SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 11 out, this is Chapter 12 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 12: The Light of Judgment


"If you concentrate like that, you can sense the ki of natural objects, too." Yami laughed, releasing the 'Black Cocoon' he had used to shield both Asta and himself. "That way, you'll never get killed by stuff like falling rocks. Now, take it up a notch and go after the white dude with the round eyebrows." he instructed. "Actually, scratch that." he corrected himself. "I told him that I'd show him the power of a Captain, so I'll do it. You can go tackle that scrawny line-faced dude. Now then," he grinned. "It's been a while since I've let loose." he expanded his aura, using his mana to argument his speed.

Patolli flew back to dodge the sword slash and sent down a rain of 'Light Sword of Judgment' at Yami, which the Black Bulls Captain deflected with his katana.

Channeling his Dark Magic into his blade, Yami slashed through the last remnant of the 'Light Sword of Judgment' and jumped straight at Patolli.

Patolli redirected his next 'Light Sword of Judgment' barrage of Yami, closing a fist to have the light arrows to close in on the Dark Magic user.

Yami burst through the attack with a single Dark Magic slash. Sensing Patolli behind him, he swung his katana, and Patolli flew back to dodge the blade, before extending a 'Bright Judgment Whip' to seal the sword.

Patolli proceeded to swing Yami around and into the cave walls, Yami using his Dark Magic to burn through the Light Magic spell and scaled the walls to dodge the incoming 'Light Sword of Judgment'.

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Avidya Slash!" Yami countered Patolli's 'Heaven-Splitting Flash'.

Just as I thought. Patolli mused. My magic is being drawn in. So, this is the power of Dark Magic. "But now that I know that, it'll be impossible for you to get me."

"You were in the middle of some weird story." Yami reminded. "But that wasn't the end of it, was it? That Grimoire means you're a citizen of the Clover Kingdom. Why attack your own country?" he jumped to attack Patolli, canceling out the summoned 'Light Sword of Judgment' with his Dark Magic.

Realizing that Yami would just neutralize his light swords, Patolli decided to attack the Dark Magic user at close range by summoning a light sword. After several clashes with no result, Patolli turned his light sword into a 'Bright Judgment Whip' and lashed out at Yami. "You're wide open." he appeared behind the falling Dark Magic user, lashing the light whip at Yami's back, the Black Bulls Captain canceling the attack with his Dark Magic slashes. He left himself wide open so I'd let my guard down. Yami Sukehiro, you are a worthy foe.

"Answer me." Yami demanded, Patolli having dodged his blade. "What's your real goal here?"

"Since you're a foreigner, I'm sure you noticed them, too." Patolli replied. "The distortions in this country. Some of them are on the brink of death from starvation, but others have so much excess food that they throw it away. People are ranked by how much and how little magic they have, but some have great magic, yet are discriminated against for reasons of birth. Some are hurt in the name of justice because they were born in another country. We were born from these distortions, in order to correct them."

"I'm not seeing the point here." Yami admitted. "Aren't you trying to do the same things these distorted people are doing? Are you sane?"

"Perfectly sane." Patolli replied. "Let me answer your sins with sin."

"So, you're gonna have it your way, no matter what." Yami realized there was no talking Patolli out of it. "I like guys like that. But," he shot upwards through the opened cave roof. "I hate your guts." he sent a Dark Magic slash at Patolli who used the 'Bright Judgment Whip' to dodge the slash.

Patolli then used the light whip to break the ground into rock cubes. Dodging Yami two more times, he combined the light whip with another 'Light Sword of Judgment' barrage, which Yami evaded and closed in on Patolli for close combat.

"Licht-sama, please allow me to assist you." Valtos requested.

"Brat." Yami slammed a fist on the gaping Asta's head. "Why are you wimping out? I left that scrawny guy to you. Do something about him in your own way."

"You won't get me." Valtos swore, seeing Asta charge at him. "Spatial Magic: Myriad Black. You may be able to see what's coming, but can you block all of these?"

In retaliation, Asta deflected all the magic bullets back into the portals they were shot from and Valtos used the distraction to enter a portal he manifested under his feet and into the control space of the 'Myriad Black' spell.

"This will go on forever, until you can't move anymore." Valtos declared and released another barrage of magic bullets. "You dared defy Licht-sama despite having no magic. You will pay with your life. You threw away your own weapons?" he was shocked when Asta tossed the Demon-Slayer Sword and Demon-Dweller Sword away. "In that case, I'll take you out with an extra big one."

Asta turned and leapt through the newly opened portal and knocked Valtos out of the control space with a punch to the nose.

"You just punched him in the face." Yami burst out laughing.

"You let your guard down again." Patolli stated, readying to take Yami's back.

"That'd be you." Yami countered, canceling the light whip with his Dark Magic. "Dark Magic: Black Hole." he immobilized Patolli. "And Dark Cloaked Black Blade." he ended the fight.

"You got me." Patolli admitted. "It's probably within five meters; the range is definitely limited, but to think there was a magic that could stop my own magic and stop me from moving. Dark Magic is amazing. The one attribute that's the natural enemy of my light magic. However, Dark Magic is extremely slow. Light has absolute speed, making them polar opposites as well. That's why you cloaked your weapon in darkness and created a combat style that uses reinforcement magic to compensate. I'll admit it, you're the second person I've met with the power of defeat me. But i sadly can't waste my time with you. This is currently my greatest magic. Speed you cannot avoid. A spell with such a range and high output that pulling it in with that spell you used won't do any good. You will meet your end the moment I release this, Captain of the Black Bulls. Boy," he addressed Asta. "You will also be punished for hurting Valtos and return that Grimoire."

"Dark Magic: Black Cocoon." Yami put up the magic shield.

"Did we come to the wrong place?" Finral winced, returning to the fight with Gauche in tow.

"Light Magic: Light Shaft of Divine Punishment." Patolli cast his spell just as Gauche entered a summoned mirror.

"Mirror Magic: Full Reflection." Gauche teleported in between Yami's darkness sphere and the incoming light ray and reflected the attack back at Patolli.


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