Chapter 144: FTRJ: Chapter 144
"I... I have no strength left to move." Knightwalker lay on the ground, her gaze fixed on the floating islands falling from the sky. Perhaps i
"I... I have no strength left to move." Knightwalker lay on the ground, her gaze fixed on the floating islands falling from the sky.
Perhaps it was the battle, but she felt a lightness in her body, the fear of magic loss gone. It was a strange new sensation.
"But we’re still alive, aren’t we?" Scarlet smiled.
"I couldn’t beat you... I admit defeat, Scarlet," she whispered, her voice barely audible, her body seemingly drained of all energy.
"What’s the point of talking about winning or losing between us? We’re both Erza," Scarlet said, looking at Knightwalker.
"Is that right?" Knightwalker finally smiled, a genuine smile that acknowledged the completeness of her defeat.
Natsu and the others had already landed, but they immediately encountered Royal Army soldiers arriving from outside the capital. These soldiers were responding to King Faust’s final order—the ETD Plan—having been dispatched from other cities.
Happy, Carla, and Nancy, caught amongst the soldiers, inevitably became targets.
Natsu and the others responded with a united voice:
"Anyone who wants to hurt our friends will have to go through us!"
A fierce battle erupted. However, the sheer number of soldiers was overwhelming; this was a kingdom that had conquered an entire world. Even Laxus, despite his immense power, found himself ensnared in the Royal Army’s human wave tactic, unable to free himself from the relentless assault.
Furthermore, fueled by the King’s frantic orders, these soldiers had been granted access to a vast supply of magical energy, significantly enhancing their overall combat capabilities.
A stalemate ensued. Everyone understood that as Natsu and the others’ magical energy gradually dwindled, they would ultimately be defeated.
But this seemingly inevitable outcome was abruptly shattered by the emergence of green shoots pushing their way through the earth.
A colossal green tree house burst forth from the ground, its familiar flag billowing proudly in the wind. The tree house’s doors slowly creaked open, revealing dozens of figures emerging from within.
"That’s..." Happy’s gaze was fixed upon the approaching figures, his eyes filled with a mixture of hope and disbelief.
"Fairy Tail!" Carla exclaimed, her voice choked with emotion as she wiped away tears from her eyes.
"I can’t believe they actually came!" Nancy smiled, her face radiant with joy.
"Alright everyone, let’s go!" Edolas Lucy roared, her voice echoing across the battlefield.
The figures behind her responded with a thunderous roar of their own, launching a full-scale assault against the Royal Army.
Their resounding battle cries seemed to serve as a cathartic release, unleashing the pent-up frustration and anxiety that had accumulated during their prolonged, desperate flight.
A cacophony of shouts and excited chatter erupted from the Fairy Tail members, spreading rapidly across the battlefield.
In that moment, despite their diverse personalities and individual approaches to combat, the incredibly boisterous atmosphere evoked a powerful sense of camaraderie and reminded Laxus and the others of their own guild.
Whether in Earthland or Edolas, Fairy Tail remained Fairy Tail, unchanged in its essence. This was their guild, loud and chaotic, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
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In the heart of the capital city, the earth lay shattered from the brief but intense clash between the two Erzas. The surrounding skyscrapers had been completely incinerated by Finn’s raging inferno.
At a glance, the area was unrecognizable, bearing no resemblance to the once-thriving royal palace.
The temperature in the surrounding area was steadily rising to terrifying levels.
Six thousand degrees?
Even Faust, ensconced within the Dragon Knight’s protective shell, couldn’t accurately gauge the extent of the searing heat.
The control panel was ablaze with red warning lights, and alarms blared incessantly within the cockpit.
Even the magically resistant armor of the Dragon Knight proved incapable of withstanding the extreme heat. For even the most advanced armor could not withstand the direct heat of the sun.
Sweat trickled down Faust’s forehead, his heart gripped by a rising tide of fear.
"No!" he roared, his voice filled with a mixture of disbelief and terror.
He bit down hard on his tongue, the metallic taste of blood jolting his senses back to a semblance of clarity.
"Impossible! Dorma Anim’s power is invincible!" he screamed, his voice laced with a mixture of desperation and delusion, as he had completely succumbed to the grip of madness.
He knew that Dorma Anim drew its power from the entirety of Edolas’s magical energy. While the world’s magical energy reserves were dwindling towards their absolute limit, the power available to Dorma Anim remained immensely formidable.
Even the normally inaccessible magical energy reserves, such as those contained within the earth, the sky, and the sea, were easily harnessed by Dorma Anim.
Why, then, did he, possessing such terrifying power, feel a surge of primal fear in the face of a single human opponent?
"You damned brat!!!"
Dorma Anim raised its giant sword, the blade shimmering with an intense magical aura, and unleashed another devastating blow aimed squarely at Finn.
Finn responded by gripping Ryūjin Jakka firmly in both hands.
Ryūjin Jakka, its blade ablaze with world-ending flames, was swung in a powerful upward arc, directly intercepting Dorma Anim’s attack.
BOOM BOOM———!
In the next instant, the immense magical energy of Dorma Anim and the apocalyptic flames of Ryūjin Jakka collided in a cataclysmic explosion, its devastating force capable of engulfing a significant portion of the capital city.
The resultant shockwave spread outwards at an incredible speed, instantly engulfing the entire city in its destructive path.
Countless houses were reduced to rubble by the sheer force of the shockwave.
Even the Fairy Tail members, engaged in fierce combat on the outskirts of the city, were not spared from the devastating effects of the blast.
The terrifying shockwave instantly swept them off their feet, sending them sprawling across the ground.
Edolas Lucy, clutching her head, struggled to her feet, her voice filled with a mixture of disbelief and alarm.
"What in the world was that?!" she cried out, her voice barely audible above the din of the aftermath.
"That was the aftershock from Finn’s battle with the king," Earthland Lucy replied, pushing herself up from the ground.
"What?" Edolas Lucy’s voice was laced with disbelief as she processed Earthland Lucy’s words.
"You mean... that was Finn? The Finn I know?" she asked, her voice filled with a mixture of astonishment and uncertainty.
Earthland Lucy offered a wry smile in response.
"Y-you’ve got to be kidding me! How is it even possible for a human being to unleash such devastating power?!" Edolas Juvia exclaimed, her face etched with a mixture of awe and disbelief.
"That guy isn’t human," Earthland Gray retorted dryly.
"Hey, looks like it’s happening again!" Edolas Cana suddenly shouted, her voice filled with alarm.
As soon as her words trailed off, a blinding flash of light erupted from the heart of the capital city, followed by another earth-shattering explosion.
A powerful surge of energy, akin to a colossal tidal wave, swept across the land.
The intensity of this blast was clearly far greater than the previous one. Even the very ground itself was turned upside down by the force of the impact.
Everyone was once again thrown to the ground by the devastating shockwave.
Fortunately, despite Faust’s descent into madness, he had retained a degree of rationality when it came to the safety of the city’s civilian population. Before initiating the activation of Dorma Anim, he had ordered the complete evacuation of the capital’s inhabitants.
Had he not taken this precaution, the combined might of Finn and Faust’s attacks would have resulted in the loss of countless innocent lives.
In the heart of the devastated capital city...
Finn frowned, his gaze sweeping across the desolate landscape that remained after the explosion had subsided.
Then, he lifted his gaze towards the heavens.
High above, the silhouette of Dorma Anim could be seen slowly descending from the sky.
"He used his incredible jumping ability to evade my attack," Finn murmured, his voice barely audible above the silence.
"No matter how powerful the attack, it’s meaningless if it doesn’t hit its target!" Faust’s voice echoed from above.
"In that case..."
Finn extended a single finger towards the sky.
The fiery red magical energy that had previously enveloped his body gradually began to transform into a deep, ominous black.
As Finn made this subtle yet significant alteration, the earth beneath his feet trembled violently, and a continuous stream of dark energy began to rise from the ground.
A low, ominous rumbling sound echoed throughout the surrounding area.
"What...?" Faust’s voice was filled with a mixture of surprise and apprehension.
"This magical energy..."
The sensation was completely unlike the intense, all-consuming heat that had previously emanated from Finn’s attacks.
Instead, it was a feeling that defied easy description, a subtle yet unsettling energy that was both mysterious and menacing.
Faust found himself utterly perplexed, unable to comprehend the nature of this newly manifested power.
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