In the Royal Capital, Fuegoleon lay in a pool of blood, his right arm gone, blood continuously gushing from the gruesome wound, staining the ground beneath him a shocking dark red.
"Captain Fuegoleon!"
Noelle knelt beside him, her hands trembling as she tried various ways to stop the bleeding.
But in the face of such a fatal injury, it was completely futile.
Not far away, Asta and Leopold also lay on the ground, covered in wounds.
In front of them, an Eye of the Midnight Sun member slowly raised his hand, white wind elements gathering in his palm, forming sharp wind spears.
"Seriously, that was quite a waste of time."
He pouted, a flicker of impatient killing intent in his eyes.
"Let your blood be the period to this farce."
Whoosh—
A fierce wind whipped up, and several deadly wind spears whistled as they swept towards the collapsed Asta and Leopold!
Noelle's eyes widened in terror, but she was powerless.
Was it all over?
Just at this critical moment!
Buzz—!
Above the sky, the air suddenly twisted!
Figures tore through the clouds, falling like meteors!
"What?!"
The wind Magic Knight suddenly looked up, the frivolity on his face instantly replaced by astonishment.
Boom!
A giant mercury sphere descended from the sky, precisely intercepting the deadly wind spears and blocking them.
Immediately after, a path of ice crystal appeared in the air, and a figure glided rapidly along the ice path, instantly landing in front of Asta and Leopold.
The newcomer didn't even spare the wind Magic Knight a glance.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Countless thick ice spikes burst from the ground, instantly forming a sturdy ice cage, firmly protecting Asta and Leopold within it.
After doing all this, Lorne finally raised his head, his cold gaze sweeping over the Eye of the Midnight Sun members present.
At the same time, Nozel, Charlotte, and several Magic Knights also landed, and powerful magical fluctuations instantly swept across the entire plaza.
"You... how is this possible?!"
The Spatial Magic Knight responsible for the teleportation let out an incredulous cry.
He had clearly teleported these people hundreds of kilometers away to a desolate land!
Even if they traveled at full speed, it would be impossible for them to return to the Royal Capital in such a short time!
This completely defied logic!
Lorne ignored his shock.
He turned and with a wave of his hand, the ice cage dissipated, and a gentle frost power enveloped Asta and Leopold on the ground, pulling them directly into the large group behind him.
Fortunately, he made it in time; if he had delayed even a moment, one of this world's protagonists would have been instantly killed by a mere grunt.
More importantly, he absolutely could not let that female pervert named Sally capture Asta.
Heaven knew what kind of deranged things she would do to this special material possessing anti-magic power.
In the team, Mimosa Vermillion of the Golden Dawn immediately saw Fuegoleon lying in a pool of blood, her face instantly turning pale.
"How could this be... Cousin Fuegoleon!"
She let out a cry of alarm, but her actions didn't stop for a moment.
She quickly ran to Fuegoleon's side, her grimoire automatically opening, emitting a soft yet powerful green light.
"Plant Recovery Magic: Healing Blossom Robe!"
A robe of magic-formed flowers enveloped her, and she released magic from her hands, wrapping Fuegoleon's severely injured body, continuously injecting dense life energy into him, attempting to pull him back from the brink of death.
"He's too badly injured... how could he be so injured!"
Mimosa's voice was tearful; she could feel Fuegoleon's life force draining at an alarming rate, and even her strongest healing magic could only barely sustain his last breath.
The situation on the battlefield instantly reversed with the return of Lorne and the others.
The faces of the Eye of the Midnight Sun members became incredibly grim.
The girl named Sally, who used gel magic, licked her lips, her eyes behind her glasses fixated on Asta, who was protected behind Lorne.
"So many of them actually came back... If we keep fighting, we won't be able to get out unscathed."
Valtos, the Spatial Magic Knight, had a face so grim it looked like water was about to drip from it.
There had been a certain flaw in the plan, but the main objective had already been achieved.
"Retreat!"
He made the decision without hesitation.
"Trying to leave?"
A cold voice rang out.
Nozel stepped forward, silver magic soaring into the sky.
"After injuring Fuegoleon like this, do you think you can still leave unharmed?"
"Mercury Creation Magic: Silver Rain!"
Countless mercury droplets condensed in the sky into deadly raindrops, pouring down on the Eye of the Midnight Sun members like a torrential downpour!
Every drop of mercury contained terrifying penetrating power, enough to pierce through steel!
"Tsk, how troublesome."
Sally complained, but a excited smile was on her face.
"Gel Creation Magic: Sticky Salamander!"
A huge pool of purple gel surged behind her, quickly molding into the form of a giant lizard.
Immediately after, Sally pulled out a large syringe filled with an unknown liquid from her embrace and unhesitatingly injected it into the gel lizard's body.
"Hehe, and with a hidden magic item..."
Buzz!
The surface color of the gel lizard, injected with the mysterious potion, deepened, and its magical fluctuations surged accordingly!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Nozel's Silver Rain struck the reinforced gel lizard, but it was directly absorbed.
"It blocked it?!"
The members of the Magic Knight Squad exclaimed.
That was Captain Nozel's magic!
"Now!"
Sally shouted, a fanatical glint in her eyes, seizing the moment the gel lizard blocked the attack.
"That material... I'm taking it!"
The Sticky Salamander's tongue suddenly shot out, its target not Nozel in front, but Asta behind!
"Dream on!"
An ice wall rose from the ground, precisely blocking the tongue's path.
It was Lorne!
Thud!
The gel tongue hit the ice wall with a dull thud, firmly blocked.
"Ah... I was discovered."
Sally disappointedly made the huge gel lizard retract its tongue, glancing at Lorne with some dissatisfaction.
But she didn't continue to entangle.
"Remember this, you Magic Knight Squad members."
The tall figure at the head left his final words in a hoarse voice.
"We are the 'Eye of the Midnight Sun'."
"We are the ones who will completely destroy the Clover Kingdom!"
The moment his words fell, Valtos had already cast his final magic.
A black Spatial Vortex swallowed all of their figures.
Almost at the same time they disappeared, Sally's giant gel lizard also exploded with a roar, turning into purple goo that splattered everywhere.
"Watch out!"
Charlotte reacted immediately, her Thorn Magic instantly unfolding to form a barrier in front of everyone.
The goo landed on the thorn wall, emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound.
When all the dust settled, the Eye of the Midnight Sun members had vanished without a trace.
Only a deathly silence remained in the plaza.
Everyone's gaze converged on the figure being treated by Mimosa.
Nozel slowly walked to Mimosa's side, looking at the faintly breathing, pale-faced Fuegoleon, his face, usually filled with arrogance, now only held a cold gloom.
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