"Asta is right. Not a single person can be missing!" Vanessa chimed in.
"He didn't say anything particularly sentimental, but for some reason, I'm a little moved!" Noelle thought.
"Tch!"
Gauche scoffed on the surface, but his heart was touched once again. Perhaps it was precisely this collective mindset of Asta's that was helping him emerge from his isolated way of thinking.
"He would probably be very sad if he knew everyone left him behind alone, right?" Charmy said.
"Fine, I'll go back and pick him up!" Finral said.
"No, I think we should all go back together to pick up Senior Gordon. Besides, with Senior Gauche's Spatial Magic, it won't take much time at all!" Asta suggested.
"Good idea!" Vanessa agreed.
"I'll do it reluctantly!" Gauche also agreed. Soon, everyone flew into Finral's Spatial Magic and returned to the sky above Black Bulls Headquarters.
"Gordon, are you still asleep? Come out quickly, everyone is waiting for you!" Vanessa shouted.
"Yeah, Senior Gordon, you're the only one we're waiting for!" Noelle also took a deep breath and shouted.
"Good grief, do I have to go in and invite you personally?" Gauche said with a bad attitude.
"Did I hear something?" Gordon sat up from the floor and instinctively walked outside. The moment he pushed open the door, he was in tears, saying in disbelief, "Is this a hallucination? Why is everyone waiting for me outside?"
"Hurry up and let's go, the Captain has already gone ahead to scout for information!" Magna called out.
"Whew!" Grey mischievously transformed into Gordon's appearance.
"I'm so touched, I thought everyone had abandoned me!" As he said this, Gordon hurriedly flew into the sky, then followed everyone into Finral's Spatial Magic.
"Because I've never been to Larkay Town, I can only teleport everyone to here!" Worried that Gordon might be confused, Finral explained kindly to everyone.
"You haven't even been to Larkay Town and you have the nerve to call yourself a Spatial Mage?" Magna twisted his mouth again.
"You're no different. As a tourist destination, many Magic Knights go to Larkay Town. You've been a Magic Knight for so long and haven't been there? That's pathetic!" Finral retorted.
"That's because the Captain keeps dragging me off to gamble, how would I have time to go to the beach!" Magna pouted.
"Alright, alright, as a high-ranking senior, I have to criticize you two. Now that everyone is going out on a mission, the most important thing is unity. Unity, understand?" Charmy cleared her throat and said.
"Junior Magic Knight..." Hearing this, Magna immediately wilted. After all these years of struggling, he didn't expect he was still at a rookie level. He felt like crying...
"Senior Magna, don't overthink it. If you work hard, you can level up soon too!" Asta consoled him.
"Get lost!" Magna escaped the center area, but just by drifting away, he saw a young girl fleeing for her life in the jungle.
"Help! Is there anyone who can save me!" The girl let out a miserable cry for help, and behind her, a mud man was in hot pursuit.
"Hehehe, no one will save you. Even if you scream until your throat breaks, no one will come to save you. Just surrender obediently; it won't hurt at all!" Moses looked at the helpless girl before him with a weird laugh. Relying on his speed, he could have caught up to her long ago, but he deliberately didn't, just to enjoy the girl's helpless appearance.
"Bad guys?" Magna was stunned. To dare to commit violence in front of members of The Knights? Isn't that just asking for death?
"Fire Magic: Exploding Fireball!" Without saying another word, Magna unleashed a long-range spell.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Moses dodged and looked up at the sky. He wasn't prepared for what he saw—holy crap, it was entirely Magic Knight Squad members!
"Save me!" The girl also saw Magna and the others, and was instantly overjoyed.
"To dare to lay a hand on such a cute girl, unforgivable!" Charmy's face turned cold.
"As expected, an incident!" Luck was as excited as a husky. Without a word, he charged down. This undoubtedly gave the girl a great sense of safety. However, the correct approach would have been to take the girl away from the battlefield, and the girl thought so too, but who knew Luck wouldn't even glance at her and instead immediately started fighting Moses!
"Ah!!! Why are there so many Magic Knight Squad members here? What kind of bad karma did I create for heaven to treat me like this!" Moses freaked out. Although he was in a mud state, he was scared to death by the number of people in front of him—there were fully ten members of The Knights!
"Thunder Magic: Thunder God's Bolt!" Luck went for the big guns right away. The terrifying thunder element made Moses feel a stinging pain even before it hit!
"Mud Magic: Mud River!" Moses summoned a mud vehicle before his body was hit and instantly fled the spot.
"Pretty fast reactions, huh? But I attacked from high altitude, so there was enough distance for you to react." Luck scratched his dim-witted little head.
"Beautiful lady, come to me!" Finral had already teleported from mid-air behind the girl using Spatial Magic, and said with gentlemanly grace.
"Th-thank you!" The girl excitedly threw herself into Finral's arms; she was finally saved!
"I'm being hugged!" Finral roared internally, then took the girl away from the battlefield.
"Mirror Magic: Reflected Light!" Gauche cast the spell from a distance and said angrily, "I will eliminate everyone who poses a threat to Angel Marie, so I will destroy you before you ever get to see Angel Marie!"
"Mud Magic: Complete Defense!" Moses reacted quickly and immediately constructed a square mud magic defensive wall, blocking the mirror attack.
"Thread Magic!" Vanessa also whipped two threads toward Moses, but they were both blocked by the mud wall.
"You've got some skills!" Asta put Noelle down on the ground with interest, but didn't join the battlefield immediately, because if he went in, it would be an instant kill! Everyone obviously wanted to stretch their limbs, and if he finished it off in one go, the others would inevitably have complaints.
"Are you just going to watch the fun from here?" Noelle said, crossing her arms.
"Aren't you doing the same, Noelle?" Asta said, scratching his head.
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