Chapter 46 - Leader

"HELL YEAH!!" Asta and Gauche screamed when they saw the monster Baro fall to the ground.

'Heh.' Grim smiled.

While he could have dealt with the monster by himself, it would have taken a considerable amount of time compared to him receiving help from his squad mates.

'Well he wasn't that strong so I guess I don't feel to bad about receiving help.'

"A-Amazing..." The glasses girl muttered after seeing both Grim and Asta destroy Baro. "I want them... I really REALLY want them."

Breathing heavily, Asta couldn't hide his grin as he looked at Grim standing in the distance and gave him a thumbs up.

But just as Grim was about to smile back, his smile faltered as a smaller looking Baro erupted from behind Asta.

"WATCH OUT!!"

"Huh?" Asta turned around and felt his eyes go wide.

"ASTA!!"

*SWOOSH!!*

Baro's large fist descended with enough force to squash Asta's puny body.

[Snow Magic: Snow Cry]

Climbing to his feet, the weakened Neige, thrust his arms forwards and pushed Baro back with his spell.

[Breath of the Beast: Sudden Throwing Strike]

Seeing Baro being pushed away from Asta, Grim didn't waste any time as he threw his blades at him nailing him through the head and instantly killing him.

"Dammit GRIM!!" Asta yelled. "You killed somebody again.

*Shrugs*

"I-Its okay." Neige suddenly spoke up.

"M-Me and my brother have done terrible things... A-And that thing... wasn't my brother anymore." While saying this, he looked as his brother's lifeless body and then turned his attention to Grim who was standing in the distance.

"I-I'm a bad person and I know I've done wrong..."

'No shit! You kidnapped kids!!'

"I-I know that I deserve the same fate as my brother, but before you kill me, please allow me atone for my sins."

"....Nah."

*Prepares to throw swords*

"What? He kidnapped a bunch of kids and forcefully drained them of their mana! Who knows what kind of long term repercussion that can have! What if they can't use magic Asta! What then? You of all people should know how hard it is to live in this world without being able to use magic! Do you really think him saying sorry is gonna fix that!?"

"I- No. But he's sincere! And maybe the kids will be okay."

"But what if they're not! What if this one event has screwed them for life!"

"Grim please." Asta begged.

Looking at him, Grim couldn't help but feel annoyed. This was especially true when he looked at the sad looking Neige who was bowing his head.

"Tch, fine. As a result of you saving Asta's life, I guess I can spare yours for the time being. But if those kids have problems with their magic in the future because of you and your piece of shit brother, then I swear to you that next time I stab you, you won't be getting back up."

"I-I understand!" Neige nodded.

"That's great!" Asta smiled and pat him on the shoulder.

"Um Grim..." Neige called out looking embarrassed

"A-After I serve my time in prison, w-would you consider being my friend?"

'...Is this guy retarded?'

*Sigh* "Sure." Grim yawned no longer paying attention to him.

"Reall-

*Beam*

*THUD!!*

"Neige!" Asta suddenly yelled drawing Grim's attention.

"What the!"

Looking in their direction, Neige was laying on the floor bleeding out while a large shard of light with four horizontal lines in it stuck out of his body.

'S-So fast!' Grim's eyes went wide.

If not for him having his senses enhanced by [Breath of the Beast] Grim was sure that he'd currently be in a similar state to the bleeding Neige.

'I couldn't even react!'

"Oho, to think you'd actually be able to avoid my attack." An unfamiliar voice rung out.

"Its you!!" Asta yelled after seeing the figure in the sky. "You were the one that attacked the wizard king when he came to save me!"

"Ah, looks like I have yet to introduce myself." Standing on top of a portal with Valtos behind him was a man with long white braided hair that extended into several long extensions with a Kippah covering the top of his head.

"I am Licht, leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun."

'That grimoire... it has four leaves...'

Seeing his grimoire and feeling the off the charts mana emanating off of him, the blood in Grim's body started to boil as his own mana started to rise.

'This boy... he's different from the rest of them.'

"Sally." He called out to the glasses girl who had been watching this whole time. "Who is he?"

"Who him? He's Grim! He's like super interesting and can use several different magic types!"

"Is that so..." He said running his eyes over Grim's figure.

Having never met him before, he was confused as to why this boy gave him a weird sense of familiarity.

While he was looking over Grim, the sight of Asta's tattered grimoire tore his attention away.

"As interesting as that boy is, the real question is." Licht tone suddenly turned dark. "Why the hell does someone like you have that grimoire!?"

"My grimoire?"

"Ha... Ha... Hahahahahahahahaha." Grim started laughing drawing everyone's attention.

"I-I don't know." Sally said as she felt Grim's mana sky rocket.

"Grim?" Asta looked at him.

"Finally, finally, FINALLY!!"

*BOOM!!*

Unable to hold it back any longer, Grim's mana exploded out of his body and pushed Gauche and the others back a bit.

"Forget about mud monsters and lonely bitch boys! I finally get to fight someone worth a dam-

"That won't work."

"Eh?" Blinking rapidly, Grim's danger senses shot through the roof as Licht's voice sounded out behind him.

"A human with that much mana should not be allowed to live."

"GRIM!!" Asta screamed as he saw Licht create and orb of light in his hand and aim it at Grim's head.

'I'm fu-

*BANG!!*

Stabbing through the orb with his katana, Yami appeared from Finral's portal saving Grim in the process.

"Tch, why is that every time you two go somewhere together, something crazy has to happen?"