"Slash!!"
In a dense forest on Tenrou Island, a dog-headed monster wearing armor and wielding a katana was locked in a fierce battle with Gajeel.
"Take this!"
"Gwaaah~!!"
And while the two were fighting, a ridiculous white rooster was doing its best to harass Gajeel from the sidelines. Already struggling to handle two opponents at once, he could barely keep up, and more wounds had appeared on the iron scales covering his body and hands.
"!!"
Damn it...
I wonder how Levy's doing. How many enemies are there on this island, anyway?
Gajeel wasn't afraid of the two enemies in front of him, supposedly members of the dark guild Grimoire Heart. But one was attacking him at close range with a sharp blade, while the other kept harrying him from a distance, making it impossible to let his guard down. With his worries and concerns weighing on him, his situation was gradually growing worse.
"Break through!"
Whoosh!!
Clang!!
"!!"
"Bastard!"
Gajeel had only just dodged the eggs fired by the white rooster behind him when the dog-headed samurai thrust his blade at him again, leaving him no time to counterattack. He had no choice but to turn his arm into an Iron Dragon's Club and block the strike.
Even so, the enemy's katana pierced deep into his arm, now transformed into an Iron Dragon's Club. The excruciating pain was unbearable, but Gajeel could only grit his teeth and hold his ground.
Worse still, that troublesome rooster was behind him. If this kept up, he was as good as dead!
"..."
W-what do I do?
As he looked at the man who called himself Yomazu, a member of the dark guild Grimoire Heart, Gajeel saw him sneer and deliberately keep their weapons locked together, refusing to let go. Gajeel knew he