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"Hummm—!"
As an astonishing amount of magic power surged through the air like a tide, spreading in every direction, both the knights reveling in slaughter and the villagers fleeing for their lives heard an exceptionally clear tremor.
Beneath that distinct vibration, the magic power that erupted from Noah like a storm, transforming into a tangible blast of wind, carried a bone-chilling cold that enveloped the hearts of everyone present.
Thus, every knight who had been laughing wantonly and cruelly shuddered inwardly, their expressions stiffening as they halted what they were doing and turned toward the forest in utter terror.
There, Noah seemed to be enveloped in a pillar of light that stirred up violent currents of air as he walked step by step toward the village.
The next second, an icy voice echoed out, clearly reaching the ears of everyone present.
"Does attacking villagers who cannot resist make you that happy?"
That cold voice pierced directly into the hearts of every knight present, awakening the most primal emotion buried deep within them.
That emotion was called fear.
"If taking pleasure in other people's wails, despair, and deaths is such a joyful thing, then please, by all means, let me experience it a little too."
As he spoke, Noah slowly raised his head.
"Though I have no interest in it."
The instant his words fell, a pair of deep black eyes on Noah's slowly lifted face suddenly gleamed with an icy silver-white light, dyeing his eyes completely silver-white.
The knights gazed upon by those cold silver-white eyes felt a deathly shadow burst forth within their hearts, and their faces instantly turned deathly pale.