A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Clearly, the situation of being trapped in a spell trap also occurred within the Big Mom Pirates.

However, compared to the Beasts Pirates, they didn't seem worried about the trap, because each team in this operation carried a huge mirror.

"Breeze, how are things going on your end?"

Mirror World.

Brûlée led a squad of hundreds of elite pirates from Big Mom's crew, running swiftly through the passage. Their goal was to infiltrate Whole Cake Island through the mirror and collect Big Mom's prized treasures, preventing Kaido's men from taking advantage of the chaos to steal them.

Especially the historical documents related to the Red Army, these are the most important things and must never be stolen or copied by anyone!

Actually, several days ago, Brulee had already taken action with her people. However, during the battle between the Big Mom Pirates and Irene's crew, Selene discovered that one of the Big Mom Pirates' members was a space-time ability user. So, she set up a 'space folding' spell around the entire Whole Cake Island.

This magic could put all other dimensions within the Whole Cake Island area, including the Mirror World, into a state of extreme chaos, making them impossible to invade in any way. Now, this spatial magic that protected Whole Cake Island from invasion by other dimensions has disappeared, so they can sneak in.

However, this group of people had entered the Mirror World before the battle even began, and after searching for more than ten minutes, they still hadn't found anything. They were getting increasingly anxious: "It's no use! Apart from the mirrors we brought to the island this time, we can't find a single mirror on the entire Whole Cake Island!!"

"How is this possible?! Has your ability been exposed??"

Upon hearing Brulee's voice coming from the mirror, the four generals leading the team, along with the other brothers and sisters, frowned: "Even so, how could destroying all the mirrors on the entire island be so simple?!"

"Katakuri-nii, what should we do next?" Brulee's voice came from the mirror.

Before the attack, Big Mom handed over the overall command of this operation to Katakuri, while she herself was responsible for killing indiscriminately. So now these 10,000 pirates are all under his command.

"Let's leave the matter of not finding the mirror to the treasure room for now; we'll deal with it later."

Katakuri pondered for a moment and then ordered, "Our attack has run into trouble, so we must split up our forces. You first help bring those trapped on the island into the Mirror World, and let them advance into the island from there!"

"I understand, I'll get right away..."

"...Breeze?...What's wrong, Breeze?? Breeze?!!"

After calling repeatedly without receiving a response, Katakuri's heart immediately filled with worry. He couldn't help but shout loudly into the mirror, "Brûlée!! Can you hear me?! Answer me!!!"

Unfortunately, the mirror in front of me was eerily silent, with not a sound emanating from it.

"Damn it! What on earth happened?!" Katakuri's eyes were terrifyingly gloomy, and he instinctively released his powerful Conqueror's Haki, intimidating the thousands of people present.

With Brulee suddenly losing contact, the squads led by the four Sweet Commanders, who had been maintaining contact, were now like headless flies. They could only follow Katakuri's previous arrangement and split up, sending the elite part to continue advancing into the island, while the other part stayed behind to wait for Brulee's Mirror World portal.

However, as the battle progressed, the Big Mom Pirates, who were very familiar with Whole Cake Island, noticed that something was wrong.

"Is it just my imagination? Why does Whole Cake Island seem... bigger??"

Chapter 926 The Real Trap

Whole Cake Island, inside the central castle.

The mages gathered around the central magic sand table, dozens of eyes fixed on the constantly changing data figures on the sand table, their gazes a mixture of amazement and curiosity.

At this moment, because Erin herself was too lazy to move, Kira, who was appointed as the chief strategist of this war, was dressed in a light blue casual magical outfit and wore a pair of gold monocles on his face. Under the reflection of the magical colors, they shone with the light of wisdom, and every move he made was elegant.

He sat upright at the white round table beside him, his long, strong fingers tapping incessantly on the virtual keyboard manifested from the ancient text. The content on the virtual screen in front of him changed with each 'tap tap tap' sound, creating a fascinating display.

Under his control, the virtual computer was connected to the magic sandbox through magic, and the magic sandbox observed the entire cake island through the 'Eye of Exploration'. They were like USB ports on a computer, one connected to the other.

The result of this is that he can simply sit here and move his fingers to view, analyze, and control the changes of the entire cake island in the most intuitive and precise way.

This feels a lot like playing a tower defense game with cheat codes, where players can set up one clever trap after another on their own territory, and then quietly wait for those clueless enemies to step in, and then have a good time toying with them.

Philid walked over to Kira and stared at the tower defense game on the virtual screen for a while before asking curiously, "Kira, why did you make me leave this loophole where 'using Armament Haki allows free entry and exit'?"

Several other mages joined in, chiming in, "Yeah, yeah... that way, we won't be able to keep those who can use Armament Haki in check, right?"

Kira adjusted his glasses and said in a haughty tone, as if to say, "When we're working, we use titles! Now, please call me strategist!"

Everyone knew Kira was putting on an act again, and their faces immediately fell black: "...How can you say such embarrassing and childish things without batting an eye?"

Kira didn't react at all, but simply gazed at Fred with his calm, sky-blue eyes.

Philid clenched his fist behind his back, taking a moment to catch his breath before speaking: "Military..."

Before the words "strategist" could be finished, someone skillfully interrupted, "You should know that spell traps are not unbreakable; powerful forces can destroy them!"

"..."

Of course I know this, but did you have to make me call you 'strategist' and interrupt me again?

“There are now more than three thousand spell traps on the entire island. With such a huge number, no matter how sophisticated your magic is or how much magic power we provide to the spells, it is impossible to withstand the repeated bombardment from powerful figures like Kaido, Big Mom, the Two Disasters, and the Sweet Commanders!”

Philid nodded. He knew best how strong his magic was. If the people Kira mentioned really wanted to break through the spell trap, his magic power alone wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

"In other words, it was inevitable that they would eventually break free from the spell trap!"

"In that case, instead of wasting a lot of magic power to trap these strong individuals, why not relax the conditions and only trap the weak ones!"

"Pirates who don't know Armament Haki are definitely much weaker than those who do, and breaking their spells will take much longer and more effort. This way, your spell traps can be used to their fullest potential!"

"I see……"

Fred nodded as if he understood, glancing at the extremely smug Kira, thinking to himself: Although his commanding presence is indeed very cool, I really want to kill him!

However, Kira's time to show off was far from over!

"You think that's all? No! The true purpose of this first level, the 'Spell Trap,' goes far beyond that!"

Kira sneered, arrogantly raising his chin, and continued, "Trapping those useless henchmen and releasing those elite pirates to filter out the enemy and divide their forces is just a trap on the surface."

"The real killer move in this plan is the unseen second step!"

At this moment, Kira was like a dark strategist manipulating the battlefield and calculating people's hearts, his voice seemingly filled with supreme wisdom.

"In such a large-scale, life-or-death war, after being 'abandoned' in a trap by the strong, the underlings may become anxious out of fear of death, resentful because they have lost the opportunity to plunder treasure, or have the idea of ​​retreating and running away because they are afraid of the punishment after the war ends... In short, there are very few people who can remain calm!"

"There are far more pirates who don't know Armament Haki than those who do, so the majority of them are left behind. And the more people there are, the more likely they are to panic. Panic leads to a loss of intelligence, resulting in wrong choices, such as killing each other according to the rules of the spell traps!"

After hearing Kira's words, Freed frowned, a cold glint in his eyes: "Fratricide? They actually treat their own comrades like this?!"

Kira laughed: "You need to understand one thing, these people are pirates, villains, bad guys, not mages from Fairy Tail. Don't imagine that they are any better than others!"

"Guys with such vile personalities are capable of anything to secure a high position in a pirate crew, gain more benefits, and acquire more treasure! To them, their 'comrades' are merely 'competitors' who can be sacrificed at any time!!"

"Look! Someone has already started making a move!" Kira transmitted the images seen by the 'Eye of Exploration' to the virtual screen of the Ancient Scripture through magic, and then magnified them to present them to everyone.

"So fast?!"

Not only Fred, but everyone else was stunned. Through the screen, they could clearly see the pirates turning on their 'comrades' in order to escape the spell trap—ambushing, deceiving, feigning weakness, and being ruthless, showing no mercy in their attacks.

"That kind of emotion is contagious, especially when so many people are trapped in a crowded environment at the same time, the emotion spreads and is absorbed more quickly and intensely!"

At this point, Kira paused for a moment, then added, "By the way, have you noticed the weather outside? You've probably all overlooked it because of the 'Eye of Insight'?"

"While the existence of that eye was already awe-inspiring enough, the island's climate was also a catalyst for this emotion."

"Atmospheric pressure, light intensity, air humidity, sensory cues, mental magic... all these things are combined in just the right way to bring their emotions to a climax, which is why the 'mutual destruction' effect is so significant!"

The group of mages were stunned, cold sweat pouring down their faces. Their gazes toward Kira were filled with shock, and they were speechless for a long time. It was as if they were meeting him for the first time. After a long period of stunned silence, they finally began to praise him.

"You're amazing, Kira!!"

"He's practically a second 'Fairy Strategist'!!"

"I was blind. Besides your talent in demonic arts, you also have military talent?!"

"You used to always say you were a 'strategist,' but I didn't believe you back then. I never imagined you were actually a genius!"

Please, don't compare me to someone like Mavis, the 'fairy strategist' who can't even calculate the odds of a mere thirty people and six teams.

However, Kira was quite satisfied with everyone's attitude, and waved his hand elegantly: "Although I don't mean to belittle the First Generation, I am indeed a bit stronger in this aspect!"

"I said, Kira!"

Erza suddenly spoke up, looking at Kira with a desire to find out more: "Was everything you just said really part of your plan?"

"All of this was part of my plan? How could that be possible?"

"Such complex data, involving the most unpredictable human heart, is something that even a normal human brain, let alone me, probably couldn't calculate. But..."

Kira chuckled, twirling the virtual computer in his hand and proudly displaying the data to everyone: "Magic works! Ancient texts can calculate it!!"

The mages exclaimed in amazement once again: "Amazing! The ancient scroll is incredible!!"

"But... although I can understand that ancient texts are stronger than ordinary ancient texts, I didn't expect them to be this much stronger. I saw Hibiki of the Blue Pegasus use ancient texts, but he didn't use any similar magic."

Kira shrugged: "This is my innate talent."

Talented people can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and it's no use if others envy them.

"Now... we can begin the second level of this tower defense game!"

Chapter 927 Tower Defense Game Level 2: Memories of Corpses

The game is called 'Protect Cake Island'.

Players need to make good use of each mage and the magic they possess, strategically deploying troops on Whole Cake Island using the terrain to resist the attacks of the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, preventing Whole Cake Island from being ravaged by pirates and allowing the island's inhabitants to return to a peaceful life.

The first layer of guards, 'Spell Trap,' used Killer to filter out the middle to upper-level pirate crews from the two groups. Now, for the second layer of guards, he will send out Neinhardt to eliminate the elite pirates from the middle layer once again.

"Neinhart, it's your turn!"

"The enemy is attacking from eight directions at the same time. Where should I go to provide support?" Neinhart obediently walked over and asked Kira in a very respectful voice, like a general on the battlefield facing a strategist he trusted implicitly.

However, the real reason was that Kira's terrifying strength and the scheming he had just displayed made him somewhat apprehensive.

Even his former colleague, the regent of the Alvarez Empire, Imber, a bespectacled young man full of malice, was not as cunning as the boy in front of him.

Kira waved his hand: "You don't need to go out, you can stay here. My magic can connect your magic to Whole Cake Island, thus covering the entire island."

"Now that Whole Cake Island has grown bigger, it would be too time-consuming to rush from one battle to another!"

Has Whole Cake Island gotten bigger?

Neinhart was taken aback, then followed Kira's gaze and saw Brandish sitting to the side, legs crossed, drinking milk tea. He immediately understood.

"No wonder those pirates were moving so slowly. I thought they were trapped by magical traps. It turns out you had Brandish make the island bigger... What's the point of doing that?"

It's meaningless; it's just that Whole Cake Island is too small to accommodate a battle with over 2 people...

Kira was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "To gain a geographical advantage! Look, now we can completely control the terrain of Whole Cake Island and create a battlefield that is advantageous to us; while the Big Mom Pirates, who were originally familiar with the terrain of Whole Cake Island, have completely lost their geographical advantage!"