Sky Maiden

Everyone, look! That's the Tree Sea!

Natsu, running at the front, shouted.

"Wait, Natsu! Don't run off by yourself!"

"No way! If I don't hurry, Ye will wipe out the enemies in no time! I want to beat them all before Ye makes a move!"

Just then, a Pegasus-like magic airship appeared above them. This thing was far from cheap. Building a magic airship like that would cost enough to build an entire Fairy Tail guild hall. With all the magical weapons installed inside, the expense was enormous. That was why, even though Blue Pegasus's members were not particularly strong, no one dared provoke them. One shot from that thing—who could take it?

"Whoa!"

"So that's the Magic Strike Airship, Christina?"

"That's amazing!"

"Is that the legendary Pegasus?"

Lucy saw it in the distance. "Ye, look! It's Christina! It's so spectacular!"

"Ah... is that so? It's all right."

"That was so halfhearted."

"But something feels off. It looks like it's coming toward us."

Christina's cannons aimed at Ye, gathering immense energy before firing at him.

Ye immediately grabbed the two people and two cats in both hands and hurled them to either side.

"Boom!!"

Hearing the explosion, Natsu and the others turned around and saw thick smoke rising in the distance.

Erza said, "Ye is over there!"

"What?!"

Natsu angrily grabbed Hibiki by the collar. "What is wrong with your Christina? Why is it attacking members of our guild?"

"Let go, you barbarian!"

Eve said in a panic, "Hibiki, we just lost contact with Christina!"

"What did you say?! How is that possible?"

Erza said, "It looks like the enemy has hijacked it."

"Damn it!"

Erza said, "Enough! Since the plan has failed, we should hurry and defeat Oración Seis. We don't have time to waste here."

The trio said in disbelief, "But your companion was attacked! Aren't you worried at all?"

Gray said confidently, "Instead of worrying about him, you should worry about your Christina."

Natsu said, "That's Ye. How could he possibly lose to your Christina?"

The members of Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale looked at how completely they trusted their companion.

"So this is Fairy Tail's bond!"

At the site of the explosion.

The two people who had been thrown away quickly got up and anxiously shouted toward Ye.

"Ye!"

"Mr. Ye!"

Then Ye's voice came from the smoke.

"So this is Christina's bombardment? The power isn't bad. But since you attacked first, don't blame me."

Ye gathered an Energy Bullet about half a meter thick in his hand and fired it at Christina.

"Boom!!"

The Energy Bullet struck Christina directly. Christina exploded in midair, and two figures fled from it.

"Hey, hey, hey, this has to be a joke, right? One shot destroyed the Magic Strike Airship? Is this guy a monster?" Laser, one of the Six Demons, said.

"Let's go. It's time to meet this monster."

When the three members of Blue Pegasus saw their Christina destroyed so easily from afar, they were completely dumbfounded.

Gray said, "Didn't I tell you? You should worry about your own Magic Strike Airship. To Ye, it was nothing more than a toy."

Erza said, "Now that we know Ye is fine, let's go."

"Charge!!"

Lucy and the other three stared blankly at the man before them. One second, they had been worrying about him; the next, he had destroyed Christina.

"Lucy, Wendy, are you two all right?"

"Ah, we're fine."

A voice suddenly came from ahead.

"This young man is truly fierce. He crippled Christina with a wave of his hand."

"You two are two of the Six Demons, aren't you?"

"That's right. I'm Laser, and he's Cobra."

"You two really are bold, coming right before me. Well, that saves me the trouble of finding you. You've saved me a lot of effort."

"As expected of a Ten Wizard Saint. You talk as if we came here to die."

"All right, Laser. Move already. The sooner we finish this, the more we still have to do afterward."

Laser of Oración Seis charged forward first. He was like a bullet, moving at a speed that seemed incredibly fast to most people.

"So fast!" Lucy cried out, barely able to see Laser's afterimage.

Laser reached Ye's back almost instantly and kicked toward the back of his head.

"Bang!"

Without even turning his head, Ye caught Laser's kick with one hand.

"Little rat, you do run pretty fast, but not fast enough."

With that, he threw him down at the ground with force.

"Boom!!!"

As the smoke cleared, Laser lay on the ground with his eyes rolled back, having lost the ability to fight.

"All right, one little rat cleaned up."

Wendy looked at the instantly defeated Laser in shock. "So... amazing!"

Lucy complained, "You'll get used to it. For Ye, that really was just a casual move."

Cobra looked at the instantly defeated Laser, and only one thought remained in his mind: run. Run for his life! Just as he was about to turn and flee, a figure appeared in front of him.

"Where do you think you're going, little viper?"

Looking at the man before him, terror spread from Cobra's heart through his entire body. It was as though he were prey being looked down upon by a creature at the top of the food chain.

"I... can't... move...!"

"What's this? Not running anymore? The little snake on you is very obedient."

As he spoke, Ye reached out and stroked the venomous snake coiled around Cobra. The snake did not resist at all and simply let Ye pet it, because it could sense that this human only needed a single thought to kill it.

"Move! Move!!!!"

"Oh? You still want to resist? Why does that make me seem like the bad guy?"

Lucy complained, "The word 'seem' isn't very accurate."

"All right, I'm done playing with you. Your companion looks lonely, so go keep him company."

With that, he punched Cobra in the stomach. The intense pain made Cobra pass out instantly.

Ye looked at Lucy. "That went pretty smoothly."

Lucy complained again, "With you here, how could it not go smoothly?"

"Charle! Did you see that? Mr. Ye is really strong!"

Charle said in shock, "Yes! Even calling him as strong as a monster feels like an insult to him."

Happy chimed in, "See, Charle? I told you Ye is the strongest."

"Hmph! ╭(╯^╰)╮"

"All right, Lucy. Let's go."

Far away, Brain watched as two of the tattoos on his body disappeared.

"How is this possible?! In just an instant, Laser and Cobra were defeated?"

"Who exactly is the enemy?!"

Natsu's group finally encountered the other three members of the Six Demons ahead.

"So you're Oración Seis? I finally found you! Watch me send you bastards flying!"

"Shh~! Keep it down. If you wake Midnight, something terrifying will happen."

"Hah! Who cares about that?"

"Dragon's Roar!"

"Earth Pit!"

A huge pit suddenly opened beneath Natsu's feet. Natsu, Gray, and the others fell straight into it, while the roar shot into the sky.

Erza cried out, "Everyone!"

Angel said, "You should worry about yourself first."

"Open! Gate of Scorpio, Scorpio!"

"You're a Celestial Spirit Mage!"

The summoned Celestial Spirit fired a laser cannon from his tail at Erza.

"Requip, Adamantine Armor!"

Erza immediately equipped Adamantine Armor and blocked the laser cannon.

"Everyone, be careful. These three won't be easy to deal with."

Now it was time for Blue Pegasus to take the stage. The Blue Pegasus trio cast magic directly at Midnight, but strangely, their magic did not hit Midnight and instead bounced back at them.

Boom! The three were instantly defeated by their own magic.

Then Brain appeared.

"Everyone, retreat for now. Laser and Cobra have already fallen."

Waltor and Angel were both shocked when they heard that.

"The opponent is that strong?!"

"Let's go. As long as we obtain that magic, that person will be nothing to fear."

With that, Waltor activated his magic.

"Active Square!"

The ground turned into sand and surged toward Erza's group.

"Take cover!!"

When they looked again, they found that Oración Seis had already vanished.

"Damn it!"

"Is everyone all right?" Ye's group caught up at that moment. Seeing everyone in such a sorry state, they knew that this clash had ended in defeat.

"Oh? Looks like things didn't go too smoothly for anyone. You underestimated them, didn't you?"

Erza nodded. "I never expected that just those three alone would give us such trouble. If the other two had been there as well, they would have been even harder to handle."

Lucy said, "The other two have already been dealt with by Ye."

"Is that so? That's wonderful."

Wendy said, "Everyone is injured, right? Let me heal you."

Sherry said, "Healing magic? Isn't that lost magic?"

Charle said proudly, "Wendy can do more than heal wounds. She can also remove all kinds of negative conditions. Wendy is the Sky Maiden, a Sky Dragon Slayer Mage."

Everyone was stunned by Charle's words.

Natsu was even more shocked. He had not expected there to be another Dragon Slayer Mage besides himself, Gajeel, and Laxus.

Watching their wounds rapidly heal, everyone could not help exclaiming, "So this is the power of Primordial Magic?"

Not long after, Eve slowly arrived before everyone while supporting the injured Jura.

Jura said, "Is everyone all right?"

Erza said, "For the moment, we're all fine."

Jura said remorsefully, "My apologies, everyone. We were ambushed by them at the base."

Seeing how severely injured the two were, Wendy said, "Please lie down quickly, Mr. Jura. You're badly hurt. Let me heal you."

"Thank you, Miss Wendy."

"It's nothing. It's what I should do."

After Wendy treated them, everyone recovered.

"All right! We should discuss what to do next."