I should not catch one of those with my bare hands

"We are magic knights. Of course, we're going to show up," said Yami as he continued crushing Asta's head.

'He dragged me out of bed and now we're in this mess!' thought Finral as he looked at the amount of destruction around him.

"By the way, didn't I tell you to take a day off? Want me to give you a permanent vacation?" asked Yami in a threatening tone making Asta scream in pain.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow!"

"Yami-san, Yami-san we have someone waiting for you to get over with what you are doing," said Sekke as he looked towards the blond man with flashy clothes.

Yami too then looked towards the man and finally let go of Asta.

"So, what's the deal with him?" asked Yami.

"Apparently he's the leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun," replied Asta.

"Th-The Eye of the Midnight Sun?!" exclaimed Finral.

"Heh? I thought he'd be some big, burly guy who could eat a cow in a single gulp, but he's just a scrawny-ass beanpole," said Yami.

"He wears too much make-up and jewelry as well," said Sekke as he focused himself on any incoming attack that might come his way. He knew that light magic was supposed to be the fastest magic there was so he just wanted to be on the safer side.

The zombie-looking guy then landed beside the blond man and said, "That's the Black Bull's captain, and the other kid is the one who hindered our plan at the capital."

"Shall I summon the Third Eye?" asked the zombie-looking, man.

"No, I've always wanted to fight him, since he uses dark magic." said the light magic-user.

'It's going to start soon.' thought Sekke as he unsheathed his sword.

"Finral-senpai, get the kids and the injured to the town. Asta, if you think that you will slow us down, then go with him," said Sekke.

"Sure, leave it to me!" replied Finral.

"I can still fight!" replied Asta as he looked at Yami's back and got excited thinking that he was finally going to see him in action.

Just as he said that Finral asked Gauche and some white-haired kid if they were fine and all and after he made sure that they were ok, he turned towards Yami and said, "All right, Yami-san. I'm leaving the rest to you guys."

"Oi, you better come back," said Yami as he glared at Finral.

Hearing that Finral started sweating and started making excuses. But soon after that Sekke felt mana building up and noticed a blade of light launch towards Finral.

'...Honestly speaking I expected it to be faster...well can't complain though it's hard to fulfill the dark lord's expectations after all.'

Yami intercepted the blade of light with his sword making it shatter into small particles.

"The hell do you think you're doing to my ride?" said Yami as he glared threateningly at the light magician.

'...So those blades just got speed, huh. They shattered immediately when they hit his katana.' thought Sekke as he raised his sword and pointed it towards the light magic-user.

"Hm?"

"Extend" and almost instantly Sekke's sword extended forward and pierced through the light magician's stomach.

...Or so it seemed but the light magic user just barely dodged the fatal wound.

"Oh, you really are fast. Even Luck is not able to dodge one of those. But still looks like you did get hurt." said Sekke in a slightly surprised tone.

The light magic user looked at his stomach and saw that the blade did slice through a part of his waist making him frown.

"You-"

But before he could complete his sentence Sekke moved his hand making his extended sword move along with it and slice through the light magic user once again.

"!!!"

Surprised by the unexpected outcome the sword struck the wound once again and cut him even deeper.

But the light magic-user didn't lose his composure and moved once again at light speed and appeared behind Sekke and the others.

"Oi, dumbass wait for my instructions. The make-up man was about to say something," said Yami as he looked towards Sekke.

"Eh? Do you want to hear his monologue? I mean he is the leader of the eye of the midnight sun an- Oi, idiot, heal up or something while we are chatting don't just watch us talk," said Sekke as he looked at the bleeding man who was almost cut in half.

"He might have some important shit to share with us," said Yami as he totally ignored the terrorist leader.

"Hey, we can just torture him and get info out of him later when we are done with kicking his ass," said Sekke as he too ignored the terrorist leader.

The light magic user who just got advice from Sekke had some nerves popping on his forehead as his grimoire started flipping.

[Light Magic: Healing Ray of Light]

The man started glowing as the wound started to close up at a great speed.

"Listen here, it feels better when you beat someone after he is done with his monologue," said Yami totally uninterested in the now healed-up enemy.

"Yeah, I do agree with that. It makes the difference between me and the opponent clearer," said Sekke as he nodded sagely.

Seeing the two not even looking at him, the light user clenched his fists as his grimoire started flipping.

[Light Magic:Light swords of conviction]

Multiple swords made of light magic appeared behind the man as all of them pointed toward the black bulls.

"Hm?"

Finally sensing the amount of mana gathering near them, both Sekke and Yami looked towards the light swords and thought, 'Oh, he was here too.'

And immediately light swords started raining on them.

Yami looked at the incoming blades and just let ki guide him and started intercepting the swords.

Sekke on the other hand didn't know how to use ki, but his senses were already sharp enough to keep up with the incoming blades of light as he too started intercepting the light swords.

"A-Amazing!!" exclaimed Asta as he saw both Yami and Sekke easily deflect the swords that he couldn't even follow with his eyes.

'Calm down. I should not lose my cool.' thought Patolli as he looked at Yami and Sekke.

'He is using magic to strengthen himself and cutting my light magic with a sword cloaked in dark magic...But that's not all.'

His gaze then fell on Sekke and he narrowed his eyes.

'He on the other hand is just using magic to strengthen himself. What is that sword?' thought Patolli?

He felt anger well up from the inside as he looked at Sekke.

'How about this then?' thought Patolli.

'He is about to move.' thought Sekke as he felt mana gathering inside the light magic-user's body.

And just as he thought, Patolli appeared behind Yami as light magic started gathering on his palms.

But without even looking behind him Yami cut the light magic with his sword.

"So, this is the power of the great magic knight heretic," said Patolli.

'Seriously, I want to learn that as well.' thought Sekke as he wished to learn ki as well.

"Oi, dumbass. Stop using that sword of yours. It's way too much of a cheat for a battle of this level. You won't break your limits like that," said Yami as he tried to pierce the man only for him to move up in the air at light speed.

"...Hm? Well depending too much on items is not a good habit," said Sekke as he looked at Extase once more before he sheathed it.

"Anyway, let's just make it challenging," said Sekke with a smirk as a new sword made up of his magic appeared in his hand.

But just as he said that a black portal appeared below Sekke's feet.

"Really, the same trick as before. Do you guys even less" complained Sekke as he jumped to dodge the portal only to see a flash of light in front of him as a hand appeared in front of him.

Sekke closed his eyes because of the sudden brightness but still reacted fast enough to slash toward the incoming person as he felt his sword cut into some flesh once again.

"Don't you dare underestimate me, you bastard. You are against the dark lord," said Sekke as he grabbed the stunned man in front of him and threw him through the portal at full force making Patolli appear in front of Valtos who was about to fire a mana bullet through the portal.

The light magic user crashed into the zombie-like man and both of them got hurt in the process.

'It's very disappointing considering that he is supposed to be the leader.' thought Sekke as he looked at his hand which was bruised because of blocking the light magic attack.

"I should not catch one of those with my bare hands," muttered Sekke as he opened and closed his palm and scrunched a bit because of the slight stinginess he felt.

"Y-You!"

Sekke looked towards the source of the voice and saw a slightly angry elf.

"The warm-up is done I guess. Now let's get serious." said Sekke.