Finally away from the reaches of the soul engine, Conrad finds the earlier restrictions on his mana lifting from him.
Unshackled at last he immediately creates a Mana zone around him, engulfing the giant explosion of glass and heat coming his way with a spacial lock and sealed as a golden Key formed in his neck chain.
The sky turns teal, hundreds of Keylocks and windows appeared in the sky, soon the sunlight itself couldn't reach the ground, darkening a certain part over the ocean.
During the process Conrad turns to Asta, his palms facing the sides as he tosses Elsdocia to Asta.
"I don't need that thing anymore. That much mana should be enough for you, right? "
Asta didn't understand Conrad's words instantly and became confused, however the moment Elsdocia went into his grasp, he immediately realised their meaning.
The sword was brimming to the top with over a decade worth of unimprinted pure mana. The mana didn't struggle when controlled, turning into Anti-magic at any moment Asta wanted it to.
A silent satisfied smile formed on Asta's face, his stance turning into a dual-wielding one the moment he got two swords in his head. "It should be enough to kill her at least."
"Good, I am counting on it."
Meanwhile, Angel, who watching the duo from far away in the horizon saw the two of them turn towards her. She still had her impatient expression, and body twitching with anticipation.
Like a cannon she charges forward, the light rapiers still in her hand as she swung instantly after appearing before Asta.
However unlike before Asta wasn't lacking in anti-magic, instead he simply stood there. His right eye watched the light swords come closer, his mind finally able to observe and react to light speed thanks to infusement of Acceleration attribute Anti-magic.
The blade didn't reach him, instead it bent around and slashes behind him instead. Then as Angel tried to understand what has happened, Asta raised his sword.
[Gravity attribute mastery: 16-> 18]
[Gravity attribute conversion ratio: 34%]
[Acceleration attribute mastery: 22->23]
[ acceleration attribute conversion: 28%]
"I don't want to insult you or anything... But you make a perfect practice dummy." Asta said and bashed Angel out of her light shroud with a single handed strike with Elsdocia.
Osersia flew from the strike, flying backwards as her senses suddenly peaked with warnings.
Within the next second she was struck by lightning and shadowy chains, her outer skin immediately got toasted, leaving charred skin and ash that fell from her body.
"He reacted to Accelerated Light!? That shouldn't be possible for a huma—" During her thoughts, Osersia found her magic growing weaker and finally noticed the changes in Asta's body.
His skin was covered in a layer of Anti-magic, acting as armor while Conrad had set up a barrier that seals away a part of mana as soon as it exits her body.
However the armor wasn't the only thing. The horns on Asta's head have also grown larger, the tail he had hidden was also finally showing properly. Lastly, the one wing he had has also properly formed in into a bat like wing and when Angel focused she could see a new extremely tiny wing on the other side.
"I see, *Grins happily* However this game won't go your way! NOT ANYMORE!" Roared the Angel as she began blurring away towards the end of the barrier.
Blur...
"ASTA! STOP HER! "
"On it!"
Asta accelerated once more, appearing above Osersia as he struck her down with Demon slayer, sending crashing into the ocean.
However his ki senses were still stuck on Angel, warning him of her hostility before she attacked again.
A pillar of light rose from the sea, forming a hundreds of light sword that headed straight for Conrad who was maintaining the barrier.
Within the shower of swords, Asta noticed Angel flying straight towards Conrad and tried moving to intercept her but suddenly felt the world twist between them, turning upside down.
"Spacial magic: Twisted edge"
The sea below appeared above them, right outside the reach of the barrier, crushing it under the weight of thousands of tons of water.
The barrier crumbles instantly, forcing Conrad to retreat down only for Angel to blow up in a explosion of needles of metal, it was a self destructive clone.
The real Angel used the blinding light as her cover, appearing behind Asta with her fist clinched and smashes Asta down back with immense strength.
A golden armor now covers her body, not a magical but a real golden armor that she used to pummel Asta with dozen of strikes before herself being struck away with a cannon of ice from above.
"THAT'S RIGHT! THIS IS HOW A FIGHT SHOULD BE! " Osersia roared at the top of her breath, her hands clenched together as a portal opens behind her.
Asta And Conrad follow her through the portal, finding themselves floating above the capital of Clover kingdom.
Both of their expressions immediately grew frustrated, their magic now restricted with concern of people's safety... Or that's what Angel thought—
The next instant an invisible force grabbed Angel, baffling her for a second as a ethereal palm formed around and grabbed her.
"Of all the darned places! You just had to bring me to the place I hate, don't you!? "
Conrad growled with visible anger, his magic output increasing out of rage as he propelled himself right above Angel and conjured a portal and threw a literally mini version of Doom's gate towards her.
"Eh?" The confused angel's brain malfunctioned, her head failing to comprehend why a wizard king didn't give a single damn about the citizens. (She lost her foresight and has been sleeping, so she didn't knew of the noble's betrayal to conrad.)
The meteor struck right onto the face, carrying her alongside it as it headed straight for the King's castle itself.
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Meanwhile on the ground.
"Hey, did you hear the rumors?"
"What rumors? "
"Apparently, news has been spreading that the former wizard king has been revived and is leading the rebellion from the shadows. "
"I call cap. I haven't heard of a dead man rising from the dead. And If he did, I am sure the capital would have long been grazed to the ground. "
The two guards on the Silva house's gate look at each other, staring into each other's eyes as they began laughing.
"hahahaha. That's true. I guess we can't trust the rumors after all."
"I mean even if he is a wizard king, he still won't be idiotic enough to barge into the capit—"
BOOOMM... crumble, crumble.
The guards turns towards the loud noise, their bodies immediately getting hit with a shockwave of wind as they both turned towards the sky.
Out there in the air, the two of them saw a black horned figure with Greatsword in its hand hovering in the sky as he blocked a giant rock the size of the a entire mansion, trying to stop it.
"Holy sh**. *turns to the other guard* you just had to Jynx it, didn't you! "
"Like hell I knew this is wanna gonna happen! We have run, wait for the captains!"
The two guards scurried away like thousands of other spectators while Asta tried to slow down the meteor as best as he could.
His had already expanded Demon slayer to Demon divider and was using it to slow the meteor down.
At the same time, Conrad and Angel were engaged in a magic showdown right above the city with their attacks going everywhere, causing destruction and mayhem.
"JUST... ! STOP ALREADY! "
Crack...
The meteor cracked, splitting into dozens of different pieces as showered down towards the castle after breaking down. Asta even tried to stop some of the pieces with gravity magic, barely diverting them to empty places in the distance but many still landed on the castle.
Worry filled his heart as he dived down below. He headed straight to the castle, flying and landed while looking for any victims but found a two individuals instead.
"Sekke?" Asta called out as he noticed a dirty blond haired individual person looking at him in shock while covering a fat person with a shield made of transparent cyan mana.
"A-Asta!?" Sekke also called out as he fell on his back, "Yo-You are alive!!? Are you here for revenge...?! "
Asta shook his head, denying the accusation as he recognize the fat king of the kingdom behind Sekke and walked forward.
"Stop! Don't come closer, you Devil! I am the king! I AM—"
Slap
Asta slaps the Fat king across the corridor, his body bouncing like a literal ping-pong ball before he smashed face first into the window, cracking it, "Shut up, you pig bastard! I have got other things than to care about someone like you! "
Asta's main goal wasn't the king, it was Sekke also known as the fat bastard's bodyguard.
He gently places his hand on Sekke's shoulder, asking him a question, "Where is the vault?"
"Eh?"
"There is a wizard king outside who wouldn't hesitate to burn this city to the ground. I need my grimoire. I know it's in the vault!"
Sekke was immediately dumbfounded, left on a leaning plank where he has to pick a side with his life on the line.
He looked into Asta's eyes, his confidence and pride quickly melting under the Determined gaze he was under.
Sigh.
"Its two floor below. *gulp* the king had one of your swords and the grimoire encased in glass to be brag to the other nobles." Sekke said, revealing the location.
Asta's face immediately brightened, his hand still latched onto Sekke's shoulder as he dashes towards the king and kicks him out the wall and straight into the garden's fountain.
The confused Sekke didn't even have to react to the bloody faced king as Asta broke the ground with a quick swing and landed straight into the main hall.
"Which direction?"
"L-left! "
Before they knew Asta was led into a open clearing with dozens of items on display. Yet between the dozen of fake showpieces, he felt a connection and himself reached a display where he found his things.
"I guess its time, Liebe." Asta murmered near silently, his hand finally letting go of Sekke as he tossed the glass away with a swipe of his finger.
He reached ahead, grabbing his old dusty grimoire once more alongside the unsharpened Demon-Dweller and was transported into the grimoire.
"You... How are you alive?"
Asta smiles and turns to giant shadow of the liebe behind him, "Not everything needs a explanation... How about I explain it later? We still have a enemy to kill and a psychopath to pacify."