Knight Asylum

"This is the price an incompetent person must pay for pursuing miracles."

"Ah, ah, it seems to be true. Wearing the ancient magician's belt will consume magic power even if they don't use magic. If they don't buy magic power from the Sage's Tower every week, they will become very weak. I heard that they will even die in the end."

Red didn't listen any further.

He had heard about the matter of magic loan. U had predicted such a thing from the beginning. On the surface, the phantom demons had been extinct, and the number of ancient magicians was growing at an explosive rate. With more than 500,000 ancient magicians, there would not be enough to go around even if the phantom demons hadn't been extinct.

He and U originally thought that the Tower of Sages would hint to the ancient magicians to pressure Servius Tulia to provide magic power to free the phantom demon.

But the Tower of Sages did not do that.

They were very curious at the time, but now Red understood why the Sage's Tower used magic loans.

The Tower of Sages is inflicting despair on these ancient magicians. It is not the despair that destroys the ancient magicians in one go, but an extremely subtle despair, as weak as the few strands of hair that fall off every day.

Such despair is gradually pushing these ordinary people with the most basic moral bottom line to the limit, and what the Tower of Sages wants is not the madness after breaking the limit, because once the ancient magicians go crazy, the first to be attacked will be the Tower of Sages itself.

So before the Tower of Sages reached its limit, the ancient magicians let out their madness, and the object of their venting was...

A scream rang out from the huge parade. An ancient magician covered his head and stretched out his hands in horror. His body was covered by the gushing black liquid.

That is a sign of becoming a demon.

Reid's pupils shrank, and a black seal passed silently among the crowd from one ancient magician to another.

Red wanted to step forward and grab the seal, but after just a few shakes of his figure, the seal disappeared as if it had never appeared.

Chapter 747 Who is the Devil?

"Devil! It's a devil! Ikki, hurry up!"

The incorporeal Whis waved his arms anxiously at Igarashi Ikki's waist, and he was so anxious that he wanted to put the belt on Igarashi Ikki himself.

Igarashi Kazuki also understood the urgency of the situation and immediately took out the Revice driver and transformed himself together with Whis, climbing up the wall. Just as he was about to drag the demon out of the crowd, he was chopped away by a fierce blow.

The one who took action was none other than the black knight Evil, who had transferred Luca's contract, used the bat seal, and transformed from a mirage.

"Ah~ Can you please stop being so self-indulgent as usual?" Mirage shook the dagger in his hand, "There is no responsibility that must be fulfilled by you here."

"Huh? What the hell are you talking about?"

Whis went forward cursing and tried to fight Mirage off, but Mirage, who was agile and aggressive, dodged Whis's attacks easily and swung the dagger in her hand. A flash of cool blade light caused Whis to roll back to Igarashi's feet.

This is what Weiss discovered...

Igarashi Kazuki didn't move at all when he saw him being scratched like this.

"Hey, hey, hey - Ikki! Is this really the time to be upset? That's right, because I farted in your face when you woke up this morning, I'm sorry - I apologize to you!"

"That's not even a prank anymore! I'll kill you!"

When Igarashi Ikki mentioned what happened in the morning, veins bulged on his forehead and he wanted to kill Whis on the spot, but he still held back.

"You two have such a good relationship," Mirage weighed the dagger in his hand, not sure whether he was being sarcastic or envious.

“That’s not good!”

Weiss and Igarashi Ikki shouted in unison, and Igarashi Ikki raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the crowd.

"Weiss, we're not needed here at all."

"Huh? Ikki, what are you talking about? This isn't..."

Weiss was stunned.

Because magic circles rose up in the direction of Igarashi Kazuki's fingers, the unarmed ordinary citizens turned into ancient magicians wearing magic armor in the blink of an eye.

The demons transformed by ancient magicians were very powerful, but they were smashed into pieces by the ancient magicians in an instant. A seal was thrown out by the bombardment of magic and fell between Mirage and Igarashi Ikki. The eyes of Igarashi and Mirage also met above.

That is the seal of the jackal.

Want to take action?

While Igarashi Ikki was hesitating, a loud bang was heard from afar. A huge brachiosaurus, fifty meters high, as if it came out of a special effects movie, raised its body. The strong wind shattered all the glass on the surrounding buildings. Countless broken glass pieces splashed down like bullets. Many spectators who were watching the show and laughing did not have time to dodge. Those who were lucky only had bloody heads, while those who were unlucky were torn into pieces on the spot.

There are many small black spots around the head of the giant Brachiosaurus.

Igarashi Kazuki concentrated his attention and was surprised to find that those small black dots were all ancient magicians who had been knocked away and were using magic in a panic.

"Ah~ Even such a big guy has revived? This world is going to be lively." Mirage did not snatch the seal on the ground but raised his hand and tapped his shoulder with a dagger, sighing.

"If you hadn't become what you are now, Ortega and the others probably wouldn't dare to do this."

"Brother...you, could it be that you are the big——"

Before Igarashi Ikki could finish his words, Mirage had already swung his dagger forward. The dagger was wrapped in a terrifying blade light and smashed down at Igarashi Ikki without mercy.

Even Igarashi Ikki could only hastily respond to this rapid attack, but even so, he was still embarrassed by this fierce rapid attack, although...

There was no defense break at all.

Mirage put his finger to his lips and made a hushing gesture.

"I'm not the sophomore. I'm Mirage, a perfect younger brother who is better than the sophomore. No one wants a coward like the sophomore to stay, especially you, brother, right?"

"What are you talking about? My brother is only a sophomore!"

"Really? If it were me..."

Mirage leaned forward slightly.

"But I would like you to pursue your dream and play football."

"Eh?"

"You don't have to worry about mom and dad. I'm here with you. Just go play football without worry!"

"..."

"Ikki, there was a moment just now when your heart was moved, right?" Weiss leaned close to Ikki Igarashi's face.

"No, no!"

"Ikki! That guy is a real devil! Don't believe what he says! He's just lying to you!"

"Weiss, the devil never lies, does he?" Mirage laughed faintly.

"Goo-"

Weiss was choked and speechless.

"How about it, brother? As long as you nod your head, you will get a perfect brother who understands your difficulties and will share your worries~"

Mirage opened his hands.

Igarashi Kazuki stared at the mirage in front of him. After a brief silence, he was just about to speak when the huge brachiosaurus shook its heavy body and swung its tail, which was thicker than a train.

It seemed extremely slow, but only when you got really close could you clearly understand the fear that came from the giant.

The building was cut in half in an instant, and countless steel bars and rubble fell down.

"Ah~ You really don't care about the atmosphere. Well, see you next time, brother——"

Mirage sighed regretfully, leaned forward, and turned into a group of bats, dispersing into the darkness.

"Hey! Ikki! What are you daydreaming about? Run away!"

Igarashi Ikki slowly unclenched his fists, picked up the jackal seal on the ground as Weiss called out, turned around and stepped forward to help passers-by within his sight block the falling debris.

"You guys run away!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

The passerby nodded and turned to run away after a brief moment of surprise. Weiss stood on tiptoe and shouted, "There's really nothing I can do to you," and kicked the fallen steel bars away. He turned around and waved and shouted at the passersby who were fleeing in a hurry, imitating Igarashi Kazuki.

Phoenix.

Hiromi Kadota couldn't tolerate the tragic scene on the screen and immediately turned to look at Yujiro Wakabayashi, who also had a frown on his face.

"Commander! Send out the mechanical lifeforms immediately to use heavy acceleration to stop this disaster!"

But Wakabayashi Yujiro didn't say anything.

"commander……"

Wakabayashi Yujiro's reaction made Hiromi Kadoma anticipate a bad guess, but Karisaki, who was sitting on the side and happily typing code, simply told the truth.

"It's impossible. Heavy acceleration is not a panacea. The relative physical deceleration phenomenon also obeys the law of conservation of energy. Even if all the mechanical life forms were sent out, the power of the optical mechanisms in their bodies would not be able to prevent such a large-scale disaster."

"So are we just going to stand here and watch? The devil is destroying everything!"

"Which demon are you referring to?"

Karizaki paused, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled faintly.

Hiromi Kadada's breathing stopped.

Chapter 748: The Price of Being a Hero

"I……"

There was a gleam in Hiromi Kadada's eyes and he slowly clenched his fingers.

Which one is the devil?

Fortunately, Karizaki did not press the issue further. Instead, he changed the subject and waved his hand in a lack of interest.

"If you want to go, go ahead, whether it's to defeat the devil or something else, but don't forget that the price for a mortal to be a hero is very heavy."

Hiromi Kadada did not hesitate, bent his waist hard, turned around and walked away quickly.

The moment Hiromi Kadada left the command room, Wakabayashi Yujiro raised his right hand as if he wanted to keep him, but no sound was made.

"I know you admire Kadota, but you should understand that if you let Kadota stay now, it will only make him suffer, and what you want to stifle is exactly what you admire most about him."

Karisaki didn't even raise his head but he knew what expression Wakabayashi Yujiro had at the moment.

Wakabayashi Yujiro retracted his fingers for a moment, but eventually dropped them. "If he keeps using the Demons Driver, how long can he live?"

"Who knows? He is the only one who can decide this matter," Karizaki picked up the coffee and took a sip, staring at the screen in front of him with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"A devil's feast?"

In this chaos, the desperate people also began to stir.

"Do it!"

"Deal with him! Deal with him!"

The ancient magicians hurriedly put on their magic rings and bombarded the giant brachiosaurus, but this brachiosaurus demon was completely different from the demons they had dealt with before.

The Brachiosaurus demon was so big that their attacks couldn't even reach its head. No matter how much they concentrated their fire, they could only leave some smoking wounds on its knees.

What's worse is that as they released more and more magic, an intense feeling of hunger and weakness came over them.

Many ancient magicians became frightened and were no longer willing to use magic. Some even simply pulled out their magic rings and turned around and ran away as if they were dragged into the disaster.

However, they were attacked by desperadoes before they had run far. As they were weakened by using the power of the ancient magician, even a first-stage desperado could easily knock them down.

The bodies of the low-level desperadoes began to dissolve and seep toward the ancient magicians, as if intending to devour the bodies of the ancient magicians.

This whole scene was seen by 012. The ocean of data was boiling, and countless questions surged up along with the red light of Error.

Citizens, those are the people he should protect.

But he didn't understand why he should protect such a person.

The moment this doubt arose, 012 suddenly understood why he could not super evolve.

Because, there is no point in risking your own life to protect this world. It is so empty and there is no one who needs protection anywhere.

012 pulled the corner of his mouth and stood up. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a loud roar.

"I'll take you down at the risk of my life!"

012 paused and turned his head to look. In the firelight, crystal spider silk passed by alternately. Hiromi Kadada, who had transformed into Demons, jumped up and punched through the body of the low-level desperado and pulled the ancient magician inside out.

"Go, go quickly——"

Without Hiromi Kadota's reminder, the rescued ancient magician had already run away without even turning his head back.

012 jumped down, found a rubble and shouted to Hiromi Kadashi who was rescuing other ancient magicians who were being harassed by low-level desperadoes.

"What are you doing!"

Hiromi Kadada looked up at 012, then dragged the ancient magician out without stopping.

"What are you doing? You copied me, didn't you?! At that time, or now, what are you doing..."