Over the past two weeks, Mo Si had kept up her daily "card draws"-ten a day, for a total of one hundred and fifty.
Unfortunately, most of the cards she drew were the likes of Sukamon and Scumon.
Finally, three days ago, she had drawn ZombieSatanmon!
ZombieSatanmon's special move released a powerful light from the jewel at the tip of his staff, disrupting a Digimon's data and rendering them immobile.
It was like striking pressure points in martial arts stories or immobilization spells in cultivation stories.
In Digimon Adventure 02, even the Ultimate-level Imperialdramon had been immobilized by ZombieSatanmon. Only by pooling their power and allowing Imperialdramon to evolve into Fighter Mode had they overcome the crisis.
"They're both down!"
"Amazing! Mo Si actually fought Laxus to a draw!"
The Fairy Tail members watching the fight exclaimed in amazement.
To them, Laxus was as powerful as a monster. It was simply unbelievable that Mo Si could fight him to a draw.
Laxus could not move, while Mo Si was paralyzed and limp.
Both lay on the ground.
But a moment later, Mo Si dispelled her Take Over Magic, and rainbow light shimmered over her body.
"Healing Light?" Mira, Makarov, and even Laxus were familiar with it.
Mo Si restored her body with Healing Light. The paralysis caused by the Lightning Magic Circle rapidly faded, and she slowly rose to her feet. With a soft chuckle, she said, "Looks like I have the edge!"
"Roar!"
Unwilling to lose to Mo Si, Laxus unleashed another surge of powerful magic from within.
As his magic surged, he seemed possessed by a mighty dragon. A thunderous roar burst from his mouth, his muscles swelled, and his body grew a size larger. Even his arms began to show something resembling scales.
Dragon Slayer Magic!
Laxus had been frail as a child, but not because his body was truly weak. His magic had been so immense that his young body could not bear its strain, making him appear sickly.
To solve this problem, his father had implanted a Lightning Dragon Slayer Lacrima inside him.
That was how Laxus had acquired Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Roooar!"
After activating his Dragon Slayer Magic, Laxus stood up as well.
People could not all be judged by the same standard, and Digimon also differed as individuals. Not every ZombieSatanmon could immobilize an Ultimate-level Digimon.
Mo Si was certainly not the ZombieSatanmon from Adventure 02. She was not even a genuine ZombieSatanmon, and even when using the same skill, its power fell short of his.
That was why Laxus could break free of the abnormal condition by unleashing his Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Lightning Dragon's Crushing Fist!"
Laxus clenched his right fist. Golden lightning formed from his Dragon Slayer magic coiled around it as he punched forward.
Mo Si immediately swung her eight wings around to shield herself. Pale purple light shimmered over them-the power of holiness.
The eight wings, reinforced with holy power, formed an impregnable shield.
Bang!
With a metallic clang, Mo Si was sent flying more than ten meters backward.
"Huh? Is that Dragon Slayer Magic?"
"Laxus knows Dragon Slayer Magic?!"
The guild members exchanged bewildered looks, especially Natsu.
Natsu's magic was Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. Unlike Laxus, who had obtained his Dragon Slayer Magic from a Dragon Slayer Lacrima, Natsu had been taught by a dragon personally.
"Lightning Dragon's Roar!"
The battle continued. Laxus opened his mouth and spat out a torrent of lightning that surged forward with terrifying force, its diameter as wide as a person was tall.
Mo Si steadied herself in midair. Rather than retreating, she advanced, gathering pale purple holy power around her hands to protect them like boxing gloves.
She leaped up and flipped upside down, her long legs pointing toward the sky and her fists facing downward. The holy power around her fists met the torrent of lightning, insulating her from it.
Like a skater, she skimmed along the lightning torrent, rapidly closing in on Laxus.
At the same time, she performed an inverted midair split, then twisted at the waist to send her entire body spinning.
Tornado destroys the parking lot!
Laxus had never expected such a move. In the blink of an eye, her high heels struck his face more than a dozen times.
Despite his powerful physique, those dozen-odd kicks still left him reeling.
"Full-body Take Over, Myotismon Soul!"
Seizing the moment while Laxus was dazed, Mo Si took over the Myotismon Soul, darted behind him, and sank her teeth into his neck.
Suck!
Blood flowed into Mo Si's mouth, carrying his magic with it.
By the time Laxus recovered, he realized that not only had he lost most of his magic, but he was also a little anemic.
Mo Si withdrew her fangs and stepped back several paces. She dispelled her Take Over Magic, returned to her ordinary Angewomon form, and transferred the stolen magic into her Holy Ring.
Laxus rubbed the spot on his neck where she had bitten him, yet found no wound at all. He paid that little mind, however. The loss of magic inside him concerned him far more.
"So you can absorb magic. No wonder you bit those Vulcans." Recalling what he had seen two weeks earlier, Laxus finally understood.
He also understood why Mo Si had taken seven monster-expulsion jobs over the past two weeks.
But realizing it now was too late.
Having lost so much blood and magic, Laxus no longer had any chance of winning.
This was not a battle against an outside enemy, either, so shouting "We are Fairy Tail!" would not give him a sudden power boost.
"With the magic you have left, you're no match for me anymore. But..."
Mo Si flashed in front of Laxus and drove a fist imbued with holy power into his abdomen.
"You still won't admit defeat, will you?"
"..." Laxus's eyes rolled back, and he passed out.
Seeing this, Makarov announced loudly, "The match is over! Mo Si wins!"
Only then did the guild members snap out of their daze. Clutching their heads in shock, they cried, "Unbelievable! Mo Si actually won!"
Along with their astonishment came a steady stream of cheers and admiring cries.
"Children, let's have a party!"
Fairy Tail often threw parties, even to celebrate a new member joining. This one was different, however. Only Makarov knew that it was also a farewell party.
By the time the party ended, stars filled the sky. Mo Si quietly slipped out of the guild, only to be stopped by a short figure.
It was Makarov.
Holding a mug of beer, he asked, "Leaving?"
"Yes." Mo Si nodded.
Makarov asked again, "Aren't you going to say goodbye to Mira and the others?"
Mo Si glanced back, then shook her head. "No. I don't like the atmosphere of goodbyes."
With that, she walked straight out through the guild's front doors, spread her wings, and flew into the night sky.
Makarov watched her disappear into the distance.
"She's gone?" Laxus walked over.
"Yes." Makarov nodded.
"..." Laxus pursed his lips, then turned and left.
Meanwhile, Mo Si flew into the forest, to the place where she had first met Mira and the others. She quietly waited for the world-travel countdown on her panel to end, then vanished from the world of Fairy Tail.
When she opened her eyes, she was already inside a laboratory.
She lay inside a hibernation pod designed specifically to store Digimon, with a metal base and glass sides.
More than a dozen similar pods stood nearby, each containing a different Digimon, like a collection of specimens.
"I really am back!"
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