Although Magic Council's report contained general outlines, he had to know the details. S-Class Mission was never child's play, let alone an existence of the level of subjugating a demon.
Lu Chongwei leaned on the soft cushion and looked at the passing scenery through the car window, speaking in a calm tone.
"It's nothing special. That Halphas is indeed quite capable, and his strength is probably at the mid-range level of Ten Wizard Saints."
"He can control gravity and sandstorms, and can also create illusions. It was a bit troublesome at first, after all, the terrain of Eiffel City is favorable to him."
Lu Chongwei recalls that battle.
The sky is full of yellow sand, the twisted gravity field, and the huge demon with three heads and a body covered with black scales.
"However, as long as the fire coverage is strong enough, there is no problem that cannot be solved."
Lu Chongwei shrugged.
"I liberated Ryujin Jakka a little, and turned that desert into a sea of fire. In that environment, his sandstorm couldn't gather at all, and he was directly burned into glass slag."
Makarov The corners of his eyes twitched.
A city was burned down after a little liberation? Does this guy have some misunderstanding of these two words?
"What about Mira?"
Makarov turned to look at Mirajane.
Mirajane was eating a bag of snacks from Magic Council. When she heard the president's call, she swallowed the biscuits in her mouth and raised her hand obediently to answer:
"I'm responsible for cleaning up those dependent demons."
"Halphas summoned a lot of little brothers, probably several thousand in number. I opened Satan Soul and tore them all apart."
When he said this, Mirajane had a sweet smile on his face, as if he was saying that he had just trampled to death a group of ants.
Lu Chongwei suddenly interjected:
"In fact, the most dangerous thing is not the fighting process, but the end."
Makarov was stunned. "Finally?"
"Hmm."
Lu Chongwei's expression was unusually serious.
"When Halphas was seriously injured by me and was about to die, he tried to use his last magic power to self-destruct, and also wanted to hold Mira behind him."
Hearing this, Makarov's heart clenched suddenly.
"Then what?!"
"Then..." Lu Chongwei glanced at Mirajane, "This girl did something crazy."
Mirajane wiped the cookie crumbs from the corner of his mouth and took over the conversation:
"I took him in."
"What?!"
Makarov exclaimed and almost jumped from his seat.
"You received Demon God Halphas?! That's a high-level demon! And it's still on the verge of death and going berserk!"
Although Take Over Magic is powerful, the risk is also extremely high. Once you try to receive a demon that exceeds your own endurance limit, or the demon's will is too strong, the caster can easily be backlashed and even turn into a real demon.
"The situation was urgent."
Mirajane stuck out his tongue, with fear in his eyes, but more of excitement.
"If we don't accept him, his self-destruction will affect Lu Chongwei. So I didn't think much, and directly used the advanced version to receive Demon God Sitri, and forcibly swallowed his soul."
"But..."
Mirajane's voice became deeper.
"The moment the reception was successful, Halphas's consciousness did not disappear. He tried to occupy my brain and control my body."
Makarov's face instantly turned pale.
This is the worst case scenario - the devil takes over.
"At that time, I felt like I had fallen into a black vortex, with thoughts of killing and destruction everywhere. My body refused to obey and began to attack everything around me indiscriminately."
Mirajane looked at Lu Chongwei with gratitude in his eyes.
"Fortunately, Lu Chongwei is here."
Lu Chongwei touched his nose and unnaturally avoided Mirajane's fiery gaze.
"I didn't do anything. I just saw you going crazy, so I went up and gave you a scabbard and knocked you unconscious."
In fact, Lu Chongwei did not tell the truth.
At that time, Mirajane went berserk, and the magic power emanating from his body even overwhelmed Ryujin Jakka's Shikai.
Lu Chongwei had no choice but to use spiritual pressure to forcefully rush into Mirajane's spiritual world, crushing Halphas's remaining consciousness with absolute soul power.
That process is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, the souls of both people will be severely damaged.
"What happened next?" Makarov asked eagerly, "Is the devil still conscious?"
"No more."
Mirajane shook her head and spread her palms, a ball of deep purple magic energy beating in her palms.
"Just like the first time he received Satan Soul. His consciousness was completely wiped out, leaving only pure power."
"Now I can perfectly control the Demon God Halphas form."
Hearing this, Makarov breathed a long sigh of relief and slumped down on the backrest.
"I'm scared to death..."
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at the two ignorant brats in front of him, feeling both angry and relieved.
"Don't act like this again! Did you hear that?!"
"I know, I know."
The two of them answered in unison, but with their perfunctory attitude, they obviously didn't listen to a word.
The carriage continued to speed on the road, heading in the direction of Magnolia.
The afterglow of the setting sun poured into the carriage and shone on the young faces of the two people.
Makarov looked at them and smiled.
Although his ability to cause trouble is first-rate, his strength and courage are indeed Fairy Tail's hope for the future.
It's just...
Makarov took another look at the bill of 400,000 J in his hand, and the smile at the corner of his mouth instantly solidified and turned into a touch of bitterness.
Is the price of this hope a bit too expensive?
As night falls, Magnolia is shrouded in stars.
In the Strauss family's mansion, Mirajane was lying on the bed, wearing a silk pajamas with cartoon cats printed on it, and two white calves dangling in the air.
"I'm so mad! I'm so mad!"
Mirajane grabbed the pillow in his arms and expressed his bitterness to Lisanna who was sitting at the desk.
"You don't know how outrageous that Lu Chongwei is! When I was at Magic Council, I specially changed into a bathrobe that showed off my figure, and deliberately hung it in front of him for a long time. The result? He actually asked me if I was cold and if I wanted to get me a quilt!"
"And on the way back! The carriage bumped, so I pretended to be unsteady and fell into his arms. But he actually slipped away like a loach! He also told me to be careful, saying that the carriage was very expensive and I couldn't afford to pay for it if it was damaged!"
The more Mirajane talked, the angrier he became. He mistook the pillow for Lu Chongwei's head and punched him twice.
"Is he really stupid or is he pretending to be stupid? It's so obvious to me! Even if it's a stone, it should be warmed up, right?"
Lisanna put down the book in his hand, turned around and looked at his sister's crazy look, and sighed helplessly.
"Sister, how many times have I told you."
Lisanna walked to the bed and sat down, analyzing it with sincerity:
"Brother Zhongwei is a straight man, and he is made of titanium alloy. In his eyes, you may be thinking that you took the wrong medicine today because of your subtlety."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Mirajane buried his face into the pillow, his voice muffled.
"I almost gave up... or just knock him unconscious and drag him home."
"Don't!"
Lisanna was startled and quickly stopped this dangerous idea.
"If you really do this, Zhongwei, the first thing he will do when he wakes up is definitely draw his knife."