After receiving Warren's telepathic message, Erza, Wendy, and the other Fairy Tail's members converged towards the location of the Fairy Tail Guild.
However, just as Erza, Wendy, and the others were on their way, new enemies appeared before them.
"You are... Ikaruga?!" Erza looked at the woman walking towards them, her pretty face filled with disbelief.
"Erza, what's wrong? Do you know this person?" Wendy, noticing Erza's unusual reaction, asked with confusion.
"Yes. Her name is Ikaruga."
"She was defeated by me before. Logically, she should be dead." As Erza spoke, memories of events from many years ago at the Tower of Heaven surfaced in her mind.
Back then, to stop Jellal, Kenichi, Erza, and the others accepted Simon's request.
After entering the Tower of Heaven, Kenichi, Erza, and the others were intercepted by the assassination group, Trinity Raven!
The woman named Ikaruga before them was precisely the female swordsman Erza had defeated inside the Tower of Heaven back then!
"A person who was already dead suddenly appearing before us... That means..." Hearing Erza's words, Wendy was shocked.
Simultaneously, Wendy also recalled a magic Kenichi had once used that could manifest the dead, Historia of the Dead!
At the same time, enemies manifested by Historia of the Dead also appeared before Gray, Natsu, Laxus, and the others.
Before Gray stood Ul!
Before Natsu stood the Fire God Slayer he had once defeated, Zancrow!
In an instant, battlefields all over Ishgar were filled with powerful mages manifested by Historia of the Dead.
Perhaps Erza, Wendy, and the others didn't know who had activated the [Historia of the Dead], but Kenichi knew.
After all, Kenichi had obtained the [Historia of the Dead] magic attribute from that person originally.
'So Neinhart is pulling the strings from behind?'
'In that case, I should return the favor a little!' Kenichi, riding the Steel Dragon towards the Fairy Tail Guild, noticed the situation on the ground below and curled his lips into a smile.
Then, he also activated the [Historia of the Dead]!
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At this moment, Neinhart, located on a warship, was sitting on the sail, legs crossed.
"To think even the strongest, August, failed!"
"It seems the battlefield situation will ultimately be reversed by my, Neinhart's, magic!"
"Thank me, you insects! It is I who have made you understand what fear is!" Neinhart was immersed in his own world, speaking smugly.
The Alvarez Empire's soldiers below, watching Neinhart's performance, all had a sweatdrop appear on the back of their heads.
"You're still as disgusting as ever, Neinhart." Just then, a voice suddenly sounded on the warship.
Hearing this sudden voice, the Alvarez Empire's soldiers were all startled.
Of course, the reason for their surprise wasn't being scared by the abrupt voice itself.
It was because this voice said what they didn't dare to say.
Soon, these Alvarez Empire's soldiers looked towards the source of the sound.
They saw a man with a flaxen-colored spiky hairstyle walking towards them.
"God Serena-sama?!" That's right. The man who appeared on the warship was none other than God Serena, one of the Spriggan 12.
"It really is noisy here." Soon, an old man holding a magic staff walked out from behind God Serena.
Looking at this old man, not only the Alvarez Empire's soldiers, but even Neinhart, sitting on the mast, looked as if they had seen a ghost, their faces filled with horror.
"Not just God Serena... but even August..."
"What in the world is going on?" Neinhart stood up, looking down at God Serena and August below. His eyes flickered, and his expression kept changing.
Neinhart had previously received reports of August and God Serena's deaths.
And he himself was a mage who could use the [Historia of the Dead] magic.
Neinhart could now clearly see that the August and God Serena before him were manifestations created by someone.
What shocked Neinhart was precisely that someone could manifest August and God Serena.
It's important to know that the stronger a person is, the harder it is for Historia of the Dead to manifest them.
For someone like God Serena, a Spriggan 12 member, with Neinhart's current magical power, he simply couldn't manifest him.
In the original work, Neinhart only barely managed to manifest a weakened version of God Serena after his magical power was boosted by Irene's Enhancement Magic.
As for someone like August with his terrifying magical power, even if enhanced, Neinhart couldn't manifest him.
But now, someone had manifested August.
And what made Neinhart's hair stand on end was that the magical power emanating from this manifested August even surpassed that of the real one when he was alive.
This meant that the mage who manifested August and God Serena possessed terrifying magical power far exceeding August's.
Thinking of this, an extremely terrifying image formed in Neinhart's mind.
In this image, behind August and God Serena stood a monster radiating overwhelming magical power.
'No mistake about it. In all of Ishgar, the only mage who could possess magical power far exceeding August's must be that guy who killed Acnologia!' Neinhart thought to himself, gnashing his teeth in resentment. He then turned his gaze back to the manifested August and God Serena.
Neinhart himself used Historia of the Dead.
He naturally knew its weakness.
To defeat someone manifested by Historia of the Dead, besides defeating the caster, the only way was to make the manifested individual feel fear.
Otherwise, the manifested individuals would be immortal.
But was it possible to make August and God Serena feel fear?
Perhaps it was possible.
But Neinhart believed he didn't have the strength to do so.
Fighting was definitely not an option.
'Escape!'
At this moment, that was the only thought in Neinhart's mind.
But before Neinhart could begin his retreat, the manifested God Serena and August had already launched their attack.
Kaboom-
Accompanied by a terrifyingly loud roar, the entire warship was instantly engulfed in a horrific explosion.