Yami: Julius,about the match I want it to be in private so that no one can see it, well if people come to know about this fight Asta might be in danger
Julius:You are right only you me and Mereleona will be present there if I am not wrong?
Yami:Well my horse Finral too will be there
Julius:As you please(mild laugh)
The captain of the black bulls returned to his base,it's as loud as ever no one knows what will happen next,no normal person would be able survive the level of shouting and noises in that base but Yami got kind of used to it infact he is so weird sometimes that he enjoys it well....
Yami:hey Finral how are you
Finral(thinking in his mind):The captain is asking about me? Mee? He is behaving so nicely it's not practical either he has some evil motive in his mind or he has been effected by some kind of potion
Finral looked at Yami with utter confusion and fear
Yami: listen here you will need to transport me to the capital and whatever you see there you are gonna keep your mouth shut
Finral just nodded
Finral(thinking in his mind): I knew it but what could it be?..
Asta just finished his work out routine and came to the base and to add to his misfortune he met the intimidating glare of captains Yami
Yami:hey kid I want you to keep it a secret but you are gonna fight the current Captain of the Crimson lion Mereleona and you have no right to reject me
Asta:why will I this is my chance,I have to know what it takes to be the wizard king I am now where near that level now but I must know the difference and I will grind my place up there soon
Yami:oh well it seems you are excited,you won't be so when I tell you this,that captain Mereleona is at whole higher league compared to fuegelon
While Asta and Yami were chatting Final heard the whole conversation from behind Vanessa who was following Finral so that he would give him another drink heard the conversation too,while Charmie followed Vanessa to let her taste a new recipe of hers Gordon who wanted a piece too followed charmie,seeing the commotion luck thought maybe a fight is going on and he rushed to the scene while Magna ran with Luck in order to stop him and Noelle too followed them curious about the gathering and they all heard the whole conversation it was not a secret anymore
Luck: Finral I am begging you pls let me go and see the fight
Vanessa:that would be exciting to watch only if some drinks were there
While Gordon mumbled "my friend is gonna fight a captain I have to be there to support him"(Although no one heard the poor soul)
Charmie: while Asta is all beaten up I will give him to test my new recipe which will feel even better than usual then hehe
Everyone looked at Charmie with an odd look it seems everyone was agreeing and at the same time trying to resist the idea,Finral who was utterly cornered by the commotion had no choice but to agree to let them go
Although no one noticed grey was present there too in shape of an insect no one noticed
Yami:you ready kid
Asta:ye-yes sir
Yami reached out to Finral and asked him to open the portal towards the training field mentioned by the wizard king but in reality Finral had opened 2portals one for the black Bull members who would be transferred to hidden spot but the fight will be visible to them also
At the battlefield
Julius:what do you think what will happen
Yami:I was about to predict the outcome of the battle when the four leaf mage battled with him but this time I am too unsure of it
Mereleona: don't think just because you are a kid I am gonna go easy on you
Asta:I don't expect you to hold back either,I need to know the difference between my current self and the future one who is ought to become the wizard king
Mereleona(thinking in his mind):If he is able to survive 10%of my power I will let him pass the test he surely will be a talented mage to pull off such a feat well then let's begin this shall we
In Asta's mind
Liebe:Asta you are not gonna use your antimagic in this fight
Asta:but why,for you only I was able to come this far if you leave me now I won't even have a shot
Liebe:that's the problem,you are a lot stronger than you think you are you need to realise your worth people know you as the anti magic knight which is my power I want them to know what's your power show them what you are capable of
Asta:My brain still lacks the capacity to process that much but I get a gist of what you are trying to say so let's give it all I have got
Liebe just smirked
Mereleona charged at Asta with her hand covered in flame that was only 10%of her power yet that much power shook the whole ground leaving a crater Asta lifted his arm and blocked the blow the smoke cleared everyone was hoping to see Asta alive but what they saw was an unscratched Asta blocking her blow
Mereleona:what that's impossible he is just a kid,oh well I can't care less about let's toughen things up by a little bit shall we
Asta:here comes the hard part
Mereleona rushed in towards Asta and suddenly appeared behind him and threw fire balls Asta deflected as soon as he did that the deflected balls grew larger in size and Formed a large ball almost the size of a mini meteor the heat radiating from it was utterly shocking The Wizard king thought that he must stop this fight but Yami gave him a comforting smile and calmed him
The meteor shot towards Asta he punched and broke through it the shockwaves pushed Mereleona and she got hit against a wall now she started to take things seriously it was now Mereleona using 70%of her power she floated using manazone and created multiple of those meteoric fire balls and shot all at once at Asta but Asta just punched the thin air moments after the air got directed towards the meteor and destroyed them at blinding speed Mereleona was shocked she had thousands of questions running around her mind not only she but all of the spectators too had the same
But now what they must focus was on the fight
Mereleona now started to think that she could actually lose the fight hence it was time for her to use her 100%
The ground began to shake lava started to erupt and started covering Mereleona as if she was becoming Mana herself
Asta lost proper footing as a result he fell under the lava
Liebe made sure to coat his clothes with anti-magic so that they didn't get burn but he give no protection to his body,Asta swam under the lava and appeared right behind Mereleona her mana now took the shape of a lion,the meteor like fireballs except that they were a lot bigger this time surrounded that intimidating stance of hers the lion opened its mouth and a sphere of concentrated mana appeared
Mereleona:Manazone the Lion rush Final blow
They charged at Asta but all Asta did was tightening his own grip preparing for a punch
Mereleona: huh?you think you can stop me now with just that punch I know you use anti magic use your full power you dare look down on me,it's your biggest mistake now meet your death
Asta's punch and the concentrated mana sphere of the lion collided with each other soon after the shape of lion started to disperse it started fading towards the direction of air the shockwave was so huge that it pierced deeply miles through the ground and Mereleona was seen unconscious and bruised against a wall...
Author's note:Hope you liked the chapter, the next will be the after math of this fight I know I included something which is not cannon but I wanted to experiment let me know your opinions regarding it please and as always please leave by some tips to improve my writing thank you so much for reading.