Battlefield Situation

Talk-no-Jutsu—Naruto and Sasuke piling on the pressure...

Ahem!

Sorry, wrong scene!

No help for it.

Erza's sudden barrage of words left Ul a bit dazed. He could understand each sentence on its own, but when they were strung together, he found himself lost.

But Erza didn't give Ul a chance to ask. After saying her piece, she quickly moved away from him.

As an S-class mage, her battlefield wasn't limited to just these dozen or so small fry.

And Ul didn't dwell on it either, because he had an important task to handle next—namely, how to reasonably pocket the gold coins from Jeris and pin the blame on him.

"Maybe Hypnosis Magic isn't a bad choice?"

Ul rubbed his chin, a thought surfacing in his mind.

Perhaps because of his "soul transmigration," Ul's Mental Power was decent for his rank. If he used Hypnosis Magic to implant a new memory into Jeris, it should be enough to fool that rich man.

But Ul's strength was still too weak, so the Hypnosis Magic he could use wasn't particularly foolproof!

So he needed to plan this carefully.

Leaving like this didn't quite fit the "fatalism" he'd just spouted.

But... the battlefield ahead really wasn't suitable for Ul to join.

The chain reaction triggered by the war between "Angel Wings" and "Devil's Fang" was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

Not to mention anything else!

Right now, not only were the two guilds at war, but the armies of Jiying Kingdom and the country that "Angel Wings" belonged to had already formed a standoff. While the chance of open conflict was slim, it was almost impossible for either side to withdraw their troops until the two guilds settled their fight.

As the battle dragged on, the cannon-fodder mages on the field grew fewer, and the remaining ones were at least elite B-rank...

Besides these people!

Ul also spotted the three support members from "Fairy Tail" on the battlefield.

Emmmm.

Mainly because "Fairy Tail" members were just too easy to find—basically, wherever the noise was loudest and the destruction heaviest, just glance in that direction.

Laxus, as the "Second Generation Lightning Dragon Slayer Mage," fought with a thunderous presence. With a wave of his hand, yellow lightning crashed down, and any area it covered was reduced to rubble in the blink of an eye.

As for Mirajane, in terms of pure destructive power, she might be even more terrifying than Laxus. Though she hadn't passed the S-class mage exam yet, her strength was already on par with an S-class.

Laxus's lightning had limited effectiveness against stone structures, but Mirajane's "Take Over Magic" had no such restrictions.

When she took on the "Satan Soul," the usually mischievous girl's personality instantly shifted to true brutality. The demon's power was destruction itself, so Mirajane was like a demolition expert in battle—any building caught in her wake was reduced to nothing, not even rubble left.

At that.

Ul could only sigh: "No wonder she's called 'The Demon' later on!"

In comparison!

Erza's destructive power was actually the smallest of the three.

Because Erza's magic, "The Knight," allowed her to enhance herself with different magical equipment, but her fighting style leaned more toward technique. Most of the time, her attacks were aimed solely at enemies. By now, she'd only destroyed two... three... four buildings.

Congratulations, congratulations!

The three "Fairy Tail" members were strong (in destruction), but their opponents were no pushovers either. Their enemies were hired hands that "Devil's Fang" had brought in from other guilds. Though Ul couldn't make out their faces from a distance, the destruction they caused was enough to give him a glimpse of their power.

And so!

These three battlefields stood out like clear streams in the chaos, with no one daring to get close.

But despite the noise from these three areas, the most astonishing surge of Magic Power came from the battle on the "Angel Wings" Magic Airship.

That was where the two guild masters were fighting.

Even though Ul was far from the airship, he could still feel the terrifying Magic Power radiating from it.

And even if he couldn't sense the magic, the "heavenly anomaly" above the airship alone was enough to judge the battle's horror.

Such a "heavenly anomaly" could only be triggered by at least two mages at the level of the Ten Wizard Saints fighting...

"Mm... time to bail!"

Muttering to himself, Ul quickly slipped away.

This place was still too dangerous for him. Besides, he'd roughly observed that, except for Erza, most mages left few survivors when facing their enemies. So his plan to keep "sending them off" had already fallen through!

And if he couldn't do that, there wasn't much point in staying.

While leaving Jiying Kingdom entirely might not be possible right now, getting a bit farther from Moya City was still doable...

Carrying Jeris on his back, Ul sprinted through the winding alleys of Moya City, smoothly bypassing several battlefields and quickly arriving at the city gate.

He was just one step away from leaving this dangerous city behind.

But at that very moment.

A milky-white object abruptly shot toward Ul from his left, moving with startling speed...