"As for your other question..." Magic Emperor Julius chuckled, "There shouldn't be such a magic in the world, right?"
"What if someone could do it?"
Bai En continued, "Using a massive magic to weave a beautiful dream that everyone would be immersed in, or perhaps, transforming everyone, making them lose their original personalities and thoughts..."
"Captain Dorothy of the Coral Peacock Squad, her Dream Magic can pull people into her dream world, can't it?"
"This..."
Julius fell silent.
After a moment of thought, he gave his answer: "If one's magic is imposed on others, granting them so-called happiness, that kind of happiness cannot be considered true happiness."
Julius's answer made Bai En narrow his eyes. He looked at the man before him, slowly sighed, and after a long pause, he said, "I hope you can always stand by that answer, Lord Julius."
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Three days later.
In the arena at the foot of the Royal Capital.
Mereoleona Vermillion, the newly appointed acting Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings Squad, stood on the stage and delivered a speech: "—Everyone is here."
"I am Mereoleona Vermillion, appointed as Captain of the Royal Knights Squad!"
"Since you stand here, it means you have all been selected as members of the Royal Knights Squad! From now until the Eye of the Midnight Sun is annihilated, your names are entrusted to me!"
Listening to the impassioned speech from above, Bai En, dressed in the Royal Knights Squad uniform, yawned and looked around. After acquiring the Six Eyes, he always felt inexplicably tired.
Perhaps next time there's a few days of free time like this, he should rest properly instead of... maintaining his usual high-intensity training.
Beside him, Captain Rill was excitedly looking around. He had been personally selected by the Magic Emperor to join the Royal Knights Squad.
Muttering sounds continuously came from his mouth: "Let me see who's here? Oh ~ Asta ~ The handsome slacker from the Golden Dawn is here too ~"
"I didn't expect that even though I didn't participate in the Royal Knights Squad selection exam this time, I was still directly chosen by the Magic Emperor to join the Royal Knights Squad. How lucky! I must perform well this time!"
To his left, Gosen was looking down at his Royal Knights Squad uniform, muttering, "I didn't expect it to look quite good? Hmm... I finally successfully joined the Royal Knights Squad. I wonder when the 600,000 Yul will be paid?"
"Shouldn't they pay first to give people the conviction to fight to the death?"
"Since they haven't paid yet... then I don't need to be so active later. I'll see if I can stick with Captain Rill or Bai En."
"Hmm?"
Mereoleona on the stage seemed to notice something and muttered to herself, "Someone didn't show up. Is he looking down on me?"
"Sorry, sorry!"
A voice from the sky made her suddenly look up, and with a wave of her hand, flames coiled and struck the figure above.
A gray magic circle lit up.
The flames were absorbed, their power enhanced, and then reversed and released back.
Mereoleona punched away the coiling flames, then chuckled as she looked at the figure who had successfully landed on the ground: "It seems I underestimated you."
"Nice to meet you, I am Zora Ideale of the Black Bulls Squad."
"Eh eh?" Asta looked at the newcomer and shouted, "Aren't you Luck? And... why are you wearing our squad's cloak? Aren't you from the Purple Orca Squad?"
"You idiot kid, I was recruited into the squad through the back door by Uncle Yami. Technically, you should still call me senior."
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Bai En watched the atmosphere gradually loosen up due to Zora's arrival, and his thoughts began to wander. The time to attack the Eye of the Midnight Sun was approaching. He figured it wouldn't be long before "Licht" would seek out Magic Emperor Julius and steal the magic stones from him... At that time, should he use Limitless Magic to return to the Royal Capital and try to kill the injured Julius to force out the host of the Time Devil—Lucius Zogratis?
He wouldn't be at his peak then... But... he hadn't yet gone to the Heart Kingdom to temper the last cooking utensil. Would his incomplete magic be 100% capable of killing that guy?
Forget it.
He'd better wait until he's finished tempering the last cooking utensil before going after him.
After all, he didn't want to do things twice. What if Lucius Zogratis escaped and went into hiding? Things would get even worse, wouldn't they?
At least now he held the initiative from the shadows.
He'd just use the Word Soul Devil to warm up for the great battle that was about to come.
Oh, and there was the matter of the Elf Reincarnation.
Uh... it seemed that all the guys from the Aqua Deer Squad with potential for Elf Reincarnation had joined the Royal Knights Squad. For now, it seemed the base should be safe. As for the rest, he'd wait until that moment arrived.
Mereoleona on the stage introduced the other several people who had joined the Royal Knights Squad: "From the perspective of magical convenience, these three will all join the Royal Knights Squad."
"Spatial Mage Cob Portaport, Detection Mage Siren Tium."
"And... Nozel Silva!"
"Eh eh eh? This time, besides Captain Mereoleona, two other Captains have joined the Royal Knights Squad!"
"That's not hard to understand, is it? After all, the place we're attacking is the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base. Although we heard that two of their executives have been taken out by us, we can't rule out the possibility of some extremely dangerous individuals inside."
"You should know, the leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun has not appeared to this day!"
"With three Captains, our operation will also go more smoothly, won't it?"
King A. Kira Globa XIII, whose presence had been so weak beside Mereoleona that everyone almost forgot he was there, shouted excitedly upon seeing Nozel: "Excellent! The power of a Royal Family Captain is essential!"
"Because this squad belongs to the Royal Family! The Royal Family!"
King A. Kira Globa XIII raised his staff, attempting to gain the right to speak, but his momentum was instantly extinguished as the woman beside him began to speak.
"Everyone! Do not disgrace the name of the Royal Knights Squad!"
"I think you all understand that everything is non-negotiable except victory! Any fool who fails to achieve this will be personally executed by me before we even reach the enemy's stronghold!"
"Did you all hear that clearly?!"
"Yes!"
After Mereoleona's speech concluded, the Imperial Knight beside Magic Emperor Julius, who was also the Spatial Mage Cob and a member of this Royal Knights Squad, summoned a white spatial gate in the open space nearby.
Through this spatial gate, they could reach the vicinity of the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base...