"What was that?!"
The black pillar of fire that burst out of the castle and shot into the sky stunned every demon and human present.
But the demons immediately refocused their attention on the humans before them.
They did not care what was happening inside the castle.
As long as they were not caught up in it, they could continue enjoying the thrill of slaughtering living beings.
At once, tens of thousands of low-ranking demons bared their fangs and claws as they pounced on the hundred or so mages of the resistance.
Before the Dark Triad ruled the Spade Kingdom, these resistance fighters had all been Magic Knights loyal to the Grinberryall royal family.
So when the people were in danger, they charged toward the demons without hesitation, determined to buy them more time to flee.
As for themselves, barring a miracle, they were bound to die here.
Even ignoring the gap in numbers and strength,
the magic they wielded was incapable of harming demons.
But just as the resistance had steeled themselves to die gloriously,
streams of mana light in different attributes surged from behind them.
In the blink of an eye, the lights engulfed them and swallowed the countless demons ahead, blasting them all into wreckage across the ground. Yet the resistance members remained completely unharmed.
It was magic cast by Noelle, Finral, Charmy, Magna, Gaja, and the others.
Its power was clearly several times greater than before.
This was the result of first studying Magic Formula in the Heart Kingdom, then learning Ultimate Magic in the elves' village.
Now, everyone's magic names had gained the word "True."
Yet Asta was nowhere among them.
He had clearly arrived here with them just moments ago.
It turned out that while Ainor and the others were dealing with these low-