To cope with this war, the Fairy Tail Guild divided into six small teams.
Besides Uncle Wakaba leading Mira and some other members with weaker combat power to form a team to guard the Guild and protect Magnolia, there were five other teams.
The remaining five teams all rushed to the battlefield.
They were Laxus leading the Thunder God Tribe as one team.
Erza, Natsu, Loki, Marcus, and Yuumi Happy's team.
Mystogan, Laki, and Levy's trio + a Fire Crown Treant team that could use healing magic.
Ezreal, Gray, Cana, and Elfman's team.
And finally, Macao, Ikaruga, Alzack, Bisca, plus the Blue Buff team... Carlscius City, suburban grassland!
The moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and the cold wind was biting.
Countless White Rat People surged like a collapsing white wave towards the city.
Behind them, large and ferocious Black Pig People took heavy steps, following closely and wildly swinging the black iron spiked maces in their hands.
All four gates of Carlscius City—southeast, southwest, and north—were guarded by Mages and the Royal Army.
Relying on the Hextech Portal Ezreal had set up in the city center, reinforcements arrived in Carlscius City at the first opportunity.
The Newborn City's Orc Portal was opened on a grassland about seven kilometers outside the city.
Although these Orc Soldiers rushed all the way to the vicinity of Carlscius City, the reinforcements had already quickly reached their combat positions via the portal.
The battle was fierce at the city gates in the southeast and southwest directions.
Royal Army soldiers in silver-white armor wielded long spears and sharp swords, bravely fighting the Orc Soldiers.
Except for officers who were Mages, most of the Royal Army soldiers were ordinary humans who had only received simple martial arts training.
If it weren't for the fact that their long spears and iron swords were magic tools enchanted with magic, they would find it very difficult to even wound the incredibly fast White Rat People, let alone the large and powerful Black Pig People.
The rampaging Black Pig People swung their spiked maces, completely crushing the Royal Army soldiers; almost every strike would fell a Royal Army soldier.
Even with decent defensive armor, it was difficult to withstand a Black Pig People's mace, as the blunt weapon's impact was astonishing.
To deal with one Black Pig People, at least six Royal Army soldiers were needed to barely cope.
Even for the relatively easier-to-handle White Rat People, at least three Royal Army soldiers needed to cooperate to fight them; if even one person was missing, it would be the Royal Army soldiers who suffered casualties.
The Fiore Kingdom had been at peace for a long time, and it had long neglected the training of its soldiers and the improvement of their equipment.
Although their numbers were decent, the Orc Soldiers were even more numerous!
In the battlefield, the true main combat force was the Mages who wielded magical power.
Mages in the battlefield unleashed their magic at full power, and dazzling magical light continuously flashed across the battlefield.
Three battlefields raged incessantly.
However, at the north gate of Carlscius City, there was only a strange man completely wrapped in a cloak, even his face tightly covered.
This man stood in the cold wind, leaning on a magic staff, with four other staffs slanted behind him.
In front of the man, Orc Soldiers surged like a tide.
The grimacing faces of the White Rat People and Black Pig People gradually enlarged in his vision, and the man suddenly plunged the staff in his hand into the ground; the four staffs behind him immediately flew up and landed beside the man, sticking straight into the mud.
The five staffs formed a five-pointed star pattern with the masked man at the center.
The masked man firmly gripped the staff in front of him with both hands, his tattered cloak fluttering and rustling in the wind; he took a deep breath, then suddenly let out a low roar, "Five-fold Magic Array: Kagura!"
The five magic staffs lit up with brilliant light, soaring into the sky; above the man's head, five circular magic arrays of different colors suddenly opened, each with distinct array patterns.
The five-fold magic array lasted for an instant, then overlapped and merged; after the arrays became one, brilliant golden light spread out, and the dazzling golden light illuminated the night sky, as well as the figures of all the Orc Soldiers.
The Orc Soldiers illuminated by the golden light had no chance to resist; in an instant, their eyes rolled back, and their bodies collapsed softly to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
With such formidable power, this person was none other than one of the Guild's S-Class Mages, the Holder-type Mage, the Prince of Another World, Mystogan!
Although he had no magic power within him, Mystogan still ranked among the Fairy Tail Guild's S-Class Mages solely by virtue of the five staffs in his hands and his exquisite physical combat skills, showcasing his astonishing talent.
Through his mask, Mystogan let out a soft breath, looking at the large number of fallen Orc Soldiers, and nodded slightly, "This level is just right. The consumption of Kagura is still within controllable limits, and I can endure prolonged combat."
"Kill!"
"Kill this human!"
As one wave of Orc Soldiers fell, from the distant grassland, large numbers of Orc Soldiers again burst out of the night, roaring and charging towards Mystogan.
Mystogan once again tightly gripped his magic staff, turning his head slightly to look at the distant city gate, thinking silently, "I hope Levy and her team are doing well."
...Carlscius City, East Gate!
A tall and robust Treant, standing a full seven meters tall, was wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
This Treant's legs were formed from roots, its arms from tree branches, its torso a sturdy trunk, and a crown-like crimson flame burned on its head, flickering in the wind; its face was solemn and majestic, like an alien king.
The Fire Crown Treant held his hands crossed over his chest, expressionlessly watching the Orc Soldiers charging towards him; dozens of vines grew from his back, their thick, emerald green tips adorned with flower buds of various colors.
These flower buds twisted with the vines, then aimed at the charging Orc Warriors and burst open.
The Fire Crown Treant solemnly muttered, "Flower Seed Cannon!"
The dozens of flowers on his back, having received the command, suddenly became violent; the blooming flower buds transformed into beautiful flowers, but from these flowers, seeds, resembling walnuts in size and watermelons in shape, poured out frantically.
Each of these flower seeds possessed astonishing power, instantly piercing through the bodies of Orc Soldiers they struck, and the powerful impact even sent the Orc Soldiers' bodies flying backward.
Even the large, thick-skinned Black Pig People could not withstand the incoming flower seeds.
The barrage-like spread of flower seeds instantly harvested the lives of hundreds of Orc Soldiers.
Almost none of the Orc Soldiers charging forward managed to reach the Fire Crown Treant before being blasted away by the violent flower seed bullets.
Their riddled bodies lay on the ground, and crimson blood trickled, staining the earth.
With the Flower Seed Cannon's successful strike, the Fire Crown Treant clasped his hands together on his chest.
"Parasite!"
"Berserk!"
"Treant Warriors!"
At the Fire Crown Treant's command, a rich green light, imbued with the breath of life, lit up in his palms.
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