I Am... Laxus!

Jiang Bai only glanced at the scene, but he pieced together the whole story from the whispers of the ordinary people around him.

"It's terrifying! A man wielding a giant scythe led a large group of people who didn't look like good guys in and stormed in, hijacking the entire train!"

"They must be from the Dark Guild. That murderous aura is something an ordinary person could never possess!"

"What should I do? My luggage, the goods I just received this month, are still on that truck..."

After hearing this, Jiang Bai knew that the rats of the Eisenwald had already begun to take action.

"That man with the scythe, if I'm not mistaken, should be the ace of the Eisenwald, 'Shinigami' — Erigor."

Erza's expression was extremely solemn, and her crimson eyes flashed with a cold light.

"But why would they rob a train?"

Gray completely baffled. "If it's about money, then they should rob a bank or a vault. What's the point of hijacking a passenger train?"

"Since... since the army has already intervened and surrounded this place,"

Lucy's voice was weak and feeble. Having suffered the double torment of Jiang Bai's driving skills and Space Transfer, she felt as if every part of her body was about to fall apart.

"So... does that mean we don't need to chase after them anymore?"

"No."

Erza rejected her idea without hesitation, her tone resolute.

"Ordinary Royal Armies are no match for a dark mage of Erigor's caliber. Besides, they still possess that flute of Lullaby; we must stop them before they use it!"

After speaking, Erza turned her gaze to the only man beside her who still maintained a relaxed demeanor.

"Jiang Bai, let's continue."

Jiang Bai nodded. He always granted his girlfriend's requests.

He reached out again and, to Lucy's horror, grabbed everyone's shoulders.

Space is distorted, and light and shadow shift.

This time, they were even faster. In less than five seconds, they had already covered a distance of tens of kilometers and appeared directly on the platform of the next train station.

Just one minute before they appeared.

Erigor, who had just disembarked from the train with his men, was listening to Kageyama's embellished account of his "heroic" exploits on the train.

When he heard that word, Erigor stopped moving.

"Flies?" His hoarse voice carried a hint of danger.

"Right!"

Kageyama, oblivious to the impending danger, remained smug and self-satisfied.

"I just ran into a Fairy Tail fly on the train!"

Before he could finish speaking...

"Call out!"

Two incredibly fast, invisible wind blades shot out from Erigor's fingertips in an instant, precisely slicing across Kageyama's cheek!

Two thin, long bloody marks immediately appeared on his face, and fresh blood slowly seeped out from the wounds.

"You..."

Erigor's sharp, hawk-like eyes were fixed intently on Kageyama.

"Could it be that he's discovered our plan?"

The undisguised, chilling killing intent sent a shiver down Kageyama's spine, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to his knees.

The smugness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a deep-seated fear.

"No, no, Lord Erigor!"

He hurriedly defended himself, "So what if that little fly noticed? Our plan will absolutely not stop, will it?"

"Of course!"

Erigor snorted coldly and withdrew the murderous aura that had almost frozen people.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on the distance, a cruel smile curving his lips.

"But I also don't want to be hindered by any clueless individuals while the plan is in progress."

"Now that they've caught up..."

"Let's take care of them completely at the next location."

He had barely finished speaking.

The space in front of him suddenly distorted without warning, like a stone being thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples.

The next second, Jiang Bai and his group appeared out of thin air in front of Erigor and his men.

The two groups of people bumped into each other unexpectedly on the empty platform.

Jiang Bai looked at the group of Eisenwald members who had just gotten off the train, a harmless smile on his face.

He took two steps forward, stood before everyone, and began to speak in a calm tone, as if stating a fact:

"Perfect, saves us the trouble of searching. You're already surrounded."

An eerie silence instantly fell over the empty platform of the train station.

Several seconds passed.

"Puff--"

"Ha ha!"

Led by Kageyama, the Eisenwald members burst into unrestrained laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Did you hear that? What did he just say? He said he's surrounded us!"

"Just these few people? Five, and one of them is a cat? Haha, that's hilarious!"

"Is there something wrong with this person's brain? When did Fairy Tail start hiring these kinds of idiots who talk big?"

Laughter and jeers rose and fell, echoing throughout the platform.

Jiang Bai's expression remained unchanged. He simply tilted his head and asked in a tone of pure curiosity:

Is it funny?

The next moment.

The laughter of all the Eisenwald members came to an abrupt halt.

An indescribable, terrifying premonition, enough to make one's soul tremble, instantly overwhelmed their hearts like an icy tide.

They saw Jiang Bai slowly raise his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, and gently tap in their direction.

"Cursed Technique Reversal - 'Her'."

There was no Heavenly Movement noise, nor any dazzling light effects.

A tiny, almost imperceptible point of energy, emitting an ominous red glow, formed at his fingertip.

Then, the red light suddenly burst forth!

An unparalleled and extremely violent repulsive force transformed into a devastating crimson shockwave, instantly sweeping across more than a third of the area in front!

Those Eisenwald members who were just laughing wildly didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were completely, utterly, and cleanly annihilated in that red light!

It was as if they had never existed in this world.

"Boom--Rumble--!"

The long-awaited deafening roar finally arrived.

As the smoke and dust cleared, the area that had been filled with members of the Eisenwald was now completely empty.

All that remained was a huge, fan-shaped crater still bearing traces of melting.

The whole world was deathly quiet.

No one laughed at them anymore.

The surviving members of the Eisenwald stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, bodies stiff as stone statues, their expressions shifting from wild laughter to utter terror.

Cold sweat poured from their foreheads and backs like a waterfall, instantly soaking their clothes.

From the very beginning, Erigor never took Jiang Bai seriously.

In his perception, the handsome man in front of him did not have the slightest magical fluctuations; he was just an ordinary person.

However, just as Jiang Bai released the magic called "He".

An unprecedented and potentially deadly sense of crisis pierced every inch of Erigor's skin like countless poisoned steel needles!

In an instant, every hair on his body stood on end!

The fear that emanated from the depths of his soul caused his hand, gripping the scythe, to tremble uncontrollably.

He stared intently at Jiang Bai, his eyes, which always held a hint of mockery and cruelty, now filled only with overwhelming horror and solemnity.

"Who... who exactly are you?"

His voice was hoarse and dry, and his previous composure was gone.

"With such strength, you absolutely cannot be some nobody!"

Jiang Bai slowly withdrew his hand, without even glancing at the result of his actions.

He snorted coldly, slightly raised his chin, and swept his gaze over all the surviving enemies before him with an extremely arrogant and disdainful look.

"Hmph! Listen up!"

"I will not change my name or surname!"

"I am... Laxus!"

The name "Laxus" seemed to possess some kind of magic, striking heavily into the hearts of every member of the Eisenwald.

"What?! It's that 'Thor' Laxus?!"

"S-Class mage! The grandson of Fairy Tail's guild master, Makarov!"

"So it was him... No wonder... no wonder he was so strong!"

Fear spread among the people like a plague.

Laxus killed him, what does that have to do with my beloved Jiang Bai?

However, just as Jiang Bai was enjoying the despair in the enemy's eyes and feeling that he had reached the pinnacle of coolness for the day...

An untimely voice, filled with pure doubt, drifted from behind him.

"Jiang Bai,"

Natsu scratched his head, looking puzzled, and asked.

Why did you say your name was Laxus?

Jiang Bai: "..."

Jiang Bai's arrogant expression froze instantly.

Eisenwald: "..."

On the other side, the Eisenwald members, who had just been immersed in despair and fear, were also stunned.

The entire train station platform fell into an extremely awkward, deathly silence once again.