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Elsewhere, while Noah was slaughtering dragons, the mages from the various guilds still remaining in Crocus were likewise fighting the dragons that had broken free of Future Rogue's control.
The location was Crocus's Central Plaza.
With all of Crocus having turned into a sea of flames, only this plaza remained defended.
That was because mages from guilds all across the kingdom had made this plaza their stronghold and were facing the attacking dragons.
"Roar—!"
Amid a series of roars, three dragons surrounded the plaza from three directions and breathed scorching blasts toward it.
"Fire Dragon's Roar—!"
"Iron Dragon's Roar—!"
"Sky Dragon's Roar—!"
"Lightning Dragon's Roar—!"
"White Dragon's Roar—!"
"Shadow Dragon's Roar—!"
At almost the same instant, several breaths of different attributes shot out from within the plaza.
Natsu's fiery breath.
Gajeel's iron breath.
Wendy's hurricane breath.
Laxus's lightning breath.
Sting's holy light breath.
Rogue's shadow breath.
The several breaths surged forth together, fearlessly colliding head-on with the incoming dragon breaths.
"Boom—!"
The breaths collided, tangled together, and then exploded simultaneously with a deafening blast, sending up blazing flames and shockwaves that shook the entire atmosphere.
At the center of the plaza, the mages from the major guilds could only resist the violent shockwaves and waves of fire while watching Natsu and the other Dragon Slayer Mages struggle against the dragons, powerless to do anything but worry.
It was not that the mages from the major guilds did not want to help. They had already tried earlier, but aside from Dragon Slayer Mages, no one could harm the dragons at all.