Everything within a hundred meters radius was eradicated. The forests, mountains, and even the nearest towns and villages. Luckily, this was in the mirror dimension, so it did not matter.
The only exception is Julius. He had a long horn, and his eyes were red. However, half his body was gone, and black tentacles could be seen coming from the destroyed part.
"You already knew, didn't you?" asked Julius.
"You mean the fact that you were Lucius Zogratis, a Spade Kingdom spy that infiltrated our kingdom, and also the Devil Host of Astaroth, the Supreme Devil of Time? I had my suspicions."
All the people watching this broadcast were shocked by this reveal. Julius is the mage in the kingdom with the second most popularity after Edward. His heroic deeds are mentioned in both the Daily Prophet (Edward's Newspaper) and Noble News.
So, when it was revealed that he was, in fact, both a spy and a devil, this was shocking news. Many people did not know how to react, while the Magic Parliament nobles panicked.
They almost made such a person the Wizard King, one of the highest political and military power of the Clover Kingdom.
"You have made a grave mistake forcing me out," Lucius said as his body regenerated.
As Edward watched all of this, his eyes lit up.
'Is this the power of Devil Heart?'
At Tier 6, Arcanists can survive with their bodies destroyed as long as their soul is intact. In fact, they can even live as a Soul Entity, similar to the concept of Nascent Soul in Xianxia.
Nevertheless, the body is still essential–especially the heart since it is the place that houses the magic core. The Devil Heart allows high-level devils to instantly regenerate any part of their body as long as the heart remains intact.
Additionally, the heart can move to different body parts, and ordinary methods or spells cannot destroy it. In some ways, it is similar, if not better, than Horcruxes which requires specific spells or techniques to destroy.
'If all Arcanists could have a Devil Heart, their survivability would drastically increase, along with their strength.'
Edward has the Phoenix Bloodline for healing purposes, but he would still benefit from a Devil's Heart.
"90% Devil Power," said Lucius as another horn grew from his head, along with two wings made of bones. His fingers turned into claws, and many black spots appeared all over his body.
Most Devil Hosts need the Gate to the Underworld to open to access more than 70% of their devil's power. However, he is the only exception.
Chrono Magic: Time Stop
Time in the surrounding doze miles diameters suddenly stopped. Even the magical item Edward had to record this battle stopped functioning for a moment. Even Edward's Absolute Space Spell stopped working.
However, Lucius soon frowned as he saw a sphere surrounding Edward blocking the effect of this spell.
Erudite Magic: Time Burning.
A blue flame so powerful came out from Edward that it literally burned time and destroyed the Time Spell. This was a technique he prepared in this world against Time Magic since he could not use it.
He even created Ice Freeze to create the same effect as Time Stop. Both of these elemental magic have been raised very close to the conceptual level by him.
Lucius rushed towards Edward with a sword in his hand.
Time Sword: Time Erasure Slash.
Edward could feel that if that sword slightly scratched him, his time would be erased, and he would die. So, he teleported away, or he tried. Unfortunately, Lucius had placed the surrounding space in a time loop to remain unchanged.
That way, it cannot bend, tear or portals cannot be opened from it. So, Edward moved his body slightly to dodge before using Gravity Push to send Lucius flying away.
After being a few meters away, Lucius again went on the offensive. He jumped into the future to appear in front of Edward to cut him once again.
Erudite Creation Magic: Sword of Purification.
A sword made of golden light appeared in Edward's hand as he clashed head-on with Lucius' sword. The Light Sword was instantly destroyed in the confrontation. However, Lucius groaned in pain.
The hand holding the sword was now completely black. Although the Light Sword was destroyed, it released a golden light with the power of purification.
The light seemed the nemesis of the negative mana of devils.
Lucius then used Time Magic to revert his arm to its original state. Subsequently, he realized that the process took longer and exponentially more mana than usual.
Additionally, the time needed to revert was also astronomical. He has killed many people and stored a lot of time compared to the persona of Julius. Additionally, he can access Astaroth's [Stored Time], which is very abundant since the latter spent countless millennia killing devils in the underworld to steal time.
Ultimately, he cut off the purified part and let his body regrew. It was not worth it to use time magic to heal.
Lucius looked at Edward while pondering: 'I need to take some risks.'
A clock appeared in front of Lucius before he fired a beam at it. Immediately afterward, Edward's left hand suddenly aged until it became that of an older man.
He did not feel or sense anything, but he was injured. Immediately, he began to calculate what had occurred. He found a slight discrepancy in his memory.
'He is sending his attack to my past self.'
This was a very advanced use of Time Magic: Killing the opponent's past to eradicate him in the present. Luckily, Lucius could only send his attack a couple of minutes to the past.
And Edward's past self is as strong as his current self, so he could still dodge the attack despite the unexpected.
'I need to end this battle to prevent any change in the situation,' thought Edward as he looked at Lucius, who was panting heavily. One of his primary purpose for this battle was the live broadcast to ensure he became Wizard King.
That's why he had to ensure the broadcast continued after Lucius froze time. Now that his plan succeeded, there is no need to continue playing.
Erudite Magic: Death Aura.
A black aura came from his body, spreading to the surrounding at an unimaginable speed. Everything the aura touched, decayed or died–including space and time.
Before Lucius could react, the black aura attached to his body. In less than a second, his lower body, torso, and limbs rapidly disappeared. His future sight or reaction ability proved to be useless.
In the end, he held his heart in his mouth before casting one last spell:
Chrono Magic: Time Disturbance.
By creating a disturbance in time, he managed to open a breach in the mirror dimension to teleport away. Unfortunately for him, numerous chains suddenly appeared and caught his Grimoire and prevented it from teleporting away with him.
Holding the Grimoire in his hand, Edward secretly sneered as he watched space tear closed. Then, he looked at the camera as he smiled at his fellow citizens.
He retired to the Capital to wait for the day he took the throne. Two days later, the 27th Wizard King succumbed to his injury, and Edward succeeded him.
As the first commoner to achieve this position, this was a historic moment for the Clover Kingdom. So, commoners from the Common Realm to the Forsaken Realm watched the coronation ceremony, and the kingdom celebrated for a week.
Spade Kingdom:
Lucius had regenerated his body in secret before meeting his other siblings. He stood with his shirt off while the others surrounded him.
"So, what do you think, Vanica?" asked Lucius.
"This curse is quite interesting. There are many effects, but all of them hide their true purpose. I did not expect this new Wizard King to be so knowledgeable with Curse Magic."
"Can you remove it?"
"Of course; who do you think I am?"
Her Grimoire floated in front of her. Tentacles made of strange runes appeared from her body before connecting to the tattoo on Lucius's body. Unfortunately, the moment they touched, the tattoo activated, and a black light entered Vanica's body before she could react.
The black light even used her connection to the underworld before also planting a curse on her devil, Megucila.
"Damn it. His target was me the whole time," the devil in the underworld exclaimed. She immediately activated her Curse Warding Magic to remove the curse.
Unfortunately, this curse was not as simple as it seems as it contained other magics that counter hers. She was furious. As the primogenitor of curses in this world, she cannot believe that she could not remove a curse.
Meanwhile, in the Clover Kingdom:
Edward–who was enjoying reading Lucius's Grimoire, suddenly felt something and looked toward the Spade Kingdom. He smiled before sneering, then continued his reading.
Time passed, and many changes occurred in the kingdom. Captain Bernard took over the Blue Ravenclaw Squad before Yami eventually became the Vice-Captain and created his squad.
The same thing for William Vengeance.
The Clover Kingdom continued to prosper. However, trouble at the borders did not stop and intensified with time. Lucius seemed determined to take advantage of Edward's curse to attack the borders.
The odd thing is that he found another Grimoire that he could use. Nevertheless, the damage that both the Spade Kingdom and the Diamond Kingdom could do was minimal.
Today was special because an odd young boy with no magic power took the Magic Knight Entrance.
Asta and Yuno walked in the forest with excitement written all over their faces–at least for Asta.
"The magic knight exam is near. I can't wait to pass before becoming the Wizard King."
"If you pass," replied Yuno. "And I'm the one who will be the Wizard King."
The two then argued for a few minutes about this issue before continuing their journey.
"Do you think that the Wizard King will show up? I would like to meet him in person instead of a screen."
"He has not shown up for the Exam in the past few years, so I doubt he would," replied Yuno calmly, despite the fact he was also secretly hoping to meet the legendary man.
A few days later, this year's Magic Knight Entrance Exam began. Asta and Yuno stood in the middle of the Colosseum and the other participants. Soon, the two arrived in the Noble Realm in the town of Kikka.
Yuno remained calm, but Asta kept looking at everything with shining eyes. He looked at the ten seats on the balcony.
"This should be the seat of the Captains? How exciting."
Soon, all the captains showed up one by one. And each time they appeared, the participants immediately recognized them and talked about their legendary tales.
That was until one person showed up with a black leather strap covering his mouth and neck, leaving an opening to show his sharp teeth.
"As popular as always, Zora," said Yami while laughing aloud.
"Our Punishment Squad does not need to be like, as long as we do our job correctly."
The other captains gave him a side-eye before ignoring him. The Punishment Squad created the Wizard King to combat corruption in the kingdom or the magic squads.
Their mission is to capture and imprisoned any corrupt individual in the kingdom. It did not matter whether you were a commoner, noble, magic knight, or Captain; they would go after you.
Their reputation was never good because of how much power they had and how ruthless they were. However, things became even worse when this Zora Ideale took the position.
He was more ruthless than all the previous captains. In one event, he wanted to place the current king on trial, almost causing an extraordinary incident. Luckily, the Wizard King intervened and prevented the other nobles from rioting against him.
Ultimately, the king of the Clover Kingdom was forced to stay inside the castle and never leave because of that incident.
Although many people do not like how the Punishment Squad do things, they still respect them greatly because of how many great things they have to do for the kingdom.
Plus, the selection process for this squad is very rigid, and each member must sign magical contracts to prevent them from abusing their powers and becoming corrupted themselves.
"Anyway, why are you here, and even arrived in time?" asked Zora.
Yami clicked his tongue before saying: "Edward said I had to be here. Plus, he even sent his assistant Marx to force me to arrive in time."
Zora gave him a loot before focusing on the exam. Captain William Vengeance was in charge of this year's exam, so he officially began things. The exam was the same as Edward's time.
Mages were tested on their ability to control brooms, the amount of mana they had, to hit targets, for magic creation, and to make a seed bloom. As in the main timeline, Yuno did excellent in the test, while Asta failed all the others since he did not have an ounce of mana.
However, this fact showed that he was an anomaly, so the captains noticed him. The following exam stage was not a battle like in Edward's time, but a bunch of other tests.
The first was a comprehensive physical test, including stamina, endurance, reflexes, etc. It has been proven over the years that the more powerful the physical body, the easier it is to control mana. Additionally, being fit is excellent for combat, so this was one of the new requirements added for the test.
The second test was a Willpower and Spiritual Power test: both were new criteria discovered with the boom of magic development in the Clover Kingdom.
People with high Willpower and Spiritual/Soul Power can more easily control their magic and develop spells suitable for them in dangerous situations. It is also the main requirement to learn techniques like Mana Zone or Mana Skin.
For this test, participants were given two magic orbs. One measured their soul strength, while the other placed them in an illusion where they had to experience countless inhuman experiences.
And based on they react, a score will appear to dictate their Willpower.
In the second stage test, Asta began to display his uniqueness. In both the Physical Strength Test and the Willpower Test, his results overshadowed all the participants and even broke a new record for the Willpower Test.
And when it came to the Soul Strength Test, he was second to Yuno by 3 points, while Yuno's score was considered second in the kingdom so far, only behind the Wizard King.
However, the latter was considered an anomaly, so his results did not count. So, all eyes were on these two once the result was revealed.
The final test before the battle was a magic knowledge and theory test. But people with a high score can get bonus points. Yuno passed with flying colors while Asta barely scored a few points. But people with a high score can earn bonus points for this entrance exam.
Although the two of them attended schools in the village at a young age, Asta was never the most intelligent one regarding this kind of thing.
When it was time for participants to choose their partners, it was as if fate cast a wide net on these people. A young man named Sekke Bronzazza challenged Asta.
He did not care about the impressive results the latter had in the second stage of tests. All he cared about was that he had no magic power, and he could stand out in front of the Captains by defeating him.
Regrettably, he was horribly wrong. Even without mana, Asta took out a massive sword from his Grimoire and defeated Sekke with one swing. Now, all eyes were on Asta.
Soon, all the participants fought with each other for the eyes of the captains. Then, it was time for them to choose. Participants after participants will stand in front of the Captains, and if they are chosen, they could join the squad.
If multiple Captains want a candidate, they can choose which squad they want to enter. Soon, it was Yuno's turn, and as in the main timeline, he decided on the Golden Dawn since they were the most powerful squad; he wanted the fastest and best way to become Wizard King, and joining this squad would be an opportunity.
When it was Asta's turn, all the Captains raised their hands.
"Why are you guys raising your hands? Don't you always go for the talented ones full of magic power and soul strength?" asked Yami with a ferocious look.
"It is obvious this kid is special; who would be stupid enough to pass out such an opportunity?" replied Captain of the Green Mantis, Jack.
"Charlotte, why are you also raising your hand? Isn't your squad only accept women?"
"What are you talking about? Our squad has plenty of men," she replied calmly. Of course, she would not say they there mostly servants.
"All of you already picked some people while I have nothing, so this kid belongs to me," said Yami. "Plus, it is common knowledge that all the weird ones or oddballs go to my squad."
"Well, not this time," responded Fugeleon, Captain of the Vermilion Bird Squad.
"Do you guys want to settle this in a fight?"
"No one is scared of you, Yami," said Nozel Silva, Captain of the Silver Eagle Squad. All of them started to release a powerful aura through the use of their mana, pressuring all the participants.
However, Captain Vengeance seemed to have noticed something and immediately stood up from his chair: "Your majesty."
All the captains turned their attention to the stadium and found a handsome man standing in front of Asta:
"Your majesty," they saluted, but Edward just waved his hand to appease them.
"Your name is Asta, right?"
"T-The Wizard King… You're the Wizard King. I saw you on the magic television when I was a kid. I can't believe I'm seeing you in person. Wait, you know my name. How do you know my name?"
"I knew your mother, Lichita; she was a wonderful woman, full of kindness and joy. I'm sorry I could not save her."
"My mother? Lichita, is that her name?" muttered Asta.
"Don't worry. You'll get to see her one day soon. You'll be joining the Black Bull Squad. Do you have any problem with that arrangement?"
"No, Sir," replied Asta in confusion.
As soon as he said these words, chains appeared all over Edward's body before they were broken. Then, a powerful Mana Pressure, along with his voice, was released from his body that reached the entire kingdom.
"Hahaha, I'm finally free. Curse you, Universe Will. Someday, you will feel my wrath."
Edward's voice echoed through the Noble Realm, the Common Realm, and the Forsaken Realm. All the Clover Kingdom's Citizens could hear the joy and anger behind that voice.
And many people understood that things were about to change. The monster finally broke free from his chains, and nothing could restrain him. Although many people knew that this day would come, they also prayed that it never arrived.
After laughing for a few seconds, Edward smiled before looking at Asta. He patted the kid on his shoulder.
"Kid, it seems that you were the last straw. Alright, let me test your power."
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