A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

“Even with the power of Leo regained, facing these two demons is still quite troublesome!” Loki muttered, then looked around. “Not to mention, there are so many other demons around! And…”

He looked at Lucy: 'Lucy's magic power is almost gone too!'

After returning to his Celestial identity, his appearance required Lucy's magic power to be consumed, but even though Lucy became stronger after training... just a little bit, she couldn't withstand Loki's long-term summoning.

Beside him, Lucy lashed out with her whip, shooing away a charging demon minion. Then she stepped back to Kana's side and asked, "Kana! Is 'Radiance' ready yet?"

As one of the three great super magics, 'Fairy Radiance' is naturally not something that can be used casually.

Gathering the energy of the sun, moon, and stars requires time to prepare; that is, each time it is used, a period of time is needed to recharge it.

“...almost…” Kana’s expression was extremely dejected. The failure of 'Radiance' earlier had dealt her a severe blow. “But you saw it just now, right? Even if it had been successfully cast, it wouldn’t have worked on these two!”

Chapter 337 Super Magic Fails?

When she first faced off against Keith and Franmars, Cana used 'Fairy Radiance' once.

The 'Radiance' caused a great commotion, creating a large crater and killing a bunch of demon minions, but Keith and Franmars were unharmed.

The ineffectiveness was naturally due to the characteristics of these two demons. Keith's constitution made it immune to most attacks, while Franmars, because it could absorb the souls of magic, could not defeat the enemy in one blow.

If it were any other demon, this move would be enough to end the battle immediately. Even Hades, Maldo, might not be able to withstand it.

But unfortunately, they ran into Keith and Franmars!

In the entire 'Gate of the Underworld,' only these two demons are immune to this type of magic, and yet they were the ones who encountered it—they were incredibly unlucky!

The failure immediately after upgrading was undoubtedly a huge blow to Kana!

Lucy looked at Kana with concern: "Kana..."

"Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it all!!!"

Kana shouted in frustration, tears welling in her eyes, and slammed her right fist into the ground. After several muffled thuds, a streak of blood flowed from her fist.

"It must be because my aptitude is too poor that I can't unleash the true power of 'Radiance'! With my aptitude... with my aptitude... what right do I have to become an S-class mage, what right do I have to be Gildarts' daughter?!"

Kana's voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly, and the sadness intensified under the influence of the rain.

"Has she become weaker due to the influence of family ties?" Keith sensed Kana's condition and said softly, "Humans are truly pathetic creatures! Wouldn't it have been better if that thing had never existed in the first place?"

Franmars continued Keith's rambling, "Human kinship? How much is that worth? How much is it worth?"

"Take back what you just said!"

Just then, a shout suddenly rang out, interrupting the two demons.

Lucy stood up, glaring fiercely at the two demons before her: "Family... is something Cana values ​​very much! It can't be measured by anything else!! I won't allow you to speak of my comrade like that!!!"

Lucy's words stunned everyone.

For Keith and Franmars, perhaps they hadn't expected their words to elicit such an attitude from Lucy; perhaps they thought Lucy was overestimating herself by standing up at this moment; or perhaps it was because they simply couldn't understand and disdained the kind of emotion called kinship.

For Kana, she never expected that Lucy would have the courage to provoke two demons, and that she could say such empathetic words.

It's worth noting that Lucy usually treats people and things in the guild with the image of a "weakling" and a "gentleman," and rarely has such a tough attitude or such a resolute expression.

“Lucy…” Cana felt a surge of emotion.

“Well said, Lucy!” Rocky chuckled, then his eyes turned into hearts. “Truly worthy of being my princess!!”

"Don't worry, Kana!"

Lucy turned to Cana and smiled brightly, her smile like a ray of sunshine in the rain, warm and radiant. "I told you, I'll help you become an S-class mage! I'll help you until you have enough confidence to tell Gildarts the truth! I will definitely do it!"

"So you absolutely mustn't give up before that!"

Lucy's words and smile inspired Canaton, dispelling the gloom in her heart. She wiped the tears from her face with her hands, which were wet with rain and blood, stood up again, and regained her confidence.

"Thank you, Lucy! You saved me again!"

"Let's go!"

"Oh!!"

Keith and Franmars watched the changes in the two men silently, and were surprised once again.

"It seems he's rallied again. Is it because of the power of friendship this time? Indeed, humans are truly pathetic creatures!"

"Friendship? How much is that worth? How much is it worth?"

Bang! !

"Worth 1000 souls!!!"

As he spoke, Franmars suddenly sprang up, clasped his hands together, and lunged toward the spot where the three were standing. His joined arms were like a hard spear, and with the force of his lunge, they plunged into the ground several feet deep.

The attack was unexpected and fast, but Lucy and her two companions managed to dodge it in time and were not hit.

"But... how should we fight these two demons?"

To defeat Franmars, you cannot summon Protoss.

Lucy had previously summoned Talos, but his soul was sucked away, and she almost lost her Celestial Spirit. Fortunately, Lucy managed to retrieve it by using Forced Closure, but the magic power consumed during the summoning would not return.

Aside from the Protoss, they cannot use magic.

Whether it was the sandstorm summoned by Lucy from Scapio, the wool created by summoning Aries, or the 'Radiance' that Cana just used, all of them had their souls absorbed by the opponent, thus increasing his strength.

Therefore, the only options are to use soulless matter to attack, or to decide the outcome with fists.

This is why Loki didn't return to the Protoss Realm like the other Protoss. Of course, it's also because of his strong willpower, which ensures his soul won't be easily sucked away.

If Franmars was a tough opponent for the three, then the other demon, Keith, truly left them feeling helpless.

Physical attacks were ineffective against him, as he shared the same physique as Juvia. However, while Juvia was unable to become elemental when her magic power was insufficient, this skull seemed to lack this property—in fact, the opponent didn't even have magic power!

Even after enduring the 'fairy's radiance,' a pure magical attack formed by the convergence of the energy of the sun, moon, and stars, Keith seemed to remain unharmed.

"Maybe Gray's design can freeze it?"

This was the only method Rocky could think of, but Gray was on another battlefield and couldn't get there in time.

Lucy frowned: "None of the Celestials I have can use this kind of magic to freeze enemies!"

Just when the two were at their wits' end, Kana seemed to suddenly have an idea and said, "If we want to freeze the enemy, perhaps I have a way!"

Lucy and Rocky looked at Cana in surprise: "How come we've never heard of you knowing this kind of magic before?"

Kana explained, "Of course not me! It's Warcraft! Card Warcraft!"

Upon hearing this, the two immediately recalled the "Magic Tournament" when Kana summoned the card monster "Fire Demon Ape" and fought Gray to a standstill, even transforming the entire arena into a grand scene of ice and fire. They were immediately filled with confidence.

It's not just confidence in Card Monsters, but also confidence in Kira!

"Oh oh oh!!!"

"Summoning monster cards...you mean those cards you and Kira bought that can summon artificial monsters?!"

Kana nodded: "That's right!"

"Great!"

"However, I don't know if it will work, but let's give it a try!" Kana reached into her card pack, pulled out a blue and white card, and threw it forcefully forward.

The golden light that emanated almost blinded the group, and after the light faded, a burst of white smoke suddenly erupted from the ground with a "bang." As the smoke quickly dissipated, a mechanical soul beast, roughly the same size as the Fire Demon Ape, appeared on the spot.

This is a bird-shaped magical beast, about half a meter tall and over a meter long, with a pure white body except for a blue diamond-shaped mark in the center of its forehead, which exudes an aura of coldness that cannot be ignored.

"It's so cold!" The chill made Lucy shiver and immediately hug herself, rubbing against herself.

Because the climate near Sirius Island is relatively hot, the clothes she wore for this assessment were rather thin. In addition, she had poor cold resistance, so she was the first to feel the cold. Fortunately, she had a mobile clothes rack... no, a personal knight by her side.

The cold air emanated from the ice bird, spreading for tens of meters around it, lowering the temperature of the air. The water on the ground began to freeze into thin ice, and the raindrops in the sky also solidified into larger and heavier hailstones after entering the range of the cold air.

Like the Ice Bird and Fire Demon Ape, at first glance they look exactly like magical beasts, not machines at all.

Its entire body is covered in feathers, which are indescribably soft, long, and white, but when put together, they give people a particularly comfortable visual experience. It is as noble as a swan and as pure as a white dove. Even in the rain, it is not at all disheveled.

The only two things that prove it is a mechanical monster are the pair of silver-iron claws under its body and the slight "pat-pat" sound when the raindrops fall on it. The feathers look incredibly realistic, but the actual material is some kind of special metal, so they won't get wet from the rain.

"Please, Ice Bird!"

Chapter 338 Keith: The real traitor isn't Silver! It's...

"What is this? A magical beast?"

Standing at a distance, Franmars couldn't discern the Ice Bird's specifics, assuming it was a summoned creature like the Protoss. He laughed, "Useless, useless. Monsters are just like Protoss; I can absorb them too!"

Kana chuckled, "Idiot! The Ice Bird isn't a magical beast; it's a machine! It has no soul!"

Before he could finish speaking, a mechanical voice rang out from the ice bird: "Enemy detected. The enemy is the demon Keith from 'Netherworld Gate.' His spell is to control the dead, and his body is immune to physical attacks."

"The best way to deal with this is [internal destruction]. It is recommended to 'let Juvia enter the opponent's body to cause destruction', but be careful of the magical particles inside its body; the probability of defeating this monster is 50%, and the probability of sealing it is 90%."

Everyone: ? ? !!

Before they could react, the ice bird spoke again: "Enemy detected. The enemy is the demon Franmars from 'Netherworld Gate,' whose spell is to absorb souls."

"The best way to deal with this is to use a physical attack with soulless matter; the probability of defeating this monster is 70%, and the probability of capturing it is 30%."

Everyone was again: ? ? !!

After a long silence, a gasp of surprise erupted from the audience.

"Huh??!!!" ×N

The two demons had no idea that someone outside knew about the 'Gates of the Underworld', had devised a corresponding battle strategy based on each of their abilities, and had even created a machine that could potentially defeat them.

Franmars panicked: "Nani?! What's going on? Has our intelligence been leaked?"

Keith remained silent for a moment, then murmured, "Could it be... Silver?"

Even though it was a corpse he was controlling, Keith still immediately thought of this traitor and said something similar to Maldo's.

"Damn it! I knew that guy would betray us sooner or later, but I didn't expect him to have betrayed us so long ago, and so thoroughly at that!"

In Keith's view, if the ice bird in front of him could describe his and Franmars' abilities and how they fought, then it could naturally describe its other companions as well. In other words, all the information about the 'Gates of the Underworld' had been completely leaked!

To accurately gather all the information about the 'Nine Ghosts Gate,' disseminate it, formulate strategies, and manufacture targeted magical weapons would take a considerable amount of time. In other words, if such a rebel truly exists, its rebellion must have been ongoing for a very long time!