"ELFMAN!"
Mirajane was stunned when she saw her brother being swallowed by the Beast King.
She had no time to scold him for his recklessness—defeating this magic beast was now the top priority.
When a magic beast that had successfully performed a Reverse Take Over was defeated, the person inside would be released—provided they hadn't already been digested.
Thus, Mirajane knew she had to act fast.
Every second she delayed in defeating the magic beast increased the danger to Elfman.
"BOOM!"
Furious and desperate, Mirajane charged forward—only to be sent flying again by the Beast King.
After absorbing Elfman, the Beast King seemed even stronger, now completely overpowering Mirajane and batting her around like a ball midair.
"NEE-SAN!"
Mirajane struggled to get up from the ground, startled and enraged when she heard her younger sister Lisanna's voice.
"Mira-nee! How did things get this bad?! Where's Elf-nii?!"
Lisanna, who had Taken Over the form of a bird, flew to Mirajane's side and reverted to her human form.
Supporting her sister, she asked with shock and worry, clearly not expecting the battle to end like this—far worse than any failure she had imagined.
"..."
Mirajane shook her head, her expression grim.
"Who told you to come here?! Run now!"
Mirajane scolded Lisanna and pushed her away, urging her disobedient little sister to flee immediately.
"It's alright, Mira-nee. There's no need to fight anymore."
But Lisanna wasn't panicked or anxious at all.
Instead, she comforted Mirajane, not even showing concern for Elfman, who was still in grave danger.
This left Mirajane utterly bewildered.
"You—"
Just as Mirajane was about to question her, she spotted a figure descending from the sky and finally understood Lisanna's words.
Indeed, she wouldn't have to fight anymore.
'Hum!!!'
As Marco channeled his magic power, the sky brightened instantly, stars shimmering as magical energy surged.
With a single, effortless punch, he unleashed a force that seemed to shake the heavens.
The moment the Beast King saw Marco, it didn't hesitate—it turned and fled.
That terrifying aura was enough to make it run for its life, even if it had ten times the courage.
There was no way it would dare fight Marco.
Unfortunately, Marco had no intention of letting it escape.
Leaving aside the fact that Elfman was still trapped inside the magic beast waiting to be rescued, even for the sake of the guild mission completion rate, he couldn't just let it run away.
Without hesitation, Marco unleashed his Pegasus Meteor Fist.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
Countless fist shadows instantly pummeled the magic beast.
Without any suspense, the Beast King collapsed face-first, its body rapidly shrinking until only Elfman remained.
"I-Is it over?"
Mirajane stared blankly at the scene before her.
Even though she had become an S-Class Mage, the gap between her and Marco was absurdly vast.
The Beast King that had overpowered her couldn't even withstand a single blow from Marco.
"Elfman! Are you okay?!"
While Mirajane was still in shock, Lisanna had already rushed over.
As she ran, she anxiously looked at her brother Elfman lying on the ground, worried that Marco's punch might have killed him.
That overwhelming, sky-obscuring fist that seemed to shake the heavens was indeed enough to make anyone concerned.
However, the one who should have been worried wasn't Elfman—it was Lisanna herself.
After Marco appeared, the Beast King had tried to flee, darting some distance away.
Lisanna had first checked on her sister Mirajane, putting even more distance between herself and the battlefield.
She was now quite far from Elfman's position.
"Buzzzzz!"
As Lisanna moved closer to Elfman, danger suddenly loomed over her.
A magical vortex rapidly formed above her head and immediately activated.
"?"
Marco, who had been keeping a close eye on Lisanna without letting his guard down, was momentarily stunned.
What kind of move was this?
Did surviving the earlier ordeal trigger some kind of divine retribution?
What was going on? Was Lisanna doomed to be unsavable today?
"Buzz!!!"
Golden light flashed as the Aries Gold Cloth materialized around Marco.
His figure vanished, reappearing beside Lisanna.
Only after entering the suddenly appearing "magic vortex" did Marco realize what it was—no wonder it had seemed familiar.
"Ultra-Areal Space Magic Anima!"
That's right—this was the magic from the parallel world.
'Anima, the magic that absorbs things from Earthland to replenish the parallel world's magic power. For it to appear here so coincidentally... Is this Lisanna's fate? To be sucked into the parallel world as magical nourishment?'
Marco thought to himself, but his hands moved without delay.
The moment the "Ultra-Areal Space Magic" activated, he had already teleported away with Lisanna, avoiding being sucked in.
The terrifying suction from the parallel world, the sinister magic from Edolas—none of it could hinder Marco's teleportation.
"Marco, what was that just now?"
Pulled to safety by Marco's teleportation, Lisanna looked visibly shaken.
Inside that terrifying magic vortex, she had felt death looming over her.
Fragile as a grain of sand, she had been utterly powerless to react.
"A dangerous magic."
Marco narrowed his eyes as he answered, glancing at the spot where the "magic vortex" had been.
As expected, nothing remained—not even a blade of grass.
"..."
Lisanna was also staring blankly at the empty space where everything seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely swallowed by the magical vortex.
If Marco hadn't been there, she couldn't imagine what would have happened to her.
"Lisanna!"
Just as Lisanna was standing there dazed, she was suddenly embraced by Mirajane, who had just been teleported over by Marco.
Mirajane hadn't been caught in the magical vortex herself, but watching Lisanna get pulled into it from outside had filled her with anxiety.
After witnessing the terrifying power of that vortex, Mira could only feel a chilling fear creeping up her spine - if Marco hadn't been there...
Mirajane looked at Lisanna, then at Elfman who had also just been brought over by Marco.
Without Marco's intervention today, she might have lost both her younger brother and sister in one fell swoop.
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