"That's incredible! Even with all of us giving it our all, we're no match for your Summoned Beast's might." Laki sat on the ground, squinting one eye, and gave Ezreal a thumbs-up. Through the Fire Crown Treant's now lively expression and gentle gaze, she confirmed that Ezreal was currently controlling its body.
Ezreal raised an eyebrow on the Fire Crown Treant's serious face, which looked a bit comical, "Oh, it's nothing special."
Droy was sprawled on the ground, his injuries already healed, but he was currently pulling flower seeds from his small pouch to eat.
His flower seeds were cultivated and nurtured with his own magic, and he could absorb some of that magic by eating them.
Droy first gave Ezreal a thumbs-up, then, while eating, he grumbled, "I should have called you immediately earlier; that way, I wouldn't have gotten hurt."
Jet, who was usually quite talkative, was holding his cowboy hat. After Droy finished speaking, he unconsciously clutched his cowboy hat tighter.
He nodded at Ezreal, then fell silent, looking at Levy beside him with a complex gaze, wondering what he was thinking.
"Thank you, EZ. Without you, we definitely would have fallen here this time," Levy leaned on Laki's shoulder, forcing a smile as she waved to Ezreal.
Although the penetrating wound in her abdomen had fully healed, the weakness caused by significant blood loss was difficult to recover from quickly. She was only barely back to normal now.
Ezreal waved his hand, and the Fire Crown Treant's large hand swung, the wind it created blowing everyone's hair wildly.
Ezreal's gaze fell on the three members of the Team Strafe, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
In fact, his consciousness had always been attached to the Fire Crown Treant and other Summoned Beasts.
In the battlefield where he was, after he matched the portal with his own Dimensional Portal, he didn't need to pay too much attention to that side.
His consciousness was busy in the canyon using orcs to refine the philosopher's stone.
Although the orcs were all C-Class trash, their strength was still much greater than the Raptors he initially summoned.
Coupled with their massive numbers, Ezreal's consciousness was having a blast.
With the Evil Wolf and other Summoned Beasts, the orcs in the canyon basically had no ability to fight back.
Even with their large numbers, it was no big deal for the Summoned Beasts who could infinitely revive and respawn in the canyon; they could wear them down and kill them.
Ezreal, who had a proficient grasp of Life Alchemy, didn't find refining the philosopher's stone particularly difficult. With the Evil Wolf and others helping him kill enemies, he only kept a portion of his consciousness in the canyon, attaching the rest of his consciousness to other Summoned Beasts to observe other teams.
When Levy's team was attacked, Ezreal was busy watching Natsu's various fiery displays through Yuumi's perspective.
After thoroughly enjoying a fight that was several times more exciting and intense than an anime, he reluctantly switched his conscious perspective to the Fire Crown Treant.
He happened to see the moment Laki and her team were about to be killed and quickly controlled the Fire Crown Treant to intervene.
Ezreal had been pondering something during the Fire Crown Treant's battle with the Hanlu Turtle.
He had always thought that the butterfly effect brought by his transmigration was not that significant.
He had also tried his best to avoid interfering too much with the original plot development.
This way, when certain things happened, with the advantage of foresight from the plot, he could play a role at critical moments.
However, the danger faced by Levy and the others made Ezreal realize that perhaps his idea was wrong.
Makarov had specifically divided five teams to go to the battlefield because he knew his Summoned Beasts had healing abilities.
If he didn't have his Summoned Beasts, the old man's original plan was for four S-Class Mages to each lead a team.
This would increase the number of people in the teams and allow for a higher fault tolerance.
However, the existence of Ezreal's Summoned Beasts, which could provide healing, and a Summoned Beast like the Fire Crown Treant, which was powerful itself and had healing magic, would be a waste to use purely as a support.
Mystogan, as the team leader, considering the Fire Crown Treant's strength, chose to let it lead Levy and the others to act together.
Mystogan himself guarded one gate alone.
In terms of personnel allocation, there were no problems.
The Fire Crown Treant indeed played a significant role, but this fellow was too large a target, and its strength differed too much from Levy and the others.
When fighting, it couldn't achieve a cooperative effect; instead, the presence of Levy and the others would make it constrained and unable to unleash its full power.
Levy and her team also understood this, so the few of them acted together, maintaining a slight distance. The combined strength of these four was no less than that of an A-Class Mage, and they could hold their own on the battlefield.
After all, they were Mages of Fairy Tail. Although their strength was ordinary, they were still internal members of the guild, stronger than people from other guilds.
At the very least, besides Levy, the intellectual, the other three were quite capable in close combat.
Even Laki, her mace was wielded with fierce power.
If it weren't for the Hanlu Turtle's sneak attack injuring Levy, the crucial support, taking down the four of them would definitely not have been an easy task.
Don't let Levy's current age of fifteen fool you; her Solid Script magic is an incredibly versatile magic.
As long as she writes a word and constructs it with magic, it can produce the corresponding effect.
Writing 'fire' allows her to use fire magic, writing 'lightning' can summon lightning, and writing enhancement effects can also be applied to others or herself.
Otherwise, with just the two slackers, Jet and Droy, Team Strafe wouldn't have such a high mission completion rate.
Ezreal looked down at Levy's abdomen; the injury had been repaired, but the new skin had a subtle color difference from the surrounding skin, proving that the person had indeed just experienced a potentially fatal injury.
The Fire Crown Treant had absorbed the War Ancient Tree and a large number of magical beasts to evolve to its current state.
As the primary evolutionary material, the War Ancient Tree's innate warlike genes and the magical beasts' bloodthirsty nature were also inherited by the evolved Fire Crown Treant.
Although Ezreal had already given instructions to all the Summoned Beasts to protect their guild companions through his consciousness, Summoned Beasts are not human after all and possess primal instincts.
After joining the battle, the Fire Crown Treant performed exceptionally bravely on the battlefield, but because of this, it unconsciously overlooked the protection of its guild companions.
This led to Levy and the others being in danger.
Ezreal had to admit that his butterfly's flapping wings indeed had an impact on the people and events around him.
If he hadn't agreed to send out several Summoned Beasts to support other teams...
If they had just stayed with the meticulous Mystogan, Levy and the others would most likely not have encountered such danger.
"So, I bear a great responsibility for their injuries…" This thought flashed through Ezreal's mind.
A white light flashed in the Fire Crown Treant's eyes, and then a phantom Ezreal spirit body flew out from its massive head, gently descending to land in front of the group.
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