Perfect Counter

-Mimosa POV-

'What is this... Situation... And what is that thing...'

Holding tightly onto Asta's back as they fell through the hole in the ceiling, the sight of dark elf Patry fighting Grim caught the young royal off guard. But compared to the pale skinned black thing floating only several metres away from her, seeing Grim fighting was nothing.

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*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

Skirting around all the explosions going off around him, Grim noticed Asta and Mimosa's arrival.

"Grim!!" Asta shouted seeing him fighting Patry.

"What the hell is going on?!! And what is that thing!" He pointed at the flying Zagred who was watching in amusement.

'Fufufufu.' Zagred laughed to himself upon seeing the grimoire in Asta's possession.

'To think I'd see the grimoire that was supposed to be mine here. What an amusing twist of fate.'

*Swoosh!!*

*Swoosh!!*

*Swoosh!!*

Dodging the shards of light that were moving fast enough that the sound of air being cut sounded out, Grim didn't bother explaining since his hands were full. Yuno on the other hand was still struggling to deal with Zagred's storm of swords and was in desperate need of help.

"Asta!!" Grim's eyes lit up the moment he saw him.

*Clang!*

Using his sword to deflect an attack, the corners of his mouth turned upwards as he raced over to his squad mate with dark elf Patry chasing after him.

*FWOOSH!!*

Blowing past the new arrivals, he placed his hand on Asta's shoulder and quickly said-

"Deal with this for me." Before shooting up towards Zagred who had already left.

"Whaa-

Not giving him time to think, Patry arrived in front of Asta and created a giant sword of dark light and slashed down towards him.

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-Zagred POV-

Flying through the exit and up to the highest floor in the shadow palace, the devil found itself in a spacious room with a stone door ahead of him.

"Oho, so that's the doorway leading to the outside world." He said with an unusual amount of glee in his voice. "Now would you kindly move aside, you're in the way."

Standing in front of him and blocking the doorway to the outer world was the elf leader with the gravity denying hair Licht.

Holding the demon dweller sword he had traded with Asta earlier on, the elven leader looked at Zagred in his dazed state and said-

"I... will not... let you... pass..."

"Is that so~" Zagred chuckled showcasing his black teeth.

"To think even in this state your hatred for me is strong enough that you still want to meddle with my plans~ Fufufu, I guess that's a given though, considering that the grimoire I couldn't take from you I have taken from someone you consider family." Holding his new grimoire in his hand, Zagred showed off a gleeful expression.

"To think that the unstable soul that gave birth to a demon would stand before me. I commend you elf leader. For such an achievement, I think I should reward you."

*Grins*

"Spear of lightning."

*ZOOM!!*

Using his word magic, he manifested a three pronged spear made of lightning and discharged it in Licht's direction.

Facing it head on and swinging his sword at it, Licht managed to completely stop the attack and absorb the magic into the Demon Dweller before unleashing the magic back at Zagred in the form of a giant slash.

"Wall of earth."

Springing up out of the ground, a thick wall of stone formed itself in front of the devil and took the brunt of the attack.

*BANG!!*

"Fufufufufu, not bad elf leader." Zagred laughed seeing his earth wall crumble.

'Unfortunatley I'm a bad matchup for you.'

"Iron spears."

*SWOOSH!!*

*SWOOSH!!*

*SWOOSH!!*

*CLANG*

*CLANG*

*CLANG*

Defending against the iron spears, Licht didn't notice the black substance shoot out the ground and wrap around him until it was to late.

'Ahh, that's more like it. Compared to that half elf whose magic seemed to suppress my own and only allowed me to use half of my power, this is much better.'

Seeing Licht all tied up in his binding, Zagred took this chance to wipe him out once and for all.

[Storm of swords]

Summoning an innumerable amount of swords in the sky. Zagred watched as they fell to the trapped Licht.

"Farewell leader of the elves-"

With no way to escape the binding due to it being made of matter and not magic, Licht had no choice but to look up at the falling swords moments away from impaling him.

"You were most amusing." Zagred finished.

*FWOOSH!!*

*FWOOSH!!*

*FWOOSH!!*

Listening to the sound of the swords tearing through the air, Licht closed his eyes and accepted his fate... At least that's what would have happened.

[Crazy Cutting]

*TING!!*

*TING!!*

*TING!!*

*TING!!*

!!!

'When did he get here!'

Appearing out of thin air, surrouned by grey aura blades,

the white haired half elf flashed in front of elf leader and used his magic

to intercept the falling swords ensuring that none of them touched Licht.

"Tch, you really don't know when to give up." Zagred muttered in a displeased tone.

"What can I say?" Grim laughed seeing the annoyed look on his face. "Giving up isn't one of my forte's."

*Clench!*

Angered at the appearance of the one capable of suppressing his mana with his presence, Zagred started shouting word after word in an attempt to stop him.

"IRON SPEARS!!"

"ICE SHARDS!!"

"VACUUM WALL!!"

"EXPLOSION!!!"

Unfortunately for him, for every word he spoke, Grim had a spell to counter it.

He blew away the iron spears with [Breath of Wind, melted the ice shards with [Breath of Blue Flames], resisted the vacuum wall with [Breath of the Beast] and extinguished the explosion with [Breath of Water].

'ARGHHH!!!' Zagred screamed in his head infuriated by what he was seeing. No matter what he method he used, nothing seemed to work against Grim! It was like he was the perfect counter to him! Not to mention that his mana was being suppressed making his spells weaker than they should be.

'Dammit! Dammit!! DAMMIT!!! WHAT IS THAT MAGIC!!'

Watching Grim stand in front of him and deal with Zagred's magic, Licht's expressionless face somehow managed to soften as he asked "why?"

"What?"

Annoyed by the fact that he was being asked a question despite dealing with fatal magic being fired at him continuously, Grim couldn't help but feel slightly pissed.

"Don't get it twisted." He scowled focusing his attention on the attacks coming at him.

"I still have a score to settle with you. You're not allowed to die until then."

Remembering how his previous fight with Licht ended, Grim truly couldn't wait to see the leader of the elves on his knees begging for his life only for it to fall on deaf ears as he pierced his heart with his jaggered beast swords. Just the thought of it made him feel all tingly.