"Know your place!" Enel watched the three men fly toward him with undisguised contempt, both in his expression and his words.
"El Thor!"
RUMBLE!
A dazzling pillar of lightning engulfed Niji and the others. They had no time to react before the attack struck.
"Ugh!"
Their charred, smoking bodies plummeted toward the ground, leaving Reiju and Judge frantic. "Niji! Yonji! Ichiji!"
"Do you really think you're a match for Fairy Tail?" Enel instantly appeared in front of Judge and Reiju, his whole body crackling with fierce lightning, as if he were about to attack at any moment.
Judge's anger immediately gave way to reason. The words he had been about to shout died in his throat.
"Fairy Tail, please stop! If there's been some misunderstanding, we'll take full responsibility!"
Enel said, "Take responsibility? I'm afraid you can't handle that!"
"Stand down for now, Enel!" Monet flew over and looked at Judge. "Your soldiers attacked us first."
"We're not unreasonable. We had this girl come and inform you, but it seems your three sons didn't take kindly to that. They attacked us the moment they arrived."
"Am I to understand from this that you want to go to war with us?" Monet's question made Judge's hair stand on end.
Judge hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no! We absolutely don't mean that, Fairy Tail!"
"I'll make sure to compensate you for my sons' offense."
"Compensation?" Enel gave him a mocking smile. "What could you possibly offer us?"
"Besides, if we kill you, everything you own will be ours."
Enel's words left Judge cold with terror.
At its core, this world was one where the strong preyed on the weak. The Vinsmokes had provoked Fairy Tail, so Fairy Tail swallowing them up would be only natural.
The weak didn't even have the right