Tutu Maru was also shaken by this force, retreating repeatedly, and only managed to stop himself by digging his katana into the ground.
"What... what kind of monster is this?!" Tutu Maru's eyes were filled with shock.
The dust gradually dispersed, and Gajeel barely managed to raise his head, looking up at the sky.
He saw a blond young man standing on top of a black wolf's head, with a golden gauntlet on his left hand, and his goggles glinting with a cold light in the sun.
"This metal friend needs a halftime break." From atop the wolf's head, Ezreal smiled and snapped his fingers, leaning slightly, "How about I play with Mr. Flame now?"
Gajeel spat out the dirty blood in his mouth, the iron-colored Dragon Scales flickering on and off beneath his skin.
The massive consumption of magic power made it difficult for him to even stand up, but seeing the suddenly appearing blond young man, he instinctively bared his white teeth: "Hey, Glasses! If you want to fight, get in line!"
Ezreal looked down at him from above, his body suddenly glowing golden, and the next moment, it shattered into fine golden energy particles and dissipated.
And in front of Gajeel, almost at the same time, a human-shaped cluster of golden energy particles converged to form Ezreal's figure.
Ezreal raised his hand and flicked it, sending a palm-sized piece of metal flying.
Gajeel instinctively opened his mouth and bit it, his pupils suddenly contracting—this purity! This hardness! It was practically a full banquet of metals!
"Crunch!"
Two bites and it was swallowed.
The Dragon Scales on the young man's body, which had been gradually fading, slowly deepened in color, and the nearly depleted magic power within him surged once more.
What shocked him even more was the eerie green magic circle glowing on the blond young man's left hand, with vibrant green light points transforming into a swarm of fireflies that enveloped his entire body.
"Life Alchemy · Infinite Life."
"This is... Life Magic?" Gajeel looked at Ezreal with some surprise.
The tingling sensation on his skin was slightly uncomfortable, as if hundreds of ants were gnawing at his body, but in an instant, a massive amount of life energy poured into him, and his injuries fully recovered.
Gajeel touched himself left and right in disbelief, suddenly finding the pretentious Glasses a bit more agreeable.
"Thanks." Gajeel stood up, stretched his limbs, and the fighting spirit in his eyes reignited.
Ezreal returned a smile to the other party, withdrew his hand, and turned his gaze to Tutu Maru in the distance, "Now, it's time to deal with the problem at hand."
Tutu Maru stood in the distance, his face grim. He hadn't expected such a powerful opponent to appear halfway, nor had he expected Gajeel to recover his combat strength in just a few seconds.
He had also thought about launching an attack just now, but in the sky above, that malevolent wolf head with blood-red eyes was staring at him, locking onto him.
Tutu Maru was certain that if he made any move, he would be met with a thunderous strike from the opponent.
Moreover, judging from the magic power pressure of the opponent, he was very likely not a match.
"Such a strong Summoned Beast, he's definitely not unknown, who are you?" Tutu Maru gripped his katana tightly, and the seven-colored flames on the blade ignited again, "How dare you interfere with Phantom Lord's affairs!"
Ezreal raised his left hand, the sapphire on the back of his hand emitting a faint glow, and a faint smile played on his lips: "Fairy Tail, Ezreal. As for interfering..."
His gaze sharpened, "I'm just here to bring my new companion home."
A fierce wolf howl sounded, and the dark clouds in the sky churned and gathered, then a black cloud descended from the sky, and a giant black wolf ten meters tall landed beside Ezreal.
A pair of huge, pitch-black wings spread open, the Evil Wolf crouched low, its bone-white fangs exposed to the air, tilting its head to stare at the swordsman in the distance.
"You'll agree." Ezreal gently stroked the Evil Wolf's cheek, and said with sincere eyes, "Right?"
Tutu Maru's face was ugly as he sheathed his sword, and he said in a cold tone: "The Fiore Kingdom isn't big, you should be more careful when taking on requests."
Ezreal smiled, and said meaningfully: "Chairman Jose should really rein in Phantom Lord more, lest it be designated a Dark Guild by the Council one day."
Tutu Maru looked at Ezreal coldly, and after a few seconds of staring at each other, Tutu Maru turned and left.
But before he had taken a few steps, Tutu Maru suddenly swung his katana. This strike was as fast as lightning, and the seven-colored flames transformed into a huge rainbow light blade, heading straight for Ezreal and Gajeel.
However, Ezreal merely raised his hand lightly, and the black light points in the air quickly converged into the Evil Wolf's mouth. A beam of dark energy light, accompanied by a deafening wolf howl, instantly shattered the rainbow light blade.
"Boom!"
Using the aftermath of the explosion, purple lightning-fire ignited beneath Tutu Maru's feet, and he quickly vanished from their sight.
"Tsk!" Gajeel's face showed disdain at the opponent's petty behavior.
"Alright, the annoying guy is gone, now for the main topic!" Ezreal didn't mind, he clapped his hands lightly, and the Evil Wolf let out a low growl, its body shattering into a black cloud and merging into his shadow.
"I was introduced by Chairman Kate. I heard you were considering joining a Magician Guild, but there didn't seem to be any strong ones around here, so you've put it off until now."
"If that's the case, why not consider our Guild? Fairy Tail is the number one Magician Guild in the Fiore Kingdom."
"If you come, there will be fights, and our Guild also has Dragon Slayer Mages, the kind that are very resilient."
Ezreal, with a smile on his face, introduced Gajeel and also conveniently took out a projection crystal ball to show him.
With the activation of magic power, the projection screen in the crystal ball began to flicker.
Gajeel sat cross-legged on the ground, and in the projection, a black-haired young man was nakedly clashing swords with an armored girl.
As Erza, wielding a greatsword in her Purgatory Armor, slammed Gray into a table, Mirajane in the background was smilingly tying a pink bow on the frozen Happy lying on the ground.
Elfman had just struck a manly pose when he was kicked away by Cana, who was carrying a barrel of alcohol.
"A whole bunch of problem children?" Gajeel's mouth twitched uncontrollably, pointing at Natsu in the picture, who was shouting "I'm fired up!" and setting the bar on fire.
A certain drunken old man was using Giant Magic to save a strawberry cake, but ended up slamming the bar counter a meter into the ground with one slap.
Mira, dressed as a waitress nearby, was rapidly jotting down the bill in a small notebook, and one could vaguely see something about how many days of alcohol prohibition were written.
"But they're all the best family." Ezreal snapped his fingers, and the scene switched to a full-scale snowball fight on Christmas Eve.
Makarov was buried like a snowman, while Uncle Macao sat with little Romeo, who had just celebrated his fifth birthday, on his shoulders, helping his son vigorously throw snowballs.
Erza, wearing a snowman costume she bought God knows where, was stopping Natsu from chasing reindeer in the street.
Happy had built a huge snow fish, and Levy and Mira were taking pictures of the little guy and his creation.
Gray, who was making ice sculptures, froze someone's front door, bowing and apologizing while taking off his clothes.
"It's a legitimate Guild... right?" Gajeel's mouth twitched.
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