Battle

"Danger!!!"

Even without the urgent reminder coming from beside him, the moment that milky-white light first entered Ul's field of vision, an intense sense of crisis had already flooded his entire body, making his hairs stand on end.

Basic Magic—Water Shield!

A blue Magic Circle light flickered in his palm, and Ul instinctively cast the Water Shield spell.

Because for Ul at his current level, only basic magic could be cast instantaneously.

As Ul's strength grew, the power unleashed by Water Shield in his hands had become incomparable to before. A deep blue Water Shield nearly two meters in diameter instantly formed a massive protective barrier, blocking Ul and Jeris behind it.

But unfortunately, even with the Water Shield's greatly enhanced power, it still proved utterly fragile against that milky-white light.

Almost in an instant.

Ul only heard a faint "hiss," and the Water Shield spell shattered...

Fortunately, at the last moment, Ul reacted quickly. With one hand, he directly flung Jeris away, while simultaneously rolling to the side himself, narrowly dodging the attack.

"Sizzle..."

A sound like flames burning something came from his body.

Ul looked down. Only then did he finally see the true nature of that milky-white light.

It was a white flame. But unlike ordinary flames, this white fire had no high temperature. Wherever it burned, instead of turning things to ash, it formed layers of ice crystals...

"What kind of flame is this?"

Ul wondered inwardly, because this was yet another magic that had never appeared in the original story.

From what he could tell, it somewhat resembled the "yin fire" from the yin-yang theory of his past life's China, but it also seemed slightly different.

Rip!

Ul directly tore off the lower half of his shirt. This kind of flame was clearly dangerous, and he had no intention of testing its power—after all, he wasn't a special existence like a Dragon Slayer Mage or God Slayer Mage, who could recover stamina by devouring magic of the same attribute.

Casually tossing aside the corner of the cloth that was nearly completely frozen, Ul slowly focused his gaze on the two figures ahead.

One of them he recognized—it was the white-haired girl he had met at the entrance of Fairy Tail earlier. That shout of "danger" had come from her.

The other was also a woman, and she was the enemy who had just attacked Ul.

Compared to the white-haired girl's attire, hers was far bolder. Though her whole body was clad in purple leather armor, it actually only covered a few vital areas; the rest was purely decorative.

Coupled with her purple long hair and purple eyeshadow, the first impression that came to Ul's mind when he saw her was... seductive!

Standing together, anyone who saw these two women would probably be unable to resist the phrase "angel and demon."

"Are you alright!"

Seeing Ul dodge the enemy's attack, the white-haired girl immediately came to his side, asking with concern.

She also recognized Ul. Though she wondered in her heart why such a weak mage like him was here, this was clearly not the time to ask that question.

"I'm fine." Ul shook his head, indicating he was okay.

But seeing the white-haired girl standing protectively in front of him, Ul couldn't help but sigh inwardly at her combat instincts.

In truth, when the enemy had just attacked him, since the white-haired girl clearly knew she couldn't reach him in time to help, her first reaction should have been to counterattack the enemy, rather than wasting meaningless time protecting someone who had already blocked the attack.

Still, she meant well, so Ul naturally couldn't say such things out loud.

Besides, he wasn't too surprised by the white-haired girl's reaction.

Because in this world, "good" and "evil" mages were truly that "clearly divided." The thinking of people in this world was far less open than in his past life.

In the education the white-haired girl had likely received, even when facing an enemy, one should fight with "fairness and justice"!

"Sheris, you've gone too far!" The white-haired girl stood in front of Ul, glaring angrily at the enemy before her.

"Gone too far? Jelka, I can't believe you're still so naive after all these years. You should know exactly who that brat behind you is. Since the people of Fairy Tail dare to meddle in the affairs between our guilds, they should be ready to face our retaliation at any time. As for this brat, he's just a little interest I'm collecting!"

As Sheris finished speaking, she lightly pointed a finger at Ul. In an instant, seven or eight arrows formed entirely of white flame materialized in the void, shooting swiftly toward Ul.

But this time, hitting Ul was obviously unlikely, because Jelka was now blocking in front of him.

Facing the arrows in the sky, Jelka lightly tapped her man-high staff on the ground. Immediately, a mass of golden Magic Power gathered rapidly above the staff, forming a circular barrier in an instant that blocked all the arrows outside...

This was clearly not the first battle between Jelka and Sheris.

As Sheris's arrows shattered, Jelka swung her staff and launched a counterattack in an instant...