Chapter 62 - Invasion (1/2)

Shining brightly, Grim dug his feet into the ground before using his magic to explode the area between his soles and the ground to shoot forward.

”FINRAL!!” He yelled.

Hearing him, Finral's grimoire flashed into sight as a portal appeared in front of Grim.

”Hoh?” The witch queen raised a brow.

[Unknowing Fire]

Bursting out from behind her with a glowing blade in his hand, Grim swiped the sword at her neck aiming to beat her in one fell swoop.

*Swoosh!*

Slashing at her, Grim and everyone was shocked to see the witch queen disappear into a flock of crows.

”GRIM!!!” Noelle yelled once she saw the crows gather above him to form the Witch Queen.

Raising her hand high in the air, the Witch Queen's grimoire glowed as a blood red weapon manifested in her hands.

[Blood Creation Magic: Lifeblood Scythe]

Looking down at the young boy, no emotion could be seen on the Witch Queen's face as she unhesitatingly slashed down.

”GRIM!!” Everyone screamed.

”Heh.” Grim looked up and grinned.

'What!?'

[Breath of Water: Flowing Dance]

With the [Breath of the Beast] base enhancing his natural senses and combined with his ability to use Ki and enter the transparent world, Grim used his new spell to twist his body in an uncomfortable way and bȧrėly avoid the blow.

*Cling!*

Due to his increased degree of mana control, Grim compressed the power of his next attack as he jumped towards the Witch Queen and unleashed the full might of thunder.

”DODGE THIS YOU ROYAL BITCH!!!”

[Breath of Thunder - Third Form: Thunder Swarm]

Knowing the speed at which had attack would move at, Grim was confident in this move as he had already jumped and closed the distance between the two of them. After facing off against Licht in that cave, Grim knew that he was far from being the strongest and that if he was gonna number one, he needed to rely on strategy just as much as brute force.

”HYAHH!!!”

Unleashing the lightning fast bolt magic, Grim watched as the attack was about to strike Queen.

Watching the attack grow closer to her, the Witch Queen's expression stayed the same as her grimoire flipped to a different mage and a red cocoon surrounded her body tanking the full brunt of the spell and causing the rise of a sudden dust cloud.

”Tch!” Seeing this, Grim prepared to unleash another attack, but the moment he started circulating his mana, a feeling of dread washed over him as he instinctively jumped back to the others picking up Vanessa on the way.

”Hoh? To think you'd grow this far in such a short amount of time. As expected of someone with that blood.” The Witch Queen's voice rung out amidst the dust cloud.

'That blood? Does she know!?'

”To not only get so close to me, but to also know when to retreat by sensing the slight fluctuations of mana... How beautiful.” Once the dust cloud had settled, the scene in front of them caused the group to shake.

”I-Impossible...”

”S-She!!”

Standing within a perfectly unscathed blood cocoon, the Queen revealed herself to the others completely unharmed and untouched.

'Dammit! I should of used [Breath of the Beast] to attack and cut through that cocoon.'

Just as the Queen was about to speak further, something seemed to catch her attention as she looked away from Grim's group and into the distance.

”They're here...”

Confused by the Queen's words, everything became clear when two giant orbs showing different areas of the Witches Forest appeared in front of them.

”Its the guys from the Eye of the Midnight Sun and the Diamond Kingdom!” Noelle exclaimed.

”Yeah! And there's that Mars guy!” Asta noted.

”And that Fana girl.” Grim focused on the pink haired girl ridding a would be dragon.