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A howling gust of cold wind suddenly rose without warning, sweeping in with a violent blizzard and crashing down on Noah and the others on the deck like a tidal wave.
It looked exactly like a tornado made of wind and snow was violently barreling toward Noah and his group.
"Watch out!"
Erza was the first to react. With a leap, she shielded Lucy, Happy, and the still-dizzy Natsu behind her.
Gray simply took a step forward instead of retreating, charging ahead as an even denser chill than the snowy tornado surged from his body and gathered in his hand at his command.
"Even snow can freeze!"
With Gray's shout, an astonishing chill burst from his raised palm, turning into turbulent currents that swept toward the oncoming blizzard.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Immediately, the wind and snow struck by the icy chill unleashed from Gray's hand began to freeze. Before long, they condensed into tiny ice particles and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Noah, standing at the rear, was surprised.
Gray had actually frozen the blizzard?
Moreover, judging by the magic power surging around Gray like raging waves, he was clearly much stronger than before.
It seemed that during the month Noah had been away from this world, Gray, like Erza, had been tempered through lengthy subjugation quests and had grown stronger than before.
If this continued, then in another year or two, Gray would definitely reach the level of an S-Class Mage, wouldn't he?
Clearly, while Noah had been unaware, Gray had also been steadily growing in his own way.
And it was certainly not just Gray.
Including Natsu, the