A Former Raven Tail Member Kneels and Begs for Help

Beneath the collapsed and sealed frozen soil, the life force of the one-eyed monster bird was fleeing into the distance at an extremely fast speed along the underground fissures.

Jiang Bai stood still, not even taking a single step to chase after it. His right index finger slowly emerged from the sleeve of his robe, aiming at the ground directly below where the monster had fled.

"It's been a long time since I used this trick."

Before he could finish speaking...

The gravitational and repulsive forces of clockwise and counterclockwise rotation rapidly merge at the tip of the index finger.

A pure and rich dark purple ball of light instantly formed at the fingertip. There was no complicated and obscure magic circle construction; only the purest spatial distortion rules silently swirled around.

"Hollow Technique · Zi."

Call out!

A thick, dark purple beam of light shot out from Jiang Bai's fingertip, piercing straight through the hard ice field and tens of meters of frozen rock, penetrating deep into the earth.

There was no violent shock or explosion.

Along the way, the frozen soil, rocks, and even the enormous, greedy one-eyed beast and Deliora inside its belly, all touched by the dark purple light, were instantly affected by the beam of light.

The tiny rays of light seemed to consciously envelop the entire body, which was then Disassembly and erased without any resistance. Even the cells and genes were instantly reduced to nothingness and dust, completely dissipating into the air.

Only a straight, mirror-like hole remained on the ground, from which wisps of warm white smoke slowly drifted out.

Annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Jiang Bai flicked his fingers and then naturally put his right hand back into his trouser pocket.

"Done, job done."

Brushing a few snowflakes off his trousers, Jiang Bai strode towards the towering altar in the center of the village.

"Let's go. Judging by our distance and time, those three tomb raiders who thought they got a great deal should have melted most of the outer layer of ice on the Eternal Flame with their Moon Drops by now."

Natsu put his hands behind his head, stepping on the ice shards beneath his feet, his face filled with frustration.

"What the hell! We came all this way to this desolate place, and we didn't even get to have a proper fight. My fists are practically rusting!"

Originally, they had hoped that the guy who called himself a demon could hold out for a few rounds, but in the blink of an eye, he was manipulated by Jiang Bai. In the end, even the strange bird was turned into ashes. Natsu had nowhere to vent the fighting spirit that had been building up inside him.

Wendy quickly beside him, carrying a small backpack, a gentle and comforting smile on her face.

"Mr. Natsu, this is actually quite good. We haven't encountered any dangerous battles, which at least means that all unexpected situations are currently under Jiang Bai's control."

Gray strode over to the other side, glanced at Natsu sideways, and waved to Wendy.

"Wendy, just ignore him. This idiot will sulk for a bit, he'll be fine in a couple of minutes."

Upon hearing this, Natsu immediately bared his teeth, ready to retort.

Lucy, who was walking in the middle, suddenly twitched her eye and looked at Gray, not wanting to say anything more.

"Gray, before you start criticizing others, can you at least put your own clothes on properly?"

Gray looked down blankly at himself.

"What?! When did you take it off?!"

The group strolled and joked along the rugged village road, which was frozen solid, while the towering ice sculptures on both sides, some tens of meters high, stood out solemnly against the backdrop of the white snow.

When we reached the corner of a wide square in the very center of the village.

Jiang Bai, who was walking at the very front, suddenly paused slightly.

With his hands still in his pockets, Jiang Bai turned his head, his deep gaze sweeping obliquely towards the shadow behind a heavy stone monument on the right side of the street.

"This village is really lively today. What's this sneaky little tagalong doing here again?"

Jiang Bai's mind stirred slightly.

A vast, invisible Psychokinesis, as powerful as a tidal wave, suddenly converged from the void, instantly locking onto the slender figure trembling behind the stone tablet.

With that, Jiang Bai slightly hooked his five fingers inside his pocket.

"Aaaaaah!!"

A short, sharp scream rang out in the alley.

Behind the stone tablet, a woman's body, draped in a tattered cloak and sporting a head of messy, wine-red hair, was forcibly dragged out of the air by an invisible Telekinesis, offering no resistance.

With a thud.

The red-haired woman was thrown sprawled out on the frozen ground in front of the group, rolling around in the snow twice in a disheveled state. Her old cloak came undone, revealing a pale, thin face with a hint of neurotic timidity.

Lucy was on high alert, and had just raised the Celestial Spirit Key when she saw the woman's face and froze on the spot.

"Huh?! You... you're Freya, the member of the 'Raven Tail' guild from the Grand Magic Games... is she?!"

Gray recognized the face as well, his eyes instantly turning cold as he assumed the starting position for Molding Magic.

"The Raven Tail? Those remnants of the dark scum have somehow infiltrated this village?!"

Natsu, who had been drooping his head, suddenly raised it, clashed his fists together, and golden-red flames suddenly burst into flames on his knuckles. He was so excited that his face was flushed.

"Huh?! Raven Tail?! That means it's the enemy!"

"Great! Finally, a fight! Take this Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!!"

The intense heatwave from the flames hit us hard.

Freya, who was lying on the ground, was so frightened that she curled up into a ball, her long, wine-red hair disheveled and draped over her shoulders.

His gaze swept erratically across the faces of the Fairy Tail members, finally settling on Jiang Bai, who stood calmly at the front of the group.

For everyone in the Grand Magic Games Tournament, Jiang Bai's terrifying divine power in tearing apart several giant dragons from four hundred years ago with his own strength had long since become the ultimate nightmare imprinted in the deepest part of their souls.

Faced with Jiang Bai's unfathomable, calm gaze, Freya trembled like a leaf in the wind, her hands clutching the tattered fabric of her clothes tightly, tears welling in her eyes, as she desperately waved her hands and screamed an explanation.

"No... don't do it! No! I'm not the enemy!!"

"I'm no longer a member of Raven Tail! Please, don't attack me!!"

Natsu stopped throwing a punch and frowned suspiciously.

Freya pressed her body tightly against the cold ground, her voice filled with heavy sobs and urgency.

"I... I was originally a member of this Sun Village! This is my home!!"

Upon hearing this absurd answer, Gray couldn't help but chuckle, placing one hand on his hip and looking down at her condescendingly.

"Huh? If you're going to lie, at least use your brain a little and make it sound plausible!"

"Look around at these frozen villagers, they're all giants over ten meters tall. You're just a skinny little human girl, claiming to be a member of the village? Are you trying to fool someone?"

Happy nodded his big head in agreement mid-air.

"Hey! Gray's right! This place is full of giants, you don't look like one of their kind at all!"

Natsu stretched his neck, and the flames on his hands shot up three feet high again.

"Why bother with all that? A dark mage who's full of lies, just kill her with one punch, so she doesn't get in the way!"

Feeling the oppressive dragon flame emanating from Natsu's fist, Freya collapsed onto the muddy ground, her teeth chattering uncontrollably.

At this moment, Freya was indeed gripped by the fear of death, but what truly plunged Freya into utter despair was not the fear that she would die here today.

Rather, she feared that if she were killed on the spot, no one would be able to help her break the curse in her hometown, which was frozen by eerie ice, or among her closest relatives who had raised her!

"Waaaaah... Please... don't kill me! Let me finish speaking!!"

Under the scrutinizing gazes of the Fairy Tail members, Freya sobbed as she revealed her long-buried past and secrets without reservation.

Twenty years ago, Freya was just a newborn human baby abandoned on the edge of a wasteland, barely alive.

It was the kind-hearted giants of Sun Village who discovered Freya during their patrol. Instead of rejecting or abandoning this fragile human child because of racial differences, the giants carefully brought Freya back to their village and raised her little by little with sweet Freya milk and precious fruits.

In this secluded village, every giant, with their enormous physique, regarded Freya as the apple of their tribe's eye, showering her with love and affection as if she were their own daughter.

However, as she grew older, the harsh reality began to take thorns in young Freya's heart.

Looking at his fellow giants, who were often tens of meters tall and incredibly strong, and then looking down at his own short, thin, and weak human body, which would bruise and bleed from the slightest bump.

Intense feelings of inferiority, fear, and alienation haunted the fragile girl day and night.

Freya felt that she was the only disabled person in the village, an unwanted burden.

Ultimately, overwhelmed by extreme inferiority and anxiety, young Freya made the most foolish and painful decision of her life—to leave without saying goodbye one night and flee the Sun Village that raised her.

A naive and innocent young girl enters the treacherous world for the first time and soon encounters bullying and exclusion from society. When she is desperate and on the verge of despair, she meets Ivan, the chairman of the Raven Tail.

Ivan took a liking to Freya's unusual red hair, which possessed special magical power, and used false protection to bring Freya into the guild, turning her into a killing tool for the dark guild.

After the Grand Magic Games, the Raven Tail completely disintegrated and was destroyed.

Having lost her home and exhausted, Freya finally let go of her long-standing resentment and inferiority complex. Filled with endless guilt and longing, she traveled day and night back to the wasteland, wanting to return to the embrace of the giants to admit her mistakes and repent.

However, when Freya finally stepped back onto her homeland after overcoming countless hardships, she was met with a desolate, frozen hell on earth.

The entire village, and all the giants who loved them dearly, were frozen eternally by that incomprehensible, cold, demonic power.

For days, Freya had been frantically searching through the village ruins for a way to break the ice, even using her magical hair to whip the ice relentlessly until her hair was worn and bleeding, but the ice remained unmoved.

In her despair, Freya saw the Fairy Tail team entering the village, especially Jiang Bai standing in the group.

That overwhelming prestige belonging to the strongest human beings became the only lifeline Freya could grasp in her dark world.

Freya cried as she struggled to her feet from the snow.

Thump!

He knelt heavily on the frozen ground in front of Jiang Bai, his knees utterly humiliated.

Freya pressed her hands against the rough, gravelly ground, bowing her head deeply, her forehead pressed tightly against the cold, frozen mud. Large tears fell into the soil, and her voice trembled and became extremely hoarse from the extreme pleading.

"Lord Jiang Bai... Fellow mages of Fairy Tail..."

"I know I've done many unforgivable things in the past. You can punish me however you want, even kill me!"

"But I beg you... I beg you to have mercy and save this village!!"

"Save the giants! I'd give my life for them... I beg you!!"