Fairy Tail Space Mage

So, the two of them closed their eyes at the same time. Then, as an obscure and oppressive aura, like the might of heaven, suddenly descended, the minute and hour hands on the giant clock-like magic circle began to rotate counterclockwise.

If it were just a matter of reversing, that would be one thing. But everyone can clearly see that the minute and hour hands are reversing at an increasingly faster rate.

Incredibly, the icy water, which should have flowed down the underground river to the sea, seemed to be summoned back by something. It flowed back down the underground river and then gathered on the giant ice block, making it grow larger and larger.

It seems to be slowly returning to its original size!

"How is this possible!" Seeing this, Leo's eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. Then, he became excited: "Maybe... he really can restore Uru!"

"Kong... You actually managed to do that, it's amazing!" Gray, who was next to him, couldn't help but get excited too.

As the two watched the ice slowly return to its original state, their confidence in the magic of the air increased greatly.

However, on Kong's side, the situation was far from as smooth as Leo and the others had imagined.

From the moment the magic was actually activated, the unexpected began.

Neither of them expected that activating this magic would trigger the mysterious and terrifying power of the heavens!

And this actually happened.

Although it did not cause any harm, there was no lightning strike or divine punishment, nor was any curse cast.

But the immense obscurity and oppressive aura contained within the divine power caused their movements to freeze. Not their physical movements, but the very act of using magic.

Therefore, the magic they maintained together operated very slowly.

The two were as if they were stuck in a quagmire or lost in a foggy sea. They could not see or hear clearly, and even their senses and feelings became sluggish and hazy.

It was as if some terrifying being was watching them from the heavens above. And although this being did nothing, simply watching them nearly caused their magic to collapse, bringing them immense pressure and hindrance.

Sora and Ultear even suspected that it was an absolute god.

It is a being called a god that the ancient sage mages explored the Magic Abyss and mentioned more than once in the magic books, which they had encountered at the end of the abyss!

……

No matter what it is, no matter what kind of being tries to stop them, the two, who are extremely confident in their willpower and talent, naturally have no fear whatsoever!

On the contrary, a sense of excitement welled up in the two of them: This is exactly how it should be, and this is exactly the kind of reaction it should elicit!

Such a divine response is worthy of the unprecedented, powerful, and incomparably precise magic that the two of them accomplished together!

The two struggled and held on, without even the slightest thought of giving up.

Then, it seemed the test was over, or perhaps something overhead suddenly lost its appeal. In any case, slowly, the divine might vanished, and the oppressive and obscure feeling disappeared. Then, like a wild horse unleashed, the hands on the giant clock face began to rapidly reverse at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!

Sora suddenly lost his hearing... or rather, he turned his head and found that apart from Ultear beside him, there was no one else in the great cave.

Urutia looked at him with equal surprise.

At this moment, her transformation magic had worn off, revealing the appearance she had when they met at the council meeting. She seemed to say something to the void, but as soon as she spoke, she realized that her voice could not travel, and she looked surprised again.

However, very soon, the hour and minute hands in the huge magic circle above their heads suddenly froze, remaining completely still.

The two saw Ultear, dressed in a black and white bodysuit, come to the ice block. She looked up at the huge ice block in front of her, first excitedly embracing it, then suddenly became extremely indignant, her face contorted with rage, and she began to attack the ice block with great force.

After a while, Urudia, like an abandoned little girl, squatted down in front of the giant block of ice, hugging her legs, burying her face in her knees, and weeping sadly...

Urutia was right beside Sora, less than a foot away. Therefore, the Urutia in front of him could not possibly be the real Urutia.

When Sora turned to look at Ultear beside her, she found that Ultear immediately turned her head away.

Kong naturally understood that everything before him was not an illusion, but simply what had happened around the giant block of ice.

Yes, the magic that Sora and Ultear maintained together sent their consciousness back to the past. They saw everything that happened around the giant ice block in the past.

The hour and minute hands paused for only a moment before resuming their rapid rotation. The next pause revealed Rio in front of the ice block… and Rio's reaction was similar to Ultear's earlier.

It seems that those who were tormented by Uru's half-dead state were actually in very bad shape.

No wonder they wanted to melt the giant block of ice to put an end to everything.

Kong seemed to be able to sense the torment they had been enduring.

Then, this scene repeated itself. Of course, it was mainly Leo who appeared in front of the ice block. He seemed to often come here alone to look at the huge ice block, and his reaction was different each time.

Finally, after this scene was repeated many times, the scene changed and was no longer limited to the large cave.

The scene of being slowly pulled ashore from the beach by a group of people, supported by wooden planks.

The scene of it being towed by several ships and floating in the sea.

And finally, they returned to the northern continent, with its endless icebergs, long nights, and magnificent aurora borealis... Kong Ming knew that the crucial moment was finally approaching!

……

On the enormous magic circle, the hour and minute hands came to a complete stop.

It wasn't to deliberately give Sora and Ultear a break to look at the past; it was because Sora had completely cut off the supply of magic. The hour and minute hands would no longer turn backward.

Even though his body wasn't physically there, Kong could sense that his magical power was almost depleted. Continuing to supply him with magical power would surely lead to his death!

After all, he still carries a very dangerous curse (uncontrolled magic). In order to maintain its existence, that curse will ruthlessly plunder the last bit of magic power it has left.

And Kong no longer needed to supply magic power; the scene before him was the scene he was looking for.

Sora and Ultear could hear nothing. All they could see was ruins all around them, and a black-haired boy cradling another unconscious blue-and-white-haired boy.

In the distance ahead of them, a black-haired woman was fighting a huge and terrifying demon.

She had already lost a leg. However, she still managed to create a new leg using [Ice Shape Magic] and continued to fight the giant demon.

However, even Sora and Ultear, who are in completely different time and space, can see that she is now at her limit.

After losing a leg, her movements became very clumsy. More importantly, she had expended too much physical and magical energy.

Seemingly aware that there was no chance of victory if things continued this way, she made up her mind and released all her magic power in one go, temporarily freezing the giant demon.

Then she returned to the two little boys, seemingly to let them leave, or perhaps to say goodbye.

The way she looked at the two little boys was gentle and reluctant... Even though they were separated by an insurmountable distance in time and space, and she couldn't hear their conversation, she could still feel the gentleness of the woman in front of her.

Ultear, standing beside Sora, witnessed this scene and felt anger, resentment, and pain, biting her lip tightly.

She was probably extremely jealous. Just now, when this scene first appeared, the look of excitement and joy on her face when she finally saw Uru's appearance was crystal clear.

Chapter 178 This Uru is a bit off

The woman's farewell elicited a strong reaction from the two little boys. The blue-and-white-haired boy even slapped away the woman's hands, which were trying to give him a final hug, and ran to the giant demon, seemingly wanting to use some kind of magic.

Of course, he failed and was knocked unconscious by the gentle woman. Then, she handed the blue-and-white-haired boy to the black-haired boy, and amidst the boy's tearful and remorseful expression, she clasped her hands in front of her, intending to cast the same spell the blue-and-white-haired boy had tried to cast against the enormous demon before her.

It was a forbidden magic, a forbidden magic that, while capable of trapping powerful enemies, would forever strip away one's human body.

Legend has it that it was a gift from an ancient ice goddess, and also her curse. No one who uses this magic can ever return to their original state.

But what does it matter? She's already lost her most precious daughter; she can't afford to lose her two remaining beloved disciples.

The black-haired woman's eyes, filled with despair, regret, reluctance, and relief as she cast that spell, left Sora feeling incredulous and Ultear with very complicated emotions.

However, neither of them had forgotten why they had come here.

They went to great lengths, exhausted their magic and spirit, and even risked being cursed by the gods, not just to watch a movie.

This moment is the exact time they have been searching for.

The two looked at each other and nodded together.

Then, under their control, the enormous, clock-shaped magic circle floating in the air rapidly shrank... It was directly injected into the body of a short-haired woman who was about to activate [Absolute Freeze]...

……

"Ah...is this what it feels like to die...? This is terrible, why does my right foot still hurt so much even though I'm already dead!"

"Well, it's not without its good points. My chest suddenly feels much lighter. And my body suddenly feels much cooler...wait, much cooler?"

Uru realized that she wasn't wearing any clothes. Even though she had a bit of a striptease fetish, she had never completely taken off her underwear in the freezing cold before. So, this was the first time she had experienced the feeling of being completely cold all over, and it felt a little awful.

"U...ru!?"

Just as Uru was about to search around to see if he could find any clothes to cover his naked body, he suddenly heard two trembling and confused calls.

She turned around and saw a strange trio very close behind her: a boy dressed as a black swordsman, a short masked man (the transformation magic hadn't been dispelled; what Sora had seen earlier was Ultear's consciousness), and a handsome and beautiful armored female knight.

All three looked at her with strange eyes, even though the black-clad swordsman was pale, unsteady on his feet, and seemed on the verge of collapsing.

Although the armored female knight's attention was entirely focused on the black-clad swordsman beside her, and she was very worried, she dared not go over to help him.

Although the last short man, for some reason, made Uru's heart pound violently the moment he saw him... It wasn't the fluttering of a woman's heart for a man, but rather a feeling of deep intimacy, a connection of flesh and blood.

The other person was looking at her with a strange and complicated expression.

Unfortunately, before she could even ask anything, a terrifying, unbelievable, and very familiar huge roar resounded above her head.

She struggled to lift her head, and then she saw that Deliora, which she should have sealed with Absolute Freeze, was actually standing right in front of her, perfectly fine!

"What's going on? Has [Absolute Freeze] failed? Am I in a nightmare?!"

Uru exclaimed, then covered her mouth in surprise. She realized her voice sounded off.

Then she looked at her body, completely ignoring the fact that she was still naked. She just looked like she had seen a ghost and realized that her figure had shrunk drastically. She had gone from a big-breasted mature woman to a petite loli!

No wonder my chest feels so much lighter!

"What happened?! Why did I become like this?!"

Ignoring the earth-shattering roar overhead, a naked black-haired loli with a right foot created by [Ice Shape Magic] roared angrily to the sky.

"Get out of the way, Uru, I'll protect you!"

"No, I should be the one protecting Uru! Get out of my way!"

Suddenly, two people blocked the way for the little girl and Deliora.

As the two assumed fighting stances, preparing to use magic, they also pushed and shoved each other, vying to protect the little girl behind them.

"Don't turn around, you two!"

Elsa took out a winter coat from her spatial necklace and put it on the little girl in front of her. It was Elsa's own coat. Elsa was tall, and it was a winter windproof coat, so after the little girl put it on, only her feet were still sticking out.

"Thanks……"

Although confused, the little girl thanked Elsa. Then, she looked at the silhouettes of the two men in front of her, and the more she looked, the more familiar they seemed. Especially the black-haired man; his gesture of casting magic was exactly the same as hers. In her memory, she had only taught Gray and Leo...

"You... could you be Gray and Leo?" As if realizing something, the little girl's eyes widened again, and she exclaimed incredulously.

The two people who were poised to attack in front of them trembled at the same time, and the magic power they had gathered almost dissipated.