"Ngghhh."
Waking up to the feeling of snow touching his face, it took a moment for Grim's eyes to focus.
"Sssssssssssss." He inhaled sharply.
'Fuck that hurts.'
As the sound of battle raged on in the distance, he struggled to sit up and raise the hem of his shirt.
'Shit, that looks bad.'
Looking at the area Lucifero had struck, a nasty looking bruise could be seen on his stomach.
'Ruptured organs, a few broken ribs and a cracked spine... Could have been worse.'
Closing his eyes, he began to absorb the surrounding mana and sped up [Breath of the Beast]'s natural healing factor.
"Hahaha." He chuckled as he forced himself up to his feet.
"Now that's what I'm talking about." He grinned reveling in the pain.
How long had it been since he had felt genuine pain?
Hobbling out of the destroyed house, the cries of many Spade citizens didn't fail to escape his ears.
'Incredible... To think that his gravity could even reach here... What incredible range.'
Walking through the streets of the town, he smiled and focused on healing.
'Facing him with just my Elven state was stupid. His power far outscales anything my Elven power can handle. I can't afford to take another punch like that again.'
*GRINS*
'I want to try out my Union forms next!'
Despite almost dying from a single punch, he wasn't detered in the slightest. In fact, Grim couldn't wait to test his limits and face Lucifero again.
***
[Slash Magic: Death Scythe]
[Fire Magic: Calidus Brachium]
*BOOOM!!*
Leaping at the devil king and hitting him with everything that they had, shock and surprise covered the faces of the two when they realized-
'I can't cut this guy!'
'This guy won't burn!'
"Disgusting."
*FWOOOM!!*
*BANGG!!*
With overwhelming might, Lucifero broke all of Jack's mana blades and sent him hurtling towards the ground.
*BOOOOOOM!!*
Such power!
Not paying Jack any mind, now that Lucifero's focus had been shifted, Mereoleona wanted to take advantage of this moment to attack his bac-
"How futile."
!!!
*SWOOSH!!*
As if sensing her intentions, he grabbed hold of her burning arm and stopped her punch dead in its tracks.
'This guy!' She heaved unable to pull back. 'He's not even looking at me!'
Pulling her forward and twisting his own body in her direction, his fist met with her face.
*BAAANG!!*
"AHHHHHHH!!"
Thrown back just like Jack, if it weren't for the support of Rill's [Twilight of Valhalla] buffing them, the two would have died or suffered critical injuries.
"To dare challange me to a battle. You humans are truly impudent!"
'How boring.'
Yawning loudly and looking quite sleepy, the devil from the second layer rested his chin on his hand.
'I wonder if that Grim guy survived?'
Unable to sense Grim's mana due to his Mana melding technique, it was unknown wheather he had survived or not.
"CAPTAINS!!"
Suddenly bursting out from the sky, Asta in his Devil Union form wielded the Demon Slayer sword and slashed down at Lucifero.
***
[Thunderclap and Flash]
*ZOOM!!*
Having finally healed up, Grim arrived back on the battlefield with streams of lightning trailing behind him.
"Whew. I'm bac-
*BANG!!*
Suddenly landing in front of him and kicking up a dust cloud. Covered in bruises and completely bloody. A silent Asta lay motionless. If it weren't for the slight rising and falling of his chest, it would be hard to tell if he was even alive.
"Asta?"
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
"Mereoleona... Dorothy... and the captains?"
All of them fell from the sky.
"You!" A huge wave of killing intent suddenly bore down on him from above. "HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!"
Raising his head, the pressure Lucifero gave off was several times higher compared to the first time they fought.... But that made it even better.
*WARP*
Not giving him enough time to answer, once again Lucifero teleported in front of him. This time he would make sure to kill him.
"DIEEEE!!" He screeched punching out.
Demon Slaying Magic.
The magic he saw through Moris's eyes. The power devoted to exterminating his kind. Such a being, he couldn't allow him to grow.
[Breath of the Storm]
*BAANG!!*
Barely managing to jump away in time, Grim entered his solo union form and watched as Lucifero's fist cracked the ground beneath him and uprooted the entire battlefield.
[Heaven's Fall!!]
With his back facing the sky and him soaring through the air, he looked down on Lucifero and the cracked earth.
"Heh!" He grinned and gathered his mana.
*CRACKLE*
Gripping the storm blade tightly, yellow lightning danced along his blackened skin and crawled up his arm.
*RUMBLE!!*
With tumultuous black wind and yellow coloured lightning swirling around the blade, he held the sword like a spear and without caring about how it would affect the others, he yanked his arm back and threw it.
*ZOOOM!!*
Cutting through the air, the sword moved at a speed that highlighted the dangerous amount of destructive force behind it.
*FWOOSH!!*
Facing the spear-like sword, Lucifero's fist shot out and met it head on.
*BOOOOM!!*
A discharge of black wind, yellow lightning and gravity rumbled out.
"WAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Grim laughed as the shockwave pushed him back and destroyed everything in the area.
"MOREEEEE!!!"
"Silence!" Lucifero warped behind him and chopped down.
[2nd Form: Dark Tempest]
Activating this spell on his back, two dark cyclones shot out and propelled him forwards.
*WHOOSH!!*
"You can't escape!"
Having his attack dodged for the second time, veins started appearing on Lucifero's head.
He resisted [Dark Tempest]? A spell strong enough to strip away magic? Just how strong is this guy's physical body?!
Creating a pair of wings out of the [Dark Tempest] on his back, lightning circulated through his entire body and pushed him to a speed that he had never reached before.
[Breath of the Storm: 2nd Form Alternative - Dark Wings]
*BOOOOM!!!*
Breaking the sound barrier and moving faster than the speed of light by several times, he took the battle somewhere else.
"GET BACK HERE!!"
[Gravity Magic: Gravity Singularity]
Condensing the gravity around his hands and on the tip of his four wings, 6 small black holes were formed and launched at the flying Grim.
"WOHOHOHO!!" Grim laughed seeing the black holes growing in size the further away they were from Lucifero.
*SWOOSH!!* *SWOOSH!!* *SWOOSH!!*
Pulling and pushing the black holes, Lucifero was able to manuovere their movements.
'Fuck!' He cursed.
Now that he wasn't using [Breath of the Beast] to cut away at [Presence of the Demon King] he was feeling the full weight of Lucifero's gravity magic.
'Can I get rid of these?' He wondered as he continued to dodge.
!
Suddenly coming up with an idea, a small grin crept onto his face as he dived down.
Following closely behind him, the ever increasing black holes fell with him.
*SWOOSH!!*
Feeling the air push back against his face, Grim activated his [Warcloud Armour].
'Almost there!'
Seeing the ground grow bigger in his eyes, he used [Hyper Focus] to judge the distance between himself, the floor and the black holes.
"NOW!!"
*SWOOSH!!*
Suddenly pulling up, he travelled parallel to the ground as 2 of the black holes crashed into the earth and vanished after creating two wide craters.
"WHOOO!!" He cheered.
'2 down, 4 to go!'
*ZOOM!!*
Flapping his wings, he sped up and raced towards a small mountain range in the distance.
***
Back at the battlefield...
"How is he?"
Kneeling at the side of her captain, Mimosa's healing magic was working overtime as she healed William's damaged body.
"Phew." She breathed a sigh of relief. "He'll live."
Nodding his head, Yami, Nacht and the rest of the black bulls had gathered the injured captains.
"Asta." He muttered looking at the unconscious magic-less boy.
"Captain! What do we do?!"
"That guy... Grim can't handle him!"
Looking at the state of the captains, no one believed for a second that Grim could come out on top.
"Yami." A weak sounding voice called for him.
"William!"
Seeing the drained captain smile at him, Yami was able to rest a bit easier.
"Good to see that you're still kicking you cockroach bastard."
Smiling, he held his arm out.
[World Tree Creation Magic: Mistilteinn Blade]
Pouring all his magic into this spell, a wooden sword in the form of a katana manifested in his hand.
"I don't know how much help it will be, but take it."
"William..." He frowned sensing the mana coarsing through it.
"This sword contains the last of my magic power. If its you, I know you'll make it count."