The scene shifted to Vanessa walking with a smirk through an environment resembling terraced fields.
A dark shadow lurked in the water not far from her.
"Heh heh, there are only three Mages from the surface in total. I'm really lucky to run into one now!" A Priest Mage wearing a brown octopus mask laughed sinisterly.
"How despicable! Such a big man actually launching a sneak attack!" Seeing this, the underwater residents felt that their priest's actions were shameful.
"Young man, your female team member's alertness is way too poor!" Gifso laughed mischievously.
"Is that so? Why do I remember this woman's perception of magic being very keen?" Yami smiled. This old man really took every chance to gloat, but it was understandable. After all, staying under the sea was quite boring, so it was natural to be excited about a rare entertainment program.
However, the smile on Gifso's face didn't last long because just as the octopus priest felt it was time to strike, his body strangely became unable to move!
"What's going on?" The octopus priest panicked completely.
"You thought I didn't see you? Sneaking around to ambush a girl, how outrageous!" Vanessa said with a yawn, then gave her slender finger a tug. The octopus priest was pulled into mid-air; it turned out that Vanessa had already set up dense threads in the surroundings.
"Another one dealt with!" Gifso felt terrible. These people were a bunch of monsters! They were supposed to be lower-rank Mages, but their combat power was more ferocious than the last!
"Hahaha, it's 9 to 7 now. Old man, you'd better get the magic stone ready. This is for your own good, because a group called the Eye of the Midnight Sun has their eyes on the magic stone in your hands. They'll resort to any means necessary to get it." Yami reminded him kindly.
"Hmph! A brilliant comeback when at a disadvantage is the fun part of the game. I forgot to tell you, my son, grandson, and granddaughter are also among them. They all possess the strength of upper-rank Mages. Once they get serious, they can turn the tide of battle instantly. Especially my son—he is the strongest Mage in the Underwater Temple!" Gifso said confidently.
"You're really putting on a brave face. That Vanessa just now isn't even a combat member of our squad." Yami spoke calmly. The scene shifted, and Magna's cursing figure appeared before everyone.
"Throwing people into the water without even a word of greeting... I definitely won't let that old man off once I get out!" Magna sneezed several times in a row and quickly released a burst of Fire Magic to dry his body, which made him feel a bit better.
At the same time, a sharp giggle rang out. A Priest Mage wearing a white robe and a brown fish monster mask slowly walked out. "Hahaha, a fire-attribute Mage coming into the sea is just hilarious! In an environment surrounded by seawater, Fire Magic is weakened infinitely. Even just a bit of water makes you shiver. It looks like I'm going to win this one without even trying!"
"Haha, Zenoni's Water Magic is among the best. Now let's see how you're going to win!" Gifso felt that his side should finally win one. But just as he finished speaking, a burst of flames that seemed like it would evaporate all the seawater here soared into the sky.
Zenoni, whom he was so proud of, was actually sent flying by those flames in a single encounter!
"That's it? It's over?" Seeing that Zenoni hadn't been able to stand up for a long time, Gifso was dumbfounded. Although Zenoni only had the strength of a mid-level Mage, he shouldn't have been defeated all at once!
On the battlefield, another Priest Mage was also instantly defeated. He was unfortunate enough to encounter the battle maniac Luck, and the result was predictable!
"How boring. To be dealt with so quickly... but there are nine in total. I need to find the others faster!" Luck's frustration didn't last long, and he soon used the boots of the thunder god to increase his movement speed and search for the aura of strong opponents.
"It's 9 to 5 now. I think you should just surrender!" Yami couldn't help but laugh as he saw the situation was looking great for his side.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. My trump card hasn't appeared yet, and the remaining two priests aren't that easy to deal with!" Gifso clenched his fists. However, his anticipation was justified. The scene shifted to Finral, who had been sneakily hiding since the beginning, so the Priest Mage he encountered had control over the battlefield from the start.
"Finral, that guy... just wait until I get back, I'll skin him alive!" Yami was furious. This guy still hated fighting, but how could a Magic Knight avoid combat?
"Hahaha, see that? Does your man only know how to run? Let me create some trouble for him!" After speaking, Gifso immediately released two deep-sea fish monsters onto the battlefield. Finral, who was using his Spatial Magic advantage to escape, was caught off guard and almost bitten by a fish monster.
"Holy crap, this old man is being inhuman! He really did create monsters!" After escaping from the jaws of death, Finral flashed over a hundred meters away in an instant. However, the appearance of the fish monsters completely disrupted his escape rhythm, and he was discovered by the pursuing priest.
"So the little mouse ran here. Let's see where else you can run!" The one wearing a white fish monster mask charged toward Finral with a weird laugh. But Finral was clever; with a series of continuous spatial warps, he instantly dodged again.
"Hey, Finral! What are you hiding for? Asta has already finished off his opponent! Go and fight right now, or I'll kill you!" Yami shouted into the microphone he snatched from Gifso.
"Captain Yami?!" Finral's hair stood on end. How could he hear Yami's voice?!
"Hey, hey, hey, it's boring if you only think about running. I didn't put fish monsters in the other battlefields, but I couldn't help it with you. I'm telling you, if you keep running like this, I'll increase your difficulty to Nightmare level!" Gifso grinned, feeling pretty good because he finally saw his side gaining the upper hand.
He knew it. As the lowest-ranking Magic Knight Squad, how could the Black Bulls all be so freakishly strong? Having one or two in a team should be enough!
However, when the scene shifted to Gauche, he was dumbfounded again!
Because Gauche, also a man of few words, had taken down a priest!
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