"Just like that... they left?"
Lucy muttered, reaching out her hand, left alone to stand in the wind in confusion.
"It's okay, Lucy."
Juvia stepped forward and gently patted Lucy on the shoulder, her firm voice ringing in her ear.
"I will help you!"
She glanced back into the distance at Gray, who was currently locked in a fierce battle alongside Mystogan and Laxus.
The little person in her heart waved its arms, frantically cheering herself on.
'Gray-sama...'
'Although we are opponents now, Juvia will do her best too! I'll strive to reach the semi-finals!!'
Turning to look at Loke, those eyes that were always obsessed with Gray were now burning with fierce fighting spirit.
"Juvia..."
Watching her teammate before her, magic power surging and becoming reliable, Lucy was filled with relief.
"You've finally beco normal!!"
But she couldn't help but think to herself, venting wildly.
'But... we were on the sa team to begin with!!'
'Isn't defeating Loke our common goal?! How co when you say it, it sounds like you're doing a favor out of the kindness of your heart?!'
As Juvia took the initiative to et Loke, engaging him in close-quarters combat to hold him back.
Lucy took a deep breath and tapped the golden key in her hand against the void.
"Open! Gate of the Archer! Sagittarius!!"
A strange figure wearing a horse-shaped mascot suit and carrying a bow and arrow appeared on the field.
"Hey, hey—"
Imdiately after, brilliant starlight enveloped Lucy's entire body.
"Star Dress: Sagittarius Form!!!"
The light dispersed, and the ordinary clothes Lucy had been wearing had vanished.
In their place was a green, sexy archer outfit exuding the aura of a forest spirit, and her blonde hair was tied into a ponytail that swayed gently.
"Let's go together! Sagittarius!"
"Hey, hey! Leave it to !"
Because of Juvia's body trait that ignored physical damage, one human and one Celestial Spirit, with two longbows, instantly unleashed their full firepower!
"Water Slicer!!!"
Juvia waved her hands, and several high-pressure water blades shot toward Loke from all directions, forcing him to keep moving and dodging.
Right in the path of his evasion!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Lucy and Sagittarius's arrows had already predicted his position, whistling as they shot over from various tricky angles.
What was even more devious was that so arrows were even intentionally aid at Juvia!
Then, after passing through Juvia's unobstructed watery body, they would appear abruptly in front of Loke without any warning.
"Hiss, this is getting a bit troubleso!"
Facing this downright shaless team-up between Juvia and Lucy, even Loke found himself feeling constrained, completely unable to get close, and firmly suppressed!
anwhile, thanks to Laxus's earlier indiscriminate outburst, the chaotic battle in the plaza finally returned to "normal," with everyone finding their opponents from the target teams.
The Great Cathedral area, which had been a complete ss, was naturally divided into several distinct battlefields.
There were two areas that were the most impossible to approach.
Laxus was one against two, fighting Mystogan and Gray alone!
Violent lightning, eerie illusions, and the ever-changing Ice-Make...
Three streams of magic power collided crazily, and the aftershocks of the battle, along with the gusts of wind they whipped up, kept everyone else at bay.
On the other side was the purest aesthetic of violence!
The battle between Erza and Mirajane had already entered a white-hot state.
Sharp swords and indestructible iron fists clashed with loud bangs, with every collision sparking fiery embers.
Both of them had completely abandoned unnecessary techniques; it was a barbaric confrontation of pure strength against strength. That iron-blooded, hardcore fighting style made everyone watching feel a chill.
Ron watched the two won's battle, scratching his head in confusion.
"It feels like I've forgotten sothing. What could it be?"
...
On the edge of the battlefield, another equally spectacular duel was taking place simultaneously.
Fried was alone, facing the combined force of Elfman and Evergreen.
"Charge of Manliness!!"
Elfman, having taken on the power of the Beast King and transford into a massive Beast King form, roared and charged toward Fried like a heavy tank.
His fist, filled with explosive power and carrying the weight of ten thousand pounds, slamd down with full force!
Fried stood quietly in place, quickly waving his rapier in front of him, and purple-black characters suddenly appeared in the void.
"Dark Écriture: Refuse!!!"
A translucent barrier suddenly appeared in front of him.
Boom!!!
Elfman's iron fist slamd solidly against the barrier.
"What?!"
Feeling the violent power rebounding from the barrier without losing any of its force, Elfman instantly lost his balance.
His massive body flew backward directly, heading straight toward Evergreen, who was preparing to cast a spell in the rear.
"Honestly!"
Evergreen flapped her wings and nimbly sidestepped, avoiding this human cannonball.
She adjusted her glasses and looked at Elfman, who had fallen to the ground in a sorry state, and said irritably.
"If you can't handle it, stop causing trouble in the front, will you? Idiot!"
"Damn it! I'm not an idiot!"
Elfman stood up with a kip-up.
"This is a strategy of manliness!"
"Do you two still have ti to chat?"
Fried's elegant and icy voice ca through.
He waved his sword again, and a new spell was complete.
"Dark Écriture: Pain!!!"
Elfman moved instantly, blocking the way in front of Evergreen.
Two purple-black characters were imdiately imprinted on his body.
"Urgh, ahhhh!!"
Elfman suddenly let out a scream, clutching his head and kneeling on the ground, as if suffering so kind of intense pain on a spiritual level.
"Elfman!"
"I'm fine, but... it's just a little pain. A man... doesn't fear things like this..."
"Idiot!!"
Evergreen's expression was serious. As a fellow mber of the Thunder God Tribe, she understood Fried's abilities much better than anyone else.
"Fairy Machine Gun: Light Bullets!!!"
She threw her hands open, and countless magic light bullets, dancing like fairies, poured toward Fried like a rainstorm.
"Dark Écriture: Wings!!!"
Fried rely wrote the characters on his arm, and a pair of wings suddenly appeared behind him, carrying him away as he easily dodged all the light bullets.
"It's useless, Evergreen."
Fried landed on a stone pillar in the distance, looking down at her, his erald-green eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Give up. You are no match for !"
"Is that so?"
A strange smile suddenly appeared on Evergreen's face.
She took off her glasses, revealing that pair of... beautiful eyes capable of turning people to stone.
"Stone Eyes!!!"
Facing these eyes, Fried imdiately turned his head away, not making any eye contact with her.
"Now! Elfman!"
Evergreen shouted.
"Oooohhh!! Manliness!!!"
Elfman, who had still been screaming on the ground, endured the pain, roared, and kicked off the ground.
He leaped directly into the air, gathering all his magic power into his right fist.
"Beast King... Shockwave!!!"
He bet all his strength on this single punch!
The massive Beast King's fist, carrying an indomitable montum, slamd fiercely toward Fried!
"Did it hit?!"
Evergreen felt a surge of joy.
Just as the fist was about to make contact with Fried.
A magic circle suddenly appeared beneath Fried's feet, and within it, a pair of... eyes glowing with dark purple light opened.
"Dark Écriture: Absolute Shadow!!!"
"Evergreen, as fellow mbers of the Thunder God Tribe, did you really think I wouldn't be prepared?"
Fried's voice seed to co from all directions.
Imdiately after, countless chains made of dark characters burst out from the shadows, instantly binding Elfman and Evergreen, who was not far away, tightly!
"This is... a trap!"
Evergreen's expression changed drastically, and she struggled desperately, but the character chains pulled tighter and tighter.
Elfman and Evergreen were pulled closer and closer against their will until they were tied firmly together, unable to move.
Fried landed and put the glasses back on Evergreen.
Only then did he slowly turn around, his rapier pointing at the two bound individuals.
"Ga over!"
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