"I wonder if that guy Finral is there!"
Noelle muttered. If he wasn't there, they would have made the trip for nothing.
"When I left, he was still there; he shouldn't have left."
Asta said.
"That's good!"
Noelle said, and the Black Bulls Headquarters was right in front of them.
"Senior Finral!"
Asta knocked on Finral's door and saw Finral wearing a swimsuit, looking full of himself.
"Asta, how do I look in this swimsuit?"
Finral made a V-sign.
"Uh..."
Asta was stunned for a moment. This flamboyant look was a bit of an eyesore. Fortunately, he had the foresight to have Noelle and the others wait in the lobby, otherwise, Noelle would have lost her purity again!
"Why are you back so soon today? I thought you were going to stay the night again!"
Finral said in surprise.
"I'm just back to grab something before heading out again. I'll have to trouble you to come with me, Senior Finral!"
Asta put clothes on Finral without further ado.
"Asta, this is going too far. If you want to stay the night, stay the night, but why make me watch?"
Finral cried.
"Senior Finral, over here!"
Noelle called out.
"Noelle and Vanessa? Are you two going out with Asta too?"
Finral was shocked, completely losing control of his facial expressions.
"What are you thinking? We have serious business to do!"
Noelle stomped her feet in anger.
"And there's a mysterious stranger too. What on earth are you doing late at night? If you don't tell me, I won't teleport you!"
Finral said.
"Alright, another misunderstanding!"
Vanessa spread her hands and then explained the whole story. Finral was immediately moved to tears.
"I didn't expect that there really is such love in the world, where people follow each other through life and death. I'll help with this favor. Everyone, let's go!"
Finral said and immediately opened a spatial channel to the black market.
"Let's go. I don't know if Domina has closed up yet. Last time, it seemed like we arrived at the black market late at night too!"
Asta said and was the first to walk into the Spatial Magic. They emerged at the entrance of the black market. Then, Noelle, Vanessa, Vanica, and Finral followed.
"It feels like it's been a long time since I've been here!"
Vanessa stretched.
"Last time I bought it from the one at the very front. I hope it's still there!"
Asta said and started leading the way. Soon, they saw a female boss with long orange hair in a single ponytail selling magic wands in a shop.
"Domina!"
Vanica's mind went blank when he saw Domina. He only knew to instinctively run to Domina's side. After looking her up and down and finding her unharmed, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Ahhhh! You bastard! Could you have come any later? Do you know how many magic wands I sold cheaply just so you could find me sooner? Even your student, Mariella, found me. Who knew that you, a heartless man, would take so long to find me? Do you know how hard it has been for a weak woman like me to make it this far?"
After a brief moment of joy, Domina turned into infinite fury and began punching Vanica's face frantically.
"Is this the legendary 'Weak Woman' with A-rank Strength and Speed?"
Asta and the others were stunned.
"You said Mariella found you?"
Vanica was surprised, because it was Mariella who had delivered the news of Domina's death to him!
"I'm sorry, Teacher. This was all my own doing. The goal was to temporarily paralyze the Diamond Kingdom's assassination squad. This was also agreed upon by Mistress. However, because you were surrounded by the assassination squad at the time, we didn't reveal the truth to avoid giving ourselves away."
Mariella jumped down from the roof and explained.
"There was actually another person!"
Noelle was startled, but she noticed that Asta didn't have any reaction, as if he had known someone was on the roof all along. After jumping down, Mariella also looked deeply at Asta, because she knew that among these people, not even her teacher, Vanica, had discovered her—though this might have been because Vanica's entire focus was on Domina.
"I see. You have put a lot of thought into this."
Vanica looked at Mariella with great relief, because Mariella had applied almost all the knowledge he had imparted to her, and she hadn't used it for evil—this was what comforted him the most.
"It's just a pity that I tried to lure the assassination squad to attack the Black Bulls Headquarters, hoping to achieve the effect of 'driving the tiger to devour the wolf,' but the squadron leader, Galleo, didn't take the bait this time. Now they are on guard, so I came this time to notify Mistress to move locations as soon as possible."
Mariella said.
"Little sister, that's not very nice of you. Did we in the Black Bulls offend you? How could you use us as a shield?"
Vanessa couldn't help but say.
"I apologize. Although your group has a rather notorious reputation, your strength is obvious to all. I believe eliminating an assassination squadron shouldn't be a big problem."
Mariella said humbly and politely.
"Hehehe... I really should thank you for thinking so highly of us..."
Noelle also forced a smile. As the saying goes, one shouldn't strike a smiling face. Since they had already put it that way, what more could she say?
"Something's happening!"
The moment Asta turned his head, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan was already activated. Seven or eight Mages in black robes rushed in.
"Mariella, just as the captain predicted, you have betrayed the Diamond Kingdom!"
An assassin in the back said this and was about to pick up a device similar to a phone to report in, but immediately, Asta unleashed the illusion of his Three-Tomoe Sharingan. All the assassins who saw Asta's eyes were plunged into a sea of blood!
It was his first time casting an illusion, and he actually succeeded on everyone!
Of course, this also had a lot to do with the strength of the enemies.
The more powerful a Mage is, the stronger their mental power is destined to be, otherwise they wouldn't be able to control such vast magic power.
Take Noelle for example. Noelle's magic power is strong enough, and her mental power isn't actually weak. It's just that due to some shadows from her childhood, Noelle is unable to concentrate her mental power, which leads to the situation where she cannot control her magic power.
And these assassins sent by the Diamond Kingdom obviously didn't have much strength.
They were the type of Mages with low magic power but with melee combat attributes.
This type of Mage is still quite easy to deal with ordinary Mages, but they are obviously weaker when facing members of The Knights.
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