199 Bleeding Heart

"Give it up boy! No matter what you do you'll never get past my Skin Magic defence!"

"Give up?"

Puking out a mouthful of blood and staining his teeth red, Luck revealed a bloody smile as he stared down the dark disciple in front of him.

"I can't stop here." He said wiping the blood from his mouth.

"I'm gonna get stronger."

*Clenches right fist*

"I'm gonna get faster."

*Clenches left fist*

"AND I'M GONNA BEAT YOU!!"

Roaring out and pushing his speed past its limits. Several magic circles started manifesting behind his figure.

"Because there's someone out there that I've got to catch up to. So get out of the way you damn freak! You're slowing me down!"

"Oho?" Svenkin raised a brow looking at the boy unimpressed. "Slowing you down you say? *Grins* And just where are you in such a hurry to go?"

"Where am I going?" Luck tilted his head to the side and grinned as more and more magic circles appeared behind him.

'I'm going to place where he resides.'

'The place where only the strong can stand.'

"I'm going to the top!"

Suddenly bursting out into a fit of laughter. Svenkin hugged his sides as tears welled up in his eyes. "The top! You? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, don't you get it! People like you will never reach such at level! Only someone worthy like lady Vanica deserves to look down on everyone else!"

Ignoring his words and finishing up the construction of the last few magic circles, Luck's eyes brimmed with lightning magic as he took up a running pose.

"Getting ready to run are you? What a cowa-"

[True Lightning Magic: Keraunos]

Not allowing him to finish those words and turning himself into a bonafide bolt of lightning, Luck's speed surpassed that of Grim's unbalanced [Breath of the Storm] as he tore through Svenkin's magically reinforced skin armour and blasted off into the distance leaving a gapping hole in the dark disciple's chest.

"Wh-What." Unable to understand what had just taken place, Svenkin stood wide eyed with his mouth held open.

"Tch." Luck clicked his tongue perched up on one of the Heart Kingdom buildings and looking down at him.

'No wonder Grim didn't bother learning [True Magic], the activation is way to slow for someone like him.'

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-Heart Kingdom Palace-

"NOELLE!!"

*BOOM!!*

Bursting out from the centre of a watery explosion, another dark disciple with a body related type magic, lifted his elongated tongue and whipped it at Noelle, Mimosa and Loropechka.

*BOOM!!*

*Swoosh!* *Swoosh!*

Dodging it moments before it could hit them, the girls distanced themselves and looked at the dark disciple with disgust in their eyes as his tongue left a huge dent in the ground.

"Young Girls, Young Girls, YOUNG GIRLS!!!" He screamed hysterically his tongue dripping with saliva. "LET ME LICK YOU!!"

"Disgusting." Noelle's face scrunched up as she looked at her cousin. "Mimosa."

"On it!"

[Plant Magic: Magic Cannon Flower]

With the water spirit Undine behind her and powering up her spell via her water magic, Mimosa created a large flower and fired a powerful ray of highly concentrated mana out from the opening of its petals completely engulfing the dark disciple and presumedly killing him.

After seeing Grim's lone figure shooting towards the meteor in his fight against the rogue wizard king, she had steeled her resolve and vowed to never again sit on the sidelines while he risked himself for them.

'This time I'll stand beside you.'

"Nice shot Mimosa!" Loropechka complimented giving the young noble a thumbs up.

"Ha ha, its all thanks to Undi-

!!!

Suddenly freezing in place, the smiles on the tiro's faces fell as they were hit by a heavy amount of mana that threatened to crush them and force them down to their knees.

'T-This overwhelming pressure... I-Its like nothing I've ever felt before.'

'This mana... Its-Its so heavy.'

Struggling to stand their ground, beads of sweat trickled down the faces of the three girls as they swallowed their saliva and did their best to steel their nerves.

Behind the body of the defeated dark disciple, the distressing echoes of heels tapping against the stone floor reverberated out making its way into the ears of the girls.

"Yoohooo Loro~Pechka~Chan♡." Vanica beamed stepping through the hole in the wall looking awfully gleeful.

"V-Vanica." Loropechka stuttered touching her curse marked stomach.

"Aww, you remembered my gift." She giggled noticing Loropechka's actions. "Don't worry. I had to leave early last time because of some Megicula stuff. But I promise we can have as much fun as we want today!"

Swallowing her nervousness and gathering both her anger and courage, the queen of the Heart kingdom looked her enemy dead in the eye and asked with deadly seriousness-

"If I'm the one you want. Why did you attack the innocent people of my kingdom!? Why spread such death and destruction!"

"Hmm? Oh that~" She tapped her cheek before her face morphed into a disturbing smile.

"I figured you be more into the fight this way."

"W-What." 

"Aww don't you get it." Vanica teased. "This is the only way I could make you fight me seriously."

Realizing the meaning behind those words, Loropechka's eyes became hollow as despair settled in. "Th-This is my fault... Because of me... My people are suffering because of m-

*SLAP!!*

"SNAP OUT OF IT!!" Noelle yelled.

"Oh?" Vanica blinked seeing the scene.

"N-Noelle?" Loropechka's tear filled eyes looked at her feeling the burning sensation on her cheek.

"We didn't come all this way for you to cry now! We made a promise didn't we?! We promised to beat her together!! Grim or no Grim! WE'LL WIN THIS!!

"And you!" She turned towards Vanica.

"YOU MONSTER!!" She yelled unable to contain herself any longer. "What the hell do you take human lives for!"

"Huh?" Vanica suddenly looked at her. "Why is some no name extra talking to me?"

"No name extra?" Noelle trembled at her words and clenched her fists.

"Yeah I'm some no name extra. But guess what! This no name extra and her friends have already dealt your henchmen! Your done Vanica! You've lost!!"

"Is that so?" She yawned and snapped her fingers.

*VROOM!!*

"I guess I missed that part."

Rising out from behind her and cast a large shadow. The previously thought to be dead dark disciple rose to his feet and let out a perverted laugh while having a look of extreme pleasure plastered across his face.

"Dohohohohohohoh, Aaaaaah, that felt soo good~"

"Thank you lady Vanica, because of you I was able to feel so goo-

*SPLASH!!*

Jumping into the air and stabbing the heel of her boot through the dark disciple's skull. Vanica slammed his head into the ground and looked down at him in disgust.

"Shut up and go deal with the extras who aren't Loropechka."

"Fufufufu." He laughed as she pulled her blood soaked heel out from his head. "Moreeeee~ Step on me moreeee."

"Anyways~" She ignored him and returned her focus back onto the trio. "As you can see, thanks to the curse I put on them, killing them is in possible."

*Grins*

"So what were you saying about dealing with them?"