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In a corner of the boundless forest sea, as endless as an ocean, Noah's group was speeding toward its depths.
Behind Noah's group, the noisy shouts and clamor gradually grew fainter. In the end, they were almost impossible to hear.
This proved that the mages from the Dark Guilds under Oracion Seis had lost Noah's group's trail, and the distance between them was steadily increasing.
"Sir Noah!"
As he ran through the forest sea at a speed completely at odds with his massive build, Jura spoke to Noah, who was carrying Wendy and Angel in his arms while keeping pace beside him with apparent ease.
"What should we do next?"
"We'll meet up with Erza and the others first!" Noah answered without hesitation.
"I'm worried that Erza and the others have been targeted by Oracion Seis!"
Just how vast was this forest sea?
Even if it could not compare to a true ocean, it was still larger than more than a dozen or twenty cities.
In such a vast forest sea filled with complex terrain, finding anything was exceedingly difficult.
Therefore, the original plan of the four guilds had been to search the forest sea for Oracion Seis's whereabouts first, then act after confirming their location.
And the reverse was true as well.
Even though Oracion Seis already knew that members of the legal guilds had come to subdue them, finding those guild members in this vast forest sea would be incredibly difficult.
Taking that into account, Noah had initially believed that Erza's group could not possibly clash with the enemy anytime soon. Rather than acting