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Seven years.
It would take seven years to dispel the power of Fairy Sphere and free Fairy Tail's mages from this world.
For the companions trapped in this time-frozen world, it might be no more than an instant. But for the world outside, it would be a full seven years.
And one must not forget that, aside from those on Tenrou Island, many members of Fairy Tail in Magnolia were waiting for everyone's return.
Make them wait seven years for those on Tenrou Island?
Just thinking about it made Noah feel miserable.
Not to mention that every Fairy Tail member who had come to Tenrou Island was among the guild's greatest fighting forces.
If the guild lost its elite for seven whole years, Fairy Tail's title as the number one guild in the Kingdom of Fiore would certainly become undeserved.
Noah only had to imagine what kind of humiliating and difficult life outsiders coveting that title and companions trying to defend it would force upon Fairy Tail, and agitation rose within him.
"Does it have to take seven years to dispel it?"
Thus, Noah could not help speaking up.
"Can't I just break it?"
"B-Break it?" Mavis blinked repeatedly, her gaze toward Noah becoming even more incredulous.
That was true.
If it could not be dispelled normally, then breaking it by force was an option.
But first, one had to understand what kind of magic Fairy Sphere was.
It was magic known as absolute defense.
A Super Magic capable of completely blocking even the attacks of the highest-ranked EX-class Treasure Tools and Acnoella, who possessed the power to end an era.
How could a