Due to that second moment, the scene shifted to the other side. Old Mr. Sissy, that cold corpse, lay motionless on the ground!
Surrounding him were several men and children, kneeling and crying.
When he saw what had happened, Magna trembled all over. Then, he rushed towards Sissy, grabbed his shoulders, and shouted, "Old man! Hang on! Old man!"
But no matter how he called, Mr. Sissy remained with his eyes closed, lying motionless on the ground.
Watching this scene brought the villagers on both sides to tears again.
"Village chief! Waaahhhh…"
"To protect us..."
"Grandpa! The Magic Knights are here."
"Grandpa's dream has come true!"
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As he looked at Sissy, who was no longer alive, Asta muttered in disbelief, "Someone... died this easily?"
At that moment, Magna suddenly turned, looked at Seth not far away, and shouted angrily, "Did you do this?!"
However, Seth and the three others didn't respond immediately.
Then, Seth checked his watch again, looked at the time, and said coldly, "You really messed up my schedule!"
"In 10 seconds! Execution for everyone will commence!"
As he spoke, Seth raised his hand again, and his book began to glow blue.
In the next moment, an icy spike suddenly appeared in front of Seth. Then, it quickly grew before his eyes.
It didn't stop until it was the size of a house. In the next second, it shot violently toward Magna and his group.
"Boom..."
Seeing what was happening, Magna couldn't help but curse under his breath.
"Oh no! I don't have enough magic power..."
In this critical moment, Asta grabbed his black sword in hand and rushed toward the icy spike.
In the next moment, he raised the black sword high, then jumped and struck the icy spike!
Then Asta shouted, "Drink this!" and in the next second, he sliced through the icy spike with his fierce sword strike.
"Ding!"
"Bang! Bang!"
"Boom..."
After cutting through the icy spike, Asta landed smoothly on the ground. Then, he looked at Seth with anger from a distance and said coldly, "Unforgivable!"
"Why are you doing something so terrible? Who are you?"
Seth listened to Asta's words and exhaled a cold breath dismissively. Meanwhile, the three masked men behind him suddenly began to speak.
"I didn't hear anyone from the Magic Knights coming."
"Carrying out unauthorized missions, aren't they?"
"How did they get through our fog barrier and enter?"
"The Black Bulls? That bunch of notorious troublemakers among the Magic Knights! It's a waste of time considering them as opponents!"
"Get rid of them and this group of ignorant, useless villagers, and search for what you're after!" Seth said coldly, glancing at his watch.
However, the sight angered Asta! In the next second, he rushed towards Seth, his sword in hand, shouting, "Don't ignore me!"
The masked man standing behind Seth saw this and raised his hand, saying coldly, "Fog Magic, Illusory Fog Swirl!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, a massive cloud of fog quickly formed in his hands!
Asta was soon enveloped in the fog.
The masked man scoffed, "Fool! Don't think you can easily approach Master Seth! Go into the fog!"
However, as the masked man's words ended, Asta cut through the fog with his sword. Then he shouted angrily, "Who wants to disappear into the fog?"
"Tell me, why did you gather all the villagers here?"
Listening to Asta's words, Seth sighed heavily. He slowly stood up and said calmly, "This world is divided into several regions."
"The Kingdom's capital, where the royal family and nobles live, the common area, where ordinary people live, and then the outer regions! This Suksi Village is on the outskirts!"
"The only people who benefit from the outer world are those with basic life magic. They're simply beasts who don't know how to use tools. I'm merely dealing with useless beasts that might waste time first!"
When Asta heard these words, he suddenly frowned and said angrily, "You call them beasts..."
Before Asta could continue, Seth added, "And you, too, have strong magic power to join the Magic Knights, right? Because of the mission, you want to help them, don't you?"
"These are just beasts worth noting!"
Asta remembered his past with the sisters at the orphanage.
In the next moment, he gripped his sword tightly, saying angrily, "These people you call beasts are the ones I insist on protecting!"
Listening to Asta's words, Seth laughed hard.
"Is that so? Are these filthy beasts that important?"
As he spoke, Seth suddenly raised his hand, and at that moment, countless ice spikes appeared around him.
"I'll give this piece of ice back to you!" Asta yelled furiously.
However, just as he said this, the three masked men standing behind Seth raised their hands simultaneously, summoning their fog magic!
Seeing this scene, Noelle suddenly said in disbelief, "This, this..."
Before Noelle could finish, the fog in the square thickened. Then, more screams rang out.
"Ahh!"
"Ahh!"
At that moment, more ice spikes appeared in the fog. Immediately afterward, Seth coldly said, "Magic combination of ice fog, Infinite Ice Particle Cage!"
Upon hearing this, Asta's entire body trembled. The number of ice spikes was now impossible to count with the naked eye.
Countless visible ice spikes could be seen, and it was said that there were also hidden spikes within the fog!
"In this case, can you still protect a group of beasts? I don't like wasting my time, but it seems this is the most efficient way!"
With that, the dense ice spikes shot towards Asta and the villagers!
"Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash..."
Seeing this, Asta swung his black sword frantically, slashing without hesitation.
Among them, some of the ice spikes were deflected toward Seth by Asta. Seeing this, Seth said something coldly.
"Disappear!"
The ice spikes flying towards him instantly dissipated.
"He can not only cut but also reflect magic? But this alone won't stop me!" As he said this, the number of ice blades in the sky increased sharply.
"I can keep creating ice blades. Come on! Keep watching!" Then Seth manipulated the ice blades to stab at Asta again.
Looking at the countless ice blades before him, Asta swung his black sword relentlessly, while Magna desperately created a fireball to fight off the ice blades.
"Damn it!"
However, after holding on for a moment, Magna thought to himself.
"I've done my best, Asta and I are trying to protect the villagers, but my magic power is running out! But there's another person on the other side, whose magic power matches that of a Magic Knight!"
"Someone is still holding back their true strength! This first mission for these newcomers is truly incredible! The situation isn't good; that damned Valen is here!"
Thinking this, Magna let out a roar towards the sky, "Valen! You bastard! If you can hear me, hurry and help!"
In that moment, in the forest not far from Suksi Village, Valen, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes after hearing Magna's faint voice.
Immediately, he looked towards Suksi Village.
"Was that voice just now... Magna calling me?"
As he said that, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Did they encounter something? It seems there's a strong surge of magic power there! Could they be manipulating others and need my help? Can they really not beat them?"
As he spoke, Lin Xiu slowly stood up.
Immediately afterward, a pair of holy flame wings suddenly grew on his back. With a sudden flap of his wings, Valen left the place in an instant, flying towards Suksi Village!
"Boom..."
The ground around him was immediately torn apart from the pressure of Lin Xiu's take-off!
After Magna finished roaring, he said to the villagers behind him without looking back, "I'm also an outcast, and I'll protect everyone!"
Nick: "Magna!"
However, Seth looked at the watch on his wrist calmly and said coldly, "Let's see how long you can hold on!"
As soon as Seth finished speaking, Noelle conjured a water ball and threw it towards Seth.
However, Noelle's magic doesn't always come through when it's crucial!
Just two seconds before the water ball could reach Seth, it veered off into the open space beside him!
"Boom!"
"Boom..."
But Seth wasn't amused.
His expression remained calm as he mockingly said, "Another person who can't even control their magic, the Black Bull is really dying!"
At this moment, Asta's defense also showed a gap; after all, they were only human, and they grew tired!
In the moment that their defenses had weakened, several ice blades suddenly broke through their defenses, piercing toward the village name.
"Slash! Slash! Slash..."
The villagers, unable to defend themselves, let out painful groans!
"Ahh!"
"Ahh!"
"Ahh!"
Seeing this, Seth displayed a look of disdain, then intensified a giant ice blade again and said coldly, "The frail beasts who can't even protect themselves!"
"As long as you give up on them, you can escape, Magic Knights!"