Fairy Tail Space Mage

The fairies naturally noticed the enemy's reaction as well.

"Empty, fully charged Jupiter, can it stop it?" Xun'er asked again.

"I don't know," Kong replied honestly.

"..."

Xun'er remained silent, unsure whether it was out of concern for the current dire situation or because she was inwardly grumbling about Kong's straightforward and honest response of "I don't know" under these circumstances.

Even if you really don't know, in this situation you should say "no problem" to boost everyone's morale.

If you really don't want to lie, saying "probably" is fine too.

"Oh well, after all, they're the ones who incubated me," Xun'er muttered softly. And then...

"According to records, 'Jupiter' takes about 15 minutes to fully charge! Its weakness lies in the four elemental crystal balls located in the four directions. If any one of the four crystal balls is destroyed, 'Jupiter' will be unable to launch... I finally understand why 'Phantom Lord' cultivated four S-rank mages like the 'Four Elements'. For 'Jupiter' to charge, the four elemental mages are equally indispensable! I think there must be one of the 'Four Elements' guarding each of the four elemental crystal balls... Empty!"

After calming down, Xun'er seemed to transform into a cat. Her erudition, insight, confidence, and courage left everyone in the guild speechless with astonishment. Indeed, like owner, like cat!

"I understand……"

He closed his eyes, thought for two seconds, and then:

"Elsa, this time, let me decide how to allocate the fighting forces."

“Okay.” Elsa nodded. Without Jupiter’s threat, she had changed back into her original armor.

"Elsa, Gray, Natsu, Elfman... the four of you are responsible for infiltrating the castle, searching for and destroying the magic crystal ball! Happy will go with Natsu to prevent the castle from suddenly moving and Natsu from losing his fighting ability!"

The air force first allocated its main combat power.

“Leave it to me!” Elsa said.

“No problem!” Gray said.

"I understand... huh?"

Upon hearing the assignment given to Sora, Natsu was initially excited, but then couldn't help feeling frustrated. After all, aside from Sora, he hadn't expected that the castle in front of him could actually move. And what's a moving castle if not a means of transportation?

"I... understand!" Of the four, only Elfman hadn't expected to be entrusted with such an important task, so his answer was slightly delayed.

“Empty…” Mira was a little confused. She was very worried about her younger brother. After all, the opponent was the 'Four Elements', an S-class mage.

“A closed environment isn’t conducive to your performance. Give Elfman some opportunities to hone his skills. He’s grown up now,” Kong whispered to Mira.

“Leave it to me, Mira! I want to improve myself too! I promised... that we would find Lisanna together... so, no matter what, I have to become stronger!” Elfman certainly didn’t want to miss this opportunity.

"Elfman..."

Mira felt conflicted seeing Elfman. She was both relieved that he had grown up and saddened to realize that her younger brother no longer needed her protection.

In the end, Mira agreed to Elfman's request.

Lucy, on the other hand, was hearing the name Lisanna for the first time from everyone and curiously asked Happy next to her.

However, Happy lowered his head and thought for a moment, then pretended not to hear Lucy's question and simply brushed it off.

……

"Don't worry about Joseph, I'll find a way to keep him in check. All four of you, including Elsa, are destructive forces (Elsa looks bewildered, seemingly oblivious). Today, use your talents to cause as much destruction as you like!"

The flight gave the four a boost of morale, and they immediately set off with high spirits.

Their mission was time-limited, so after assigning tasks, Kong immediately sent them off.

Then next,

"Xun'er, you will also infiltrate the castle and be responsible for supporting the four of them. If anyone encounters danger, lead them to safety immediately. Also, do not approach Joseph lightly."

After the four left, Sora assigned a task to Kaoru. As expected, Kaoru, proficient in teleportation and various support magic, was to take on a role similar to a "battlefield caretaker."

"Leave it to me!" Xun'er nodded without saying much, and used [Teleport] to sneak into the castle before Natsu and the others. She was still very curious about "Jupiter".

"Jupiter" is a lost and forbidden magic. If we could make a copy of its magic circle, it would be a good gain for Xun'er.

"Mira... I'm leaving the command of the main battlefield to you. If 'Spectre's' 'Iron Dragon' doesn't come, that's fine. But if he joins the battle, you'll be in charge of dealing with him."

In the end, Kong entrusted the important task of commanding the main battlefield to Mira.

"I know... Sora... Be careful." Mira couldn't help but add a final word of advice. She knew that her worried expression might unsettle everyone in the guild.

Kong subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Mira's cheek, but stopped in mid-air.

He withdrew his hand, sighed softly, nodded, said nothing, a magic circle rose beneath his feet, and his figure slowly disappeared.

"Snapped!"

Kong didn't manage to touch Mira's cheek, but Mira herself slapped her cheeks hard with both hands, leaving two red handprints on her fair face. Then, having rallied her spirits, she began to give instructions!

"Ku and Natsu will definitely defeat Jose and the Four Elements! As for the rest of the 'Phantom Troupe,' we will defeat them! Behind us lies 'Fairy Tail,' our home. We have no way out! We absolutely cannot let our home be destroyed by 'Phantom Troupe'..."

"Mira, give the order! When did you become so long-winded? Is it because of Kong?" An unexpected voice interrupted Mira.

Chapter 192 The Sharpshooter and the Master Commander?

"Kana... what are you doing here?!" Mira exclaimed, her eyes wide.

“The ghosts have come knocking on my door, how can I possibly stay in bed?”

"But……"

"Stop talking! I've already done the divination, and we, Fairy Tail, will definitely win this battle!" Cana suddenly announced to everyone in the guild, as if victory was just around the corner.

Her words immediately invigorated everyone who had just regained their confidence. Even Mira was affected, her expression lightening considerably. Everyone knew that Kana's divination magic was genuine. Her divination results injected a powerful boost of morale into the guild.

Seeing everyone's radiant faces, as if they had received a buff, Kana smiled while secretly sighing in her heart.

To say that the divination predicted the guild's inevitable victory is, of course, a lie.

While divination magic is powerful, it's not powerful enough to predict things like this. However, the fact that a lie could boost the morale of the entire guild is a huge win no matter how you look at it!

Kana wasn't as rigid as Sora. As a smart woman, Kana knew better than anyone how to use lies.

"Great! Victory is within reach, let's get it... The enemy will soon reach the maximum range of magic. Bisca, Alzak, you have the longest attack range, don't be stingy with your magic, try to pierce through the enemy's small boats and turn them into drowning dogs!"

(Mira used a rather unladylike term—"drowned dog"—which caught many in the guild off guard. They thought Mira was just overly excited. In reality, a few years ago, when Mira was still a female hoodlum, she used such terms all the time.)

"Leave it to us!"

"Ok!"

Bisca and Alzak nodded together.

Then, Picas switched to a sniper rifle and used the [Sniper Rifle] to hit the water surface one shot after another, actually achieving the legendary "refracted shot"—the bullet deflected off the water surface and accurately hit the side of the small boats that the "Ghosts" were using to land on the beach!

Bisca's marksmanship was impeccable, and the power of her sniper rifle was extraordinary. The small boats that the "Ghosts" had used for their beach landing were all damaged and leaking, and the mages on board were in complete chaos.

Then, the damaged boat ran aground at sea, blocking the path of the smaller boats behind it. These boats were all traveling at high speed, and the "Ghost" mages didn't seem to be very good at rowing, so they immediately collided in a heap on the sea.

On the sea, the sight of ships colliding was horrific... Even from a distance, the members of Fairy Tail could still see the Phantom Troupe mages falling into the water like dumplings being dropped into boiling water. Their screams and cries echoed across the sea.

Bisca remained expressionless, showing no excitement or smugness at her remarkable achievements, and calmly continued firing bullets from her gun.

Her current appearance is completely different from the panicked look she had when she rushed into the guild hall.

On the other side, seeing Bisca display her prowess, Alzak wasn't about to be outdone... Although Bisca looked a bit intimidating, she was, after all, a beautiful woman, and quite powerful. He wasn't the only mage in the guild vying for her attention.

However, Alzak excels at close-range rapid fire and suppressive fire; long-range sniping isn't his forte. Therefore, if he wants to demonstrate his capabilities, he'll have to unleash his ultimate weapon!

"Typhoon Shot!" Alzak used four-fifths of his magic power to fire a bluish-white bullet towards the sea.

The mages of "Phantom" didn't pay much attention to the bullet at first. But soon, they noticed that the bluish-white bullet, as it flew, slowly transformed into a massive storm!

The Phantom Mages panicked. Despite their desperate attempts to unleash magic to disperse the storm, it was to no avail!

The bullets had been fired for some time, the magic was complete, and a massive storm instantly swept away all the small boats in a line on the sea! A quarter of the boats that the "Ghost" had used for its beach landing were reduced to splinters. As for the mages on board... most of them lost consciousness in mid-air.

"Well done!" Seeing Alzak defeat so many enemies in one go, Kana excitedly patted Alzak hard on the shoulder, almost knocking him to the ground, as he was already a little weak from consuming a lot of magic power.

Bisca turned around, not blaming Kana, but instead glaring fiercely at Alzak.

This left Alzak feeling inexplicably wronged. He had no idea what he had done wrong, or how he could have upset Bisca.

"As expected of the guild's golden duo, Bisca and Alzak, you did a fantastic job! Next, after they land, Wakkaba, use [Smoke Magic] to turn the beach into a foggy area..." Mira was very satisfied to see that Fairy Tail had the upper hand from the start.

"No problem, but my smoke magic is vulnerable to wind magic..."

"Bisca, conserve your mana. If you spot a wind mage in the enemy ranks, snipe him immediately. The smoke screen shouldn't have much effect on you, right?" Mira immediately changed the strategy.

“No problem!” Bisca nodded.

As a sniper, she possesses [Slight X-ray Vision] and [Eagle Eye]. These spells were found by Sora in the guild library.

He possessed only a magical sniper rifle—Multiverse III. To better utilize its effectiveness, he unearthed two vision-enhancing spells. Unfortunately, these spells were incompatible with Void, so they ended up benefiting Bisca, who had just been abducted by Elsa at that time.

"It's up to you... After the mist appears, Rachel will use [Wood Make Magic], and Macao will use [Fire Make Magic]. The two of you will work together to drive the 'Ghost' mages to the middle of the beach..."

"Huh? Are you going to use my [Wood Shaping Magic] as fuel for fire magic?" Glasses-wearing girl Leqi adjusted the position of her glasses on the bridge of her nose and immediately understood Mira's plan.

"There's such a combination! Mira, how come I never noticed before? You're so good at commanding!" Marcao realized this and was very surprised.

"Kong told me all of this."

It wasn't that Mira was being modest; she simply possessed experience participating in large-scale magical battles in the "Land of Warriors." A few classic battle examples, including the magical coordination techniques used by mages, would be enough for Mira to handle commanding the operation today.

In the western part of the continent, such as the Kingdom of Fiore, the mages have no concept of cooperation in their wars; they just fight amongst themselves or find an opponent and fight their own battles.

This may be related to culture; Western culture values ​​freedom, while Eastern culture emphasizes unity and order. However, it must be said that when it comes to command and coordination, the West is far inferior to the East.

Although Mira explained that Sora had instructed her on how to command and coordinate the battle, Macao was skeptical. He knew Sora was exceptionally skilled in combat, proficient in knowledge, experience, martial arts, and magic, but he couldn't believe that Sora was equally adept at command. If that were the case, Sora would be far too perfect.

However, whether Mira's command ability is related to air power or not is not important at the moment.

Chapter 193 Battle Situation

After a difficult sprint and significant losses, the "Phantom" mages finally reached the beach. However, before they could unleash their magic on the "fairies," their vision was completely obscured by thick smoke.

Although several wind mages tried to dispel the fog before them, the moment the staff emitted a few scattered magical fluctuations, the caster was struck by something, groaned, and lost consciousness.

Then, the wooden legs burning with flames (the bespectacled girl, Leqi, has very strange tastes and aesthetics; her magical designs always give people a slightly creepy feeling) kept kicking in the mist, gradually forcing the "Ghost" mages towards the center of the beach.

Bigeta begins to dance, granting a group buff that strengthens teammates while weakening enemies.

Among the "Phantom" mages, a few powerful ones occasionally manage to break through the encirclement of "Flame Kick," only to be met with Loki's fists and feet, and the fists of Nob (the guy who always wanders around the quest board but can never bring himself to do anything)!

Nob is widely considered a "good-for-nothing" in the guild. However, his [Star Chart Magic] allows him to imbue himself with animal spirits, granting him immense power and skills. He's actually quite strong, it's just... he's incredibly lazy and utterly detests work.

……