"Go left from here. If something happened in Soshi Village, everyone will definitely be gathered in the square!"
Magna spoke seriously while identifying the path.
"You really are familiar with this place."
Noelle couldn't help but say. Although Asta was clearing the way, she had already lost her sense of direction in this thick fog.
"There are people ahead."
Asta suddenly said in a deep voice. At this moment, his eyes were a seductive red. This change surprised Noelle somewhat, as she had never heard of someone's eyes changing color! However, this red was quite beautiful...
"Yeah, I also feel a powerful magical power."
Beads of sweat had formed on Magna's forehead at some point. This powerful magical power made him feel extremely uneasy!
*Swoosh!*
After Asta cleaved through the thick fog once more, they could see the square of Soshi Village. They also saw the villagers as they had hoped, but the scene was filled with a murderous aura because a sharp ice stake hung over every villager's head!
"Execution."
A white-haired man in a green robe, sitting facing south and looking down at the villagers like an emperor, spoke in a lazy tone. His disregard for life made it seem as if those he was about to execute were just a flock of noisy chicks.
*Hummm!*
After the command for execution, the sky full of ice stakes teetered. The elderly, weak, women, and children beneath them didn't scream or resist, but huddled closely together as if they had already accepted their fate.
"Exploding Fireball Scatter Shot!"
Magna was like an active volcano that had been building up for five hundred years. Countless fireballs, carrying his endless rage, soared into the sky!
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
After the fated enemies of Fire Magic and Ice Magic collided fiercely in mid-air, the fireballs and ice stakes vanished simultaneously!
"The Magic Knight Squad is here!"
"That's... Magna!"
The villagers, who were originally in despair, saw Asta's group, and hope burned in their eyes once again.
"Grandpa, we're saved! Brother Magna brought people with him!"
A blonde boy cried sorrowfully while looking at Seyhe's corpse.
"Old man?"
Magna was a bit dazed seeing Seyhe's corpse. How could the old man, who was just dominating the card table a moment ago, be lying on the cold ground now?
"To kill so indiscriminately... unforgivable."
Noelle looked at the green-robed man's group with a mix of anger and indignation. The four of them were clearly responsible for all these crimes.
"They look like they've got something, but I hope they don't disappoint me too much."
Asta's red eyes were as deathly silent as a setting sun. At this moment, his eyes held no emotion, but they made people's hearts tremble just by looking at them!
If the white-haired man in the green robe had better eyesight, even he, who was prepared to die, would have become wary upon seeing that gaze. To outlaws like them, Asta's current gaze was like a normal person seeing a murderer—it was a gaze that would strike fear even into those numbed to life and death!
Unfortunately, his eyesight wasn't that good. In fact, he didn't even give Asta's group a proper look. To him, they were just a few inexperienced kids not worth taking seriously. Thus, he said with ignorant bravado, "You dare disrupt my schedule? In 10 seconds, the whole village will be slaughtered."
The white-haired man in the green robe enjoyed this feeling of intensified retaliation. He looked at the pocket watch in his hand, intending to uphold his authority after the second hand ticked ten times!
"It's really been a long time since someone acted so tough in front of me. Slaughter the village? With me here, do you think you can?"
Asta laughed out of extreme anger. Looking down on him, were they? He was going to show this bunch what it meant to be sent straight to heaven!
"Asta, don't act rashly."
Magna spoke subconsciously. He didn't have much magical power left, and the green-robed man was definitely not weaker than him at his peak—perhaps even stronger. This was an unprepared, unequal battle with zero chance of winning. In his view, only caution could secure a slim chance of survival!
"Noelle, Magna, I'll take the heads of these four posers. Any objections?"
Asta stepped forward with a smile. The blood-red glow of his demon-slayer sword, the Chakra churning wildly within him, and his tempered body all sent him a strong signal at this moment. Translated into plain English, that signal was—just do it!
No matter who the enemy was or how many there were, anyone who dared to make him unhappy would pay a price in blood!