On Tenrou Island, Gajeel and Levy.
"Looks like I really made the right choice coming here. I even got to fight against the enemy forces! Hahaha, not bad, not bad!"
"Let me see if the enemy has arrived!"
When Zorn's telepathic communication transmitted the information to him, the initial feeling of boredom immediately disappeared, and he was now full of energy.
Gajeel swayed back and forth, surveying his surroundings, gesturing with his hand to his forehead, completely oblivious to Levy, who had already walked ahead and was now somewhat listless.
Levy was caught up in self-blame and hadn't recovered yet, so she stopped worrying about whether Gajeel had ignored her.
Whether she didn't care about him or not, through the protection she had received before, Levy her heart that Gajeel's personality was just like that. It's just that her current strength... is very weak... and she wasn't confident that she could help Gajeel against this enemy.
Am I just a burden to Gajeel...?
This feeling of depression and self-blame accompanied Levy as she grew further and further apart from Gajeel, without her noticing anything amiss.
Thump thump thump thump
Levy's head bobbed up and down with Gajeel's pats, immediately interrupting her thoughts, and she stared at Gajeel in confusion.
While Gajeel was still looking around, he suddenly noticed that Levy walked quite a distance away. Realizing that the enemy was the Dark Guilds, he hurriedly chased after her out of concern.
But when he waved his hand in front of Levy's face, she didn't even notice.
His face was still filled with self-reproach and regret, which stirred something in Gajeel's heart.
He felt the same sense of loss when Zorn defeated him in that instant; he could understand that feeling.
So all I could do was tap Levy on the head to distract her.
"What's wrong, little guy? Why are you so down... This is a rare opportunity to fight..."
"But..."
Levy heard Gajeel's words and was about to open her mouth to explain.
"Swish swish~"
Accompanied by a rustling sound from the bushes, a samurai sword, gleaming coldly and bearing the character for "slash," came slashing horizontally.
Gajeel quickly transformed his left arm into steel to block the attack, while his other hand transformed into a steel dragon staff, slamming it into the belly of a chicken behind him.
This swift reaction startled the dog dressed as a samurai, which immediately jumped back and looked at the two of them cautiously.
"Remember this, don't leave my side without permission next time... Do you hear me?"
Gajeel clashed his fists together, making a domineering declaration, and then Levy behind him.
"So, you are the intruders— the Dark Guilds — Grimoire Heart!"
Gajeel looked at the enemy with excitement mixed with disdain; that arrogant expression immediately ignited the enemy's anger.
Levy stared blankly at Gajeel's retreating figure, her heart pounding, and she murmured softly, "Gajeel..."
"We're here to... hunt fairies! Not to watch you two show off your love!"
"Boom!" Yomazu, a member of Grimoire Heart, slashed forward with his katana, and a Solid Script immediately resounded throughout the entire forest.
"Ugh, so noisy!!"
"The words are emanating Magic, just like your Magic, Levy!" Gajeel covered his ears and screamed.
"This Magic is... Oriental Script?"
Levy at the words, immediately realized what they were, and called out.
However, due to the enormous roar of the surrounding environment, the two people's voices could not reach each other's ears.
As soon as Yomazu's Magic took effect, Kawazu immediately understood. This was the tacit understanding they had developed since they started working together. Under such circumstances, no one could easily detect their attack.
Kawazu sprang out from somewhere unseen by either of them, slashing down with a claw, a triumphant smile already appearing on their faces.
To their surprise, Levy and Gajeel seemed to have received a warning and simultaneously crouched down, dodging the attack.
"What~"
"This is impossible, it's impossible to detect..." Kamaz the chicken-headed man was stunned, his expression fell, and he blurted out incredulously. However, his body reacted quickly, and he leaped into the air with his wings spread.
Countless eggs shot out of his mouth.
"Egg Attack ~"
"I'll slay, I'll slay, I'll slay..."
Samurai Yomazu also launched an attack, but it seemed that both Gajeel and Levy were aware of their attacks.
They were either blocked or dodged, as if anticipated.
"Damn it, damn it, I don't believe it!"
"Slash!" A Solid Script appeared on the tip of the blade. Combined with the samurai's swordsmanship, he swung it forcefully, and a silver-white blade flashed, slashing horizontally towards the two.
Gajeel immediately stepped forward, clasped his arms together, and Magic Circle appeared, flashing with light. An iron shield instantly formed, simultaneously covered with Armament Haki.
The sound of metal striking metal indicated that the attack had been easily blocked.
The next step is to address the noise issue.
Thinking of Levy lightly touched the ground with her feet, her body suspended in mid-air, and she quickly wrote in the air with one hand.
"Solid text -- stillness!"
The green word 'quiet', under Lebby's control, quickly hit the word 'boom'.
With a "bang," a flash of white light appeared.
When the noise subsided, the deafening roar immediately ceased.
"What?! You actually erased my Magic?!" After the samurai swung his sword and Gajeel dodged it, his attention was completely drawn to this unexpected situation.
"Iron Dragon's Club ~"
Gajeel seized the opportunity and slammed a punch, thick with steel, into Yomazu's face.
"Aaaaah~" Yomazu screamed in pain, flying backward and crashing through several trees, sending up a cloud of smoke.
"Eggs, eggs..."
Chicken-headed Kawazu spat out countless eggs from his mouth and attacked Levy, who was standing to the side.
Levy calm, her fingers flying rapidly through the air. "Solid text, Fire!" The flames instantly reduced the eggs to ashes and surged towards Kawazu.
It wasn't over yet. Levy hand: "Solid Text - Tornado". The Tornado caught up with the flames, and in the instant the two combined, under Levy's control, the chicken-headed man was swept directly into the sky.
The screams were incessant.
"Well done, Levy! It seems you may be small, but you're quite capable and ruthless towards your enemies. Press the attack!"
Gajeel patted Levy's head again, praising her.
However, this action angered Levy, who punched Gajeel with her little fist. "Don't touch my head, Guild Master!"
"Hey hey~" Gajeel continued to pet them after hearing this, the two of them completely ignoring the chicken-headed man and dog-headed man lying on the ground beside them, and continued to flaunt their affection.
This severely provoked the enemy.
"You... you guys, don't be so smug. Once our main force arrives, someone with your strength will be one kick to the head!"
"Just wait to die. Those are the Seven Kin, the most terrifying beings!"
The kobold lay on the ground, in great pain, but his face showed a fanatical adoration for the seven members of the Fairy Tail, as if one could see Fairy Tail weeping and begging for mercy.
"You don't need to worry about that. The main force? Hmph!"
"You might not know this, but all of our Fairy Tail's active S-Class Mages are on the island! They're unlikely to ever return!"
Gajeel turned his head and gave a cold snort, looking at the two of them as if they were dead.
"Oh right, Levy, Zorn seemed to have said the word 'execute'!" Gajeel said coldly, without even turning his head, drawing out the word "execute" with exceptional length.
"Yes, kill them!"
"Sorry, may you both rest in peace~ Dark Guilds, you deserved your fate!"
"Boom~"
From a distance, a giant plume of smoke rose.