"Whoa—look at all the people!"
Natsu slowly opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by a massive crowd; excitedly, he leaped down from Ron.
"They're enemies, enemies! Every single one of them is an enemy!!!" Lucy reminded him pointedly.
Natsu grinned and said, "Doesn't that make it more interesting?"
"Erigor, you are already surrounded by us."
Ron looked at the dense crowd opposite them and spoke nonchalantly.
"If you surrender now, you'll suffer less... otherwise... hehehe."
This arrogant, supercilious attitude made him look more like a villain than Erigor across from him.
"Tch, am I being underestimated? In that case, I'll let you experience the terror of a Dark Guild."
An enraged Erigor slamd the scythe in his hand downward and let out a loud shout.
"Go! Kill these ddleso fools!!!"
At his command, the surrounding Eisenwald mbers all grinned and sward forward like they were on a shot of adrenaline.
"Let , the great Rayule, finish you off!"
"Finish us off? I can't let that comnt slide..."
A man wearing a yellow and black striped hoodie with a black rope whip wrapped around his hand took the lead, only to be intercepted halfway by Gray.
"Hehehehe, just a few people and you dare stand before Eisenwald..."
"You flies, watch pluck your wings..."
"It should be tails, shouldn't it? Aren't they called Fairy Tail? Wahahaha..."
"Then they'd just be bare-assed! Hahaha..."
"..."
"You bunch of idiots. Try insulting Fairy Tail again and I can't guarantee any of you will see tomorrow."
Facing their insults toward the guild, Erza's face turned ashen. She held out a hand as a crimson magic circle manifested before her, and a sharp sword appeared in her grip.
"A Magic Swordsman? We have plenty of Magic Swordsn on our side..."
Swish! Swish! Swish!
With just a few flashes of sword light, Erza cut down both their swords and their words, easily suppressing the opposition.
Spears, twin swords, giant axes... all sorts of weapons shifted fluidly in Erza's hands, creating a dazzling display.
In the original plot, Erza was able to easily suppress this group from Eisenwald even after consuming a large amount of magic power driving the Magic Four-Wheeler at high speeds.
But now, they were facing Erza in her peak condition.
Her dominance was several tis more terrifying; with every move, she sent the enemy scurrying in chaos, leaving them completely unable to fight back.
"Hmm? There are still this many left?"
After a bout of fighting, Erza looked at the still-dense crowd around her and couldn't help but frown.
"How troubleso. I'll settle this all at once!"
"Requip: Heaven's Wheel Armor!!!"
Erza's magic power erupted violently, and a crimson magic circle suddenly appeared beneath her feet.
After a flash of light, the giant axe in Erza's hand vanished, replaced by two longswords and a suit of magnificent, heavy steel armor. Four steel wings spread out like sharp blades.
The armor was engraved with complex, mysterious runes—specifically the magic runes Ron had etched to enhance the armor's power.
"Heaven's Wheel: Blunblatt!!!"
Over a dozen swords circling behind Erza like a peacock's tail began to rotate at high speeds.
The spinning swords plunged into the crowd like a whirlwind. Amidst the flashing sword light and unrivaled power, the remaining Eisenwald mbers in front of her were all knocked down in an instant.
Ron's gaze fell upon Erza's Heaven's Wheel Armor, and he frowned slightly.
"It looks like it can still be adjusted. I'll modify it for her again when we get back..."
"Hmm?"
He spotted a fat man trying to minimize his profile and sneak away.
A light breeze rose around Ron, brushing softly through the station. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from the spot.
He had no intention of letting a single person from Eisenwald go, as they were a group expelled from the alliance for taking assassination requests.
That was why Ron hadn't joined the fray from the start; he was keeping a constant eye on everyone on the field.
Besides preventing these guys from doing sothing desperate and hurting the civilians in the station, he was also preventing anyone from sneaking away.
He hadn't expected to actually catch one.
"Hey, green-haired fatty, where... do you think you're going?"
Ron's playful chuckle rang in Karacka's ear, making the fat man tremble all over.
The next second, Ron's right hand landed on Karacka's shoulder. A layer of frost imdiately stained the man's body and rapidly spread across his entire fra.
By the ti Ron returned leisurely carrying the frozen Karacka, Gray had already finished off Rayule.
"Aaaaaahhh!!!"
A high-pitched scream from Lucy ca from the side. Behind her were the last dozen or so Eisenwald stragglers.
That's right, Ron had intentionally told Erza to let them through.
"Is Lucy... really going to be okay?"
Gray asked with so concern as he watched Lucy being chased and scurrying everywhere.
"Don't worry, Lucy is actually quite strong. She'll be fine."
Sure enough, as soon as Lucy managed to put so distance between herself and her pursuers, she quickly launched a counterattack.
She brandished the Zodiac key in her hand.
"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!!!"
Moo—
With the lowing of a bull, a minotaur wearing black triangular trunks with black spots on his body appeared out of thin air on the battlefield.
Holding a giant axe, Taurus understood Lucy's current predicant. He said nothing after appearing, leaping high into the air and swinging his giant axe in a full-moon rotation for a powerful downward strike.
"What?!"
The pursuers clearly didn't expect that Lucy, who had only been running away, would dare to turn back and attack them. They were caught completely off guard.
Facing the axe swung with Taurus's imnse strength, the group couldn't dodge at all. They collided head-on with the strike and were all cut down by the single axe blow.
"Miss Lucy, I won't let them harm your beautiful body!"
After successfully dealing with the enemies, Taurus approached, wriggling his body as he looked at Lucy with hearts in his eyes.
"Thank you, Taurus."
Lucy thanked him with a smile and sent Taurus back to the Spirit World.
'So that's how it is... the gate and space, the contract between a Celestial Spirit Wizard and a Spirit, and the Spirits themselves—life forms existing in a special form...'
Ron had quietly watched the entire process, from Lucy summoning Taurus to the end of the battle.
Runes flowed within his azure left eye, but the glow soon hid itself as his eye returned to calm.
"See? I told you she'd be fine."
Ron smiled and raised an eyebrow, looking toward the final battle.
"Now, only Erigor is left."
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