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"Whoosh—!"
A fierce gust suddenly swept through, carrying away the flames and dust that had filled the open space before Fairy Tail. The scorched, cracked ground was laid bare before everyone's eyes.
In the field, Noah looked at Erza, who lay motionless on the ground before him. Gripping the Demon Slayer, he felt the immense divine energy flowing through it and murmured as if speaking to himself.
"Est, is she all right?"
The moment he spoke, Est's voice rang directly in Noah's mind.
"It's fine, Master. At the very last moment, I held back my power. That human shouldn't be dead."
Only then did Noah nod to himself.
The mages of Edolas were unlike those of Earthland. They could not store magic power directly within their bodies and use magic through their own strength.
In Edolas, so-called magic was really nothing more than the power of Magic Weapons and magical tools.
Knowing that, Noah had originally thought that Edolas mages would be somewhat inferior to Earthland mages at the same level.
Yet Erza of Edolas, the girl known as Fairy Hunter and the captain of the Kingdom Army's Second Magic Combat Unit, was a far more formidable fighter than many Earthland mages.
At the very least, in Noah's view, Erza of Edolas could match Erza of Earthland evenly.
To reach such a level with Magic Weapons alone showed just how capable Erza of Edolas was.
After all, even Erza of Earthland only used her Requip Magic to swiftly retrieve, store, and swap out Magic Weapons.
In other words, much of Erza of Earthland's strength also relied on the