6 The Figh (1/2)

Ever since Max had arrived in this world, he hadn't felt a single thing, didn't feel a single ounce of magic anywhere. At first he thought, maybe he would be like Asta with no magical ability. However, after recieving his grimoire, the moment he had made contact with it, a strange feeling had begun to arise in him. A sort of cold, calm, and overwhelming power spread throughout his body. This power felt cold yet somehow refreshing as if his entire body was getting lighter.

Most people in this world were born with magic ability and therefore didnt notice the difference, but it was actually much harder to live without magic in this world. This was one of the reasons Asta trained his body, to be able to fight against people who could use magic, though without his Anti-magic swords, it probably wouldve been nearly impossible for him succeed.

The point was, that Max now had magical abilities but while he knew the names of the spells thanks to the connection of the grimoire, he didnt have the slightest clue anoit what they did. However that didnt make him even slightly nervous, on the contrary it made him fired up.

”Alright,” Max said smashing his fists together and giving his opponents a serious look, ”I'm all fired up now.”

The three nobles simply looked at him strangely before casting their spells. The one on the left summoned fire in the shape of a lion, the one in the middle shot a tornado of wind, and the right one sent birds made of water and threw them. Each one was perfectly coordinated and their teamwork was perfect. If battling a normal opponent they would've quickly been buried beneath the onslaught of spells. However, even though Max wasn't quite accustomed to battle quite yet, there were still three spells that were available to use.

”Sound Magic- Disruption Wave” Max said, hoping this spell was just like it sounded. There was a full second pause in which everyone's magic seemed to stand still for a second before the wave began. It wasn't a completely visible wave, but rather a growing sound waves that pulsed and vibrated at such a frequency and with such force that it actually pushed everything backwards. However, the sounds it emitted were so loud that even the caster, Max, had to cover his ear in order to block out the noise.

”Talk about a backfire,” Max said as the sounds continued to ring out. He cut off the flow of magic that was in the spell and dispersed it, and the sounds slowly began to diminish. ”Next time lets bring ear plugs to the battle.”

While Max was contemplating his next move choice, his now less-than-enthusiastic opponents struggled to get from up off the floor. Having been on the receiving end of the blast, they were hit with not only an unbearable magic sound wave, but they were also hit with their own attacks. It appeared that their opponent possessed an spell that could not only injure and stop a magical and physical attacks but could repel them back at the user.

”Well, f*ck, this is some stupid shit,” muttered Caitlin as she picked herself off her butt, her hair now a complete mess. She glared at Max with undisguised hatred in her eyes. She swore right then and there that she'd make him pay.

”Caitlin, I think we can win,” said boy #1 with a small smile. ”We now know that he possesses sound magic, and that should be easy to overcome, lets set Plan B into motion.”

Caitlin listened to him then nodded, her eyes never leaving Max's body, but it wasn't becuase he was shirtless, but rather because he was currently glowing. This was the manifestation of mana, ones that usually only at senior ranked magic knights possess. The physical manifestation of mana, or rather the glow around the user indicated that the mana was so strong that it couldn't contian itself inside the vessel and would begin to spill out. Those who had reach the power of magic knight captains could actually use this to suppress other mages.

”Okay, then lets go,” muttered boy#2 and they ran towards Max but kept a good distance away running around him instead of straight at him, their own grimoires following their every step. They ran around him until they surrounded him.

'Using that last attack as a basis, he may not have any omnidirectional attacks in his arsenal' thought Caitlin, as she mentally turned the pages of her grimoire to her next spell. 'I'll use the strongest spell I have and utterly annihilate him.'

Max watched as the three of them tried something new, and was actually quite pleased with their new idea. In his own world this was a military tatic that was used in multiple places, known as Encirclement, where a force or target is isolated and surrounded on all side by enemy forces. It wasn't much to work since they only had three people and they had taken his Sound magic into account, the fact that the magic could only go in one direction.

However, it wasn't a big deal as he already knew what move he wanted to use next, a move that was basically explanatory in its brilliant name.

”Wind magic- Dance of the Fairies” uttered boy#1 as he shot out his magic.

”Fire creation magic- Fire Lion” said boy #2 repeating the same spell he had used before