"Lucifero...do you remember?"
Standing right before Liebe was Lucifero. The king of devils and the creature that killed someone dear to him. He couldn't hold back his rage as he was so close to taking revenge on this devil.
"You're the one who killed Licita!!!!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about. You're trash without so much as a spec of magic."
Asta couldn't believe how much power Lucifero had at his disposal. Even he was starting to find it difficult for himself to keep standing. Soon Liebe spoke to Asta as they were both trying to find a way out of this situation.
"Asta. More than anything, what I want is to defeat him."
As Asta swung down his sword, Lucifero quickly flew away to dodge. Soon Asta swiftly followed him by having his sword track Lucifero's mana and going after it. The moment Asta got in front of Lucifero, he swung his blade at the devil with all is might.
"........."
After catching Asta's sword, Lucifero looked at one of his fingers. He saw a speck of blood upon his finger and was silent for a moment. Soon a frown was forming upon his face as his gaze was now fixed on Asta.
"You piece of filth."
As Lucifero said this, he swiftly slammed his right fist into Asta's face as the boy crashed into the ground. All Lucifero did was punch him, yet Asta couldn't see straight for a moment. What was he going to do?
"The little runt is giving it his all."
Lucifero and Asta turned in the direction where they heard the voice come from. Asta couldn't believe what he saw. All of the Magic Knight captains with the exception of Yami and Vangeance were backing him up as they were prepared to fight.
~????~
"Where am I?"
That was the first question Kyoya asked himself when he took a look at his surroundings, he was positive he was on the battlefield on his way to help Asta deal with Lucifero. And now, here he was. Inside of the same area whenever he met the Witch of Greed, Echidna.
"This isn't the Sanctuary, if that is what you are wondering. Echidna told you that your physical body was in the real world while your soul is in this plain. That is technically correct, but not the whole truth. This very land is actually your soul given the form of a landscape. Consider this realm the inner world of your mind."
Kyoya swiftly turned to the source of this voice. There he was, the man who shared resemblance to himself. The man had short, black hair and black eyes as he wore a high-collared black and tan robes with gold trim, along with a large, flowing white toga draped around his torso.
"It's nice to finally meet you, my descendant."
"Just who are you?"
"My name is Zeref. The creator of the Book of Zeref you have at your side....and the one who first discovered the Qliphoth."
Kyoya's fists clenched after he heard what Zeref said. This man was the person who first discovered the Qliphoth. If this man never discovered the Qliphoth, would any of this have happened? In order for the Dark Triad to even come up with this idea, they must have needed to follow the instructions engraved in the Book of Zeref. So if this man never discovered the Qliphoth, would Natsu not have died. Would he not have been cursed by Megicula in the first place? These were the thoughts in Kyoya's head.
"Now then....i'm sure you have some questions, but i'm afraid time is of the essence."
".....after hearing what you just said, it's taking all I got not to punch the shit out of you. You're right though, there's more pressing matters than how pissed I am at you. If we meet again I'll be demanding answers, but for now, tell me the reason you brought me here."
"You and the others are in critical conditions. You may be able to cause some fatal damage to Lucifero, however the most that you can do in your current state is just that. You can't die just yet. Not when the battle Echidna and I have prepared for is so close. That's why, when both yourself and Lucifero are at your limit........"
".......I'll step in."
~With Lucifero~
"BRING IT ON!!!!"
Mereoleona and Jack were the first of the captains to charge at Lucifero. As Mereoleona punched at Lucifero with her flame like body and Jack tried to slice him apart with his slash magic, they instantly realized something was wrong. As Lucifero caught Mereoleona's fist, he simply looked at the two mages that attacked him. The captains couldn't burn him, they couldn't slash him with their magic. Soon Lucifero simply performs a chop on Jack's head with his left hand as the captain was crashing towards the ground.
As this happened, he threw Mereoleona towards the ground only for Nozel to use his Mercury Magic to not only catch her, but to strike at Lucifero as well. However, Nozel couldn't hide his shock as Lucifero was already in front of him and grabbed his face. Soon the devil slams the noble into the ground. As this happened, Fuegoleon was behind the devil as he had Salamander ready to attack.
As the spirit of fire let a large amount of flames escape from its mouth, Lucifero charged through the flames and grabbed the spirit by its jaw as he threw both it and Fuegoleon onto the ground without so much as a scratch.
As Lucifero was assured that his victory was guaranteed, he saw the Magic Knight Captains of the Clover Kingdom standing back up. They were beaten to a pulp, they could tell that this devil's magic power outclasses their own. However, they still will not lose. Suddenly Mereoleona charged at Lucifero as she tried to punch the devil only to get sent flying backwards by the devil's own punch.
"Unfortunately, that's not how we do things! No matter how outclassed we are to you...."
The moment Lucifero turned around, it was too late. He couldn't sense his presence for there was no mana for him to sense. The moment he turned around, Lucifero quickly tried to duck down as he was met with the end of Asta's Anti-Magic sword. While he managed to avoid any fatal damage by Asta's attack, he saw that one of his horns was cut off.
"I missed..."
"YOU DAMN SCUM!!!!!"
As Lucifero said this, he grabbed Asta's face and slams him to the ground whilst using his gravity magic to make himself heavier, resulting in the ground breaking apart as Asta was slammed. Soon Lucifero furiously began to stomp on Asta's face as he was livid.
"YOU PIECE OF TRASH! YOU MAGIC-LESS PIECE OF TRASH!!!! DIE YOU DAMN NUISANC-"
"Someone louder than Asta exists? I didn't think that was possible?"
Lucifero suddenly flew to the air as a large spear of ice was hurled at him. Shortly afterwards he saw something akin to a miniature star appear just in front of Asta. When he looked down he saw three people standing in front of Asta. However, when Lucifero looked at his own hand, he noticed something off.
"I'm shaking. I, Lucifero, am trembling? The moment I sensed that ice, my body moved without my command. A magic that can harm me truly exists?"
As Yuno said this, he saw the person walking up next to him. As the mage smiled, he simply looked at Lucifero. The moment he caught a glimpse of the devil's hand shaking, the mage had a smirk plastered on his face.
"What's the matter, King of Devils? Scared of a mere human?"