A beating of the highest order

Unleashing [Archangel Shootdown] once again, Langris barraged Grim with a volley of spatial orbs and spatial slashes.

"DIE DIE DIE!!"

Watching the attacks descend upon him, Grim stopped in his tracks and looked up to stare at Langris.

"Weak."

*BOOM!!*

Switching to [Breath of Wind], Grim coated his body in a green aura as he started levitating off the ground and leapt towards the spatial and snow mages.

[Breath of Wind - 2nd Form: Claws Purifying Wind]

[Breath of Wind - 3rd Form: Clean Storm Wind Tree]

[Breath of Wind - 4th Form: Rising Dust Storm]

Activating all three new wind spells that he had gotten after creating the air grenade technique a while back, Grim executed all three spells one after the other and used them to not only interfere with the spatial orbs while dodging the spatial cuts. But to also throw out several counter attacks.

[A/n: Bet you guys forgot that he had these 3 wind spells.]

With [Claws Purifying Wind], every time he swung his sword 4 vertical wind blades would shoot out and block any spatial orbs descending upon him. It was like the wind version of [8-layered mist] but with four less slashes.

Using [Clean Storm Wind Tree], he unleashed a whirlwind of slashes around his body that defended him from any incoming attacks and sliced up his surroundings. It reminded him of a slower version of [Crazy Cutting] but with more range.

As for [Rising Dust Storm], this was his counterattack. A mana zone like spell that created several wind blades that manifest themselves from under his opponents and sliced them up. While it was a good spell, mages with keen mana sensing abilities or mages that were fast enough could easily evade them... Too bad that neither Langris nor Fragil were those types of mages.

Grinning to himself, Grim activated [Rising Dust Storm] and listened as Langris's and Fragil's screams echoed throughout the battlefield as his wind blades appeared beneath them and sliced up their skin. But since he couldn't kill them and wanted to make them suffer more for putting him in such a tiring situation, he made the wounds shallow.

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-Viewing platform-

"H-He turned it around..."

Stunned at the sudden reversal in the fight, the magic knights stood with their mouths agape.

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*BOOM!!*

Once Langris and Fragil were struck by his [Rising Dust Storm], Grim quickly closed the gap by using air grenade on his feet to rocket forward and appear in front of the two magic knights.

'He's here!'

Seeing him appear in front of her with that ever present smile stuck on his face, Fragil's body trembled as all the fear and pain she experienced during his visit to the Azure Deer base flooded back into her.

'Why... Why did I think I could beat him.'

De-materializing the wind sword and raising his arm to the side, Fragil closed her eyes expecting him to slap her like he was rumoured to have done to Nebra Silva.

But just as she thought that this was the end for her, Grim did something completely unexpected.

Creating another air grenade on the palm of his right hand, he combusted it and used the shockwave to blast himself over to the far left. Once there, he changed the way he was holding the wind sword as he mentally checked its weight.

'Should be doable.'

After confirming its weight, the smile on his face grew wider as he gathered wind magic around that arm and using the boosted strength granted to him by his [Breath of the Beast] base power, he threw the sword in a spear like way that it tore through the air and pierced through Fragil's stomach.

"Gyah!"

Not wasting anymore time and creating a air grenade on the palm of his hand that he used to throw the sword, Grim used the shockwave to propel forward and towards the stunned Fragil whose brain still hadn't fully registered the pain as of yet.

*BOOM!!*

Shooting forward at an insane level of speed, he lowered his centre of gravity and arrived in front of the snow mage at a low angle before driving the sword deeper into her stomach by hitting the butt of the sword with an air grenade powerful enough to drive the blade in until only the hilt and handguard were visible.

As a result of using the air grenade in such close proximity, there was enough force and power that the sword threatened to tear through Fragil's body as she was sent flying backwards and into one of the newly formed mountains.

*BANG!!*

Feeling her back slam into the rocky structure, Fragil opened her mouth in order to scream but the only thing that came out was a mouthful of bright red blood as she quickly found out that the sword in her stomach had not only pierced her, but also impaled the rocks behind her and held her up like a puppet while drenching her white coat red.

"YOU!!"

Ignoring Fragil's situation and focusing his attention on Grim who was standing right in front of him, Langris activated his spatial orbs once more and hurled them at him.

"Heh?" Smiling loosely at Langris's last ditch effort, Grim switched to [Breath of Water] and started to effortlessly swerve through the attacks using [Flowing Dance].

"Give it up, I've already adapted to your speed."

"AARRGGHHHHH!!"

Gritting his teeth and letting out a anger filled scream, Langris kept on it despite watching Grim evade his attacks.

'Time to end this.'

No longer entertained by Langris's magic, Grim flowed through the spatial attacks and flashed in front of a surprised Langris.

*BANG!!*

"KYAHH!!

Not holding back in the slightest, Grim threatened to end Langris's family line by switching to [Breath of Wind] and ruthlessly striking his testies while forming an air grenade on the tip of his shoe.

*BANG!!*

"WAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"

*BANG!!*

Watching him rise into the air from the impact from his air grenade enhanced kick, Grim quickly grasped onto his rising shoulders and forcefully pulled him back down before smashing his head off his knee cap. Feeling the familiar sensation of someone's bones breaking upon making contact with his knee, Grim grabbed onto Langris's leg as he was falling backwards. Making use of that [Breath of the Beast] strength he had, he lifted him up off the ground and proceeded to hulk smash him dozens of times over before laying him flat on his back.

*Wheeze* *Cough* *Cough* *Blurgh*

Throwing up several mouthfuls of blood, every inch of Langris's body was screaming in pain as Grim repeated the words he had said earlier to him.

"Commoners should know there place... Isn't that what you said?" Standing over him and looking down at his pathetic figure, Grim couldn't help but mock him by using his own words against him.

"Commoners are on the bottom while you of noble lineage stand above them right? But if that's the case... Why are you the one laying in the dirt while I, a commoner stand above you? That's not right is it?"

*Clenches teeth*

"Oh? Looks like you've still got some fire in your eyes... Lets snuff that out~"

Presenting a smile that radiated nothing but innocence and purity. Langris watched as Grim picked up his discarded grimoire.

"This should do." Grim nodded to himself before sitting on top of Langris's stomach.

"Hmm..." Humming to himself lightly, he raised Langris's grimoire high into the air before mercilessly slamming it down on langris's face with enough force that one could hear the air whistle from its speed.

*BANG!!*

*BANG!!*

*BANG!!*

Hitting him over and over again, the only sound present throughout the entire area was the book hitting Langris's face and the land beneath his head wearing out as his head sunk in deeper and deeper.

By the time he was done with him, the front cover of Langris's grimoire that was originally light blue, had a new coating of red splashed across it.

"Whew." Wiping off the sweat from his forehead after such a workout, Grim turned his head to the side and saw an egg shaped crystal that didn't belong to his team off in the distance.

'Oh... I almost forgot about that.'

"Urhhhhh..." Langris groaned.

Staring down at him, Grim said a single word before heading towards the crystal.

"Látom."

[A/n: If you know, you know.]

[A/n: I love it when Grim acts like this.]