"It's Natsu and Gray's True Magic."
Upon arriving near the tower's gate, George discovered that all the guards had been taken down. Judging from the True Magic marks on the guards, it was Natsu's Dragon Slayer Magic and Gray's Ice Devil.
"It seems Natsu and Gray have come too, and I bet Lucy and Happy are here as well."
He wasn't particularly happy that Natsu and the others had caught up with him on the island before him; in fact, he felt a bit of a headache.
If it were just Erza, he could simply use Tracking Charm to find her and then Apparition away with Erza. No matter how powerful those dark mages were, it was none of his business; the Magic of the Spirit would teach them a lesson.
But right now, Natsu and the others are all inside the tower, and they might not even be together. It would be a lot of work for him to find them all one by one and bring them away.
"There's nothing I can do. I'm going to be the next guild master, so I can't just ignore the mages in my own guild."
George shook his head, flapped his wings, and flew into the tower.
However, as soon as he entered the tower, he heard a man's voice simultaneously emanating from all the places inside the tower that were engraved with sound incantations.
"Welcome to the Tower of Paradise. I am Jellal, the ruler of this tower."
Both sides have all their pieces ready, let's begin the Paradise Game!
"The Tower of Paradise? The Paradise Game?"
As George listened to the announcement, which sounded like True Magic broadcast, he secretly wondered what tricks this guy named Jellal was up to.
"The rules of the game are simple: I will use Erza as a living sacrifice to perform a ritual to resurrect Zeref, the progenitor of dark magic."
In other words, I win as soon as the door to Paradise opens.
And if you can stop this, then you win.
The voice paused for a moment, then chuckled:
"However, if it were just that simple, it would be too boring."
Therefore, I will arrange for three S-Class Mages from the Skeleton Guild to hunt you down.
Only by defeating them can you come to my side and stop me from resurrecting Zeref.
By the way, just a heads-up, the Magic Council Headquarters is already preparing the ultimate Doomguard, the Magic of the Spirit, which can destroy everything.
So you need to hurry.
Otherwise, everyone will be reduced to ashes and disappear from this world under the power of the Magic of the Spirit.
"Wait a minute, how did this guy know that the Magic Council Headquarters had activated their Magic of the Spirit?"
After listening to Jellal's broadcast throughout the tower, George frowned.
He discovered the key point.
He knew that the Magic Council Headquarters was preparing Magic of the Spirit because of a notification from Councilor Warrod.
How did Jellal, who was on this side of the tower, know about the Magic Council Headquarters's decision?
Could this guy be a spy or mole in the Magic Council Headquarters?
If that's really the case, why would they do this if they knew the Magic Council Headquarters would use Magic of the Spirit? It's practically courting disaster.
Finally, and most importantly.
They've kept the R System hidden for so many years without anyone noticing, but now they're suddenly making such a big fuss at the resort. It feels very deliberate, like they deliberately exposed themselves.
There must be some conspiracy involved; it's not as simple as it seems on the surface.
"Find someone first!"
Regardless of their schemes, we must rescue them first.
Following the trail left by the Tracking Charm, George flapped his wings and chased after Erza.
First find Erza. If you're lucky, they'll be together, so take them all with you. If you're unlucky, send Erza away first, then use Tracking Charm to find the others one by one.
Following the passageway inside the tower, past the corpses of guards, he suddenly stopped when he reached the sixth floor.
Because he heard a familiar scream.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!"
"It's Lucy."
He flew toward the direction from which the screams came and found Lucy, the first Fairy Tail member, in the central hall on the sixth floor.
However, Lucy was clearly not in good condition at this time.
Her top was torn in half, leaving her no choice but to kneel on the ground and cover herself with her hands to prevent any accidental exposure. Behind her stood Juvia, one of the former Phantom Lord Four Elements.
At this moment, Juvia held a water whip and, as if having a mental breakdown, whipped Lucy's buttocks repeatedly.
Behind Juvia, there was a mage dressed in a very punk style, frantically playing a True Magic guitar.
"It's mind control True Magic."
As Esper Mind Stone, George is very sensitive to mental True Magic. He can clearly sense that the guitar-playing mage is using the sound of the guitar to control Juvia to attack Lucy.
"It seems that this is one of the three S-Class Mages that Jellal mentioned. He is indeed quite capable."
George quietly took out a copper coin from his Costume Space.
Juvia, also an S-Class Mage, was controlled as a puppet. The S-Class Mage in the Tower of Paradise are Super Saiyan 1 S-Class mages, so we cannot be careless.
So, to save time, he chose to hide and ambush the enemy as the sixth man.
"Eat my Railgun!"
The copper coin bounced up, and a voltage of Two Hundred Million Volts burst forth. The cat's paw gently touched the falling copper coin, and the coin immediately transformed into Supersonic Railgun, shooting towards the Guitar Mage's head.
Since they are enemies, there's no need to show mercy; strike at their vitals.
"What!"
The Guitar Mage, who was using sound True Magic to control Juvia, was immediately alarmed when he sensed a powerful electric current suddenly appearing on the other side of the hall.
However, the Super Electromagnetic Cannon attack came too fast, and he didn't have time to control Juvia to use water True Magic to defend. He could only flick his hair and use his unique hair True Magic to form a defense in front of him.
"Boom!"
The Supersonic Railgun slammed into the hair, which was brimming with magical energy, and after pausing for less than a second, it pierced through the hair and then struck the Guitar Mage between the eyebrows.
The Guitar Mage was suddenly sent flying, crashing violently into the wall behind him, shattering most of it.
The sound True Magic was interrupted, and Juvia, an S-Class Mage, broke free from control and returned to normal.
"Lucy, I'm sorry, I couldn't control my body just now, are you alright?"
Once Juvia was back to normal, she rushed to Lucy and helped her up.
At this moment, the Guitar Mage also stood up, clutching his forehead, which was now swollen with a large bump.
"Despicable! They actually ambushed us from the shadows!"
If he hadn't blocked it with his hair, his head would have been blown apart on the spot.
"My beautiful hair, damn it, I'm going to kill you."
Upon discovering that a section of his beautiful long hair was missing, looking as if a dog had chewed it, the Guitar Mage was instantly enraged. He picked up his guitar, ready to unleash a powerful attack, using his voice to control all the mages present in the hall.
The mage who just launched the sneak attack is nowhere to be found, but as long as the opponent hears the sound of his guitar, they will not be able to escape his control.