𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 || ʸᵘⁿᵒ

XVII

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the pair of magic knights were unmoving, gawking at the creature that had emerged from the stone tablet. they weren't going to back down but they needed a moment to gather their thoughts, apparently so did patry who kneeled next to rhya, eyes wide and focused on the black shadow.

the shadow morphed until it formed a demon with horns protruding from its forehead and it's greenish-white body covered by the same black shadow in the form of clothes. it's freakish red eyes bore into elle's and it chuckled evilly.

"though it's still incomplete, i haven't been in my own body in centuries. what a wonderful feeling" the demon moaned. "elf that was chosen by the four-leaf grimoire, i commend you. i praise you from the bottom of my heart for everything you've done up to this point, as well as the results you have shown me."

patry's eyes widened further, practically bulging out of their sockets as he looked up at the creature in horror, the realisation of what he'd been tricked into doing had dawned on him.

"and now, i shall have you taste the depths of despair, like he did back then."

"what... are you talking about" patry's voice began to tremble, as did his body. but not once did he stop his healing magic.

"that day, the one who tricked the humans into destroying the elves was me. the humans were easy to manipulate as they wanted power and then you managed to let me fool you in the most amusing way too. the revenge went according to plan" the demon cackled, finding the whole situation pleasurable.

"all of you are fools!" he laughed harder, his black teeth showing.

patry snapped. "how dare you!" he threw his light magic at the demon in despair, his voice trembling and cracking with every word.

"return" the demon spoke.

patry's magic came straight back to him as the elf stared in shock. before the magic could hit him, yuno was quick to pick up the two elves with his wind magic, moving them to safety whilst elle reversed the magic into nothing.

"hey! that body belongs to captain vengeance. i won't let you die like that" yuno growled, only taking his eyes off the demon for a split second to look patry in the eye sternly.

the demon laughed again "i'd prefer to deal with you two humans later if possible"

"you can't be serious... if all i have to do is destroy you to end all of this, so be it!" yuno shouted, his eyes narrowing as he glared at the creature.

elle rushed over to where patry kneeled with rhya and took over with the healing. reversing the injury until it was completely healed over.

"he won't wake up for a while, he's stable but a traumatic injury like that will leave him unconscious" elle explained, moving to back up yuno after seeing patry's nod of acknowledgment.

"everything is meaningless before my word soul magic" the demon bragged as yet another spell got demobilised by him.

before anything else could happen, asta and mimosa came crashing into the room.

"took you long enough asta" yuno smirked.

"what the heck is that creepy black thing?!" asta screeched as he's lowered to the floor by mimosa's plant magic.

"i see some uninvited guests have arrived" the demons rolled his eyes but appeared smug "well, i guess i'll leave them alone for now. more importantly..."

the demon paused for a second before whispering "come here"

patry, who was across the room, was immediately transported directly in front of the demon. the elf tried to cast a spell but it was easily blocked by the demon who ordered it to vanish.

"iron spears"

large beams of iron immediately shot from the ground, impaling patry in many places and lifting his body to be eye level with the creature.

his screams echoed in the huge stone room, ricocheting off of the walls as yuno and asta shot towards the demon, elle stayed on the ground to defend and assist.

"storm of blades"

this spell was instantly stopped by elle, who erased the magic back to its starting point. the only problem was that there was physical weapons mixed in. elle couldn't erase those so it was down to the boys to dodge them as they rained down at spectacular speeds.

"vacuum wall"

all three magic knights were instantly sent to the floor by an unknown force, their bodies cracking the floor below them with the pressure, large craters being created in the floor.

"riddled with holes"

rubble immediately rained down on them. thankfully, they were only trapped, not crushed thanks to the golden balls of time elle had encased the three of them moments before.

the magic knights managed to crawl out just in time to catch the end of the demon's conversation with patry. elle's eyes shot to the elf's grimoire, worry swimming in her eyes as she caught the clover turning black.

"who do you think you are? showing up here and making a mess of my kingdom? is your life so boring that you must terrorise my people? destroy my land?" elle's voice shook, her tone laced with anger and malice as her magic grew, overpowering everyone's in the room other than the demons. the mana pulsed out of her in waves, in tune with the anger that made her heartbeat echo in her ears, feeling her pulse in every point of her body.

"oh? so you're his descendant huh..."

"you're just a piece of shit..." asta spat.

"our dreams won't lose to the likes of you!" yuno and asta yelled simultaneously, their power growing too as the space was cleared of rubble from the overwhelming mana that flooded the room.

"storm of blades"

before they could even dropped half a metre, the blades had already vanished. elle's mana was touching every part of the room. nothing could get past. the physical blades were immediately taken care of by yuno and asta as they weaved through the air.

yuno and asta blasted towards the demon as they shouted something incoherent. they managed to land a hit but barely any damage was done.

"heal" the demon commanded. his minor injury was immediately fixed.

"reverse" elle commanded the clock, watching as the slash on the demons wrist instantly came back.

the demon merely chucked as he healed it yet again. "how impressive that you were able to wound me. having the power of a spirit and being loved by mana, the power of a meddlesome comrade who dwells within the five-leaf grimoire that i should have possessed and the most powerful magic to have ever blessed a royal in this kingdom. what a troublesome combo... nothing i can't handle though"

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