Parrt 52: The power inside

As Astas transformation continued a black cocoon surrounded his body while dark clouds appeared in the sky and red lighting went off above everyone. Inside the cocoon Asta saw only darkness, "Wait what is happening, am I dead," he said as darkness changed into crows flying away, revealing a red sky behind them, "No I cant be dead I never got the chance to tell Noelle I lover her," he said as in image of Noelle appeared in front of him and she was smiling at him as she brushed her hair back.

"I havent event won," he said as he then saw an image of Yuno before that image vanished as well "Whats happening to me," he said before a voice spoke up from behind him

"So your finally here, haha," it said getting his attention. Asta looked surprised from the way the voice sounded as it laughed and when he turned around he found the voice came from a big dark winged monster that's eyes and mouth were red like the sky surrounding them. Where its feet would be was smoke.

"AHHH, JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU," Asta screamed looking shocked at the massive being in front of him.

"How rude of you, since ive been your companion for quiet some time now," said the dark being smiling.

"Yeah sorry I'm sure I would have remembered hanging around with something like you," said Asta looking serious.

"No matter I now finally have a chance to manifest myself into the real world, so just stay still and let me take over," it said stretching its left clawed arm to grab Asta from the air, but when its hand close around him Asta then reappeared behind it.

"Stop, what do you even want to even want with me?" He asked looking annoyed as the winged monster turned around to face him.

"I don't see what your complaining about it's a win win situation, with my power you can easily defeat him," it said.

"No way, I'm going to beat him with my own power," said Asta looking determined as it stretched out its arm to try and grab him again, but Asta dodged it and began to run up its arm as spikes came out of it, "You know it's a good thing your towering over me like this, it means I can use your own body to reach you," he said before the being slammed its arm down on him.

"Give up, what can a little runt like you hope to do to beat him and if you don't use my power you wont be able to save her," it said smiling. Astas mind then flashed back to when the chain user spoke to him, but then he remembered when he defeated him.

Asta the gripped the beings arms with his right hand that began to be covered in darkness along with the rest of his arm, "I wont lose to him and I will win," he sad before he yelled.

Outside the cocoon the sky had turned dark, "What is happening," Ladros said looking confused before the black cocoon vanished revealing Asta. His right arm holding the big anti magic sword, but his arm wasn't the only part of the transformation. The right side of his hair had turned black with a horn coming out of the side. There was one wing made out of darkness coming out of his back.

"My magic," he said before looking up with his right red, "Is never giving up," he said.

"What's happening," thought Fanzell looking confused by Astas sudden transformation.

"This feeling, it isn't magic power," Noelle thought as she stared up Asta who stood up facing Ladros who didn't seem shaken.

"S you had some transformation all of a sudden huh, well you still wont be able to win no matter what you do," he said before blasting Asta with with a large blast of flames, but Asta easily cut through them.

Ladros jumped into the sky and began to fire lasers from his flame arms down at the anti magic user who began to chase him in the air, revealing he could now fly. He dodged each of Ladros attacks before cutting him with his big anti magic sword.

"What's happening, his strength is nothing like it was before," thought Ladros before flying into the forest while still firing orange lasers at Asta who continued to dodge them as he flew after Valtos.

"Try this," said Valtos blasting at Asta from above creating a small cloud of smoke, which he flew out of and tried to slash him again but missed, "You didn't thing that same trick was gonna wok twice did you," he said laughing as he flew away when Asta threw the sword toward him.

"You missed," said Ladros looking forward but Asta was gone. He turned around just in time to see the Anti magic user grab the sword from the air and then cut into his cheek surprising him.

"My body feels so cold, like I'm under some frozen lake, but my strength feels unreal," Asta thought before he cut into Ladros right side making him fall towards the forest and continue the chase through out the forest as clouds of smoke went off from where the two of them were fighting.

At one point Asta had lost sight of Ladros before a beam of orange light shot towards him from his right and he blocked it with the sword making him grit his teeth as he tried to push it back. Ladros put more power into it as the beam cut further down the forest setting of an entire line of explosions. Ladros smiled before he looked shocked as ball of flames vanished revealing Asta flying in the air with both of his eyes glowing red.

Back with the queen of witches she watched as Asta landed on the ground and began to walk slowly to Ladros with angry look on his face, "Imperfect as you are your still able to wield the demon slayer sword, the sword is always emitting the power of anti magic and can even take away magic," she said, "When I saw you wield that sword I thought you were from that bloodline, but its since you have no mana the anti magics power flows through you," she said.

"When I healed you I removed its limitations in your body, now you have become stronger so that no magic can get in your way," she said, "To put it simply your defective, nothing special at all about you," she said, "But being nothing special is it what makes you special,".

"No I wont let you defeat me," said Ladros sending a blast of flames in the form of a red dragon at Asta who easily cut through the magic and began to chase Ladros in the air again as he fired off another beam of his magic. But Asta easily cut through it while keeping up with Ladros.

"Where I'd someone like you get this power," said Ladros unable to get further away as Asta got closer to catching up with him. The light shining from where Asta was cutting through the magic could be seen from below. Domina and Mariella noticed this along with Noelle who was looking amazed at the sight.

"A black shooting star," she said.

"No ive stepped on so many people to get here," said Ladros looking frightened before Asta cut through the rest of his beam.

"So you stepped on your friends to get this far huh, I'm going to you that their there to make us stronger," Asta said as his girmoire floated in front of him and the pages turned as he cut through Ladros, "Black meteorite,".

Ladros fell to the ground making smoke shoot up as Asta landed behind him. The anti magic user looked up with a serious look on his face as he held the demon slayer sword in the air, "So its over now, goodbye Ladros," thought Fanzell with a sad look on his face. Ladros may have tried to kill him and his fiance, but in the end he was still his student.

Ladros lied down on the ground, his chest covered in a large cut that was still bleeding as the crystal in the middle of it cracked, his face and body looking like it had been dried out, "This cant be, all my magic powers gone," he thought looking surprised as the crystals in his forehead shattered as well, "This is really it for me,".

Asta then began to walk over to Ladros with Noelle watching him, "The way he fought back there, it wasn't like the other times ive seen him fight and just what was that power," she thought looking worried as Asta stared down at Ladros with both his normal eye and red eye.

"If your going to kill me then just do it already," said Ladros.

There was few moments of silence before, "Yeah right I'm not going to kill you, you've hurt to many people and I'm gonna make sure that you apologize to all of them so theres no way I'm going to let you die," said Asta looking annoyed from Ladros words who looked confused by his sudden attitude change given the way they fought.

Ladros then smiled before laughing, "Wow your really something else kid, haha," he said before holding up his hands making an L with with his fingers, "Even with all that power you still got me good," he said as Asta spoke up looking down at him.

"Hey stay keep those eyes open alright so I know your not dying," he said while Ladros continued to smile up at him.

"This guy, I just know hes going to make his way to the top," thought Ladros, "Maybe if we had met each other a long time ago, we could have made each other better,".

"Thank you Asta," Fanzell thought while looking relieved.

Noelle smiled at the way Asta was acting, "Yeah that's definitely him, looks like I was worried for nothing," she thought as the black stuff covering him vanished.

"Huh its all gone, I wonder what that was all about," said Asta looking at his arms before looking towards the sky, "But that power I used it and it was amazing," he thought smiling as he clenched his fist, "I wonder if this how everyone else feels when they're using spells," he thought before looking shocked as he felt something.

"Ahh, my whole body is hurt somebody heal me," he said holding his arms looking like he was in pain.

"Were all a little beat up too you know," said Noelle calmly.

"Oh right sorry, wait I have an idea," said Asta before walking over to Mars who looked unconscious, "Hey you have recovery magic right, get up and heal me okay, cmon wake up," he said before shaking Mars head from side to side.

"Hey lady how about you," he said shaking Fana who was on top of Mars.

"Sorry about the extra weight," she said.

"No its alright, the pressure is actually very comforting," said Mars calmly which made Asta look surprised.

"Wow you really have changed," he said before looking determined, "All right then looks like ill have to carry you all back one by one, it's going to be tough but I know I can do it," he said before the queen of witches voice went off above him.

"That will not be necessary," she said as large amount of crows flew down to the ground in front of Asta surprising him. The crows moved aside revealing the queen of witches herself looking calm.

Vanessa opens her eyes as she saw the queen, "The queens here herself," she thought as Asta approached her.

"Well we as you can see we took down the eye of the midnight sun and those guys from the diamond kingdom, so I guess that makes us even for when you healed my arms," he said smiling.

"I see, imperfect as you are you were able to defeat them without having for me to interfere," the queen said calmly.

"Well if its not to much trouble do you think you can heal everyone now?" Asta asked.

"That also will not be necessary," she said stretching her hand out as a river of blood shot up from the ground and surrounding everyone on the ground, "Blood creation magic, fresh blood execution ground," she said as the river surrounded the area. Finral, Vanessa, Noelle, Fanzell, Mars, Fana and Ladros were lifted up from the ground and were tied to what looked like red shaped crosses. But each corner ended in a point.

"What are you doing," said Asta angrily looking at the queen before he began to scream in pain.

"It seems you have forgotten, Iam the queen here, so why would i take an order from someone like you," she said as her magic power surrounded her fingers and Asta screamed as red lines started appearing around his body making his eyes go white.

In another part of the forest Domina had a worried look on her face, "You don't have to be worried I'm hes alright," Mariella said trying to reassure her which made her smile.

"Your right, I'm sure he's fine," said Domina but she still looked worried as she looked towards the direction Fanzell and the others were in.

Asta continued to scream in pain, "Ever since I healed you ive had completely control over your blood, now you will listen to me, Blood magic, puppets blood," she said as red strings shot out from Astas body making him scream more.

"STOP IT," yelled Noelle and Vanessa before Asta stopped moving.

"Since you'll need to be able to move, you will be the one only one who needs to be healed," the queen said as red strings surround Asta before taking the form of a cocoon, "Blood recovery magic, curse removing cocoon," she said as Astas body was fully healed.

"Now since I'm not able to wield that sword, you will have to wield it for me," she said as Astas grimoire opened and the controlled Asta took out the demon slayer sword giving it a few swings.

"So that's what this is, she was after Astas anti magic this whole time," said Vanessa before bits of darkness came out of the demon slayer sword before it began covering Astas arm before forming a black cocoon around him. Asta stepped out of the cocoon in the same form he had used to defeat Ladros, looking angry as his eyes remained white from being controlled.

"Now as your for first mission, you will kill these weaklings," said the queen looking at the people who were held up by her magic. Some of them still unconscious and unaware of what was happening.

"Asta, no," said Noelle as she watched her controlled boyfriend yell into the air angrily.