Abbreviations to know:
(Y/N)= Your First Name
"Hey, no fair, Yami. You were hogging these fun-looking enemies all to yourself. Well? Are they worth slicing up?" Captain Jack basically hissed because of his raspy voice.
"Nope, not at all. They're pretty much like paper. I was about to finish them off when you butted in, you jerk." Captain Yami replied still kicked back on a rock.
"Keke, yeah, right. Look how beat up you are." Captain Jack laughed before turning his head to look at Captain Yami."
"Beat up? Who are you talking about?" Captain Yami spit back.
"Kekeke, Actually, why don't I use this opportunity to slice you up, too? Vent all of my past grudges." Captain Jack held up his scythe elbow and pushed it towards Captain Yami's neck.
"Oh no, I'm sorry. Please spare me." Captain Yami took his cigarette out of his mouth and sarcastically surrendered. With the same smile as always, Captain Jack pulled away.
"How long are you going to sit there? You're so pathetic for a man." Captain Charlotte questioned Captain Yami, but still facing the enemy.
"You're an idiot. The ground loves me so much, it won't let my ass go." Captain Yami took another puff of his cigarette.
"You're the idiot. There's no way the ground would love an outlaw like you." Captain Charlotte hit back at your captain.
"Talk about harsh. You're never going to find a guy who'll marry you with that attitude. Yikes." The two went back and forth for a little longer before focusing at the main issue at hand.
"The Eye of the Midnight Sun, its leader and top brass... The top brass of the traitors who attacked our country are all in a row. What a perfect opportunity. I'll bury them with my own hands." Captain Nozel stated, still surrounded by his mercury magic. Your captain took this time to once again insult the other squad's captain.
"Hey, I wonder how he gets his hair like that." Captain Yami questioned, referring to Captain Nozel.
"Doesn't he just get one of his servants to do it, since he's royalty?" Asta gave a suggestion.
"I'm sure he's got his own hair stylist." Finral added while rubbing his chin.
"He actually has someone to do it for him? But it's so lame! Wait, so he does that braid himself? That's pretty gross, too." Even with the enemy right in front of you, your squad mates took this time to insult Captain Nozel's hair.
"Shall I bury you lot first?" Captain Nozel glared back at your squad. You noticed he looked at you for a couple extra seconds before looking back ahead of him. Now, the three captains were standing face-to-face with the Third Eye, only separated by a short distance. There was an intense aura in the room before Asta went and yelled.
"Alright! I'm getting fired up! I can still fight, too!" Asta grabbed the swords from his grimoire with starry eyes, but his motivation was shut down by Captain Nozel.
"Stay out of this, pond scum. When the captains are on the battlefield, mediocre combatants will only slow us down. Especially a lowly peasant with no magic like yourself." Captain Nozel hit Asta with his words, but he just looked at him, not saying or expressing anything.
"Very well! True despair lies at the end of an endless battle! And the despair of the strongest fighters is the ultimate spice!" Vetto yelled while cracking his knuckles.
"We're hunting some rats. Let's go." He added soon after. Rhya created a replica of Captain Yami's sword. Meawhile, Licht was still surrounded by a flame healing spell. Rhya jumped forwards towards the Clover Kingdom captains and called dibs on Captain Charlotte. She used a briar spell that shot a bunch of vines towards Rhya, but he easily cut through them. As Rhya jumped around, the new vines Captain Charlotte created chased him wherever he went. He cut them again, but Captain Charlotte went after him. Vetto decided to go after Captain Jack, so he used one of his spells that seemed the enhance the strength of his scythes and he sent a large, destructive slash that destroyed the ground of the path Vetto was taking before he dodges the oncoming attack. Some spell that Vetto used formed a red-orange aura around him before dashing towards Captain Jack. Captain Nozel chose to go after Licht, his first attack being his spear attack, but Fana's fire burned them away with ease. The three fights continued simultaneously, and it was hard to tell who was at the advantage as both sides were able to keep up with each other. You couldn't really see the fights, though as a thick cloud of dust had kicked up.
"What is this?! They're basically a natural disaster!" Finral exclaimed. You and your squad mates held your arms in front of your faces to keep the dust and flying stones out of your eyes.
"How hard are they fighting in there?" You yelled.
"They're working pretty hard in there. That's cutting it a little close, Jack. Not bad, Charlotte. I'm surprised Nozel's braid stays in place." Somehow, Captain Yami could see what was going on, to which Asta pointed out. Captain Yami said he was sensing their ki. He then asked Finral if he had enough magic for one trip. Finral mistook his question as a sign of going home, but Captain Yami actually wanted him to teleport him above Licht, so that's what he did. In just a second, the captain was gone and somewhere in the middle of the fight. The battlefield was now visible, so you saw Licht notice the captain and begin his counterattack. On a short notice, Everyone decided to send Asta in from the side. Through the portal that sent Asta, you sent in your binding spell that followed him. Quickly, you gave them one last push and they wrapped around Lichts arm that had the spell, dragging it out of the way, giving an entry for Asta to slash him from the side, which opened the opportunity for Captain Yami to hit him from above, sending him smashing to the ground.
Asta landed on a stone not too far away from Licht, giving him a moment of pride, but it was ended when Captain Yami came down and landed on him. He seemed more motivated strangely after the captain acknowledged Asta for surpassing him limits. (That's new right?) Meanwhile, the three other captains were still fighting the Third Eye. They seemed ready to finish things off.
"There won't be any other reinforcements, will there?" Captain Yami asked, holding his cigarette in place in his mouth.
"What?! No way!" Asta yelled out with sparkles in his eyes, although he seemed panicked.
"Let's finish him off while the others are being held up!" Finral suggested, and Captain Yami agreed. Before you could, a red ring surrounded Licht before it was replaced by a ray of light. Licht then started to rise while surrounded by light, and he was know conscious. His eyes then shot open more than they were and stared at Asta.
"You! Why do you have that grimoire? Why do you have the Demon-Slayer Sword and the Demon-Dweller Sword?" You tilted your head slightly.
'What does he mean by Demon Swords?' You thought. Your squad thought the same thing.
"Those swords belong to the master!" Licht yelled and you glanced at Asta's sword.
"Who the hell is the master?" You questioned, looking back to Licht.
"All this about getting something back, or something belonging to the master, what are you even talking about? This crappy grimoire and these crappy swords belong to me! Stop making false accusations you crazy bastard!" Asta defended himself while holding up his beaten-up grimoire. But Licht still didn't seem to get the message.
"No... Give them back. That grimoire is..." Rocks on the ground started to rise up as Licht spoke.
"...Our master's grimoire and swords..." The rising of the rocks became much quicker to the point where the ground shook. With the commotion going on, it drowned out Licht's words. Captain Jack tried to slash Licht, but the light surrounding him swallowed it completely. The magic and mana coming off of him was incredibly powerful, and if he were to release it, it wouldn't be good. You noticed Finral start to panic as his hands shook rapidly before grabbing his head and flinging it back.
"I knew I shouldn't have come! Actually, I wish I'd never even joined this squad!" He yelled.
"This is actually our chance! If we defeat him and this power, we'll leave our limits in the dust!" Captain Yami's eyes widened in excitement. Finral tried to tell the captain and Asta that they were insane, but he was grabbed by his robe by Gauche, who told him not to give up. Before things could go any furthur, the Third Eye conducted a sealing spell that included the three of them to stop Licht's rampage. You could tell your team was a little disappointed. Rhya teleported to Valtos and grabbed him before going back to wear he was. A large portal was created under the enemies.
"Our boss isn't feeling too good, so we're gonna head home for today." Rhya said side-looking at your team.
"We lost this time, but the next time we meet, I'll show you true despair! Rodents will fall prey to the carnivores." Vetto hissed out.
"And that will be the end of you." Fana added.
"We, the Eye of the Midnight Sun, are always watching you." Vetto ended before they disappeared into the portal. Their mana was completely erased from the area, so they were really gone.
"They weren't giving their all." Captain Charlotte stated. You wondered why she thought this, as what you witnessed seemed pretty intense.
"Looks like they're loved by mana. They're definitely worth slicing up." Captain Jack added after a moment of thought.
"Uh... Did we win?" Asta questioned, still confused as to what just happened.
"I'm not sure if we actually won of it it's more like they ran away." Finral tried to give an answer.
"I mean they said they lost, but it doesn't really feel like we won either." You added on.
"Pretty sure we can say we won if they ran away. They did say they lost." Captain Yami said once again smoking his cigarette. That was enough to get Asta to yell out in victory while throwing his arms in the air. You slowly and softly clapped, not really sure of how to feel.
"We did it, Finral, Gauche, (Y/N)!" Asta definitely had his answer, though.
"Yeah! We did it!" Finral was happy about the "win" as well.
"You didn't do a thing." Gauche attacked Finral, poining at him. Asta continued to shout out in joy at the victory. He faced you with sparkles still in his eyes.
"You were super cool too, (Y/N)! Good job!" He held a fist out towards you, so you returned his fist bump with a wide smile. As you spoke with your team, Captain Yami spoke with the other captains, but some yelling was involved. Asta must have over-cheered himself, because with a couple more minutes, he fell over onto the ground, mouth still agape.
"Yeah. I'm not surprised he hit his limit. Oh well, Go get him fixed up Finral." Captain Yami downing on Finral again, to which he replied asking if he heard him right.
"I'm pretty sure I've been useful this whole time!" Finral argued back. Captain Yami just replied by scoffing.
You helped Asta up and get him through the portal as you took one last look around before stepping through.
~~~~~End of Chapter~~~~~
Total word count: 1947
Alright so I noticed I made a mistake earlier in the story that conflicts with what happened in this chapter. I forgot that Asta didn't know the true name of his swords, so I'm going to quickly go back and fix that in previous chapters. Sorry for the confusion!
Any feedback is helpful, whether it be compliments or criticism. I want to make sure you enjoy the story!