Mirajane turned around and saw that Lisanna was surrounded by escaping magic power. Her body was shrouded in it too, making her hard to see clearly.
She immediately used the Six Powers—Shave—and reached Lisanna's side in several leaps. Taking Lisanna from Elfman's arms, she held her close and cried out in fear, "Li-Lisanna, what's wrong?! Don't scare me!"
"Onee-chan, I'm so sleepy right now. I really want to sleep."
"Don't sleep, Lisanna. Look at me, don't sleep. What's going on? Weren't you just fine?"
Looking at Lisanna's body becoming somewhat transparent before her, Mirajane was terrified. By the end, her voice was thick with tears, and her body had stiffened. She could only use the tiny bit of magic power she had left to form a defensive shield around Lisanna, having no idea what to do next.
Natsu stared blankly at Lisanna's now somewhat transparent body, his mind racing as he recalled the scene in detail. She had just been fine, so what had happened? What was wrong? Where had things gone wrong?!
Don't panic, don't panic. Think carefully. At that time, she looked up at the sky and told me the clouds had suddenly started moving.
That's right. It only happened after Lisanna suddenly noticed something strange in the sky. The sky!
At that thought, Natsu suddenly looked up and saw the clouds slowly beginning to rotate.
"Roar!" A bellow suddenly rang out.
Only then did everyone notice the Beast King struggling to raise his upper body with both hands braced against the ground. Blood was still pouring from the gaping hole in his chest, and magic power was slowly gathering in his mouth as a ball of energy took shape. He clearly intended to take them all down with him before he died.
"Damn it, why now of all times?" Natsu clenched his fists tightly and looked up at the sky, then at the Beast King across from him, unsure which to deal with first.
"Natsu, I'll leave the thing in the sky to you. I'll handle the Beast King."
Elfman wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. He had also noticed something was off with Natsu. After looking up and seeing the clearly abnormal situation in the sky, he had a rough idea of what had caused it.
He patted Natsu on the shoulder, then looked down at Mirajane, who was now in a daze. "Onee-chan, let me protect you this time!"
He charged straight at the distant Beast King, using Shave at full power. He quickly reached the Beast King's feet and grabbed hold of him, magic power surging through his body and enveloping the weakened Beast King.
"Ahhh!"
"Take Over Magic—full-body takeover: Beast King form!"
Lisanna seemed to sense something. Her eyes opened slightly, and she looked to the right, murmuring weakly, "Elfman..."
Natsu and Happy didn't dare waste any time either. Happy immediately carried Natsu into the sky at top speed. "Lisanna, wait for me."
Zorn was also struggling with all his might against the powerful suction from the sky. His magic power was gradually being drained away as well. It truly was worthy of being magic that could connect two worlds. He drew on all his remaining magic power to fight a tug-of-war against it.
Sensing what was happening to Elfman and the others below, he looked down and saw the magic power slowly leaving Lisanna's body on the ground. Her body was gradually becoming transparent as well.
Damn it, was I too close to the sky? Just a little more. Move, body!
"Take this! Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame—modified!"
A torrent of intensely hot flames erupted like a gigantic pillar, shooting into the sky and striking the center of the swirling clouds.
"Natsu, let's go."
Zorn seized the chance to break free and teleported behind Natsu. He had barely placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder before all three of them teleported to Lisanna's side, leaving Natsu no time to react.
"Brother Zorn! Quick, check on Lisanna!"
Natsu and Happy turned and saw that Zorn had arrived. Their faces lit up with excitement, and they pulled him down into a crouch.
"Zorn? Zorn, please, check on Lisanna." Mirajane seemed to have heard good news. Her stiffened body relaxed a little, and her attention shifted slightly away from Lisanna.
"Don't worry. We just need to leave this area. Where's Elfman?"
Zorn used Defensive Magic to form a cocoon around Lisanna, waiting until her expression improved a little.
He turned to look for Elfman, only to find him lying on the ground, his whole body charred black.
Zorn sensed him with Observation Haki and found that he had simply used up too much magic power. The injuries on his body were also a backlash from desperately suppressing an excessive amount of magic power. Though they looked serious, only his external injuries were severe.
It seemed Elfman had grown quite a bit too.
After moving Elfman over to them, Zorn formed a golden magic circle beneath the group. He was having some difficulty maintaining it, and his magic power was slowly leaking away.
"Let's go."
A flash of light appeared, and the group vanished from the spot, escaping the range of the Super-Subspace Magic.
On a flat stretch of land beside a mountain, a golden magic circle appeared, and the group emerged.
Zorn withdrew all his magic, and the cocoons of light around Lisanna and Elfman slowly disappeared.
Lisanna's body was no longer becoming transparent, though her face was still somewhat pale, and she was fast asleep. Thanks to Zorn's healing, Elfman's injuries had also been treated, leaving only his magic power depleted. He was unconscious, but his life was not in danger.
Mirajane was tending to the two of them very gently. Her earlier fiery temper had vanished, and all that could be seen in her expression was the joy of having survived the ordeal and her love for her younger brother and sister.
Happy was beside Lisanna, looking worriedly at the two unconscious siblings. "Lisanna, Elfman..."
"Wait here for me. Something fell out of the vortex."
Looking at the object plummeting from the distant sky, Zorn immediately rose into the air and sped toward it. Before anyone could react, he had already flown far away.
Lisanna from the other world?
When Zorn caught the object, he was deeply shocked to discover that it was Lisanna from the world of Edolas in his arms.
Her body was covered in wounds, and when Zorn sensed her condition, he found that her internal injuries were even worse. She was on the verge of death.
Zorn immediately used all his magic power to envelop "Lisanna," then used Geppo to race through the air, making use of every moment. Once his magic power had recovered a little, he used Teleportation.
After rejoining the others, they were shocked to see two Lisannas, but they immediately set off for the nearest town, where the injured were treated as soon as possible.
To be continued~