As Vetto finished speaking, he casually tossed Kahono aside, then stared at Noelle with full vigilance. Although Noelle's condensed Water Magic was becoming increasingly astonishing, he had no intention of dodging. Instead, he wanted to go head-to-head and see who was stronger!
"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragons Roar!" Noelle looked at Vetto, filled with rage. A giant sea dragon broke through the air. This was Noelle's first offensive magic, yet it possessed the strength of a captain!
Then, the sea dragon, carrying Noelle's fury, fiercely charged towards Vetto. Even the tall Vetto appeared incredibly small before this gigantic sea dragon!
"Come on!" Vetto roared, braving the strong sea wind, and slammed a bear claw fiercely onto the sea dragon's roaring head, holding it in a stalemate!
With Vetto as the center, the surrounding ground rocks shattered one after another, and the lingering power emitted by the sea dragon was even stronger than the magic unleashed by Luck and Magna combined!
"This, this, this... are you sure this is a squad member? You could say she's a vice-captain and it wouldn't be an exaggeration!" Gifso exclaimed in shock from the safe room.
"Finally surpassed herself?" Yami smiled with satisfaction. Now that his squad members were surpassing themselves one by one, it was time for him, the captain of the Black Bulls, to do the same!
"This is... Noelle?" Asta, who was speeding along, stopped. He could feel the powerful Water Magic coming from ahead.
"This is Noelle's magic, no doubt!" Finral stated clearly.
"I didn't expect this girl to be able to unleash such a powerful attack!" Asta smiled with satisfaction, then dragged Finral, who was like a dangling charm, and sped up again.
"Hey, Grey, are you rested? The battle ahead is still going on, let's go find Forehead!" Gauche stood up instantly after sensing the Water Magic from ahead.
"I'm rested!" Grey also quickly got up to lead the way. Soon, the two arrived at Charmy's sleeping spot, but as they approached, an unknown trap magic was suddenly triggered beneath their feet. Gauche and Grey were tightly entangled by dense vines!
"Hahaha, I knew I could wait here for prey!" A member of the Eye of the Midnight Sun laughed as he emerged from the side. "My Vine Trap Magic absorbs magic power! To take out three Black Bulls members at once, I truly am incredibly strong!"
"Damn it, if it weren't for my depleted magic power and reduced sensory abilities, how could I have been tied up by such a clumsy trap magic!" Gauche fumed.
"I feel like I'm stuck in the Nile River basin..." Grey said weakly.
"As expected of the lowest-ranked Black Bulls, their members are unusually weak!" The Eye of the Midnight Sun member once again scoffed complacently. However, a Kunai then struck the back of his head. He didn't even react and was immediately knocked to the ground. Correspondingly, the trap magic he had cast also disappeared.
"Asta, you're just in time! Quickly, give me a recovery potion!" Gauche said delightedly as he saw Asta rushing towards them from a distance.
"Asta, you've come at the perfect time!" Grey said excitedly.
"System, exchange for four healing potions and four recovery potions!" Asta immediately began trading with the system. Although there was the superior healing spring water, a single bottle cost 50,000 points, and Asta was somewhat reluctant to spend that much.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host for successfully exchanging four healing potions, costing 4 points!"
"Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host for successfully exchanging four recovery potions, costing 200 points!"
"Here, take these! But what's wrong with Charmy? Did she fall asleep?" As Asta spoke, he tossed the healing and recovery potions toward everyone. Except for Charmy, who was still snoring and talking in her sleep, everyone caught them easily.
"That girl might have been asleep since the game started, but I have a way to wake her up!" Gauche gulped down two bottles of the potions and immediately felt much better. He felt more than half of the magic power in his body recover, and some small wounds on his body healed up.
"These potions are really useful!" Grey couldn't help but praise them as well.
"Then Gauche, I'll leave Finral to you. Come meet up with us after you wake Charmy!" Asta said as he dropped Finral and immediately began to speed off. Without the drag of carrying Finral, his speed noticeably increased by a level.
"Is it really okay for you to just dump me like this!" Finral knelt on the ground in pain.
"Is following us such a grievance to you?" Gauche roared upon seeing this.
"It's not a grievance, I'm just expressing my reluctance to part with Asta!" Finral defended himself.
"Tch!" Gauche rolled his eyes at Finral, then stepped right next to Charmy's head and roared, "Big Forehead, someone's stealing your food!"
"What?!" Charmy was startled awake from her sweet dream instantly, her waking speed comparable to a cheetah!
"She woke up just like that?" Finral's jaw dropped. He had seen Charmy sleeping so soundly and thought it would take a lot of effort to wake her up. Who knew that as long as you knew the wake-up password, she would wake up so quickly.
"Who's stealing my food?" Charmy jumped up and down.
"No one's stealing your food. Everyone is fighting for their lives, and you're still sleeping? if the Captain finds out, he'll definitely skin you alive!" Gauche roared in anger.
"I wasn't sleeping, I was hit by magic!" Charmy quickly explained.
"Whatever, pick up your potion bottles and let's go!" After Gauche finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed forward. Grey followed closely behind. Although Finral was reluctant, it was clearly safer to follow the main group at this time.
"What potions?" Charmy hurriedly picked up the two bottles on the ground and followed.
"These are potions Asta gave us that can heal injuries and recover magic!" Grey kindly explained.
"I happen to need them!" Charmy felt that sleeping was also quite energy-consuming, so she quickly gulped them down. She immediately felt as refreshed as drinking a bottle of ice-cold cola when parched!
"Vanessa!" Before long, Asta saw Vanessa traveling on her magic broom.
"Asta!" Vanessa landed beside Asta with joy and said, "Did you feel Noelle's magic power?"
"Yeah!" Asta nodded and then said, "Vanessa, you're flying too slowly. Should I carry you?"
"Sure!" Vanessa nodded without a second thought, and then she saw Asta directly give her a bridal carry.
"Hold on tight!" The corner of Asta's mouth curled up, and he began to speed off again!
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