Chapter 232
Marshall had assumed there wouldn’t be any more surprises in this battle.
Naturally, the very next second proved him wrong.
The bound Angel suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"Hmph! Don’t think I’m just going to let you capture me like this! Pink Hair, I’ll remember you!"
Before anyone could react, Sorano transformed into a streak of light and vanished.
Even Marshall failed to stop her in time.
"!?"
"Marshall?! She disappeared!"
Marshall frowned.
"Teleportation Magic? Impossible. I already sealed off the surrounding space..."
He narrowed his eyes, replaying what he had just sensed.
"No. That looked more like the effect of a Magic Item."
Oración Seis possessed a Magic Item powerful enough to break through his spatial blockade?
Marshall’s expression became slightly more serious as he turned toward the other battlefield.
The remaining five members of Oración Seis were being steadily pushed back, yet none of them had teleported away.
And judging from their expressions, they definitely weren’t pretending.
So... only Angel possessed a Magic Item capable of escaping a spatial seal?
Marshall didn’t understand it.
But he didn’t particularly care either.
The priority right now was dealing with Brain.
"Come on, Tia."
Marshall took little Ultear’s hand and flew toward the battlefield.
"Let’s go get your revenge."
...
Elsewhere, Mira was fighting the rooster-haired Racer.
Racer moved around her at tremendous apparent speed, striking again and again.
Yet every attack was caught or blocked by Mira.
"Your speed is impressive."
Mira calmly intercepted another blow.
"But you don’t hit hard enough."
She smiled.
"You’re not my opponent."
Racer was already sweating heavily.
His Magic didn’t actually make him faster.
Instead, it interfered with the perception of everyone within a certain area, reducing their sensory responsiveness and making his movements appear impossibly fast by comparison.
The problem was...his Magic was clearly working!
So why could this woman still react to him?!
’Don’t tell me...’
’Even with her senses slowed down, her reactions are still faster than mine?!’
’What kind of monster is she?!’
At that moment, a brilliant beam of light shot in from the distance.
It struck Racer directly and sent him flying.
Marshall’s voice followed from afar.
"Mira-nee, his Magic affects everyone within a certain range. Watching from outside it was so slow I was getting sleepy."
He waved.
"Now’s your chance. Finish him."
"My~ Thank you, Marshall."
Mira smiled sweetly.
...
Erza’s battle was even easier.
Hoteye had originally intended to exchange a few serious blows with her.
Then the black-robed Wally stepped in front of him and threw off his cloak.
The two square-faced brothers stared at each other.
A second later, they were hugging and crying their eyes out.
Victory without a fight.
Ten minutes after the battle began, Oración Seis had already become the Oración Tres.
The Dragon Slayer battle was producing the flashiest spectacle.
Natsu, Gajeel, and Cobra were locked in a chaotic three-way brawl.
On paper, it looked like Natsu and Gajeel were fighting two-on-one against Cobra and his snake.
In practice, the two Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers kept sabotaging each other because both wanted the finishing blow, leaving all three sides stuck in a stalemate.
Laxus was even worse.
He refused to let anyone interfere with his fight and ordered the Thunder God Tribe to keep everyone else away while he fought Midnight alone.
Yet every lightning strike that should have hit Midnight somehow bent away at the last second.
For the moment, even Laxus couldn’t bring him down.
As for Gildarts... he looked almost completely unmotivated.
Even so, Brain was no match for him.
The fight barely resembled a serious battle.
It looked more like Gildarts was playing with him.
Seeing that none of the remaining battles posed much danger, Marshall flew into the sky and began drawing an enormous magic array to reinforce the surrounding space.
He had no intention of letting anyone else escape.
Fairy Tail had brought far too many people, while the Dark Guild small fry were far too weak.
Before long, most of the guild members had finished their fights and found themselves with nothing left to do.
They handed prisoner collection over to the more responsible people from the other two guilds, then gathered around to watch the final three battles.
Soon, a large circle of spectators had formed.
"Natsu, can you even do this?! Did you skip breakfast or something?! Put some strength into it!"
"Seriously! Gajeel, if you two can’t finish him, hurry up and switch with someone else! We haven’t had enough fighting yet!"
"Laxus! I figured it out! His Magic can distort matter, but it can’t distort the human body! Stop throwing lightning and punch him!"
"Gildarts, quit slacking! We still need to get back for lunch! Finish early so we can wrap up early!"
"Stupid old man! Stop playing around and beat him already! That guy’s a complete bastard!"
Some people even used Molding Magic to create tables and chairs.
Others pulled out snacks and drinks.
Someone actually opened an impromptu betting pool.
The entire crowd had adopted the attitude of spectators watching a sporting event.
The remaining members of Oración Seis felt their blood pressure rise.
They were being treated like zoo animals!
𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
These Fairy Tail bastards!
Cobra was the angriest of all.
His enhanced hearing allowed him to hear people’s thoughts and roughly predict their movements.
That ability worked extremely well in a one-on-one fight.
But there were two people attacking him!
’Damn it!’
’Why do I have to fight both of them?!’
’What kind of skill is ganging up on someone?!’
Midnight, meanwhile, had already recognized that their defeat was inevitable.
He was beginning to lose interest in fighting altogether.
Even if his father’s other personality, Zero, emerged, Midnight doubted it could reverse the situation.
Besides, he had never particularly liked Brain anyway.
If Midnight had been strong enough to overthrow him, he probably would have rebelled long ago.
At this point... whatever.
They had already lost.
Midnight stopped resisting.
Laxus sent another bolt of lightning crashing down.
This time, Midnight didn’t even bother dodging.
Electricity tore through him, leaving his body numb as he collapsed cleanly to the ground.
Laxus’s expression immediately soured.
"Why didn’t you dodge?"
"I couldn’t."
Midnight lay there calmly.
"Sorry I couldn’t give you a more satisfying fight."
Laxus clicked his tongue.
"Boring."
...
With Oración Seis rapidly approaching the point where Brain would be the only member left standing, their leader finally panicked.
That bastard Gildarts wasn’t even fighting seriously.
He was deliberately toying with him!
It was unbearable.
"FAIRY TAIL!!!"
Brain roared.
"You’ll pay for this!"
Dark Magic surged around him.
"I’ll show you my true power!"
Hoteye, still holding tightly onto his younger brother, immediately paled.
"Not good!"
"Brain is going to forcibly release the seal!"
Erza frowned.
"Sealed power?"
"Brain’s true power is too powerful and too unstable to control."
Hoteye hurriedly explained.
"He adopted five children and used us as seals to suppress it. That is how Oración Seis was formed."
His expression became grave.
"But now he intends to break those seals himself."
"When Brain’s seal is fully released, the personality known as Zero emerges."
Hoteye swallowed.
"That thing is a monster driven only by the desire for destruction."
"You have to stop him before that happens!"
Marshall laughed.
"So now he suddenly can’t handle losing?"
He descended beside Erza just as the enormous array above finally stabilized.
"Perfect. I finished my spell too."
Marshall waved toward the surrounding spectators.
"All right, everyone! Back up!"
"Clear the battlefield!"
In truth, he hardly needed to warn them.
A terrifying surge of Magic Power suddenly erupted from Brain’s body.
The pressure alone was no weaker than what Jose had once displayed, and the weaker Mages were forced several steps backward simply from standing near it.
At that moment, Virgo abruptly emerged from the ground.
"Little Master, reporting. The assigned task has been completed."
"Good work."
Marshall placed one hand against the ground.
The earth began to rumble.
The entire section of land centered around Gildarts and Brain suddenly tore free from the surrounding terrain and began rising into the sky.
Marshall was one of the few people who understood that Gildarts hadn’t actually been slacking off.
The man simply had terrible control over collateral damage once he started fighting seriously.
He had been holding back because so many guild members were nearby.
So Marshall decided to give him a battlefield where he wouldn’t have to worry about anyone else.
Using Gravity Magic, he lifted the entire section of ground into the air.
Before long, only the handful of people strong enough to remain nearby were left on the floating battlefield.
Gildarts immediately understood what Marshall was doing and gave him a thumbs-up.
"Nice one, Marshall. This works."
"Then hurry up and finish this."
Marshall strained under the weight of the enormous mass of earth.
"Keeping this much land floating is exhausting."
"Sure."
Gildarts grinned.
"I won’t keep you waiting long."
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