The towering Tower of Heaven collapsed with a thunderous crash as the entire island shook violently, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
As the dust gradually settled, two figures slowly reappeared before everyone.
No, to be more precise, one of them was holding the other by the head with one hand as he slowly emerged from the dust.
Those two figures were none other than Seiya and the master of the Tower of Heaven, Jellal.
Jellal looked utterly wretched at the moment... no, miserable would have been more accurate. Seiya's two consecutive Friendship Face-Shattering Fists had swollen his once-handsome face into that of a pig.
With most of his magic power depleted and having suffered repeated heavy blows, he was now like a salted fish, dangling from Seiya's hand.
Seiya held Jellal up by the head with one hand, while a magic circle lit up in his other. Just as he was about to finish him off, Erza, who had also ended her battle, rushed over to Seiya.
"Seiya, are you really planning to kill Jellal...?"
To be fair, considering how Jellal had imprisoned and deceived Millianna and the others for years, as well as everything he had done to Erza, he deserved to die a thousand deaths.
However, Erza also understood that after Jellal had been taken away by the Cult, his temperament had suddenly changed drastically. There had to be some reason behind it.
At the end of the day, although Erza deeply hated Jellal, he had saved her before and had once been one of her companions.
Seiya glanced at Erza, whose clothes had been reduced to very little, and inwardly sighed. Fairy Tail really did have its traditions. Female wizards having their clothes blown off during battle was practically routine.
Unfortunately, Jellal was a man,