The two of them made their way to the wooden cabin at the hideout. Gajeel was a bit surprised to see so many people. "There really are this many. That Mystogan fellow said only Dragon Slayer Mages would be spared."
"Gajeel, you're finally here!" Natsu and the others were overjoyed.
Gajeel nodded. "After all, my comrades were captured. How could I not come?"
He gave everyone one of the red pills Mystogan had provided. After taking them, everyone could finally use their magic power.
Natsu's entire body erupted in boiling flames, and he laughed excitedly, "That familiar feeling—I'm all fired up!"
Irene felt her magic power unsealed. Scarlet magic swept around her body as she changed back into her elegant magic robes.
"As expected, it feels better to have sufficient magic power."
Although she could fight without using magic, having magic power was clearly more convenient. No wonder the people of Edolas had always craved it.
Lucy said impatiently, "Since we've recovered, let's go save our comrades immediately!"
Gajeel shook his head and said, "The magic crystal in the plaza is only a small part; it probably only seals two or three people. A much larger part is on a floating island in the sky. It won't be easy for us to get there."
Natsu was curious: "How do you know so much?"
"The Edolas version of me is a reporter. Gathering intelligence is one of his specialties."
Wendy whispered, "Then what should we do?"
Irene smiled and said, "Since we've recovered our magic power, we should naturally just charge through. Otherwise, wouldn't recovering our magic be for nothing?"
"Suit's me!" Natsu smashed his fists together, full of confidence.
Gajeel was helpless: "I really can't do anything with you guys!"
"Let's go, save our comrades!"
Everyone shouted in excitement.
As for Knightwalker, they would deal with her after they returned... Outside, King Faust was still giving an inspiring speech. However, the content of the speech was becoming increasingly rebellious, even proclaiming that the Exceeds were merely cats with magic and that there were no gods at all.
The Exceeds lived on the floating island above the kingdom, Extalia. The residents were a group of cats who possessed Aera magic.
Under the Queen's rule, all Exceeds believed they were superior and that humans were inferior beings. They possessed the right to execute anyone at will.
Hearing King Faust's speech, the expressions of the subjects below turned from excitement to fear. Was this old man trying to kill a god?
It's fine to brag, but don't actually do it!
"Your Majesty, the Queen has the right to control life and death at will. How are we supposed to resist her?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Exceeds are beings that possess magic power!"
King Faust laughed loudly, his magic staff pointing toward a crystal island in the distant sky. "That magic crystal island is the weapon used to detonate and destroy Extalia. When magic of such immense power explodes, even a god will die!"
"As long as the magic crystal collides with the Exceeds, then inexhaustible magic power will fill our kingdom!"
"Everyone, come and witness this historic moment with me!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out: "We won't let you have your way!"
Natsu soared into the sky, his entire body wreathed in flames. He opened his mouth to gather magic, and the terrifying heat forced all the ordinary people back: "Fire Dragons Roar!"
Boom!
A massive red magic circle expanded, and the bursting flames formed a tornado that tore through the air, instantly blowing up the exposed magic crystal.
Under everyone's tense gaze, the magic crystal erupted with a burst of intense light, so bright that no one could keep their eyes open.
When the light dissipated, the magic crystal had also disappeared, turning into the two people, Erza and Gray.
Erza looked confused and instinctively looked around: "What happened? Weren't we at the guild?"
Gray said solemnly, "We must have been sucked into somewhere in an instant."
But it didn't matter. Natsu and Acnologia were right there. With comrades reunited, no danger was worth fearing.
Gajeel threw two pills to them: "Eat these!"
"Okay!" Erza and Gray swallowed them without hesitation.
The subjects of the kingdom saw the magic crystal turn into people and were filled with disbelief. What exactly was going on?
Wasn't this the magic crystal created by Anima?
"Sugarboy, capture them for me!"
King Faust was furious. On such a sacred day, someone actually dared to disturb him. It was unforgivable.
A man wearing pink armor stepped forward, his voice sounding a bit effeminate: "As you command, Your Majesty!"
Natsu stood in front and said, "I'll handle him!"
"There is a simpler way!"
Irene stood proudly and lightly tapped the ground with her staff. Scarlet magic power covered tens of thousands of miles of land and pierced through the sky.
The clouds in the sky became dense and distorted. The surging magic power was already lawless, and the entire world trembled under the scarlet magic.
"What kind of power is this?"
Everyone was crushed by the vast magic power, lying on the ground in terror, unable to stand no matter how they struggled.
Not only that, even Extalia floating in the sky and the crystal island sealing Fairy Tail were slowly falling, soon colliding with the ground and erupting in a gust of wind.
The kingdom's subjects felt fear, and even King Faust was terrified. All his ambitions were crushed under this magic power. What kind of existence had they provoked?
A god?
Lucy's eyes widened in shock: "She suppressed the entire army in an instant..."
"What exaggerated magic power!"
Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Erza, and the others were all terrified. Under such magic power, even they felt their own insignificance, like ants looking up at a dragon in the sky.
They had thought that Irene, who could stop Nirvana, was already powerful enough, but now they realized they had never seen Irene's limit.
Irene let out a light chuckle: "I can finally stretch my legs a bit."
"This war ends here!"
King Faust shouted with all his might: "Who on earth are you people!"
Irene's figure flashed, and she was already standing in front of him. Her high heel stepped on his head as her cold eyes looked down: "Old man, you're the one who activated Anima?"
"Tell me, how do you want to die?"
King Faust's eyes were full of fear: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Irene's voice was cold, like the judgment of a death god: "If you don't want the people of your kingdom to go extinct, have everyone kneel and submit now!"
Erza stared blankly at the overwhelmingly domineering Irene and murmured to herself, "Mom?"
Her usually unreliable mother was actually so terrifying when she got serious!
Suppressing an entire kingdom with the magic power of one person—who exactly was she?
She was definitely not the destitute noble she had made up before.
Acnologia looked helplessly at the unrestrained Irene, knowing she had been held back for too long. Known as the Scarlet Despair, she had been hiding for so long that she inevitably felt some resentment in her heart.
However, it would probably be difficult to explain this to the people in the guild later.
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