Magnolia Town
On an unknown road leading out of town.
"How did you all end up here?!"
"I knew Laxus wasn't reliable…"
"Sigh~"
Zorn sighed softly. His planned honeymoon trip for two before marriage was now ruined.
He had only one thought: could Laxus be deliberately retaliating against him?
He smiled bitterly, covering his face with one hand, and looked with a hint of helplessness at Natsu, Wendy, Gray, Lucy, and the others in front of him.
However, seeing their exceptionally bright smiles and incredibly expectant eyes, what more could he say?
"Huh~ Erza didn't come with you?" Zorn asked in surprise, noticing the absence of an important person.
Wendy, being more thoughtful, sensed that Zorn wasn't very enthusiastic about seeing them.
She felt that her actions were inappropriate and was extremely apologetic.
Wendy's cheeks flushed slightly, and she replied to Zorn's question with a somewhat embarrassed voice: "Uh… that, Erza, Gajeel, Juvia, and Levy were called to the Council!"
"Is that so! So sudden!"
"It couldn't be that coincidental, could it~"
Zorn suddenly thought of something, but then shook his head inwardly. That plotline was still far off!
It wouldn't be that the so-called Duchy would come to seize the scepter now!
And the start of the Phoenix Priestess was truly an accident; he just happened to stumble upon it.
The reason Natsu and Gray came here was entirely because Happy heard it from Simi.
She said Zorn had taken an S-rank mission on the second floor.
And then they heard it from Happy again.
Of course, they had to go and see the world.
Wendy and Lucy were invited by them, and Wendy was willing.
However, Lucy was literally dragged over by the two of them.
At this moment, she was still looking bewildered, holding a request form in her hand.
Apparently, Natsu had just directly pulled Lucy away from beside the mission board.
"It's good that you all came~"
"I said a trip is only lively when Everyone is together!"
Cana, holding Simi, stepped forward to give a warm welcome, completely opposite to Zorn's attitude.
Clearly, Cana was still unaware of Zorn's proposal plan.
"Lucy, are you planning to do a mission?"
Cana was chatting with Wendy when she suddenly noticed the request form in Lucy's hand.
"It's to apprehend a bandit group and their leader Keith, issued by the mayor!"
"The reward is quite good!"
"Oh, what a pity!"
Lucy said with a pained expression, looking very regretful.
Since she had been dragged here by Natsu, she could only pray that this mission hadn't been taken by anyone else by the time they returned.
"Lucy, you're really blinded by greed!"
Happy suddenly darted out from the side and whispered a mischievous taunt into Lucy's ear.
"Bang~"
"How rude!" Lucy's fist was smoking, and she yelled with a fierce expression.
Happy, with bumps all over his head, lay on the ground, rolling his eyes.
"Hahaha~" Natsu also burst into laughter nearby, appearing exceptionally carefree.
"Bang~ Natsu, you too!" Lucy landed another punch.
…
On an unknown small island, countless white houses were neatly arranged.
A group of people stood at the entrance of the town, including the Phoenix Priestess—Eclair.
"According to the mission, the fortress on the mountaintop is their hideout!"
Lucy excitedly pointed at the distinct white building on the mountaintop.
Her eyes were gleaming with the light of money.
"You're really full of vigor, Lucy!"
Gray said, hands on his hips, teasingly.
"Of course, I've been training well recently! Not to mention the generous reward!"
Lucy looked at the fortress on the distant mountaintop, rubbing her hands together, confident of victory.
"Alright, work begins! Let's go, Happy!" Natsu clapped his fists together and was the first to rush forward with Happy.
"Aye~ Understood!" Happy spread his wings and sprinted after Natsu.
"And me! Don't think you can have all the fun yourself." Gray sprinted a few steps to catch up.
"Ahhh, so excited, the reward, the reward, it's so generous!" Lucy ran forward with clumsy steps, as if she had fallen into a money pit.
Wendy, however, noticed that the town was unusually quiet.
"Zorn, Cana, don't you think it's too quiet?"
"Hmm? It seems there are quite a few people!" Cana activated her Observation Haki, and her expression immediately became clear.
"Let's go, Wendy, we'll join in too!" Cana's spirits also lifted, and her cards instantly activated.
"Aye~, I'm ready." Wendy said seriously, clenching her fists.
Wings of Wind instantly spread behind the two of them.
Flapping their wings, they carried a strong gust of wind and flew towards the town.
"Carla, let's go too!"
"Okay~"
Simi and Carla, the two cats, followed behind the two girls.
It seemed Simi preferred Cana a bit more.
"You don't seem worried about them at all!"
Eclair said, looking at Zorn, who was calmly eating roasted corn.
"Worried?"
"A little, I'm afraid this reward won't be enough to cover the damages!"
"It seems Lucy never learns!"
Zorn's words instantly silenced Eclair, making her wonder if the guild she entrusted was truly normal.
Eclair's gaze, however, turned towards Natsu and the others in the distance.
"Natsu, Gray, spread out!"
"It's an ambush~"
Cana shouted down to the two from the sky.
Natsu and Gray immediately leaped and ran in different directions.
"Quick, chase them, don't let them escape!"
"Damn it, how did they find out~"
Indeed, a large number of bandits surged from all directions, chasing after them.
…
"Here I go~"
"Sky Dragon's Roar~"
Wendy, in mid-air, took a deep breath, clenched her fists to her chest, and roared out.
"Ahhh~"
A hurricane roar formed in the town, carrying the screams of the bandits and sweeping the surrounding houses into the sky.
"Fire Dragon's Roar~"
Next was Natsu's attack magic.
"ICE-MAKE-Floor!"
Gray touched the ground with both hands, and the ground and surrounding houses instantly turned to ice.
"Well, will you tell me Keith's location now?!"
"Uh-oh~ Did I overdo it?"
Gray snapped back to reality, his eye twitching, as he saw the bandits, frozen into ice sculptures, sliding away down the icy slope.
Over on Lucy's side,
"If you don't speak, don't blame me for making you suffer!"
"Open, Gate of Taurus!"
"Ding-dong~"
Lucy held the Taurus key, smiled confidently, then swiped it through the air. A golden magic circle unfolded, and a cow carrying a giant axe charged out of it.
"For the graceful figure of Lady Lucy, you are truly unforgivable!"
"All of you, disappear!"
"Bang bang bang~" The bandits were no match for Taurus's axe, instantly sent flying into the air.
Cana's side was equally violent.
"How about you hand over Keith? That way, you won't have to get beaten!"
"Isn't that a good idea?"
The bandits, however, were very principled and loyal, holding their respective weapons and arrogantly saying: "We won't easily betray our boss!"
"I don't believe it, so many of us can't deal with one girl!"
"Lads, charge!"
The bandit leader, holding a spiked club, swung it forward and commanded.
"Oh, quite spirited, aren't you!"
"In that case, be prepared!"
Cana's aura shifted, and as her foot stomped, the ground instantly cracked.
Her figure reached half a meter directly in front of the bandits.
She unleashed a punch.
"Boom!"
Smoke billowed, and the houses on both sides of the road seemed unable to withstand it, toppling sideways.
Cana had held back, not intending to kill.
"…"
"So strong~"
"Is this the power of Fairy Tail?!"
Eclair watched as flames soared into the sky in the town, ice burst forth, and felt the tremors even from here.
She murmured in a daze.
To be continued~
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