The Fairy Tail Guild hall, the afternoon's clamor had just subsided.
The task force led by Erza—Lucy, Wendy, Sorano, Yukino, and Juvia—returned successfully, bringing back a report of the completed mission and a substantial reward.
"Where is Lord Gray?" The moment Juvia entered the Guild hall, her sapphire-like eyes quickly scanned the entire room, searching for the figure that occupied her thoughts.
Not seeing his familiar, stern profile, her heart instantly tightened.
"Gray? He went on a quest with Elfman," Mira replied with a smile as she wiped glasses at the bar. Her smile was still gentle, but a hint of imperceptible worry seemed to flash in her eyes.
"A quest?" Juvia immediately became anxious. "What quest? Is it dangerous? Where did he go?"
Mira looked at the undisguised worry in Juvia's eyes, sighed softly, and put down the glass in her hand: "It's a demon subjugation mission on Galuna Island. The target to be subjugated... is the 'Undead Demon Deliora.'"
Her voice was very soft, but the name "Deliora" struck Juvia's heart like a heavy hammer.
"Deliora?!" Juvia gasped, her face instantly turning pale!
As one of the former Four Elements of Phantom Lord, she had, of course, heard the legend of this infamous "Undead Demon"!
That was a terrifying existence that even the Ten Wizard Saints found troublesome!
"Lord Gray... how could he..." Juvia's voice trembled slightly, her pink love bubbles instantly turning into deep blue water vapor, representing tension and fear. "That's too dangerous! Miss Mira! Why didn't you stop him?!"
Mira shook her head helplessly, her eyes filled with a mix of heartache and powerlessness: "Gray's determination... and Elfman went with him too."
She paused, her voice even lower, "I'm worried too..."
"No!" Juvia shook her head abruptly, the deep blue water vapor almost overflowing. "Juvia must go find Lord Gray immediately! He can't face that kind of monster alone!"
Juvia!" Mira tried to call out to her, but Juvia had already rushed like a gust of wind towards a corner of the Guild hall—where Ezreal, Cana, Max, and Ikaruga were sitting around a table.
"Senior EZ! Sister Cana! Senior Max! Senior Ikaruga!" Juvia rushed in front of the four, her voice urgent. "Lord Gray went to Galuna Island to subjugate Deliora! Do you know the exact location? Where is Galuna Island? In which direction exactly?"
The four stopped their conversation and looked at Juvia.
Ezreal's golden eyes were calm, Cana's hand, which was swirling her wine glass, paused, the gold sand controlled by Max stopped flowing, and Ikaruga picked up her teacup, her cool gaze sweeping over Juvia's anxious face.
Cana looked at Juvia, who was almost in tears, and sighed: "Juvia, calm down. Gray is very strong, and Elfman is with him, they..."
"Sister Cana!" Juvia interrupted her, clenching her fists so tightly her nails almost dug into her palms. "Don't you know what level of monster Deliora is? Lord Gray... Juvia can't just watch him go to his death! Please! Tell Juvia the exact direction!"
Her voice was tearful, her eyes glistening with tears. That deep worry and reckless love moved the few people present.
Ezreal put down his teacup, his voice steady: "Galuna Island is in the northwest direction of the kingdom, about five hundred kilometers from Magnolia. The exact coordinates..."
A small white light lit up on his fingertip, quickly outlining a simple magic map in the air, with a clear light dot marked on it, "This is the location of Galuna Island. The nearest port is on the west side of the city, but..."
Ezreal hadn't finished speaking, but Juvia had already firmly memorized the location of that light dot!
"Thank you, Senior EZ!" Juvia bowed deeply, tears finally falling, but her eyes were incredibly resolute. "Juvia is going now! I will drown Deliora with a flood of love! And protect Lord Gray!"
Before her words even finished, she suddenly turned around, her blue hair arcing through the air, and rushed out of the Guild hall door like an arrow released from a bow!
Her speed was so fast that only a blur and a faint mist of water vapor in the air remained.
"Aye—! Juvia, wait for me!" Happy had just flown in when he saw Juvia rush out, and he called out curiously.
"Oh dear..." Mira looked in the direction Juvia had disappeared, sighing worriedly, "That child... I hope she doesn't act too impulsively."
Cana shook her head, swirling her wine glass: "There's no stopping her. Her feelings for Gray... they're like a raging flood."
"Pure to the point of being a little scary," Max said, manipulating the gold sand to form a miniature running Juvia.
Ikaruga put down her teacup, her cool eyes looking out the window: "Obsession is sometimes strength, and sometimes a 枷鎖."
Ezreal picked up his teacup, the bright sunlight outside the window reflected in his golden pupils: "But for her, this obsession, perhaps, is the meaning of her existence. I hope... she can make it."
Juvia rushed out of the Guild hall without the slightest hesitation, heading straight for the coastline on the west side of Magnolia City!
Her speed was extremely fast, her blue hair flying behind her. Passersby only felt a cool breeze carrying water vapor as she swept past.
Soon, she arrived at the seaside on the west side of the city.
The salty sea breeze hit her face, and the waves crashed against the rocks, making a whooshing sound.
Juvia stood on a large rock, gazing out at the vast, boundless sea in the northwest direction.
Her eyes were sharp and determined, as if she could pierce through hundreds of kilometers to see the island shrouded in the shadow of the demon.
"Lord Gray... Juvia is coming!" she murmured to herself, her voice dissipating in the sea breeze.
The next moment, Juvia's body underwent a strange transformation!
The outline of her body began to blur, as if it were merging with the air.
Her deep blue hair, fair skin, the dress she wore... everything rapidly liquefied, disintegrated, and finally transformed into a clear, pure stream of water with the breath of life!
Splash—!
This stream of water, as if alive, leaped lightly from the rock and merged into the waves crashing on the shore!
No huge splashes, no harsh sounds.
The stream of water, like a wanderer returning to its mother, silently merged into the vast ocean.
Immediately after, this stream of water, like an arrow released from a bow, sped under the blue sea, heading northwest at an astonishing speed!
It was no longer a "person," but had transformed into a part of the ocean, becoming the surging ocean current itself!
It cleverly used the propulsion of the ocean currents, accelerating its own speed to the extreme!
Water Body Transformation!
This was Juvia's innate ability as a Water Mage!
At this moment, she had completely transformed her body into the purest water element, using the ocean as a medium for ultra-high-speed movement!
Her consciousness spread out like a current, sensing the direction, temperature, and salinity of the seawater... precisely locking onto the target in the northwest direction!
Without the rocking of a ship, without a huge expenditure of magic power, Juvia was moving at full speed towards Galuna Island in a way that was most in line with her essence!
Above the sea, the wind was calm and the waves were still, with only the cries of seagulls and the gentle murmur of the waves.
No one knew that beneath this blue expanse, a stream of water carrying fervent thoughts was rushing steadfastly towards its destination at a speed that surpassed any ship!
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