Fairy Tail Space Mage

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On the watchtower atop the castle, the battle between Gray and the Spectre water elemental Juvia continued. However, the dark clouds that had shrouded the watchtower were gradually dissipating, and the rain was lessening.

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While Gray was entangled with the "Rain Woman" on the castle watchtower.

Erza has met his match. Similarly, Natsu has met his match as well.

There's not much to say about the battle on Elsa's side.

On one side was the Ghost, the leader of the four elements, and on the other was the renowned Fairy Queen. Yet, their battle was anything but exciting. Because, in a mere instant, the fight was over!

"It's so sad... I never thought that the second member of 'Fairy Tail' to fall would be the 'Fairy Queen' after the guild master..." A man with an eye patch, floating in the air, looked unusually chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur). His words were so arrogant that they were almost unbelievable.

Yes, he did defeat Makarov by surprise attack.

But to become so overconfident and look down on the rest of Fairy Tail... that's really foolish!

When he appeared before Elsa, the distance between them was less than 10 meters. Therefore…

"【Black Feather - Moon Flash】!" In an instant, a cold and beautiful woman with a red ponytail, dressed in "Black Feather Armor," appeared before Aria. Although he was blindfolded, he still saw her and his face showed panic. But by then, it was too late for him to use magic.

Aliya initially felt a slight stinging pain in his chest, like being stung by a bee. Then, a burning, overwhelming pain began to assault his brain, causing him to lose consciousness in a very short time.

"If you don't have [Movement] magic, don't get within 10 meters of a swordsman... Don't you even understand that?" Turning around and seeing Aria's body fall to the ground, Elsa sheathed his black longsword and slowly uttered these words.

Then, as if remembering something, she suddenly showed a look of "Oh no!"

"Hey! Wake up! Stop playing dead! Tell me the location of the elemental crystal ball!!" A few seconds later, such a shout echoed far and wide throughout the castle.

Grey, who was on the lookout tower at the top of the castle, naturally couldn't hear it.

Elfman heard this, but it was no use. He was already lost inside the castle.

As for Xun'er... she was nervously operating something at the castle's control terminal when she heard Elsa's shout and couldn't help but pause in surprise. Then, she sighed helplessly, "Sigh! Sister Elsa... she's still the same as before!"

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"Happy, did you hear something just now?"

“No. But Natsu, are you sure this path is safe? Will we really be able to find the Elemental Crystal Ball if we follow this path?” Happy asked.

"Don't worry... I could smell that awful odor from far away. He's in that room up ahead!" Natsu was absolutely certain.

"What's wrong with my smell! Are you unhappy about something?!" Rabbit Maru was in the hall behind the door, so of course she heard the conversation between the person and the cat who pushed the door open and entered.

Chapter 199 Lucy and Luck?

“What’s wrong with me… Of course I’m wrong! He’s a man, yet he wears perfume like a woman… Do you know how weird that smells?” Natsu replied, while also pinching his nose.

Rabbit Ball's forehead veins bulged out.

“Natsu… forget about the perfume, look! That’s an elemental crystal ball!” Happy pulled Natsu aside and pointed to the huge red crystal ball behind Usagi.

Without a doubt, it was one of the four elemental crystal balls they were looking for—the fire elemental crystal ball. At this moment, it was continuously absorbing the fire elemental magic in the atmosphere, and the red light emanating from it was becoming increasingly pronounced.

There are now less than 5 minutes left before the 15-minute charge ends.

Fortunately, one of the four people sent by Kong to infiltrate Joseph's Castle finally discovered the location of one of the elemental crystal balls!

If any one of the four elemental crystal balls is destroyed, "Jupiter" cannot be launched!

Fairy Tail's chance to win is right in front of us!

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"Levy, this castle feels eerie. Are there any traps or mechanisms?" Lucy was a little timid. Infiltrating the enemy's lair was a real challenge for her.

"Don't worry, it won't happen. That iron-eating guy already told me that there are no traps in this castle."

No one expected that while everyone was engaged in fierce battles with the enemy on their respective battlefields, the two little girls quietly slipped into the castle.

"Speaking of which, it was Lucy who suggested we do this. Why is it that now that we're here, Lucy is the one who's scared?" Levy said helplessly. She never knew that Lucy was such a timid girl. It's a wonder she was able to team up with Natsu and his gang of monsters.

“Natsu and the others are working hard, and as a member of the team, I can’t fall behind! We control the route to the castle, and the main force of the ‘Four Elements’ has been drawn to Natsu and the others. Nobody will expect the existence of our surprise force!”

Lucy was full of confidence. In terms of combat strength, she might not be nearly as good as Lucy. But when it came to intelligence and quick thinking, she felt she was second to none.

“Great! That’s a fantastic idea! I already know, no need to repeat myself. But there’s one thing I need to correct you on, Lucy: I only have a vague recollection of the castle’s layout, not that I ‘know the layout of the castle.’ Whether we can find the location of the elemental crystal ball now depends on luck!”

Because of her experience as a Phantom prisoner and her extensive knowledge of ancient castle layouts, Levy was able to roughly guess the structure of this castle. She then devised the best route to infiltrate it.

"Luck... Don't worry! I'm very confident in my luck!" Lucy had barely finished speaking when she turned the next corner and immediately saw Sora and Joseph facing off! Startled, Lucy quickly shrank back.

“Levy! Why, why does this path lead us to the final boss’s room?! Aren’t we on the ‘best route’?!” Lucy pulled Levy to a corner and asked her in a very low, anxious voice.

"What! The final boss? I had no idea! I was just heading towards a place I used to be. Who knew I'd run into Joseph? He should be at the control terminal, why is he here?!"

Levy was also startled. After all, he was the final boss of the enemy, and she was just a small soldier. It was only natural that she was afraid!

She had been a prisoner once, and that was enough; she didn't want to be a prisoner again.

"What should we do? Should we just pretend they don't exist and walk right past them? Or should we turn back immediately and try to find a way around them?" Lucy was at a loss.

"I don't know! Lucy, didn't you just say you were lucky? I think you're more likely to be targeted by the enemy!" Levy couldn't help but tease her.

"Waaah... So it turns out, it's not enough for just the two of us to sneak over? What is this? Like lambs to the slaughter, and two of us at that?" Lucy was completely devastated and immediately became depressed.

"You two..." Just then, Sora appeared in front of them. Because Sora had changed his clothes, Lucy had only glanced at him briefly and hadn't recognized him at all.

"The situation... isn't dangerous enough that you need to intervene... go back!" Kong couldn't blame the two girls in front of him, so before Joseph could make a move, he used teleportation magic to send them away.

"Where did you teleport them?" Joseph asked after a few seconds.

Sora didn't speak, but pointed to the castle window. Through the window, two girls could be seen swimming towards the guild without looking back. Sora had actually teleported them directly into the sea.

“‘Dark Star’ is quite a clever tactic… In that case, I can’t really attack them.” Joseph saw that the two girls hadn’t been teleported to any key locations in the castle, so he gave up on tracking them down.

"President Joseph is quite skilled. In such a short gap, he was able to secretly unleash a spell. That spell, it must have been [Ghost Soldier]!"

"..." Joseph remained silent, never expecting that his supposedly very secretive actions would be discovered by Kong.

He was unaware that even through a wall, Kong could clearly sense Joseph's every move.

Possessing the "Void Garment," all her senses are highly integrated; and having undergone systematic training in the East, she possesses an exceptionally keen sensitivity to things like magic and aura!

Therefore, he can now probably sense the situation on the battlefields in various parts of the castle.

Of the four elements, three have already been defeated. Natsu is currently engaged in a fierce battle with Usagi-maru.

Gajeel has disappeared without a trace?

Xun'er actually managed to get hold of the castle's control terminal!!

If it weren't for that unexpected incident that gave Joseph the opportunity to unleash [Ghost Soldiers], the guild wouldn't have suffered any damage whatsoever. Unfortunately… seeing the changes in [Ghost Soldiers] in the distance, Kong drew "Nameless".

The little pink creature on his head also sensed Kong's feelings and emitted an amazing golden-red glow! The golden dragon on Kong's black robe was already baring its fangs and brandishing its claws!

"What are you trying to do!" Joseph exclaimed, his voice filled with suspicion.

"I am very dissatisfied with what President Joseph has done, so I'm going to stretch my muscles!"

Seeing the large group of shadow soldiers break through Mira and the others' blockade using [Stealth] and arrive in front of the guild, forming a shadow giant that smashed down on their home, Kong's heart trembled violently!

His first mistake of the day was not teleporting Lucy and the others away immediately.

He hadn't expected the [Ghost Soldier] spell to have a second form, [Ghost Soldier Giant], which was his second mistake today.

Currently, because Lucy and Levy are still within Joseph's attack range, and considering their safety, Sora cannot use [Move] to return to the guild and stop the [Ghost Giant].

In that case, he can only try to defeat Joseph here so that the Ghost Giant can stop!

"You've really figured it out! The battle between the 'Ten Wizard Saints' is earth-shattering, comparable to a direct hit from super magic..."

"【Array - Nine-Linked Rings - Spatial Lockdown】!" In an instant, Kong released nine magic compression points. Then, using them as base points, a large-scale combined magic array was set up in this space!

Chapter 200 Darkness and Flame

"What kind of magic is this?" As soon as the magic circle appeared, Joseph realized that his [Instant Teleportation] magic was completely unusable!

However, he did not panic.

Joseph learned teleportation simply to make traveling easier; whether or not it was blocked had little impact on him.

Joseph's magic is primarily dark magic.

However, he also saw Kong's determination. This battle, now because of this magic, had become an unavoidable one for him!

"[Dark Shot]!" Since there was no way to avoid it, Joseph naturally attacked first!

However, the bullet-like attack fired from his hand was deflected by the Tang sword in his empty right hand and dissipated!

"【Dark Barrage】!" Joseph was not discouraged and continued to fire one shot after another while retreating. This time, Sora didn't even bother to dodge, letting the opponent hit him and then disintegrate him with the shattering magic on Sora's body.

"No magic below the level of profound mystery can harm me. Stop with these petty tricks, let's do something more interesting!" During battle, Sora seems to become a different person. Especially when facing powerful enemies, for some reason, he feels inexplicably excited and violent.

This is probably a consequence of killing too many people (mainly demons and monsters). Many powerful mages also suffer from this problem to some extent.

"【Ghost Arrow】!" However, Joseph did not heed Kong's advice. He continued to use minor spells, consuming Kong's limited mana.

He was determined to fight a war of attrition with Sora. After all, Sora's magic power level had not yet recovered.

"Since you're not behaving properly, then I have no choice but to teach you a lesson!" Kong stopped defending and charged forward, sword in hand. Why didn't he use "Still Water - One Day"? Because if he did, the entire castle would be split in two!

This castle is a massive weapon. Kong actually knew this.

Now, it has gathered a massive amount of magic power comparable to two super-magic spells!

If we destroy it carelessly, I'm worried it might turn into a super bomb!

He's fine with being out of options; in terms of defense, he's second to none. But Natsu and the others inside the castle might not survive the explosion!

Fortunately, swordsmanship isn't Sora's only strength. Even without swordsmanship, Sora is confident he can defeat Joseph in close combat!

"[Despair]!" Joseph certainly didn't dare let Kong get close. With a wave of his hand, a red explosion wave pushed Kong away.

"【Dark Spiral】!" The spiral-shaped dark giant spear, following the blast wave, pierced directly into the sky!

This is already considered one of Joseph's most powerful spells; in fact, it is Joseph's favorite single-target attack spell!

Dark magic has many effects, including curses, debuffs, and various special effects, but its attack power is not strong.

The Dark Spiral is a type of dark magic similar to shape-casting magic. Its increased power stems from its continuous rotation as it thrusts towards the enemy, much like a drill!

"[Singularity]!" Although [Circle of Emptiness] is enough to block [Dark Spiral], saving time and effort is the most important thing for Emptiness right now.

With his right hand holding the Tang sword, his left hand was naturally free. He casually threw out a [Singularity], which immediately devoured Joseph's [Dark Spiral]!