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"No" Rias whispered as she looked at the large screen before her, denying the horrifying scene that she had just witnessed. Asta couldn't be dead he must have escaped somehow, cause if he didn't if the he had died in this battle with Riser then it was her fault. But no matter how she tried to deny it the broken sobs and cruel laughs echoing from behind her was only making her denial seem more and more foolish.
Issei couldn't help but to stare in shock, sure he had thought about how it would help him win Rias if the ash haired boy had died but to see the raging inferno that had consumed his body brought everything into horrifying reality for the brown haired boy, and what was worse was the tears that were slowly making their way down Rias's cheeks.
"I told you my brother would win" a young voice spoke from the side causing SirZechs to turn his head to look at the origin point, his eyes landing on Riser's younger sister still gently fanning herself as if nothing had happened. But the current king could still see the slight shock in her eyes, and the obvious relief that she was feeling. He knew that like the rest of them she had been taken by surprise when Risers wounds hadn't healed instantly, sadly that unique ability hadn't been enough to save the boy, a fact that he could tell broke his younger sisters heart. He sighed as he slowly turned from looking at the arrogant young girl, his eyes easily locating the two young men that had come with Asta, he suspected that they would look furious, intent on getting revenge for their fallen friend but he was taken by surprise by the looks on their faces, it wasn't rage or a desire for revenge nor did he see an ounce of foolish hope of denial, no they simply smiled as though they knew that the other boy was fine, but how could they seem so unfazed, after all they had just witnessed the death of their friend hadn't they. His thought were interrupted though by a mass of gasps echoing from around him, causing the older devil to turn to look around him, discovering that all eyes were locked on the massive screen he turned to look back at it as well, only for his eyes to widen in shock as he saw the silhouette within the flames, the dark figure walking calmly through the fire towards the wide eyed Riser.
The Phenex couldn't prevent his eyes from widening in horror as he watched Asta step from the fire, the young warriors altered appearance shocking the devil to his core. Asta still held his massive blade in his right hand, but now said hand was covered in a shroud of black energy which climbed the entire length of his arm, before breaking apart in tendrils some reaching out towards his right pectoral, others climbing his neck before splitting across his cheek and over his closed right eye. Even the right half of his usually ash colored hair had turned midnight black, and if one was to look close enough they would see a black horn amid his now black spiky hair, a black wing made of the same energy bursting forth from his right shoulder blade.
Riser swallowed thickly as he gathered his courage before stepping forward.
"You think that little cosmetic change matters, your still just a human and Riser is a true devil." The arrogant Phenex stated boldly, only to flinch as Asta's eyes flew open and locked onto Riser, the magic knights left eye remained its natural green, but his right caused the older devils heart to skip in fear as his looked into the glowing crimson orb.
''You questioned earlier why you hadn't started to heal yet, does that mean you can heal your wounds?" Asta asked calmly causing all those watching to stare at the boy in surprise, as they had grown used to him being so loud and one could easily say brash.
SirZechs couldn't help but to turn to look at his younger sister in shock at her obvious crushes incredible transformation, his intent being to find out everything that she knew about said transformation but as his eyes locked on his sister and he saw the way her mouth hung open, her eyes wide in shock, he knew that this must be the first time that she has seen it as well. So his eyes searched for the next obvious targets that might have the information that he desires, Asta's two companions and judging by the fact that neither boy seemed shocked at Asta's sudden transformation, the new king could only assume that they had already known about the magic knights new form. With that thought and the dozens of questions that now plagued his mind SirZechs quickly marched over to the two younger men.
"What is that, What did he do?" He asked Yuno and Leo as calmly as possible, knowing that all the devils in the room were now looking at the two younger men, waiting for an answer. Yuno's eyes only stayed on the current ruler for a moment before returning to watch the fight, while Leo gained a large smile.
"We call it Black Asta, we only just saw it not to long ago, but it's definitely proof of my rivals amazing power." Leo stated boldly, causing SirZechs to look at the boy wide eyed for a moment before stepping forward intent on trying to find out more, but his questions froze in his throat as he heard one of the other devil scream in shock causing the ruler to spin to look at the monitor, his own eyes widening in shock at the site that greeted him.
One minute earlier...
Riser stared at the boy in shock, his mind slowly trying to process exactly what the young human had just asked, before stepping forward his usual arrogant grin splitting his face.
"Yes you foolish human, Riser can heal from any wound, nothing you do will truly matter." The arrogant Phenex proclaimed proudly, as he began to laugh.
"Good" Asta stated calmly as the muscles in his leg tensed, the veins standing out before the boy launched himself forward, the wind generated from his explosive takeoff putting the flames out behind him. Riser couldn't help but to gasp in shock as he saw the boy charging at him, but much to the devils shock Asta's speed had more then doubled the Phenex throwing his right arm forward intending to release a plume of fire, before he could though he was forced to watch as his right arm flipped through the air before landing with a sickening splat sound upon the floor. Asta now standing behind him, blood slowly running down the edge of his blade, as he turned to look back at the older devil.
Riser couldn't help but to scream in agony as he clutched the stump that was all that remained of his right arm, before slowly turning to look at the demonic looking young man. His eyes widening in terror as he caught sight of the young man behind him, Asta's head turned just slightly so he was looking at Riser with only his crimson colored right eye. Asta's leg muscles tensed before he quickly spun and shot towards Riser again, the older devil gasped in shock before taking off into the air intent on evading the charging warriors attack, but his lift off was a moment to late as he felt the tip of Asta's blade cleave through the side of his left thigh. Phenex couldn't help but to cry out in pain as he flew higher into the sky hoping that he could use the fact that the younger warrior couldn't fly to allow himself to catch his breath and come up with a new strategy.
'It doesn't matter how he try's now, so long as I'm up here I can beat him' Riser thought his mind calming as he looked down at the boy who was still standing calmly on the ground, slowly turning to look up at Riser, the young warriors eyes seeming to glow as his legs tensed before his jumped at the flying man his massive sword held firmly in his right hand as he shot towards Riser. The devil grinned as he began gliding to the side, planning to evade the boys obvious attack, but as he went to evade he was stunned to see Asta's trajectory shift while in midair. He was so surprised by the fact that Asta now seemed able to fly that he failed to move in time as the young warrior's massive blade cleaved through Riser's left leg, the limb falling to the ground with a sickening splat. Riser couldn't help but to scream in a mix of agony and fury as he realized that he had lost yet another limb in the fight against this damn human, it didn't make sense how this human be doing so much damage to him.
"No more!" Riser screamed in fury, his pupils having shrunk to pinpricks as he turned to look at the currently floating boy, his left hand balled into a fist at his side an ominous orange glow surrounding it, his last ditch plan forming quickly in his head, but for it to work he'd need time so with that knowledge he took off flying as quickly as he could away from Asta. The magic knight didn't hesitate before flying after the fleeing devil. But it didn't escape his notice as the glow around Riser's remaining hand switched from orange to a pale blue, before finally turning white.
"Now you die!" Riser screamed with a savage smile as he spun to look at Asta who was less then five feet behind him, before throwing his hand forward a beam of super heated fire erupting forth causing the air to pop as it burned forth on a direct line towards Asta who Riser knew was to close to evade the beam, he'd simply melt the boy away.
Asta simply glared as he shot forward his blade thrust forward as he slammed it into the beam causing Riser to grin expecting to see the boys blade melt away followed by the boy himself melting, he couldn't wait to hear his blood pop as it evaporated. But his grin dropped into a look of shock and horror as he saw Asta's blade cut through his attack, he couldn't help but to start flying backwards hoping that the boy would be stopped by the heat or that his blade would finally melt away. But with each passing second he felt his confidence fade as he watched Asta get closer and closer his eyes widening in horror.
"Stop don't you know what this marriage means to the devil's" He pleaded, hoping to cause the boy to pause, maybe even to surrender.
"Like that matter's, all I care about is Rias's freedom" Asta proclaimed as he burst through the beam, before slicing a deep gash into Riser's chest causing the devil to fall to the ground as this cut managed to finally lock his magic away.
Riser couldn't help but to gasp in pain as he slammed on the ground the fall knocking the air from his lungs. He groaned as he slowly rolled himself onto his stomach intent on trying to come up with some way to pull out a victory, he had managed to drag his severely damaged body less then six inches when Asta slammed into the ground in front of him. Riser couldn't help but to shake in fear as he slowly looked up, his eyes widening in horror as he caught sight of Asta's shadowed face his eyes seeming to glow crimson as they looked down at Riser.
SirZechs couldn't help but to stare at the monitor in shock, he had figured out that Asta was strong just from the beginning of the fight and he had suspected that the young warriors change in appearance had been more then a simple cosmetic change, but he had never expected Asta to have become this powerful. His attention was ripped from the monitor as he heard the sound of someone running causing the current king to turn his eyes to the side just in time to see Riser's younger sister make it to the summoning circle that would take her to the arena.
The young girl flew as quickly as she could so that she could get between her severely injured brother and the monster that had caused him so much damage before Riser was killed. Her feet slid along the ground for a few inches as she finally managed to get between Asta and her older brother, throwing her arms wide. She couldn't stop her legs from shaking in fear as she looked up at the oncoming warrior, before swallowing thickly.
"Please, Please don't kill him" She pleaded softly as she looked up at Asta. The boy seemed to pause before he looked at the girl in shock.
"I'm not gonna kill him, why does everyone seem to think that fights have to end in death." Asta proclaimed loudly, causing Rias to smile as she realized that even though Asta looked so different he was still the same loud, brash boy that she had fallen for. "He needs to apologize to Rias for causing her so much pain, same with Akeno and the rest of my friends, plus I'm sure that there are a lot of other people that he has caused problems for that he needs to apologize to." The young warrior proclaimed calmly as he looked at the young women.
"The victor is Asta" SirZechs voice echoed from around them mere seconds before the arena began to break apart causing Asta to try and fly only to cry in pain softly as he felt the anti-magic that had been flowing through his muscles fade, the loss of his altered form causing Asta to fall through the air, only to gasp softly as he felt a pair of arms catch him, before looking up to see Akeno's smiling face.
"You did really well Asta" She stated calmly, before shifting him around "But I think that there's someone else that wants to thank you" She finished before throwing Asta, causing the boy to cry softly in shock while he flipped through the air only to smile as he saw Rias flying up towards him, her arms open wide as she caught him in a hug.
"You did it, you really did it." She whispered as she held him close, Asta bringing his own arms up to wrap around her as the two simply held each other.
Alright I'd like to start by apologizing for how long it took me to post this chapter, I hope that everyone likes it. Please remember to leave a Review, thanks again for reading my story.