A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

The Out-of-Body Magic Source is a product that Kira created several years ago. It can identify the magic power injected into it, store special magic power for mages, and each Out-of-Body Magic Source can only be activated once. For the user, this is equivalent to having another magic source.

Unlike ordinary magic crystals that store magic power, which are mostly used to power magical items and can be used by any magical item, this one is like a power bank.

Before setting off, Kira had Maklov infuse his magic into it, just in case. Even if his magic was completely depleted, it would be replenished as quickly as possible without having to go through the trouble of collecting the free magic.

Fairy Tail, having deployed its main force, was left with only a few members who, while worrying about their comrades, also took care of the injured Levy and others.

Although they did stay at the guild as Kira had instructed, the Phantom Troupe members came to arrest them, even sending two S-rank mages from their guild. It didn't matter where they were.

Speaking of which, the strength of the S-rank mages in each guild is different. Jura from Boa Hancock Scale is ranked among the Ten Wizard Saints, while the members of Phantom Assassin's Creed are no match for Natsu and Gray.

Overall, Fairy Tail's S-class mages are quite strong, but it is Fiore's strongest magic guild after all, so it's normal for the standards to be a bit higher.

Lucy comes from the Heartfilia Consortium, the largest railway consortium in the Kingdom of Fiore. Her father, Jude, is the owner of the consortium. Due to poor business in recent years, he wanted to arrange a marriage between his daughter and a nobleman from an oil consortium. After learning that his daughter was with Fairy Tail, he commissioned Phantom Lord, who was as famous as Fairy Tail, to take his daughter back.

Joseph, on the other hand, took this opportunity to declare war on Fairy Tail and kidnap and extort money from them.

Chapter 98 The New Celestials

While luring Fairy Tail's main force to the Phantom Lord base, Joseph dispatched his two trusted lieutenants, Thor, who uses earth magic, and Juvia, who uses water magic, to capture Lucy and then demand ransom from the Heartfilia Foundation.

Luring the enemy deep into their territory, striking directly at the leader, diverting the enemy's attention from their base, secretly advancing their own territory, and undermining their strength—this series of schemes truly showcased the full extent of cunning and treachery.

Although I thought the plot was full of twists and turns and the enemies were cunning when I first watched the Phantom Chapter, once I watched it to the end and analyzed it from the enemy's perspective, I found that it was not so clever. The reason I felt that way was mainly because the plot was well controlled.

Even so, Joseph is one of the few characters in the entire work whose intelligence is portrayed. The other is Future Rogue, but he only showed his intelligence due to the time difference, the lack of information, and the stupidity of the Emerald Princess, who is a terrible teammate of the kingdom. Compared with Joseph, he is far inferior.

However, Majima is a manga artist after all, and it's not easy for him to achieve this level. Kira felt that this was probably the pinnacle of intelligence he could think of and depict. Others, even Mavis, who is known as the fairy strategist, did not have such expressive power. Their intelligence relied entirely on cheat codes and settings. Even so, there were still calculation errors.

In the original work, Lucy was captured, but now, with eight Celestial Spirit Keys, her strength has increased to a certain extent, so Kira is at ease letting her stay in the guild. Even if she is unfortunately captured in the end, she will be fine under the powerful aura.

……

Drizzle...

At the entrance of the guild tavern, accompanied by a sudden sun shower, a woman with a gloomy face approached Lucy holding an umbrella, and then a man with his upper body horizontally emerged from the ground.

'Two strange people…' Lucy reached for the Celestial Key Pouch at her waist.

"Juvia is the Rain Woman... What kind of woman are you?"

Lucy: "..."

"Greetings! Miss! My name is Gentleman Thor, please call me Thor! The great Phantom Lord has come to greet you!"

"Spectre?!" Lucy was shocked that they had come directly to her. She immediately drew her Celestial Key. "Ah... it's you who destroyed the guild and attacked Levy!!!"

"No, no, no, I need to explain three 'no's': the destruction of the guild and the attack on Miss Levy were both Mr. Gajeel's doing."

Suddenly, a giant water sphere trapped Lucy, who instantly felt short of breath and gradually lost her strength.

'water……?'

"Oh dear, we're not entirely sure either; it's a consensus within the guild."

“No one can break through Juvia’s water restraints,” Juvia cast a spell with one hand. “Don’t be afraid… Juvia won’t kill you, because it is Juvia’s mission to bring you back, Miss Lucy Heartfilia.”

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred!

Upon hearing this name, the Celestial Key in Lucy's hand emitted a golden light, and as the door opened, Aquarius appeared on the spot!

"What a sorry sight! You brat!"

Aquarius held the water bottle high, sucking in all the water spheres surrounding Lucy, which then formed a tornado that rushed towards Juvia and Thor.

Caught off guard, Juvia and Thor were caught off guard and took a direct hit at close range. However, Juvia's passive elemental body made her immune to the damage, while Thor seemed to be rooted to the ground, his body twisted but surprisingly resilient.

"It has actually broken free from the constraints of Juvia's currents..."

"No, no, no... It seems Miss Lucy is quite strong!"

"I'm saved! Thank you so much, Aquaria!"

After Aquarius returned, Lucy, now grounded again, looked warily at the enemy before her.

'So these are the four elements of Phantom Assassin that Kira mentioned? I heard they're all S-rank mages. Does that mean they're as strong as Erza and Kira? And that woman's magic... it seems to be similar to the demon we encountered in the previous mission...'

"Lucy, what's wrong?"

At that moment, Mira, hearing the commotion, ran out as well. Upon seeing Juvia and Thor, she became serious, her anger rising: "The Phantom Men?! They really did come, just as Kira said!"

"What? Kira anticipated their return? But why..." Lucy suddenly remembered what Juvia had just said, "Their target... is me?"

'By specifically mentioning their surname, they know who they are. So, who sent them?'

"Is the Phantom's target me? Why?"

"No, no, no... Phantom's target has always been Fairy Tail. As for Miss Lucy, we were just on a mission to bring you back at your father's request!"

The unexpected reason threw Lucy into a panic, and without thinking, she shouted, "I'm not going back with you!!"

'Who is this man? Why did he bring me back? Phantom Lord's target is me, which means the guild is forced into battle because of me, and Levy was injured because of me...'

Thinking of this, Lucy felt very guilty and squatted on the ground, not knowing how to face Mira beside her.

"How could this be..."

The considerate and understanding Mira immediately noticed Lucy's emotions and comforted her, saying, "Lucy! Don't blame yourself!"

"Mirasan..."

Mira looked at the enemy with a determined gaze. "You are our family. No matter the reason, no one will blame you! And it's not your fault! All I know is that it was the Spectre's ruler who harmed our comrades, and that's enough!"

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Lucy felt a little better. She knew that she had to at least defeat the enemy in front of her. "Mirasan, step back. Leave the fight to me!"

Although somewhat unsure, Lucy bravely stood up again and stood in front of Mira.

Mira surprisingly shook her head and refused: "No, I won't just stand by and watch my comrade stand in front of me alone. Protecting the guild and my comrades is also my responsibility!"

"Two against two, looks like it'll take a while."

"Jubia doesn't know, is that woman very strong?"

The Ghost Elementals have only been established for a few years, and there are significant differences in age, experience, and strength among the four members.

Thor is a more senior mage, so he knows more about the magical world. Compared to him, Juvia is just a newcomer, having only joined Phantom Lord a few years ago. In addition, she has a gloomy and introverted personality, so she doesn't know these things.

“No, no, no… she’s a very special person!” Thor explained to Juvia, “Mira, the ‘Demon’ of Fairy Tail, was once a renowned S-class mage in the magical world! Her strength was comparable to that of Erza, the ‘Fairy Queen’!”

"However! Three years ago, I was greatly affected by my sister's death, and my strength dropped drastically. I heard that I am now unable to fight."

Mira stepped forward, her voice changing, becoming much firmer: "Whether we can fight or not, we'll find out after a try!"

"Has Miss Mira regained her strength?" Thor asked curiously.

"Who knows?"

Mira's words were somewhat provocative, but it was precisely this attitude that made Thor unsure of what to do. He wasn't confident that he could take her companion away from 'Demon Mira'.

"So that's how it is, Juvia understands now. It seems you are a witch! Well then, let Juvia be your opponent!"

Lucy quickly warned, "Mirasan, be careful! This woman can use elemental magic; ordinary attacks are ineffective against her!"

"Don't worry, Lucy! I have one too..."

A sudden gust of water interrupted Mira's words; it was Juvia who had made her move.

"Water Stream Assault!!"

With the accumulated rainwater, Juvia used water magic more smoothly. The invisible water, carrying an impact force, carried Mira flying more than ten meters, knocking down several trees along the way.

Jubia pressed his advantage, transforming into a stream of water and flying towards Mira.

"Mirasan!!"

Seeing this, Lucy shouted anxiously. Since joining the guild, Mira had always been a weak and delicate girl in her eyes. Although she now knew that Mira was once very powerful, she also knew that Mira's magic power was unstable and she was unable to fight at all.

Looking back, she could vaguely see Mira getting up from the ground in the distance, waving and calling out to her, "I'm fine! Lucy, leave this to me."

"But……"

Before Lucy could say anything more, Mira gave her a sweet smile.

She smiled warmly: "Don't worry, we... are Fairy Tail!"

"..."

"I understand. I'll leave that person to you for now, Mirasan!"

Although Lucy didn't know where Mira's confidence came from, she couldn't fight two enemies at once, so she had no choice but to trust Mira and turned her attention back to another enemy, Thor.

"As for the other enemy, leave him to me!"

Chapter 99 Lucy VS Thor

"Dance of the Sands!"

The battle began, with Thor launching the first attack. Fine sand flew directly towards Lucy, threatening to engulf her completely.

Lucy reached out and pulled out the Celestial Key she had just acquired: "Open, Pisces Gate, Biskeys!"

Two giant catfish, one black and one white, appeared on the street; this was Biscayne, the celestial spirit of Pisces.

"A Celestial Spirit Mage? That's rare." Thor was somewhat surprised, not expecting this rich girl to have such magical talent. Only then did he notice the Celestial Spirit key pouch on Lucy's waist.

"There are so many golden keys?!"

Biskesford used the air as a swimming pool, constantly moving through the air. His enormous body brought terrifying kinetic energy, and he shattered the sand ring simply by colliding with it.

Although it was only the second time Lucy had met this new Celestial Spirit partner (the first time was when they signed the contract), the connection between the Celestial Spirit Mage and the Celestial Spirit felt very familiar to her.

Using sand magic here was a miscalculation on your part!

After the impact comes magic. Pisces' magic is a water column attack, just like Aquarius' magic. However, the latter's magic is mostly wide-range, while the former's is a single-target attack.

After absorbing the surrounding rainwater, a column of water shot up from the ground, moistening the dry sand surrounding Lucy.

The sand became damp, making it much harder to control. Thor instantly realized that his magic was sluggish, as if he were struggling to push a boulder with his bare hands.

"It's from Juvia's rain... Damn it, I should never have teamed up with her!"