Moris was not a qualified warrior, and Drake had been very clear about this when he had killed him the first time.
Drake never underestimated the strength of those scientists, but being able to come up with countermeasures, tools, or abilities to deal with various situations was what made them the strongest.
Their strongest point was always their wisdom and knowledge, not relying on the power that they had obtained from others like Moris.
In this respect, Moris could not be considered a qualified scholar.
If Moris could fully unleash his own power, he might be able to make Drake take him seriously, but unfortunately, he couldn't even do that.
The transformation magic that he possessed was originally the most suitable magic for him to unleash his knowledge, but unfortunately, it hadn't unleashed any power at all in battle.
After being possessed by Lucifero, he had even been able to manipulate concepts, but even with such powerful magic, he had been defeated cleanly by Asta.
It was the same now, the abilities that Moris had shown, apart from those tentacles that could decompose all magic power and matter, also included a not weak self-healing ability.
Many of the tricky opponents that Drake had encountered before hadn't had such comprehensive abilities, but Moris hadn't given Drake the same feeling of pressure as those people at all.
"Absolute Heaven!"
Asta had finally used the ability that he had been training in all along.
Normal mages relied on instinct to urge magic power to release magic, so they could only release five parts of the ten parts of magic power in their bodies at a time.
And Absolute Heaven was the ability to burst forth ten parts of magic power at once by actively mobilizing ki, and you could imagine that the power of magic would definitely be more than doubled.
But everyone's habits and abilities were different, so the Absolute Heaven that they used was also different.
And the Absolute Heaven that Asta had trained based on the characteristics of anti-magic power was "Absolute Counterattack"!
Anti-magic power was itself a non-standard power that erased magic power, so Asta could slay any opponent as long as he used magic at the moment when the opponent unleashed their magic.
The black slash had spread out from the blade of the Demon-Slayer Sword, severing all of the tentacles in Moris's shocked expression, leaving a sword mark on his chest that had almost split him in two.
If Asta had learned Absolute Heaven earlier, Drake probably wouldn't have needed to take action when they had slain the Five-Headed Dragon before.
Drake had originally planned to add another strike, but it seemed that there was no need now.
The characteristics of the Holy Knight on Moris's body had begun to fade, and Asta's Absolute Heaven slash had not only severed his life, but even the power that Lucius had bestowed had been severed.
Drake gave Asta a thumbs up, and then continued to advance towards the location where Lucius was.
During the process of advancing, Asta had gripped the hilt of the Demon-Slayer Sword several times, seeming very uneasy.
Drake opened his mouth, saying, "You brat, the war is about to begin, you're not afraid, are you!"
Asta immediately said loudly, "I'm not afraid, it's just... Drake, is this the final battle!"
Drake smiled, he had finally understood what Asta was nervous about, opening his mouth, saying, "Yeah, this is the final battle! After this, Asta, you'll be one step closer to your dream!"
Drake wasn't trying to coax Asta, and Asta was indeed the person who was closest to becoming the Magic Emperor now.
When Lucius hadn't revealed his true colors, they had already begun to discuss the next Magic Emperor because of Julius's current state.
After Lucius had jumped ship, the Clover Kingdom had officially begun to consider electing the next Magic Emperor.
And those who had the strength and reputation to compete were Nozel, Fuegoleon, and Mereoleona, who had come from the royal family.
Vangeance was in a quite awkward situation after the elf tribe incident, which had made him lose the trust of others.
Yami was also not trusted, and it was more like everyone trusted his rough style too much.
But during the battle with Lucifero, Nozel and Fuegoleon had believed that their strength wasn't enough, so they had rejected the nomination.
As for Mereoleona, she had completely found it to be a pain, and had directly asked her younger brother to express her withdrawal.
Then everyone had naturally put their eyes on the outstanding figures of the new generation.
And then everyone had discovered that the most excellent people of the new generation had all come from Hage Village.
That's right, Drake actually also had the qualifications to become the Magic Emperor, and the probability of success wasn't small either. After all, everyone had seen Drake's strength in the previous battles.
But Drake couldn't stay in this world forever, so he had long expressed his intention not to participate.
Then the only ones left were naturally Asta and Yuno.
Actually, speaking of which, Yuno had a better chance of winning, Asta was after all a devil contractor, and the judgment on him hadn't been lifted yet.
Yuno was different, he was a genius who had been chosen by the four-leaf clover like the first Magic Emperor, he was handsome, and he was powerful.
He had been very active before this, and had become the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn based on his achievements. He even had his own fan club among the citizens, and had been the person who the most people wanted to date among the Magic Knights multiple times in a row.
But the problem was that Yuno also had another identity, he was the prince of the Spade Kingdom, the only heir to the king.
If it had been Drake, he would have made Yuno the Magic Emperor purely from a rational point of view. Not to mention Yuno's own qualifications, this would definitely allow the two kingdoms to achieve further cooperation.
But those royal family and noble adults didn't think that way, they couldn't sleep at night if they handed over the military group of their kingdom to the prince of another country to control.
So the resistance that Yuno would face in becoming the Magic Emperor was probably much greater than Asta's. But these were all secondary.
Just as Julius had said, what you needed to become the Magic Emperor was achievements.
After this battle, Asta would become the hero who had saved the world, and the road to becoming the Magic Emperor could be said to be without any obstacles.
This was what Asta was nervous about, compared to the battle that he was about to face, whether he could realize his dream was what he was more worried about.
"I will definitely become the Magic Emperor!" Asta said this, as if to cheer himself up.
But just at this time, a familiar voice had rung out between the two.
"That's a real pity, your end is here."
Drake and Asta had separated in an instant, and had turned around at the same time, looking at the person in the middle.
Lucius had a smile on his face, looking at the two, saying, "I am the last Magic Emperor, and next will be the era where I, as the Magic Great Emperor, reign over this world!"
Saying this, Lucius had begun to transform. Compared to when he had been in the Spade Kingdom, he had become even more gorgeous after obtaining even stronger power.
Those large, elk-like horns were incomparably dazzling, and there was another layer on the halo in the middle, and three pairs of wings had spread out from outside the circle of halo.
Drake had stretched his arms and legs, and had rushed up directly.
"You should save your daydreams for when you're going to sleep, the coming era doesn't need you!"
Facing Drake's straight punch, Lucius had also punched over.
The two fists had collided head-on, and the impact caused by the two relying only on physical strength had stirred up a suffocating gale.
Drake's slightly bent arm had stretched out, blasting Lucius straight away.
Drake, who had gained the upper hand, hadn't been happy, but had instead frowned. The power that Lucius had shown was clearly not a match for that powerful magic power aura.
Asta hadn't understood Drake's misgivings, and had directly attacked with his sword.
Lucius could also be said to understand Asta, and didn't use magic to deal with him. Using time magic to accelerate himself, Lucius had dodged the several slashes that Asta had unleashed in a row, and had then blasted Asta away with a punch.
Drake had caught Asta, who had been blasted away, opening his mouth, saying, "Don't be careless, this guy should have gone to the underworld to absorb the remaining power of Lucifero. Now, he can match a Great Magic Knight with just his physical strength."
Asta opened his mouth, saying, "I'm sorry, I'll be more cautious!"
Drake had released Asta, and had instructed again, "There's something not right about this guy, you can't relax until the end!"
Asta had nodded, and had rushed up together with Drake.
Flames had begun to burn, and Drake had skillfully activated Dragon Flame Battle Gear and Dragon King Armament. When facing Lucius, there was no need for so-called testing the waters.
Lucius had also revealed a serious expression, and although Drake hadn't used the ability to turn into a dragon man like when he had fought Lucifero, he had already unleashed power that threatened him at this time.
"Flame God Dragon's Crushing Fist!"
Drake had clenched his jaw, wrapping the crimson flames of annihilation, and the highly condensed flames were like a layer of dark red crystal that had covered the Dragon Slayer.
When this punch had been blasted out, even the time magic that Lucius had set up had been broken, and there was no way that Lucius would have dared to face it head-on with his body.
Not to mention that he had only obtained a third of Lucifero's power, and didn't have a body as powerful as Lucifero's, even Lucifero himself might not have had the courage to face this punch without adding any defense.
But Asta had already chased up closely, unleashing an Absolute Heaven at Lucius with both hands holding his sword.
Just as Drake had said, Asta hadn't relaxed in the slightest even after seeing this slash hit Lucius's chest solidly.
But what had surprised him was that Lucius, who had been hit by the sword, had just fallen down like that, and his aura had also begun to slowly dissipate, clearly a phenomenon of entering death.
Not to mention Drake, even Asta didn't believe that Lucius, this big BOSS, could be defeated so easily.
Drake's figure had flashed, blocking before Asta, reaching out his hand, grabbing the hand that had been stabbing towards Asta's back.
Asta had been startled, saying with shock, "What's going on? There are actually two Luciuses?"
That's right, the one who had teleported behind Asta, launching an attack, was precisely another Lucius.
But this had instead resolved Drake's confusion, no wonder the power that that Lucius had revealed before hadn't matched the magic power that he had sensed, it turned out that he wasn't the main body, but an avatar.
Several sounds of air being torn had rung out, and a total of more than ten identical Luciuses had surrounded the two.
Then, all of the Luciuses had opened their mouths together, saying, "My current magic is soul, muscle, blood, and bone, so being able to create clones of myself like this is also something that can be done.
See, even if you make this world exceed my predictions, nothing can be changed!"
Drake had instead laughed, saying, "You want to deal with us with a group of fakes, aren't you thinking too much.
Also, let me tell you a principle, no matter how awesome something is, its level drops as soon as it's mass-produced!"
While speaking, Drake had rapidly approached one of the Luciuses, kicking him away with a raised leg.
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