"The first floor is guarded by 'Trinity Raven,' a group of assassins."
"The second floor has some brainless Magical Beasts that only know how to attack with brute force."
"The third floor has a jumble of magical traps."
"Then, in the throne room on the top floor, sits the final boss, Jellal..."
"What utterly standard, utterly boring 'level design.'"
"Am I supposed to waste time fighting my way up, floor by floor, like them?"
The corner of Ye Chuan's mouth curled into a playful smile.
"What a joke."
He turned to the Fairy Tail members beside him, who were about to discuss their battle plan, and spoke as though stating a fact:
"There's no need for all that trouble."
"We'll go straight through a 'door.'"
"Huh? Through a door?"
Natsu looked baffled.
"What door?"
Ye Chuan gave them no further answer.
He simply raised his right hand slowly and casually pushed forward against the empty air before him.
[Door-Door Fruit · Awakening · Dimensional Door]!
Creak-
With a soft sound, a "door" radiating gentle spatial fluctuations appeared out of thin air!
On the other side of the door was an enormous throne room!
A young man with short blue hair and a strange tattoo over his right eye sat upright on the throne.
His face still bore a playful smile, anticipating the sight of Erza and the others being drawn into a bitter struggle.
"Let's go."
"We'll head straight to the top of the tower."
Ignoring the Fairy Tail members' expressions behind him, as though they had seen a ghost, Ye Chuan flickered forward and stepped through the door first.
Immediately afterward, a gentle spatial force "pulled" Natsu and the others through as well.
The throne room at the very top of the Tower of Paradise.
With an intoxicated