0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to the 35th chapter of The Silver Valkyrie! I do not own Black Clover, nor its characters, nor the OCs that are used in this chapter. The OC Scarlett Roselei is shared by me and guardian of the aura Aurasoul. Chapter start!^^

Chapter 35

"God, this passageway is just as cold as the outside is." Charlotte muttered as she, her younger sister, Scarlett, and Yami continued down the passageway.

"Stop complaining sis." Scarlett scolded her younger sister. "If you're that cold, let Yami hold you." Charlotte gave her younger sister a glare, but instantly softened up once Yami held Charlotte's arm with his own muscular arm.

"We're almost inside the castle." Yami noted, noticing the darklit room up ahead. As soon as they made it inside (and Yami letting Charlotte go), the 3 felt 2 powerful mana signatures. Scarlett, Charlotte, and Yami turned to see 2 people standing at the threshold to the next room. One male, the other a figure wearing black armor. The male wore a white lab coat over a yellow shirt, wearing brown pants and white sneakers. In addition, he wore glasses over his eyes. The black armored figure, despite even wearing a helmet, their eyes could be seen through the helmet. They glowed a bright green for a few seconds before diminishing and returning back to their normal color.

"Hahaha! Who would have thought that Clover would be desperate to stop the Zogratis's?!" Scarlett, Charlotte, and Yami narrowed there eyes at the male who had spoken.

"Morris…!" Charlotte growled. "So the Zogratis's did get you out of the Diamond Kingdom Castle's dungeon…!" The male, Morris, curled his lips into a dark smile at Charlotte's words. Scarlett, Yami, and Charlotte got their grimoires ready. Morris and black armored figure did the same with their own grimoires.

"Indeed they did!" Morris laughed. "I thank them. Truly! Also, did you really think it'd be that easy? One of Lady Eva's soldiers let us know you were coming."

"Then we thank you for your hospitality." Yami remarked nonchalantly, unsheathing his katana and got into a battle ready stance. After a minute or so, Yami glanced over at Charlotte and Scarlett. "You 2 take on blackie. I'll handle the psychotic Magic Scholar."

"Are you sure Yami?" Charlotte asked, genuine concern in her voice. "Morris is a very dangerous man." Yami waved his katana in a dismissive manner.

"Relax Prickly Queen, I got him." Yami spoke as to reassure Charlotte. Granted, still talking nonchalantly.

"If you're sure, Yami." Charlotte told the muscular man that is now her boyfriend. Scarlett snickered at the 2, but then turned her attention to the black armored figure.

"Come on Charlotte!" Scarlett called to her sister. "We have to take down this black armored person!" Charlotte groaned, yet put her right hand on Yami's shoulder.

"Just be careful, alright?" She told him. "No dying on me, you hear?" At that, Yami laughed.

"Of course, Prickly Queen." Yami grinned. "Now go kick blackie's ass!" This time, Charlotte couldn't help but smile lightly and laugh.

"I will." Charlotte promised; turning on her heel and striding over to her younger sister's side to take on the black armored figure. Morris's lips curved into a dark smile as he turned his attention back to Yami.

"Heh heh… Do you really think that those 2 can defeat Lady Eva's personal advisor?" Morris asked Yami, a dark smile on his face.

"I dunno." Yami remarked as he took the cigar out of his mouth and blew smoke out from his mouth before putting it back in his mouth. "But you shouldn't worry about them." He pointed his katana at Morris. "You should be worrying about yourself in our little fight. I'll be sure to kill you for your heinous acts in the Diamond Kingdom." Morris just laughed as he went into his lab coat pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a dagger. Yami raised an eyebrow incredulously at the dagger in Morris's hand.

"What's that going to do?" Yami remarked. "Stab me to death?"

"Heh heh… Oh you'll wish that's why I have this thing." Morris sneered as he twirled it in his fingers. "But no. This is a magic item I designed myself." His dark smile widens. "How else would I be able to stitch people's grimoires together?"

"Tch…!" Yami grunted as his katana got enveloped by his Dark Magic. "Then I'll just be sure to end you here and now!" Morris just grinned and did a beckoning motion with his right hand, which held his magic item.

"Then come at me, Yami Sukehiro!" Morris mocked the muscular Captain of the Black Bulls Magic Knight squad of the Clover KIngdom.

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash!" Yami declared, swinging his katana from left to right after getting into a specific stance for the Dark Magic spell that came out of his katana and towards Morris. Morris just smiled darkly and raised his dagger up; thus absorbing the spell into it. Like the Demon-Dweller Sword would. Yami opened his mouth in slight surprise before he closed it. "Huh...so you mimicked the Demon-Dweller Sword."

"That may be what it appears to be." Morris agreed. "But in reality, I used the Transplant part of my magic to transplant it into myself."

"Transplant?" Yami repeated.

"Indeed, Yami Sukehiro." Morris grinned. "My magic is Transplant and Extraction Magic. The Devil I'm contracted with makes my magic far more powerful than it would be otherwise." Yami grunted in irritation as he leapt at Morris to slash him in 2, only for Morris to teleport out of the way, then reappear behind Yami. To which Yami turned around to face him.

"So that's how you got people's grimoires stitched together?" Yami demanded as he unleashed another Lightless Slash at Morris, to which Morris leapt backwards to evade the slash. "LIke with Captain Fana and Vice Captain Mars of the Amber Phoenix squad?"

"Hahaha! You just figured this out?!" Morris sneered. "Of course I did! Otherwise, experimenting on the Diamond Kingdom people would be pointless!"

"You sick bastard…!" Yami growled. Morris just laughed darkly in response.

"I take that as a compliment, Yami Sukehiro!" Morris remarked as he pointed his dagger arm at Yami, while his free hand was outstretched. "Now it's time to show you what my magic can really do!"

"This can't be good…" Yami muttered, bracing himself. Morris's free hand began to pulsate as mana began to be extracted from his grimoire and into his free hand, then he touched his dagger with his now mana pulsating hand, which then the mana in his free hand transferred, or rather, transplanted into the dagger; thus changing it into Mineral Magic staff.

"This is what Transplant and Extraction Magic can do!" Morris grinned wickedly. "And thanks to my Devil, I can also extract other things from anything! Not just mana!" Before Yami could retort, Morris leapt towards Yami and slashed at him with the staff. Yami stepped back an inch and parried Morris's strike with his katana. Yami counterattacked with a slash towards Morris's midsection, but the Magic Scholar simply backflipped out of the way.

So if I'm right, Morris's Transplant and Extraction Magic can extract mana from others, then transplant it either into himself, his magic items, or even other people. That would explain how Captain Fana and Vice Captain Mars each have stitched grimoires. Yami thought. But then there'd need to be a 3rd part to Morris's magic. Eh, whatever. Yami strided forward at fast speed so he was right in front of Morris again. Before Morris could fully react, Yami slashed at him multiple times.

"Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Blade Storm!" Yami declared. Several Dark Magic slashes cut Morris. Majority of them going to his body, while some went to his face. Despite the immense power in the Dark Magic spell, Morris simply staggered backwards several feet. He eventually regained his balance. Which just so happened to be fast enough for him to parry Yami's next katana slash with his Mineral Magic staff. Morris just kept his dark smile plastered on his face as he continued to parry Yami's strikes.

"Heh heh heh… Not bad, Yami Sukehiro!" Morris grinned. "But that's not going to be enough to defeat me!"

"We'll see about that." Yami retorted. "A bastard like you don't deserve to be left alive." Yami swung his katana and unleashed more Lightless Slashes at Morris. But like before, Morris evaded with ease. Yami tsked, then leapt back from a barrage of Magic Spears/Arrows Morris rained down due to his Transplant and Extraction Magic. Each Magic Spear/Arrow being of differing magic attributes.

Tch…! Yami grunted as he defended himself from the Magic Spears/Arrows that Morris was firing at him. How can I defeat this guy?

"Let me tell you something, Yami Sukehiro." Morris spoke.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Yami questioned as he continued to block the Magic Spears/Arrows. "That you're going to shut your mouth? If not, I'll kill you." Morris on the other hand, just laughed in amusement.

"Haha! I'd like to see you-!" Morris began, then realized that he couldn't move. "Wh…..What…?"

"Dark Magic: Black Hole." Yami began, which is the spell he used to freeze Morris in place; as well as absorb any of the remaining Magic Spears/Arrows that Morris had fired at him. "I told you that I'd kill you, bastard. Now Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Black Blade!" Yami then slashed Morris horizontally with his katana in the chest area. Morris in response coughed up blood as he staggered backwards; blood spewing out of the fatal wound. Morris's lips formed a bloody, as well as a wicked, smile.

"Heh heh heh… This is just the beginning…!" Morris vowed as his body began to dissipate. "Mark my words, Yami Sukehiro…!" And with that, his body, along with his grimoire and magic item, disappeared into golidish-black particles.

"Humph. He had it coming." Yami grunted to himself. "Wonder what he meant by that last statement though." He shrugged. "Eh, I'll worry about it later. Right now, I should probably see how Prickly Queen and her sister are doing against blackie." Speaking of, Yami turned to see Charlotte and Scarlett facing off against the black armored figure. And to his surprise, both the Captain and Vice Captain of the Blue Rose Knights were losing.

"Tch…! What the hell...?!" Charlotte grunted, her face bloody. Scarlett wasn't faring much better. She too, had gotten wounds. "What type of magic is this….?!" The black armored figure did not answer Charlotte's question. Scarlett tched in frustration.

"Whatever magic it is, our magic is useless against it…!" Scarlett replied, gritting her teeth.

"..." The black armored figure didn't respond. Instead, simply waited for Charlotte and Scarlett to come and attack again.

"Hey Prickly Queen! Scarlett! What the hell happened to you 2?!" Yami called to them as he strided over. He took notice of the 2's wounds. "Got the crap beaten out of you?"

"No….shit….Yami….!" Charlotte grit her teeth.

"Nnnnnggghhh…! Whatever magic that guy has...it can deal with sis's Briar Magic and my Red Lotus Magic like it's nothing….!" Yami pointed his katana at the black armored figure.

"Hmm… Well then." Yami took out of his cigar from his mouth, and puffed smoke out of his mouth before putting the cigar back into his mouth. "I'll fight this bastard while you 2 recover." The black armored figure didn't respond to Yami's words. Instead, the black armored figure beckoned to Yami. At that, Yami just smirked. "If you say so, blackie!" His katana gets covered by his Dark Magic. "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Black Blade." Yami slashed towards the black armored figure with his katana. "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash!"

"Yami! Wait!" Charlotte called out to warn him, but she was too late. The black armored figure, instead of getting out of the way, simply raised their right hand up and absorbed Yami's Dark Magic Spell. Yami took notice of this and slightly gaped.

"What the hell…?!" Yami mused out. The black armored figure's right hand soon began to glow black. As black as Yami's Dark Magic, to be accurate. Upon seeing the black orb, Yami scowled. "Hey! If that's a Dark Magic orb, I'm suing!"

"Counter Magic: 10%." The black armored figure spoke in an almost monotone voice. Upon the declaration, the black orb turned into a black beam and fired out of the black armored figure's right hand and straight at Yami. Yami, with slightly widened eyes, evaded the black beam before it hit the wall behind him; thus cracking it and it fell apart as a result.

"Counter Magic?" Yami repeated as he turned around from facing the now broken wall to the black armored figure.

"It's really powerful…!" Charlotte grit her teeth.

"Waiting for the opponent to make a move before attacking…!" Scarlett added in agreement with her sister. "In fact, it doesn't even feel like magic you'd find in our world." Yami glanced over at the 2 Blue Rose Knights, then back at the black armored figure once again. He closed his eyes and tried to feel the black armored figure's ki. While he did manage to, all he felt was coldness. He opened his eyes soon thereafter.

"Yeah…" Yami agreed as he raised his katana. "That magic definitely isn't from our world. It feels too cold to be of natural magic. Nor even an unnatural magic that we as humans can create." He narrowed his eyes before adding. "That means there's only one possible explanation for that magic… It's from the Underworld." At that, both Charlotte and Scarlett gaped in slight surprise.

"The… The Underworld?" Scarlett repeated. Charlotte frowned deeply as she held her Briar Magic formed sword.

"The Underworld. A world where Devils reside." Charlotte explained. "As well as Forbidden Magic. Like Reincarnation Magic, for example."

"...This is the end of the line for you, Magic Knights." The black armored figure spoke.

"Yeah right, blackie." Yami retorted nonchalantly as he and Charlotte pointed their katana and sword at the black armored figure. "If anything, it'll be over for you."

"That's right." Charlotte agreed. "You see, while me and my sister were fighting you, I've come to notice that you were using any actual spells. Rather, you were just standing there; waiting for your opponents to attack you."

"..." The black armored figure doesn't reply. Yami and Charlotte took that as a cue to continue talking. In this case, Yami spoke up.

"So let's try something else." Yami spoke up. "Something that may be Counter Magic's weakness. Charlotte, Scarlett. Are you 2 ready?" Both Roselei sisters nodded at Yami's words; thus the 3 turned back to face the black armored figure. The black armored figure just stared at the 3 Magic Knights for a brief moment, then turned on their heel and strided away.

"Yeah that's right! Run away!" Scarlett called to the black armored figure as said figure left. Charlotte and Yami glanced at each other, then over at Scarlett.

"Hmm…" Yami mused as he sheathed his katana.

"Morris is gone, sure." Charlotte agreed before frowning. "However, he went down to you way too easily, Yami."

"I have to agree with sis." Scarlett added. "Even though me and sis were battling blackie, we could still pick up on you and Morris's fight." Yami put a hand to his chin as if in thought.

"Hmm...you're right, Prickly Queen." Yami mused. "That bastard did go down too easily. Too bad we didn't get into the actual castle. But I suppose that's a good thing. Who knows what the "Ruler" of the Spade Kingdom would do to us if she actually came down here." Charlotte nodded grimly while Scarlett crossed her arms.

"So, I guess we're heading back?" Scarlett asked. "Assuming we can find our brooms in this winterland of a kingdom."

"We'll find them." Yami replied nonchalantly as he turned on his heel and began to walk back the way the 3 came. Charlotte and Scarlett followed him soon thereafter to outside of the underground passageway. The 3's brooms at the entrance to the passageway; thus the 3 got on their brooms before flying off.

After the black armored figure returned to the throne room and told the news, Queen Eva Zogratis of the Spade Kingdom put a hand to her chin, a dark smile appearing on her face. Her 3 children, Dante, Vanica, and Zenon, were also present in the throne of the Spade Kingdom Castle.

"Very well my friend." Eva remarked. "In that case….. Me, Dante, and Zenon will be taking a little…..field trip to the Clover Kingdom. Heh heh heh…." Dante and Zenon nodded, while Vanica pouted.

"Aww c'mon Mother!" Vanica pouted. "I should come, too!" Eva chuckled as she stood up from the throne and put her right hand on Vanica's shoulder.

"Someone needs to stay here at the castle." Eva told her daughter. "It's going to be you and my personal advisor." Dante snickered, while Zenon deadpanned.

"...Probably not the best idea, Mother." Zenon told her. "But I suppose as your personal advisor keeps Vanica in check, then we should be returning to the Spade Kingdom Castle still in one piece." He glanced over at the black armored figure, who only nodded at Zenon's words, but did not reply.

"It'll be fine, Zenon dear." Eva spoke in a reassuring manner. "Now then, a portal please?" Zenon nodded, then created a Spatial Magic portal. Soon thereafter, the 3 walk through the dark blue spatial portal, with said spatial portal dissipating into nothing.

0713MM: Alright, a bit of a short chapter here. But that's alright, right?^^ Regardless, this is where the fic starts to get interesting.