"Are you toying with me?"
"Hey, Laiya, look closely at this grimoire. It no longer belongs to you guys." Bai En's face was devoid of any expression. "Also... as an Elf, do you not know what a Five-Leaf Clover represents?"
Listening to Bai En's words, Laiya repeated, "A Five-Leaf Clover... represents what?"
"Mr. Laiya, don't continue chatting with these despicable fellows. Rest assured, we will snatch back that grimoire and sword."
"If you guys are so eager to die, then die together!"
"Steel Creation Magic: Piercing Steel Lance!"
"Glass Creation Magic: Blooming Glass Flowers!"
Rotating drills, propelled by steel cables, came piercing forward, followed closely by sharp, transparent glass shards resembling flower petals.
"Ahhh—" Asta brandished his Demon-Slayer Sword and took a step forward, shouting, "Bring it on! I'm going to be the Wizard King! Just wait until I get that sword and restore you all to normal!"
He was about to swing his sword to cut down the incoming attack magic.
However, white wind flurries were the first to rise in the air.
A powerful gust of wind suddenly swept outwards, scattering the rotating drills and the dazzling, flower-like glass.
A golden figure flashed and stood in front of Asta and Bai En. "What nonsense are you spouting, Asta! I'm the one who's going to be the Wizard King!"
"Yu... Yuno?! Eh! You're okay?"
"Mr. Yuno?"
Asta and Mimosa exclaimed as they saw the person who had suddenly appeared before them.
"Asta, you're too noisy."
"Yuno, are you okay?"
"Huh? I'm me, do you have a problem with that?"
"No, no problem, haha..."
Bai En also looked at Yuno beside him and the Wind Spirit Bell, who was flying around touching her ears. "You woke up a bit faster than I expected, Yuno."
"Don't underestimate me. Next time, I'll definitely beat you."
While Bai En's side was delighted by Yuno's sudden action, the Elf side, whose attack had failed, showed no signs of dejection. On the contrary, they smiled and reached out their hands, as if welcoming someone's return.
"Finally awakened."
Klaus's face showed joy. "You are our comrade. Come, join us."
"Hey, can you guys not interrupt us?" Miss Bell, the Wind Spirit, who had been ignored by Yuno and Asta, pouted and said, clearly annoyed.
Watching the scene, Laiya cast aside Bai En's earlier question about the Five-Leaf Clover and explained, "This magic... it's clear the reincarnation was successful, but it's still not enough for that child..."
He glanced again at the figure in the glowing orb suspended in the air and muttered, "Is this the price of the highest-grade forbidden spell? It seems you and Licht still need some time."
Listening to Laiya's words, Klaus and Harmon, possessed by Elves, moved again: "Since he cannot awaken... then we will kill those three people and make you vanish from that body!"
Surging glass flowers and a torrent of steel shot forward.
"I'll stop them! Asta and Bai En, you two rest first!" A hurricane swirled from Yuno, isolating the torrent of steel and the glass flowers.
"Who said I'd let you do it alone? I'm coming too."
Asta placed his hand on the Demon-Slayer Sword, and Anti-Magic surged. Bai En moved even faster than Asta. He stepped out of the hurricane's protection and, with a few light, consecutive steps, flashed in front of Laiya, raising his blade to strike.
Although he had just been exhausted by Mereoleona and Zora, with the 'Resurrection' magic's enhancement, Laiya still had reserves. He dodged the ground-splitting slash by turning his body and drew a slender katana from his grimoire.
The blade, wreathed in black light, swept out horizontally.
"Imitation Magic: Dark Entanglement - Nameless Slash!"
Bai En's Severing Edge cleaved down vertically, shattering the black light.
Laiya, instead of retreating, advanced. With the Light Magic enhanced by Imitation Magic, his speed was incredibly fast, almost like teleportation. He appeared beside Bai En and reached out to touch Bai En's grimoire.
"I originally wanted to replicate it last time, but I didn't make a move because we had to deal with the Demon God together."
"This time, your magic... I'll gladly take it!"
The narrow light of Severing Edge was faster than Laiya's hand. A thin line of blood spurted out, and Laiya stopped his advance, retreating nimbly. "A miscalculation, it seems you were prepared."
Bai En's voice was cold: "Although Light Magic is fast, it's not omnipotent. For me, who controls Mana Zone, I can completely keep up. If this is your only level, you shouldn't be thinking about your grand revenge plan."
"You'll lose terribly."
A brilliant flame appeared on the cut in Laiya's palm. Under the scorching of the flame, the wound gradually healed. 'My magic was almost completely depleted in that last battle. Although the resurrection magic granted some magic power, the recovery speed has also increased.'
'But encountering this troublesome fellow now doesn't give me much chance of victory.'
'I can only stall until... they defeat that guy named Asta...'
He was contemplating stalling until his comrades won, then dealing with this guy together, but the scattered glass and steel fragments, along with the golden figure flying backward, caught Laiya off guard.
"How is that possible?!"
Bai En took advantage of Laiya's moment of hesitation, swinging Severing Edge to unleash an extremely thin, long slash. The sharp slash cut through the air, speeding forward. When Laiya noticed something was wrong and tried to block, he found the slash was already heading straight for his face.
"I can't dodge it!"
Suddenly, within Bai En's magic perception, the magic in this area trembled, as if cheering for someone's arrival. The surging magic pulsed outwards, and a golden figure holding a long sword emitting white light stood in front of Laiya, blocking that thread-like slash.
"Licht?!"
"Has the main player finally arrived?" Bai En tightened his grip on Severing Edge. In terms of strength, this person, when at his full power, was no less than the Wizard King.
The thin slash abruptly broke upon contact with the white-glowing Demon-Slayer Sword.
Gazing at Bai En in front of him, Licht swung his sword. In an instant, hundreds of white slashes, like a sword blade storm, were unleashed. These highly compressed, dense magic slashes flew lightly, exuding a beast-like ferocity within their calm!
Bai En expanded his Mana Zone. The overflowing, surging magic within a three-hundred-meter radius, with Bai En as the center, was like free-flying seagulls on a coastline. Every foreign object that touched this spherical domain would be transmitted to Bai En with extreme clarity.
In an instant, Bai En moved.
Severing Edge trembled slightly. Similarly, hundreds of 'Giải' slashes were unleashed. Each 'Giải' intersected and clashed with the incoming white lights, then shattered, like overlapping notes in a musical symphony.
Clang, clang, clang...