Chapter 35: Stop Here! How Dare You Scold Him Like That!
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
The collision of two bursts of flame created a violent explosion.
The resulting heat wave forced the guild members back two steps.
Watching Erza and Natsu fighting fiercely in the center, Lucy's eyes filled with awe, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "So strong!"
Hearing Lucy's exclamation, Happy crossed his arms proudly and said while watching Erza, "Of course! Erza is an S-Class mage of Fairy Tail!"
"Shouldn't you be proud of Natsu instead?!"
Hearing Happy's words, Lucy retorted with black lines on her face.
"Natsu can't beat Erza. He's already lost so many times."
Happy waved his little paw dismissively, looking like he had known this would happen all along.
Blades danced as Erza's scarlet figure sped across the field, instantly rushing toward Natsu, whose fists were ablaze.
Seeing Erza rush in front of him, Natsu looked extremely excited.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"
He pulled his arms back, flames spreading along them.
With a swing of his arms, he smashed heavily toward Erza.
"Don't underestimate me! Natsu!"
Erza's expression was calm, her eyes focused on the scene before her.
In the next instant, raging flames ignited on the long sword in her hand, slashing directly at Natsu's arms.
The slash carried flames, roaring like Enma.
A towering pillar of flame sword energy shot out, colliding instantly with Natsu's arms.
A dull thud echoed as Natsu was sent flying.
"Again!"
After landing, Natsu flipped over like a hawk, showing no discouragement on his face, looking excitedly at Erza not far away.
Taking a deep breath, surging magic power gathered in Natsu's mouth.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Magic power condensed, and Natsu unleashed a breath attack.
Raging flames spewed from Natsu's mouth, rushing straight at Erza.
"Flame Empress Sword!"
Erza stood motionless, holding her sword with both hands.
Just as the flames were within reach, she slashed her sword forward.
The surging pillar of fire was instantly split in two before Erza.
"Damn it!"
Natsu gritted his teeth, looking unwillingly at the unmoving Erza.
"That's enough!"
Just then, an untimely voice suddenly sounded behind everyone.
Everyone turned around and saw a frog standing not far away, looking arrogantly at the crowd with its head held high.
"I am an envoy of the Magic Council, here to announce the Council's order!"
Seeing everyone frowning, the frog looked dissatisfied and pulled a piece of paper from its pocket.
"Council envoy? What for?"
"Why is someone from the Council at our guild?"
"Hey, shouldn't you be questioning his appearance first?!"
Seeing the frog, the guild members acted as if it were nothing unusual. Lucy, seeing this for the first time, retorted in horror.
Just as he was about to start reading, a terrifying pressure suddenly crushed down.
The frog's legs went weak, and he flopped to the ground with a thud.
Cold sweat poured down his body, and deep fear filled the frog's eyes.
"Erza, Natsu, continue!"
Glancing at the frog crushed to the ground by the terrifying pressure, Ren turned his head, smiling as he spoke to Erza and Natsu.
Exchanging a glance with Ren, Erza nodded.
"Erza! Here I come!"
Natsu slammed his fists together, flames burning fiercely in the collision.
In the next instant, Natsu rushed in front of Erza, raising his fist to punch her cheek.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Just as the fist was about to hit Erza's cheek, she twisted slightly, leaving an afterimage in front of Natsu.
The next moment, Erza appeared beside Natsu.
Raising her fist high, she smashed it onto Natsu's head.
"Bang!"
With a loud boom, Natsu was smashed heavily into the ground.
A big bump swelled on his head, smoke drifting from it.
"Aye!"
"Natsu lost again. 1214th challenge failed!"
"Hahaha! Natsu lost again, as expected! Erza is really strong."
"Natsu is too weak!"
With Natsu knocked out, the guild erupted in laughter.
After Natsu was defeated, Happy appeared flapping his little wings, announcing the result.
"Hey! He's already like that, you don't need to announce it so loudly!"
Lucy had black lines on her face, looking at Natsu knocked to the ground, then at Happy holding a dried fish with a delighted face.
After defeating Natsu, Erza flashed with white light, returning to her previous armor.
Walking to Ren, she glanced at the frog man still trembling on the ground nearby and said worriedly, "Will this be okay? He's from the Magic Council, after all."
Reaching out to ruffle Erza's scarlet hair, Ren grinned. "Don't worry. nothing will happen."
Putting his hands in his pockets, Ren walked up to the frog man and squatted down in front of him with a smile.
After the terrifying pressure faded, the frog man struggled to lift his head, trying to stand up while trembling all over.
Suddenly looking up, he saw that familiar smiling face.
The frog man was furious and was about to scold him.
But then he felt the smiling face in front of him looked somewhat familiar.
"Ren... Lord Ren!"
After looking for a while, the frog man suddenly remembered the identity of the person before him. Standing up with cold sweat pouring down, he trembled uncontrollably.
"Oh? An arrest warrant?"
Ren didn't respond to the frog's words, picking up a piece of parchment from in front of him.
Opening it, he saw it was an arrest warrant issued by the Council.
"Arresting Erza? The reason?"
Ren tossed the parchment into the air. Prometheus swallowed it in one gulp, puffing out a stream of smoke.
Smiling at the frog in front of him, Ren asked softly in a gentle voice.
"Erza Scarlet destroyed the Magnolia train and caused massive damage at the train station. A Council member issued an arrest warrant to bring Erza Scarlet to justice."
The frog trembled, keeping his head down, daring not look Ren in the eye.
Hearing the frog's words, Ren's expression remained calm, the smile on his face unchanged.
"Whose order?"
Ren's gentle voice reached his ears again. The frog hurriedly said, "Councilor Org's order."
Cold sweat kept flowing down his forehead, soaking his clothes.
The person in front of him was simply too terrifying; otherwise, the frog wouldn't be showing such a demeanor.
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