"Take charge, my foot!"
Asta rolled his eyes. Although money held no temptation for him now, it was really awesome to be able to sleep on a mountain of gold and silver!
"So beautiful!"
Mimosa picked up a red cloak and held it up to herself. She hadn't expected the ancient fabric to feel so good.
"What is this thing?"
Noelle, meanwhile, was drawn to a colorful bubble. She couldn't help but poke it with her little finger. The bubble immediately shook as if it were about to burst. Just as Noelle tried to dodge, the bubble suddenly darted beneath her and lifted her up.
"How fun!"
Noelle laughed happily.
This scene, however, made Klaus's heart ache. "I told you all not to just touch things! Anything here could be a national-treasure-level magic item!" But after he shouted, everyone just kept doing their own thing; no one paid him any mind.
"This light spot seems to be taking me somewhere?"
Yuno watched the light spot flickering before his eyes. After following it for a couple of steps, he suddenly discovered a scroll emitting Wind Magic.
"What is this?"
Yuno picked up the scroll. The writing inside was something he had never seen before. However, just as he was wondering what was recorded on it, the clover grimoire at his waist actually emitted a green glow just like the scroll. Then, as if sensing each other, the two lights converged and emitted a dazzling radiance.
"What's happening?"
Everyone was drawn to this scene.
"The writing actually disappeared?"
After the light dissipated, Yuno was astonished to find that the writing on the scroll in his hand had vanished.
"Yuno, what's going on?"
Klaus and Mimosa Vermillion walked up to Yuno and asked.
"I don't know what happened either."
Yuno looked bewildered.
"Then put it back quickly! Don't be undisciplined like the Black Bulls!"
Klaus said.
"Tch, you four-eyes!"
Asta rolled his eyes upon hearing that, but as he turned around, he noticed that Xiao Hei had come out at some point and was currently trying to lead him somewhere.
"Oh right, you found a gem last time. Could there be another discovery this time?"
Asta happily followed Xiao Hei and soon arrived before a wall embedded with a golden mirror. Xiao Hei kept pecking at the wall, seemingly saying there was something behind it.
"Here goes!"
Asta pulled out the demon-slayer sword and swung it. Walking inside, he indeed found a pitch-black longsword.
"Ding! demon-slaying sword detected. Load it?"
"demon-slaying sword? Just hearing the name makes me tremble with excitement!"
"Confirm load!"
Asta nodded, feeling that this trip to the Magic Palace was not in vain!
"Loading... 1%, 2%, 3%... 28%... 57%... 99%... 100%"
"Load successful!"
"demon-slaying sword: Capable of absorbing others' mana into the sword and unleashing slashes of the same attribute!"
"Looks pretty good! That means I can borrow other people's magic!"
Asta's eyes lit up. This way, he could perfectly counter attributes, like using water-attribute mana against fire-attribute mana to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
However, just after he put away the demon-slaying sword, the underground palace suddenly began to shake!
"What's going on?"
Asta rushed out of the secret room and found the entire underground palace was shaking!
"I don't know what happened, but the palace is about to collapse!"
Klaus said nervously.
"Let's go, quickly!"
Yuno hurriedly used the Windless Ark. However, the height was a bit high, so Asta simply grabbed Mimosa Vermillion in one arm and Noelle in the other. After carrying them onto the Ark, Mimosa Vermillion quickly used the Magic Flower Guidepost to display a 3D model of the palace to guide Yuno.
"Stupid Asta, have you gotten used to hugging me? You just rushed up and grabbed me?"
Noelle was embarrassed and angry. Just now, she hadn't even reacted before being held in Asta's arms. As a dignified Princess, didn't she need to save face? Could she just be hugged whenever!
"Look at Mimosa. She even thanked me after I carried her up. Since you're relatives, why is the difference so big?"
Asta teased.
"Hmph!"
Noelle snorted heavily. This time she was truly annoyed and swore she wouldn't say another word to Asta until they got back!
"By the way, Noelle, your skirt is torn."
Since Asta was sitting on the Ark, his line of sight happened to see that the hem of Noelle's skirt was torn.
"Where!?"
Noelle frantically covered her skirt, fearing she would make a fool of herself. In the end, she indeed found a corner of her skirt was torn, but nothing was exposed!
"You two stop arguing. This is a dangerous moment, so help clear the falling rocks!"
Klaus was speechless. This flirtatious dialogue was a bit much!
"Get used to it."
Luck said calmly. As a member of the Black Bulls, he was long used to Noelle and Asta's bickering.
Meanwhile, in the direction of the Diamond Kingdom, a locomotive made of black smoke was flying.
"What a pity. I didn't get to see what the treasure hall looked like, but it's good enough to have escaped with my life from that fierce young man."
Lotus of the Abyss smiled contentedly. Moreover, it wasn't a total loss this time; he was at least returning fully loaded. Now his three daughters could live well for a while.
"Fana..."
The unconscious Mars kept muttering this name. This was his obsession and the root of why he had become emotionless.
In his memory, the final trial was to kill everyone around him; only one could survive among a group of secretly trained boys and girls.
This was a cruel and inhumane trial. Those who wanted to win not only had to be powerful but also heartless and devoid of love!
After all, humans aren't made of wood or stone; who could be completely emotionless? After being together for so long, it was impossible to have no feelings. Especially with the girl named Fana; although they weren't blood-related, they had a deep bond. Yet this trial required him to personally kill everyone, including Fana!
So Mars was lost. After he killed everyone who tried to kill him, only Fana was left before him—the girl he absolutely didn't want to strike! But Fana rushed forward without hesitation. He instinctively raised his arm to block, and when he lowered it, Fana had already died under his Diamond Crystals.
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