Narrator: Threatened by a ruthless demon, humanity was on the brink of destruction. All seemed lost until a lone mage stepped forward and took up the fight. After his triumph, he was hailed as the Wizard King, and his story became legend.

The Royal Knights Selection Exams moved forward with anticipation and intensity as the final first round match saw the first eight man matchup with plenty of personal stakes take shape in the form of Team P's En Rigard, Noelle Silva, her Black Bulls squadmate Tyrus and Yuno squaring off against Noelle's older siblings Nebra and Solid, Yuno's superior in Alecdora Sandler and Coral Peacock Dmitri Blint.

Asta: With Noelle, Ty and Yuno on the same squad, I know who's going to win this!

Vanessa: We're rooting for you two! Show these boys the Beautiful Babes of the Black Bulls aren't to be trifled with!

Finral: Tyrus, bring it home, man! AND NOELLE, DON'T YOU DARE GO EASY ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUR SIBLINGS! ALL THE MORE REASON TO EMBARRASS THEM!

Yuno: Tyrus and I can do the attacking. You two, just back us up.

Despite initial reservations, Yuno would concede to Noelle's plight in suggesting her siblings woud chase after her and Tyrus, he let them go as they raced over to destroy Team O's crystal but the task proved easier said than done. All four of Nebra, Noelle, Solid and Tyrus made it to the crystal where a bitter showdown was about to end....

Julius: OOOOOOHHHHHH!

Tyrus: You dare look on us commonfolk, that was your first fucking mistake Liquid and Nebra. But where you truly fucked up?

Noelle: You're right. Back then I was weak, there's no arguing that.

An explosion of ice surrounds him as Kuroakami then races into his body and then he begins to transform. Horns form at the top of his head with scaly fixtures developing on his forehead, his arms and legs begin to tone themselves out with more muscle mass, as they too form scales and glow brightly with a silver and blue mix. He then opens his eyes as they different colors, left eye silver and right one blue. Finally in addition to the added muscle mass, his hair is fully silver.

Finral: WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE?!

Asta: Let them have it, Tyrus!

Noelle: And you Solid.... my entire life you've always been the bigger, stronger older brother and in a sense even though you were cruel to me, I always looked up to you and Nebra. BUT I'M DONE CARING WHETHER OR NOT I NEED YOUR OPINIONS OR APPROVE OF ME BECAUSE I HAVE A FAMILY. THEY'RE THE BLACK BULLS AND I HAVE ALREADY EARNED THEIR APPROVAL, WHICH MEANS A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT MORE TO ME THAN YOURS EVER WILL!

Tyrus: RAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

BOOOOOOOOM! CRACKLE! WHOOOOSH! BOOOOOOM!

Tyrus: FEAST YOUR EYES ON MY ICE SPIRIT MAGIC, AZURE DRAGON!

A new transformation along with Noelle's new attack spell were able to overwhelm her siblings.... bringing an conclusion to a difficult fight.

Noelle: SEA DRAGON'S ROAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!

And in a chaos full of water colliding with water, a crystal had been shattered and Solid had been flung in the air, falling down unconscious next to the already out Nebra.

Asta: AWESOME, THEY WON!

Mimosa: She wiped out their crystal with a single hit!

Announcer: CRYSTAL DESTROYED, TEAM P WINS!

Tyrus returns back to normal, as he surveys the damage.

Tyrus: Nice work, Noelle.

Noelle: I'm not weak, NOT ANYMORE! And I suppose you did good Tyrus, for what's it worth.

Tyrus: Heh, I'll take what I can get since you got us the win, oh....

He begins to fall down but she catches him from falling flat on his face.

Noelle: Are you alright?!

Tyrus: Yeah, yeah. That transformation took a lot more outta me than I'd like. Just need to stretch my body and I'll be good as new, Noelle. Don't worry about me but your face.

Noelle: Don't.... I kind of like having my own battle scar.

They smile at one another as they see Yuno and En coming up from behind.

With the first round concluded, the Royal Knights Exam moves into the second round now!

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Announcer: With Team P's victory, this concludes all of the First Round matchups! All participants on the battlefield must clear out while we prepare for the second round.

King Augustus Kira Clover the Thirteenth and Solid Silva could share the same feeling for once... they were NOT happy customers considering the circumstances. For the third oldest of the Silva clan while he and Nebra's injuries were being treated.

Solid: This can't be.... there's no way. You mean to tell me, I ACTUALLY LOST TO MY FAILURE OF A SISTER?!

Tyrus: I tried to warn you, Solid. All that time you were trying to demean your damn sister instead of acknowledging her bubbling strength, you had this coming. I'd take a long look in the mirror and realize who failed who. Seems like your older sister is starting to grasp the new reality that has befallen you both.

Solid: TCH.

Tyrus: Instead of trying to bring Noelle down every chance you get when you see her, use this as a means to possibly repair your sibling bond. Not too late.

He thinks back to the penultimate fight with Nebra before he drove her back and they got back to their teammates.

Tyrus: STOP BULLSHITTING ME SILVA, I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR SISTER! ADMIT IT!

Nebra: OF COURSE I DO! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT PAINS ME TO SAY THE THINGS I DO ABOUT MY OWN SISTER!

Tyrus: THEN WHY SAY THEM?! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH GRIEF IT BRINGS NOELLE, NO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE HER SUFFER! THAT'S NOT HOW THE BLACK BULLS DO THINGS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT'S NOT HOW I DO THINGS, POLAR CYCLONE!

Attendant: Please, Sir Solid, don't make any hasty movements or else you'll hinder the healing process.

Alecdora: Yuno... managed to defeat my most powerful spell. He made it look like child's play and without using his spirit magic and the other commoner used his to knock out Lady Nebra. Am I really that weak?! I'm the one who's supposed to usher in Sir Vangeance's dream into reality!

Yuno: You nobles fail to realize one thing... when you stumble, you break down. You don't even try to get back up and fight.

Asta: HELL YEAH, THAT WAS AN AWESOME FIGHT TY AND YUNO!

Yuno: You weren't so bad yourself, Short Stack.

Asta: Who're you calling Short-Stack, Lady-Killer?!

Tyrus: Think long and hard, who's the shortest of us three.... Shrimpsta?

Asta: NOT YOU TOO!

Charmy walks up to her meal-saving savior with a delicacy in hand for Yuno.

Charmy: That was super-duper awesome, Yuno! I could watch you fight like that all-day long. Um, I made this for you in case you were hungry!

Yuno: It would be awful of me to decline her and it would help me keep up my stamina.... Thank you Miss Charmy, this is exactly what I needed after a fight like that.

He accepts without a second thought, biting down on some berries, crackers and whipped cream.

Yuno: Mm. It's delicious.

Charmy: AHHHHH! I'm in love.....

Asta: Whoa, are you feelin' alright Charmy?!

Tyrus: Cupid must be workin' overtime with all the love in the air.

En: Hey um... so listen Noelle? Just wanted to say you were great out there. Despite all the harsh things your brother and sister said to you, you managed to keep a level head. Honestly, I had no idea you were that powerful.

Noelle: I honestly your personality changes from energetic to mellowed out when you're not doing the whole mushroom bit. But still....

En: I'll make it brief but please hear me out, Noelle. I've been hearing both of your siblings talk all day since before our battle began and well.... the way these two monsters treat their baby sister is flat out inexcusable! As the oldest of eleven children, it makes my blood boil. In fact my siblings are the reason that I'm even fighting here today! Noelle, an older brother and sister's most important job to oversee his or her siblings that may be weaker and are younger than them. BUT JUDGING BY THE MANY HURTFUL THINGS THESE TWO HAVE SAID TO YOU, IT'S CLEAR AS DAY THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL! SO BEAT THE TAR OUT OF THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL!

Noelle: Thank... you. You and Tyrus gave me the push I needed to finally put Solid in his place. So again, thanks for saying what you said back there.

En then places his hand on top of her head, something she was used to Tyrus or even Captain Yami doing on occassion, causing her to blush slightly.

En: You did great work.

Noelle: You know that's a bit patronizing. I AM royalty after all.

Tyrus: Just take the damn compliment from En, Noelle.

En: Hahahahaha! In any event, let's continue to work and do our best next time next match.

Noelle: That Mana Skin training I did back at the volcano really helped me in regulating my magic. If I can keep this up, I'll be a Royal Knight... no doubt about it.

Julius: WOW! Those opening round matchups were something else, I simply cannot wait for round two!

The King however was vastly on different level of thinking.

Kira XIII: Yes, I suppose I require more amusement. It's a shame that the three commoners who dare embarrass me are still in the running for MY ROYAL KNIGHTS! Why won't they just lose?!

He shoots a look mixed of parts disgust, anger and fear all wrapped into one at Asta, Tyrus and Yuno who are wrapped in their own little conversation.

Julius: Alright then, let us move forth into the second round! Right before we start, you know what to do.

He motions to his entourage repairing the field as they belt out a hearty and unified sir as the landscape begins to change. Waterfalls began to pop up in spades, and mini structures sprung up.

Finral: The field, it's shifting right in front of us!

Asta: SO COOL!

Julius: For His Majesty and I to get a good sense of all your abilities, we need to see you all fight in various landscapes as well as circumstances!

Charmy: Hey there, I'm back!

Julius: Hello there! As I was saying, take a look around you! This is where all you remaining mages will be fighting round two on!

Round Two, Match One. Sol Marron, Kirsch Vermillion and Magna Swing vs Asta, Xerx Lugner and Mimosa Vermillion.

Kirsch: They may change the fighting area all they like, but my beauty shall remain the sole constant!

Sol and Magna: Yeah, yeah.

Kirsch: Oh.... as for this bit of human waste. I shall wipe you away like the unsightly stain like you are, one they call Asta.

Asta: HA, you'll find out I'm stickier than I appear, Mimosa's brother!

Mimosa: Please don't involve me with his foolishiness, Asta. And talk all the trash you like, but Asta's strong, Kirsch and you'll be in for a rude awakening! So you're the one who's about to be wiped away, Big Brother!

Magna: Yo, Asta! You better not pull any punches with me!

Asta: I was just going to say the same with you Magna! Give me your best shot!

Sol: I hope he doesn't break your ugly, stupid purple glasses!

Magna: Shut your freakishly big face lady. Honestly.

Zora kept his eyes trained on Mimosa's only sibling as he licked his lips.

Zora: Oh, my. Looks like we're up against royalty.... GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP RELYING ON TEAMWORK, WON'T WE TEAMMATES?!

Asta: You're laughin' now, but your face is telling me a different story so be honest with Mimosa and I. You rigged the playing field with even more traps, didn't ya, Xerx?

Zora: Shit... was I that obvious? How he'd know? Must've picked on my ki or something.... Shit, you got me red-handed. I did. Came out here yesterday as a matter of fact and scattered them myself. My intel told me this is where the test would be and I figured why not take advantage of it.

Mimosa: Intel? But the location of the Royal Knights Exam was kept only between the King and the Wizard King. It should be highly classified information. What could've been his leak?

Asta: Yesterday? That's playin' dirty, ya damn jerk!

Zora: Oh yeah? It's called part of the game, dumbass shrimp or is your brain processing really that small? You're telling me you've never heard of information warfare? Did you see something in the rules saying I couldn't place any booby traps around the field, only person here yellin' at me about this type of thing is you, shorty.

Asta: STOP, STOP THAT! HEY, DAMN YOU!

Mimosa: Asta's so cute when he's angry!

Asta: Fine, I can deal with the trap setting. But at least tell Mimosa and I where you put them, we can coordinate with ya and work together!

Zora: Wrong. You'd fuck around and leak them to the enemy.

Mimosa: I mean.... he's not wrong?

Zora: Bottom line is you and Princess over there got your ways of fighting and I've got my own.

Asta: Fine but if you're playing by your way, then you better believe I'm doing the same!

Finral: Don't tell me they're arguing again....

Vanessa: I just hope it's nothing serious.

Zora: That's just hi-fucking-liarous. You expect me to believe you'll come up with your own fighting strategy?! With that tiny ass brains of yours? Not a chance.

Asta: I take serious offense to that! I have more brains than I know what to do with!

Mimosa: You tell him Asta, the only thing small about you is your stature!

Asta: YEAH.... wait, what?!

Announcer: Attention everyone! Team B: Xerx, Mimosa, and Asta! Versus Team C: Kirsch, Magna and Sol! Round Two, Match One, BEGIN NOW!

Kirsch stands by Magna and Sol with their crystal in tow as he fake mourns Mimosa.....

Kirsch: OHHHHH, Mimosa my dear baby sister! You've stood alongside those peasants for far too long, allowing their crude mana to taint your own! Such a sad sight, but I shall release you from the tight grasp of these two foul beasts you call your teammates before any one of you can fight.

He feigns fear as his Cherry Blossom Magic begins to roam wild in the form of petals and clones of himself appear.

Kirsch: Cherry Blossom Magic, Raging Magic Cherry Blossom Storm of Petals! Throw in my beautiful illusions in addition!

Soon the entire battlefield had been littered with petals.

Julius: Now that's quite the spectacular view befitting House Vermillion.

Charmy: So pretty! This calls for a celebratory snack, and this one is for you Sir!

Kirsch: NOW THEN, MIMOSA MY LOVING SISTER, YOU ARE FREEEE TO RELINQUISH YOUR PAST SOILED AND UGLY SELF!

Mimosa: I know I talked big defending Asta a minute ago, but Kirsch certainly isn't a slouch with his Cherry Blossom Magic. As hard as I've been training and giving it my all... I don't think I have a single counter to my brother's spells.

Zora: Acting hasty would only make us lose faster and I'm betting the Princess knows that too. Our best bet is to set a trap and catch those idiots lacking in their worst moment.

Asta: This is such an amazing spell. I can't see a thing right now.... right now being the operative words. This might be our only way out... HERE WE GO!

They watch as Asta pulls out the Demon-Slayer sword....

Mimosa: What's Asta doing?

Zora: Hmmmm....

Asta centers the blade as his concentration overtakes his thoughts, drowning out Mimosa and Zora altogether. Just then a blackish-red aura consumes his arms and soon half of his body with all of his hair turning black.

Asta: Alright... HERE WE GO!

Julius: Hmmmm... If it was anything like young Tyrus in the last matchup. Asta's about to do something big, I can feel it!

Asta: That's it... Just like that. Come to me! Flow on right through me.

Mimosa: That darkness....

Zora: Interesting.... maybe you're not as dumb as I thought, kid.

Asta: Just a little bit.... MORE! THERE!

BOOM!

Mimosa: Asta! What is this aura I'm getting from you? It's not magic-like at all, it's- it's sinister!

Asta: XERX, MIMOSA! GET READY, GUYS!

An explosion of darkness zooms past the masked individual and Vermillion royal as the suddenly realize Asta is way past them!

Asta: BLACK HURRICANEEEEEE!

He roars pasts Kirsch's spell, eviscerating all of elder Vermillion's clones much to the astonishment of Xerx.

Zora: The cherry blossoms. No, fuck that.... if he's that fast, he'll destroy all of my traps!

The Black Bulls all watch from a distance.

Finral: Woah, Asta's gotten even better!

Vanessa: That attack... it's from before.

Tyrus: You ain't kiddin'.

Noelle: It's like he's gotten even faster. Hmph, nice work, Dorksta.

Gordon: Indeed.... I know he had been practicing it with you and Noelle ever since the volcano trip but I hadn't realized he increased its power since then..... I am truly proud to call Asta my friend and comrade!

Finral: He's ripping through the clones and cherry blossoms bit by bit!

And sure enough, roam through the battlefield he did. The cyclone that was Asta spared no expense as he continued to cut through Zora's traps and Kirsch's clones like they were butter.

Kirsch: Impossible.... How did such a low-born runt run into such dreadful and malignant power!

BZZZZT! BZT! CRACKLE! TCH!

His aura disappears as Magna and Sol remark at his achievement.

Sol: Look at that.... he's pretty strong. Knew that couldn't have been easy.

Magna: Not bad, Little Rasta.

Mimosa: Oh my- AMAZING WORK ASTA, YOU DID IT!

Zora: Do you have any idea what you just pulled?!

Asta: Hmmm... seems like I pissed you off. Good, I knew you cared about these matches more than you were letting on..... NOW IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, LET'S JOIN FORCES AND WIN THIS DAMN THING TOGETHER!

Zora: Tch.... Rotten imbecile!

Kirsch however was apoplectic for a much different reason than the poser Magic Knight.

Kirsch: WHAT IS THIS... UGLINESS?!

Kira XIII: What in the world just happened now? It was but a beautiful storm of Cherry Blossoms and then they just poofed! Vanished! How did that commoner dispel all that magic just now?

Tyrus: Noelle, Yuno. You guys seeing what I'm seeing?

Noelle: Yeah.... It's just like back in the Forest of Witches when Asta was fighting the Shining General.

Yuno: And if we know him like we think we do, Asta's only going to get stronger from here on out. And the same goes for me.

He smirks as Tyrus finishes the train of thoughts.

Tyrus: Yeah, this fight's just about over. Magna, that Blue Rose Knight and Mimosa's brother aren't going to know what hits them next. Keep it up, Asta. I want only the best version of you. That way the victory will be so much better and then I can work my way on beating Yuno's cocky ass.

Julius: Very impressive! It would seem that young Asta has mastered yet another mysterious and limit shaterring power.

Charmy: Open Wide, 'kay?

Julius: Don't mind if I do!

Zora: Do you ever think before you act, pipsqueak? There's a reason I laid all those damn traps out in the first place! ALL THAT, WASTED. EFFORT. DAMN YOU!

Asta: Haha! Sure was and I don't regret it. Rough, isn't it flying in blind, I mean Xerx.

He stabs the Demon-Slayer into the ground blade first.

Asta: But it happened so tough beans, time for you to give us a back up plan! One where all three of us can win this damn thing by pitchin' in!

Zora: Huh?

Asta: You're a crafty guy, right? Sure you can think of somethin' on the fly! Come up with a new underhanded plan where you don't put Mimosa and I in danger. And we'll beat those guys fair and square! Hahahahahahahaha-

Zora: And he doesn't realize he's even contradicting himself. Great, he's an idiot and a daredevil.

Mimosa: Thank Goodness for Asta's anti-magic! And it looks like the old Asta is back at that.

Zora: We don't need a plan, since that attacks should be more the sufficent enough to take out their whole squad and their crystal. So nuke their asses to high hell.

Asta: Totally would hahahaha, but hate to break it to you Xerx.... That move takes a lot of me, so I gotta wait to recharge!

Zora: How are you so damn happy about that right now, clown? Like were you dropped on your head as a baby cause there's no way any self respecting human being acts this way.

Asta: Figure it's the best way to deal with your attitude, but I'm surprised it hasn't hit your head yet! I want us to fight as a freakin' team, Xerx! With your cunning, Mimosa's savviness and my strength we can win this match easy. And I don't care that you laid out all of the traps out yesterday! It's time you started treatin' Mimosa and I like actual partners and not like some damn decoys.

Mimosa's heart skips a beat as she quietly gasps while Zora narrows his eyes.

Mimosa: Asta...

Asta: We're here to be selected as members of the Royal Knights. The hand-picked Magic Knight Attack Force with the task of takin' down the Eye of the Midnight Sun! When we win, it'll be on us to take them down, no one else can fight those monsters alone. Not you, not Mimosa, not anyone, includin' me! There's only one way a team can win, and that's makin' that a whole hella of a lot stronger than what they currently are!

Zara: Look son... Yes, my fellow Magic Knights are all amazing people but the thing that makes us amazing is that we never have to stand alone! We all trust that if we face an enemy or even death should we have to? We face it together!

Zora continues to think long and heavy on his father's advice as Asta continues on.

Asta: Look the other team over there not only has one of my squadmates on it but they also have the Vice Captain of the Coral Peacocks on it and he's going to be a real piece of work but he's also strong as hell. So we need to put away all the pettiness and work together!

Snap!

Asta: Ow, HEY! If you don't like my ideas that much, then just say so!

Zora: Please, I wouldn't be caught dead being one of those Royal Guard. Damn squad would be just flaunted around by that parasite of a King. But my goals aren't going to achieve themselves. So that leaves me with no other option.... I'm putting you and the Princess to hard work there, Shrimpy!

Asta: Say what you will, and I don't care what ya motives are, but I WILL make the Royal Knights. All that matters is we do it fighting together as a team!

Zora: Hmph.

Mimosa simply nods while giggling.

Zora: Alright, so as you both have noticed, my magic attribute is Ash. My specialty is that of Trap Magic, though I will it's not exactly easy to create large scale traps such as the first time when I saved you both and the crystal from being shattered. Bigger traps like that require more time and more power to have more effectiveness. I did warn ya, I ain't get no sleep last night.

WAIT, HE WAS ACTUALLY TELLING THE TRUTH?!

Zora: Your weird sword cut through my traps and the fruity Peacock's storm earlier. Whole night's work, gone just like that.

Asta: Yeah, sorry about that, Xerx!

Zora: Lemme think... hm. There might be some traps I can spring here and now. I'll have to be quick about it, but there are three I can do.

Asta: Let's hear 'em.

Zora: The first is a snare trap. You touch the magic circle and it roots you in place. I mean you won't be able to get out of that thing unless you're strong strong.

Asta: Cool, cool. Second one, go.

Zora: Next one's a pitfall trap. As simple is you'd think it'd be. We lure our victim under false pretenses and soon enough, boom! Their asses are in the ground, just not dead.

Mimosa: Very innovative and painful. Any way we could get Kirsch in there?

Asta: Mimosa!

Mimosa: Come on, a girl can't dream?

Zora: The third one is the landmine trap. Simple attack spell is triggered once the target steps on the rune.

Asta: Bad memories with that one, let's try to avoid that one.

Zora: The traps will disappear once they've been set off. That's the only con. So unless I get a lot of time and put a shit ton of magic power in them, you won't get much bang for your yul. So, knowing all that now, what's your decision there kid?

As the trio got to planning, Kirsch continued to bitch and moan about his blinding spell having been canceled out.

Kirsch: Dear me! I cannot simply believe it. To think my utterly perfect and beautiful would be easily cut through by that peasant's insidious weapon. It's simply unbelievable!

Magna: Heh, yeah I wish I could say I was surprised there pretty boy but I'm not.

Kirsch: What?

Magna: You see, I knew Asta had been practicing that move he just landed plenty. Even to the point of exhaustion. Kid's put in the work and now Little Rasta's got a helluva trick up his sleeve we gotta be careful of. Maybe this'll learn ya never to underestimate commoners. Did you not see what my other rookie was capable of when he took down those Silver Eagles? Or that Golden Dawn boy? You royals gotta do your homework. Sidenote, I'm one myself so yeah I take grave offense to all the things you've been saying about Asta.

Kirsch recoils in horror but not in the sense you'd think.

Kirsch: NO! Don't tell me you're... YOU'RE A COMMONER TOO?!

Sol: Hate to break it to you. But we both are.

Magna: If it really bothered you, you would've noticed it earlier.

Kirsch: NO.... NOOOOOO! I COULD NEVER FIGHT BESIDE A COMMONER! I WOULD JUST END BEING DESECRATED AND DEFILED!

He summons a petal powered cloud and takes off.

Magna: OI, WAIT UP YOU DAMN COCKY NARCISSITIC BASTARD! WE ALREADY FOUGHT TOGETHER ONCE, WHAT'S FIGHTING ONE MORE TIME GONNA HURT?!

Tyrus: Noelle... I can't believe I'm sayin' this but how does anyone make Solid look good by comparison?

Noelle: You're asking questions not even I have the answers to. It's amazing Mimosa and I have gone this long without committing fratracide although, one would've done it accidentially and the other intentionally.

Kirsch: You and the fair commoner maiden can stay back. I have more than enough power to withstand a three on one handicap. STAY THERE AND PROTECT THE CRYSTAL!

Magna protests for a mere second but pulled a Klaus before snorting.

Magna: Ya know what? Do whatever you'd like. But if you think I won't do the same, then you're dead wrong Pretty Boy.

Sol: Good grief, the male species is definitely not a lost cause. So goddamn stupid.

Kirsch: Commoners are brutish. They are repulsive, hideous creatures. Fundamentally lacking in power being the worst of their unintentional crimes. How shameful on my part that I hadn't recognized the two were commoners sooner. HE shouldn't even be allowed to share a stage with royalty such as myself, let alone to stand at our beautiful sides! Hmmmm. There's Mimosa. Perhaps she's waving the white flag having sensed my arriving mana? No she's more than likely heading for our crystal. And I'm sensing that Xerx fellow's magic power not too far from my sister... As for that human waste- I'm getting nothing from him! Probably due to his lack of mana. UH!

Asta: HEY MIMOSA'S BROTHER! WANT SOME CRYSTAL, COME AND GET IT!

Kirsch: I HAVE FOUND YOU, YOU FILTHY BLIGHT ON THIS WORLD! CHERRY BLOSSOM MAGIC-

Asta: Here he comes, Xerx!

Xerx: Few more seconds, kid.

Kirsch: Dance of the Beautiful Cherry Blossom Blades!

Asta: HHHHHHHHAAAA! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GH! HHK!

Despite slicing through the brunt of the storm, Asta suffered through some wicked nick-ups.

Asta: These petals are slicing through the smallest openings! YAHHHHHHHHHH! You're really strong, I'll give it to you!

Kirsch: Such smart yet ugly cowardice. Where is your manhood, worm?! You shall not escape me, scum!

Asta: Come kick my butt, then! I'm so inferior! You are royalty after all!

Kirsch: Hmmmm... I'm getting faint traces of it. But I can still sense some magic. No doubt trap magic to catch me off guard. Such unwarranted cowardice from that Xerx fellow. I can see through your plan, you fool! You think you could outsmart royalty, craven wretch! Cherry Blossom Magic, My Beautiful Clones!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Asta: Oh no, the traps! Whatever shall I do?!

Kirsch: CEASE THIS FUN-MAKING AT MY EXPENSE, NOW! You thought you end me with such a shoddy plan? First mistake, you chose to enter a cramped space which constrains you and your blade. Two, you gave up your only escape route!

Asta: OHHHHH NO, I CLEARLY DIDN'T THINK OF THAT! If only had the brains of royalty, I definitely would be such a better match for you, please end my miserable existence!

Kirsch walks down on Asta ready to end the match's biggest X-Factor....

Kirsch: BEGONE, WORM!

SQUISHHH!

Kirsch: What, huh?! GAHHHH!

BOOM!

He falls to the cold hard surface of Mother Earth, the victim of a pitfall trap laid successfully. Breath ragged, he miraculously has no broken bones but he cannot stand.

Kirsch: How could I fallen for something so.... elementary?! My clones did away with every single trap spell within the radius.

You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? Hehehehehehehehehehe.

Zora: True, you've got a real good nose for sniffing out magic, my royal friend but here's the problem with that. You rely way too much on it, ya fucking dope. See your baby sister, the Shrimp and I figured you'd be on the prowl for any trap spells I might've set out. So the idiot and I we just dug this one out with good ol' fashioned hard labor.... Who's dirtied now, royal?

Kirsch: They made this not with magic.... but rather their hands?! Tch. I should've expected this, boars the two of you! Pathetic primitives, I CAN STILL FLY OUT-

PINNNNNNNNNG!

Kirsch: AHHHH!

Asta stops his train of thought, smiling deviously as he now possesses not only the Demon-Slayer sword but also the Demon-Dweller Sword as well in a dual-draw fashion.

Asta: I'd really hate to do this to Mimosa's big brother but she sends her regards. So sit there for a while because I'm going to knock ya out for a wee bit!

Kirsch: FILTHY BEAST YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME, CUR! NO, ANTI-MAGIC!

Asta: SAY GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE! Told ya, you and I would make a pretty good team.

Zora: Yeah, yeah. We did it, cupcakes and drinks are on me. We still have a crystal to destroy, Shrimp. And for the record I was only using ya.

Asta: Oh shut up and just take the compliment. Hehehe!

F.W.C. 5,278 Words.

End of Chapter Sixty-One/LXI!