SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 34 out, this is Chapter 35 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 35: Formation of the Royal Knights

In the Tower of Hope...

"From the Silver Eagles, Nils Ragus." Mereoleona announced the Royal Knights candidates. "The Vice Captain of the Coral Peacock, Kirsch Vermillion. From the Blue Rose Knights, Puli Angel. From the Green Praying Mantises, En Ringard. From the Aqua Deer, Captain Rill Boismortier and Fragil Tormenta. From the Golden Dawn, Hamon Caseus, Klaus Lunettes, Mimosa Vermillion and Yuno. From the Black Bulls, Luck Voltia, Noelle Silva and Asta. I'm late in introducing myself, but I'm Mereoleona Vermillion and I've been appointed as the Captain of the Royal Knights. If you have any objections, don't hold back. State them now. I also won't be holding back crushing you. Listen you. You sixteen survived the brutal Selection Exam and were chosen to become Royal Knights. If there are any objections, from this day until we annihilate the Eye of the Midnight Sun, your lives will be in my hands. One of you is missing." she frowned, noticing the missing Black Bulls member. "Is he disrespecting me by being late?"

"Guess I'm late." Zora chimed in.

In response, Mereoleona blasted a fireball at the Trap Magic user who redirected the attack with a magic trap circle.

"So, you are disrespecting me." Mereoleona grinned.

"Why the heck are you wearing that robe?" Asta exclaimed, noticing the Black Bulls robe Zora was wearing.

"Dumbass, it's because I'm a member of the Black Bulls, obviously." Zora rebuked.

"We ran out of fabric because we got a few additional members." Mereoleona explained the reason for Asta ridiculously short Royal Knight robe. "They didn't take the exam, but they were essential to making this plan work; Shiren Tium and Cob Portaport. Shiren's sandstone creation magic can create models of the enemy's base and measure the magic levels of the mages there. Cob has very convenient spatial magic. He has been added because Finral Roulacase is still recovering from his injuries. And one more, Nozel Silva. He will be joining us, too. I figured you'd decline." she turned to her fellow noble. "What brought this on?"

"I don't want to hear anything from you." Nozel retorted. "I'm only here because Freyja-sama ordered it."

"You lot, along with these three, are the Royal Knights." Mereoleona addressed the group. "I think you all know this, but we have no use for anything other than victory. The Eye of the Midnight Sun is a terrorist organization that threatens the Clover Kingdom. If we don't take care of them ourselves, there will never be peace in our land. You all worked together when they attacked the royal capital and were successful in eliminating them., but there were still severe consequences. My foolish younger brother, Fuegoleon, fell at the enemy's hands and he has still not awakened. What we learned from the agents we captured is that the leader is a mage with a four-lead clover Grimoire, Licht. We learned that they have an upper echelon called the Third Eye. And for reasons unknown, they are collecting magic stones in order to be used in order to be reborn in their true forms and obtain great power. There are only three magic stones left. We were able to obtain two of them before they got to them. We were also able to defeat Vetto, the Third Eye user of Beast Magic, as well as Fana, who commanded Salamander. The remaining member of the Third Eye is a user of Copy Magic, Rhya. There's no doubt that Rhya and Licht will be our strongest opponent in this battle. We are going to be attacking their stronghold, so our enemy will do everything they can to stop us. Some of us may fall, but we will be victorious. We are going to give it our all in this battlefield. Any fools who fail to do so will be taken our by me before we even get to the enemy's stronghold."

"Where is the stronghold of the Eye of the Midnight Sun?" Asta posted a question.

"The Eye of the Midnight Sun's hideout is located in a floating dungeon within the magic region known as Gravito Stones." Mereoleona answered.

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