"I..." Tears welled in Lucy's eyes at her comrades' words.
"Lucy is our family!! If you want to take her away, you'll have to step over my corpse!! I won't let anyone hurt my children!" Makarov shouted.
"Everyone!! Master!!" Hearing her comrades and Makarov, Lucy covered her mouth and burst into tears.
"Still refusing to see reason, Makarov? Let's see how many more blasts from Jupiter you can block. Enjoy these fifteen minutes of terror."
"What!!"
"There's another shot coming!!"
"I don't know if the master can block it again."
At the same time, a horde of soldiers in bizarre outfits poured out of Phantom Lord and charged at Fairy Tail.
"Fairy Tail, you now have two choices: die at my soldiers' hands, or die to Jupiter."
"Jose!!" Veins bulged on Makarov's forehead as a powerful aura erupted from him, instantly wiping out half the Phantom Soldiers. Yet more kept streaming out of Phantom Lord's guildhall.
"You've really made me angry!!!"
With that, Makarov unleashed his magic power and charged toward Phantom Lord's guildhall.
"Protect our guild!!"
"Protect Lucy!!"
Seeing Makarov make his move, the guild members began fighting back too!!
"Fire Dragon's Roar!!"
"Sky Dragon's Roar!!"
"Solid Script True Magic-Ice Battle Axe!"
"Projection-Hyōrinmaru-Flock of Birds: Ice Pillars!"
In an instant, Xi Feng and the others were fighting the Phantom Soldiers.
Chapter 51: Natsu and Totomaru (Please send flowers and add to favorites)
"Break already!!"
At some point, Xi Feng had suddenly appeared at Phantom Lord's cannon emplacement. With Hyōrinmaru in hand, he leaped into the air.
"Ice-Whirling Tail: Sky Piercer!"
With a single slash, the entire cannon emplacement split in two. Hyōrinmaru's freezing effect also encased a large section of the front of Phantom Lord's guildhall in ice.
"Nice one!!"
"Well done!!"
"That's Xi Feng for you!!"
Seeing Xi Feng slice Jupiter in half, Fairy Tail's members burst into cheers.
"That damned brat."
The destruction of the cannon left Jose's expression dark. The same person had humiliated him twice in two days, and he was furious.
"Jose!!!"
At that moment, Makarov's voice rang out as well, and a wall exploded with a boom.
"You've pushed me too far!!"
"Brother Makarov, I've lost this time. I apologize." Jose's eyebrows twitched at the sight of Makarov's terrifying glow, but then he spoke with a broad smile.
"What are you plotting now!!" Makarov frowned at Jose's sudden change and watched him warily.
"Nothing. The Magic Cannon has been destroyed, so I can only give up." Jose shrugged at Makarov. "Without the Magic Cannon, Phantom Lord has lost much of its strength. We're no match for your guild."
"Is that so?" Makarov frowned. The Jose he knew wasn't this kind of man. Something was clearly strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Oh, right..." As though remembering something, Jose said to Makarov, "Brother Makarov, do you know what it feels like to lose your magic power!!"
An eerie smile curled across Jose's lips as he finished speaking.
"Hm?"
"It's so tragic! Boo-hoo-hoo!" Just as Makarov was wondering why Jose had said that, sobbing came from behind him.
"What!!" As Makarov turned to look behind him, an invisible space instantly enveloped him.
With a boom, Makarov was blasted straight out.
"What was that?"
"What just flew out?"
Fairy Tail stared in confusion at the thing that had flown out of Phantom Lord. But when the dust cleared, they saw Makarov lying on the ground, his face contorted in pain.
"M-Master!!"
"Master!!"
"Gramps!!"
"Master, what's wrong!!" Seeing Makarov's pained expression, Fairy Tail's members hurried over and gathered around him, deeply worried.
"Hah... hah... My... my magic power is gone..." Makarov panted, his face twisted in agony.
"Master, I'll heal you right away." Seeing how much pain Makarov was in, Wendy rushed over and began treating him.
"Makarov, I still won in the end. Let's see how you block Jupiter now!! Activate the Magic Giant form!" Jose's sinister voice rang out from Phantom Lord's guildhall again.
"Damn it!! Happy!" Seeing Makarov in agony, Natsu called out to Happy, his face filled with rage.
"Got it!!" This time, Happy didn't even use his usual catchphrase. He grabbed Natsu and flew straight toward Phantom Lord's guildhall.
But just as they reached the halfway point, Phantom Lord's guildhall began shaking violently. Then the entire building underwent a series of transformations.
In just a few minutes, Phantom Lord's walking guildhall transformed into an enormous Magic Giant.
"This is... what even is that... You've got to be kidding." Cana could hardly believe her eyes as she stared at the enormous Magic Giant.
"I don't care what you are! Happy, let's go!"
Natsu wasn't afraid in the slightest. All he wanted now was to protect the guild, protect his comrades, and avenge Gramps.
"Aye!" Happy carried Natsu over, found a spot, and set him down.
"All right, let's... urgh..." As soon as Natsu landed on the Magic Giant, he tried to speak, but before he could finish, nausea surged through him and he threw up.
"Th-this isn't a vehicle, is it!!" Watching Natsu vomit nonstop, Happy realized something terrible.
"I-I'm fine... urgh..."
"Natsu..." Happy was at a loss as he watched Natsu try to tough it out.
After a while, however, the Magic Giant stopped moving, which made Natsu feel much better.
"I'm back!!" Natsu shouted. Then he looked around and yelled again, "Jose, get out here!! I'll avenge the master!!"
"Hmph! With your strength, you dare challenge the master? You really don't know your limits." A man's voice rang out.
Looking toward the voice, Natsu and Happy saw a man nearby with black-and-white hair, dressed in a red ninja outfit.
"Who are you?" Natsu scratched his head and asked in confusion.
"I'm Totomaru, Element 4's Great Fire. I've come to defeat you," Totomaru said, looking at Natsu with disdain.
"Then let's see if you've got what it takes! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!!" Flames ignited around Natsu's right hand as he charged straight at Totomaru.
"Hmph." Totomaru remained unmoved and merely snorted. But what happened next stunned Happy: Natsu swung his fist straight into his own face.
"Natsu, what are you doing?" Happy was completely confused as he watched Natsu hit himself.
"It's not me!! It's my body!" After stopping, Natsu stared at his hands, just as confused.
"Whatever!!"
Natsu charged at Totomaru again, his right hand bursting into flames once more. But the same thing happened: Natsu punched himself in the face again.
"That hurts like hell! What's going on?" Rubbing his cheek, Natsu couldn't make sense of it.
"I don't believe this!"
Natsu was that thickheaded. He ignored everything and simply kept charging, but every time he got close to Totomaru, he struck himself.
Looking at Natsu sprawled on the ground, Totomaru said calmly, "I'm Totomaru, controller of the fire element. I can control any flame."
"Those are my flames!!" Natsu shouted.
"I can control flames no matter whose they are. You're out of luck running into me, fire Mage," Totomaru said confidently. At the same time, he flicked his hand, sending a blue-green flame toward Natsu.
But then Totomaru was a little surprised to see Natsu devouring his flames, mouthful by mouthful.
"Phew, that's cold. I've never eaten flames like those before." After finishing the blue-green flames, Natsu wiped the corner of his mouth.
"I see. You're that legendary Fire Dragon Slayer Mage. It looks like we're a bad matchup."
"Huh?"
"Because fire doesn't work on either of us."
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