By the time Drake returned to the meeting room, the strategy meeting was already over. Drake also learned the specific plan from Yuno.
The reason why Conrad had launched the attack during the Victory Battle was because ten years ago, Conrad had transformed the arena, which was located on a singularity, into the flying fortress "Victory."
Conrad, wielding the Emperor Sword, could use all the magic knights in the Grand Magic Games arena as a source of magic power, in order to complete the magic fusion in the Emperor Sword.
Unfortunately, due to the intervention of Drake and Stella, his plan had been aborted.
But what Julius was worried about was that Conrad would disregard the loss of his lifespan, and could also complete the magic fusion with other methods.
And with Conrad's deep obsession, it was certain that he would make such a choice.
But unfortunately, they couldn't find Conrad's location at all right now, and there was no way to stop him.
But what was certain was that Conrad's ultimate goal was to insert the Emperor Sword, which had fused all the magic, into a singularity where the mana-flowing ley lines intersected.
So the Wizard King could only send out magic knights to search for the four former Wizard Kings, while monitoring all the singularities. As long as Conrad appeared, they would deal with him as quickly as possible.
This approach would undoubtedly put the magic knight squad on the passive and unfavorable side, but there was no better method to be found right now.
And there was nothing that Drake could help with right now, so he and Stella continued their vacation.
But having such a thing happen, Stella's mood was clearly a bit down. Drake didn't arrange any other dates, and only took her for a drive in the sky, riding on Chongming.
Stella looked down at Clover City, saying, "Drake, is what that Conrad said all true?"
Drake had of course guessed that Stella was still concerned about the darkness of this country that Conrad had spoken of, and after thinking for a while, he said, "That's right, the darkness of this country has to bear the majority of the responsibility for Conrad ending up like this today.
But which world doesn't have darkness? Even in Hagun Academy, there are people like Ikki who are persecuted. The factions in Orario are constantly fighting each other."
Stella also fell silent, having seen it with her own eyes, how could she not understand that what Drake had said was all true.
In Hagun Academy, just how many difficulties had Ikki Kurogane encountered because of the weakness of his own magic power. The title of Worst One had never had any good meaning.
Being slandered, being framed, and even being drugged, too many dark things had happened to Ikki Kurogane.
It wasn't just Ikki Kurogane as an individual, it was the same even when it rose to the national level. Tsukuyomi Kagen had even cooperated with terrorists for his own political agenda, and the White Eagle was wantonly starting wars for hegemony.
And in Orario, Stella had also seen the Ishtar Familia persecute the Xenos.
Not to mention worlds like Seven Deadly Sins, where prejudice and war between different races were everywhere.
Thinking about it carefully, unfairness and unreasonableness couldn't be avoided in any world.
Drake gently hugged Stella, saying, "But in contrast to this, there are people who pursue light in every world. It's precisely because of these people that even if darkness exists, they won't lose hope.
And those who pursue light will definitely tear open the night, personally ushering in the light. Even if they can't do it themselves, more successors who inherit their will will always do it."
Stella nodded, saying, "I understand, so what Conrad wants to do will indeed destroy the darkness of this country, but it will also destroy the hope of light."
Drake and Stella intertwined their fingers, saying, "So we will stop him!"
But Drake immediately smiled again, saying, "But the reason why I'm fighting isn't that great either! That guy wants to destroy the entire kingdom, endangering my friends and family, so I'm going to beat him up!"
Stella smiled, her boyfriend's honesty was sometimes quite cute. But being willing to fight for his family and friends was also the reason why she had fallen for Drake!
Just as the two were getting close, Marx's communication came over.
"Conrad's location has been confirmed, all magic knights on standby, gather immediately!"
Drake sighed, patting Chongming to indicate that he could return.
When Drake and Stella had rushed back, they had just happened to run into Yami, who was leading the people of the Black Bulls squad, who were about to depart.
After meeting up with everyone, the group went to the headquarters of the magic knight squads together. And all the elites of all nine magic knight squads had gathered here now.
The magic knight squads were after all a military organization, and they had quickly assembled.
Time was pressing, and Julius, who had appeared before everyone, didn't say any nonsense.
"Everyone, Conrad has begun to take action, and the place where he has appeared is...!"
While speaking, Julius glanced at the direction of the Black Bulls, and then glanced at the Golden Dawn.
"It's Hage Village on the border, that's also one of the singularities!"
Asta couldn't sit still as soon as he heard this, and was about to speak subconsciously, but Drake stopped him.
"Asta, calm down! We will definitely be able to stop him!"
Although Drake was calm on the surface, he couldn't help but sigh for the disaster-ridden Hage Village.
If you were to say which place in this world had been destroyed the most times, then the Clover Kingdom's royal capital would definitely be second to none.
After all, the main characters were all active here, and the key items were also stored here.
Whether it was the villains showing their presence or snatching the items needed for their plan, attacking the royal capital was definitely inevitable.
But what virtue or ability did Hage Village have, that several villains were causing trouble here.
It was really unclear if it was because the first Wizard King had fought the demon god here, making this place a legendary land, and also leaving behind the spectacle of the demon god's skull. Or if it was because Asta and Yuno, the two protagonists, had come from here.
In any case, Hage Village's feng shui was bad, and it had been targeted by the villains again!
While Drake was thinking wildly, Marx opened a magic light screen in mid-air.
The contents of it was a huge blue-purple barrier that was inverted on the ground, sealing off a large space centered on the demon god's skull.
The camera began to rotate around the barrier, allowing everyone to see the surrounding scenery.
Hage Village was enveloped within the barrier, and it didn't seem to have suffered any damage right now, and Drake, Asta, and Yuno couldn't help but temporarily relax.
Then Drake noticed more details, the three Wizard Kings besides Conrad were guarding the three directions of the barrier, forming a second line of defense outside the barrier.
It was conceivable that this line of defense was perhaps even more difficult to break through than the barrier.
And after the camera had turned a circle, it concentrated again on the inside of the barrier, and because the barrier was transparent, it allowed everyone to see Conrad standing on the demon god's skull.
But the current Conrad was different from a few days ago, his head of black short hair was now completely pale, but the expression on his face hadn't changed in the slightest.
Just as Julius had predicted, Conrad had still used his own lifespan to promote the magic fusion.
Julius said, "According to the known information, Conrad hasn't completely completed the magic fusion. He still needs to use the power of the ley lines to succeed, so we still have time.
But the time left for us isn't much, at most it can only be until dusk."
Drake estimated the time, and there were only four hours left until dusk at most, so the countdown had already begun.
Julius continued, "The opponent is the Wizard King, so this is destined to be a difficult battle.
But we are magic knights, and protecting the citizens is our responsibility. Whether this country can have a future all depends on this battle.
Everyone, I now issue a Wizard King order, all magic knight squads move out, heading towards Hage Village. Each squad will complete their respective combat objectives according to the captain's orders.
Asta, your anti-magic is our hope, and at that time, the Black Bulls will fully cover you, and the task of breaking the barrier will be left to you!
Unfortunately, Conrad attacked the No. 0 Magic Research Institute before us, destroying the magic tools that had been prepared beforehand.
Now we can only pin our hopes on Asta's anti-magic being able to stop the fusion magic of the Emperor Sword. As a last resort, I allow you to destroy the Emperor Sword.
Compared to the lives of the citizens, there's no need to care about the so-called national treasure!"
"Yes!"
The operation was quite simple, and everyone immediately saluted and began to act according to the orders.
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