Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Clover Kingdom's expeditionary force had been fully assembled.
Of course, everyone couldn't just go off to special training on their own without making any arrangements.
Before the special training had started, the captains had reached an agreement with that rebel army that had crossed the Strong Magic Region to find Yuno, and had also contacted the rebel army within the Spade Kingdom.
On the one hand, they were more familiar with the Spade Kingdom's royal capital, and could provide more detailed information.
On the other hand, they had also asked them to monitor the situation in the Spade Kingdom's royal capital, so as not to miss the opportunity to attack.
Thanks to this arrangement, the knight squads had received a message in time not long ago, that the Dark Triad had reappeared in the royal palace and had begun to perform the Tree of Qliphoth descent ritual.
So the people participating in this expedition had assembled at the fastest speed.
According to common sense, someone would always give a speech before this kind of action to boost morale, and the ones who did it the best were a certain Autobot leader and a certain Avengers commissar.
After all, in a world that possessed magic, this idealistic power, the impact of morale on combat power was even more exaggerated.
But what was awkward was that the knight squads didn't have anyone who could give a speech on stage right now, and the most suitable person had become the enemy of this expedition.
However, Nacht didn't have any dissatisfaction with everyone's attitude. On the contrary, seeing that everyone was like a volcano that was calm on the surface but about to erupt, he couldn't help but nod his head in satisfaction.
In just a few days of special training, not only had they each mastered new powers, but what was most important was that the fighting spirit that everyone had accumulated had reached its peak.
Finral opened a space gate, and the group, invigorating their spirits, directly broke into the Spade Kingdom's royal capital, arriving at the top of a house directly opposite the royal palace castle.
Unlike the Clover Kingdom, which had distinct seasons, the Spade Kingdom was famous as a winter country with a harsh climate.
Stepping through the space gate, Drake reached out his hand, catching a falling snowflake.
Raising his head to look at the sky, Drake couldn't help but frown.
The leaden clouds above the Spade Kingdom's royal capital were too thick, to the point that they had condensed into a pitch-black mass, as if they had swallowed all the light that the sun had shed.
That wasn't any kind of normal weather phenomenon, and Drake could clearly feel the vortex that had been formed by the vast and turbid magic power.
Without anyone needing to remind them, everyone had sensed the severity of the situation.
Nacht said, "Then next, let's start acting according to the plan that we've made! Although it's said that defeating the Dark Triad can stop the Tree of Qliphoth descent ritual, no one can be sure if that Wizard King has any other preparations.
What's worse is that we still don't know where Lucius is, so don't let your guard down at any time!"
There was no need for Nacht to remind them, everyone present had already made their resolve when they had decided to participate in this battle.
So as soon as Nacht had finished speaking, everyone had scattered, heading towards their respective targets.
Nacht turned his head to look at Drake, saying, "Are you that confident in them? The last time, the two battlefields without you won very arduously!"
Drake smiled, saying, "But they still won, didn't they? And the current them are completely different, and they'll win even more easily this time.
And just like you said, Vice-Captain, Lucius is nowhere to be found, and someone always has to be prepared to deal with him, right!"
Nacht said with a smile that looked very fake, "That's really reliable!"
Drake said without any hesitation, "Stop joking around, Vice-Captain, you've never completely trusted me!"
That's right, through aura, Drake could feel Nacht's vague rejection of him.
Nacht's narrowed eyes opened slightly, looking at Drake's eyes, saying in a calm tone, "Perhaps it's because of your inexplicably strong and excessive power, it really makes people uneasy!"
Drake's expression didn't change, still having a smiling face, saying, "That's really too bad, after all, everyone has some secrets that they don't want people to know."
Nacht let out a long breath, saying, "Although I hate Yami very much, but since he approves of you, then I won't have any objections. I hope that you, like Asta, can persist on the path of doing good deeds!"
Saying this, Nacht sank into the shadows. He also had his own mission, and only his shadow magic could secretly intrude into the depths of the castle and seize the opportunity to rescue Yami and Vangeance.
On the side, Stella said, "What a strange person!"
Drake said, "But he doesn't have any malice, at least."
Stella looked at the castle in the distance, where traces of battle had already appeared, saying, "Are we just going to watch here? I heard that the opponents this time will be even stronger than last time, are they going to be alright?"
As someone who had personally participated in the battle against Vanica last time, Stella understood the strength of the Dark Triad very well.
So Stella was worried that there might be an accident in the battle.
But Drake said with full confidence, "Believe in them! They're originally people who can create miracles, and what's more, the current them have already become stronger.
Enemies of this level still won't be difficult for them, we'll just be responsible for dealing with enemies outside of that level."
Hearing this, Stella didn't say anything else, only continuing to pay attention to the changes in magic power in the castle.
Drake was also doing the same thing, and Drake would act without hesitation if an accident occurred anywhere.
At the same time, Drake was also searching for that most important magic power aura. But strangely, it had been so long since the battle had started, and Drake still hadn't discovered that target.
That's right, the one that Drake was looking for was Lucius. He, who had started to take action ahead of schedule because the plot had been disrupted, was definitely the most unstable element.
Drake didn't know what Lucius was planning, and what kind of actions he would take. But it was enough to know his goal.
Although Drake had only seen the part where Lucius had turned traitor in the original story, he didn't know how Lucius was going to create the so-called new world.
But what Drake did know was that Lucius's plan required one thing - the heart of the devil king Lucifero.
So Lucius would definitely appear, but it was uncertain just when.
While Drake was paying attention, the situation on the battlefield had changed again.
The special training had been effective, and at the beginning of the battle, the opponents who had forced everyone into a difficult battle before had been smoothly suppressed.
But as if it was to prevent everyone from smoothly resolving the battle, a large number of black tree roots had suddenly drilled out from the bottom of the castle.
That was precisely what was called the Tree of Qliphoth, the thing that had been materialized by the special magic, and the appearance of that thing meant that the gate that isolated the present world from the underworld had been opened.
And that meant that the world barrier that isolated devil power had disappeared, and the Dark Triad's devil power could be released to 100%. At the same time, it meant that the devils of the first layer of the seven layers of the underworld could enter the present world.
"Fal!"
Drake called out, and Fal displayed the form of a giant fire dragon above Drake's head!
Drake made a breathing in motion, and Fal had actually struck the same pose.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Two pillars of fire sprayed out from the mouths of one person and one dragon, directly sweeping away the large group of devils that had emerged.
Besides two that were high-ranking, the devils of the first layer were all low-ranking devils, and could be dealt with with just strong magic power.
After clearing a wave of trash mobs, Drake jumped onto Fal's back, saying, "Stella, I'll leave this place to you, I'm going to go inside and take a look."
Drake had indeed sensed an abnormality, the reason why the Tree of Qliphoth could descend in the original story was because Morris had obtained Lolopechka's all-knowing and all-powerful power, which had accelerated the ritual that had originally needed seven days.
So the spread of the Tree of Qliphoth was difficult to explain now.
Sure enough, following the direction that the black tree roots were spreading, Drake had forcefully torn apart a passage all the way, directly arriving at the most central location of the castle.
What came into view besides Nacht and Morris, who were fighting, was the two stone tablets that were standing opposite each other in the very center, wrapped in black tree roots.
And Yami and Vangeance's bodies were embedded in the stone tablets.
But what had attracted Drake the most was the transparent sphere that was wrapping the two, and there was also a ring around the outside of the sphere, with Roman numerals arranged on the ring.
So it was Julius's time magic, no wonder it had accelerated the formation of the Tree of Qliphoth.
Then Drake raised his head, looking at the man who had returned to his adult form in mid-air.
"Yo! It seems that your abilities have also returned after you've recovered your original form, I can't sense any magic power at all."
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