The Strongest Lineup, the Guild's Future S-Class Mages!

The purplish-black figure suddenly froze in mid-air, and at the same time, a huge purplish-black magic circle formed in front of her.

The silver-white figure moved even faster, arriving in front of the bone dragon before it could react to the lightning attack.

"Heaven's Wheel - Pentagonal Sword!"

"Soul Extinctor!"

Two girls' delicate shouts rang out simultaneously, and in an instant, the pentagram sword mark exploded at the bone dragon's head. Immediately afterward, a huge and thick purplish-black shockwave also rushed over, covering nearly half of the bone dragon's body.

An extremely powerful surge of magical energy spread across the sky, drawing everyone's attention. This series of coordinated attacks rekindled their hope.

But they were disappointed again; the bone dragon suffered little damage under such a dense and powerful attack. However, it was clearly provoked by the three's attack, and immediately opened its blood-red maw, unleashing a roar.

"Bite!"

The crisp sound of the magic circle being formed faded, and in mid-air, a massive purple magic circle materialized. A black roar slammed into the purple magic circle, producing a deafening roar. The magic circle trembled and swirled wildly. Two powerful magical energies collided violently.

"This is..." Chiba stared blankly at the magic circle in the sky, a sense of familiarity welling up inside him.

"Three Layered Magic Circle: Mirror Water!"

A magic circle of three colors—blue, purple, and red—was formed. As the boy's deep shout fell, the stalemated roar rebounded and crashed into the bone dragon.

"Bang!"

The enormous body crashed to the ground with a roar, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. People stared blankly at what had just happened, unsure of what to do.

"Go! Kill it!"

Someone roared, and immediately hundreds responded!

"Oh!!"

People picked up their loosened weapons and rushed forward. They no longer distinguished between themselves, between justice and evil; their target was the downed bone dragon. Such a scene was truly unprecedented.

"Chiba! Are you alright?!"

Mira, having reverted to her Satan Soul form, ran up to Chiba. She saw Chiba's blood-stained robes and a look of worry crossed her pretty face.

"It's nothing, it's all enemy blood." Noticing Mira's gaze, Chiba smiled slightly and then asked, "What brings you here?"

Mira pouted, reached out and gently punched him, saying, "It's because I was worried about you! The president and Professor Hodrian said you were in danger here! So Erza and I came!"

"And those two..." Chiba looked at the two people walking over from not far away.

"I ran into them on my way back. They said there might be a war here, so I came back." Laxus glanced coldly at Chiba and said indifferently, "Apart from this monster, it's just a bunch of freaks."

Erza also came over with a smile and said, "It's good that you're alright. By the way, Chiba, this is Mystogan, who recently joined our guild."

She introduced the masked boy in black who walked over.

"I'm Chiba, hello." Chiba looked at him and grinned.

Mystogan's eyes flickered slightly, then he nodded in acknowledgment and said, "Mystogan."

They did indeed reunite, but neither of them told anyone that they actually knew each other. Chiba knew that the reason Mystogan concealed his identity was because he looked exactly like Jellal in this world; he was also called Jellal in the Edolas world.

Earth-land and Edolas are like parallel worlds; almost everyone can find another version of themselves in the other world, unless that other version kicks the bucket.

Jellal of Earth-land was imprisoned in the Tower of Heaven with Erza during their childhood. It was a sinful place where they suffered oppression and exploitation, living each day without hope or a future. In 776, they rebelled against the builders of the Tower of Heaven, led by Erza who had awakened her magic, and overthrew their rule. Just when they thought victory was in the making, Jellal appeared, shattering their hopes.

The gentle, kind, strong, and brave Jellal disappeared, replaced by a tyrannical, treacherous, and cruel Jellal. He claimed to be guided by the Black Mage Zeref, but in reality, he was bewitched by Ultear and fell into darkness. He killed the cult leaders, then drove Erza out of the Tower of Heaven, threatening her not to return, and told the laborers that Erza had abandoned them, thus conveniently leaving the laborers in the Tower of Heaven to continue construction.

Jellal of Edolas didn't want Erza to see his face, and also to avoid unnecessary trouble. So, after joining Fairy Tail, he adopted the alias Mystogan.

He guessed that Chiba must have figured out his identity, but tacitly kept quiet about the fact that the two had known each other before.

"This guy actually joined the guild a long time ago, but you're rarely in the guild, so you don't know him. He basically always leaves after accepting a quest, and even when he does, he uses hypnosis magic to put most of the guild members to sleep, so we've rarely seen him. But somehow, after hearing that you and your senior sister were here, he followed us here a little bit." Mira whispered in his ear.

"Do you know him?" Mira asked.

Chiba shook his head and said, "This is the first time I've met him. I don't know why either. Maybe he has some kind of grudge against the Dark Guild."

Mira looked thoughtful and said, "That's possible."

"Hey, hey, you know what?" Mira suddenly nudged him with her elbow and laughed, "Macao and the others were so worried about us this time!"

"Why?" Chiba was taken aback.

"Because they're afraid we'll come out and cause trouble!" Mira puffed out her chest, a little smugly saying, "Except for that old man, this is the strongest lineup in Fairy Tail!"

Before me Mira, smiling broadly and seemingly unfazed by the cold, dressed in rather revealing clothes; Erza, clad in armor with a pretty, smiling face; Laxus, tall and muscular, draped in a coat; and Mystogan.

These four people... are all the frontline fighting force of Fairy Tail in the future, and are also the four S-Class Mages excluding the strongest mage Gildarts!

"Yes, it is indeed the strongest lineup." Chiba smiled with a hint of emotion. Having been here for so long, he had almost forgotten that he had transmigrated here.

"Roar!!"

At this moment, the bone dragon, which should have collapsed to the ground, shook off the people on its body, struggled to its feet, and let out a roar that shook the surrounding area. It fanned up a violent wind, blowing many people away. Then it flapped its wings and flew up, its eyes, which flickered with ghostly blue flames, looking towards Chiba and the others.