What Did You Take My Forbearance Toward My Guildmates For?

"Yosh! I'm fired up too!"

Looking at the chaotic battle outside, Natsu was not afraid at all; instead, he was so excited that he was practically bursting with excitement.

He patted his chest and confidently declared to the trapped Makarov, "Old man, just stay here and watch me go and give that bastard Laxus a good beating!"

After saying that, he stormed out of the guild.

The result was exactly the same as Makarov's; with a "bang," he also crashed into an invisible wall.

"Why?!" Natsu covered his nose, which had been bruised and red, looking completely bewildered.

Those guild members who hadn't yet left the guild saw this and began to express their doubts. "Could it be... that Natsu is 80 years old too?"

Jiang Bai watched this scene and silently complained to himself.

If calculated according to his actual birth date, this guy is over four hundred years old. The fact that the technique didn't filter him out as a living fossil is already quite generous of them.

Just then, the spell text that appeared in mid-air changed, and began to display real-time battle information and the number of remaining players.

Natsu panicked. He ran up to Jiang Bai, grabbed his arm, and shook it violently. "Jiang Bai! You must have a way to destroy this broken spell! Hurry up and get rid of it, I want to go out and fight too!"

Jiang Bai shook off his hand with a look of disgust. "Go find Levy and ask her to help rewrite the spell."

"What if I forcibly break the spell, and that chuunibyou Laxus goes on a rampage again and kills all the hostages?"

What he was really thinking was, "By the time you finally come out, it might be too late; I'll have already taken care of Laxus."

"Levy! Where's Levy?" Natsu looked around.

"Don't rush me! I'm fixing it!"

In the corner, Levy was hunched over a pile of ancient books, sweating profusely as she tried to decipher them.

"Then I'll be going now." Jiang Bai waved to Makarov, turned around, and left.

Just then, a Thought Projection composed of pure lightning slowly condensed and took shape in the center of the guild; it was Laxus.

He didn't even glance at the others, his gaze fixed directly on Makarov, his tone full of mockery. "Grandpa! Is this what you always mean by 'the guild is family'?"

"You treat them like family, but they don't seem to treat anyone else like family. Look how happily they're fighting each other, hahaha."

Makarov was speechless for a moment, his face turning ashen.

Before he could refute, Natsu stepped forward first.

"Grandpa! Don't take what this guy says to heart!"

Natsu pointed at Laxus's Thought Projection and shouted,

"Everyone in the guild treats each other like family!"

"But even the closest family members have conflicts and arguments! We fight sometimes, but it's definitely more satisfying to fight with magic!"

"You brat!" Laxus's Thought Projection showed an impatient expression.

Makarov looked at Natsu with surprise. "Natsu... you're quite the talker sometimes."

He never imagined that one day he would be lectured by this single-celled organism whose mind was only focused on fighting and eating.

Perhaps I really have been too protective of them.

This civil war provided them with a perfect opportunity to unleash their pent-up emotions and vent their frustrations.

Having figured this out, Makarov's gaze sharpened as he looked at Laxus: "Laxus, what exactly are you doing all this for?"

"Grandpa! Don't you understand?" Laxus became agitated.

"What I want is the position of guild leader! I want to make 'Fairy Tail' the strongest guild in the Kingdom of Fiore!"

"No! The position of guild leader will never be yours!" Makarov refused resolutely.

"Why?!" Laxus roared in fury.

"Grandpa! I'm your own grandson! If you didn't choose me, you would definitely choose that outsider Jiang Bai, right?"

"Jiang Bai is not an outsider! I chose him because..."

"I know! I know!" Natsu excitedly raised his hand to answer.

"Because Jiang Bai is stronger than you, and he's more popular than you!"

"I don't need that boring stuff called popularity!" Laxus roared.

"As for being stronger than me? That's all in the past! My growth over the years has long surpassed his!"

"Hey~ that's just your imagination,"

Happy peeked out from above Natsu's head and mercilessly made sarcastic remarks.

"I feel the gap should have widened even further."

Happy didn't believe Laxus could defeat Jiang Bai, who had withstood the Etherion without taking any damage.

Laxus glared at Happy, and the powerful aura of oppression made Happy quickly shrink his head back.

"Hmph! Just you wait and see how I defeat Jiang Bai!"

After saying that, Laxus's Thought Projection turned into lightning and dissipated into the air.

Meanwhile, Jiang Bai, who had already left the guild, now had only two goals.

One is Laxus, the mastermind behind this farce; the other is Evergreen, the one who dared to lay a hand on his woman.

However, there is one small matter that needs to be dealt with before that.

Jiang Bai's figure instantly appeared above Magnolia Town. He used magic to amplify his voice, which spread to every corner of the town.

"Hey! Everyone from Fairy Tail, listen up!"

"Fighting is allowed, but you are not permitted to damage any of the residents' buildings or property. You will be responsible for compensating for any damage!"

Upon hearing Jiang Bai's voice, the guild members who were engaged in fierce battles throughout the town all paused in their actions.

The next second, they began to deliberately avoid the surrounding buildings in their fighting style.

As for the parts that were accidentally damaged, they were all silently noted down, and they planned to seek compensation after the repairs were completed.

After doing all this, Jiang Bai closed his eyes, and a massive Mental Detection spell instantly enveloped the entire Magnolia.

"Found you!"

A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips, and in a flash, he appeared directly in front of Evergreen, who was searching for her target on the street.

Before Evergreen could even scream, Freed's spell instantly rose from the ground, enveloping Jiang Bai and her together.

Within the spell, Jiang Bai looked at the woman in front of him whose face had turned deathly pale, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"Now, you can't escape."

Evergreen forced herself to calm down. She knew that the moment this man had his eye on her, running away was pointless.

Since that's the case, then we have no choice but to strike first!

Don't be too happy yet!

She roared and mobilized all her magic power, unleashing her strongest attack spell.

"Watch this! Fairy Machine Gun - Little Fairy!"

In an instant, countless magical light needles, as solid as tangible metal, erupted from behind her, like a dense, impenetrable rainstorm, pouring down on Jiang Bai!

This is a terrifying move capable of turning an entire army into sieves in an instant.

However, Jiang Bai didn't even lift an eyelid when faced with this attack, which would make any S-Class Mage temporarily retreat.

Those violent energy needles, less than an inch from his body, seemed to have hit an invisible, absolutely insurmountable wall, and suddenly stopped in mid-air.

There was no explosion, no sound.

Those once indestructible light needles hovered quietly around Jiang Bai, then, as if they had lost all their energy, turned into specks of light and dissipated.

Jiang Bai's "Infinity" made this so-called "strongest move" look like a laughable pantomime.

He began to walk step by step toward Evergreen.

As he stepped down, an indescribable, terrifying pressure, seemingly capable of freezing the soul, instantly enveloped the entire spell barrier.

This isn't magic; it's pure psychological oppression!

"You're so weak..."

Jiang Bai's voice was soft, yet it struck Evergreen's heart like a heavy hammer.

"How dare you lay a hand on my girlfriend?"

He took another step forward, and the oppressive aura intensified once more.

"How dare you lay a hand on a fellow guild member?"

"Didn't you... ever consider everyone in the guild as your comrades?"

Evergreen's legs began to tremble uncontrollably, her teeth chattered, and cold sweat soaked her back.

She felt like a small boat in a storm, about to be Crush by that invisible pressure.

"I... I am one of the Thunder God Tribe of Laxus!"

Driven by immense fear, she had no choice but to rely on her only support.

"Laxus again."

Jiang Bai stopped, a mocking smile appearing on his face.

"You just do whatever he tells you to do?"

"I usually ignore your petty squabbles, but now you dare to push your luck."

"What do you take my tolerance towards my guildmates for?"

Before the words were even finished, the Spiritual Pressure suddenly increased by an order of magnitude!

Evergreen could no longer bear it; her legs gave way, and she collapsed to her knees.

She felt her mental defenses were about to collapse, and Jiang Bai before her seemed to have transformed into an ancient, ferocious beast that would devour anyone who came to devour it.

At that moment, her survival instinct led her to issue her final and most vicious threat.

"No... don't come any closer!"

She roared with all her might, her face contorted with a desperate madness.

"Otherwise, all those I petrified... will have to die with me!"