Mard Geer was seen falling down the sky. His body was pierced by an arrow of ice that turned into a spiky array of ice that pierced his flesh even more. As Mard Geer crashed into the ground, he saw Kyoya approaching him.
"This fight is over, Mard Geer!!!!!"
"Hehehehe. Hahahahahahaha!"
Mard Geer was laughing since it looked as if Kyoya believed that victory was his. As the Etherious was standing back up, Kyoya got ready to cast another spell.
"You foolish human. Your magic and my curses are on different levels. I was originally saving this for Zeref.....but you'll work just fine!!!!!!"
As Mard Geer said this, he was exerting an enormous amount of power. Seeing this, Kyoya knew that he had to put a stop to this before Mard Geer could unleash his last resort.
"Dammit!!!! I won't let you have your way!!!!!"
As Mard Geer was exerting his strength, Kyoya fires a barrage of crescent-shaped ice projectiles at the Etherious. However, Mard Geer made a wall of vines to protect himself from Kyoya's attack.
"This final attack........this curse I created.......I will use everything I have to kill you, human!!!!!!!!"
As Mard Geer said this, he produces a dark paralytic mist around Kyoya that envelops him, while creating a massive beam of dark spirits that reaches towards the sky.
"This curse......the victims of this Curse are no longer alive nor are they dead, but are simply erased, becoming nothing for eternity. This is my ultimate curse....Memento Mori!!!!"
Soon a huge explosion occured in the area. The ground was cracking and multiple trees were blown away. When this was over, a huge crater could be seen as Mard Geer was no longer in his Etherious Form. As he looked at the crater, he saw that there was still dust in the air but he was positive of one thing.
"I wi-"
"Not yet........."
Mard Geer's eyes were now wide. How could this happen? How could this be possible, how could this simple ice mage have survived? When he looked inside of the crater, he was shocked by what he saw.
"I'm not done yet!!!!!!"
"Devil Slayer Magic....is it possible......that it gives this boy a resistance to a devil's curse?! Not only that, it's like his body has become half devil?! Did that thwart my curse?!"
As Mard Geer saw this, he quickly made a series of vines in front of him. Soon he was behind several walls of vines. But as Kyoya walked forward, he was sure about one thing. This next attack will decide this battle.
"As long as devils and the Dark Triad exist.....I don't have time to die!!!!! I'm ending this fight now!!!!!!!! Ice Devil's Zeroth Long Sword!!!!!!!"
Kyoya creates an ethereal long sword from his palms that he uses to slash through all of Mard Geer's vines and eventually cuts the Etherious' body in half. After Kyoya performed his slash, Mard Geer's body was now frozen in ice made from Kyoya's Devil Slayer Magic.
Mard Geer was frozen in a prison that eternally damages his body as it was encased. After a few moments, Mard Geer's body turned to ash as no remains of his body was left. When Kyoya looked at the pillar of ice he made, he said one thing as the black markings on his body were fading away.
"I won."
As Kyoya said this, he immediately ran in the direction where Asta and the others were. He sensed some familiar mana earlier during his fight with Mard Geer. At first he didn't want to believe he was here, but deep down he knew that it was him.
~Meanwhile~
"This weakness is truly something. You don't have any mana, yet despite that you have a power of a devil that negates magic. Even then, you still can't beat me. What an amazing weakness."
Kurono was choking Asta as he held the boy by his neck and slammed him into a tree. The magic knight was now unconscious on the ground. Soon the man sensed some mana behind. With his eyes closed, he swiftly turns around and kicks Noelle into a tree. Afterwards, he looked towards the group of magic knights in front of him.
"I love bullying the weak. Though it seems my favorite weakling to bully isn't here yet, so you all will have to entertain me for now."
"Since I took out the boy with anti-magic first, I can freely use my spells without having to worry about them being negated."
As Kurono released black smoke in the air, everyone started to feel hot. The temperature was constantly rising as the black smoke was around them. Soon Kurono smiled as he was ready to have some fun.
"Smoke Magic:Cannibalis-"
"Ice Magic:Zero Point Breakthrough!!!!!"
Kurono was shocked after what he saw. His smoke was frozen solid and shattered seconds after. Not only that, since his senses were connected to his smoke, he was in shock when that connected was severed when the smoke was frozen. When he turned around he made a katana out of solidified smoke as he blocked a sword slash from a sword made of ice.
"There you are....my favorite weakling."
"What are you doing here, Kurono?!"
Noelle slowly got up as she heard a familiar voice. When she looked ahead, she saw Kyoya clashing blades with Kurono. As the two jumped back, Kurono began to speak to the ice mage.
"Why am I here? I'm here to act as a warning for both you and the magic knights here. They could barely do anything against me or the Etherious. Not to mention that i'm just like you. A mage from the Spade Kingdom that doesn't posses a devil."
As Noelle heard this, she was in shock. Kurono was this strong and he doesn't even have a devil. Then she began to wonder, just how strong is someone that is possessed by a devil. Soon Kurono began to walk away.
"Take this as a sign. You need to be at least as strong as me or else you'll end up dead. I'm sure that the Queen of the Heart Kingdom was going to tell you the same thing. As for me.......I got someone to train so i'll take my leave."
"Get back here Kuron-"
Before Kyoya could finish his sentence, he saw Kurono flying away on a cloud made from his smoke magic. Soon Kyoya looked at his allies as he picks up Asta. Finral made a portal to Loropechika's chambers as the group was heading back to report the situation. While this happened, Kyoya had one thing on his mind.
"I need to do it.....I need to get stronger."