Fantasy in the world of crossover anime

Brandish seemed to realize her mistake, sticking out her tongue in an attempt to win Marlene Holloe's forgiveness by acting cute.

Seeing that she was her boss, Marlene Holloe touched her head speechlessly, truly defeated by her.

"This is the expert from the Western Continent you were talking about? He's not all that great!" Yukino said smugly after seeing Li Xiaoxi easily wipe out the opponent's attack.

"What did you say!" Marin Horo, disregarding her superior's question, confronted Yukino again.

Yukino was about to retort when a hand blocked her way.

"Lord Xiaoxi, what are you thinking!" Yukino had been following Li Xiaoxi for two years, so she could guess some of Li Xiaoxi's thoughts.

"You'll be standing here for a bit, then you'll be out of here. It's safe in here," Li Xiaoxi said to Brandish in a challenging tone, without directly answering Yukino's question. "Tell your men to find a safe place! I want to spar with you!"

Faced with Li Xiaoxi's challenge, Brandish also put away her cute expression and suddenly became very domineering.

“Marlene, you stand with that girl too. It’s safe inside!” Brandish said something that instantly made her domineering aura vanish!

"But that's enemy territory. Besides, Lord Brandish, couldn't you easily resolve this battle?"

“I can sense that the other party has no murderous intent. It seems that he just wants to have a simple contest with me on the path of magic! Hey, how about letting my subordinates into your safe zone as well!” Brandish said to Li Xiaoxi, who was not far away, after finishing speaking with Marlene Hollo.

"But Brandish, aren't you the one who hates fighting the most? Don't you hate trouble?"

"The other party is different!"

While Brandish and Marlene Hollo were talking, Li Xiaoxi, after hearing Brandish's request, thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

After Li Xiaoxi finished speaking, she opened a door in the protective shield that was protecting Yukino.

"Lady Xiaoxi!" Yukino didn't understand why Li Xiaoxi would let the enemy in here.

"It's fine"

“Alright, Marlene, you go in now! Don’t come out until our battle is over, remember that,” Brandish said very seriously.

"Well then, Brandish, please be careful!" Marlene Horror said, then walked towards the protective barrier set up by Li Xiaoxi. After entering, she gave Yukino a light snort, to which Yukino responded without backing down.

After Marlene Hollo entered the protective shield, Li Xiaoxi closed the shield door again and then stared at Brandish not far away.

"I've heard that your magic can shrink or enlarge any object, including people, towns, and so on."

"Looks like you've done your research! Yes, I do have this kind of magic, are you scared yet?" Brandish was very proud when Li Xiaoxi mentioned her magic.

"Unfortunately, I also have such magic. I can make anything that exists in the world, whether tangible or intangible, enlarge or shrink according to my own wishes!" Li Xiaoxi said this very calmly!

"He actually possesses the same magic as Lord Brandish, and can even enlarge or shrink anything in the world, whether tangible or intangible, according to his own will? Isn't this even more complete than Lord Brandish's magic?" Marlene Horo exclaimed in astonishment upon hearing Li Xiaoxi's words.

"Hehe, my little Nozomi is the strongest, there's nothing she can't do!" Yukino said happily after seeing Marin Horror's surprised expression.

"Really? Let me see it!" Brandish wasn't as surprised as her subordinates; instead, she was very curious.

"Let's fight this battle and let you experience it for yourself," Li Xiaoxi said, immediately unleashing an immense amount of magical power from her body.

"How boring, we still have to fight in the end! But I'm very confident in my magic and magical power," Brandish said, his smile fading as he spoke very seriously.

After Brandish finished speaking, she unleashed magical power no less than Li Xiaoxi's, and the two incredibly powerful energies collided. The previously gloomy weather suddenly cleared up as the clouds in the sky vanished under the impact of this collision.

Li Xiaoxi saw that his magic power wasn't in a superior position, but it wasn't inferior either; it was about evenly matched with his opponent's magic power. However, judging from his opponent's relaxed demeanor, it seemed that his opponent hadn't used their full strength either. Unfortunately, Li Xiaoxi hadn't used much magic power either. He himself didn't know exactly how much magic power he possessed or how strong it was.

Li Xiaoxi said that if it were just a simple contest of magic power, he, Li Xiaoxi, would be number one in the world, and no one could beat him in a contest of magic power.

So Li Xiaoxi gradually increased her magic output, and Brandish also gradually increased her magic power along with Li Xiaoxi's improvement.

The two incredibly powerful magical forces were consuming each other, but neither gained the upper hand for half an hour.

The battle between Li Xiaoxi and Brandish took place quite far from town. However, from the moment their magical clash began, an incredibly powerful pressure enveloped them. Whether human, animal, or monster, all living beings were forced to their knees under the weight of these two immense magical forces. The scene was truly spectacular.

Thanks to the protective shield set up by Li Xiaoxi, neither Yukino nor Marina Hollo were affected by the magic contest. However, they were both shocked by each other's strength.

Yukino and Marine Horror both knew how terrifyingly powerful their followers were, but now someone capable of standing against them had appeared. This inevitably shattered their understanding of the other party.

Li Xiaoxi found that simply comparing magic power was getting a bit boring, so she suggested, "Let's stop comparing magic power. At this rate, who knows when we'll ever decide a winner? Let's try a different way to compete! What do you think?"

"I told you long ago to show me your magic, but you insisted on comparing magic power first, and now you want to compare magic!" Brandish said unhappily after hearing Li Xiaoxi's words.

"...Alright, let's take back our magic now!" Li Xiaoxi was powerless to refute Brandish's words.

Chapter 295 Demonic Path Competition

However, Brandish said that was just talk, but she also knew that if it were just a contest of magic power, it was hard to say when the winner would be decided. After Li Xiaoxi finished speaking, she also stopped her magic power output. At the same time as Brandish stopped her magic power output, Li Xiaoxi also stopped her magic power output.

The invisible pressure around them quickly disappeared, but Yukino, Marin, and Horo knew that this was only the first round of the contest, and the real battle was just beginning.

After an hour of mana output, Brandish was already quite tired. Although the mana output in that hour was only a small fraction of the mana in her body, for someone as lazy and averse to trouble as her, she had long been tired of this kind of simple mana output. However, as a girl, and also one of the Twelve Shields of the Western Continent, Brandish couldn't say it out loud.

"So what will we compete in next?" Brandish asked Li Xiaoxi, shaking her snow-white hand after Li Xiaoxi had withdrawn her magic.

"Let me think... How about we have a magic contest next? We'll start with a contest of enlargement magic, and see who can make a tiny thing grow huge. Whoever makes it bigger wins. What do you think?" Li Xiaoxi suggested.

“Sure, this is my specialty, but just competing isn’t fun enough. How about we make a small bet?” Brandish said happily.

"No problem, I'm also very confident in my magic. So what shall we bet on?"

"Hmm... how about whoever loses agrees to one of the other's conditions unconditionally?" Brandish said after thinking for a while.

"No problem," Li Xiaoxi agreed after thinking for a moment after hearing Brandish's bet.

"Lord Brandish, we've got this in the bag!" Marlene and Horror looked at their Lord Brandish with confident smiles and said with utmost certainty.

"No, it's Nozomi-sama who's bound to win!" Yukino immediately retorted.

“Then let’s use these two clods of soil as the contest! Whoever’s magic is stronger will win!” Brandish said, pointing to the two clods of soil on the ground.

No problem.

"Then let the competition begin."

After Brandish finished speaking, she used her magic just like Li Xiaoxi. The two unremarkable clods of soil quickly grew into a small mountain. However, because the two clods of soil were originally close together, a large part of the two small mountains were tightly squeezed together after they grew larger.

But even after becoming two small hills, they didn't stop growing. Soon, these two small hills surpassed the highest peak in the vicinity, becoming the highest mountain in the area.

"I never expected your magic could actually make you bigger, and it's even comparable to my magic! How interesting!" Brandish said happily after witnessing Li Xiaoxi's enlargement magic firsthand.

"Don't tell me this is your full strength! You haven't used your full power yet!"

"You seem quite perceptive! Well said. But since you've put it that way, I'll get serious too." Brandish's first sentence was quite relaxed, but the second half became a bit serious.

After Brandish finished speaking, the mountain she controlled began to grow much faster.

"That's right!"

Li Xiaoxi smiled slightly. Only in this way could it be right; otherwise, it wouldn't live up to her title of the Holy Twelve Shields. Then, the mountain she controlled instantly surpassed the size of the mountain controlled by Brandish, and at the same time, in the middle of the two mountains, it slowly became dominated by Li Xiaoxi's magic.

After assimilating the magic between the two mountains, Li Xiaoxi began to gradually assimilate into the mountain controlled by Brandish.

People several kilometers away looked at the two mountains that suddenly appeared, and the two magical forces that had forced them to submit. This reminded them of the twelve most powerful people in the Western Continent, the Broken Kingdom of the Twelve Aegis.

Among the Twelve Shields, only Brandish, the Destroyer of the Nation, possesses such magic and power. Compared to Brandish's magic, only he could create such a large mountain in such a short time.

However, what puzzled these people was that the broken kingdom—Brandish seemed to be competing with someone, and in addition to Brandish's magic power from the Twelve Shields, there seemed to be another person's magic power in the magic power just now.

Who exactly is fighting Brandish of the Twelve Shields? It seems they're evenly matched. Could it be that invader from the Eastern Continent who suddenly appeared in the last two years? If that's the case, that invader's strength is terrifying!

Brandish sensed Li Xiaoxi's assimilation of her magic the moment she began. However, Brandish was not to be outdone and immediately changed the direction of her magical output, vying with Li Xiaoxi's magic for control of the two mountains.

However, after Brandish changed the direction of her magic output, the growth of her mountain stopped, while the mountain controlled by Li Xiaoxi had already pierced the clouds, with many clouds at its halfway point.

The mountain that Brandish controls looks like a separate part of the mountain that Li Xiaoxi owns.

Blantysh has now realized her situation, but she has no intention of giving up. As long as she gains control of Li Xiaoxi's territory, victory will still be hers.

However, Li Xiaoxi defended herself quite well against Brandish's magical assimilation. Not only was she not assimilated, but she also assimilated a significant amount of Brandish's magic. Li Xiaoxi won this contest.

After several failed attempts to assimilate Li Xiaoxi's magic, Brandish knew she had lost the contest with Li Xiaoxi, a complete and utter defeat, losing in every aspect, both in terms of magical power and spells.

"I've lost! I never expected your enlargement magic to be even stronger than mine. How did you train to do that?!" Brandish readily admitted defeat after realizing he had no chance of winning.

"Yay, Lady Nozomi won! I told you! Lady Nozomi is the strongest! Long live Lady Nozomi!" Yukino shouted happily after seeing Brandish admit defeat.

"Lord Brandish actually lost?! Are you kidding me?! When did the Western Continent produce such a powerful mage?!" As Brandish's subordinates, Marlene and Horo knew that Brandish's reputation as a master of the Holy Twelve Shields was well-deserved. Yet, the mighty Brandish had lost! That child possessed such immense magical power!

Chapter 296 Marlene's Ambition

After conceding defeat, Brandish readily withdrew his magic, and the massive mountain immediately returned to its original state without the support of magic.

At the same time, Li Xiaoxi also withdrew her magic, and the towering mountains disappeared as a result.

“I give up. Just tell me your demands! I’ll agree to whatever they are,” Brandish said to Li Xiaoxi.

"I haven't decided yet, I'll put it aside for now!"

"Aren't you afraid I'll deny it later?" Brandish said playfully.

"I've always been very accurate at judging people!" Li Xiaoxi said confidently.

After the competition ended, Li Xiaoxi removed the protective shield, and Yukino and Marin Horo, who were inside the shield, also came over.

"So what are you going to do next? Keep fighting the people of the Western Continent?"

"I don't know either. All I know is that I won't leave this continent until I figure out what I want to know and see the people I want to see. And as you probably know, we are mages of the Fairy Law of the Eastern Continent. Seeing that you want to attack our continent, I can't just sit idly by." For some reason, even though he knew the other party was an enemy, Li Xiaoxi still explained what he wanted to do next to them.

"So what are your specific goals?"

"I plan to destroy Tartaros, one of the three major dark guilds, first. I've heard that their members are all demons from the Book of Zeref, and they use spells that are difficult to counter with magic. I plan to eliminate them first, and then consider the matter of the Twelve Shields!"

"You seem to have forgotten that I am also a member of the Twelve Shields. Besides, even if you are powerful, do you think you can fight against the strongest mage in the entire Western Continent?" Brandish looked at Li Xiaoxi curiously.

"Who said I'm alone? I still have Yukino, don't I? Besides, don't underestimate the power behind me! Yukino, let's go!" After saying that, Li Xiaoxi smiled at Brandish and then called Yukino to leave.

"Yes, Xiaoxi-sama," Yukino snorted at Marlene and walked behind Li Xiaoxi.

"How could I miss out on something this fun? By the way, your name is Li Xiaoxi, right?" After hearing that Li Xiaoxi was leaving, Brandish, for some reason, actually suggested that he go with her.

"How rude of you to call Lady Nozomi by her first name!" Yukino said, mimicking Marlene's tone.

"Yukino, don't be like this. My name is Li Xiaoxi. You said you wanted to travel with us? What about your own decision?"

"Since it's Lady Nozomi who says so!"

"What a hassle. I'll just call you Xiao Xi then. I'm already fed up with staying in the palace. Besides, I have Marlene here. Marlene can help me with daily affairs! And besides, you don't even know the location of the Gates of the Underworld, one of the three major dark guilds. Wouldn't it be great if we just needed someone to show us the way?"

“But Lady Brandish, if you do this, what will happen to the other members of the Holy Twelve Shields…” Marlene wanted to stop her, but inwardly she was overjoyed. Once Brandish left the palace, she could use Brandish's authority; she would then be one of the Holy Twelve Shields of the Western Continent. However, Marlene concealed her feelings well; Brandish didn't notice anything amiss with her subordinate. Li Xiaoxi did notice something, but she merely frowned. After all, it was their business, and it wasn't appropriate for an outsider like herself to interfere. Besides, even if she spoke up, it would only be a foolish act. Brandish wouldn't believe someone she'd only met a few hours earlier, and their current identities were still adversaries.

"As for them, don't worry. If they come looking for me, just say I'm out cultivating," Brandish casually offered Marlene. Then he walked over to Li Xiaoxi and said, "Come on, aren't we going to destroy the Underworld Gate, which you call one of the three great dark guilds? Oh, right, it's called the Nine Demon Gate here. Although the Nine Demon Gate isn't as strong as the Twelve Shields, they're all demons from the Book of Zeref, and they use spells that are difficult to counter with magic. If you're not too young..."

"Lady Xiaoxi is the strongest. No demons from the Book of Zeref are no match for Lady Xiaoxi," Yukino, who was following Li Xiaoxi around, immediately said.

“I just said it was an accident,” Brandish said, looking at the adorable little girl who was even younger than her, revealing her natural charm.

Even an accidental mishap won't do.

...

Li Xiaoxi watched the two arguing and shook her head speechlessly. Then, after glancing at the girl named Marlene, she led the way and left.

Marlene felt as if her secret had been exposed in that one glance from Li Xiaoxi. In that instant, Marlene felt as if Li Xiaoxi had seen right through her, leaving her with absolutely no secrets.

"Lord Brandish, please be careful on your journey," Marlene said, looking at Brandish who was following behind Li Xiaoxi and speaking to her directly.

"Marlene, I'm entrusting everything to you in the palace!" Brandish turned around and waved to Marlene.

"Please rest assured, Lady Brandish, I will take good care of everything," Marlene said outwardly, but in her heart she thought, "Brandish, everything you have is mine from this moment on."

Yukino was unhappy about Brandish following Li Xiaoxi.

Originally, after arriving in this Western Continent, Li Xiaoxi was all alone. Although she was often chased by mages, they were merely a source of companionship on her journey. They helped Li Xiaoxi and Yukino pass the time and alleviate their boredom, while also providing valuable experience for increasing their strength. Yukino felt that these past two years had been the happiest time of her life.

But now, Brandish has suddenly appeared, disrupting what Yukino sees as a world shared between her and Li Xiaoxi. Moreover, Brandish is one of the Twelve Aegis that her Xiaoxi-sama must defeat—she's an enemy. More importantly, Brandish is prettier and has a better figure than Yukino, completely overshadowing the still-childlike Yukino.

During their subsequent journey, Li Xiaoxi and Yukino also discovered another side of Brandish. He was rather easygoing and lazy, occasionally acting cute. Despite possessing power capable of destroying a nation, he had no interest in war. He hated trouble, disliked repeating himself, and would resort to the quickest method to resolve problems when necessary. Now, there was another side to him: clinging to Li Xiaoxi.

(I was startled! I didn't read the information carefully. It turns out Merlin is a traitor!! I almost cleared her name. And the protagonist's new name... I already have an idea. But since it's like this after Fairy Tail, I'll change it in the next world!)

Chapter 297 The Vanished Demons (Part 1)

The story of Brandish's battle with Li Xiaoxi, and his voluntary surrender, did not spread throughout the Western Continent. Marlene handled this matter very well.

Now, Li Xiaoxi, Yukino, and Brandish, a newly joined member of the Holy Twelve, have formed a three-person team and are traveling on this western continent.

Li Xiaoxi's current goal is to eliminate the dark guild known as the Nine Ghosts Gate in the Western Continent. Originally, she didn't know its location, but with the addition of Brandish, one of the Twelve Shields, Li Xiaoxi learned the exact location of the Nine Ghosts Gate.

However, there was one thing Li Xiaoxi didn't notice: the warmth and friendliness he exuded. This warmth made the already outgoing Brandish even more eager to get closer to Li Xiaoxi. At first, it was fine, but after a few days, Brandish became constantly clinging to Li Xiaoxi. Yukino had told him off several times, but Brandish seemed not to hear her at all.