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"..." Character P.O.V.
'...' Character thought.
"..." Spells
'...' Over-voice
Now then, on with the chapter.
Chapter 8: Those Who Protect
Asta had just unleashed an all out attack against Heath Grice using his Anti-Magic broadsword.
"Guhfhu." Heath hacks blood from his mouth.
"Sir Heath!" Hooded Mage 2 shouts watching his master get attacked.
Noelle, Magna, and the villagers were watching from inside Noelle's Nest of the Sea Dragon spell with awe at what they just witnessed.
"Did…he win?!" Noelle asks in shock.
Heath reveals a bloody smirk which shocks Asta as he looks down at the ground.
'He put ice at my feet, and killed my momentum!' Asta thought looking at the small panel of ice around his feet that caused him to slip up in his strike against Heath.
"Your sword might have the power to negate magic, but the person wielding the sword is a normal human." Heath says raising his left hand.
"…" Asta grits his teeth as he prepares for whatever Heath was about to do.
"Now it's my turn to attack!" Heath shouts pulling his left hand back as his grimoire glows in front of him. "Ice Magic: Heavenly Ice Fang!" He yells as he swings his arm towards Asta and a large icicle appears from the ground and strikes him in the gut,
"…" Asta coughs up blood as the attack didn't seem to cause any piercing damage but more blunt and cutting damage.
"…Oh no!" Noelle yells seeing Asta get hit by Heath's attack and lands hard on the ground.
"Take a rest, boy…for all of eternity!" Heath shouts wiping his mouth of the blood and walks past the downed Asta.
"Asta…!" Noelle yells with worry in her voice and Magna tightens his fist in anger.
"That's some serious magic power there," Heath says walking up to the water dome. "But…" He says raising his left hand up and places it on the water dome. "It looks like I can force open a space big enough for me to enter." He says starting to freeze the water shocking everyone. "It should take me about 25 seconds. You pigs really like stealing my time don't you? You'll pay dearly for that!" He yells in anger as the water freezing over gets larger and larger.
"…" Noelle and the villagers remain silent as they watch the ice spread more and more over the dome.
'I barely have any magic left, but I need to fight.' Magna thought. 'I have the advantage in magic types with fire against ice, but…difference in magic power more than makes up for that!' He thought staring at Heath. 'I ran into the wrong guy today…' He thought grinning. 'Yami, forgive me, but from the looks of it, I won't be able to beat…' He begins to think.
"I'm not dead yet!" Asta yells appearing behind Heath with his sword behind him ready to swing it at the ice mage.
Magna watches in shock at Asta's ability to get back up after taking a heavy hit from before. Asta begins to swing his sword at Heath who doesn't turn around but sees Asta out of the back of his eye.
"Like that'll hit." Heath says creating another Heavenly Ice Fang and strikes Asta again, hitting him in the gut. "I'm surprised you're still alive…you're really tough. But, with those wounds, you can't wield your sword like you once did." He says as Asta hits the ground.
"Asta!" Magna yells but then sees Asta get back up once again.
"We'll see about that!" Asta screams charging forward surprising Heath by his resolve.
"Enough already." Heath says forming another Heavenly Ice Fang that strikes Asta again.
"…" Noelle, the villagers, and Heath watch in silence as Asta once again gets to his feet.
"I'm not down yet!" Asta yells charging once more only to once again be hit with a Heavenly Ice Fang sending him flying backwards behind the hooded mages.
The force of the impact causes Asta to release his broadsword as he is surrounded by left over shards of ice. Magna watched the scene before him and remembers something from his past.
[Flashback]
"I'm impressed, Magna!" A man shouts.
"Yeah, we can't just call you a thug anymore, you're our pride and joy!" Another person shouts.
"No one would've ever dreamed that someone from this village would be a Magic Knight!" Another person shouts.
[End Flashback]
'Entering an order of Magic Knights from a village of the Forsaken Region is quite the accomplishment. But we've reached the end. We've done enough, haven't we, Asta?' Magna thought releasing a sigh.
"You have no chance at winning…why don't you just give up?" Heath asks.
Asta listens to the words but then feels magic pulsing to his left as he turns his head and sees his Dragon Slayer Magic grimoire opened to a blank page, hovering over a chunk of ice, and infuses it with its magic.
Asta, somehow knows what this means, gets back to his feet and grips the chunk of ice in his left hand.
"Because if I do…I won't be able to protect anyone." Asta says catching the villagers' attention. "I've come to realize something, I'm not doing this simply because I gave my word…I'm going to become the Magic Emperor to protect everyone!" He yells shocking Magna.
"The Magic Emperor? What on earth is he…" Noelle begins to ask but then sees Magna punch himself in the side of the head.
"You're really earning my respect, Asta." Magna says. 'What will come of me giving up?' He thought to himself.
"Your magic…I can walk outside, right?" Magna asks.
"Huh?" Noelle asks in confusion.
"Take care of the villagers, Noelle." Magna says walking forward.
"The Magic Emperor…what a foolish dream. Because, you're going to die now." Heath says.
"Like I'd let you, bitch!" Magna yells exiting the dome of water. "If you're going to kill him, you'll have to go through me, his mentor, first!" He shouts gesturing to himself.
"Magna…" Asta says in shock.
"What a fool…you ran out here to die earlies than I predicted." Heath says turning his head to look at the Black Bull mage while his subordinates continue creating mist.
"Bring it! Let's do this Asta!" Magna shouts.
"Got it! And its fitting that you're here to witness the birth of a new Dragon Slayer Magic!" Asta yells releasing all his magic.
'Unbelievable, he possesses this much magic power?' Heath thought but then finally notices Asta's two grimoires. 'He has two different grimoires? That's impossible!' He thought and notices the ice in Asta's hand. "What are you planning to do with that ice, boy?" He asks.
"This." Asta says and bites into ice causing his white grimoire to glow brightly as the blank page begins filling itself with a title, description, and list of basic and advanced spells. "Ice Dragon Slayer Mode!" He yells as he breathes cold air from his mouth, his eyes where completely ice white, his hair gained icy blue streaks in it, and he was grinning a dragon grin.
Everyone stares at Asta in complete and utter shock as he is using another element besides iron.
"Dragon Slayer Magic? Never heard of such a thing. Doesn't matter." Heath says forming icicle shards and hurls them at Asta. "Die!" He shouts.
"Asta!" Noelle screams as the ice races towards her teammate.
Asta grins as he sidesteps each incoming ice shard and grabs two in his hand as one heads for his face. Heath grins thinking he had Asta, but his eyes widen as he sees Asta had caught the shard in his mouth and begins eating it.
"Ice Dragon Slayer Magic allows me to ingest ice to refuel my magic power and gives me characteristics of an Ice Dragon." Asta explains eating the two ice shards in his hands. "Now let's get started." He says sucks in a bunch of frozen air. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" He yells releases a freezing hurricane blast from his mouth towards the three hooded mages.
Upon contact with them, the three receive massive freezing damage as their bodies from their necks downward are frozen. Asta then charges at the three and coats his elbow with spikes of ice.
"Ice Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Asta yells slashing the three, destroying their ice imprisonments and rendering them unconscious.
Heath watches in shock at what Asta had just done to his subordinates and completely forgot about Magna behind him.
"Don't turn your back on me! Eat this! My Soul Blaze! Fire Magic: Prison Kill Buckshot!" Magna yells generating multiple fireballs at once and throws them at Heath in a barrage of attacks on a wide area.
Heath's eyes widen at the incoming attack but then regains his composure quickly as he watches Magna fall to his knees in exhaustion.
"This is the last of your magic?" Heath asks as he creates ice shards above the down Magna while raising his right hand forward. "Ice Magic: Crystal Ice Shield." He says manifesting barriers in the form of snowflakes with various shapes and sizes. "You wasted most of it." He says calmly.
The barriers were strong enough to withstand the incoming fireballs even though it was its polar element. However, because of the sheer number of fireballs four manages to slip past the shields and one strike Heath in the chest while the other three land on the three unconscious hooded mages. Upon contact, the fireball generated an explosion and delivered extensive damage to Heath. Additionally, the fire from the spell did not vanish or wane in the little, but Heath managed to stay standing up despite the damaged received.
'The fire won't extinguish.' Heath thought in shock.
"Looks like Magna didn't waste his magic!" Asta yells appearing behind the distracted Heath. "Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Shattering Glass: Diamond Scythe Exploding Barrage!" He yells as he forms a large diamond shaped scythe.
'After taking the bait, I'm getting attack from my blind spot. From this unknown form of magic.' Heath thought.
Asta then swings the scythe towards Heath and upon contact it creates a diamond shape explosion causing the blast to deal massive damage to him while reducing his body temperature of the target to below F point.
"I'm not hurt?" Magna asks in confusion. "What?" He asks seeing a smaller version of Noelle's Nest of the Sea Dragon surrounding him. "She blocked it." He says seeing the ice shards on the ground outside the dome but none got through to him.
"You better thank me, chicken head." Noelle says proudly. 'Yay, yay! I was finally able to control my magic! Did you see that, Asta?' She thought to herself excitedly hoping Asta saw as she blushes.
"I'm surprised you survived one of my new advanced dragon slayer spells, but I'm not done yet!" Asta yells appearing in front of Heath. "My body can still move! And I still have plenty of magic left!" He shouts.
"No…wait!" Heath shouts.
"Like hell I will! Ice Dragon's Breakdown Fist!" Asta yells coating his hand with ice and jabs Heath in the face sending him down hard to the ground with extreme force.
Asta didn't give Heath the opportunity to run, and brings down the hammer on him!
Author's Note: There you go, Asta now has Ice Dragon Slayer Magic added to his Dragon Slayer grimoire. For those of you who are wondering what his dragon grin looks like, it is like Gajeel's grin when he entered his Iron Shadow Dragon Mode.
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