"Remember this feeling. Whenever you encounter danger, ridicule, or helplessness in the future, you can hold me tight, and leave everything else to me!"
"Asta, thank you for protecting me once again!" Looking at Asta's broad, reassuring back, Noelle couldn't help but hug him.
"Whoa!" After being suddenly 'waist-hugged' by Noelle, Asta immediately dropped out of the Eight Gates state, and even his blood-red eyes returned to a clear amber. "Noelle, what are you doing!"
"Can't I just have tripped!" Noelle huffed, putting her hands on her hips. "You idiot Asta, didn't you say there was no more danger? Why did so many people show up!"
"I say, can you two stop flirting? This is a critical moment!" Finral hid behind Gauche, speaking with great pain.
"No need to be so scared, Senior Finral!" Asta rolled his eyes.
"Nonsense, I don't have anyone to hide behind!" Finral said angrily.
"..." Noelle felt like Finral was calling her out specifically. So what if she hid behind Asta!
"Can you get out from behind me when you say that, Senior Finral!" Gauche's face was dark. Only Angel Marie was allowed to touch his broad back!
"But the battle isn't over yet!" Finral protested.
"Unforgivable!"
"To actually injure Lira like this as well!" Fana's eyes were bloodshot.
"I was careless. It seems mages and warriors really shouldn't clash head-on, cough cough!" Lira said apologetically.
"Stop talking, you'll be fine soon. Leave the rest to me!" Fana said as she cast Fire Recovery Magic on the blood-coughing Lira.
By now, Licht had woken up.
"Lord, I was wondering, should we retreat for now?" Valtos said hesitantly. Who would have thought that their Eye of the Midnight Sun would be crippled by the bottom-ranked Black Bulls!
"Hehe... Valtos, I'm angry now!" Licht recovered. It had to be said that Fana's Fire Recovery Magic was truly top-tier, and he himself had some resistance to Light Magic, which was why he could recover so quickly.
"Understood, Lord!" Valtos stepped back again.
"Vetto, you deal with that Anti-Magic boy. Leave the Black Bulls' captain to me. Fana, you and Lira resolve those annoying small fry once you've recovered!" Licht arranged.
"Hmph, I've wanted to tear this kid apart for a long time!" Vetto said excitedly.
"Is it your turn to pick and choose?" Yami took a moment to light a cigarette, his expression becoming serious.
"Captain, leave this guy to me. I happen to want to see if my demon-slayer sword is harder or his skull!"
"As for Noelle, Senior Finral, please teleport Noelle back!" Asta said.
"Okay, Noelle, let's go home together!" Finral said excitedly. He could finally leave the battlefield!
"Finral, if you dare to run away, I'll mince you!" Yami gave Finral a warning look.
"That's not fair!" Finral immediately cried out.
"Surpass your limits properly!" Yami said as he stepped forward, facing two opponents at once without being disadvantaged.
"Asta, I... alright, take care!" Noelle knew she couldn't participate in a battle of this level and staying would only distract Asta. So she said to Finral, "Teleport me to the church!"
"Mm..." Finral nodded dejectedly, but at that moment, a scorching heatwave surged toward them!
"Have you forgotten about my existence?"
"Fire Spirit Magic: Salamander's Breath!" Fana seized the opportunity, and a pillar of fire like a shockwave surged towards everyone!
"How dare you!"
"Gate of Limit!" Asta instantly opened the Gate of Limit. The violent Chakra around him soared into the sky as if it had nowhere to vent. With just one slash, he actually split the Salamander's Breath in two. Not only that, but the sword qi carrying destructive power slashed all the way towards Fana!
"That was close!" Valtos wiped away some sweat. What kind of ghostly power was this? He could actually split magic cast by an elf!
"Fire Spirit Magic: Salamander's Talon!" After being teleported, Fana launched another attack...
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and teleport!" Asta spent 50,000 points to exchange for a bottle of healing spring water. Opening the Gate of Limit multiple times put a heavy burden on his body. If he didn't drink the healing spring water, he wouldn't be able to hold out!
"Oh!" Finral woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly cast his Spatial Magic. Noelle gave Asta, who was fighting Fana, a complicated look before rushing in without looking back.
"Captain, I'll help you!" Gauche joined Yami's battle and successfully reflected several light swords.
"Good job, kid!" Yami praised.
"You can actually afford to be distracted? You underestimate me too much!" Vetto grew angry, and his attacks became even more fierce. For a time, Yami could only defend passively.
"I can't hit him, I can't hit him at all!" Fana said angrily.
"Gate of Limit!" Asta found the right moment and flickered behind Fana, slashing down hard. Fana was instantly smashed into the rocks like a cannonball.
"Damn it!" Lira recovered and flickered behind Asta with a sword. His goal was clear: to prevent Asta from delivering the finishing blow.
"Flame Recovery Magic: Phoenix Robe!" Fana was instantly heavily injured by Asta, but she quickly cast recovery magic on herself and regained her combat power in no time.
"Truly an unkillable cockroach!" Asta couldn't help but remark while fighting Lira.
"Is this guy even human? He's actually heavily injured two of the Three Devil Eyes!" Valtos said, his jaw dropping.
"Vetto!" Licht, unable to make progress, backed away and began to redeploy. He had to admit that the Black Bulls were indeed capable; even they would find it difficult to defeat them without considering attribute advantages!
"Got it!" Vetto cooperated with Valtos to withdraw from the battle with Yami and then attacked Asta.
"Then I'll deal with this mirror guy!" Lira looked at Gauche with a cold sneer, as if Gauche were already a dead man!
"Blondie, die!" Fana aimed the Fire Spirit at Finral. Among everyone present, only Finral had no ability to dodge the almost instantaneous Fire Magic!
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