"What?!"
A cold glint flashed in Erza's eyes. With a single hand, she drew a line in front of her, and her sword instantly transformed into the "Heaven's Wheel Armor."
The silver armor completely changed in a burst of light, replaced by even more ornate armor, with dozens of sharp blades appearing behind her.
"Since that's the case, let's finish this quickly!"
Her voice was cold, devoid of any emotion.
"Dance, swords! 'Sword Dance'!"
At her command, the sword wheel behind her spun rapidly, and countless blades transformed into a silver storm of death, pouring down upon the remaining Eisenwald members who were still stubbornly resisting.
"Ahhh!"
"Monster! This guy's a monster!"
Several previously arrogant grunts were instantly knocked down, some even fainting directly.
"This is the power of the fairy queen!"
Lorne stood by, several ice shards condensed on his fingertips, ready to strike, but he found no opportunity to use them.
He had only casually dealt with two stragglers who tried to ambush him from behind.
Lucy hid behind the broad back of the Celestial Spirit Taurus, peeking out half her head, her mouth agape in awe:
"So... so amazing!!!"
In no more than three minutes, the Eisenwald members, who had been so menacing in the station, were reduced to nothing but wails of agony on the ground.
"The Guild Masters' Regular Meeting..."
Lucy suddenly remembered something, her face instantly turning pale, "Doesn't that mean all the Guild Masters of the official guilds are in that town?"
"If they blow that 'cursed song' while the Guild Masters are completely unprepared..."
Lorne didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood the consequences.
The entire magical world would plunge into chaos.
Just as they were speaking, a strange laugh suddenly echoed from the sky, and Erigor's figure reappeared high above.
A sudden gust of wind swept in from all directions, forming a massive wind wall that enveloped the entire station.
"Magical Wind Wall!"
Erigor's voice came from outside the wind wall,
"This Magical Wind Wall can only be entered, not exited. You all stay here and enjoy the funeral I'm offering to the magical world! I must excuse myself now!"
Gray reacted the fastest, slamming his palms to the ground.
"Ice-Make Magic: Ice Shield!"
A thick ice shield rose from the ground, crashing violently into the wind wall.
However, the moment the two made contact, the ice wall shattered like glass hitting a shredder.
It couldn't even hold for a second, emitting a grating "crunch" and being ground into countless ice shards that flew back!
"Damn it!"
Natsu roared, his fists engulfed in raging flames, and he smashed a "Fire Dragons Iron Fist" fiercely against the wind wall.
As a result, his flames were instantly torn apart by the gale, and he himself was repelled by a huge force, falling face-first into the dirt.
"It's no use,"
Lorne walked to the wind wall, extending his hand to feel the air pressure that almost tore at his skin, his expression darkening,
"The structure of this magic is to squeeze inward from the outside. Attacking from the inside will only make the force stronger. Ordinary magic cannot break it from the inside."
"This won't do," Erza frowned.
After multiple failed attempts to break through, everyone was at a loss.
Happy suddenly remembered something:
"Eibar's key!"
"Ah!!!"
Happy's sudden reaction startled everyone, and they all looked over.
"Lucy, I remember now!"
"Remember what?"
Happy suddenly pulled a golden key from his pocket.
When Happy mentioned that Virgo could burrow underground, Erza immediately understood Happy's idea,
"If we go underground to bypass the storm's blockade..."
Lucy took the key, her eyes instantly lighting up.
"This is... the key to Virgo? Virgo!"
She raised the key without hesitation:
"I am the one who connects the path to the Celestial Spirit World; you, cross the gate and answer my summons."
"Open! Gate of Virgo, Virgo!"
A flash of light, and a Celestial Spirit maid with cherry-blossom colored hair, blue eyes, and iron chain bracelets on her wrists appeared before everyone.
"Master, did you call me?"
Virgo bowed gracefully.
This appearance was vastly different from the one seen at the Duke's mansion, almost as if it were unrelated.
"Who are you?"
Lucy held the key, completely bewildered, almost thinking she had summoned the wrong spirit.
"Yo, Maruko, you've lost a lot of weight, you rascal!"
Natsu, on the other hand, greeted her naturally.
"It's Virgo," the maid corrected, then gave another ninety-degree bow, "I caused you trouble back then."
Lucy interrupted the reminiscing and explained the situation.
"Anyway, there's no time. Can we deal with the contract later?"
Virgo immediately responded, bowing slightly to Lucy.
At the same time, an earthy yellow magic circle appeared at her feet, and a large hole instantly opened.
"Good, let's go out through this hole."
Everyone entered the underground passage in turn, quickly bypassing the Magical Wind Wall and emerging from its outer side.
"The problem now is how to catch up to him," Lorne analyzed calmly, "They already have a head start."
And Lorne had noticed that Natsu and Happy had already run off on their own!
..."That's the town. Just wait, old men!"
Erigor was flying towards the town where the Guild Masters held their regular meeting, and the town's outline was already clearly visible to him.
"Ahhh~! This is Happy MAX speed!"
Happy, carrying Natsu as a rocket booster, quickly caught up to Erigor and kicked him out of the sky.
"I can't... fly anymore..."
Also falling was a completely exhausted Happy.
"Bang!"
He was stunned by the sudden attack, got up, and saw Natsu, who had also landed on the other end of the railway tracks.
"You... you brat, you brat from Fairy Tail, why are you here?"
Natsu's fists ignited with flames: "To defeat you, wind bastard!"
...Meanwhile, Erza was driving everyone in a magical four-wheeled vehicle, speeding wildly along the mountain road.
However, while operating at high speed, Erza's magic power was also rapidly depleting, even to the point of overuse.
This caused everyone in the back seat to be thrown around.
At the end of their sight, a massive tornado was raging in the mountains; that was Erigor's magic.
"Found him!"
Before the car had even stopped, Lorne was the first to jump out, slamming his hands to the ground.
"Ice Shield!"
A crystal-clear ice wall rose from the ground, barely blocking a wind blade thrown by the tornado.
"Damn it!"
Natsu was currently completely suppressed, unable to fight back. He steadied himself, took a deep breath, "Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A scorching pillar of flame erupted, shooting towards the sky.
But in front of Erigor's terrifying wind pressure, the flames were scattered into disarray after barely ten meters, their power greatly reduced.
"Haha! You can't do anything to me in the air!" Erigor laughed triumphantly.
Natsu was unwilling to give up and attacked again, but the effect was still poor.
Wind magic to some extent countered fire magic, coupled with the terrain disadvantage, his attacks simply couldn't exert their full power.
"Wind will draw away the air, weakening the power of fire!"
Lorne shouted.
"Damn it!" Natsu gritted his teeth, his magic power surging, "I will never lose!"
"Fire Dragons Iron Fist!"
This time, Natsu's fists were enveloped in even more scorching flames, but they were still suppressed by the wind pressure.
Lorne clasped his hands together, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.
"Ice Magic: Ice Tornado!"
Thousands of tiny ice blades, thinner than razor blades, converged into a counter-rotating ice storm, colliding head-on with Erigor's storm.
Although it couldn't completely cancel it out, it did weaken the effect of the wind pressure.
At this moment, Natsu's flames continuously surged with his anger.
Clutching the railway tracks and roaring, the flames condensed by his emotions were no longer affected by the wind pressure. The furiously burning emotional flames shot up into the sky.
Erigor's wind was being drawn away and dissipated by Natsu's fire!
"Fire Dragon's—Sword Horn!!!"
Natsu concentrated all his magic power into his right fist, compressing the flames to the extreme, making their power several times stronger than before.
Natsu's fist heavily struck his abdomen.
"Pfft!"
Erigor spat out a mouthful of blood, lost his balance, and fell from the sky.
"It worked!" Lucy shouted excitedly.
Erigor crashed heavily to the ground, and the LULLABY in his hand slipped out, rolling to the side.
"Phew... Finally dealt with it," Gray exhaled.
However, Lorne's gaze was fixed on that flute.
The skull-shaped magic flute, in its three eye sockets, suddenly flickered with a purple, eerie glow.
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