Everyone was a bit surprised to hear that number, it was too many people.
Even if they each fought ten, that would only be 130 people. Facing such a large number of opponents would be a huge test of their magic power, stamina, and mental concentration.
After all, there's a significant difference between facing one person and facing two, let alone so many. These are all Mages, and even if each of them cast just one ordinary spell, it would be difficult to withstand.
"Yes, and that's just a conservative estimate. But our main enemies are these six."
Hibiki activated Archive, and photos of six individuals floated in the air.
He introduced each member of Oración Seis, "Cobra, the Poison Dragon Slayer. Hoteye, who possesses Heaven's Eye. Angel, the woman who peeks into hearts. Racer, whose name suggests he uses speed magic. Though we don't have much information on this man, we know he is called Midnight. And finally, their commander, the mastermind Brain."
"Each of them possesses enough magic power to destroy an entire guild on their own, making them extremely dangerous. Coupled with their numerous guild members, this will be an incredibly tough battle."
"Uh… I hope you don't include me in the combat strength calculations." Lucy raised her hand and said.
She regretted it now. She shouldn't have come to join the fun. She had only followed along when she heard there were only six enemies.
After all, in her opinion, Takeshi alone could handle at least two or three, and with Erza, Natsu, and Gray, they could pretty much take care of all of Oración Seis.
She thought she could just come along for the ride and boost her reputation. She had enjoyed quite a few benefits from previous activities, and if she added this one, wouldn't her status skyrocket?
But she never expected there to be over 500 enemies. If she had known the enemy numbers were so high, she definitely wouldn't have come. After all, honor and reputation were not as important as her life.
"I'm also not very good at fighting." Wendy also raised her small hand.
"Wendy! Don't be so weak!!"
Carla couldn't help but scold Wendy when she saw her acting like this.
"Over 500 people, huh? That is a bit troublesome." Jura couldn't help but frown.
With his strength, if they were just ordinary Mages, dealing with hundreds of people wouldn't be a big problem. The issue was each member of Oración Seis was incredibly strong, and with their subordinates, fighting them would be very troublesome.
Jura looked at Takeshi. Among those present, he had the highest magic power, but the strongest was this excessively young man.
He noticed that Takeshi's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't even put Oración Seis or the over 500 Mages in his eyes.
Ichiya said, "Please rest assured, our objective is not to fight them, but merely to find their base. If possible, I hope we can gather all of them inside that base, and then use our guild's proud Pegasus, Christina, to bury them and the entire base!!"
"Magic bomber?!!!"
Blue Pegasus had a major feature: the magic bomber, which could fly freely in the air and launch ultra-long-range attacks on enemies. With this weapon alone, Blue Pegasus was not to be underestimated.
Throughout the entire Ishgar continent, only a handful of Mage guilds possessed such technology.
"Excellent! That makes my blood boil! Gather the six of them, and let this big guy be their opponent!" Natsu shouted excitedly and charged out.
Gray said, "Natsu, that idiot. He didn't even listen to the battle plan."
Erza said, "It can't be helped, let's go too."
Lyon said, "We can't lose to Fairy Tail, let's go, Sherry."
"Understood."
Lyon chased after them with Sherry.
"Let's go too."
The Blue Pegasus trio also quickly ran out.
"Ah wa wa wa!"
Wendy was trembling with fear.
Takeshi came to Wendy's side and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."
"Who are you?" Carla looked at Takeshi warily.
Happy proudly introduced him, saying, "He's Takeshi. He's an S-Class Mage from Fairy Tail."
"Takeshi?!"
Carla and Wendy had naturally heard of Takeshi's great name. After all, he was currently the most famous man in Fiore, no, in the entire Ishgar continent.
Wendy asked, "Isn't Takeshi Grandpa Whitebeard?! How did he become an older brother?"
Carla clarified, "Idiot Wendy, that's what he looks like after his transformation."
"Oh, I see."
Jura said, "Let's set off too. I hope they don't get too scattered, otherwise, being surrounded would be bad."
"Ah! Before that, let me go to the fragrant restroom first."
Facing such a big event, he couldn't help but feel the urge to go to the bathroom.
"Then let's go first. He will follow in the magic bomber later."
"Hmm, that's fine too."
The group stepped out of the villa and walked towards the direction of the Endless Tree Sea.
"I see it! It's the Tree Sea!"
Natsu saw the endless forest ahead, a look of excitement on his face.
Gray shouted, "Wait a minute, Natsu!"
"No way! I'm going to wipe out all those guys! If I'm late, Takeshi will have already dealt with all of them!"
In previous operations, like Eisenwald, Galuna Island, and the Tower of Heaven, Takeshi was the one who took action. He could only take down some small fry. This time, with even more people, he at least needed to take on one of Oración Seis' main guys.
Erza reminded, "Don't run off by yourself!"
Besides Oración Seis, there were over 500 Mages. Even if they defeated them one by one, that number would still consume a lot of magic power.
"Wait a minute! Everyone… is running… too fast."
Lucy was panting, already struggling to keep up. She lacked exercise in her daily life, so her stamina simply couldn't compare to theirs.
Just then, in the sky, Blue Pegasus' magic bomber, Christina, flew overhead, causing everyone to stop and watch.
"Oh!"
"That's the legendary Pegasus!"
"Amazing!"
Soon, the magic bomber flew over their heads and stopped above the Endless Tree Sea.
At this moment, the various machine gun ports of the magic bomber began to move, aiming at the allied forces below.
Gray frowned in confusion. "What's going on? Why does it feel like that thing's cannons are aimed at us?"
Almost as soon as Gray finished speaking—
Tututututu!
The machine guns fired bullets at the crowd.
"Get down!!!"
Everyone quickly dodged in a panic.
"Ahhhhhh!"
"Blue Pegasus, what's happening?!"
Lyon shouted at the Blue Pegasus trio, clearly ready to take action if they didn't explain themselves immediately.
The Blue Pegasus trio was even more bewildered at this moment.
"No… we don't know what's going on either."
Buzz!
Just then, the magic bomber's main cannon began to charge.
"Oh no! It's Jupiter!"
Everyone's faces changed dramatically.
Erza wanted to requip, but it was clearly too late now.
At this moment, a loud shout rang out.
"Get down!"
Everyone immediately obeyed and lied down.
Iron Rock Wall!
Bang... Bang...
Stone pillars rose from both sides, curving to form an arch over their heads.
"It's Master Jura!" Sherry and Lyon immediately recognized the magic.
At this moment, a figure instantly appeared above the stone pillars.
"Takeshi!"