Returning to the stage Sekke looked around curiously since all the eyes were currently on him. His squad mates rushed to his side seeing that Sekke smiled and was about to say something.
But before any of that could have happened a blur passed by the black bulls and in the next instant Julius appeared in front of Sekke with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Sekke-kun! Sekke-kun! Quintuple Chanting! Quintuple Chanting! Show me again! Show me again!" said Julius as he seemed like his brain regressed to a kid's level.
"Ah! Did you like my magic?!" asked Sekke to which Julius eagerly nodded his head with twinkling eyes.
"How did you do it? How did you learn it?" asked Julius.
"How did I do it? Well, I am built simply different...also you need to dedicate yourself to grind," said Sekke.
"I see, I see, you are built simply differently. And grind? What do you grind?" asked Julius.
"My great body, mind, and mana," said Sekke as he flexed his muscles.
"Hm? I understand the mind, but why the body?" asked Julius.
"...How is your body gonna be able to bear the effects of multiple spells if you ain't gonna make it learn how to bear it," said Sekke as Julius's eyes widened.
"Right, it's not like you will start to be able to multicast out of nowhere. You need to work hard to be able to do it," said Julius.
"And should be built simply different," added Sekke.
"Haha, yeah that too. Anyway, I am looking forward to your next match Sekke-kun," said Julius as he walked back to his seat.
Once Julius was gone, the black bulls gathered around Sekke and looked at him in awe.
"The wizard king was so impressed with you. Well, you did use quintuple casting so. It should not be that much of a surprise. Anyway, great match Sekke-kun." said Vanessa while the others nodded.
"Hey! Sekke-kun, fight me in that form too." said Luck in an excited tone.
"You will lose immediately."
"I don't think so, I am super duper fast you know." said Luck.
"Sekke, you bastard!!!"
Hearing a familiar loud voice Sekke simply side stepped avoiding the muscular shorty who was coming toward him.
"Ah! If it isn't the muscular runt who just lost," said Sekke.
"Tch, you! Shut up, I only lost because you punched me toward the crystal. I was not defeated since I was still able to fight." complained Asta.
"Ah! The excuses."
"They are not excuses!"
"Sounds like an excuse to me."
"It's not!"
"It is."
Asta continued to glare at Sekke and grit his teeth, but soon he calmed down and looked at Sekke seriously.
Seeing that Sekke stopped as well and just looked at Asta with a small smile.
"Well, whatever it might be, you still won...So make sure to win the whole thing alright!!" said Asta as he raised his fist in front of Sekke.
"Heh, you don't need to say it. That was the plan from the start," replied Sekke as he first bumped Asta.
Soon the announcement for the next match came asking for the participants to be prepared.
Sekke looked toward Anna and gave her a thumbs up who nodded with a determined expression on her face.
"Heh, Sekke-kun is supporting his girlfriend's team instead of his senpai's. I am so sad. Woah woah woah Secre why are you attacking me!! Stop!!" said Finral making the anti-bird who was sitting on Sekke's shoulder start pecking him.
'She is not his girlfriend. Don't misunderstand!'.
"Knock it off Secre, he has a match right now," said Sekke as he caught Secre.
"Even Secre-chan hates me..." said Finral.
"Now now don't feel down Finral-san, so how are you feeling? You are about to fight your brother now, right?"
Hearing that Finral laughed wryly and said, "To be honest...I don't know what to do. Earlier I told him that I am gonna win today, but looking at things objectively-"
"Then do you want to win?" asked Sekke as he interrupted Finral before he could finish his words.
Finral looked at Sekke with a surprised look on his face.
"Like I said-"
"I am not asking you how you think. I am asking you whether you want to win or not?" asked Sekke once again.
"What do I want?"
"Yes. Do you want to make that little brother of yours know his place? Do you for the first time want to make your brother understand that you are done being stepped down upon? Do you for the first time want to beat the shit out of him?" asked Sekke with a serious look on his face.
Finral stared at Sekke as his eyes widened a bit. He soon clenched his fist and a determined look appeared on his face.
"Sekke-kun, I want to win. I want to win this."
Hearing his words Sekke smiled and said, "Great, if that's what you want, then let me share some of my dark lord knowledge with you."
He then grabbed Finral and took him to the side and started giving him some ideas.
"Oi! Sekke-kun, this strategy is not very Magic Knight-like," said Finral.
"Who the hell is asking you that you should fight Magic Knightly? It's a fight between brothers, and these fights are always unfair. You are the older brother here, Finral. Mess that shitty brother of yours so hard, that he is forced to call Mommy and Daddy in front of all these people." said Sekke.
"...I know that you are trying to support me but they are still my family, you know," said Finral.
"...Finral, listen to me very carefully, no matter how kind you are or how much you care about your family. Making the life of the younger sibling frustrating is your right. Also, it's hella satisfying." said Sekke as he thought of the time he used to order Rodney around in his previous life.
"...All right I will give it a try."
"That's the spirit. Go and have fun!" said Sekke as patted Finral's back.
"...You are a weirdly evil man My other half," said Vritra.
'Now, now it will be a funny scene to watch.' replied Sekke as he went towards the other black bulls.
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"The second match of stage 2, START!!!"
Healing this announcement, Langris looked at his two teammates and said, "Alright, I am going to deal with the"
[Flame Magic: Flare Accel]
But before he was able to finish Anna rushed forward leaving Langris and Fragil behind.
'...That fu*King bitch!! How dare a peasant defy me!!' thought Langris as he used reinforcement magic and started running towards the enemy side.
"Looks like I am alone once again...why did I get teammates like these?" said Fragil in a whining tone as she stayed behind to look after the crystal.
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On the other side of the field, Finral asked Leopold and Hamon to let him deal with the Langris to which the two of them agreed without much trouble.
Hamon immediately started to use his [Glass Magic: Verre Detection] to look for the enemy crystal.
But all of a sudden they felt their opponents approaching them.
"That's Anna's mana, alright I will take care of my squad member. Finral, send us to a better location," said Leopold with an excited look on his face.
Finral gave a nod as his grimoire started flipping.
[Spatial Magic: Fallen Angel Gate]
Two portals appeared, one below Anna and the other one below Leopold. Both fell into it and appeared somewhere else.
Anna looked at her surroundings finding herself in a different location.
"Anna, right? All right, today let's decide who is the better rookie amongst the two of us," said Leopold with an excited smile on his face.
Anna didn't say anything as her grimoire started flipping.
[Flame Magic: Incinerate Orb]
"Ho~, you are excited as well."
[Flame Magic: Spiral Flame]
The two attacks clashed causing an explosion and blocking Leopold's vision.
"Haha you are str-"
[Flame Magic: Raging Flare]
Before Leopold could even finish a straight wave of flames came rushing toward him making him jump to the side and dodge the attack.
[Flame Magic: Flare Burst]
Another attack in the form of an explosion came toward him but this time he was unable to dodge and was sent flying away.
"Oi! What are you doing?! Fight me with honor!" complained Leopold who was now lying on the ground.
"Honor, I don't have time for that. I need to show my strength Sekke-kun," replied Anna as her grimoire started flipping once again.
[Flame Magic: Incinerate Orb]
Seeing another incoming huge fireball Leopold used reinforcement magic to move away from the the fireball's path.
"All right if it's like this then."
[Flame Magic: Spiral Flames]
Seeing the incoming spiral of flames Anna just stood at her spot as her grimoire started flipping.
[Flame Magic: Fire Tornado]
Before the spiral of flames could get even close to Anna a huge column made of spiraling flames rose from the ground engulfing Leopold's magic in an instant making the royal widen his eyes in surprise.
While he was distracted, Anna rushed towards him as mana gathered in her hand and once she got close enough to Leopold he realized what was happening and tried to dodge.
"Too late."
[Flame Magic: Flare Burst]
Exploding flames came out of her hand that she pointed towards Leopold sending him flying and knocking out the royal.
"I hope that Sekke-kun watched me and didn't just focus on the crystals," muttered Anna as she started to look for the enemy crystal once again.
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"Nii-san found you. Just a reminder... Don't blame me if you lose any limbs. I'll end this in. A single blow!" said Langris with a smile on his face.
"Hamon-san, did you find the crystal?" asked Finral while keeping an eye on his brother.
Mana gathered around Langris's arm as he swung it down, causing a spatial cut to appear near the crystal.
Finral immediately felt the location of the spatial cut and opened a portal at the exact location causing the two spatial magics to collide and cancel each other out.
"What?!"
"Found it Finral-san!" said Hamon as he showed the location to Finral.
Finral nodded and opened a portal seeing which Hamon jumped through it and appeared near the location of the crystal.
"What are you gonna do now? You sent your bodyguard away? Are you out of your mind?" asked Langris.
"I am totally fine. Don't worry about me. After all, I am about to beat you."
"Haha, you surely have gone insane Nii-san. Best me...Don't forget your place!!!" yelled Langris as he tried to use his spatial cut once again only for Finral to cancel it out.
Langris frowned in anger and tried to use the same attack again and again determined to not use his grimoire's magic on his lowly younger brother.
'...It's going just like Sekke-kun told me.' thought Finral as a small smile appeared on his face.
"...Did you just smile while fighting me? Do you think that I am a joke?!" asked Langris in anger. Though because of his anger, he stopped attacking Finral.
'Now!!!'
Not missing the unexpected opportunity that he suddenly got, Finral's grimoire started flipping.
[Spatial Magic: Fallen Angel's Hold]
Mana gathered around Langris making the vice-captain of golden dawn jump away as four portals appeared around him.
"What are you trying to do? You can't use offensive magic so you are using your cheap tricks," said Langris in a mocking tone.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but this trick is theorized by a certain dark lord from my squad," said Finral with a nervous smile on his face, wishing for the trick to work.
The four portals that appeared around Langris immediately moved toward him and made all of his limbs pass through them and stayed there as only the limbless Langris was left with four portals being present where his limbs should have been.
"...Huh...HUH?!?!" screamed Langris as he looked at his timeless body and the four portals that made didn't allow him to move at all.
"What the hell is this spell?!?!" demanded Langris.
Finral sighed and then started explaining, "It's a spell that I made after Sekke-Kun's suggestion [Spatial Magic: Fallen Angel's Hold]. I form a portal at the joint of each limb of the opponent making it so that you cannot move away and remain restrained without being able to use your magic. You know Sekke-kun asked me to name it [Spatial Magic: Fall Angel's Glory Hole]"
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As Finral mentioned that all of them looked toward Sekke.
"What? It's a perfectly fitting name if he uses it to make his has of mouth appear somewhere else," said Sekke in his defense.
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"You think that you can hold me with this kind of trick? I will just use my magic to blow this portal away," said Langris in a threatening tone.
Finral shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sure try it. Although, I don't know whether your limbs will remain intact if you forced closed my portal without pulling them back?"
This made Langris stop his actions as he glared at Finral in anger.
"Y-You! Useless Nii-san!! Forgetting your place and trying to stand up for yourself!! Do you think that anything will change? Do you think that our mother and father will respect you? No, nothing will change. You will remain useless!! You hear me!" yelled Langris in frustration.
"...Yes, I will remain useless...but do you know what is worse than that?" asked Finral in a sad tone.
Langris calmed his anger a bit and started at his brother waiting for him to answer.
"A brother who cannot do anything when facing that useless person! Oh I feel so bad for you," said Finral as he pretend to cry.
'...Sekke-kun, I am following your plan but this is making me cry for real!!!' thought Finral as he felt embarrassed by his actions and words.
A few tick marks appeared on Langris's face and soon his brows started twitching as well.
"Now you have done it...I didn't want to use my grimoire against a worthless shit like you but you made me do it!!! Listen to me brother you will regr-"
[Spatial Magic: Fallen Angel's Wingbeat]
A green orb made of spatial mana launched from Finral's hand and struck Langris's grimoire teleporting it away.
"-et it..."
Langris felt silent after seeing his grimoire disappear and blinked his eyes in surprise.
"We're you saying something...little bro?" asked Finral in a calm tone.
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"Damn...someone give Finral an Oscar. Holy shit that was spot on. It's just like I imagined it to be!!! Finral!!! You rock!!! Whoop your brother's ass!!!" cheered the dark lord as he grabbed a book that appeared out of nowhere, put it on the ground, and then sat on it, before anyone could notice.