That suddenly appearing massive magic power made Charles instantly discover the location of the newcomer. That turbid and ominous feeling - that's right, it was the power only devils possessed.
And that level of spatial magic, aside from Zenon who had contracted with the spatial devil Beelzebub, no one else could use it.
As Charles expected, the person attacking the Golden Dawn was Zenon, same as in the original plot.
Boom!
Just as Charles locked onto the position, a loud explosion accompanied by flames and black smoke shooting skyward rose from the magnificent headquarters of the Golden Dawn squad.
After descending, Zenon had attacked the Golden Dawn without the slightest hesitation.
The main gate of Golden Dawn headquarters was directly blasted apart by violent magic power, causing all the Golden Dawn members inside to show shocked expressions.
The Golden Dawn squad was recognized as the strongest Magic Knight squad in the entire Clover Kingdom, so no one had expected someone would attack Golden Dawn headquarters in broad daylight.
Three figures slowly walked out from the black smoke, the Spade Kingdom emblems on their bodies already proving their identities.
"How dare they break into Golden Dawn's stronghold!"
"Everyone attention, enemies have invaded!"
"Focus magical attacks!"
...
The Golden Dawn displayed extremely high quality, immediately responding after the attack occurred.
With enemies already at their doorstep, they naturally wouldn't be confused enough to still want to communicate with the opponents, directly releasing attack magic against the enemies.
Magic of various attributes exploded together, but then everyone was surprised to see two unharmed people standing easily on the ground that had been devastated beyond recognition by various magics.
But the leading man with a cold expression and black cross markings on his face was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey hey hey! Is this all the skill you have?"
"I heard this was the strongest squad in the Clover Kingdom!"
It turned out the large man and thin man standing in the rear had their bodies covered with black substances, speaking with faces full of madness.
The large man continued, "But this can't be helped! Among those who can match the power bestowed by the Dark Triad masters, we Dark Disciples who are chosen existences... each of us is Stage Zero!"
Magic stage ranking was a more detailed and reasonable method of evaluating magic users' strength. The smaller the stage number, the stronger the possessed power.
So-called Stage Zero, in more understandable terms, meant Magic Knight squad captain-level power.
And the magic power that large man was currently displaying indeed exceeded that of ordinary Magic Knights.
However, words alone couldn't intimidate people. Golden Dawn's Shig rushed forward, swinging the rock battle axe in his hand toward the large man.
The large man turned back mockingly, "Yo, rock magic same as mine!"
Saying this, the large man extended his arm. The rock wrapped around his arm instantly expanded to form a giant rock hand, directly shattering Shig's battle axe and then pressing him into the wall beside them.
"But fragile beyond measure!"
The large man laughed wildly, "Devil power can elevate magic to another dimension. Spade army soldiers can use five percent of the power, while we Dark Disciples can unleash up to forty percent!"
Saying this, the large man swung his giant rock fist to smash toward the fallen Shig.
But the giant rock fist stopped halfway down, and no matter how hard the large man tried, he couldn't advance an inch.
"Seems like forty percent isn't enough. Why don't you beg your master to give you more?"
The somewhat lazy voice immediately changed the large man's expression, and he also saw what the person who blocked his strike looked like.
Charles raised one hand and steadily caught the giant rock fist, then magma actually dripped down.
With a roar, the large man's rock that he claimed was harder than steel exploded into fragments, revealing the large man's scarred arm inside.
Charles stepped forward and delivered a heavy punch to the large man's chest. Surging flames directly swallowed his entire body.
Charles had no patience to slowly purify the devil power fused within him. Compared to that, "purifying" his entire being was obviously much more efficient.
Charles glanced at the focused thin man and was about to act when Golden Dawn members surrounded him.
"Thank you very much for saving Shig! But please leave the battle here to us from now on.
The opponents came with three people total. The other one should be the strongest among them. He's already gone to Captain Vangeance's side. We hope you can go there to assist."
Charles looked at the person speaking and said, "This person is quite strong. Are you sure you'll be okay?"
That person forced out a smile, "Compared to Captain Vangeance, our side is completely insignificant.
And we're the strongest Magic Knight squad. How could we possibly lose to opponents like this?"
Charles nodded, then moved toward the deeper interior of the base.
Passing through various buildings, Charles came to the location where he sensed Zenon's magic power. Just upon arriving, what he saw at first glance were several bone spurs entangled together.
Zenon's coat had completely changed appearance, becoming entirely black, as if formed from dark magic power.
His appearance was still human-like, except his pupils had turned dark red.
Both Zenon and Vangeance in battle sensed Charles's intrusion and simultaneously stopped to look over.
A trace of confusion appeared on Zenon's face that had always been expressionless. In his intelligence, the Golden Dawn didn't have any Magic Knight with such strong magic power.
Vangeance was relieved. Zenon's magic had tremendous destructive power, and a moment's carelessness could cause enormous damage.
He had been dividing his power to protect the Golden Dawn base, but was also being suppressed quite hard by Zenon because of this.
Charles's appearance could undoubtedly share part of his pressure.
Zenon said coldly, "Who are you?"
Charles pointed at himself confusedly, "You don't recognize me?"
Zenon said coldly, "Why should I recognize you?"
Charles had originally thought that Lucius, who had begun taking action, would tell the Dark Triad his intelligence.
After all, it wasn't Charles bragging, but the power he possessed could very likely greatly affect Lucius's plans.
Charles had prepared to be targeted by the Dark Triad, but unexpectedly Zenon had never even heard of him. He was still the same as in the original plot, only caring about mages from the Underworld.
Looking at it this way, although Lucius and the Dark Triad were blood-related brothers, their respective goals were completely different.
Charles sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't recognize me. I'll make you deeply acquainted with me, the kind that goes deep into your bones."
Saying this, Charles's figure blurred, and the next instant he had appeared in front of Zenon.
Zenon's reaction couldn't be called slow. The instant Charles disappeared, a large number of sharp bones drilled out from his body, layer upon layer stabbing toward where Charles appeared.
"Fire Dragon's Crushing Fist!"
Charles stood firm and threw a punch. Those stabbing bones were instantly shattered, with smaller fragments directly burned to ash by flames.
Flames and bone fragments flew out together, revealing Zenon's face showing a surprised expression.
"I heard you can unleash up to eighty percent devil power at most. I'm warning you in advance - you'd better use it now! Otherwise, the battle will end very boringly!"
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