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Sekke looked at Asta with a serious look on his face as the black spark that came out of his hand started spreading.

Soon the entire sky turned dark as a black layer appeared over Asta's hand.

'The ki around us is going crazy. How the hell is a transformation able to cause such a side effect on the surroundings?' thought Sekke as he looked around and made sure that Ladros doesn't try anything funny.

"My other half," called Vritra with a slightly serious tone.

'Yes, Vritra." replied Sekke.

"You told me earlier when I asked that there are no devils in this world," said Vritra.

"Yeah, there aren't what happened?" asked Sekke.

"...Then be sure to look over that boy, 'cause he using a devil's power. He can go out of control as well," said Vritra making Sekke look towards Asta who was now standing with a darkened arm and a black wing on his back. There was also a singular black bull-like horn on his forehead as Sekke just readied his sword in case something happens.

He knew that the chances of Asta going crazy were low as he still remembers the gist of his memories, but he wasn't taking chances. There was no way that he was gonna let some butterfly effect fuck with the dark lord.

"That's quite the transformation," commented Ladros as a smirk appeared on his face as he gathered mana around his hands.

"But what exactly are you going to do with it?!" yelled Lafros as he fired a huge mana laser at Asta.

Seeing that Asta just closed his eyes, raised his demon slayer sword, swung it at the laser, and nullified it.

Seeing that his attack got canceled Ladros took up to the sky thinking of grabbing the advantage and fired multiple mana beams at Asta.

Asta looked at Ladros and a moment later took up to the skies as well with the help of the wing on his back.

"...He can fly now?" muttered Sekke feeling a bit conflicted as he didn't have a spell that allowed him to fly around freely. He has to use his bronze magic-made constructs if he wants to fight an aerial battle.

"Devils are notorious for their varied powers, flight is one of them....but how the hell is he flying with one wing?" said Vritra.

'The hell do I know? You are the expert here.' replied Sekke.

"...I don't know about the devil from this world, I can not feel demonic power from him as well. Only his aura is that of a devil," said Vritra.

'Hm...hey Vritra, do you have an ability that can let me fly fast and freely?' asked Sekke as he looked at the battle between the spirit possessed and the devil possessed.

"...Unfortunately, I do not have such an ability for the sacred gears that you have," said Vritra making Sekke a bit disappointed.

"However, we can innovate new ways to use the sacred gear to accomplish that, and if nothing works, we are going to unlock the balance breaker," said Vritra with a confident tone.

'Does a balance breaker has flight capabilities?' asked Sekke.

"Who knows, none of my past wielders have unlocked it," replied Vritra.

'...Then how the hell can you confidently say that I can fly using the balance breaker? How the hell am I gonna unlock it if you don't even know how it works?' asked Sekke.

"True, I don't know how to unlock the balance breaker...but who says we can't find the way to do it in the future...After all-" said Vritra as he passed making a smirk appear on Sekke's face as well.

""There is nothing impossible for the great Dark Lord and The prison dragon king.""

Hearing him say something out of nowhere Secre looked at Sekke weirdly but soon ignored it as she saw the look on Sekke's face. She knew that face, that's the face her monster of a partner makes when he gets a new idea that is going to result in a very powerful move.

'It's been a while since he made that expression. He is going to get reckless soon to get results. Well, can't help it, I will have to keep an eye on him and take care of him.' thought Secre as she started at Sekke for a while before her eyes focused back on the battle that was going on.

Soon the dark clouds disappeared as the sun shone on the ground brightly.

Sekke who now knew that Asta wasn't going crazy decided to check on the others as he helped the black bulls and Fanzell and his friends.

"Hey, Sekke, what the hell happened to Asta?" asked Noelle.

"Frankly speaking. I don't know Noelle. That power ain't magic so I can't say what it is. But borrowing the words from a muscled brute...Asta seems to have surpassed his limits." said Sekke as he helped her sit up.

Noelle nodded but still looked at Asta with worry, seeing that Sekke just ruffled her hair making the royal lash at Sekke who just ignored her and said, "Don't worry, by the looks of it Asta seems to be in control. And on the off chance he goes crazy, the dark lord will personally beat him back to sanity."

Hearing his words Noele stared at him for a while before she smiled a bit and nodded her head. But as if remembering something a blush appeared on her face as she looked away and said, "I-It's not like I was worried about him! Hmph!"

Hearing that Sekke just laughed as his grimoire started flipping.

[Bronze Creation Magic: Giant's Hands]

Soon a giant hand made of bronze appeared above him. Sekke turned around and then curled his fist which made the hand above him turn into a fist as well as Sekme got ready to punch something.

Soon Ladros appeared in front of them coming from the forest and seeing that he was heading towards them Sekke punched the air in front of him with full force sending the giant fist forward as well punching Ladros and sending him flying in the other direction.

"Oi! Asta! Make sure to fight him away from us!!" yelled Sekke as he noticed Asta following Ladros.

"GOT IT SEKKE!!!" replied Asta as he rushed towards Ladros.

"Idiot! If you want to fight one-on-one don't bring it close to others," said Sekke as the bronze fist just disintegrated into mana.

He then started back at Asta who was now following the trail of mana that was being left behind by Ladros at a fast pace seeing which Sekke sighed as he said, "Looks like it's finally over."

And just as he said those words a loud yell was heard by all of them.

"BLACK METEORITE!!!" yelled Asta as he slashed Ladros with his huge sword sending him crashing into the ground.

Asta then landed near Ladros as he slowly started walking toward him.

"Watch out for him my other half. He might be hung up upon the devil's power and become crazy," warned Vritra.

'Don't worry, I am prepared for something like that.'

"K-Kill me, I am ready for that," said Ladros weakly as he started at Asta who was walking towards him.

Asta stared at him for a while before he snapped at Ladros.

"Like hell, I am gonna do that!!!" and pointed his finger at Ladros and started his [Speech Magic: The words of shounen protagonist].

Seeing that Asta was normal Sekke smiled as he started at the short teammate preaching Ladros.

Soon the dark aura around Asta disappeared making him turn back to his normal form.

'The ki turned back to normal...' thought Sekke as he looked at Asta.

Asta then started to smirk as he got excited about his new power and looked toward Sekke.

"Oi! Sekke did you see that?! How was my new power I feel like I can surpass you if I used that!" said Asta with a smile on his face.

"Huh? You got crazy or what? You are a thousand years away to reach my level." replied Sekke.

"Huh! What did you say you bast-" said Asta but stopped in the middle as a cracking sound started coming out of his body and he started screaming in pain.

"Ah! It hurts all over! I'm bleeding so much! Oh, crap! I'm dying! Someone save me!" yelled Asta.

He then started looking around as his gaze fell on Mars and Fana. Not even wasting a moment he rushed toward Mars and started slapping Mars to wake him up.

"Hey, you two! You guys can use recovery magic, right?! Do something!... Wait, are you guys even alive?!"

"Oi Sekke! Help me!" asked Asta.

"How the hell are you dying with that much energy? Unfortunately, I don't have recovery magic. So just bear it." said Sekke.

"You don't need to worry." said a new voice that they all knew.

Hearing the voice Vanessa's eyes opened as she looked toward the source of the noise as a murder of crows started gathering near them.

'...Itachi Uchiha is coming...' mentally joked Sekke as a small smile appeared on his face.

"Secre, don't get away from me till I ask you to," said Sekke making the anti-bird nod.

Soon the Witch Queen appeared at the center of the crows as Asta started talking to her telling her that they saved the forest while also asking if she could heal his friends.

The two stared at each other for a while as Sekke looked at them and thought about what the outcome would be. Has he done enough to make the witch not be a huge bitch and just heal his friends, give him the magic stone, and let them go without any trouble?

'...Yeah, that doesn't sound convincing to even me. She is gonna be a bitch about it.' thought Sekke as he sighed knowing that being positive was not an option.

And just like he thought, mana gathered around the witch queen as she looked at Asta and said, "That won't be necessary.

Blood started to come out of the ground and flooded the crater that they were in making Sekke wobble a bit.

"What the?" said Sekke as he noticed that his grimoires got covered by blood before him making him unable to use a spell to counter the witch bitch's magic.

He looked towards the witch who just smirked at him making Sekke twitch his brows in frustration.

"I warned you to be careful around old people who look young. They are never simple," said Vritra.

'...I am gonna beat the shit out of her.' thought Sekke as he got engulfed in a blood geyser which soon turned into a crucifix.

[Blood Creation Magic: Fresh Blood Execution Ground]

Sekke looked around and then noticed that all of them were restrained on the crucifix and looked back at her.

"You really are a coward. Not even giving me a chance to use my magic on you," said Sekke.

"Hmph, be glad that I am not outright killing you for the disrespect from earlier." said the witch queen.

"Hah, like you can even do that," said Sekke in a mocking tone.

Asta soon started to complain to her when suddenly his body was paralyzed as some blood from the ground started entering his wound. Soon he started to cry out in pain seeing that the witch bitch raised her hand as mana started gathering.

"Controlling blood. That is my magic and with the blood that just entered your body, I can manipulate your blood as I please. I am a queen you know. Why would I bother granting your wish or negotiating with you," said the witch queen.

"...So you are saying that...you can make a man's dick hard forever...damn for being a man-hater you sure have some nifty ability," said Sekke.

The queen ignored Sekke's comment as she focused on Asta who moved his hand summoning his demon slayer sword.

"You are the one who will bend to my will."

[Blood Magic: Puppet's Blood]

And just as she said that Asta started moving wirelessly with the sword in his hand.

"ASTA!!" yelled Noelle and Vanessa as Sekke turned serious.

"I will at least heal you, since I cannot have you die on me. After all, I need someone who can use those anti-magic swords." said which queen.

[Blood Recovery Magic: Curse-Breaking Blood-Filled Cocoon]

Blood red thread came out of her finger that she pointed towards Asta as the threads rushed towards him and formed a spherical cocoon around him.

'The ki is rampaging once again, he is going black..' thought Sekke as he narrowed his eyes towards the cocoon and then glanced at his grimoires, which were sealed with blood magic surrounding them.

'All that she is accomplishing with this is getting my grimoires dirty.' thought Sekke as he prepared himself.

Soon the cocoon turned black as black lightning bolts shot out of it.

Asta then came out of the cocoon back in his black form as the others looked at him worriedly.

Pleased with the result a small smile appeared on the witch queen's lips as she said, "Now, for your first task...kill that imperfect being that dared to disrespect me earlier."

Hearing her order the other looked towards Asta with shock and soon glanced towards Sekke with a worried look on their faces.

"You suck which bitch! You coward creep!" said Sekke in response.

"Hmph, still acting like that when you are helpless and restrained."

Hearing what she said Sekke looked at her took a deep breath and soon a confident expression appeared on his face.

"Let me tell you something that you should never forget when you are fighting against the dark lord. Never think that the dark lord is helpless."

Hearing his words the witch queen frowned as Sekke smirked and gathered mana around him.

"Extase-"

"Wait my other half!"

'What?! You are ruining my moment!'

"Use my power I want to know how the devils of this world are?"

'Eh? Really? You mean we are gonna use that?' asked Sekke feeling a bit excited.

"Yes, my other half we are using that," replied Vritra in an excited tone making Sekke smirk.

"Change of plans witch bitch, be glad that you are the first human subject who is going to be the punching bag for my new awesome move," said Sekke with a grin on his face.

"Vritra!" yelled Sekke as his sacred gear appeared.

"Finish him." ordered which queen as Asta roared as rushed towards Sekke.

The absorption lime shot forward from the gauntlets and pierced Sekke's hands as some dark aura started to flow into Sekke's body.

"This is our strongest power for now--- Behold the PARTIAL DRAGONIFICATION!!!" Seller out Vritra with a roar.

'...Yeah....not gonna use that name.' mentally replied Sekke as some black marks appeared on his body. His body then got a bit buffed as some scales appeared around his limbs. One of his eyes turned gold and a slotted pupil appeared in it.

Once the transformation was complete Sekke got out of his restraints with his brute strength and punched Asta who was rushing towards him sending him flying towards the witch queen who widened her eyes in shock as Asta flew past her.

"Now which bitch I hope that you are ready for what is gonna happen to you. Feel this. Feel this power. You know I just thought of a good name for this." said Sekke as mana surged him his body causing the area near him to tremble.

Soon a smirk appeared on Sekke's face as he said, "Get ready to feel the might of the Dark Lord's <Dragon Force>"