Chương 88: Power Difference

*Yawn*

'Finally time huh.'

After the hot spring training trip, Grim and the others had gotten a couple of days to relax and prepare for the Royal Knight's examination. Of course Grim and Asta used this time to train themselves up. For Asta it was about finding his limit to his Black form, for Grim it was all about his speed in switching between styles. Ever since his fight with Mereoleona, he realized that he could have done more damage if he was faster at switching between magic types more fluently.

This led to him arriving at the meeting area slightly more tired than the other magic knights. Not to mention how Yami coerced him into drinking with him and Vanessa all night leading to him having an annoying hangover.

*YAWN*

Wearing the shades he won from his gambling game with Yami all those months ago, Grim felt like they helped block out the intense rays of sunlight.

Hearing him let out another yawn, the magic knights standing around him started to become more and more annoyed as they waited for the wizard king.

"CAN YOU STOP THAT!!" One magic knight from the Purple Orca's finally snapped after hearing him yawn for the fifth time in a row.

"Hmm?" Turning his head in the direction of the voice's origin, Grim saw that he didn't recognize the person and blew him off with a simple but tired "Fuck Off."

"YOU!" Enraged by Grim's words and having never experienced a fighting him before him nor recognizing him from the magic knight base attacking incident, the purple orca member raised his arm and was about to fire off a spell towards the tired looking Grim. Before he could do so, a girl with orangey brown hair stood in front of his hand forcing him to cancel the spell unless he wanted to hit her.

"Please excuse his language!!" The girl suddenly bowed to the magic knight while apologizing on Grim's behalf.

"Eh!?" Caught off guard by the girl's actions, the magic knight momentarily halted the activation of his magic. It was just a shame that he reactivated it once he heard Grim's voice again.

"Oi Mimosa, don't lower your head when speaking to trash."

Having heard enough, the man pushed past Mimosa and grabbed Grim by his collar.

"WHO YOU CALLING TRASH PEASANT!!"

'Whoa, don't tell me this is another noble that I have yet to meet?'

Seeing the rage filled expression on the guy's face, he gathered a lot of saliva in his mouth and-

*Ptoo!*

Spat in his face.

"Hands off retard."

"ARGHHH!!!" The man suddenly screamed in rage as he felt Grim's saliva running down the side of his face.

'Oh no.' Was the only words running through Mimosa's head as she flashed back to Grim's actions during the noble gathering from all those months ago.

Smiling at the man's actions. Grim gently held onto his wrists and used that [Breath of the Beast] enhancing strength to slowly-

*CRACK!!*

Crush the magic knight's bones with ease.

Feeling an intense pain shoot through his wrists and up into the rest of his body, the man wanted to scream and pull his hands away before things got even worse. But before he could open his mouth to scream, Grim made sure that his hands were still wrapped around his collar to make him look like the aggressor before quickly headbutting the magic knight to stop him from screaming.

Watching the man's legs buckle and fall to his knees due to the sheer amount of intense pain wrecking his wrists, Grim couldn't help but grin with sadistic glee.

'How long has it been since I felt this...'

After facing the Eye of the Midnight sun, the Bitch Queen, Yami and Mereoleona, Grim had briefly forgotten the joy in stepping on those weaker than him and plunging them into lifelong despair.

Unable to conceal it any longer, the look in Grim's eyes started to frighten the current onlookers as many recognized him as the crazy bastard who attack several magic knight bases with no regard for the consequences.

Gripping the man's wrists even tighter to the point that he felt the bones being squashed from his treatment, the magic knight's now audible screams became music to Grim's ears as his face turned slightly red and his breathing became hurried.

'Oh how I've missed this feeling.'

Seeing the orgasmic bliss in Grim's eyes, everyone except an entranced Mimosa looked away.

Having never seen this side of Grim before other than that time with the Silva siblings, she found her heart beating faster as a new type of curiosity was born in her.

Unaware of the effects his actions were having on the young royal, Grim wondered just how far he could take this.

It was just a shame that the sudden arrival of the wizard king who appeared next to him ended the moment.

"Could you do me a favour and let him go?"

!!!

Not even sensing that he was next to him, Grim's instincts went into overdrive as he let go of the magic knight's wrists and jumped back before materializing his beast swords and getting into a combat ready stance.

"We need to have a little chat."

!!!

Feeling the wizard king's hand resting on his shoulder, Grim's eyes went wide as he slowly turned his head to the side and from the corner of his eye he saw the Wizard King standing behind him with a friendly smile plastered across his face.

'What the fuck was that!'

'He moved so fast that my ki sensing and transparent world couldn't even keep up!!'

While he knew that the wizard king was a power house that he couldn't beat at the moment, after training himself to the point that he could leave a mark on Mereoleona's face, he still couldn't believe that such a large gap existed between them.

'Looks like I've still got a long way to go before becoming the strongest existence in this world.'

While shocked at the difference in power between him and Julius, the thought that he would be able to overcome this power sooner or later caused a terrifying smile to spread across his lips.