Chapter 23: Despair

Finral: Game Magic?

Gifso: Yes I have Game Magic! I can oversee and manipulate events within a certain area! Just like a game

Asta: That's so cool!

Finral: And powerful!

Luck: And fight worthy!

Magna: Yeah!

Gifso: So you are looking for the magic stone....am I correct?

Yami: Hey how do you know?

Blue: Do you have it?

Gifso: Hehehe, I know everything! And yes I do have it but in order to get it, you have to do something for me!

Finral: Something? I-It could be something really difficult!

Blue: I guarantee it isn't

Finral: Yeah for you! But it might be hard for the rest of us!

Blue: You'll be fine, stop panicking. What is this task?

Gifso: It is........[goes to Vanessa and Noelle] The boob squeezing game!

Everyone: WHAT?!

Blue: The what?

Velvet:.......Blue kill him

Before I could even react, Noelle seemed to not like what the old man had said so she goes over to him and slaps him to the ground. She then starts stomping on his face while Asta panics and tries to persuade her to stop.

Blue: Wait we have to beat him up? Is that what the game is?

Vanessa: N-Not exactly

Velvet: YES!

Yami: No

Gauche: Yes

Gifso: W-Wait I'm joking!

Noelle: You better be!

Gifso: A-Anyways, you will all have to play a game but don't worry, the rules are simple, I will teleport you to a huge area underneath here with many other areas to fight my elite fighters.

Asta: Ain't that overkill?

Gauche: Ehh, it makes life easy

Gifso: Yes, you have a point but! If I remove your captain then a huge amount of your team strength is taken away

Yami: Alright deal, that's our win already

Gifso: W-What?

Velvet: Hah! His face!

Blue: Yeah, this won't take long

Luck: Mmm! I'm going to kill my opponent :D

Asta: I'm ready!

Magna: Let's go and kick some ass

Gifso: Hey! Don't underestimate them! Ahem, anyways, game....start!

The old man uses his magic and warps us into different areas in the level below the temple. I was by myself but before I could go search for someone, I heard Gifso's voice ring out around me.

Gifso: I can also communicate with everyone here! Right now you can all hear my voice, it is apart of my game magic!

Blue: Oh great, a distraction

Gifso: I am in the game room with your captain, so do and give us a good show! We have some great dishes to enjoy while watching you. Oh and a quick reminder, the residents of the Seabed Temple are watching you all on broadcast!

Blue: They are? Great, I don't need that many eyes on me. It won't be my fault that they get traumatised.

I walk around and went to find one of these elite fighters, I swear if they're not impressive then I will be disappointed.

Velvet: Ah come on, do you expect them to be amazing against you? You're the best!

Blue:.......

I continue to walk around but find no one, there was no elite warrior to face me, just the rocky formations around me. I was going to continue moving around until I create a shadow shield in my hands and use it to block knives thrown at me.

I look at the knives and saw that they had a red glow to it.

Blue: Oh great

Velvet: What is it?

Blue: It's him

Blackwell: Good day Blue Light!

Blue:....Blackwell

Blackwell: I'm glad you remembered me

Blue: I wish I didn't, what do you want?

Blackwell: Oh nothing from you, I just wanted to say hello. I'm here for a magic stone, you wouldn't happen to know any lying around here would you?

Blue: I haven't, did the Midnight Sun send you?

Blackwell: They did, they're looking for it. Oh and Blue? I know you're lying!

Blackwell attacks me with with his claw which was already enhanced by his magic. I create a shadow axe and block his attack, it didn't shatter upon impact which showed that my shadows durability has increased.

Velvet: Of course! Erebus's gifts are the best!

Blackwell: Oh? Have you gotten stronger than before? That's good because I have to!

Blue: I'll be the judge of that

I noticed that Blackwell's claw was intertwined with my shadow axe so I swung my axe which threw Blackwell away, I take aim and throw the axe at Blackwell who recovers on his feet and deflects it away.

What he didn't anticipate was me appearing in front of him already with a shadow hammer in hand. I smash it into his side and send him in the air, however he had already enhanced himself so the damage was reduced.

I create a shadow bow and fired five arrows before throwing a spear at his abdomen. All attacks connected but didn't do much and Blackwell lands on his feet with no difficulty.

Blackwell: Come on! You didn't think you would dispatch me this early on right?

Blue: I hoped you would fall down easily, I don't have time for you

Blackwell: Come on Blue Light! Make time for your good friend!

Blue: I don't even know who you are

Blackwell: Let me edge that into your memory with my claw, you wouldn't mind would you?~

Velvet: You stay away from him!

Blue: He can't hear you

Blackwell: Who are you talking to?

Blue: The voice in my head

Blackwell: What does it say?

Blue: Don't worry

I create a shadow sword in my hand and dashed at Blackwell who engaged in a series of clashing against me. He did get better and he would've been a problem, but since our last fight, my power has grown at a higher rate.

Not only because I was holding a lot of power back but I have been receiving these Gifts of Erebus. Blackwell breaks through my sword and pulls back his claw.

Blackwell: Die!

He throws the claw forward but was surprised when he saw that it phased through me.

Blackwell: Again?!

Blue: Shadow Magic: Twilght Fist

My fist is charged in a sliver blue aura and I punch Blackwell in the face, 2 seconds later, the effect kicks in and he is struck four more times.

Two in the chest, one in the face and the last one was aimed at his right leg and all of them had long, silver, blue outlines coming out from the back of it.

Blackwell: W-What the?!

Because of those hits, his stance was interrupted and therefore he was left wide open. I create a shadow gauntlet in my right hand and slam it into his face, Blackwell was sent flying back into a wall.

He falls down to the ground and was unconscious, my shadow gauntlet dissolves and I was ready to move on.

Velvet: Wow, you're getting better and using that new magic spell.

Blue: Yes but he was weak, he didn't even stand a chance

Velvet: Yes you're right. You think he is hiding something?

Blue: I do

Yami: Yo, idiots

Blue: Yami?

I could hear Yami's voice from the old man's magic, did he want to tell us something?

Yami: Listen up, the Midnight Sun is here and I'm trapped in the admin room with Gifso. I will try and break out but for now it's up to you, surpass their limits and beat these fools

Blue: So it isn't just Blackwell? It's the others as well......great

I then walk around for a solid 5 minutes before hearing two people converse so I made my way there and saw Noelle and......is that Kahono?

Velvet: Remember she lives here

Blue: Kahono? Noelle?

Noelle: Oh Blue you're here

Kahono: Hello Blue! It's nice to see you!

Blue: Are one of the elite fighters?

Kahono: Yep! Remember that I told you that the Priest is my Grandfather!

Blue:.......Oh....I forgot about that

Kahono: That's okay, also was that your captain speaking before?

Blue: It was, I just fought that Blackwell guy

Noelle: He is here?

Blue: Yeah but he is knocked out. Come, we need to help the others

Noelle: Y-Yes!

The three of us go towards the biggest aura and walk into a giant area, Magna, Luck and someone else as they were out cold. Asta was fighting that Vetto guy with some other guy.

Blue: Crap it's him

Noelle: Is he someone dangerous

Blue: He is, who is that other boy?

Kahono: That's my brother Kiato

Kiato: Hmm? Oh Kahono! And other magic Knights!

Asta: Kiato watch out!

Kiato was distracted by his sister's appearance, he looks over and saw Vetto ready to attack, he couldn't react in time and Vetto cut off one of his leg.

Kahono: KIATOOOOO!

Noelle: W-What do we do?

Blue: Leave it to me

I jump towards the three and used Umbra Manipulation to create a giant hammer that I swing into Vetto. It launched him back while I land on my feet next to Asta.

Asta: B-Blue, how do we beat him?

Blue: Rest yourself, I'll hold him off

Asta: O-Okay be careful

Asta drags Kiato towards the unconscious group, I found out that the other guy with Magna and Luck was Kahono's father. Speaking of Kahono, both her and Noelle come down and stand by Asta.

Vetto: It's you, the masked one

Blue: I already knocked out Blackwell, I suggest you go and never come back

Vetto: Please, I'm more than a threat than him

Velvet: Blue he is much stronger than you

Blue: He is?

Velvet: Yeah I can feel it, be careful

Blue:.....I'll try

Vetto: I'm going to enjoy beating you and showing you true despair!

Blue: I already know what true despair was

Vetto rushes at me but I keep him at bay with my shadows, he keeps pushing through so I had to move around a bit. His attacks would hurt so I need to stay as a ranged fighter, I created many shadow weapons and other creations to keep him back but it didn't stop him completely.

I used walls to try and keep him contained but even that wasn't working.

Vetto: Your magic is weak!

Velvet: Blue you need to use your more stronger spells

Blue: You're right

Vetto go in close and I use Twilight Fist on him, once I struck him in the chest, I jump to the side and Vetto was struck four more times. It didn't do much and Vetto looked at me as if he was excited to break my bones.

He punches me with his huge fist and I was launched back, I regained my footing and take a moment to relax.

Blue: Dammit

Velvet: Did that hurt?

Blue: Yeah.....I have to really be careful, that did nothing to him

Velvet: Try it again but this time you should go for specific points

Blue: I'll see

I charge my Twilight Fist again and avoid more attacks by Vetto who was getting faster, I punch Vetto in his shoulder and jump back. He was slightly hurt but suffered more pain when more of his joints were struck.

Asta: Woah! He hurt him?!

Noelle: A-Amazing!

Kahono: Keep going Blue!

Vetto: Not bad kid but this won't help you beat me!

He rushes at me so I use Phantom to phase through his attack, he saw this and kept swiping at me with his claws but they all phased through me. Just when the spell effects were going to ware off, I use some shadows to create a column and push it into Vetto.

The column pushes Vetto into a wall and crushes him into it, he breaks out and leaps at me, I jump back and saw that he was in the middle. He was going to jump after me but couldn't move, he took notice that he was restrained by shadows.

His arms, legs, neck, waist and wrists were all wrapped with shadows and keeping him in the middle of the space we were in.

Vetto: W-What?!

Asta: Hey is it slightly darker here?

Noelle: Yeah, look! Th-There are shadows everywhere!

Kahono: Wait how?

Blue: Shadow Magic: Penumbra. This is my ultimate spell, I can cover the entire are with shadows and this means that I have an unlimited range of creations.

I use the shadows surrounding us to create many weapons ranging from swords, spears, knives, daggers, axes and arrows. They all emerged from the shadows around us and were ready to be unleashed.

Velvet: Oh wow, not bad!

Blue: You've lost

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