While Kenichi was fighting August, a mysterious woman suddenly appeared on the battlefield between Sabertooth and the Alvarez Empire.
This mysterious woman wore a crimson magical robe, a lace-trimmed hat, and leaned on a magic staff.
The moment this mysterious woman appeared, Rogue and Sting, who were in the midst of fierce combat, noticed the abnormality.
"Hey, Sting..." Rogue stopped his movements, turned to look in the direction of the mysterious woman, and broke out in a cold sweat, his expression unusually grave, as if he had seen a ghost.
"What terrifying magical power... This person is probably one of the so-called Spriggan 12!" Sting also stopped and looked at the mysterious woman, his face filled with awe.
As Rogue and Sting were speaking, the mysterious woman gracefully walked to the edge of the battlefield.
However, the moment she looked up, the expressions of Sting and Rogue froze.
"This is..."
"How is this possible?"
In Sting and Rogue's field of vision, the woman in the crimson magic robe looked exactly like Erza.
"No, that's not right. Although this woman looks very similar to Erza, her magical power is completely different from Erza's!"
"Then does this person have some connection to Erza?"
"Probably. But now isn't the time to think about that. We just need to treat her as a powerful enemy!"
Sting and Rogue didn't recognize this female mage who resembled Erza, but if Kenichi was here, he would surely did.
This woman was none other than Erza's mother, Irene.
"Let's go, Rogue!"
"Right!"
Facing Irene, Sting and Rogue showed no restraint, immediately releasing their Dragon Force.
After entering the Dragon Force state, Sting and Rogue charged towards Irene simultaneously.
"Dragon Slayers?" Irene, holding her magic staff, looked at the charging Sting and Rogue, her lips curving into a crescent moon-like smile.
"Shadow Dragon's Roar!"
"White Dragon's Majesty!"
When Sting and Rogue got close to Irene, they simultaneously unleashed their roars at her.
For a moment, one black and one white magical pillar intertwined, rushing towards Irene with a destructive force.
Kaboom-
Soon, a terrifyingly powerful explosion occurred on the battlefield.
...
A few minutes later, Irene stood on the battlefield completely unscathed, while the severely injured Rogue, Sting, and the other Sabertooth mages lay collapsed on the ground, motionless.
'Hmm?' Just as Irene was about to leave, she suddenly noticed something. Her paused footstep halted, and she turned to look towards the west.
"To think August would actually fail..."
"The one who did it must be the one who killed Acnologia." Irene naturally knew about August's strength.
In her view, the only mage in all of Ishgar capable of defeating August was Kenichi, the one who had killed Acnologia.
"No choice, it seems I'll have to take action myself." After saying this calmly, Irene planted her magic staff on the ground.
[Enchantment Magic: Universe One]
The moment Irene's magic staff touched the ground, the ground beneath her feet turned crimson.
Soon, that crimson color spread out in all directions from Irene at an astonishing speed.
In just a few seconds, the crimson color had spread to every corner of the Ishgar Continent.
After the crimson color covered the entire Ishgar Continent, Irene's Enchantment Magic activated.
The Sabertooth mages who had been lying at Irene's feet moments before had now vanished.
And Erza, Mirajane, and the others who had just returned to Magnolia suddenly found themselves in an unfamiliar place.
"What in the world..." Erza looked at the beach and sea before her and spoke in astonishment.
"It seems we were moved to the seaside by some kind of magic, Erza," Wendy, who had been moved along with Erza, also said solemnly.
The same situation occurred everywhere in Ishgar.
Kagura, Lucy, Natsu, Gray… they all found themselves suddenly in unfamiliar places.
Naturally, Kenichi, who had just teleported back from the sea, also suddenly found himself in a different location.
However, unlike Erza and the others, Kenichi wasn't too surprised when he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.
"This magic is... Irene's Enchantment Magic!" In Future Lucy's world, Kenichi had also used this Enchantment Magic of Irene's to deal with the dragons.
This magic could alter the very structure of the entire Ishgar Continent and then reassign the locations of everyone on Ishgar.
That's why Kenichi, Erza, Wendy, and the others found themselves suddenly in unfamiliar places.
While Kenichi was thinking this, a giant cross-shaped eye appeared in the sky above the reconfigured Ishgar Continent.
That single cross-shaped eye was like the eye of a god, gazing upon every person on the Ishgar Continent.
"Erza-san, look! That..." Wendy noticed the eerie cross-shaped eye in the sky, and her face drastically changed.
Hearing Wendy, Erza also looked up.
When Erza saw the giant cross-shaped eye in the sky, she was equally astonished.
This giant cross-shaped eye in the sky was, naturally, Irene's eye.
While Erza was looking at the giant cross-shaped eye, Irene also noticed Erza.
Although Irene hadn't seen Erza for many years, the moment she saw Erza, she still recognized her.
"That child... is actually still alive." Looking at Erza, Irene was momentarily dazed, then a crescent moon-like smile curved her lips.
"No choice. This time, let me personally end your life, Erza."
With that, Irene, holding her magic staff, began walking towards Erza's location.
At this moment, Erza had no idea she had been targeted by Irene.
She was still discussing with Wendy how to return to the guild.