"Lord Lotus, what do we do now?"
The Diamond Kingdom Mages were all panicking. They had assumed that with Lord Lotus's protection and their secret weapon, Mars, they could easily crush any Clover Kingdom Mages they encountered. They hadn't expected to be the ones getting crushed, and by a single person, no less, who had been beating them from start to finish!
"In this situation, it looks like we'll have to grab Mars and sneak away!"
Lotus of the Abyss looked at the cart piled high with treasure and, without hesitation, activated it to begin their escape.
"Where are they?"
Luck and the others were about to finish him off, but they were stunned to find that Mars had disappeared after hitting the ground.
"He escaped?"
Klaus was surprised, unable to fathom how he'd pulled it off.
"Invisibility magic?"
Asta swayed as he landed; his body was already at its breaking point.
"Asta, are you okay?"
Noelle ran to Asta's side, worried. Asta's current state was alarming. Even though no one had actually hit him, his skin was abnormally flushed, and in some places, it had even begun to crack—the aftereffects of extreme physical strain.
"The Mages of this world certainly shouldn't be underestimated..."
Asta sheathed his demon-slayer sword. Although the two Mages from the Diamond Kingdom weren't his match, their powerful magic had forced him to engage in repeated high-strain battles. If the people from the Diamond Kingdom had managed to drag things out any longer, he would have been the one to fall first!
"Looks like I need to increase my training volume, and upgrading the naruto mall is also an urgent matter..."
Seeing Noelle approach, Asta simply feigned exhaustion and collapsed into her arms. Noelle's face instantly turned bright red; she inwardly screamed that Asta was playing dirty—how could he just collapse into her arms like that!
"Dream Healing Flower Cage!"
After recovering from her injuries, Mimosa rushed to Asta's side and immediately cast her recovery magic. "Asta-san, you have to hold on! You aren't fighting alone!"
"Is this recovery magic? My body feels so much better."
Asta had been pretending to keep his eyes closed, but after feeling the effects of Mimosa's healing magic, he opened his eyes in surprise. Normally, after such a high-strain battle, his body would suffer varying degrees of damage, even with Chakra nourishing him.
But now, all that damage seemed to be recovering rapidly. Plus, Mimosa, with her anxious expression, was actually quite cute, which immediately improved Asta's mood. Finally, he just rolled over and tumbled right into Mimosa's arms.
"Oh my, oh my!"
Mimosa looked down at Asta in her arms, panicked and stunned. Forgive her—she had lived a young and sheltered fifteen years, and she really didn't know how to handle a boy who suddenly threw himself into her arms!
And looking at Asta in her arms, she suddenly realized that he was actually really handsome. His silver hair wasn't as prickly as she had imagined. Since she believed he was seriously injured, she couldn't help but stroke his hair, as if she were soothing an animal.
"Actually, I can handle it!"
For some reason, Noelle felt incredibly jealous, as if she were watching something she cherished being stolen by someone else. She quickly pulled Asta back into her arms. This time, she held him very tightly, not caring at all what anyone else might say.
"Er, okay."
After a brief moment of confusion, Mimosa regained her composure. She remembered that Asta and Noelle were teammates, so after casting her Dream Healing Flower Cage, she hurried off to check on the others' injuries.
"Ah, I'm fully recharged!"
After fidgeting a few times in Noelle's arms, Asta pretended to have just been revived and stood up.
"Idiot Asta, your skin is still a bit flushed. Are you sure you're feeling better?"
Noelle asked with a touch of tsundere concern.
"It's fine. I'll just apply some healing potion when I get back. But how are we supposed to get into this big thing?"
Asta looked at the treasury door, which could almost be described as towering into the clouds. None of them had even gone inside yet, and the treasure outside was already piled up like a mountain. It was impossible to imagine how dazzlingly wealthy it would be inside!
"We've been discussing that very question. There might be some sort of magic mechanism to open the door,"
Klaus said, pushing up his glasses with a scholarly air.
Asta rolled his eyes at him. People who pushed up their glasses before speaking were usually just pretending to be scholars, with no real substance. Sure enough, he was stumped.
"...Hey, hey, let me take a look."
Luck walked up to the treasury door and placed his palm against it, sending his lightning magic inside. After a moment, Luck said, "Asta, this door seems to be made of magic. Come over and cut it!"
"You got it!"
Asta happily agreed. See? That's what you call a man of action! If everyone had followed Klaus's line of thinking and looked for a mechanism to open the door, who knows how long it would have taken to get inside.
"Hmph! How could it possibly be so simple to just slash open the door? You might trigger some mechanism. I advise you not to..."
Mars's words cut off abruptly. Because Asta had already slashed it open with two strikes. Yes, he hadn't misseen it. This problem, which seemed of epic difficulty right before his eyes, had actually been solved by a member of the Black Bulls in two seconds. At that moment, he felt he had failed his organization...
(^) "Senior, don't be so sad. Asta has always been this showy..."
Yuno patted Mars on the shoulder, offering comfort.
"Who's sad? Let's go, we're going in too. After all, we arrived here first. We only made an exception to let them in because... so we can't let them snatch the best treasures first!"
After forcing an explanation, Klaus rushed inside. Even he, born into a noble family, was stunned by the spectacle within.
*Gulp!*
"We're rich!?"
"Holy crap, my eyes are being blinded!"
Everyone felt their titanium-alloy eyes weren't enough to take it all in. The treasure before them was more abundant than the dirt outside!
"Hey, don't disturb the scene! We have to preserve it until the Magic Emperor sends someone to take charge!"
Klaus said in a super righteous manner.
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