Chapter 26 - Forgotten Rage (1/2)
”No No NO!” Jumping in front of Grim, Luck blocked his way. ”You got to fight that smoke guy earlier and you've already beat this guy before! Its my turn to have some fun!”
”What? When I beat this guy he was only using crystal magic. You're not seriously asking me to give you an opponent who uses two different types of magics are you?”
”Yes!”
”I refuse. And besides, that guy's looking right at me.”
Seeing that Grim and Luck were too busy arguing instead of fighting, Asta took it upon himself to deal with the enemy.
”He's mine!!”
Charging forward with his giant sword, Asta prepared to end this fight as quickly as possible.
Seeing the orange glow on Grim's body and feeling the heat radiating off of him, an intense hatred spread through Mars's heart as he remembered the experiments he had to endure and the people he lost all in order to achieve his current power. But looking at someone like Grim who had an immense amount of mana and was capable of using secondary fire magic without having to go through the same things that he and his comrades had to go through caused a deep seated rage to bubble to the surface.
'Grim's already taken care of this guy before using only his beast swords as a weapon. If that's the case then there shouldn't be a problem taking this guy down with my anti-magic sword.'
Rushing forward with gusto, Asta readied his sword as he closed in on Mars's hulking figure.
Feeling the intense flames of hatred in heart spreading, Mars's entire body shook as his mana suddenly started to surge and create clusters of crystals all around him. Without taking his eyes off of Grim's figure, Mars created several harpe shaped blades that spun at a high speed before firing them off at the approaching Asta.
”ASTA!!” Noelle suddenly screamed.
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
'So fast!'
'Dammit! I won't be able to keep up at this rate!'
*BANG!!*
And just like he said, he wasn't capable of keeping up the with speed of the attacks as he was eventually blown back and sent hurtling into the wall that Nero had previously been dragging him towards.
”ASTA!!” Gritting her teeth, Noelle pointed her wand at Mars and prepared a spell.
'I don't know what those flames of his do, but I'm sure it'd be for the best if I use my water magic to put them out.'
Feeling her mana gathering, an enraged Mars charged towards her and used the moment she was defenseless to swipe at her.
”ThE WeAK HaVE NO PlaCe on tHe BaTtlEfiElD!!”
”NOELLE!!” Mimosa screamed after watching her cousin get flung across the room like a ragdoll. Running to her side she saw a nasty wound on her stomach.
Hearing her scream, both Grim and Luck stopped arguing and finally saw what was going on.
”Noelle...” Seeing his teammate lying on the floor with blood spurting out from a wound, the previous smiling Grim stopped laughing. While his relationship with Noelle wasn't exactly the best, the sight of a teammate approaching death's door caused something in his soul to shudder. He didn't know if it was from a past experience or not, but this feeling... He didn't like it.
”Um Grim...” Feeling a weird change in Grim's attitude, Luck instinctively moved aside as Grim's mana started to grow and heat the surrounding area.
Feeling the sudden rise of temperature in the room, Klaus and Yuno who were both trapped inside crystals looked towards Grim who was walking towards Mars.
With every step he took, the temperature rose higher and higher to the point that even Mimosa's plants on her Princess Healing Flower Robe's were being affected and drying out.
”Grim...”
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-Elsewhere-
'This mana... Its that kid again...'