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Part 47: Enemys from two sides
"The eye of the midnight sun," the queen of witches said making Asta, Noelle and Finral look surprised.
"Wait did you just say the eye of the midnight sun?" Asta asked looking shocked.
"Are you sure its them," said Noelle.
"Wait a minute hang on, your not just making this up so we don't attack you right?" Finral asked nervously while the queen of witches stared back at them calmly.
"Imperfect, I could easily take you down with just the flick of my fingers, so why would I lie to youabout this," she said making the ones facing her look annoyed, "If you don't believe then see for yourself," she said waving her hand and a second glowing ball appeared behind them. This one much larger and showed a clear image of Fana and the dark green haired mage flying next to her.
"No way its her from the third eye, the same as that beast looking guy from the underwater temple," said Asta remembering Fana from back when he first saw the members of the third eye in the cave.
"If that's true thens shes probably as strong as him, or even stronger," said Noelle.
"What is going on here, I mean I know we were walking into a dangerous situation but now were in the middle of a battle," thought Finral looking shocked while the queen of witches was staring at the image of the red creature Fana was riding.
"The flame spirit Salamander, imperfect by not being at its full potential I can sense its still very powerful," she thought before grows began to fly over her, "I will let my daughters deal with them, now go let them know," she said as the crows began to fly over the group and outside into the forest to deliver the message to the witches living in it.
Outside the forest with the eye of the midnight sun, "The queen of witches who somehow ended up with a magic stone is in a place like this," the man flying next to Fana said with a smirk on his face.
"The black bulls are also here, I will make them pay for what they've done," she said as Salamander brought it's head back and opened its mouth, "Flame spirit magic, Salamanders breath," she said as the flame sprit fire a large fireball into the forest making it catch fire.
The flames could e seen from the witches palace, "Whoa," said Asta.
"Its so powerful," said Domina looking surprised.
"This is going to get real bad quick," said Finral as the flames continued to burn.
"It seems we have another team joining us," the queen said pointing her hand forward as another large glowing ball appeared on the right side of the other one displaying the image of diamond kingdom mages.
At the front riding on a piece of crystal was Mars. Unlike the eye of the midnight sun who were mostly flying on brooms, some of the diamond kingdom mages were flying on carpets. On the one next to Mars was man wearing a black cape. His eyes were dark and red. Like mars he had three gems attached into his forehead. Accept his were red and they were going across instead of down.
"Haha looks like were not the only ones to show up to this party," said dark red eyed man.
"That doesn't matter to us, our mission is to sneak into the forest and capture the queen of witches," said Mars.
"If there's a battle going on then what's the point of all this sneaking around?" He asked while smiling.
"Because those are our orders," Mars answered calmly as they continued flying forward.
Back in the queen of the witches palace the fires outside had been taken care off while further ahead some were still going, "Its that guy from the dungeon, looks like he made it out of there alive," said Asta before smiling, "That's great good for him,".
"Why are you so happy about that," said Finral looking shocked while Fanzell was looking closely at the two people leading the diamond kingdom forces.
"That boy must be Mars and that must mean the one flying next to him has to be Ladros," he thought, Ladros being the one with the red gems in his forehead. Before anyone could say something else, Asta spoke up again.
"Alright looks like ill have to fight the eye of the midnight sun and those diamond kingdom guys," he said looking determined.
"How are you going to fight without your arms," said Noelle who was checking on a still unconscious Vanessa.
Asta then looked surprised as he suddenly remembered that his arms were still in slings, "Oh no your right," he said.
"Are you seriously remembering that just now?" She asked calmly.
"Well its just a lot of stuff has happened," said Asta smiling nervously.
"Well that's understandable," said Finral as Vanessa slowly opened her eyes and she saw Asta facing the outside.
"Asta," she said making him turn around.
"Vanessa your awake," he said smiling.
"We were worried when we found you," said Noelle smiling.
"Wait Noelle, Finral and some of you are faces I recognize and one of you is shirtless," she said looking at Fanzell, Mariella and Domina.
"Yeah sorry about that," said Fanzell rubbing the back of his head.
"Its his favorite thing to do," said Mariella smiling while her former teacher looked down from her comment.
"Hey Vanessa, its been a while hasn't it," said Domina smiling.
"What happened, wait now I remember," said Vanessa as she remembered earlier when she confronted the queen, "Don't worry Asta I'm going to make a deal with the queen and have your arms healed," she said only for the anti magic user to give her an annoyed look.
"No way, the only way you would be able to do something like that is that if you became her slave right, well I'm not going to let that happen how selfish can you be," said Asta standing in front of her, "Taking off before everyone else to sneak off to your moms place without telling anyone,".
"I'm being selfish, I had a plan going in and besides what would a kid like you know what to do in a situation like this," she said now looking annoyed by his attitude.
"I would have thought of something," he said not backing down.
"Uh maybe you two should quiet down," said Finral waving his hands.
"Shut up Finral," the two of them said making him look annoyed.
"You cant talk to me that way I'm still your superior," Finral thought.
"And another thing what about Magna," said Asta making Vanessa look surprised as she quickly backed up a little.
"What did you say?" She asked.
"I remember back in the underwater temple when you saw him during the battle against that beast guy, the way you felt about it is exactly how I felt when I saw Noelle get injured in the dungeon," said Asta looking determined, "I'm sure he wouldn't be happy if you just took off even if he doesn't know how you feel,".
Asta then smiled, "Besides I still got my last resort," he said as he began to take his bandages off from his arms with his mouth.
"This cant end up well," said Mariella as Asta complete exposed his injured arms as his girmoire floated in front of him. The demon dweller sword came out and Asta grabbed the handle with his mouth.
"That sword," the queen of witches thought looking surprised as Asta held the sword above his right arm.
"Alright here we go," he said before hitting the sword into his arm shocking the others.
"Asta," said Noelle looking concerned as she watched her boyfriend roll around on the ground saying "Ow, ow, ow," before grabbing the sword again with his mouth.
"What are you doing, that curse power is not just in your arms but its now part of your body, your anti magic cant easily destroy it like other magic," said Vanessa, "You cant escape faith,".
"If that's true then I'm just going to have to kick faiths ass," said Asta before hitting his sword into his arm again and screaming in pain.
Vanessa look surprised as an image of Magnas face flashed through her mind, "We were all brought here by faith huh, ha that's ridiculous we all reached this point because we worked hard to get here and we don't let faith get in our way," he said.
Vanessa smiled before she used her strings to stop Asta from hitting himself again, "That's enough you want to know what my plan was Asta, I was going to trick the queen into healing your arms so you would have your anti magic power back and then I was going to use that to get out of here," she said making him look surprised. Then she realized she was still in the room with the queen in question.
"Uh did I say plan," she said smiling nervously when Noelle stepped forward.
"I recommend you heal him, you heard what he said right about fighting the eye of the midnight sun and the diamond kingdom," said Noelle looking determined, "He may be a reckless idiot sometimes but he will use his strength to protect this place and its people and you need all the help you can get because you must know your out numbered,".
There was a few moments of silence before the queen of witches spoke up, "Very well then, but I wont just heal his arms he will be more robust and stronger then before," she said.
"Wait does that mean ill be all tall and buff like captain Yami?" Asta asked looking excited at the idea.
"I don't think thats what robust means," said Mariella.
"Really," said Asta looking disappointed.
"Gotta say didn't know you that much guts in you Noelle," said Vanessa looking impressed.
"Yeah you stood up to the queen of witches like it was nothing," said Domina.
"Well of course I am royalty," said Noelle brushing her hair back while looking calm, but on the inside she was thinking, "That was so scary I thought I was going to mess up at any moment,".
"No matter the outcome of this battle, at the end of the day both Vanessas string magic and that boys anti magic will be under my command," the queen of witches thought as her grimoire floated in front of her, "Blood recovery magic, Curse removing cocoon," she said as red strings formed around Asta before he floated up into the air as red orb formed around him.
"What is this stuff," said Asta.
"Her magic powers incredible, she mustn't have been kidding around when she said she could take us all out with just the flick of her fingers earlier," thought Noelle before noticing the bruises covering Astas arms complete vanished. It was like the injury's never happened.
"Whoa it worked, I feel all better," said Asta as the queens magic vanished and he landed on the ground as he moved his arms around.
"Asta," said Noelle, Finral and Vanessa looking relieved.
"Alright I can wait to go out there and I not to mention back to my strength training," said Asta as he practiced a few push ups before looking over at Noelle with a smile.
She looked confused before Asta picked her up from the ground and spun her around with a smile on his face, "Asta what are you doing," she said while blushing before he put her down and hugged her.
"I missed this to," he said smiling and Noelle smiled as well before hugging him back with a smile of her own.
"Yeah your right," she said liking the feel of his arms around her. Fanzell, Domina, Mariella and Vanessa smiled at the young couple while Finral cried tears of jealousy. The two of them separated when the queen spoke up.
"Now that you've had your moment perhaps you can use that strength of your for what you said you would do," she said as Asta took out both oof his anti magic swords and held them up.
"Alright I'm all set to to go," he said when Noelle spoke up from behind him.
"Yeah but first," she said and he looked around to see she now had an annoyed look on her face, like Finral and Vanessa.
"How can you act all cool after that," said Finral.
"Do you have any idea how worried we all felt," said Vanessa as they all jumped at him.
"Put this on will you," Noelle said pushing his magic knights robe into his face while Vanessa and Finral punched him.
"Don't you ever worry us all like that again you hear me," said Finral.
"Otherwise nothing will be able to heal you," said Vanessa.
"Huh that doesn't hurt actually," said Asta getting up while Finral held his injured hand.
"That really hurt," he said.
"Was that some kind of reinforcement magic," said Vanessa.
"Nope that was all muscle," said Asta holding up his arms.
"Good to see your all healed up now Asta," said Fanzell walking over to him.
"Thanks old man, but maybe you should get dressed now," said Asta.
"Hey you still have to do the same," said Noelle pointing at his magic knights robe.
Over with the diamond kingdom forces one of the men standing on a carpet flyed over to the one Ladros was standing on, "Sir all our attack spells are at the ready," he said.
"Now hold on just a few moments let the two groups fight it out, then will easily finish off the survivors," Ladros said smiling while Mars stared ahead calmly. But flying in their direction were Fanzell who was fully dressed, standing on a broom with his wind magic covering it, Domina and Mariella were sharing a broom as they flew next to him.
"Alright there they are," said Fanzell.
"There sure are a lot of them," said Mariella, "Even with their numbers they're still powerful,".
"Looks like this is where we split up for now," said Domina getting Fanzells attention.
"What no way, I promised that I would protect you," he said looking serious.
"I know sweetheart and that means a lot but this isn't the time, even you know from your experience in the military that this is the best move," Domina said calmly.
"Alright then," said Fanzell looking ahead, "Its probably best I deal with those two myself anyway," he thought as Mars and Ladros faces flashed through his mind.
Over in another part of the forest the eye of the midnight sun flew closer when it looked like one of the trees were getting higher. It was then revealed to be a large earth golem with a tree at the top of its head. Unlike the smaller golems this ones had hands. There were multiple witches on brooms flying in front of it.
"We wont let you destroy our home," one of the witches said.
"Such powerful magic, its too bad they won't stand a chance against mistress Fana," said the man with dark green hair as the large golem threw a bolder at the eye of the midnight sun mages only for It to be destroyed by a ball of fire from Salamander. Then the fire spirit blasted multiple holes into the large golem until it fell apart, surprising the witches.
"Oh if only I could have her by my side at all times, oh well," the man said as green vines surrounded his arms, "Capture the ones with plenty of magic power, I'm sure they will make great slaves," he said as the eye of the midnight sun began capturing the witches.
One witch was grabbed by the mans vines, "Let them go," said Asta cutting the witch free with the demon dweller sword, its middle part glowing with Noelles magic power.
The witch opened her eyes seeing how saved her, "Hey are you okay?" Asked Asta only for the witch to scratch his face before flying away.
"I cant believe I was just saved by a man," she said looking upset.
"Sorry about that Asta, but witches see themselves as the superior sex and if they're saved by a man they find it disgraceful," said Vanessa smiling while Asta looked annoyed.
"Yeah but she didn't have to scratch me," he said as he looked into the still burning parts of the forest, "Be safe Noelle," he thought before going back to fighting.
Flashback:
Asta, Noelle, Finral and Vanessa were standing in the forest as Noelle used her magic to put out some of the fires, "We need to put these out or else they can spread further in," said Noelle as she pointed her wand forward.
"Alright thanks, I may not be living here anymore but I don't want to see my homeland be burned to the ground," said Vanessa looking serious while her squad mates smiled at her.
Flashback end
"Haha, what do you magic knights think youll be able to now," said the vine magic user who had trapped three witches with his magic.
"That monster, he just captured three innocent ladies," said Finral looking annoyed.
"Vanessa can use your strings to get me up there," said Asta readying his swords.
"I'm not sure I can help you reach that guy," said Vanessa who was holding her strings.
"Don't worry ill jump on the others brooms to get there," he said looking determined as Vanessa wrapped her strings around him.
"Alright go get him," said Vanessa throwing Asta into the air.
Asta jumped from broom to broom and taking down the eye of the midnight sun mages as he jumped.
"Just who is this kid," thought the Vine magic user looking confused as Asta cut the three witches free from his binding magic and they then flew away while they complained about being saved by a man.
"He really has gotten stronger," thought Finral as Asta looked down at the Vine magic user.
"You need to stop," he said slamming his two swords into the man, knocking him out. He began to fall while Asta stood on his back when he looked up to see Fana flying above him on Salamander.
"Its you, the one who killed Veto," she said as Salamander fired a fireball at Asta.
"I'm done for, wait," thought Asta looking determined as the demon dweller sword went back into his grimoire, "I got this," he thought looking determined as he gripped the handle for his big sword with both of his hands and turned it sideways.
The fire ball struck the flat side of the sword making it shake, "Here we go," said Asta swing his sword forward and sending the fireball back at the fire spirit.
But Salamander fired another ball of fire and the two attacks collided making an explosion. Asta landed on the back on the ground as Finral reached him and Vanessa, "Alright you got her," he said before the smoke cleared revealing Fana had taken no damage.
"The black bulls, this will be the last time we meet," she said calmly.
"Well if you keep coming then that means will keep stopping you," said Asta now wielding both of his swords again as he, Finral and Vanessa got ready to face another member from the third eye.