Fairy Tail Space Mage

"And then what?" Kana pressed, unfazed. The others in the guild also perked up their ears. Since Sora and Mira weren't in the guild anyway, they figured they might as well listen to any gossip.

"Then, Kong hugged Sister Mira and floated to the top of the demon's head on the 'Sky Circle.' Then Sister Mira used the ultimate move 'Soul Extinction' on that demon!" Xun'er shook her little head to clear her mind and said two sentences in one breath.

"Don't tell me that this one move will solve the problem of that demon?" Kana said incredulously.

Mira's "Soul Exterminator" was indeed a powerful ultimate move, equivalent to a secret technique. Its total magic power exceeded 5000 units. But to defeat such a powerful demon in a single strike? Cana couldn't believe it!

"Of course not. The demon was injured, but not fatally. It was just that Mira's attack enraged it, and it began to attack Mira and Kong frantically! Of course, neither direct attacks nor magical attacks had any effect; they were just a waste of magic power."

Xun'er seemed to feel a little sorry for the demon. If he knew even one, or even just one, dark-type attack spell, he wouldn't have been toyed with like that.

"Okay, I can roughly guess what happens next. Mira is safe and sound in the Hollow Circle, and can even use meditation to restore her magic power. Then, after the demon runs out of magic power and becomes weak, Mira uses 'Soul Exterminator' again, right?"

Cana is one of the smartest mages in the guild. Hearing this, I immediately guessed what was going on.

"Yeah, pretty much. But the demon was stronger than I thought. It took Mira four uses of 'Soul Extinction' to defeat it. Sora got bored and ended up reading a book all by herself in the 'Circle of the Sky'." Xun'er nodded her little head and added.

“Wait, Xun’er. If that’s the case, they should have used three spells: ‘Circle of Emptiness,’ ‘Complete Acceptance,’ and ‘Soul Extinction’… No, your information is wrong. I demand the chocolates I paid for back!” Kana said half-jokingly after listening to Xun’s explanation.

"Yes, my information was indeed incorrect. But didn't you also change the chocolate packaging and mix in chocolate containing alcohol? Do you think I didn't know?" Xun'er was completely unaffected and asked Kana in return.

Yes, Cana is one of Fairy Tail's smartest mages, but so is Kaoru. With the two scheming against each other, neither can gain the upper hand.

Chapter 019 "Changing Clothes"

"Alright, Xun'er, it's all my fault. Considering our many pleasant collaborations, could you tell me if the empty 'Circle of Emptiness' can defend against 'that person's' magic?"

Kana was a little embarrassed that her little trick had been exposed by a "cat." She decided to stop hiding it and asked directly what she most wanted to know.

"I'm afraid that won't work. The two magics are somewhat similar in nature, and the most likely scenario is that they cancel each other out." Xun'er knew, of course, who Kana was referring to as "that person." She lowered her head, thought for a moment, and then voiced her speculation.

"Oh, I see..." Kana was a little disappointed, and without realizing it, she poured another glass of wine into her mouth.

Xun'er shook her head, put the last piece of chocolate into her spatial ring, and then flew away. She probably didn't want to get covered in Kana's strong smell of alcohol, neither from her nor her chocolate.

Xun'er also has her own spatial ring, which she makes into a necklace to wear around her neck. Moreover, she paid for it herself to be made by Kong. It only has 1 cubic meter of space.

Sora and Kaoru's assets and income are kept separate. The reason for this is actually quite simple:

Xun'er and Kong have different tastes. In order to enjoy the food she likes, Xun'er starts teaming up with others to complete commissions and save up her own money.

Then, Xun'er's secret stash of money grew larger and larger, until it became so much that she felt embarrassed to let Kong spend money on her food and clothing. When Xun'er proposed to spend her own money, their assets were completely separated.

Strangely, upon hearing Xun'er's request, which resembled a "separation of families," Kong actually understood her and wasn't angry at all. This, on the contrary, made Xun'er very angry, and she refused to team up with Kong for a long time.

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Although his collaboration with Mira was flawless, Sora hadn't forgotten about creating new magic. But before that, Sora planned to learn a new spatial magic from Erza—the "Changing" magic.

With melee weapons having no advantage over Sora, he plans to use a magic gun to compensate for his lack of ranged attacks. Mastering weapon-changing magic will make switching weapons and resupplying ammunition much easier. Most importantly, Sora has a good mentor by his side.

"You want to learn 'dressing up'?... I'm so touched, Kong! You finally understand the importance of 'fashion'! That's right, armor not only needs to be sturdy, but also stylish and beautiful! I recommend an armor company called HERATTREUZ to you; their armor will definitely not disappoint you!"

The little queen's mind is structured differently from most people's. Even someone as composed as Sora couldn't help but be speechless after hearing her answer.

"I'm not doing this for 'fashion,' Elsa. Besides, HERATTREUZ is supposed to be a fashion brand for women, it has nothing to do with armor!" Sora had once gone shopping with Mira and happened to know this.

"Isn't that right? I thought you, like me, had noticed that you're always dressed in 'black knight' attire; it actually feels quite monotonous. As for HERATKREUZ, don't worry, their boss is very easy to talk to..."

Elsa showed Sora a set of armor that Heratkreuz had made for her. Sora knew without a doubt that it wasn't their boss who was easy to talk to, but rather Elsa's sword. Of course, he didn't want to delve into the matter further.

"Anyway, please, Elsa. I want to create my own magic, and 'dressing up' magic might give me some inspiration. I promise to make you a spatial necklace with an internal space of 27 cubic meters as payment! That way, you won't need to carry so much luggage every time you go out!"

Elsa always brings a carload of luggage on her trips. This includes armor and weapons that can't be stored in the "other dimension" created by her "clothing-changing" magic. It also includes seemingly unrelated items like parasols, sun loungers, swimsuits, and sunglasses.

Sora had actually wanted to create a large-space artifact for Elsa for a long time, partly for her own convenience when teaming up with her. However, she hadn't been able to find suitable materials. Now that she had finally gathered them, she decided to take this opportunity to make it and give it to her.

"Really? Empty?! 27 cubic meters! I can bring my folding bed and my new coffee table..." Elsa was very excited and full of anticipation.

"You can't... Fine, bring whatever you want. Anyway, I'm counting on you to teach me the 'dress-up' magic."

Sora had already given up. He knew that Erza only longed for things like "picnics with friends." But doing a quest wasn't like playing around. Erza was always the one who took it most seriously!

Sora learned the "Changing Clothes" magic in just one week. In Elsa's words, "Hmm, not bad!" But whether it was fast or slow, Sora had no idea.

During her learning of "dressing up," Sora encounters a different dimension for the first time—a space maintained by dressing up magic—that is not supported by props.

The space created by the transformation magic is spherical, completely different from the square space maintained by the props. The size of the transformation magic's alternate dimension is not fixed, but rather related to the total amount of empty magic power.

The diameter of the alternate dimension that Sora created is currently 5 meters. Elsa's is 8 meters. From this, Sora can deduce that Elsa's magical power level has reached 8000 units.

One of the criteria for obtaining Fairy Tail's S-rank qualification is having a mana reserve of 1 units. Erza is very close to meeting this requirement. It seems that Erza has a good chance of qualifying for this year's S-rank exam.

Furthermore, the magic consumption for retrieving weapons from another dimension is different from that of a spatial ring. The magic consumption doesn't increase as the other dimension expands. Sora understands the reason for this very well.

The alternate dimension created by a spatial artifact belongs to the artifact, while the alternate dimension created by yourself belongs to you. Opening an alternate dimension created by an artifact requires an extra fee, while opening your own alternate dimension does not.

After fully mastering the "Changing Outfits" magic, Sora tried it out herself. Then, to her dismay, she discovered that although she eventually succeeded in changing her outfit, the process was incredibly slow.

Changing into a normal set of clothes takes more than ten seconds! During that time, you could easily take a dozen or so magic shots from the enemy.

"Don't worry, Sora. It's always a bit slow at first, but it'll get better once you get used to it. Besides, you have the Circle of the Void, so even if your equipment changing speed is slow, you don't have to worry at all. It's just a pity that you can't control your weapon as freely as I can..."

Elsa patted Sora's shoulder, comforting him. Around her neck, she wore the spatial necklace Sora had given her—"Heart of Sora." As the name suggests, it was a spatial item from the same series as Sora's "Tears of Sora."

Sora didn't dare tell Erza the name of the necklace, fearing Mira would misunderstand. So, Erza named her necklace herself, "The Light of Erza." Well, as long as the little queen is happy, any name is fine. Sora didn't want to complain about it.

Elsa's extraordinary speed of "changing clothes" is simply because she was born with the ability to control weapons when she awakened her magic. She can make swords float in the air and move them at will to attack, much like the "sword control technique" in Earth's fantasy stories.

When using the "Equipment Change" spell, it's essentially the equipment that's looking for Erza, not the other way around. With this ability, Erza's "Equipment Change" speed is naturally incredibly fast!

However, even with the slow costume-changing speed, Sora didn't come away empty-handed. If he only changed his magic gun without changing his clothes, Sora could "instantly switch." Of course, this was practically no different from simply taking it out of his spatial ring.

Chapter 020 Inspiration

Kong purchased two magical guns for himself. One was a magical pistol suitable for any mage—"Energy Star Tracker". The other was a magical sniper rifle favored by mercenaries—"Multiverse III".

1. "Energy Star Tracking":

Power: 100 MP per shot

Cost: 100 units of mana per cast

Range: Fast

Accuracy: Extremely high

Range: 100m

An improved version of the highly popular magic pistol "Energy Star," a boon for those with poor aim. Aside from automatically tracking enemies, there are no other improvements. Instead, the price has increased, and the weight has also increased.

Gun Weekly commented: If you're rich, you can use it to pick up girls. People who don't know better might think you're a good shot.

2. "Multi-dimensional III":

Power: 1000 MP per shot

Consumables: Ammunition (Currently, three types of ammunition are available: Explosive Fire, Swift Wind, and Freeze, but new ammunition is still under development. Each ammunition costs approximately 5000J.)

Rate of fire: extremely slow

Accuracy: High

Effective range: 2000m

The latest improved version of the "Multi-faceted" series. It's a magic-guided sniper rifle that mercenaries both love and hate. They love it because even those who can't use magic can use it freely, and it can produce various magical effects. They hate it because the ammunition is too expensive!

Guns Weekly commented: Even though the "Multiverse III" is a high-end firearm designed specifically for mercenaries, many mages are willing to use it because of its excellent performance. After all, everyone runs out of magic power sometimes.

In the world of Fairy Tail, where magic is extremely abundant, magical guns have always held a low status and their development has been slow. Basically, only mercenaries and some mages who use support magic use them for self-defense.

Even now, with the advent of powerful magic guns like the "Multiverse III," which pose a significant threat to mages, they still largely disregard them. There are many reasons for this, but besides traditional beliefs, the main reason is that magic guns are simply too weak!

Yes, a magical pistol like the "Energy Star Tracker" is only potentially fatal if it hits an ordinary person's heart. Its effectiveness against mages is very limited. Furthermore, the power of magical guns cannot be increased too much, otherwise the lifespan of the weapon would be very short.

Even though many countries' armies are composed of ordinary civilians, they are unwilling to purchase guns or magic guns as their military weapons. After all, a decent set of armor can protect against 90% of the attacks from magic guns on the market. And magic guns are so expensive.

Of course, none of this concerns Sora. Sora's purpose in buying the magic gun wasn't to defeat powerful enemies, but rather to "lure monsters," "attract aggro," "clear out smaller monsters," and provide "ranged support." If there were any other purpose, it can only be said that few boys born on Earth dislike guns. Sora was no exception.

Even if these two magic guns aren't particularly useful, they're still collectible as representative works of a certain era. Kong doesn't even need to worry about their maintenance, because he possesses "Memory Restoration Spell," allowing him to restore them to their best condition at any time.

Perhaps to try out their newly acquired magic gun, or perhaps to test the actual effectiveness of "Changing Outfits," Sora and Elsa immediately accepted a quest to exorcise a monster after mastering the "Changing Outfits" magic.

However, after accepting the commission, they realized that it wasn't actually suitable for them. Because the target they needed to exterminate this time was... a bouncing rabbit!

Sora doesn't use teleportation magic circles to travel every time she goes out on a quest. She only does it when she's with Kaoru, Mira and her siblings, Gray, and Erza. As for the other members of the guild, they don't even know that Sora has set up a network of teleportation magic circles throughout the entire Kingdom of Fiore.

It's better if fewer people know about this, because it could become Fairy Tail's trump card. At least, that's what Erza and Gray think.

As for why, among those close to Sora, he kept it a secret from Natsu... Natsu gets motion sickness, and if he knew that doing quests with Sora could alleviate this suffering, he probably wouldn't choose to do quests with anyone other than Sora.

Don't get me wrong, Natsu is cute, and Sora doesn't dislike teaming up with him. But when Sora is teaming up with him, he finds it all very tiring.

After all, Natsu's troublemaking, short temper, and destructive tendencies often embroil him in all sorts of incidents. Constantly teaming up with someone... just thinking about it sent a chill down his spine!

Bouncy Bunny… If you want to know what it looks like, just look at Lisanna's rabbit form when she receives magic. Well, at least the three Mira siblings think it's cute.

Almost every so often, carrot farmers would issue a "repel the bouncy rabbit" request.

Bouncy rabbits reproduce very quickly, and if left unattended, they can even create a horde. Startled, they will rampage in packs, trampling anything in their path!

Of course, they also visit carrot fields in droves. At this point, their orderly behavior becomes a disaster for the farmers.

The bouncy rabbits have the ability to scatter at the slightest disturbance. Their amazing speed and reaction speed make them virtually impossible for ordinary people to effectively threaten.

Even Kong realized how troublesome they were when he actually tried to deal with them. He and Elsa were scrambling, managing to take down only a few of the bouncy rabbits each time. The rest all escaped!

If left unchecked, they will soon gather again and ravage the crops in the field once more. There's no other way; Sora and Elsa will just have to work harder and drive them away several more times.

During this process, Kong was greatly disappointed by the "Energy Star Tracking" spell, which he had been full of expectations for. The tracking magic bullets he fired had a limited range of curvature and could not hit the bouncy rabbit, which moved by jumping.

Perhaps a true sharpshooter can predict where the bouncy bunny will land, allowing the tracking magic bullets to take effect. But that has nothing to do with a "slacker" like Sora.

Sora could only use "movement" + "seven-inch punch" to deal with the bouncy bunnies in close combat. This was a very inefficient method.

After chasing away the bouncy rabbits three times, Elsa grew impatient. She donned the "Thunder Emperor's Armor," took out the "Thunder Emperor's Spear," and planned to roast all the bouncy rabbits with a single blow. Of course, Sora stopped her. Because if she did that, the carrots in the field would also be roasted. Carrot stew with rabbit? Sora had just eaten breakfast and wasn't hungry yet.

Sora's "seven-inch punch" was, of course, difficult to land on the bouncy bunny. On one occasion, Sora noticed that after his magic compression point missed, it didn't immediately disappear, but instead erupted into a distorted spatial ripple not far ahead, injuring the internal organs of an unfortunate bouncy bunny that was passing by, causing it to collapse instantly!

Kong was stunned!

He forgot the commission, forgot the bouncy rabbit, forgot everything around him!

A flood of thoughts rushed into his mind in an instant. From the moment he learned his first spatial magic, "Teleportation," the knowledge, experience, and insights he had accumulated were now being guided and arranged into a well-ordered whole.

Sora didn't know what that was. It was magic, the magic Sora had always sought, and the only magic he could currently create—magic that belonged only to him!

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