SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 56 out, this is Chapter 57 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 57: The Final Attack

"The sword that boy is using..." Lemiel instantly recognized Asta's blade. "That's Licht's."

"After Licht's Grimoire became a five-leaf Grimoire that could be used by devils, it apparently acquired anti-magic from a different devil." Secre explained.

"You clearly don't have the control." Zagred mocked, as Asta started flying towards him and thrust his trident forward, only to have Asta's broadsword shatter one of the spikes. "I don't know what devil this power belongs to, but you need to learn your place in the pecking order. Voizuiinemidoren..." he started chanting. "Futogerueofu... Snoittnedeidoog." he summoned even more underworld creatures, only this time, dark eel heads with gaping mouths had joined into the mix.

Lemiel shot into the dark matter carnage and carried Asta off, only to be swatted away moments later and slammed heavily into a wall.

"Light Magic: Light Sword of Judgment." Patolli joined the fight.

"Wind Magic: Tornado Fang." Yuno also threw in a spell for good measure.

"Holy Magic..." Freyja charged up. "Multi-stage..." numerous magic circles surrounded the mass of dark matter. "Holy Cannon!" she finished her attack, multiple beams of holy magic blasting into the cloud-like mass.

"Not bad at all." Zagred was impressed by the sheer power of the multi-shot attack. "Though it's all for naught, of course."

"Are you all right, Your Highness?" Secre hurried to Lemiel's side.

"Anti-magic sure is something." Lemiel beamed. "I don't think I'll be able to use magic for a while."

"I'll use my sealing magic to bind it and then I'll try to control it." Secre stated.

"I'm sure it'll be fine." Lemiel assured.

"Why are you taking forever over there, Asta?" Yuno chided, already activating 'Spirit Dive'. "If you can't even use your power to its full extent, then you've still got a long way to go before you can become the Wizard King." forming a large sword made purely of wind magic, he sliced through the withering tentacles.

"His growth is incredibly fast." Licht noted.

"Wind Spirit Creation Magic: Spirit of Zephyr." Yuno's wind-powered sword was now fully formed.

"I was just about to get it." Asta grinned, forming his 'Demon-Slayer Sword: Black Divider' sword.

"I don't even know why I'm surprised anymore." Freyja chuckled, all too familiar with her surrogate brothers' rivalry.

"A wind attribute and sword magic?" Lemiel was taken by surprise. "I see. So, he's..." he realized who the elf's soul in Yuno's body was. "But who's the boy using the five-leaf Grimoire?" he wondered.

"A foolish little boy who was born without any magic and doesn't know his place." Secre replied. "He worked harder than anyone in this Kingdom and never knew when to give up. He truly is a foolish boy."

"I'll admit you're quite lively." Zagred was unfazed as the two adopted brothers slashed through his summons. "But do you think you'll be able to reach me at that speed?"

Letting Asta move in front of him, Yuno used a tornado to push Asta's speed and allowing the Anti-Magic user to land a direct stab on the devil's chest.

"You trash..." numerous mouths appeared all over Zagred's body. "How dare you? Really, how dare you? You filthy maggot with no magic... I'm done with this. It's over. I'll kill you all. Despair and resistance are merely my playthings. This can't be... you're nothing more than a ripple in a pond. My powers... Voizuiinemidoren Futogerueofu Snoittnedeidoog." he recast his summoning spell. "I'll make sure to exterminate all of you." he declared, driving Asta back, his spell was now on a more massive scale.

"Patolli," Licht addressed the younger elf. "Sorry, but I'll need you to hold the perimeter for a bit. We cannot let the people of the present die." he added as Lemiel joined him.

"They are the mages who carry the future of the Clover Kingdom, after all." Lemiel agreed. "They are also the people Carys loves."

"You're nothing more than a lump of meat." Zagred continued to rant. "Foolish and useless. Goodbye. I'll kill all of you. I'll slaughter all of you. Humanity is finished. Bring down the curtain."

"Who said you get to end this?" Asta snarled. "You still good to go, Yuno?"

"That's my line, Asta." Yuno fired back.

"You're no better than vomit." Zagred snapped. "You just swamp grossly in front of me. And yet you have the nerve to bite me. Die. You'll have to pay with your deaths. No other way. You're just maggots hiding under a rock. I'll twist off your arms and legs. I'll rot your mana and lives, then kill you."

"Miracles of God," Freyja channeled even more Holy Magic, preparing for one of her ultimate spells. "Trinity Disintegration!" several massive magic circles encased the dark matter prison the group was trapped in and a large beam of pure Holy Magic shot down from the night sky, totally disintegrating the dark matter mass.

"Rhiannon's mad..." Asta whistled.

"Union Magic: Demon-Dweller Sword: Protecting Light." both Licht and Lemiel combined their magic and sent protective auras to the mages still evacuating from the Shadow Palace.

"Just concentrate on finishing the devil, you one-and-done moron." Yuno rebuked Asta.

"I know that, you multi-talented, handsome jerk." Asta grinned.

"It's so much fun when you die pathetically." Zagred droned. "Your sword still hasn't reached me. It's utterly useless. Already... right here... just like this... finally... it's over. You're finished. You're just a human. Yet, you're using the Spirit Power and elven powers to fight my magic. Sto..." he barely managed to get the word out, seeing Asta making use of Yuno's wind to propel himself towards him, the 'Demon-Slayer Sword' piercing right through his body. "Stop. Weaken. Hold back. Go back. Stop." he tried to force Asta off. "Too bad." he grinned, forcefully disengaging Asta from himself.

"Mana Zone: Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Equinox." Yami sent his powered-up attack upwards, the Dark Magic attack hitting Zagred head-on.

"It's... Captain Yami." Asta recognized his Captain's attack.

"You maggots." Zagred spat out blood, his heart now even more exposed.

"Holy Magic: Holy Bell." Freyja conjured a ringing bell between her hands, the continuous bell chime sending out ripples of Holy Magic that completely dissolved Zagred's heart. "Return to the Underworld, Zagred!"

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