Erza vs. Kagura

"Eh?!!"

"There's another Lucy?!"

"What the hell is going on?!"

Everyone stared at the black-robed Lucy in shock. Ever since Qian Guang had disappeared, this Grand Magic Games had suddenly started heading in a very strange direction...

It had to be Qian Guang's fault again!

"It's not Gemini, is it...?"

"And not one from Edolas..."

The black-robed Lucy understood everyone's surprise and wanted to explain things briefly.

"Let me explain."

Before she could say anything, Gerard appeared behind the black-robed Lucy.

Apparently, the black-robed Lucy had no idea Gerard had been following her. Startled by his sudden appearance, she fainted on the spot.

"Lucy?!"

(;''A`)

Gerard was dumbfounded. This... wasn't some kind of scam, right?

"I'm saying... do you believe me if I say none of this has anything to do with me?"

(ꐦÒ‸Ó)

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The only response he received was a barrage of brute-force punches.

Royal Palace

"But I still can't understand. To open the Eclipse Gate, the power of a Celestial Spirit Mage is necessary, right? Yet the princess threw both of them into the Abyss Palace. Isn't that contradictory?"

Dutton had learned from Hisui about the ten thousand dragons, and he finally understood why she wanted to open that gate.

"Yes. Back then, I thought everything would be safe once we had the keys. I was careless..."

Hisui had never expected a Celestial Spirit to sneak out and steal the keys. Were they really in a normal Celestial Spirit-Mage relationship...?

"But the keys are already back in their hands."

"The keys are no longer useful!"

Hisui answered Dutton's question.

"Yesterday, I used the twelve keys to unlock Eclipse's seal. All that remains is a hand to push open the gate!"

Dutton slowly turned around. "Has that person prepared herself to bear the responsibility of