"Huh? It's already over?" High above Magnolia, Natsu, who had been carried up by Happy, looked at the completely destroyed fleet of 50-plus flying warships and voiced his dissatisfaction.
"Isn't that better? We didn't even have to lift a finger," Gajeel, who had been brought up by Panther Lily, retorted as soon as Natsu finished speaking.
"How is that better?! I was all fired up, and now the enemies are all gone!" Natsu yelled back at Gajeel.
"You battle maniac! This is a war! Preserving your strength is the best outcome!"
"Hah?! Who are you calling a maniac?!"
"You, that's who!"
"Wanna fight, you bastard?!"
"Bring it on!"
...
As they spoke, Natsu and Gajeel began to argue.
Wendy, on the magic airship not far away, watched Natsu and Gajeel quarreling from a distance and couldn't help but show a wry smile.
Erza, however, clenched her fists, the terrifying aura around her growing more intense.
"You two! What are you doing?!" Suddenly, Erza erupted like a bursting mountain torrent, loudly scolding Natsu and Gajeel.
Although Erza was some distance away from where Natsu and Gajeel were, hearing her terrifying tone instantly made the two of them quiet down.
...
Meanwhile, inside the Fairy Tail's guild hall.
Warren was still immersed in the joy of victory after the iron dragon wiped out the Alvarez Empire's 50-plus flying warships.
But the good times didn't last long.
The previously quiet detection radar suddenly lit up with a massive number of red dots appearing from all directions.
"Th-this is..." Seeing the dense cluster of red dots on the detection radar continuously approaching Magnolia, the joy on Warren's face vanished instantly, replaced by horror.
Makarov, seeing the expression on Warren's face, merely narrowed his eyes slightly… the gravity on his face remained unchanged.
After all, he had anticipated that the earlier battle was just the beginning.
"What's the situation?" Makarov walked to Warren's side and asked gravely.
Hearing Makarov's question, Warren turned his head and said with despair, "East of Magnolia, an army of over one million is approaching!"
"Among this one million strong army, there are three of the Spriggan 12!"
"Besides that, large forces are also approaching from the south and the north."
"We are completely surrounded!"
Although Makarov had mentally prepared himself, hearing Warren's words still made his heart sink to the depths.
Makarov's clenched fists trembled slightly before he said to Warren, "Notify everyone of the situation. Implement phased interception. We must hold back all enemies at all costs!"
As soon as Makarov finished speaking, Warren pressed his fingers to his temples.
"Can everyone hear me?"
"A group of enemies is approaching Magnolia from the east. The 100-Year Quest team, head there immediately to intercept the enemy!"
"Natsu, Gajeel... go intercept the enemies from the south!"
"Alzack, Bisca, Lisanna... your group intercept the enemies attacking from the north!"
Fearing it would shake morale, Warren did not explicitly state the number of enemies when assigning tasks.
High in the sky, Natsu, who had been feeling frustrated that all the enemies were wiped out, was overjoyed upon hearing Warren's voice.
"Finally, my time to shine?!"
"Happy, let's go!" Natsu slammed his fist into his palm and called out to Happy.
"Aye!" Hearing Natsu, Happy flapped his wings and carried Natsu straight towards the southern part of Magnolia.
"Lily, let's not fall behind!" After Happy and Natsu left, Gajeel hurriedly called out to Lily.
Although Lily felt somewhat resigned, he still chased after Happy and Natsu ahead.
"Natsu-san and the others are sure full of energy," Wendy on the magic airship said with a smile, seeing Natsu maintaining such high spirits even in the face of war.
"His morale is good,"
"But it's really worrying!" Erza looked in the direction Natsu and Gajeel had left, her expression helpless.
"Don't worry, Natsu and the others will be fine," Kenichi said to Erza.
As he spoke, Kenichi, Erza, and the others also headed towards the eastern part of Magnolia on the magic airship.
Just as the airship was about to leave Magnolia, Kenichi suddenly sensed a group of Alvarez Empire's soldiers.
Kenichi walked to the edge of the airship and looked down.
When he saw that the ones leading these Alvarez Empire soldiers were the puppets of Wall from the Spriggan 12, his expression shifted slightly.
While ordinary people couldn't pass through Freed's Jutsu Shiki Barrier, Wall's puppets possessed the ability to see through weaknesses, so they could easily break through Freed's barrier.
'Although the Thunder God Tribe, Gray, and the others are still in the city,'
'It's better to eliminate you outside the city walls.'
After a moment's thought, Kenichi activated his Spatial Magic.
In the next second, figures materialized out of thin air below the magic airship and plummeted towards the location of Wall's puppets.
These figures were none other than the demons controlled by Kenichi, such as Kyoka.