Ice Make Mage Appears!!!

After "watching" the preparations, the blue-haired boy in a black robe reclining on the throne opened his eyes.

"Phew~"

"Finally done!"

"Oh, right, I need to tell Uncle quickly!"

With that, the Black Robe Youth closed his eyes again.

"Hmm?"

Owl, who had been standing with his arms folded as he quietly admired the distant Cloud Sky, suddenly furrowed his brow at the blue streak of light charging up from below.

"What the hell?!"

"Are young people these days all this tough... Pfft, pfft, pfft! Are they all this stubborn?"

"Boom!"

While Owl was still watching, a thick pillar of orange-yellow flames surged upward in a Counter Charge.

"My, my!"

After dodging aside, Owl traced a circle in the air and charged straight at them.

"Happy!"

"Max Speed!"

In an instant, the blue beam vanished from the sky.

"Natsu and Happy's... Flame Impact!!! (Dragon-Cat Duet)"

Feeling the flaming cannonball suddenly appear before him, the smile on Owl's face instantly vanished.

"After warming up for so long, I can finally get some proper exercise!"

With a graceful spiraling descent, Owl easily arrived behind the flaming cannonball.

"Bye-bye!"

After saying goodbye, Owl's thick leg landed precisely on the point where the dragon and cat connected. The scene from a few minutes earlier repeated itself, but this time Owl had no intention of letting them go so easily.

"Justice Combo!"

Orange-brown lightning flashed rapidly back and forth between Happy and Natsu, and the flaming cannonball split into two—pink and blue—shooting off in different directions.

"Gurgle, gurgle~"

"Looks like it's time to eat!"

With that, Owl ignored Happy and headed straight after the rapidly falling Natsu.

Tower of Paradise, between the torii gates

"It seems you two are my opponents!"

As she bowed toward Crimson and the orange-haired Meow Meow across the