Mordred vs Yami.

Now that Yami had a special katana that could keep up with his power he more than wanted to test it out. So far out of his entire squad probably only Mordred and Nacht could match him, but Nacht was not here.

As such, Mordred was the only one available and she was the one who gave him the thing. Yami and Mordred began to walk away from the Black Bulls base as at their level of power the level of destruction was on another level.

As they walked, Mordred looked up at Yami who had one of his usual cigarettes.

"You know smoking kills you early."

Yami took a deep puff before exhaling.

"I am stronger than that."

Mordred looked down at Atlas who went limp on his back acting like he was choking. That made her chuckle which made Yami turn around to see Atlas' acting. A large crease covered his face as he leaned down to look at the Behemoth.

"Oi, my lungs ain't that weak."

Atlas sat up slightly before covering his heart to act like he had a heart attack. Mordered pointed at Yami as she laughed.

"True. Any day now that old heart of yours will give out. But if you want to fuck up your lungs be my guest. Enjoy your twilight years old man."

Yami straightened his back out as they had walked far enough. It was where Mordred had tried out her all-out attacks earlier extra devestation was not going to be an issue here.

He turned around and drew out the new blade that Mordred had gifted him. Seeing that made Mordred grin as she reached out and grabbed Clarent from the blades floating around her.

As for the others, they began to spin around her in a circle as she took a deep breath.

"So Captain, how are we doing this?"

Yami smiled as he coated the new sword in a cloak of darkness.

"No need to be fancy about it. Fight me like you mean it Your Majesty."

Mordred exhaled loudly as her eyes turned bright red almost dragon-like. Yami began to reinforce his body with his Dark Magic while Mordred pumped Clarent full of mana.

They stayed still for a few tense seconds with Atlas running off before sitting on a stump. When he sat down, that seemed to have been the go-ahead as both Yami and Mordred rushed at the other.

Mordred did not use her armor as this was going to be a battle of Magic Swordsman. Mordred as usual did not fight with the flair of a knight, she fought with sheer ferocity. Using a Mana Burst, red lightning burst all around as she brought her sword down on Yami.

But instead of fighting her in a contest of strength, he used his Katana to parry her move before bringing his sword back up in an upward dark slash. With a grin, she swung her sword in a wide arc with lighting blasts fighting from it to the counter.

When the shadows and lighting hit the other blasts from the pressure rocked the surroundings. Atlas though watched on without being moved from his stump as he had gripped in with his claws.

In the fog of darkness and lightning Yami and Mordred continued their rapid exchange of sword strikes, but despite the speed, or wild fighting style she used, Yami continued to read her like a book.

She leaned forward and planted a palm on the ground before bringing up her leg to kick Yami in the face. But the Black Bulls Captain caught her leg with one hand which he used to lift her up.

He tossed her away toward one of the giant trees, but she spun in the air and landed feet first on it. She reached out and gripped the handle of Arondight which flew down for her. With both Clarent and Arondight in hand, she felt her physical attributes rise twice over.

Massive arcs of lightning blasted from her as she kicked off the tree bringing it down as she spun toward Yami with a mid-air Mana Burst. Grimoire flipping open he turned his Katana to his side.

"Dark Cloacked Avidya Slash."

A massive slice of condensed Shadows came toward Mordred, who kicked off Galatein to avoid the slice all together. Landing on the ground, Mordered rushed Yami once more who did not back down and came toward her.

With one hand he began to clash over and over with her wild flurry of blade swings. Mordred tried to get a read on Yami on how he was reading her, but she got nothing. She noticed how his eyes were constantly moving, but he reacted to her attacks before she did them.

Grinning at the fun she was feeling she lunged in trying to use her small size to her advantage. But, Yami reacted by bringing up his right foot to try to kick her in the gut. Instead, his mana-reinforced foot kicked Galetine who flew in front of Mordred to block for her.

However, she underestimated how much strength Yami packed into that kick as the sword went flying into her gut launching her backward. Yami paused as he watched Mordred fly away into the sky before she stoped her fly by stepping on Excalibur.

She kicked off and landed on the ground before patting her stomach.

"That's going to bruise later."

"You good?"

"Fine. You sure are strong Captain."

Yami took a puff once more of Tabbaco and nodded.

"Had to be. Now, how about I take off the gloves."

Mordred was going to ask what he meant before a literal ocean of mana erupted from Yami. The sheer amount was causing the surroundings to be covered in a blanket of darkness while Yami himself seemed to be bigger than life.

The sword she gifted him now looked pitch black at the sheer amount of mana covering it. Yami saw how Mordred had stars in her eyes as she looked at him. Pure excitement was visible which made him smile.

He spat out his cigarette and stepped on it.

"Show me what you got Mordred."

Mordred's armor minus her helmet appeared on her body as she gave a grin of her own. An equal amount of mana erupted from her causing massive storm clouds of red lightning to appear in the sky.

As they were in the middle of this, the rest of the Black Bulls began to gather in the distance watching as the oceans of mana being released woke them all up. But at the moment Mordred only wanted to go all out.

She let go of Arondight and reached out and gripped the handle of Excalibur almost gently. She took a deep breath as she remembered the face of her father. A face just like hers which made her remember some things she rather not think about right now.

When she opened her eyes, and she blasted off with a Mana Burst, but this one was stronger than ever. Yami could feel her QI become many times more controlled, rather than wild, but that just made reading her harder, not impossible.

With a grin of his own, he rushed toward her and began a new exchange. Except this one was causing massive shockwaves from the force of their swings. His new Katana was amplifying his magic to new extremes

Each of his slashes caused huge blades of darkness while Mordred's every swing, and every blow caused not red lightning, but golden lightning. Atlas was forced to fly away from the sheer intensity and for his own sake, he joined the rest of the Black Bulls who were watching.

Specifically, he landed on Asta's head causing him to look up. When that happened the rest of the Bulls turned to look at the Behemoth who was not looking at any of them. Instead, he was focused on his mother Mordred with an extreme focus.

She could not lose, he did not think it possible for her to lose. Yami covered his body in a Mana Skin and felt himself about to break his limits again. His focus reached new extremes as he felt more attuned to his magic.

As for Mordred, she was feeling a strange feeling of calm, Excalibur caused her every move to be even stronger. Her magic was amplified, but even with that, Yami was matching her move for move.

She saw his Grimoire open wide as he used one of his spells.

"Dark Cloaked Avidya Wild Slash."

His slashes became many times faster and numerous and Mordred was forced to react to each one. Yami was just getting started as they began to move throughout the forest. Yami lept toward Mordred while reinforcing his free hand he punched down toward her.

Excalibur released bursts of golden light as she sliced upwards against the force of his punch. Kicked off the air, Yami came in close as he placed his Katana in his sheath. In that moment his grimoire opened up as he created a new spell on the fly.

"Dark Cloaked Iai Slash."

In a smooth movement, he drew his sword from his sheath and burst past Mordred. She reacted on bare instinct and moved Arondight and Galateine to block, but Yami moved faster than her swords could fly.

When he came past her, she felt the strike of his sword and the shadows that cave after strike her right side. When he passed by her she looked down at her side and saw that her armor had a slice in it.

'DAMN!'

Yami turned around as he looked at Mordred.

"That is some tough armor."

He watched as the cut in her armor began to close, but she was still kinda supriced.

"Well you did have a sword made by me so in reality, it's not you that is strong, but my special magic that is special. Be thankful that I cared enough to gift it to you."

Tick marks appeared on his face as he glared at her.

"OI! You saying that was all you?"

Mordred nodded.

"Obviously. Your normal sword could never hope to cut through my armor, but that sword was mine to obviously it has to be the best."

Yami frowned as he looked at the sword she gave him.

"It doesn't special anymore."

Mordred just stuck her tounge out at him.

"Now your stuck with it. But, then again, you are going to need it."

With a Mana burst she lept away from Yami before letting go of Clarent and gripped Excalibur in both hands. Knowing what was about to happen, Yami felt his heart beat in pure excitement. If she got that move off, he would be in trouble so he could defend, dodge, or hunker down.

But he was not going to do any of those, he was going to break his limits here and now. Massive amounts of Dark Magic began to radiate off his Katana in a pillar of darkness. Meanwhile, Mordred began to raise Excalibur above her hold causing golden pillar of light to raise in the air.

The Black Bulls watched as the Golden and Dark pillar of light continued to rise ever higher as if unwilling to be smaller than the other. Mordred exhaled as she began to speak.

"Ex-"

Meanwhile Yami gripped his sword with both of his hands and raised it above his head just like Mordred. His muscles tensed and bulged under the sheer amount of Mana he was using.

He took a step forward and looked and looked at Mordred who was in a similar stance as him. Both of them grinned in a understanding that this would decide who won.

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash."

"CALIBUR!"

From Mordred a giant pillar of golden destruction raced toward Yami while in his case all his magic was condenced into one slice. Everything went quite as Yami's Dimension Slash and Mordred's full power Excalibur hit each other.

The clash of Darkness and Light seemed to cause everything to turn white for several moments. A huge eruption of mana blasted into the sky clearing it for several miles. Every Black Bull was forced to close their eyes and when they opened them they looked down where a massive crator had formed.

In that crator Mordred and Yami were both standing with their swords held down. They looked at the other for a few moments before they fell to their knees. Both were panting exausted, but Mordred looked up.

"You win Captain."

Yami chuckled.

"No, you win."

The next moment Mordred closed her eyes and passed out. Before she hit the ground, Yami forced himself up and caught her.

"Jeez, you sure pushed yourself this hard, can't say I didn't either though."

Next moment he fell on his back knocked out. That last clash had drained all of their Magic so the obvious result was this. When the rest of the Black Bulls came down to gather than, they saw how Mordred was held in Yami's arms looking quite peaceful.

She truly had a blast and secretly, felt happy to have met someone like Yami.