Edward slowly walked to the Royal Knights, which was the name he gave the magic knight group headed to Elysium. He was too lazy to develop a better name, so he used the one in the sacred timeline. Even the magical clothes they were wearing were the same as the manga.
Upon arriving at his destination, he looked at the eager knights and captains.
"Are you guys ready?"
"Yes, Sir."
"That's good. Group 3, how is your Arcane Heart?"
"Everything is functioning well," said Acier.
"Alright. Do you remember the plan?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Very, well. I have done everything possible to keep all of you alive. If everything else does work and you really end up dying, remember to use any means necessary to preserve something of your existence. With time magic, I should be able to revive you."
"Thank you, Wizard King."
"In that case, let's go."
Edward led them to a gate at the base of a massive tree. Then, he watched as they entered one by one. The ground transmuted into a chair that he sat on. Then, a projection appeared in front of him.
Two people immediately acted as soon as the group teleported to their respective later. Secre Swallowtail took out a magical orb containing an enormous amount of mana that Edward stored. Finally, she used her magic to place a seal on Elysium's fourth layer.
Subsequently, Dorothy Unsworth used her Dream Magic to connect to the others in the higher layers. As long as she wishes, she can summon someone into her dream for communication.
The first person she summoned was Nacht, who had infiltrated this place a month prior.
"You don't look too good," commented Dorothy after seeing his pale complexion.
"This will happen if you have an entire dimension searching for you."
"What matters is that you're alive. Did you get some information?"
"I did, but only up to the second layer," replied Nacht, who told her the information he got so far. Then, Dorothy used a magic item to communicate with the others. She did not summon them in her dream because they should be intercepting the enemy right about now.
Her Dream Communication is in case the magic items fail to work and reach the others in the other layers.
The moment the elves landed at their destination, they began to organize the Tree of Life Monument to summon Edward. Of course, the angels in the first layer immediately noticed the invaders.
So, an army of angels rushed toward the group of magic knights. The leader of the Group 1 was Langris, the Vice-Captain of the Golden Dawn Squad.
"Are those the angel armies? They are so weak?" He raised his hand, prepared to fight.
"Don't forget the Wizard King instructed us not to kill them if possible," said Finral, his big brother and a member of the Black Bulls.
"I know," said Langris as his Grimoire floated in front of him.
Spatial Magic: Space Prison.
An enormous cube enveloped the majority of the angels, imprisoning them. Only a few capable individuals flew out of the way.
"Evaded? Not bad."
The leader of this army was a beautiful angel dressed in armor, holding a sword" her name was Elicia.
'Why do these humans have such a vast mana pool? How can we defend against such an attack.'
She squinted her eyes at the cocky Langris.
"Soldiers, used Tactic 15," commanded Elicia. Then, a golden light emanated from all the angels, including her.
'Worship the one and only God. Only this way can you have salvation. Mortal, he gracious to be in the presence of a noble creature such as us, angels….'
These words echoed in the mind of all the magic knights, including the elves.
"So, this is your tactic?" said Langris. "Using [Worship Poison]? You should do better than this."
In their training, they were trained to resist the temptation from even a Seraphim Lord, let alone these low-level angels.
"My talents were truly wasted in this group," complained Langris, who prepared to end this fight. Then, something unexpected occurred.
"Soldier, used Tactic 11," commanded Elicia. Then, all the elves turned onto golden lights before fusing into one enormous angel more than 15 meters tall; even the ones previously captured by Langris broke free from the space prison to transform into this creature.
"This was not part of the information we received," said Finral.
"But that makes things even more interesting," said Langris.
Spatial Magic: Archangel Shootdown
Numerous orbs floated before him before hitting the giant angel. Wherever the orbs hit, a part of the creature's body would be erased since they could erase anything they touched. However, the angels' body parts would regrow a few seconds later.
"Lets' see your limit," said Langris as he created more and more orbs. Eventually, the giant angel could not regenerate as fast as he could destroy. And when its body was 80% destroyed, it scattered before all the angels returned to their normal selves, passing out on the ground.
"Well, that was easy," said Langris.
Outside, Edward calmly watched this. He closed his eyes to see if he could enter Elysium before the ceremony, but it was still to no avail. So, he focused on the second layer.
The Magic Captains mostly watched as Jack The Ripper went on a rampage. The Archangels in the second layer mainly were Tier 4, but all the Captains reached Tier 5. So, it was normal to be a one-sided slaughter.
Suddenly, an enormous golden magic circle appeared in the sky, forcing everyone to stop and pay attention.
"Our Grimoire stopped working," said Charlotte, the Captain of Blue Rose. Nevertheless, she had a calm demeanor around her.
"Luckily, the Wizard King anticipated this outcome and forced us to learn the Arcane Rune Magic," said Kaiser, the Captain of Purple Orca.
Meanwhile, Jack placed his Grimoire away before tiny runes appeared on his arms. Then, the previously dispersed blades on his forearms reappeared. Subsequently, he continued his mindless slaughter.
To be exact, he did not kill anyone since Edward instructed him to only if necessary. But in the current situation, it is not needed. This group has run countless simulations and fought countless angels for the past year (10 years in time dilation). So, it was normal for the victory to be so easy.
'Things are going well; maybe a little too well, but that's fine,' through Edward as he focused on the third layer where the Seraphim Lords were located.
After arriving in this layer, Yuno alone easily defeated all the Seraphims, which were equivalent to Highest-Ranking Devils.
(AN: This is not a far fetch feat since he did something similar for devils in the latest chapter of the manga. Sorry for the spoiler.)
After that, the Seraphim Lords showed up. However, to everyone's surprise, four of them showed up instead of the two the information mentioned.
(AN: I have received many complaints and criticism about this arc to the point that it was no longer fun writing. And I do not like when writing becomes a chore. As such, I decided to speed up the end of this arc and even shorten the time for the Konosuba Arc.
(I've also decided to plan the next arc better so that it is both enjoyable to the readers and enjoyable to write. Expect some changes in the story's tone since I finally decided to try to give Edward some depth while also genuinely challenging him.)
Yami looked seriously, knowing the situation might be out of hand if not taken seriously.
"Asta and Yuno, you are responsible for one Lord, Mereoleona and Fugeoleon for the second, Acier and Noelle for the third, me and Vengeance for the last.
"Vanessa, wait on the side in case of an emergency."
Vanessa nodded in agreement. Her primary role is to ensure no one dies. Although the team has the Arcane Heart to heal their injuries, they can still be killed. In that scenario, her fate magic will come into the equation.
Before the training, her magic only worked for the member of the Black Bulls. But with her training, she can use the cat, Rouge, to reverse the fate of anyone in her proximity at the expanse of a lot of mana. Luckily, she also achieved Tier 5 during the training, so she did not lack mana.
The Seraphim Lords looked indifferent as if they were mechanical robots with no emotions or thoughts of their own. There were four of them–two men and two women–however, they each looked like identical twins.
"Let's go, Sylph." Yuno did not waste time before fusing with his Wing Spirit, entering his ultimate form. He had two Grimoire before him as he flew toward one of the Lords.
"Liebe, we can't lose to him," yelled Asta as he entered the Devil Fusion Mode with black horns and black wings.
Their chosen Seraphim Lord did not waste time as she attacked.
Sky Magic: Air Bullets.
Dozens of bullets made of pressurized air rushed toward Yuno. However, the latter did not evade. Instead, Asta flew in front of her and used his sword to cut off all the bullets before rushing toward Sky Lord and slashing her.
However, the latter had plenty of battle experience, so she flipped her wings to fly away and evade the attack. Then, she rushed toward Asta and kicked him to the ground; the latter could not even react despite reading the Sky Lord's Ki.
Star Magic: Quartile Hasta
Four stars appeared before Yuno and converged to create a powerful beam traveling toward the Sky Lord at light speed.
Sky Magic: Could Protection
Fluffy clouds surrounded her, and once the light beam hit them, the clouds bounced back the attacks, forcing the beam to hit the ground, generating a massive explosion.
Sky Magic: Heavenly Punishment.
Dark clouds appeared above the three. Then, black lightning suddenly fell from the sky, trying to eradicate the two. Asta–who dug himself out–nullified the lightning with his sword while Yuno flew around to evade.
Asta used an Anti-Magic Slash toward the clouds in the sky, but the Sky Lord appeared before the dark slash and used her physical body to punch and divert the attack. Then, her attack continued; she seemed to have no reservations about conserving mana.
While these two fought one Seraphim Lords, the others did the same too.
Fuegoleon summoned the fire spirit, Salamander, to boost his strength and aid him. At the same time, Mereoleona used a new technique she developed during the training: Hellfire Incarnate.
Her body turned into dark flames; it was like she was the incarnation of a Fire God. Moreover, her strength was further boosted since she had a temporary contract with Salamander.
Their opponent was the second female Lord.
Beast Transformation Magic: Dragon Lord.
The Beast Lord turned into an enormous black dragon more than 15 meters long with a wing span of at least 25 meters.
Calidus Brachium Purgatory: Abyss
Mereoleona punched more than 10,000 times in a few seconds, and with each punch, jets of black flames engulfed the black dragon. However, the mighty beast glanced at this attack with disdain.
She opened her mouth and spewed a green liquid: acid. The acid confronted the fire punches for a few seconds before overpowering them. Then, Fuegoleon–lamenting how his sister had become even more out of control after increasing her strength–took action.
Fire Magic: Lion King Roar.
A two-meter lion head manifested before him; it opened its mouth before spewing out a jet of blue flame. Simultaneously, Salamander also used a breath fire to aid in the confrontation.
At first, these three attacks worked as the fire burned the dragon's acid. However, the black dragon's scale suddenly turned blue. Then, the acid breath turned into Freezing Breath.
With the mana and elemental advantage, the Beast Lord overpowered these three, forcing them to evade. With a glance between the siblings, they immediately decided on a new attack plan based on their training.
They begin to fly around the beast and attack her from different directions. Unfortunately, the mana in the surrounding was affected by the angel's positive karma, so it was slightly harder to control with Mana Zone, even for a talented individual like Mereoleona. Nevertheless, she becomes more adept at doing this with time, slowly reaching her peak in the mortal world.
"Undine, lend me your strength," said Noelle.
"No problem."
Then, she fused with the Spirit.
Saint Valkyrie Dress
A beautiful armor made of water appeared on her body, and the same occurred for her mother, Acier, except her armor was made of steel.
Noelle flew toward the Seraphim Lord before stabbing her spear made of water.
Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon Roar
A massive sea dragon headed for the Seraphim Lord.
"That's my daughter," said Acier as she also attacked.
Steel Creation Magic: Blade Tempest
Thousands of blades made of pure steel surrounded the Seraphim Lord, who, like the others, remained cold and indifferent. Then, she went on the offensive.
Dispel Magic: Spell Nullification
The dragon head and the blades suddenly disappeared as if they had never existed.
'Anti-Magic?' thought Noelle. 'No, it seems different, like a weaker version.'
She glanced at her mother, and the two immediately knew what tactic to use: True Magic. Using True Magic, all Noelle's attacks will turn into actual water instead of water made of elemental mana. And the same for her mother.
That way, Dispel or Anti-Magic can weaken these spells but cannot completely nullify them. Luckily for them, True Magic only works on elements found in nature, like water or metal.
So, they continued bombarding their opponent.
Meanwhile, Yami and Vengeance also began their attacks. Vengeance summoned an enormous tree and used its root to try to bind his opponent.
Purification Magic: Tree Purification
All the roots attacking the Lord suddenly dried up due to over-purification. Yami took this opportunity to attack. He used his katana to slash, creating a dark sword slash that flew toward the Pure Lord.
Purification Magic: Dark Purification.
The dark slash suddenly turned golden; she purified the darkness into light before absorbing it into his body, making him slightly stronger.
Purification Magic: Pure World
A golden sphere with the Pure Lord at the center spread toward Yami and Vengeance, purifying everything in its path, including the mana in the surrounding.
Dark Magic: Black Moon
Yami created a small black hole above their heads, creating a dome that protected him, Vengeance, and the World Tree. Once the golden sphere approached the dome, it was absorbed.
Immediately afterward, Vengeance controlled many of the tree's branches to enter the black hole. Another black hole appeared behind the Pure Lord where the tree branches and caught one of his arms.
However, the Seraphim Lord was ruthless and broke that arm before regrowing another. Nevertheless, Vengeance's tree could absorb mana, so in this brief interaction, he stole a great deal of mana from his opponent.
In the outside world, Edward watched this battle calmly. Even with only 2 vs. 1, his people could keep with the Seraphim Lords despite being a Tier lower. And it was all because of their perfect team trained over ten years.
He then focused on the first layer, where the summoning ceremony was almost over. Then, he sends a message to Dorothy, who then relays his message to the others.
Then, something unexpected occurred. All the Tier 5 Magic Knights–including the Captains–suddenly used the Arcane Rune Spell: Apparition.
They all suddenly teleported next to one of the four Seraphim Lords and attacked simultaneously, catching them off-guard. And they used their most potent spells, greatly injuring these beings.
Then, Asta acted quickly before creating Anti-Magic Cuffs to restrain these people. Meanwhile, Charmy began to distribute food to replenish mana.
"Yuno, look, Plan O worked," yelled Asta.
"Of course, it did," replied casualty as he left the Spirit Fusion Mode.
"I'm glad everything went well; no one died or suffered."
Yuno did not say anything but remained vigilant; he won't let his guard down until the Wizard King showed up.
Finally, the elves finished the ceremony, and Edward was summoned to Elysium.
(AN: As I said, things will go faster.)
Sky Magic, Dispel Magic, Beast Transformation Magic, and Purification Magic
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