Meanwhile, in another forest far away in Edolas, a thick pillar of blue magic suddenly pierced the dark clouds overhead and plunged straight down!!
Boom! The pillar of magic slammed into the solid mountain rock, sending dust billowing everywhere.
"Cough, cough... Are we here, Mystogan?" Wendy's coughing suddenly came from within the dust. Brushing the dirt off herself as she coughed, she hurried out of the cloud, with Carla beside her doing the same.
"Cough, cough, cough! What the hell?! What's going on here?!!" But the one who answered her wasn't Mystogan—it was a thoroughly dust-covered Gajeel! Turning to survey his surroundings, Gajeel gaped and roared, "How did I suddenly end up in this godforsaken place?!!"
"Gajeel?! Y-you're here too?!" Mystogan emerged from the dust and immediately spotted Gajeel shouting. Stunned, he asked, "How did you get here?!!"
"That's what I want to know!!!" Gajeel roared at Mystogan. "I was having a late-night snack!! Then I figured I'd take a look after you finished talking! Next thing I knew, a blast of magic came straight at me before I could react! Are you kidding me?!!! Who do you think you are, that demonic bastard Achill?!! Please watch where you're aiming next time you use magic!! Don't hit innocent bystanders, you bastard!!!"
"Uh, all right..." Looking utterly exasperated, Mystogan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "But since you've ended up here by accident, please eat this..." He took the glass bottle full of red Magic Pills from inside his clothes, picked one out, and tossed it to Gajeel.
Catching the Magic Pills Mystogan tossed him, Gajeel wasted no words. He threw it straight into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp, then smacked his lips and muttered, "Doesn't taste like anything..."
Mystogan nearly stumbled and fell at that. Wiping