On the other side.
In the northern part of the Ishgar Continent, the sun was gradually setting.
Brago Town.
Snowflakes were falling from the sky, gradually covering the entire town.
The residents of the town were wearing thick cotton clothes, each holding large and small bags, rushing out of the town with hurried expressions.
On such a cold, snowy night, going out represented danger, but no one dared to stay.
"Hurry, hurry! Don't worry about those!"
"Deliola is almost here!"
"Take some food and quickly hide in the big mountains over there."
"Damn it! That cursed Deliola, how did it get led over here!"
"Don't take those heavy things! Take the food! Quickly!!!"
"Not good!"
"It's already here!"
"Speed up!!!"
Someone shouted in terror, and the already panicked residents looked back.
They accelerated towards the big mountains on the other side.
Deliola's massive figure had appeared as a blurry outline, walking forward aimlessly, destroying everything in its path.
And Gray, who had heard news of Deliola from somewhere else and rushed over.
What he saw was Deliola stepping into Brago Town.
Boom—
Flames soared into the sky, Deliola's casual blow plunged the town into a sea of fire.
This scene was almost identical to the one in Isubone.
It was on that day.
Deliola destroyed the entire City, and Gray lost everything.
The scene resurfaced before his eyes.
Hatred instantly overcame reason, Gray angrily charged towards Brago Town:
"De! Li! O! La!!!"
Gray instinctively used the Magic he had learned from Ur during this time.
While charging towards the town, he condensed ice-blue Magic circles in his hands.
A moment later.
Ur and Lyon, who were following Gray's tracks and had arrived.
What they saw was several ice spears shooting up from the nearly destroyed City of Brago Town, piercing Deliola's chest, which was as tall as a mountain.
Crack—
The ice spears snapped, causing almost no damage to Deliola.
But it did attract Deliola's attention, causing it to lower its head and look at the little ant....
Ur's face outside the town changed dramatically:
"Too reckless, Gray."
Without time for further instructions, Ur shouted:
"Lyon, find a place to hide!"
Then she crossed her hands, forming an ice-blue Magic circle, aiming it at Deliola in the distance, took a deep breath, and roared:
"Ice Make [Rose Garden]!!!"
Ice thickets and roses, four to five stories high, condensed and intertwined.
Like an ice wall, it continuously spread into the distance, instantly reaching Deliola's feet and climbing up its legs.
Thick and sharp ice thickets and roses.
Entwined and wrapped around Deliola's entire body, which was the size of a mountain.
It forcefully turned Deliola's head, which was accumulating energy in its mouth, to the side.
Whoosh—
A Magic roar, like a laser, streaked past Gray, piercing through the entire town.
Then....
Boom—!!!!
The energy riot, spanning a thousand meters, almost completely destroyed the town, and the Endless Snow Mountains in the distance were bombarded into a large pit by the energy.
Gray stared at that scene in a daze.
Crack!
A huge sound of ice cracking came from above.
Gray suddenly woke up, raising his head to look.
Deliola, seemingly covered in an ice thicket armor, roared and broke free, turning its head left and right as if looking for the source of the attack.
It quickly found Ur's location.
After all, Ur's powerful Magic was completely unconcealed, appearing brightly before Deliola's eyes.
Ur's face tightened as she was targeted by Deliola:
"This is troublesome."
Just being stared at gave her a faint sense of life-and-death threat.
If she didn't handle it well.
She might die here today.
But Ur didn't back down, because once she did, her two disciples would be finished here.
Facing Deliola's gaze, Ur clasped her hands together and aimed them at Deliola, an ice-blue ice Magic circle forming in front of her:
"Ice Make [White Rose Garden]!!!"
The cold air around Ur dispersed in a whirlwind shape, then the condensed cold air formed continuously spiraling ice roses in front of her, bursting out like infinitely extending ice spears, stabbing towards Deliola in the distance.
The next moment.
Evil energy arrived later and collided with the ice Magic.
Boom—!!!
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Northern Ishgar Continent.
Under the night sky.
Dragonite, like an orange-yellow meteor, streaked across the night sky.
A light blue Confusion energy shield enveloped its body, and Gar, sitting on Dragonite's back, didn't have a single corner of his clothes blown up at such speed.
Gengar, shrunk to the size of a fist, was sleeping soundly on Gar's shoulder.
Under the dark night sky.
The soaring flames in the far north became exceptionally dazzling.
Gar patted Dragonite's back:
"A little faster."
Dragonite let out a low roar:
"Roar!"
Its speed increased by a few points, rushing towards the place where the flames soared.
Brago Town City.
Amidst the ruins.
The shield supported by ice thickets was mostly shattered.
Ur was breathing heavily, pushing away the broken ice.
Her right lower leg had disappeared.
Ur cast Magic, temporarily shaping an ice leg to support her body and stand up.
A bitter smile couldn't help but appear on her face.
She had still overestimated herself.
She knew Deliola was strong, but she didn't expect it to be this strong.
Its extremely high Magic resistance made her Magic almost ineffective against Deliola.
Not to mention Deliola's thick skin and flesh, its mountain-like body could easily break free from the ice thickets' confinement.
Her usually powerful Magic, facing Deliola at this moment, was like paper.
The battle was over in just a moment.
Deliola crushed her Magic with overwhelming force.
Ur braced her body, looking at her two unconscious disciples beside her, and sighed:
"It's truly despairing."
She raised her head and looked at Deliola in the distance.
Ur's eyes already held determination.
Ordinary Magic couldn't even break Deliola's defense.
To deal with forbidden Demons like those in Zeref's book, only forbidden techniques could be used.
At this moment.
Gray woke up from his coma, struggled to get up, and the blurry figure before his eyes gradually became clear:
"U... Ur...."
Ur chuckled softly, walked over and picked up Gray:
"It's okay now."
Gray, still a bit confused, suddenly felt something was wrong, lowered his head and his eyes widened:
"Ur... your leg!!!"
Ur comforted him:
"It's just broken, but looking at it this way, is the shaping Magic cool?"
"Alright Gray, you take Lyon and leave first."
"I can't protect you both and fight it at the same time."
Gray's tears flowed continuously:
"I'm sorry... Ur...."
"I..."
"I..."
Ur said with a smile, stroking Gray's head:
"It's okay, Gray."
"If this monster is the darkness in your heart, then let me, your master, eliminate it for you."
"That's reasonable, right?"
Gray froze, unable to believe Ur still considered him a disciple.
It was because of his willfulness that he ran over.
Causing the current situation, harming Ur like this, yet....
Lyon, who had woken up at some point beside them, struggled to get up:
"What... what are you... kidding!"
"Ur, you are the strongest Magician!"
"What's with this look of parting ways, it's just a mere monster!!!"
Lyon looked nervous, watching Ur expectantly.
Seeing Lyon's look of shattered faith, Ur's mouth was bitter, she opened her mouth but didn't know how to answer, she was silent for a moment, and could only say:
"Lyon."
"This world is very big, even on this Ishgar Continent alone, there are many powerhouses stronger than me."
"In the future, you can go and see the Kingdom in the West."
"Guys stronger than me are everywhere there."
Lyon's face was dark, he gritted his teeth and said:
"What are you kidding!"
"It's impossible for such a person to exist!"
"Ur, you are the strongest Magician!"
"It's because of this that I have been training with you until now!"
"How could the strongest you lose to a monster!"
Ur took a deep breath:
"Lyon."
But Lyon suddenly raised his head and looked towards Deliola:
"If you can't solve it, then I will!"
"Just a mere monster!"
"What are you kidding!!!"
Lyon roared, crossing his hands in front of his chest, a huge ice Magic circle formed at his feet.
Ur's face was slightly surprised, she looked at Lyon:
"How do you know this Magic?"
"Lyon!"
"Your Magic Power is not enough to support this Magic, stop!"
Lyon's expression was a bit frantic:
"Why do I know?"
"Of course, it's because I secretly learned it."
"It's not because you, Ur, didn't teach me powerful Magic all this way, so I could only secretly look at the Magic books in the warehouse."
"Really...."
"Having such powerful Magic."
"How can you not be able to deal with a mere monster!"
The ice Magic circle on the ground suddenly glowed.
Astonishing Magic Power soared into the sky.
Forbidden Magic.
'Absolute Ice' at the cost of life.
It can permanently seal the enemy in ice.
Even if the Magic is dispelled, the sealed person will lose their life.
"Since Magic is ineffective against it."
"Then I'll just seal it here forever!"
Lyon's frantic voice sounded.
The astonishing Magic Power here.
Had already attracted Deliola's attention.
Ur raised her hand and a blast of cold air instantly froze Lyon, she couldn't help but angrily shout:
"Didn't you flip to the back and see the cost of casting?"
Interrupting Lyon's Magic, Ur said, frustrated:
"The cost of Absolute Ice is the caster's own life."
"Don't easily give up your life."
"I'm still here."