Watching Singer disappear, Ul suddenly fell silent!
Clearly, he was the one standing on the side of justice between the two of them. Yet for some reason, at that moment, a strange sense of guilt welled up inside Ul.
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Outside the castle!
The battle raged. Five figures darted through the dense forest as all kinds of magic exploded like cannonballs, shaking the mountains and woods. The forest, bushes, and boulders were all reduced to dust and vanished.
There was no doubt that Mira was powerful—stronger than any one of the four Beast Apostles.
But she wasn't strong enough to utterly overwhelm them.
Mira could easily defeat any one of the four, but she was no match for all four working together. If her body in Satan Soul form weren't so durable···· good at taking hits, she would have already lost.
Even so, Mira was getting····, beaten pretty badly.
She hadn't even considered asking Gildarts for help, because she had more or less guessed the purpose of this mission. Her old rival Erza had already been promoted to S-Class Mage, and she had to seize this chance to catch up.
So the only thing Mira could do now was take···· while praying that Ul would rescue the hostages as soon as possible.
Though what she wanted to do more than anything right now was yell at someone!
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Despair Swamp!
One of the four Beast Apostles suddenly cast a spell. A gray Magic Circle tinged with faint black wisps appeared, instantly turning the area beneath Mira's feet into a muddy swamp that swallowed everything······
Mira's expression changed.
The Demon wings on her back beat rapidly, carrying her clear of the swamp.
But just then, a figure suddenly dropped from above. Powerful magic gathered in both his palms, and with