Drake released his fingers, and Heath's body fell among the shattered ice.
When Heath had unleashed a wide-range ice spike magic with all his power, he had thought that he would leave Drake with nowhere to escape.
But the result had been decided when the ice spikes had shattered on his skin.
Indeed, Heath had even had the strength of a Great Magic Knight after being transformed into a Holy Knight, but Drake had become much stronger than he had been when he had fought Heath before.
So the current Heath hadn't even been able to cause Drake a bit of trouble like he had the last time, and had been defeated.
No longer looking at Heath, whose expression of doubting life was still on his face, Drake took a step, continuing to advance.
What had entered his eyes was the battlefield that had been split up, the Dragon Zen Seven had all scattered out to snipe those ordinary monsters, and several Holy Knights had also been blocked by members of the Black Bulls.
Among them, the two battles that were most worthy of Drake's attention had been strangely similar.
One was Noelle's battle, her opponent was someone who looked 90% like her, but used steel magic, but the form that she was showing was the same as Noelle's, a valkyrie.
If Drake hadn't guessed wrong, that should be the former captain and founder of the Silver Eagles squad, and the current captain Nozel and Noelle's mother.
That female magic knight who had been called the Steel Valkyrie on the battlefield, and who even Mereoleona respected, Acier Silva.
During the Dark Triad's Vanica's attack on the Heart Kingdom before, Noelle and the others had worked together to defeat the manifested Megicula, and had also released Acier's soul, which had been cursed to death by him.
He hadn't expected that her soul would be used by Lucius again, and she had been resurrected as a Holy Knight.
But Noelle was already strong enough now, and didn't waver at all even when fighting her own mother.
Thinking about it, it was probably because Noelle, who had once seen her mother's soul before, could feel that the soul of this "mother" before her had been twisted, so there was no psychological burden.
And the other side was even more bizarre, two people who looked exactly the same were fighting, and if you didn't know any better, you would have really thought that two vice-captains of the Black Bulls had appeared.
But one was a Holy Knight, and was using light magic that was completely opposite to Nacht's.
Drake had also recognized that person, that was the person who had caused Nacht to regret until now, his twin brother Morgen.
Unlike Nacht, who had been doing whatever he wanted back then, Morgen had chosen to join the Magic Knight Squad early on. And Yami had actually been influenced by him, plus Julius's invitation, before becoming a Magic Knight.
According to Nacht's evaluation, Morgen was the kind of good person who had been doing good deeds from the start.
Back then, Nacht had accepted his family's - the Faust family's - inheritance of contracting with devils, and had failed when he had challenged the subjugation of a high-ranking devil in the end, and the Faust family had been wiped out as a result.
It was Morgen who had sacrificed himself, interrupting the devil subjugation ritual, and had only then exchanged for Nacht's life.
Nacht had been unable to let go of this for so many years, he believed that he shouldn't have used the life of Morgen, this good person, to exchange for the life of himself, this bad person.
But looking at the way Nacht and Morgen were fighting now, it seemed that Asta's powerful infectiousness was still there, and had already cheered up the vice-captain.
In order to prevent his "constantly doing good deeds" younger brother from doing something wrong, Vice-Captain Nacht had already begun to fight with all his might.
Drake could feel that these two Holy Knights were the strongest, probably because Acier and Morgen's qualities had been stronger when they were alive.
As for the other Holy Knights, although their strength was also quite good, they had all been blocked by the Dragon Zen Seven and the Black Bulls together.
Drake had found his target, and after blasting away several monsters, he had come to Ryudo Ryuya's side.
Drake said to Ryudo Ryuya, who had an unhurried appearance, "Judging from your appearance, you've already seen all of this, so what's your plan?"
Ryudo Ryuya revealed a smile, saying, "Of course, Lucius wants to attack our base, but wouldn't that make his own nest empty.
Now, only that man named Moris is left by Lucius's side, so leave this battle here to us and your comrades, you and Asta should go and defeat Lucius directly!"
Drake couldn't help but hesitate a bit. Although it seemed that it was because Lucius had thought that sending out the Holy Knights would cut off the power that didn't submit to him, but had instead caused the power around him to be empty.
But Drake understood Lucius, he was definitely not a reckless man who only cared about what was in front of him, and when it came to being scheming, he was definitely at the top of this world.
Then this flaw was very likely to have been deliberately revealed by him, and was actually a trap.
Drake looked at Ryudo Ryuya with confusion, but saw the unchanging smile on his face.
That's right, even a trap wouldn't escape Ryudo Ryuya's Clairvoyance. Even so, Ryudo Ryuya had still made this arrangement.
Excluding the possibility that Ryudo Ryuya was deliberately trying to frame Drake and Asta, because this wouldn't have any benefits for him.
Then Drake wanted to hear Ryudo Ryuya's reason.
Ryudo Ryuya had also sensed Drake's thoughts, opening his mouth, saying, "That's right, Lucius has indeed prepared for someone to attack him. But there's no such thing as a so-called trap.
Lucius has absolute confidence in himself now, and no matter who stands before him, he believes that he can fight and defeat them.
But I also believe in you and Asta the same, you, who are shouldering the future of this world, will definitely not lose to him."
Drake had also understood, now, the two sides no longer needed any plans or schemes, what they were competing for was only genuine strength.
Lucius sending out the Holy Knights actually didn't have any plan either, he was probably just trying to clear some obstacles for his final plan.
After all, the level was different now, and if he had to do everything himself, then wouldn't he lose the style of the creator of his new world!
And for Drake and the others, defeating Lucius was not only something that had to be done, but was also the only way to resolve all of this.
After all, these Holy Knights were all dead who had been resurrected by Lucius, and even if they were destroyed, who knew if Lucius could resurrect them again.
So it wasn't like what Ryudo Ryuya had said, that he had confidence in Asta and Drake, but was also because there was no other way to think of.
But Drake didn't have any complaints, anyway, he hadn't planned to escape any battles from the start.
Taking the map that Ryudo Ryuya had handed over, Drake had acted without saying anything, picking up Asta, who was still fighting, spreading his fire dragon wings, flying towards the location of Lucius's base that had been marked on the map.
Actually, the location where Lucius was at didn't need Ryudo Ryuya to mark it too clearly, it was more like Lucius didn't have any intention of hiding himself at all. After flying out a distance following the instructions on the map, Drake had sensed that special magic power.
Lucius being able to possess his current power was achieved by integrating the power of Lucifero and the Dark Triad.
But the magic power aura that Drake had sensed was as one, without any feeling of being mixed.
You had to know that absorbing someone else's power wasn't something that was so easy to do. Even if the compatibility was high, different powers couldn't truly fuse together.
So for those who had absorbed other powers, although they had become stronger quickly, they had buried a fatal hidden danger.
Not only was it very likely that there would be problems with their control of power, but the power conflicts that existed within their bodies could easily be used by their opponents, and as a result, they would be beaten back to their original form, or even be severely injured because of this.
Drake remembered quite a few villain Bosses being turned around by the protagonist because of this.
But Lucius was different, his aura was as pure as a baby's, and there was no flaw to be found at all.
Drake's fighting spirit had begun to boil, it seemed that Lucius had truly undergone a transformation compared to when he had been in the Spade Kingdom, and should be a good opponent.
The Five-Headed Dragon before this didn't count as an opponent at all, it seemed that it would still take Lucius to let him unleash his power after leveling up.
But before fighting Lucius, there was still a troublesome guy to deal with.
Moris had also transformed into a Holy Knight, and the horns on his head were especially large. His robe was fluttering, not like a warrior who was stepping onto the battlefield.
Drake released Asta, who had already entered battle mode and had also grown black wings, looking at Moris, saying, "I didn't have time to talk to you last time in the Spade Kingdom, but you look much better now than you did back then!"
Moris's connection with Drake and Asta had been formed very early on.
Back then, Moris had dominated the Diamond Kingdom with the identity of a magic scholar, but he had completely treated the Diamond Kingdom as an ATM that provided him with research funds, and hadn't thought about governing the country well at all.
And in order to collect magic stones, Asta and the others had gone to the Witch's Forest together, and had run into Fana, who had been possessed by the elves at the time, and Mars of the Diamond Kingdom.
After the battle, Mars and the Black Bulls had reached a cooperation, taking the hypnotic drug that they had obtained from the Witch Queen and disguising it as a longevity drug, bringing it back and offering it to the king of the Diamond Kingdom, using this to obtain control of the country.
Moris had naturally been expelled as a result, and had been specially found and killed by Drake when he had left this world for the first time.
But the knowledge that he possessed was what Lucius needed, so Lucius had resurrected him, risking being exposed, working together with the Dark Triad.
During the previous expedition, Moris had assisted Lucius in launching the Tree of Qliphoth descent ritual, and had blocked Nacht, who had wanted to save people.
Moris had been born blind, but heaven had compensated him with the most excellent brain, and... even a devil possession talent that was above the Dark Triad.
Compared to the brainless Dante, Lucifero had even preferred Moris, bestowing him with even stronger power. He had not only healed his eyes, but had even made him suppress Nacht, who had been using all of his power, at one point, and it had only been after Asta had joined the battle that he had been defeated.
In the end, Lucifero himself had appeared, and no one had paid attention to Moris's fate. He hadn't wanted Lucius to bring him to the Land of the Rising Sun as well, and had transformed him into a Holy Knight.
Drake didn't know why, but he felt that Moris's aura was much stronger than the previous Morgen and Acier.
So did Moris have some special talent for pleasing his superiors? He had been able to make the king completely hand over the country to him in the Diamond Kingdom, and he could also make Lucifero and Lucius both prefer him even more after that.
But then again, just as Drake had said, his appearance was indeed much more pleasing to the eye.
After all, his appearance when he had been possessed by Lucifero had been quite horrifying, and having such a large mouth grow out of his forehead had also been very unique.
Moris, looking at the two "culprits" who had caused the constant ups and downs in his life, had acted very calmly.
"You who don't understand Lord Lucius are truly foolish and pathetic, you actually dared to come before him.
But you'll end here, I'll take care of you here in place of that lord!"
Saying this, a large number of snake-like arms had drilled out from Moris's back, all grabbing towards Drake.
"I had just praised you, and you've become something that makes people lose their sanity again!"
Drake was sharp-tongued, but he had also sensed the terrifying power on those "tentacles". So what power had Lucius given him, those tentacles seemed to be able to grind away all defenses, whether it was magic power or physical.
But Drake wasn't flustered in the slightest, because Asta was by his side.
All of the tentacles that had stretched over had snapped, and Asta, holding the Demon-Slayer Sword, said loudly, "Why are you getting in our way again!"
Even if Moris's ability had evolved again, anti-magic power was just that unreasonable.
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