[Eight-Layered Mist]
[Heat Lightning]
[Sudden Throwing Strike]
[Rengoku]
Unleashing more and more devestating long ranged attacks from the air, the area below Grim and Licht had been completely destroyed as Mimosa, Yuno and the two elves inhabiting Klaus and Hamon's bodies barely survived due to Grim focusing his attention on Licht.
'This power... Just how strong have you gotten Grim...'
Watching the battle from below while also doing her best to take care of the unconscious Yuno, Mimosa was in awe of Grim's sudden jump in magical power. Compared to the last time she saw him fight in the Royal Knight exam, his current power easily eclipsed anything she had seen before.
*Swoosh*
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
Agilely flying through the air with only one sword in his hand, Licht effortlessly avoided getting hit by Grim's attacks and easily closed the gap between them by using that weird melding with mana technique that bypassed his Hyper Focus to appear in front of him.
That being said, throughout the entirety of the battle Grim had noticed a polarizing fact about the way Licht fought.
'He has no long range abilities.'
It was unknown if it was due to him not using a grimoire or just the limited capabilities of the sword he was using, but everytime the two engaged in combat Licht would always do so from a melee range.
*Grins*
'So that's it.'
Knowing that he couldn't use any long ranged attacks in the battle, Grim decided to stop using his own ranged abilities in order to put the two on equal ground. Now while this may be foolish to others, in Grim's perspective it was way more fun to crush an opponent while fighting on their terms.
Using [Explosive Rush], Grim flashed in front of the elf leader and raised his beast swords high into the air.
[Crazy Cutting]
Slashing the swords downwards, the gray aura blades around Grim's figure worked in union with his swords as they all aimed to tear Licht into pieces.
'Leader of the elves? Melding with Mana? Swordsmanship? Who gives a fuck about that shit! If you can't withstand something like this then you're no different from trash I meet everyday!'
With the magical power enhancement from his Elven Form, the current speed and cutting power of [Crazy Cutting] was off the charts!
"Die for me."
*Slash!!*
*Slash!!*
*Slash!!*
Watching the beast swords and aura blades approaching him, Licht remained emotionless as he slowly tilted his body to the side and started dodging the blades by a hair breath.
*SWOOSH!!*
*SWOOSH!!*
*SWOOSH!!*
'Ha... Ha... He's even able to dodge something as fast as this! This guy's insane!!'
Feeling more and more motivated by the second, the ferrocity within Grim's attacks skyrocketed as he was becoming determined to at the very least cut Licht's clothes.
Unfortunately for him, Licht wasn't a passive fighter that he could test his abilities on.
While dodging Grim's insane attacks, Licht abruptly swung his sword upwards.
*Ting*
'Huh?'
Lowering it again, the sound of steel striking against steel reverberated throughout the entire area.
'D-Did he just parry my sword?'
Staring at him without blinking, Licht kept dodging while occasionally parrying Grim's sword strikes until eventually-
*TING!*
*TING!*
*TING!*
He figured out the timing.
---
*TING!!*
*TING!!*
*TING!!*
"He's matching the speed of my Crazy Cutting!!"
Only using a single sword and not utilizing a single spell, this person was capable of contending with one of Grim's most dangerous attacks without breaking a sweat.
Amazing right?
No.
For the first time since being reincarnated in this world, Grim experienced a feeling he didn't know was possible for him.
Humiliation.
'How dare you...'
*TING!!*
Yami
'How dare you...'
*TING!!*
Mereoleona
'How dare you...'
Rhya
'HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!!'
*BOOM!!*
Since reincarnating into this world Grim had face countless opponents who were stronger than him. He stood up to Yami's [Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash], withstood Mereoleona's Mana Zone and used [Hyper Focus] to contend with Rhya despite Rhya being stronger than him. In every fight he had with an opponent who was stronger than him, he had forced them to use a powerful spell that would kill lesser mages. But now you're telling him that despite facing such strong people, a person using a single sword and nothing else was capable of pushing him this far? What kind of bullshit was that!
Unlocking spells, being beaten senseless and achieving his elven form... Are you really telling me that that isn't enough!
NO!
I'm strong!
I'm really fucking strong!
I can't lose!
After everything I went through to get here...
I WON'T LOSE!
[A/n: He's losing it people]
Unleashing his mana outwards with enough force that everyone in the entire base felt it, Grim's attacks started to become more brutal and violent as he stopped playing around.
[Rip and Tear]
[Rising Scorching Sun]
[Claws Purryifying Wind]
[Constant Flux]
[Flowing Dance]
[Thunder Swarm]
Losing his rationality, Grim started to barrage the elf with a bombardment of spells as he slowly broke his limit and unleashed a new spell his grimoire had manifested after surviving the pumelling of Mereoleona's mana zone attack.
Slashing upwards with [Rising Scorching Sun], the blue flames on his sword started burning brightly as he slashed down.
[Breath of Blue Flames: 3rd Form - Blazing Universe]
[A/n: This form was only introduced in the movie so I had to fit it in here somehow.]
"I WON'T LOSE! I WON'T LOSE!! I WON'T LOSE!!!"
With that single thought driving him, Grim gave into his base instincts. Watching the world lose it color around him, the only thing in his sights was the emotionless looking Licht.
Dodging his outburst of attacks, Licht used that melding with mana technique to bypass Grim's [Hyper Focus] closing the gap between again.
*SLASH!!*
"ARGHH!!"
Feeling his bones almost shatter from being hit by Licht's sword, Grim grit his teeth and swung around to slash at him. But just like before, he used his mana melding technique to vanish and strike at him again.
"ARRGHHHH!!"
*Slash!*
*SLASH!!*
*SLASH!!*
"ENOUGH!!"
*BOOM!!*
Vanishing from sight once again, Grim felt his entire body wracked in pain as he pushed his [Hyper Focus] to the limit.
'Not enough! IT'S NOT ENOUGH!!'
Switching to his most comfortable breath [Breath of the Beast], Grim hoped that using his beast senses and [Hyper Focus] would be enough to locate Licht before he could attack.
Too bad his thinking was to idealistic.
*SLASH!!*
"ARGHHHHHH!!"
Popping up behind him, Licht struck him once more.
'There!'
Feeling as if he felt something, he quickly spun around and slashed at empty air. Unfortunately for him, Licht appeared at his side and used reinforcement magic to kick him in the ribs and send him flying into one of the base's walls.
"Grim." Watching all this take place from below, Mimosa subconsciouly covered her mouth as she watched the blood run down Grim's head and cover his face.
Even from down here she could see just how injured he was.
'H-He's going to kill him.'
Feeling something grip her heart, she ran over to Yuno's side and started to violently shake him.
"Yuno wake up! Yuno please!! I need you! So please... Please save him!!"
With tears streaming down her face, the young royal begged and begged for someone to save Grim as Licht began to stomp down on him.
Picking him up by the neck, Licht looked at the bloodied Grim with his emotionless eyes and eventually let go.
---
(King Realm)
"Damn, and I thought Asta got fucked up when he fought him alongside Yuno."
*Sigh*
"I guess it was still a little to early for him to fight against the leader of the elves."
---
Landing heavily on the ground, the sound of Mimosa's begging managed to find its way into Grim's ears as he barely held onto his consciousness.
Struggling to raise his head, he saw his grimoire laying in front of him. Having lost its lustre fromm before, Grim couldn't help but laugh despite the pain.
"Hey grimoire... I just got fucked up, isn't this the moment you're supposed to give me some bullshit spell to help me out?"
"..."
"Not this time eh? *Cough* *cough* Fuck. Not only did I lose to some bastard who didn't use a single spell, now I have a girl begging for someone to save me... How far I've fallen..."
"..."
"Still nothing... *Sigh* How embarrassing... Oh c'mon! You're really just gonna sit there!"
"..."
"After all that! Really?"
"..."
"What am I doing? I'm talking to my grimoire like a loser..."
*Hum*
"Huh?"
Looking over to his book of spells, the grimoire started glowing gray and opened up to a blank page.
'Ha! So I didn't get the shit kicked out of me for nothing!"
Laughing to himself, his previous crushed pride started to crawl out of the dirt.
"Now show me what I got! I'll fuck that piece of shit up once you do."
[Breath of the Beast: 7th Form - Spatial Awareness]
"...Fuck."