"Hahahahaha! I'm out! I'm out!! I'm finally out!!!" Throwing his head back in wild laughter, "Achill" suddenly radiated a faint red glow. Blood-colored magic flashed, and a long coat, black outside and red within, silently appeared on his body, covering his half-naked torso in an instant. A completely different "Achill" abruptly stood before everyone—not the sickly-looking man from before, but one brimming with vigor, overwhelming murderous intent, and sinister energy!!
"I've already released you, Achill! According to the terms of our deal—" Just then, Faust, king of Edolas, who had still been in the deepest level of the Forbidden Ground ten thousand meters beneath the Royal Palace, shot up from below with Erza and the others, following the enormous opening blasted out by "Achill's" magic!
They landed on the Royal Palace grounds. Faust immediately looked up at "Achill," who stood proudly atop the palace's tallest building, and shouted, "Now it's time for you to keep your promise!!"
"Oh~ My promise, huh—" His lips suddenly curled into a sinister grin. Without the slightest hesitation, he viciously slashed down with the blood-red saber he had held high overhead! "Achill" laughed wildly with scorn. "Don't make me laugh!!!"
Boom—! A terrifying aura of bloody, savage magic erupted from the blood-red saber. Amid the frenzied roar of that bloody magic, the entire vast Royal Palace was cleaved clean in two by its rampaging power, starting less than ten centimeters in front of Faust's feet!!!
"I don't remember making any ridiculous so-called promise..." Resting the blood-red saber lightly on his right shoulder, the tails of his coat billowing freely in the wind, "Achill" looked mockingly down at their livid faces and spat in contempt, "What a bunch of clueless trash!"
Staring at the enormous, terrifyingly deep fissure before his feet, Faust's face turned ashen with