"The victory is as good as yours... Now who decided that,"
All of them looked toward the source of the voice and saw Sekke standing in the throwing position, realizing that the sword belonged to him.
"The match ain't over bitches." said Sekke in a provocative tone.
"Oi! Sekke! What the hell are you doing? The match is as good as over. Don't stretch it."
"Eh? I don't know what you mean. I mean... I haven't lost yet, have I?" said Sekke with a scary look on his face.
Seeing his face Noelle flinched and took a step back.
"You all really are thinking too much of yourselves when facing me, just because you successfully landed a spell on me," said Sekke as he started to walk toward them.
"I cannot win now, just because you thought so... man you guys are arrogant, and that's coming from me," said Sekke as he appeared near them in an instant and simply walked passed the shocked group and pulled out his sword from the crystal.
"And look here, so shocked that cannot even stop me from taking it," said Sekke as he attacked the crystal once again breaking it more.
This snapped them out of their thoughts and Yumo immediately looked at him with a glare and immediately used his wind magic to blow Sekke away from the crystal.
"You guys, the fight ain't over yet," said Yuno with a serious look on his face.
"Damn right, it's not," said Sekke as he gripped both his swords and got ready to fight once again.
"W-w-what was that? How can he move like that, without mana?!?!" asked Noelle in panic.
"Maybe you all forgot it since I mostly use my magic in battle, but physically me and Asta are around the same level. These muscles aren't there for a show you know," said Sekke answering Noelle.
Realization hit her as she remembered that both he and Bakasta were physical monsters amongst the magic knights.
Hearing Asta's name and Yuno got serious. If the man in front of him was as strong as Asta then the fight was far from over.
En fixed his glasses and said, "Don't worry you two, Yuno-kun, take our crystal and find and destroy his crystal. I and Noelle-chan will hold him back. He may be strong but he can't use magic so we will manage."
Yuno nodded and flew up in the air to look around for the crystal.
Sekks ignored Yuno not even a bit worried about it and said, "Sure I have low mana now, but I cannot use magic....now who decided that."
Sekke stabbed one of his swords into the ground and then used his other sword to make an incision on his palm.
Seeing that Noelle and En widened their eyes in surprise thinking that the man in front of them was mad.
Seeing their surprised looks Sekke smirked and launched towards En.
"Never forget this mushroom man, never judge a man's limit who is built simply differently," said Sekke as he appeared in front of En and pointed his blood-covered palm at him.
[Blood Debuff Magic: Bloody Impact]
Out of nowhere, mana gathered in front of Sekke's palm, and a red glow appeared over it.
A strong energy blast occurred causing the defenseless En to be sent flying and knocked out cold.
Sekke looked at the scene with an excited smile on his face and then looked at his blood-covered palm.
"W-What was that? How did you use magic?" asked Noelle in fear as she moved away from Sekke.
"Heh, I am the dark lord. Your limits are not the same as mine," said Sekke with a confident smile on his face.
"My other half? What was that? You have nowhere close to the mana that you just used for that spell? So how?" asked Vritra with a surprised look on his face.
"Well Noelle, seeing the surprised look ok your face let me explain it to you. It's a spell of mine called [Blood Debuff Magic: Bloody Impact]. It uses the target's blood instead of mana to cause blasts like that. A simple yet threatening spell." explained Sekke.
"...So you are using sacrificial magic... My other half it's harmful to you. So stop it before it causes you much harm." warned Vritra.
'Sorry Vritra, but that's not happening. I am gonna win today. No matter what.' replied Sekke as he narrowed his eyes.
"So Noelle be prepared, 'cause there is no one here who can stop me," said Sekke as tightened his muscles preparing for an attack.
Noelle's grimoire immediately started flipping as mana gathered over her wand.
Sekke who was now severely low on mana was unable to use mana detection, but the change in Noelle's ki warned him about the incoming spell.
Not wanting to risk it, Sekke jumped back and started running around her.
"So, you have the insight to attack me. Got to say, Noelle, you have improved," said Sekke with a smile on his face.
"Shut up! I will hold you back till Asta's friend destroy yours," said Noelle in a determined tone.
"Heh, sure good luck with that," replied Sekke with a smirk.
[Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Roar]
The huge water dragon appeared once again and roared at Sekke.
Noelle frowned seeing Sekke run around her, not wanting her spell to miss the boy.
"What happened Noelle, scared of a man who can't even use magic? Some royal you are," said Sekke trying to provoke her.
Lucky for him, she was a royal.
"I am royalty!! I am not scared of anyone!!" declared Noelle as the dragon launched toward Sekke.
'Hehe, gotcha...wait, why is the dragon following me?' thought Sekke with a frown on his face.
"You think that only you have improved?! Don't underestimate royalty!!" said Noelle with a smile on her face as she saw Sekke trying to run away from her attack.
"...They really do grow up fast..." muttered Sekke feeling nostalgic while running away from the dragon.
"Alright, gotta test my might against it," said Sekke seeing that there was no escaping from the dragon.
He stopped running and turned around as the dragon approached him.
Pointing his arm at the dragon Sekke took a deep breath.
The dragon opened its mouth as it got closer to Sekke planning to crush him in the violent torrents inside it.
"Even spells are underestimating me now..." said Sekke as blood started to come out of his wound.
[Bloody Impact]
The water dragon who was about to eat Sekke glowed red and in an instant it burst open spilling water everywhere and causing a rain shower.
"...I am really liking this spell," said Sekke.
"You are losing blood my other half!"
'Meh, not a big deal for me.'
"You can die!!!"
'...We don't know about that now do we?'
"Oh yeah, sure. How long do humans survive without blood...Not long!!!" yelled Vritra not knowing how his host's mind even work.
'It's for the greater good Vritra. Don't sweat it.' said Sekke as he wiped the water from his face and set his hair back since it got wet and obstructed his vision.
"Even without mana, he is annoying!" said Noelle in a frustrated tone as she saw her strongest attack getting destroyed.
[Wind Magic: Crescent Kamitachi]
Not even looking back, Sekke's hand moved as he intercepted the huge wind blade with his sword destroying it in the process.
Glancing back at the attacker Sekke smiled and asked, "Yo, Yuno. Found my crystal?"
Yuno frowned and landed near Noelle.
"...I cannot find it," admitted Yuno with an angered look on his face.
"Not surprising, since I stored it in my storage. There's no way you can even scratch my crystal," said Sekke with a smile as he rested the sword on his shoulder.
"...Wait, so no matter what we do, was cannot win," said Noelle.
"Duh..." said Sekke making Noelle glare at him.
Sekke looked at the two of them with a smirk. There was no way he was going to lose. He didn't take into account that he will not have any mana during the fight and only kept the crystal in his storage since it was annoying to fight while protecting it.
"Then how about we make a bet?" said Yuno.
"Hm? What bet?"
"If we make you surrender or you are knocked out cold, then we win, regardless of the condition of our crystal," said Yuno in a calm tone.
"And why would I accept such a bet?" asked Sekke with a deadpan look on his face.
"Do you want to fight such an unchallenging battle? It will be more interesting if we do it this way...Of course, if you are scared that you will lose...." said Yuno as he left it at that.
"...Oi..." said Sekke in a calm tone as he took a step forward.
'...That spirit boy did it...God bless you both....' thought Vritra as he knew what hell is about to occur.
"...scared to lose...me...Haah, alright the bet is on. If you want to suffer an even more humiliating defeat then go on." said Sekke with a scary look on his face.
But Yuno smirked upon hearing his answer, he was somewhat aware of Sekke's personality and decided to provoke him.
"Alri-"
"Tell me Yuno...do you bleed?"
But before he was able to finish Sekke appeared at his side with his sword aimed at his waist.
'Huh.' thought Yuno as he saw Sekke disappear from his sight only to feel pain an instant later.
Yuno was sent flying as Sekke's sword hit Yuno making him bleed.
Sekke looked at the crystal that was left behind and then immediately slashed it, slicing a big chunk off the crystal.
Seeing that Noelle's and Yuno's eyes widened.
Noelle immediately fired water balls at Sekke to make some distance between him and the crystal.
Sekke simply read the ki and dodged the water balls with minimum movement and appeared in front of Noelle and kicked her in the gut sending her away as well.
[Wind Magic: Tornado Fang]
A drilling tornado came toward Sekke seeing which he simply walked in its direction without even blinking.
[Bloody Impact]
The wind drill immediately got destroyed by the blood blast causing Yuno to widen his eyes in surprise.
Sekke continued walking towards the wind mage preparing to attack him once again.
Seeing that Yuno decided to take the battle to his terrain and flew up in the air.
[Wind Creation Magic: Wind Blades Shower]
Seeing the blades of wind raining down on him Sekke just raised his sword and started to dodge and deflect them at great speed making the onlookers look at him with their mouths wide open.
"How is he doing that?!" asked Yuno.
"Heh, no matter how fast your blades are, they are no match for the bullets, and I have great experience in dodging those," replied Sekke as he cut through the final wind blade.
Yuno gritted his teeth and then looked at the unprotected damaged crystal.
[Wind Creation Magic: Swift Whit Hawk]
Multiple Hawks made of wind appeared around Yuno. He then ordered them to attack Sekke who just gestured him to bring it on.
The Hawks have a war chirp and launched towards Sekke at full speed.
Sekke smirked as he wiped his blood over the blade of his sword.
[Bloody Impact: Slash]
A giant red energy slash came out as Sekke swung his sword at the wind birds destroying all of them in the process.
"Gotta try harder than that Yuno," said Sekke as he noticed another hawk near Yuno with the damaged crystal.
"You were not my target from the beginning," said Yuno with a smirk.
"I knew that," said Sekke as he pointed his hand to the side. Blood gathered in his hand and a blast occurred destroying the incoming water dragon.
The burst of water blocked Yuno's and Noelle's vision, but the smile on Sekke's face, before he disappeared behind the wall of water made them wary.
Soon they noticed a red glow behind the water wall, making them sure that another blast was coming their way. Both of them prepared to move away once they saw the direction of the incoming blast.
"Missed me Yuno?" asked Sekke who was coming at Yuno with a huge smile on his face and blood dripping out of his hand.
"He can fly as well!!!" exclaimed Noelle as he saw Sekke flying towards Yuno leaving behind a red trail.
"There's no escaping the dark lord after you provoke him this much," said Sekke as small blasts kept on occurring below his bloodied hand.
Appearing in front of Yuno Sekke raised his sword seeing that Yuno fired a wind blast at Sekke.
Being blown away by the wind blast Sekke started to fall.
Pointing his hand downward Sekke fired another blast and stabilized his posture before covering his blade with his blood once again.
[Bloody Impact: Slash]
Firing another attack at Yuno distracting him, Sekke successfully landed and started running toward his enemies.
"You are losing too much blood my other half. You won't last long like this," said Vritra.
'Can't worry about the small stuff.' replied Sekke dodging the incoming attacks.
"...Yeah...dying...small stuff...where the hell is this mana even coming from? And how are you controlling it so well?" asked Vritra.
'Don't know? From my surroundings maybe. As for control don't know...but it's improving more and more as I use it.' replied Sekke.
'...He is learning as he is fighting?... What kind of ridiculous host did I get this time?' thought Vritra.
Blasting another blast at the ground Sekke got up in the air once again seeing that Yuno started to move away from him.
Noelle fired water balls at Sekke who simply dodged them with the recoil of his blasts.
"What happened Yuno? Can't fight me even in your domain?" asked Sekke with a mocking tone.
[Wind Magic: Crescent Kamitachi] + [Wind Creation Magic: Wind Blades Storm]
Firing his two spells at Sekke Yuno looked at the blond dark lord with a serious look on his face.
'...Dodging this many in mid-air is not possible.' thought Sekke as he pointed his hand at the incoming attacks.
[Bloody Impact]
Blasting away all the blades that were in front of him Sekke smiled and rushed toward Yuno once again.
But Yuno smirked seeing that as he moved his hands and all the wind blades that didn't get destroyed attacked Sekke from various directions.
Seeing them Seeke frowned and dodged as many as he could but still, some hit him and he started to fall.
Not wanting to waste the opportunity Yuno rushed toward him and yelled, "He is injured!! Get him!!!"
Hearing his words Noelle nodded and launched another Water Dragon towards Sekke.
[Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Roar]
Yuno himself got close to him deciding to finish him with the next attack.
[Wind Magic: Tornado Fang]
The water dragon and the wind drill headed towards Sekke seeing which he smirked and said, "That's the difference between us, you trash see injuries. I see more openings to attack."
All the spots on his body where he was bleeding started glowing simultaneously seeing which Yuno who was close to him frowned in horror.
He immediately pushed the crystal away wanting to save it.
Sekke looked at Yuno with an evil smirk as a large amount of mana surrounded his wounds.
[Bloody Impact]
Engulfing himself, Yuno, and destroying both the incoming attacks in the blast Sekke got blown away by the recoil of the attack and crash-landed on the ground quite far away.
Yuno was the same but Sylph helped him prevent him from crashing.
"...It hurts like hell..." said Sekke in a pained tone. His whole body was covered in wounds with blood coming out of all of them.
"That's what you get for using such risky tactics," said Vritra.
'Meh, it was worth it.' replied Sekke as he slowly got up from the ground. He looked at his body and was surprised to see how beat up he actually was.
'This won't hold much longer...' thought Sekke as he looked at his bronze sword.
"And neither would you, my other half. Your only option is to give up now or use my power," said Vritra.
'You already know the answers to both of them.' said Sekke as he slowly moved towards the place Noelle and Yuno were.
"15 minutes left!!" declared the announcer.
"Gotta hurry..." said Sekke as he walked slowly while limping a bit as well.
"Very convincing," said Vritra.
'Shut up.'
Soon he saw Noelle and Yuno with their crystals standing away from him.
Noelle looked fine but her mana was quite low now, only two more dragons at best.
Yuno on the other hand looked quite roughed up after the last attack but still had a considerable amount of mana left.
"Let's continue," said Sekke as he pointed his sword at them.
Noelle who saw how injured Sekke's body was frowned and said, "Sekke! Look at yourself! You are in no condition to fight!! Just give up!! This idiot on my team is not budging as well!!"
Noelle glared at Yuno who was quite injured. She had asked him to give up since she was scared that either of the two of them would be injured beyond recovery. But the idiot spirit user ignores her and told her to be prepared for the fight.
She looked back at Sekke feeling hopeful since she knew Sekke was smarter than the idiot beside her.
"Give up? Me? Yeah, not happening. I am about to win soon anyway." said Sekke as he wobbled a bit when he tried to take a step forward.
"Just look at yourself!!! You can't even walk!! And why do you want to win so badly that you get injured so much!!! You have already proved yourself!!!" said Noelle in anger as she glared at Sekke.
But her glare soon disappeared when Sekke glared back at her.
"Why do I want to win so badly?... Is there a need for a reason to not want to lose?" asked Sekke back with a serious look on his face.
"Knowing about where you stand and not letting others knock you off your spot. Show others that I am superior to all of them and they can not beat me no matter how hard they try because I AM THE BEST!" said Sekke.
"Is there a reason to not want all that?" asked Sekke once again while taking a step forward.
Noelle gulped in fear as she stared at Sekke's serious yet slightly scary face.
"I ain't giving up. So if you want to end this match....just give up on your own," said Sekke in a cold tone only for him to fall on his knees.
'...What the-'
"...You lost too much blood my other half. It's the expected side effect," said Vritra.
Gritting his teeth Sekke stabbed the sword into the ground and stood up once again with a bit of difficulty.
He then looked at Yuno and Noelle and pointed his hand forward, "So giving up?" asked Sekke with a small smile on his face.
In response both their primaries started flipping seeing which Sekke sighed and held his sword up with both hands.
[Spirit Magic: Spirit Storm]
[Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Roar]
The two fired the strongest spells in their arsenal at him seeing which Sekke took a deep breath.
Blood started to move up to his sword's blade and gather around it as a red glow appeared around the blade.
The incoming water dragon and mana beam soon combined and transformed into a giant glowing green sea dragon that headed toward its target with full force.
The glow around Sekke's sword got even brighter as the whole surrounding illuminated in red color.
Seeing that the dragon was just a few moments away from him Sekke's muscles tightened as a maniacal grin appeared on his face.
"Here you go, the strongest move of the mana-less dark lord. [Bloody Impact: Dark Lord's Blood Sword]"
Mana erupted out of the sword as a giant red mana beam came out of it.
"...That's some mana," said Vritra.
'Told you I was getting better at controlling it.' replied Sekke.
Slashing forward the sword beam met with the glowing water dragon.
The dragon roared as it intercepted the blood-red beam as the two fought for supremacy.
*Boom*
"After clashing for a while a huge explosion occurred, and Sekke being closer to the attack got caught in it and was sent flying once again.
Landing not that far away from where he was Sekke coughed up blood as his body roared in pain.
Sekke looked forward and saw Yuno and Noelle coming toward him with their grimoires open.
Seeing that Sekke smiled which made the two of them stop a bit far away from them.
"Give up Sekke, you are in no condition to fight," said Noelle.
Sekke sat up and then looked at his sword. It was destroyed by his last attack and a weak smile came on his lips.
"You...did...well..." said Sekke in a weak tone.
"Give up!" said Yuno in a serious tone. He didn't want to continue. He realized how formidable Sekke was, and didn't want to take any risks. He had prepared a spell to attack him but was not willing to attack unless Sekke shows any suspicious moves.
Sekke looked at his body and weakly laughed.
"Haha...you both....really did....a number....on the....dark lord," said Sekke while laughing in pain.
Bell came out of Yuno's body and glared at Sekke.
"Oi! You mad idiot!!! Just give up and give Yuno his victory!!!" said Bell in an annoyed tone.
Sekke looked up at the three of them and asked, "You three.....can you hear....it?"
"...Hear what?" asked Yuno as he tried to focus but didn't hear anything.
"He is just stalling for time Yuno! Just finish him," said Bell.
"No....seriously....just focus.....can't.....you all hear.......the boss music?!" asked Sekke with his eyes closed as a smirk appeared on his face and strong mana immediately filled the surroundings.
"Mana reserves at 10%," said Vritra with a sigh, he didn't know what to say anymore.
It was then that the three of them widened their eyes in surprise and Yuno fired his attack at Sekke.
[Wind Magic: Tornado Fang]
Strong winds gathered around Yuno's hands as he pointed them toward Sekke and fired it at him.
The tornado drill got close to Sekke but before it could have made contact it disintegrated into mana and disappeared.
Sekke opened his eyes revealing a blue glow in them and an excited smile on his face said, "It's my win."
[Mana Zone: Bronze Age]
A bright dome of light appeared for an instant around Sekke and immediately the whole area inside the some along with Yuno, Noelle, Bell, and the damaged crystal, turned into bronze.
Seeing that Sekke sighed and laid back on the ground and said, "...How can I be this badass?"
He then raised his hand and snapped his fingers making the damaged crystal that was now made of bronze disintegrate into mana.
"C-C-CRYTAL DESTROYED!!!! WINNER SEKKE BRONZAZA!!!!" declared the announcer as a smile soon appeared on Sekke's lips before he fell unconscious.