SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 6 out, this is Chapter 7 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?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OC.

Chapter 7: Blackout

"Noelle, I thank you." Leopard turned to the water mage who had used her 'Sea Dragon's Nest' to shield him from No.1 - Carl's aquatic strikes. "Fire Magic: Spiral Flame!" he charged forward, slamming both his fiery palms on Carl's body, vaporizing it. "How'd you like that?" he shouted at Rades. "I made him evaporate with intense firepower."

"Excellent." Fuegoleon grinned. "Well done."

"Impossible..." Rades stammered. "Impossible. I've got as much magic as a royal."

Fire Restraining Magic: Leo Palma." Fuegoleon secured Rades. "There are many questions I'd like to ask you." he addressed his captive. "Before that, I'm confiscating your Grimoire."

"Don't." Rades panicked. "Don't touch my Grimoire."

"What is this Grimoire?" Fuegoleon frowned. "There's only one page?" he opened the Grimoire and was shocked to see it contained only one spell.

"Don't you dare look down on me." Rades snapped.

"Who's gonna look down on you?" Asta fired back. "Couldn't you think of any other way to get people to acknowledge your power? You have amazing power and you were strong enough to claw your way up. It's such a waste."

"What you lack to overcome adversity was a righteous heart." Fuegoleon agreed with Asta. "Pay for your crimes."

"Are you satisfied now?" Valtos' voice sounded in Rades' ear. "It's impossible for you to beat a Captain on your own, after all. The sheer volume of your magic isn't enough. I'm also reaching my limit. You're through acting on your own. From now on, things are going to go as planned; all for our master. Looks like they are in the marked areas." he readied his mass teleportation spell while hiding in the mountain of corpses.

In the Northwest District...

"My Grimoire..." Yuno noticed his Grimoire started glowing green.

"What?" Alecdora spotted the growing black mass spreading underneath his and Mimosa's feet, Yuno's wind magic having lifted him into the air to avoid the trap.

Everywhere else, similar black masses expanded under the Magic Knights' feet and transported them away.

In the North District...

"The Magic Knights' mana..." Noelle instantly sensed the other Magic Knights' disappearance.

"This is unprecedented spatial magic." Fuegoleon instantly recognized the magic attribute of the caster. "Was there another spellcaster?"

In the Northwest District...

"To think the great Magic Knights would all fall for a silly trap like that." Catherine mocked, sitting on her witch's broom in the air. "How stupid can they be? I was supposed to play with the stragglers, but it looks like I won't have to bother. Now then, I'd better use this time to get some nice, young mana." she licked her lips. "Ash Curse Magic: Ash Absorbing Formation." she wasted no time in casting her mana-draining spell on the hapless citizens. "I guess someone was able to escape that spatial magic." she was blown apart from her next target by Yuno's tornado. "You're hot and my type." she gushed, spotting the wind user. "Want to have some fun with me?"

"Get away from those people, you old hag." Yuno responded.

"I'll murder you." Catherine glared. "Who are you calling old hag? Ash Curse Magic: Joyful Destructive Ash!" she let loose a rain of ash curse magic bullets at Yuno. "These are curse bullets with various curses inside. You won't know what you'll get until they hit." she grinned, Yuno was using his wind magic to maneuver out of the bullets' paths.

"Who are you people?" Yuno demanded, firing a wind blade which Catherine dodged. "What are you after?"

"Look at you, with such ample time to talk." Catherine mocked. "I guess I'll tell you. We're here to eliminate someone. That's our goal. I'm definitely not telling you who, though." she fired off her charged up curse bullets.

In the North District...

"You're working with at least one other." Fuegoleon concluded. "A spatial magic user must have infiltrated the royal capital. Where are they? Or have they already fled? No matter where you've sent the rest of the Magic Knights, you don't have enough power to take over the royal capital. I can't imagine this was just to go after the king. You've made it clear that your motive is revenge. But what are you and the others after overall?"

'Our true motive..." Rades chuckled. "Is you Fuegoleon Vermillion."

A smaller 'Blackout' portal appeared under Fuegoleon's feet and transported him away.

In the air of the Northwest District...

Yuno lured the magic bullets closing in on him through an alleyway and used his 'Crescent Kamaitachi' to take out the second wave of magic shots, only to be hit by three magic bullets Catherine had in reserve on his side, followed by another three more bullets on his back.

"Are you alright?" Catherine mocked, bombarding Yuno with her continuous curse bullets. "It looks like you're having a hard time getting around. I wonder what you've been hit with. My Ash Curse Magic: Joyful Destructive Ash works very gradually." she bragged. "First, your eyes stop working, then your ears, and then your body stops working. You'll pay for having the insolence to call me an old hag." she laughed when Yuno released a tornado at her. "Where are you aiming? You have to aim properly, like this." she bombarded Yuno with another barrage of curse bullets. "If you say 'I'm sorry, miss.' and adorably beg for your life, I'll forgive you."

"Not a chance..." Yuno muttered, fading into unconsciousness.

"Come on, hurry up and beg for your life." Catherine urged. "If you don't, I'll just have to kill you."

"Not yet." Yuno activated his new spell, having awakened Sylph.

Mana is gathering... Catherine realized in shock as Yuno was encased in a wind sphere. This sensation... he's... controlling the mana?

"Let me just tell you one thing about me." Yuno stated. "I hate losing more than anything else. Wind Spirit Magic: Sylph's Breath!" he fired the oversized wind blast at Catherine.

With Rhiannon...

So, you've chosen one of my older brother figures as your host, Sylph. Rhiannon sensed the awakening of the Wind Spirit. Just like you did five hundred years ago.

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