The Clover Kingdom was a country that wasn't very civilized, and even festival celebrations were rare.
A large part of them were related to the magic knight squads. For example, the Star Festival was the magic knight squad's annual awards ceremony and outstanding employee awards ceremony, but it had later developed into a festival that the citizens participated in together.
Then the Victory Battle was the magic knight squad's Olympic Games, but there was only one competition item, which was fighting with magic!
The Victory Battle, which was held only once every ten years, was to determine the strongest of the current generation of magic knights.
Someone had said that the person who ultimately won the Victory Battle would eventually become the Wizard King. After all, the Wizard King was originally held by the strongest magic knight.
Drake of course also wanted to join in the fun. In Drake's memory, there shouldn't be any major events in the half year before the battle with the devil-possessed people, which could be used as a date project with Stella.
After making a decision, Drake went to rest, and the next day, he and Stella rode bid bird towards Clover City.
The sun was shining brightly, and the temperature was just right, making both of them feel much better.
There was still some time before the opening of the Victory Battle, so the two wandered around Clover City.
Perhaps because it was a festival held once every ten years, Clover City was especially lively.
Salt-grilled meat skewers were clearly not to Stella's taste, who was a sweets lover, and after taking a bite, she stuffed the rest into Drake's mouth.
Looking at Stella's adorable appearance, what could Drake say? Of course he had to spoil his girlfriend.
Stella said with a smile, "This place is pretty good! Can we play for a longer time?"
Drake only smiled and nodded, not saying what was on his mind. It was a special time for the festival now, and this city wouldn't be so good at other times.
As long as the high walls that separated the royal and noble circles were still standing there, this country wouldn't be able to change.
But since the atmosphere was so good today, he shouldn't spoil her fun! Drake didn't say it, but someone else spoke up.
"Young lady, this country isn't as good as it looks! Its decay and darkness have reached the point of being beyond redemption."
Stella subconsciously took a step back, turning to look at the person who had spoken.
It was a group of four people, all wearing black hooded robes, tightly covering their appearances and figures.
The one who had spoken just now was the man at the head, his tone was calm, but the feeling he gave Drake was like a volcano.
Although it was calm on the surface, all that flowed inside was scorching lava.
What was most important was that all four of them possessed powerful magic power above the level of a magic knight squad captain.
Drake carefully recalled, but couldn't remember having seen such four characters in the original story.
Just then, one of the people behind him spoke in a slightly old voice, saying, "It's about to start, are you going to keep dawdling?"
The person at the head seemed to sigh, saying, "Don't worry, this country will get better! It will become a place where everyone respects each other and can laugh together."
After saying this, he took the other three people and continued to walk forward.
Stella got closer to Drake, saying, "Drake, what's up with them? They look so strange!"
Drake also frowned, he could hear from that person's tone that those words were definitely from the heart.
Asta had also said the exact same words, but from that person, Drake couldn't feel the beauty and hope that Asta had at all.
Drake said, "I have a bad feeling, something bad might happen. Let's hurry to the arena too!"
Drake had seen that the direction that the four were advancing in was precisely the Grand Magic Games arena, and combining it with the four's attire and what they had said, he would be sorry for all the works he had watched in his previous life if he still couldn't guess what was going to happen next.
Stella naturally wouldn't have any objections, and the two quickened their pace, hurrying towards the arena.
The Grand Magic Games arena was the place where Drake and Asta and Yuno had participated in the magic knight squad selection, and it was also a dedicated place for the kingdom to hold various events.
And now the arena was already filled with spectators, all to watch this year's Victory Battle.
As soon as Drake and Stella had entered the arena, they had searched all over the spectator seats, but unfortunately, they hadn't found any traces of those four people.
But Drake had seen a lot of familiar people, the Black Bulls were sitting in the spectator seats, watching the matches in the arena.
And in several other locations, there were also many members of other knight squads.
Drake subconsciously looked at the arena, only seeing two people confronting each other.
One of them was Yuno, and after half a year, this kid hadn't changed much, he still had that cool appearance.
Having become the vice-captain of the Golden Dawn at such a young age, it could be said that he had a boundless future. He had also been chosen by the four-leaf grimoire, his magic power was also strong, and he was also handsome, no wonder there were rows of girls holding banners, cheering for him.
And the person opposite him looked much stranger, not only was he wearing a robe, he was also wearing a half-face mask.
Drake didn't suspect that he was one of the previous four people, because the masked person's height was too short, and it clearly didn't match the appearance of any of the four.
What was most important was... Drake was all too familiar with that black greatsword in his hand!
So why was Asta dressed up like this? With the greatsword in his hand, no one who knew him would be able to recognize him!
Drake also looked at the magic knight squad members around him, and as expected, no one had stood out to try to catch Asta, the criminal who should have been exiled from the country, and no one had taken the result of the judgment seriously.
Drake also couldn't understand it, the previous judgment had been so grand, and had even been recorded in newspapers all over the country, and Asta had even almost been executed.
Now the judgment was as if it didn't exist, Asta had just disguised himself in such a self-deceiving way, and then had appeared under the eyes of everyone.
Although Drake was on Asta's side, he still felt that the laws of this country were simply like a joke.
Just as Drake had spaced out, Stella pulled at Drake, saying, "I found them, they're over there!"
Following the direction that Stella was pointing, Drake had also seen the figures of the four people.
They were each standing on the four tall stone pillars on the outer perimeter of the arena, looking like they were preparing to do something.
In the next instant, Drake saw the four people simultaneously tear open the robes on their bodies, revealing their true appearances.
A silver-haired youth with a slightly frivolous expression, a sassy woman in a military uniform, an elegant old gentleman, and a middle-aged man with a cold expression.
What these four people with different styles had in common was that they were all wearing quite gorgeous outer robes, and the style of those outer robes was clearly that of the Wizard King's robe.
The unfamiliar appearances made it impossible for Drake to guess their identities, but there was no time for Drake to think carefully, and those four people had already taken action.
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