Chapter 43: The Sound of Battle

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Day Three of the five-day update week. Hope you enjoy :P Also! Some family stuff came up very suddenly so the five-day week may have to be pushed back a bit but I am determined to complete the five days… it just might be that I upload the last two chaps on a Saturday and Sunday instead of a Thursday and Friday… Sorry!

"Oi, brat! We're going to show them our power, right here and now". Yami shouted towards the ashen-haired mage who was right next to him.

"Yes sir!" He stood upright, in his Black Form and with his Demon-Slayer sword at hand.

The two charged at Fuegoleon and Luck who were on the opposite side of the ground. Luck was still in his Lightning armour and Fuegoleon was with Salamander, floating behind him.

"Luck, we have not ever fought together but why don't we combine our talents to teach them that we're the best?" Fuegoleon roared as he took his battle stance, ready for the incoming attacks.

Luck licked his lips in anticipation. "No problem! Let's try and kill then!"

The Flame mage deadpanned but continued anyway.

Yami and Asta both came close to the other two mages and unleashed their attacks downwards. As they did though, the Flame and Lightning mages retaliated at the same time.

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash!"

"Black Slash!"

"Flame Spirit Magic: Salamander's Talon!"

"Lightning Magic: Thunderbolt Destruction!"

The four powerful attacks were set for the opposing opponents, one would've hoped that they at least met their target or that the battle continued. However, it was the contrary because as the attacks were on course, a sudden burst of intense and excruciating waves of noise surrounded the four mages, causing them to stumble and fall to the ground. The sound even made the four separate attacks disperse and null.

"Ah… AHHHH". The four screamed in unison as they fell to the floor and clutched their heads in pain. The intense screeching sound was causing their eardrums to hurt a lot.

"Wh-what is this?"

"Who is doing this?"

"It's not one of our mages…"

"An enemy?"

The intense sound made Asta's Black Form retract as both him and Liebe couldn't maintain their transformation.

"S-sorry, kid…". Liebe's voice faded and he fell unconscious within Asta's grimoire. Just like Liebe, Asta also did due to the pain he was feeling.

Luck's Holy Armaments of Zeus also faded into small sparks and he fell unconscious too.

The only ones who were still up were the two captains, Fuegoleon and Yami. They slowly looked upwards at the source of the painful sounds and saw a floating, white-bodied figure looking down at them from above.

It was a devil with a full white body with two white wings flapping behind it. There were circular shapes on the palms of its clawed-hands and one big one in the middle of its chest. These circular shapes looked to be vibrating and moving as if they had a mind on their own, but it looked like that those areas of the body were where the noise and sound was being produced. Other than that, it had a long white tail and a mouth with fangs all over.

"Heehee! Looks like my Sound Magic already knocked a few of them unconscious. I just need to deal with those weird old men, and I'll be on my way!" The enemy smiled and charged at the two captains who were still on the floor, barely being able to stand up. "This will be easy… Sound Magic: Vib-!" The enemy was interrupted immediately with a surprise move.

"Dark Magic: Black Hole!" Yami coughed and spurted some blood out as he raised himself onto his knees. He managed an attack, even if it was one that didn't involve his katana.

"You're a cheeky one, aren't you? That was a bit rude, sweety!" The devil spoke in a female voice and floated backwards away from the attack, or so it thought. The Black Hole grew in size and was starting to suck the devil into its void.

"Mana Zone…" Yami started to use one of his most powerful techniques of manipulating mana around him, causing his Black Hole attack to grow in power.

"Wh-what?!" The devil was about to be sucked in fully when it extended both of its palms towards Yami. "Take th-this! Sound Magic: Vibration B-Blast- Ahh!" The devil used the circular patches on its arms to direct a powerful sound blast towards Yami and it sent him flying backwards into a wall. His Black Hole attack also dispersed, just leaving a struggling Fuegoleon in front.

The only problem with the devil's Vibration Blast attack was that it had a huge drawback on to itself. Since the attack used waves and frequencies coupled together to form a strong blast, it also had a knock-on effect on the user, causing them to hurl backwards slightly. In exchange for absolute power and precision, the user was also damaged.

"I've used this attack twice already; one more should do the trick as long as I hit this Flame Magic guy". The devil gathered its thoughts and stood before Fuegoleon.

The Crimson Lion King slowly stood up to his feet and quickly looked around him. He saw the unconscious bodies of the three Black Bulls behind him and also saw a bit of blood coming from Asta's and Luck's ears.

"Just wh-who are you, fiend?!" He shouted, still struggling to speak.

"Sweety… my name is Ichoes. Nice to meet you!" The devil cheerfully spoke back.

"You… seem happy inflicting all of this pain upon us. Just why are you here?" He started to flick through his grimoire.

"Well… hm, can I say this? Oh well. It's because you people killed Megicula and its host!" The devil paused. "Oh wait, I really wasn't supposed to say that! Oh well… you'll be dead soon! Ichoes scratched its chin but carried on with the attack.

"So, a revenge plan? That cannot be all there is…". Fuegoleon wiped the thought away from his mind as he readied himself for the incoming attack from Ichoes.

"Sound Reinforcement Magic: Rhythmic Beat!" Ichoes started to hum and step in one direction. It hummed again and side stepped to another direction. The devil repeated this pattern a number of times and, although it looked like it was teleporting from place to place, instead it was dancing to its own beat which caused her to speed up and end up coming face to face with the royal.

"That's an interesting way to use magic, it's a shame you will be a pile of ashes soon enough… devil! Flame Magic: Condensed Sol Linea!" Fuegoleon used an alternate version of Sol Linea which originally used the distance between the user and target to gain power and speed. The new version, since Ichoes was so close to the captain, charged up in power, shot a few centimetres forwards and exploded on impact.

The Flame Magic attack damaged the devil slightly as it bounced back to assess the situation. "I didn't think I'd be fighting someone this strong but… Sound Reinforcement Magic: Advanced Rhythmic Beat!" Ichoes repeated the same move but increased in speed and fluidity, dodging the captain's fire attacks in the process. The devil was then face-to-face with the royal, "yoohoo! Sound Magic: Rhythmic Pulse!"

Ichoes quickly placed her palm on Fuegoleon's chest, "ooh that's a nice and strong body you have there… shame you're about to be obliterated, sweety! Sound Magic: High-Pitched Break!"

The white-bodied devil place her hand on the chest and sent a wave of sound that travelled to every end of Fuegoleon's body, causing him to wriggle in pain. The devil slowly walked backwards and saw that the royal captain was rolling around on the floor, helpless as the sound was bouncing throughout the innards of his being.

"Th-this!" Fuegoleon couldn't even think properly as he started to throw up due to the intense pressure his body was under. However, unknown to the devil he was facing up against, he had already cast a spell to minimise the deadly danger Ichoes posed.

"Hmm? You should be dead by now…!" Ichoes scanned the kneeling captain. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until she looked at what appeared behind Fuegoleon. "S-Salamander…"

"Th-thank you for heeding my call. Now, why don't we try out our new plan?" Fuegoleon turned to the flaming beast and it responded with a roar.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Sound Reinforcement Magic: Advanced Rhythmic Steps!" Ichoes charged forward again but with urgency this time. However, she couldn't get close enough as a wave of heat flew towards the devil causing it to be pushed backwards.

Fuegoleon was in the middle with the Flame Spirit, Salamander, behind him flying. The many lavafalls and flame pyres were responding to the heat emitting from the two flame entities. The ground shook and rumbled as the Crimson Lion Kings captain slowly raised his arms. Though they were badly injured due to the attacks, he managed to pull his arms backwards and took in the presence of Salamander, as well as the heat from all around him. Slowly, the Spirit started to disappear, and its rays looked like they were being absorbed by Fuegoleon himself.

Eventually…

"Spirit Assimilation: Spirit Dive". The Salamander's energy became absorbed by Fuegoleon's very being. When it fully disappeared, two red and flaming wings sprouted from the captain's back. On the front was another story. The flaming arm had solidified and turned akin to a piece of armour that was hot to the touch but packed immense explosive power. The Vermillion's face became red with patches of flames in place of his eyebrows and his eyes burned a bright crimson red.

Ichoes was left in shock at the burning and intense sight in front of her.

"Flame Spirit Magic: Salamander's Blitz!" Fuegoleon jumped forwards and flew towards Ichoes who was left startled. The flaming captain used his two arms to form a ball of melting lava and proceeded to throw it towards the white-bodied devil. The attack hit and Ichoes fell to the floor in a burning state.

"Ah… AHHHH!" She screamed as the blood and bones started to show from the devil's body. She then stopped moving altogether.

"What? No way it was that easy…". Fuegoleon stooped down to the level of Ichoes and saw that she was in fact not moving at all. "Is it over?"

Whilst this was happening, Yami was starting to get back on his feet after regaining consciousness. "Damn, that bastard really got me good huh… Good thing Fuegoleon turned into a dragon and beat him up, but I feel that its not the end". The Dark Magic user stood up and tried to assess the situation when his Ki detection picked up a slight impulse from Ichoes. "Ah, this is bad". Yami started to run over.

As Fuegoleon neared to the devil, it turned around quickly. It was coughing up blood but still managed to summon a spell, "Sound Magic: Vibrati-ion B-blas…t!" As it summoned the double-edged attack it hit Fuegoleon head on and sent him stumbling backwards.

"Gah! I was too naïve!" He used his wings to wriggle out from being sent into a wall and as he flew downwards, he saw a familiar man standing next to him.

"You got a powerup, huh? Well, why don't we finish this… I need to flex my muscles from being out for that long!" Yami perked up and unsheathed his katana.

"You… took your time, Yami!"

The two charged for Ichoes who had started to get up and use his barrage of attacks against the two Knights. The three in question went back and forth a lot, but the Clover Knights were gaining the upper hand.

"This is bad… I need to use that move once more!" Ichoes thought as he charged forward.

"No, you don't, Dark Binding Magic: Wrapped Void". Yami exerted his darkness and trapped the enemy in constraints.

"D-Dark Magic?! No…" Ichoes struggled.

The two mages stood tall and gained their breath back. They then started to question the enemy about the motives behind the attack. The same answers were given as Esprit but there was a bit more to Ichoes's revelation.

"Gah…! The two Lords will not rest until you lot are dead! That includes the ones in the Overworld…".

"Lords? Overworld?!" Fuegoleon roared and he went in for a punch with his arm.

"Fuego, no!" Yami reached out but it was late.

"Sound Magic: Vibrati…on B-B-Blast!" The devil fired its strongest attack which sent both Fuegoleon and Yami backwards, but they both used their Mana Zones to protect themselves from any real danger. However, the same couldn't be said for Ichoes as he stumbled back with an arm missing and his ankle bones showing. The impact of his attack left a lasting mark.

"This guy… is killing himself with those attacks!" Fuegoleon spoke in a surprised manner.

"Well, I guess we should do it for him instead". Yami replied.

"Agreed".

The two went in to attack the Sound Magic devil and he couldn't move due to the impact he made on himself. "I guess, I failed Lord Beezl-".

"Compound Spirit Magic: Dimension Blitz!" The two shouted in unison. Yami used his Dimension Slash to cut through the devil's body and since Dark Magic can effect the Underworld and anything linked to it, the attack had maximum effect. Fuegoleon on the other hand melded his Flame powers within the Dimension Slash, so when Yami slashed the body, the fire aspect of it caused the entire body to burn up into smithereens.

The devil no longer existed but the effects of his attack had a lasting impact on the two captains.

"Let's go to Asta and Luck".

"Yes, but that devil… 'Lords' and the 'Overworld'? I don't like how this is shaping up…".

In the distance… "Yeah, you two are right to be wary…"

Notes:

A chapter with Fuegoleon and Yami! I focused more on Fuego just because we've seen a lot of Yami lately and I wanted to show some love to him as well… also, Spirit Dive!

We're getting little hints here and there about the plans of the devils and the 'Lords' as there's more than one… :P

Compound Magic seems to be the way to go!