"Target is within range, Juvia, attract his attention!"
Gajeel whispered a telepathic message to Juvia from backstage, his eyes fixed on Minister of State Zexiu.
Juvia, receiving the message on stage, elegantly danced towards Ze Xiu in a dazzling sheer dress.
Ze Xiu's gaze was clearly following Juvia's every move.
"Oh~" Ze Xiu exclaimed.
He then swallowed, his face flushing, clearly engrossed, and became even more captivated by Juvia's flirtatious glance.
Meanwhile, Erza, dressed as a bunny girl, approached Ze Xiu with drinks, not even pausing as she neared him.
Yet, in the brief moment their bodies crossed, a black ring appeared in Erza's hand.
Amidst the clamor of the tavern, they entered a room.
Inside, a girl dressed as a waitress had been waiting for a long time.
"I'm counting on you, Ultear!"
"Almost done~" Ultear said with a smile.
She then picked up the key, examined it carefully, and held it between her hands. A white light flashed, and an identical, crystal-clear ring appeared in her palm.
A flash of light in the room, and Zorn appeared as well.
"Hello, you two, it looks like your mission went well!" Zorn said with a smile to the two people and one cat.
"Looks like I won't need to give the ring to Meredy and Levy!"
Erza and Ultear exchanged a smile, then tossed the ice ring to Zorn.
Erza, holding the original ring, shook it and confidently said, "I'll go return it!"
"Ultear, Lily, you two also inform Erza and Juvia. Retreat immediately!"
"As for the rest, leave it to me with confidence!"
Zorn picked up the ice crystal ring, his body began to glow golden, he gave them instructions for the next steps, and with a flash of white light, he vanished from the spot.
...
At the Scepter Storage Tower.
With a flash of golden light, Zorn appeared beneath the tower.
However, seeing the two human-shaped bushes beneath the tower,
Zorn smiled helplessly. He hadn't expected Meredy and Levy to come up with a similar hiding method.
Haha.
"Leave the rest to me!"
"You two go and rendezvous with Erza and the others!"
As Zorn's voice fell, a golden light rose beneath Levy and Meredy's feet, and to their surprise, they vanished from the spot.
After seeing the two leave, he extended his Observation Haki to cover the entire tower, raising an eyebrow.
He hadn't expected that fellow Ze Xiu to be so cautious; the entire room was covered with magic array sensors.
If it wasn't opened from the main door with the ring, an alarm would be triggered instantly.
Moreover, as far as he knew, picking up the scepter would also trigger an alarm.
But none of this concerned their Fairy Tail!
"Ah~ I'm so sleepy~ What's going on..."
The two guards at the main door gradually saw their vision blur, and after several yawns, they simply couldn't fight off the overwhelming drowsiness.
They collapsed heavily onto the ground, fast asleep.
At this moment, an ice crystal ring rapidly struck the main door's recess, and the door instantly swung open backward.
Countless light particles instantly reached the golden-glowing scepter, transforming into a human form.
"Mystogan's magic is really useful!"
"But this scepter truly possesses a powerful magic, no wonder it attracts others to snatch it!"
It truly lives up to its name, containing the resentment and sorrow of the entire Dragon Graveyard.
Zorn couldn't help but exclaim as he felt the magic contained within the scepter.
However, the moment his hand touched the scepter, his mind trembled. The overwhelming sorrow, anger, resentment, and other negative emotions instantly flooded Zorn's mind.
It was as if he could hear the angry, unwilling roars of the dragons towards the sky before they died.
"Unwilling, are we? Resentful, are we?"
"If so, then turn into my power!"
Zorn murmured.
dragon cry seemed to have sensed the Dragon Slayer aura on Zorn, as well as the lingering trace of Black Dragon Acnologia's anger.
The countless dragon resentments within dragon cry seemed to materialize, responding, "Is that so? You faced Acnologia and did not fall!"
"Then..."
The dragon cry scepter glowed brightly, then its light receded.
Its shape began to change; the dragon-shaped handle of the scepter flared slightly like dragon wings, forming a hilt, and the scepter's front slowly transformed into a blade.
"Then, I'll still call you dragon cry!"
Zorn gripped it with one hand and instinctively swung it.
A golden light immediately formed a semicircle and flew out, and the tower instantly split into two halves, collapsing.
Seeing such power, Zorn instinctively blurted out, "Holy crap!"
"This will probably expose us even faster~"
"Better get out of here, quick!"
Zorn grasped dragon cry, pulled it out, and with a flash of golden light, vanished from the spot.
Thump, thump, thump~
A squad of guards quickly approached.
"Damn it!"
"An enemy has intruded! Report to the lord quickly! dragon cry is missing!"
The captain, seeing dragon cry gone from the center of the treasury and no suspicious personnel nearby, cursed under his breath, then turned and ordered his subordinates.
He himself led another team to quickly seal off the entire capital city and conduct a thorough investigation.
However, what he didn't expect was that the person he was looking for had already left the capital's vicinity.
Meanwhile, inside the tavern.
A human-shaped ice block exploded with a bang.
"So it was people sent by the Fiore Kingdom!"
Ze Xiu instinctively touched the ring on his hand, feeling a slight sense of relief in his heart.
Thankfully, the ring was still on his hand, so the scepter should be fine.
However, he had a bad feeling, but he could only try to comfort himself.
In his opinion, he needed to return to defense as soon as possible to prevent their next move.
Just as he was thinking this,
An anxious voice came: "Lord Ze Xiu, the scepter has been stolen!"
Ze Xiu instinctively clenched his fist, his voice cold as he continued to ask, "Do you know who it was?!"
"No... I don't know... It vanished into thin air!"
The guard replied tremblingly.
Ze Xiu's eyes grew even colder—Fiore Kingdom.
He flicked his sleeve and strode towards the royal palace.
This was no longer something he, as a minister, could decide!
...
Ten minutes later,
The two groups from Fairy Tail on the other side converged under Zorn's magical movement.
Natsu questioned, "Is this dragon cry? It looks more like a sword!"
Erza, however, said gravely, "No matter its shape, it contains enough power to destroy an entire country!"
The few of them gathered in a circle, propping their chins as they carefully examined it, yet felt no magical fluctuations, which was very strange.
Within a few minutes, everyone lost interest.
Eclair, however, grew serious. She could feel the strong aura of sorrow contained within dragon cry.
But the moment Zorn picked it up, that feeling completely vanished.
"Alright, we can rest up now. Tomorrow morning, I'll send you back to the Fiore Kingdom!"
"Mission accomplished successfully!"
Zorn sheathed it, strapping it to his back, and said casually.
This scabbard was condensed from his magic.
"Perfect, there's a stage downstairs. I'm going to sing my heart out! It's your loss that I wasn't chosen for this mission!" Gajeel grumbled.
He then quickly changed into a suit and headed downstairs with high spirits.
"Gajeel-kun, get some rest early!!" Levy chased after him.
"Gray-sama, Juvia missed you so much, let's go to sleep together! Juvia is so hot right now!"
Juvia also hugged Gray's arm, pouting.
Ultear and Meredy, however, were directly pulled away by Erza, who said she wanted to thoroughly explore and shop in this magic city.
The cats were also taken away by Wendy.
They seemed to have grown a lot, understanding Zorn's underlying meaning.
Mission accomplished, it's time to relax.
Zorn exclaimed when he saw this.
Good heavens, are they not sleeping?!
If they're not sleeping, I'll go to sleep! Time to finish what's unfinished.
To be continued~
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