The little karate chop landed on Blanc's head with barely any force. It did little damage, but the insult was immense.
A vein instantly bulged at Blanc's temple. He stiffly turned his head and looked at Happy hovering in the air, his expression halfway between a smile and a scowl.
"Hap~py~! Do you want to dance too?"
Happy covered his little mouth with both paws, wearing his trademark cheeky grin.
"You looked like you were having fun, so I joined in."
As he spoke, he turned toward Lucy with sparkling eyes, his gaze seeming to say, You're the only one left!
Countless dark lines instantly descended over Lucy's forehead. She completely lost it, grabbing her hair and shouting in despair.
"Would you all take this seriously!! Is this any time to play around?!"
Everyone else was torn between laughter and exasperation, utterly speechless.
Still lying where he had fallen, Lyon's eye twitched. He couldn't help turning his head to ask Gray beside him, "Gray... is your guild always this unreliable?!"
Gray curled his toes in embarrassment and forcibly looked away. "Uh... o-only sometimes."
But Gray quickly caught on. He whipped his head toward Blanc, his eyes lighting up with delighted surprise.
"Wait! Blanc, do you... still have enough magic power to fight?!"
Blanc stared dead-eyed at his allies lying in neat rows on the ground, genuinely impressed by the way their minds worked. What kind of strategy involved sacrificing your teammates before the fight even started?
Even if he really couldn't fight anymore, Ur had the strength of one of the Ten Wizard Saints, while Natsu, Gray, Lyon, and Ultear were all close to S-Class. They still stood a fighting chance, didn't they?
Yet every last one of them had been thinking about blowing themselves up.
"I never said I