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As the colors in his vision became clear again, Bai En looked at the Nine Lights cooking utensils hovering beside him. 'What an unexpected gain; I didn't think I'd find materials to temper cooking utensils in the Magic Palace.'
'Counting it this way, only four out of the seven knives haven't been tempered yet. I just need to push a little harder.'
While the cooking utensils were still being tempered, he turned to look back at the Magic Knights. Everyone seemed to have gained something, more or less.
Guided by the overflowing wind wisps, Yuno picked up a scroll that looked like a famous sword displayed on a shelf.
Driven by curiosity, he slowly opened it.
Instantly, golden streams of light shone, so dazzling that it was hard to open one's eyes. The fabricated black magic text, accompanying the appearance of the light, began to dissipate. When the golden light faded, the text on the scroll also vanished.
"Huh? Strange... there was text on it just now, but it's gone?" Yuno mumbled, completely unaware that his grimoire at his waist was glowing with a cyan light.
After the mountain climbing training with Bai En, Asta's observational skills had improved significantly. Guided by Nero, the Anzhi Bird, he arrived at the hidden location of the demon-dweller sword. Looking at the protruding magic tools on the wall, after a slight hesitation, he swung the demon-slayer sword in his hand.
The wall cracked under the greatsword's swing, revealing a hollow space inside. Within that hole, a dark, rusty longsword was conspicuously embedded.
"What is this?"
Asta reached out and pulled out the longsword to examine it. "It feels pretty similar to the demon-slayer sword, but it's not as wide, and it's much lighter to hold."
"Could it be... these are the swords Bai En mentioned before?"
Mimicking the action of drawing the demon-slayer sword from his grimoire, Asta placed the longsword in his hand into his floating grimoire, which glowed with black and red light. He was just trying it out, and he didn't expect it to succeed.
"It appeared! New text appeared on the grimoire!" Asta shouted excitedly, squinting his eyes to find Nero, who had led him there, muttering, "Yay ~ Nero, thanks to you, my grimoire has new magic ~"
When he found Nero standing on a branch, he saw it staring at him with a deadpan expression, as if looking at an idiot. "Huh, huh, huh? Nero, what kind of look is that?"
"I feel scorned!"
Slightly different from them, Luck was standing on a pile of glittering jewels, looking around. "How boring, isn't there anything fun? I wish there were automatic combat puppets ~"
Suddenly, he frowned, staring beyond the ruins formed by the shattered gate, and urgently shouted, "Everyone, run!"
'This terrifying mana is... that guy who was defeated before we came... his mana fluctuations have grown stronger!'
Yuno and Bai En were the first to sense and react before Luck. Silver-white ore, blooming like thorny flowers, rushed in like a flowing snow waterfall. The stones collapsed at the entrance were sent flying, and thick dust billowed up.
White wind wisps blew up in the next moment, directly dispersing the dust that obscured their vision. Fine silver lines glowed on the huge stones tumbling through the air. The silver lines flickered, and the stones that leaped before them turned into fine gravel.
Yuno and Bai En appeared in front of Noelle and Mimosa, who were closest to the gate. The two, one on the left and one on the right, blocked the sudden attack.
Gleaming white mana flowed over Zhan Yan. Bai En looked at Yuno, a hint of surprise in his eyes. 'This guy... his reaction is so fast. I knew Mars had a trump card, so I maintained a high level of mana perception, but him...'
'As expected of a talented royal.'
'And... judging by the magic Mars released in the previous battle, he's become increasingly skilled at manipulating the Mana Zone since encountering it during the mountain climbing training... I estimate he'll have an even more terrifying improvement after acquiring the Wind Spirit.'
Not only was Bai En surprised by Yuno, but Yuno himself felt the same way.
For some reason, Yuno felt his perception suddenly broaden, his control over wind became smoother, and even his mana began to climb towards a brand new state.
'What exactly is going on?'
His grimoire, glowing with a cyan light, floated in the air. Yuno discovered that an unfamiliar magic had appeared on his grimoire. 'It seems to be from the scroll just now...'
"Eh eh eh?!"
A sudden shout interrupted their brief thoughts.
"What's with that big guy that looks like a Thunder Dolphin Frog from the Itolorsky Mountains? Is it an enemy?" Asta, among the crowd, asked, holding the dark demon-slayer sword.
"How is that possible?"
Klaus murmured, looking at the figure manipulating the silver-white ore. "That guy was so severely injured just now... why is he back to full strength in such a short time?"
"What in the world—?!"
"Wait... is that flame on him?"
Klaus noticed the magnificent flames hidden beneath the silver-white ore. The burning flames flickered on Mars's body; there wasn't a trace of pain or defeat on his face.
"It's a recovery-type Flame Magic? But how is that possible? Mana attributes should be unique to each person! Why does he have two?"
Mages have one of the four great elemental mana types—fire, wind, water, or earth—within their bodies. Each person can only use mana derived from that one attribute and its derivatives.
This was why Klaus was so shocked... Furthermore, ordinary Mages usually only have one type of magic. Mars, who was clearly a user of offensive magic, used recovery magic, which also made Klaus feel terrified.
"Is this... the result of the Diamond Kingdom's experiments?"
Beside the figure enveloped in thick ore armor, a strange grimoire floated. The reason it was called strange was because this grimoire looked like two grimoires pieced together.
One half was silver-white, the other was fiery red, and at their juncture, there were traces of needlework.
After the grimoire appeared, Mars's mana reached its peak, and the power of his magic also increased.
A colossal ore sword conspicuously appeared beside Mars. With just a slight flick of his right hand, furious flames emerged from the silver-white giant ore sword. A massive sword shadow, imbued with flames, swept horizontally, an attack that seemed to carry immense power, incredibly imposing!
"...I only need myself... because I have powerful mana... Weaklings, all of you, disappear!"
The enormous blade, sweeping horizontally with reckless abandon, directly severed the brown trees and stone pillars supporting the Magic Palace. The Magic Palace, which had already begun to collapse due to Yuno acquiring the Wind Spirit scroll and losing its power source, instantly cracked...