Chapter 70: Playing the 'Divine Comedy' of Destiny - Prologue
"...What?! Little girl, are you here for a mission too?!"
On a mountainside of Lingfeng "Zhuo Ani", I heard a short answer coming from beside me, and the tall figure stepping on the snow shouted in surprise.
From the face he saw under the hood before, Gildarts could confirm that the other person's age was definitely not over twenty.
I originally thought it was a traveler in distress, but I didn't expect it to be his 'fellow traveller'.
And looking at the calmness that the other party has maintained all along, maybe it was an unnecessary move just now.
(Erza, Mira, are all young girls today so scary...)
Thinking of the two girls in the guild who had been competing with each other before he left, with their talents, they must be S-level magicians now.
After twisting his mouth in a bit of regret, the big man frowned again.
(…Do you mean it’s called ‘Zera’? I feel like I’ve heard this name somewhere before…)
He crossed his arms and thought hard about the name the girl announced for a while. Gildarts couldn't find a clue and finally had to classify this strange familiarity into his romantic past.
Besides the name, there was another thing that also concerned him.
(Speaking of which, this little girl seems to have brown hair...)
(…)
The body was stunned, and someone suddenly had a strange premonition in his heart.
Girl, brown hair, undead...
Could it be that the recent rumors that have caused panic among this generation...
(Probably not...not a ghost or something...)
Since the other party can leave footprints on the snow, it proves...
prove…………
…
Eh?
Unintentionally turning his head and looking at the only row of footprints behind him, Gildarts' face seemed to have countless black lines drawn down.
——On the other hand, the headquarters of the "Ghost Ruler" in the Kingdom of Fiore.
"So, who's next?"
After exhaling, the fierce man with nails on his face 'disappeared' with just one look, Brandish, who was swinging his coat, looked at the group of people who were so frightened that they could not speak with a somewhat contemptuous look.
Ghost members.
"...Ga, Gajeel was defeated!!!"
“Even that ‘Iron Dragon’?!”
“Let’s go together!!!”
After the atmosphere briefly solidified, except for some who wanted to run away when the situation was bad, there were quite a few guys who still had some backbone and shouted and rushed forward.
"so troublesome……"
This development, which was different from what was expected, made the girl who took action pouted. Her mission was just to make all the ghost ghost's resisters lose their fighting ability. She originally thought that the overwhelming display of strength just now could almost make this group of people lose their ability to fight.
I have the will to fight.
It can only be said that it is a guild that can occupy the 'second' throne after all.
——『Command·Reduce』!
It seemed very easy to use his proud magic to 'disappear' the attacking people one by one, but in fact, even Brandish's magic was gradually becoming a bit difficult.
"Form magic" is indeed very powerful, but it also has limitations. The biggest difference is between "things with magic" and "things without magic". If it is just an object, it will not be a problem to shrink a small town with her magic power.
But if the target becomes a mage, if you want to successfully cast it, you must surpass the opponent in terms of magic power. Moreover, the more targets you are commanded, the more magic power you need will be added accordingly.
After estimating the number of enemies and his remaining magic power, Brandish was somewhat thankful that the one with the strongest magic power here had been 'solved' by him.
The rest...
——Tick tock, tick tock.
"……water?"
Feeling the coldness suddenly dripping on her body, Brandish had a strange face.
She remembered that it was still sunny outside when she came...
"Patter patter patter..."
"That's right! Because Zhu Bian is the rain girl, what kind of girl are you?"
"NoNoNo! Miss Jubilee! Now is not the time to care about those issues, that is an intruder!"
Just when Brandish was confused, a man and a woman with strange voices came down from the second floor. One was a gloomy girl with blue wavy hair, and the other was a short man wearing strange gentleman's clothes.
"Oh!! It's Miss Jubilee and Mr. Sol!!"
"Come on! Our "sea" and "earth"!!"
As soon as these two people appeared on the scene, the ghosts who were originally shocked seemed to have received a dose of heart-enhancing medicine and began to cheer again.
(The sea and the earth? Ah...are they the "four elements" in the information...)
Remembering the information that she seemed to have seen before, Brandish also put away her contempt and turned her attention to them.
But as for the "Four Elements", there should be two others, right?
"I didn't expect Mr. Gajeel to be defeated by others so easily. It's really surprising."
The strangely dressed gentleman who came to the first floor looked very surprised as he tilted his body.
But just when he finished saying this, Brandish suddenly felt a pain in his feet.
"Well--!"
She took a step back and lowered her head to look. There were already several scars from the knife on her calf, as well as the prisoner standing at her feet, grinning ferociously.
"I see, is this your woman's magic?"
"What a pity. My magic is 'Dragon Slayer Magic'! The ones I'm best at destroying are huge things!"
"Gahey!"
The illuminated arm had turned into a sharp sawtooth, and the smaller iron dragon began to harass him continuously by taking advantage of its size.
(Tsk, this is so troublesome!)
He couldn't be caught, couldn't be caught, stepped on and couldn't be killed. In desperation, Brandish, who felt that he had been restrained, had to restore him to his original state.
"What's wrong, woman, are you giving up now?"
Staring fiercely at the attacker who looked unhappy, Gajeel proudly challenged him.
To him, the trash in the guild was fine no matter what. No matter how strong this woman was, "Four Elements" aside, he, Uncle Gajeel, would not be defeated so easily. Plus, the man sitting at the top
.
"Danger! Sister Lan Ti!"
"——!"
During the confrontation, Brandish dodged a flaming katana slash, and it seemed that another "Four Elements" appeared.
"Just...heh, did two people urgently recall all the "Four Elements"? Gajeel."
Looking at the emerald-green haired girl with a depressed look on the opposite side and the little girl standing behind her, the ghosts happily shouted "Even Lord Usagi Maru is here" and the man shouted unhappily.
"Don't ask me, idiot."
After scolding disdainfully, Gajeel, who was standing at the front, stared at Brandish as if he were prey.
The situation has been reversed, what will this woman do?
Hey, what Gajeel-sama likes to chase the most is running away enemies.
The coefficients of the "Four Elements" appeared and the resurrection of the "Iron Dragon" made the members of the Ghost no longer afraid, and began to surround the girl with her bangs hanging down step by step.
"Let me fight too! Sister Lanti!"
"..."
Faced with the approaching encirclement, Brandish did not panic.
He stretched out his hand to stop the little girl behind her who had summoned up the courage to step forward, and then looked in a certain direction with an expressionless face.
"...When else do you want to see it? Urrutia."
She is already very lazy, but she didn't expect there to be someone even lazier than her.
"...?"
"Don't make me say the same thing twice..."
"Oh My God……"
Being stared at like this, the masked man who had been sitting on the table playing with the crystal ball had no choice but to shake his shoulders, jump down and walk towards 'his enemy'.
Form reversed?
I'm afraid that may not be the case. (To be continued)