86 Round 3
"How- But you were- EH!!?"
Confused by how Grim had gotten all the way over here despite being a mile or so behind him, Asta tried to rationalize this whole event without taking into account the fact that Grim had been slammed into the side of the volcano.
Seeing him struggle to work it out, Grim sighed and pried himself up and out of the dent he had made, brushed himself off and prepared to head back towards the direction he had been sent flying from.
"Don't worry about it."
Immediately after saying that, he coughed up 5 mouthfuls of blood and fell face first onto the ground.
"Ow..."
"Holy crap!" Asta exclaimed and ran to his side. "Are you okay."
"Just peachy, but you know what'd make me feel even better Asta?"
"What?"
"That small bottle of the Bitch Queen's magic blood that can heal any injury. Y'know the one right? The one you gave to your seamen (pun intended) friends without my permission? It'd be reeeeeal handy right about now."
"Oh um..."
[A/n: The salt is real]
Before Asta could answer, Mereoleona's booming voice sounded out from above them.
"You done already!!?"
'Huh?'
Looking up into the air, the sight of Mereoleona falling towards them at an alarming speed.
'Oh shit!'
*BANG!!*
Landing heavily, she created a small crater and sent dust dust and smoke blowing everywhere.
"Whew, now then, round 3?" She said while looking at the downed Grim.
"Yep, just give me a minu- Blergh!!" Before finishing his sentence, he threw up a couple more mouthfuls of blood.
'Fuck!! How did a single punch do so much damage to me!'
*Cough* *Cough*
Coughing up chunks of blood, Grim managed to crawl onto his feet and show off a bloody smile.
"Ready." He said with unsteady feet.
"..."
"..."
Looking at the clearly exhausted Grim, Asta and Mereoleona's eyes met briefly before Mereoleona turned back to Grim.
"Well then, if you want to continue, meet me at the top of the volcano." And before giving Grim a chance to say anything, she charged into the distance and vanished from sight.
Seeing her leave, Grim breathed a sigh of relief. While he wanted to continue, he wasn't sure his body could handle it.
'Heh, so that's how you wanna play it!'
"Um Grim." Asta called out. "You okay?"
"I'm great!!" He said with a wild grin on his face as he wiped away the leftover traces of blood off his lips.
"Heheheheh." He chuckled while staring at the top of the volcano and tightening his fists. "Time to tame a lioness."
Closing his eyes, Grim switched to [Breath of the Beast]. After letting that wind mage from the eye of the midnight sun poke several holes in his body back in the capital, Grim had discovered that all his magic types had an extra attribute that he hadn't known about beforehand. As it turned out, no matter which style of magic he was using, he was actually capable of clotting wounds from severe injuries and slowing down the circulation of poison in his bloodstream. But for some reason it was most effective whenever he had [Breath of the Beast] active. Not to mention that he was basically immune to poisons when using that style.
*BOOM!!*
Snapping his eyes open, the ground beneath his feet cracked and shatter from the force being emitted from the blue flames that had gathered around him once more. Changing styles again, he slowly started levitating off the ground.
"Oi Asta." He called out without looking back at him. "Hurry up and figure out how to use that black form of yours, my standard for sparring partners has risen recently.
And with that, in a burst of blue light he shot shot through the air and towards the top of the volcano leaving blue fire embers trailing behind him.
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"Hey hey Yuno, lets go on a date after this!"
Ignoring the wind spirit sitting on his shoulder, Yuno who was currently flying through the air while maintaining his mana skin felt a huge explosion of mana behind him.
"What th-
*BOOM!!*
*SWOOSH!!*
Bursting past him at an alarming rate, a pumped up Grim blew past him ignoring his person entirely and messing up his hair in the process.
'...He can fly...'
*BOOM!!*
*BOOM!!*
*BOOM!!*
Cloaked in blue flames and flying so fast that he constantly broke the speed barrier, the grin on Grim's face wouldn't let up.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" He laughed madly while shooting down towards Mereoleona who was standing on a rock float in the middle of the currently active volcano.
"ROUND 3 BITCH!!"
[Breath of Blue Flames: 9th Form - Rengoku]
Pouring a large amount of mana into his new blade and holding it above his hand as he dived downwards, he slashed the burning blade down towards the smiling Mereoleona and released a white hot beam of concentrated fire.
Smiling at his attempt, the ferocious captain of the Crimson Lions kicked off the rock with enough explosive force to shoot her through the air and charged towards the beam with her flaming fists active.
[Flame Magic - Calidus Brachium]
*BOOM!!*
Colliding with the beam with nothing but her fist, a earth shaking explosion rung out as a terrifying shockwave threatened to wake up all the magic lifeforms living on this volcano.
*SWOOSH!!*
Bursting through the dust cloud that the impact had created, Mereoleona who barely had a scuff mark on her charged towards the diving Grim with a scary smile on her face.
"THAT'S NOT ALL YOU'VE GOT RIGHT!!"
As the two closed in on the other, Grim's fiery blue aura transformed into a calming blue one.
"Huh?"
[Breath of Water: 3rd Form - Flowing Dance]
Unaware that Grim was capable of changing magic attributes, Mereoleona was caught off guard as Grim somehow managed to swerve past her punch and get behind her.
[Breath of Wind: 1st Form - Dust Whirlwind Cutter]
Surrounded by highspeed rotating wind blades that covered him from head to toe, Grim aimed the attack at her back. But to his surprise, Mereoleona kicked off the air allowing her evade the attack and closing in on Grim.
Activating [Flowing Dance] at the last second, he barely managed to avoid being sent flying by another flaming fist.
[Breath of Thunder: 3rd Form - Thunder Swarm]
*Whistle* "So it was more than just one type of magic type huh."
*BOOM!!*
Coating her self and expanding her fiery aura, the rotating thunder clashed with her aura and quickly dissipated.
But that was all part of Grim's plan. While she was focusing on his [Thunder Swarm], Grim had changed back to his blue flames and used to opportunity in which she was distracted to use his heightened fire resistance to break through her aura and appear in front of her with his sword thrusting towards her throat.
'I WIN!!'
*BOOM!!*
"ARGHHH!!!"
*BANG!!*
Detonating her aura while Grim was mere centimeters away from her, the black haired boy was sent hurtling downwards and crashed through several layers of the outer area of the volcano until he was good and buried.
Standing in the air, a proud looking felt a bit of wetness of her cheek. Touching it with her fingers, a hint of surprise flashed through her eyes as her finger was stained red from a shallow cut.
"Not bad cub." She smiled.
"ARRGHHHHHH!!!"
*BOOM!!*
[A/n: He's gone super saiyan!! lol]
"What now?" While Grim and Mereoleona had been fighting, Yami who was smoking a cig and Charlotte who was trying not to pass out from being so close to Yami were both watching the fight with minor interest.
Buried several feet into the volcano, an animalistic roar sounded out as blue light escaped the cracks before completely exploding and blowing away the rocks he was buried under.
'He's still capable of fighting? HOW FUN!!'
Lowering herself down onto one of the floating rocks on top of the lava, Mereoleona closed her eyes and waited for his return.
Unwilling to end things now, from deep underground Grim's aura shot into the sky as his flames swept away everything in its path.
'Something really is wrong with this kid.'
Making his way back up to the surface bathed in a sea of blue flames, Grim sent several rocks around him flying as his grimoire flew next to him showing a new page.
Ignoring the book, Grim's eyes were trained on a certain lioness as he flew over and landed on a floating rock opposite her.
Not saying a word, Mereoleona's eye snapped open as the image of a flaming lioness emerged behind her.
Feeling his battle lust being stimulated, Grim's grimoire started shining brightly as the image of a flaming blue tiger emerged behind his back.
[Breath of Blue Flames: 5th Form - Flaming Tiger]
"Heh, to think I thought you were lions cub, turns out you're a little tiger."
Smiling at her words, Grim's flaming tiger released a roar that gently shook the top of the volcano.
"What can I say?" He grinned. "When it comes to lions, only the females are capable of hunting right? My magic simply reflects the superior male creature that I am." While saying this he not so subtly indicated to his tiger.
[A/n: It truly astounds me that Grim can get his ass handed to him but cam still act so arrogantly... Actually, it doesn't.]
Hearing his words, Mereoleona's aura skyrocketed as even Yami and Charlotte started to focus on the situation.
'Ah shit, look like she's actually gonna kill him this time.'
Raising his own aura, Grim's body started to overflow with battle intent.
"Say that again."
"Make me." He grinned.
But just as these two were about to get it on, a familiar scream rang through the air.
"BWAAARRGGGGHHHHHH!!! HELP ME!! I CAN'T STOP!!"
Looking up at the sky, Asta who had somehow entered into his black form was heading straight towards Grim's figure.
Remembering how Asta's sword seemed to be attracted to the thing with the highest amount of mana, Grim couldn't help but say. "Oh fuck."
*BOOM!!*
