogues and the Revelation of Qliphoth that was responsable for many tragic incidents in the lives of main characters. It also includes the long waited battle between Katarina against Vira, the final battle between Imperia against Heis, Aki Honda's true history King Hamdo's death, Yoshino's arrival on Earth, the truth behind Tomas Sev's Mahesvara, Kyouhei's past, Haruko Couteau and Iruka Couteau's death, the secret behind Hazama's (Yuuki Terumi) immortality that lead to Sonia Nevermind's death, as well as the origin of all demonic forces on Prime Earth with many more mysteries to be solved with the actual appearance of the true villain of the Saga AA as a whole next to The Fallen's Essence.

Unlike other sub arcs, Madness Arc's genre is more mystery, gore, psychological terror, dark fantasy with sci-fiction and action.

Blackness Virus

 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Sovietic Union's Civil War - Episode 1 & 2
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Blackness T-II Virus - Episode 3 & 4
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Undead Army - Episode 5 & 6
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Hamdo's Downfall - Episode 7 & 8
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Vira - Episode 9 & 10 (Finale)

Infinity Clock

 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Holy Eye of Order - Episode 11 & 12
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Sin Archbishops - Episode 13 & 14
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Damnation - Episode 15 & 16
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - God's Eye - Episode 17 & 18
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Forever With You - Episode 19 & 20 (Finale)

Malevolence

 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Chain Chronicle - Episode 21 & 22
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Iscariot's Salvation - Episode 23 & 24
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Astaroth King - Episode 25 & 26
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Heis' Final Judgment - Episode 27 & 28
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Knights of Astaroth (Special)
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Tears of a Fallen Hero - Episode 29 & 30 (Finale)

Astaroth Future

 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Tenguu City's Festival - Episode 11 & 12
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Argentina's Invasion - Episode 13 & 14
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Ara Astaroth - Episode 15 & 16
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - The Future That is "Astaroth" - Episode 17 & 18
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Nosferatus - Episode 19 & 20
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - 79 Pillars of Hell - Episode 21, 22 & 23
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Resistence - Episode 23 & 24 
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Lubbaby (Special)
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Prophet of the Mistress - Episode 24 & 25
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Back to the Past! - Episode 26, 27, 28 & 29 (Finale0

Ara Astaroth

 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - The Revelation of Qliphoth - Episode 30 & 31
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Beginning of the Apocalypse - Episode 32, 33 & 34
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Tomas' Determination - Episode 35 & 36
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Goddess of Darkness - Episode 37 & 38
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - White Light - Episode 39 & 40 (Finale)
 * LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - Eve Fullbuster's Hand!! - Episode 41 (Bonus)

Trivia

 * The battle against Ara Astaroth was the single longest in the entire stroy. Even without filler, the battle comprised more chapters than any other battle, even more than Aryana Westcott's arc. As it stands, the battle against Ara and her minionsis the longest of any villain in the series.
 * The Sub Arc was suppose to be the final arc of the Saga AA as Ara was the strongest villain that appeared in Saga AA and caused more harm to the main characters than any other villain but later Diabla the Qliphoth Tyrant was added to focus more on the battle for the Prime Earth.