Saint

'To think 2 grimoires could grant this much power, he's compareable to my union forms.'

Watching the climax of the fight with great amusement, Grim had gotten a good estimate of what Yuno was capable of. While he may not be enough to take him on at his full power, the potential of that second grimoire made his heart race.

It was funny. After training like crazy a year ago, both Asta and Yuno had managed to close the gap between them in an instant with Spirit Dive and the Black Form.

Even after unlocking his elven heritage and attaining the elf form, they both respectively achieved [Black Divider] and [Spirit of Zephyr] and once again caught up to him (somewhat).

And now it was taken even a step further. Instead of working hard and catching up to him like a normal person, this motherfucker just spawned a second grimoire and gave himself a whole other magic attribute!

In a way, it was kind of funny. Wasn't he the one who was supposed to have cheats?

Elven blood?

Demon Slaying Magic?

Suddenly it didn't seem so impressive.

Compared to him, Yuno had:

-Wind Magic

-A Wind Spirit/Spirit Magic

-Star Magic

-Royal Blood

-Elf Soul

-Tragic backstory etc.

This guy was the prime example of "main character material."

If the world had a destined protagonist, he was sure that it would be him.

At least Asta wasn't doing anything crazy.

*Sigh* But whatever. It's clear that Zenon won't be able to hang on for much longer.

"Ay Yami, you ready?" He suddenly called out.

"Huh?"

Throwing an unconscious William over his shoulder, he looked back at Grim with a face full of confusion.

"What?" He asked.

Getting up from his crouched position, he dusted himself off and smiled.

"The dark triad have been defeated, the Spade Kingdom has been liberated and the end of the world has been avoided."

"Outside of all the devils that escaped (they're probably slaughtering the Spade citizens as we speak) I'd say this was a perfect vict-

!!!

Suddenly a new type of fluctuation in Yuno's mana stopped the two in their tracks.

This feeling...

What is this...?

***

In the time that it had taken for Grim to speak Yami, Zenon had destroyed all of Yuno's stars and put him on the defensive.

Hurry up and DIE!!

*Fwoosh!!*

Flying through the air and desperately dodging Zenon's aggressive spatial slashes, blood and sweat dripped down Yuno's face.

He had lost his stars.

His spirit dive was undoing itself.

He was running low on mana.

All the odds were stacked against him... But this wasn't it.

*Grins*

As long as he drew breath, this fight WASN'T OVER!

"I'm not done yet! Not even close!"

*BADUMP!!*

His stars were gone, his spirit dive was dissipating and he was running out of mana.

BUT SO WHAT!

"BEEEELLLL!!!" He roared pushing out everything he had.

His story wouldn't end here.

*BADUMP!!*

He would revive the Golden Dawn.

*BADUMP!!*

Save his captain.

*BADUMP!!*

Beat Asta.

*BADUMP!!*

And Become The Wizard King!!

"Let's Go Yuunooo!!" Bell yelled pushing their connection to the limit.

"USELESS!!"

Manifesting three small spatial portals behind him, an attempt was made to pierce him with his bone magic.

[Wind Spirit Creation Magic: Saint Spirit of Zephyr]

But right now, the two were completely in sync.

Reaching near 100% resonance with his spirit and achieving the legendary Saint Stage. Yuno formed the Spirit of Zephyr sword and channeled the saint power into it.

"ZENOOOOOOON!!!"

Blasting the incoming bones away with his left hand and wielding the new Zephyr in the right, the force of the wind blast was strong enough to propel him downwards and towards the charging Zenon.

*FWOOSH!!*

Seeing him, the sword in Zenon's hand vibrated erratically as he burst through the air ready to meet Yuno head on.

Even with Star Magic, you couldn't destroy my devil heart. This Fight-

"I WIN!!!" Zenon declared confidentally swinging [Dainsleif].

*BLINK!!*

Suddenly vanishing from sight, Zenon's sword hit empty air.

What!

"No." Yuno's voice suddenly sounded out from behind him.

'That sudden burst of power he had... He created a new star!'

"This win-

Gripping Zephyr with both hands, he swung the blade and cleaved through Zenon's body and heart.

"It belongs to the Golden Dawn!"

***

So that's the Saint Stage that Megicula was talking about...

Rather than destroying a devil like a normal arcane stage mage, it was more accurate to say that the saint stage had the power to exercise them. Or maybe the right word was purify?

Why did Megicula think I had achieved this?

From his observation, a spirit was needed to reach the Saint Stage. Megicula clearly knew that he was not a spirit contractor.

So why?

The only reason he could think of was the purity of his own mana.

Even back when he fought Zagred in the shadow palace, the purity of his mana was strong enough to corrode away the negative mana of a high ranking devil. Compared to then, he was far stronger.

Could it be that my mana is so pure that it rivals that of a saint?

Saint type mana and arcane stage magic...

Haha, what the hell even am I?