Upon seeing his ice spikes shattered, the leader, Heath, calmly said, “Execution.” Seeing the ice spikes suspended above the villagers descending, Magna rushed forward while clutching a fireball in his hand.
“Exploding Buckshot Fireball!” Then the fireball in Magna’s hand scattered.
Each piece collided with the descending ice spikes before detonating completely.
After doing all this, Magna strode over to Village Chief Zesse and said to him, “Old man, I’m late.” Lying on the ground, Village Chief Zesse said wearily, “You’ve come, Magna.” Hearing Village Chief Zesse’s weak voice, Magna turned to Heath who was sitting on several stone bricks and said angrily, “Did you do this!” Upon hearing this, Heath merely looked calmly at the pocket watch in his hand.
“Ten seconds until the execution of everyone.” He then used his ice magic to release a massive ice ball and hurled it toward the group.
But it was sliced open by Asta who rushed out.
Just as Heath stood up and prepared to tell the group a story, Leon who was not far away finally charged up another bullet.
With a bang, a tongue of fire shot from the muzzle of the gun in Leon’s hand.
However, this bullet was blocked by Heath using ice magic.
Seeing his words interrupted, Heath immediately unleashed his strongest magic.
“Ice Mist Combination Magic: Infinite Ice Grain Cage.” Watching the ice spikes constantly appearing around him, Leon put away the Barrett and switched to the Great Mercy Gatling.
Holding the Gatling with both hands, Leon instructed the people nearby, “Watch out and take cover!” Then he pressed the firing button.
As the Gatling spun, streams of blue fire erupted from the muzzle and shot continuously forward.
Leon was pushed back half a step by the recoil of the Gatling.
At this moment Leon felt it would be nice to have a cigarette.
However, as the Gatling continued to fire, Leon felt his internal mana draining rapidly.
Just as Leon’s mana was about to be depleted and he prepared to use Erha’s mana, he heard Noelle’s voice from behind.
“Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon’s Nest.” Seeing himself enveloped by the waves, Leon breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground exhausted.
However, a happy smile appeared on Leon’s face at this moment.
“Hahaha, you’ve broken through your limits, Noelle!” Meanwhile Asta had locked onto the target and waited for the moment to counterattack, the chance to strike and seize victory in one blow.
He then raised his sword and charged toward Heath.
But this fatal blow had its momentum reduced by Heath using ice.
However the opportunity created was enough!
Leon raised the Barrett in his hands, aiming the muzzle at Heath while continuously pouring black mana into the gun.
“Devour Magic: Black Comet.” Bang!
Another burst of fire shot from the muzzle of the Barrett, but this time only a streak of black light could be seen shooting toward Heath.
Even though Heath used ice magic to block in advance, a bullet infused with Devour Magic was not so easily stopped.
The black streak of light continued toward Heath unabated after hitting the ice spikes.
Just like that, it successfully pierced Heath’s abdomen.
With his abdomen pierced, Heath spat out black-red blood and fell straight to the ground.
After doing all this, Leon stood up from the ground.
A smile curled on the corners of his mouth.
“It’s over.” Upon hearing that it was over, Asta could not help but collapse to the ground and began to snore.
After a while, Heath who realized his mana had been sealed spoke slowly after Magna’s long monologue.
“I refuse.
The time for the end has arrived.” As soon as he finished speaking, purple light radiated from Heath’s body.
“Ice Magic: Ice Burial.” The next second, Heath and his accomplices were sealed by ice crystals and then completely shattered.
As dusk approached, the previously unconscious Village Chief Zesse woke up.
He walked over to Leon and bowed to thank him.
Seeing this, Leon hurriedly helped Village Chief Zesse up.
However, just as he was helped up, Magna also bowed to thank him.
“Leon, thank you.
If it weren’t for you, the old man would have…” After helping Magna up as well, Leon said with a gentle smile, “After all, we are in the same squad, and Village Chief Zesse is your incredibly important family member.” Not long after returning to the base, Vanessa and Finral stepped out of a spatial portal and said helplessly, “The Investigation Division analyzed the items left behind by the criminals but found nothing.” However, they then provided an answer.
“However, judging from that pocket watch and the conduct you described, their status must be very noble.” Just as everyone was worrying about the criminals’ identities, Yami clapped his hands to signal everyone to look over.
“Alright, regardless of whether the criminals are nobles or royalty, just leave the investigation to the Investigation Division.
Also, I have some good news.
Your outstanding performance has been recognized by the Wizard King, and he has awarded us one star.” Upon hearing this, Asta became completely excited.
The next second he asked curiously, “So what is a star?” After understanding what a star was, Asta asked Yami again, “Then Captain, how many stars do we have?” After hearing this, Yami placed the star in his hand on the wall and said proudly, “We currently have a total of negative thirty-one stars.” After saying this Yami stared at Leon.
“If someone hadn’t gotten lost, we would have exactly negative thirty stars right now.” Then his tone changed.
“One more thing, this month’s salary is in.” He then distributed a money bag containing 200,000 yul to everyone.
After receiving his salary, Leon stroked his chin and asked in confusion, “Captain Yami, what about my salary for the previous four months?” Upon hearing Leon’s words, Yami immediately played dumb.
“Ah, didn’t you just join the Black Bulls?” After that he walked out of the base without looking back.
Seeing this scene, Leon shook his head helplessly.
He probably gambled it away, but anyway Leon did not really need yul.
Afterward he returned to his room to continue researching the Mark 50.