Apart from the three captains who were away on missions, the remaining six magic knight squad captains had appeared, and they were undoubtedly the most powerful reinforcements.
But that wasn't enough to make Conrad give up on his plan.
Although there were only four people on his side, each of them was the strongest magic knight of his era.
Adding the fact that the Emperor Sword had been constantly sending them a steady stream of magic power, they could easily suppress even six captains.
But what was terrible was the addition of Drake and Stella. Conrad had to admit that although these two were still very young, they already had strength equal to or even above his own.
As if two heavy weights had been placed on one end of the scale, the battle could no longer be reversed, and was leaning towards the side that was unfavorable to him.
The silver-haired man waved his arm, and the crystalline barrier was shaped into various weapons, shooting out and forcing back several of the captains before him.
Retreating to Conrad's side, the silver-haired man said, "Conrad, the situation isn't good right now! If we continue, we'll be at a disadvantage, let's retreat for now!"
The old man also used an ice shield to block the joint attack of Fuegoleon and Nozel, saying, "Although this operation has failed, we still have a chance!"
Conrad bit his lip, taking one last look at Drake, saying, "That's right, we still have a chance!
As long as we can still fight, it won't be over, not giving up is my magic!"
Drake's eyes flickered for a moment, that line sounded so familiar! But looking at Conrad, who had flown into mid-air, Drake didn't have any intention of pursuing.
To be honest, Drake had only taken action just now because Conrad and the others had dragged too many innocent spectators into it.
Drake still didn't know what had happened.
Drake could feel that Conrad, who had said the same line as Asta, had a will that was perhaps no less firm than Asta's.
And Drake couldn't fight someone with such a firm will without knowing anything.
Taking the reluctant woman in military uniform with him, the four used space magic to leave the arena.
The barrier covering the arena and the magic circle extracting magic power were also lifted at the same time, and sunlight fell again on the arena that had been half-destroyed.
"Drake, you're finally back!"
Asta and Yuno came to Drake, greeting him enthusiastically, and the Black Bulls had also gathered together.
Drake introduced Stella to them. Because Stella had helped fight just now, she had won everyone's favor from the start, and they naturally got along very well.
Just then, Yami, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked over, slapping Drake on the shoulder, saying, "Thanks to you this time, you really are a member I have high hopes for."
Saying this, he looked at Stella, saying, "Your taste isn't bad either! But it's really too bad that you encountered this kind of thing as soon as you brought your little girlfriend back!
There's a strategy meeting coming up, you should come along too!"
Drake nodded, following Yami towards the headquarters of the magic knight squads.
Conrad's reappearance had clearly caused the highest level of alert in the magic knight squads, and Drake could feel that the air in the headquarters seemed to have become oppressive.
In the meeting room, sitting at the head was naturally the Wizard King Julius, and below him were the captains of each squad.
But three captains were absent due to work, and only the Golden Dawn was represented by the vice-captain Yuno.
Then there was Drake, who was following behind Yami.
But Drake, as a hero of this sudden incident, had shown the strength to fight Conrad head-on, and no one could say anything about him attending this meeting.
Julius clasped his hands together, seriously saying, "Everyone, our Clover Kingdom is now facing a crisis of collapse.
Today's incident was just the prelude, and the enemy won't give up on their actions. So we must take action immediately!"
Just then, Yuno suddenly raised his hand, saying, "Wizard King, just who are the attackers?"
It wasn't just Yuno, young people like Rill also had the same question. And the older captains revealed serious and troubled expressions.
After all, it was they who had teamed up to seal Conrad ten years ago, and that was definitely not something that could be easily spoken out loud.
Julius said quite frankly, "Yes, you young people don't know the other party.
His name is Conrad Leto, he's my predecessor, the 27th Wizard King of the Clover Kingdom."
Rill subconsciously said, "The former Wizard King, wasn't he supposed to have...?"
Julius sighed, saying, "That's right, what was announced to the public was that Conrad had died of illness ten years ago, but in reality, he was sealed by my own hand... because he had tried to destroy the entire kingdom."
Drake understood this approach, the Wizard King, who should have been the guardian deity of the kingdom, revered and trusted by everyone, had intended to destroy the kingdom, and that news alone would have caused turmoil and even destruction.
Julius continued, "And the three people who were acting with Conrad were precisely three former Wizard Kings. But the three, like Conrad, had all been stripped of their Wizard King identities.
Conrad used the magic power and magic that they had once stored in the Emperor Sword, and his own magic, to revive them, and they are now enemies that we must defeat."
Drake didn't admire the Wizard King like Yuno did, so he asked the more crucial question.
"So what method did the former Wizard King intend to use to destroy the kingdom?"
Julius said, "He will use the Emperor Sword in his hand. The Emperor Sword stores the magic power and magic of the successive Wizard Kings, and adding the various magic that Conrad has accumulated in his hand, that's an unimaginably powerful force.
Conrad is willing to sacrifice his own lifespan, fusing various magic in the Emperor Sword to create unprecedentedly powerful magic.
And as long as the Emperor Sword is inserted into a singularity formed by the intersection of the mana-flowing ley lines, it will trigger a magic power chain reaction throughout the continent, and everything will be destroyed at that time.
He had begun to do such a crazy thing ten years ago, but at the last moment, he was stopped by me and the excellent magic knights at the time.
This time, because I was killed once, the seal was broken. But we must stop him this time just like ten years ago!"
Everyone stood up together, putting their right hand across their chest, saying, "Yes!"
Just then, Drake suddenly said, "Wizard King, I have a request. I want to see the records about those former Wizard Kings. I'm talking about the real records, the ones that haven't been falsified."
Standing behind Julius, Marx said, "You're crossing the line, that's not something you can...!"
Julius raised his hand, stopping Marx from continuing to speak, looking at Drake, saying, "You can, I allow it. If you don't know the truth, Drake, you won't be able to fight with all your strength, right!"
It had to be said that Julius in the Wizard King state did indeed have a heart that could inspire trust.
Drake also stood up and bowed, and then left with Marx, who was filled with indignation.
Marx didn't say anything along the way, and only took Drake to the records room.
Not staying in the records room, Marx activated a magic spell on one side. The position where the two were standing actually fell down, and they soon entered another space.
This was clearly the place where those documents that couldn't be made public were stored, and Drake could see a large number of documents placed on the shelves by the dim light around him.
"As expected, the truth is all hidden in the darkness!" Drake said with such emotion.
Marx still maintained his silence, picking out four documents from a shelf and placing them on a table on the side.
Just as Drake reached out to take the documents, Marx suddenly reached out his hand, pressing it on top, saying coldly, "These are the records you want to see, and although I don't know why the Wizard King allowed you to see these secrets, please leave everything here, and don't take anything outside."
Drake waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry, I know the rules!"
After saying this, Drake pulled out a document from under Marx's hand and began to read it.
The contents of the documents weren't very long, and Drake quickly finished reading the records about the four Wizard Kings.
Conrad, the 27th Wizard King, came from a noble family. Relying on the key magic that he had discovered the potential of, he had gained the trust of the magic knights and the citizens, and had ultimately become the Wizard King.
But the conflict between him and the royal family and nobles had grown bigger and bigger, and in the end, the royal family and nobles had set a trap for him, causing dozens of his subordinates and his wife to all die in battle.
Looking at it this way, it wasn't strange that Conrad would have such extreme ideas.
And the experiences of the other three Wizard Kings were surprisingly similar to his, which was why they had assisted him.
The woman in military uniform was the 11th Wizard King Princia Funnybunny, and as the eldest daughter of a minor noble family, she had joined the magic knight squads in order to protect her family's territory and the people from being encroached upon by unscrupulous nobles.
Having experienced countless battles and remaining undefeated in all of them, she had thus ascended to the throne of the Wizard King.
Later, during the war with the Diamond Kingdom, her hometown had been hijacked by enemy troops, who had used it as a hostage. The royal family had concealed this news in order to prevent Princia from leaving the front lines. In the end, Princia had lost all of her family and citizens.
After the war had ended, Princia had fallen out with the royal family, who had planned all of this, and her magic power had ultimately been sealed and she had been exiled to a small village.
Ironically, Princia, who had been undefeated her entire life, had ultimately died in battle against bandits who had invaded the village because her magic power had been sealed.
The silver-haired youth was the 16th Wizard King Jester, and his era had also been when the wars between various countries were most intense.
Although Jester was a noble, he had still become friends with the commoners on the border and the magicians of enemy countries.
But his commoner friends had died in battle because the royal family had refused to send reinforcements, and his enemy country friends had used his commoner friends' hometown as a trap, wanting to assassinate Jester.
Having personally killed his close friends, Jester had thought of a way to prevent such tragedies from happening again, and that was to conquer all four kingdoms.
Because of this idea, he had been called the "Mad King." But even so, he had won a lot of support.
But becoming the first emperor was not something that just anyone could do, especially since Jester was only the Wizard King and not the "King" of this country.
So the royal family and nobles, who were afraid of Jester's growing influence, had once again jumped out to cause trouble, directly stabbing Jester in the back, causing him to die in battle.
The elderly gentleman was the 20th Wizard King Edward, who had originally volunteered to become a priest, and had watched as the church and the orphans he had adopted had been swallowed up by the flames of war.
Also in order to prevent the tragedy from happening again, Edward had become a magic knight and had gradually become the Wizard King.
After becoming the Wizard King, Edward had actively promoted policies to eliminate the barriers between the royal and noble circles, the commoner circle, and the forsaken circle.
The result was predictable, and the royal family and nobles, who were dissatisfied with this, had plotted against him, taking away his position as Wizard King.
Having witnessed the darkness and decay of the royal family, Edward had organized a rebel army, but had ultimately been suppressed and executed.
Drake put down the documents, and couldn't help but sigh.
Although most of the Wizard Kings had come from noble families, the people who could stand in that position under the merit system definitely had a vision and will that weren't on the same path as the royal family and nobles.
So the Wizard Kings and the royal family and nobles had always been cooperating and fighting.
Including Conrad, the four Wizard Kings were only victims of the struggle.
Don't look at the fact that the Wizard King was the leader of all the military forces of the kingdom, but because the royal family and nobles were born with powerful magic power that far surpassed the commoners, the power that they possessed wasn't any less than that of the magic knight squads.
After all, a large part of the members of the magic knight squads, and even the captains, were also members of the royal family and nobles.
Even if the current Wizard King Julius had already won a lot of popularity, and that King was so hard to describe in a word, Julius had no way to change this country according to what he imagined.
It was better to say that being able to create the current environment was already amazing for Julius's abilities.
Drake couldn't help but feel a headache for the future Asta, and he would inevitably have to face this kind of predicament.
But after knowing this, Drake could finally understand the reasons why Conrad had done this. But that didn't mean that Drake agreed with their approach.
Without a doubt, they had taken the wrong path! Even if it was to prevent their mistakes from continuing, Drake had to fight them with all his strength.
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