The undying monsters are the most troublesome, especially since they were originally Star Spirits and each excels in their own way.
Adding someone as strong as the Star Spirit King… actually, everyone doesn't have an accurate understanding of the Star Spirit King's power.
It was just felt that his Magic Power was unfathomable when we saw him back then.
Erza frowned and asked, "Can they still be considered Star Spirits like this?"
"Actually, when their zodiac was abolished, they could no longer be considered Star Spirits." Loki said with a heavy heart.
If he had been one of those ferocious, violent Star Spirits back then, he might be one of them today.
"That could only be achieved by eliminating all the Star Spirit Mages, right?" Mira said, hugging Lucy's shoulders, "With us here, at least we won't let anything happen to Lucy."
Erza said, "That's right, anyone eyeing Lucy, they won't get away with it!"
Natsu's voice rang out: "Send them all flying!"
"Aye!"
"Thank you... everyone." Lucy was touched but the feeling was quickly dissipated by Natsu and Hapi, "When did you two wake up?"
Natsu answered honestly: "When Loki said he loves you."
Lucy went berserk: "Don't mention such strange things!"
Natsu innocently said, "Isn't it you who asked?"
"Let's get back to business." Rhode steered the topic back, "What does the Star Spirit King plan to do about this matter?"
"According to the King's will, matters among Star Spirits should be resolved in the Star Spirit Realm. If there's any dissatisfaction, they can talk to him, or if they don't want to talk, they can go to war.
"But the most difficult thing is, they simply don't appear before us, let alone negotiate or fight.
"Now it seems, rather than overthrowing the existing Star Spirit Realm, the plan for the Human Realm might be more important."
Loki was also very troubled. As a Star Spirit who had a great time at Fairy Tail, his nature still prefers direct confrontation.
If he could choose, he would definitely opt for a head-on battle with the opponent. Sneaky, underhanded tricks are the most annoying.
Rhode could understand the abandoned Star Spirits' decision. Assassinating Star Spirit Mages is much easier than reigniting a Star Spirit war.
Besides, if their ultimate goal is freedom or immortality, and they have a way to sever the connection between the Human Realm and Star Spirit Realm, there's obviously no need to go head-to-head.
He asked, "Don't you have a way to track them?"
Loki shook his head: "In the Star Spirit Realm, there's a way to sense them, but in the Human Realm, the effect is much poorer. At most, if they're in the same town, we can have a vague feeling."
The Human Realm was ultimately not their home ground.
"Then we'll have to find them ourselves." Lucy said, "After all, they're bound to appear near Star Spirit Mages, right?"
"There's no place with constant theft prevention…" Rhode was unsure if there's a saying like this here, "We can't stand by every Star Spirit Mage, and if there's a slip-up, it'll be troublesome."
Loki said: "Lucy and that Miss Yukino don't need to worry. All our Zodiac Star Spirits have been granted the power of "Breaking the Door" by the Elf King.
"In the coming period, as long as we sense danger to you, we can appear beside you without needing the summoning steps. Of course, in battle, you'll still need to provide Magic Power."
Everyone looked at this guy who always suddenly appears: "Do you really need the Star Spirit King to specially grant such power?"
Loki scratched the back of his head, embarrassed: "Haha… this time is official permission, before we would just pop out randomly, and occasionally get scolded.
"Besides that, we've also made emergency plans. Undoubtedly, we will do our utmost to protect you."
"That bearded old man is quite reliable." Lucy said happily and then asked, "What about those Mages without Zodiac Star Spirits?"
Loki said: "We've also made protection plans for other Star Spirit Mages. The Star Spirit King exceptionally allowed 'substitution' among Star Spirits."
"Substitution?"
"Yes, which means, when a Mage summons a Star Spirit, a stronger Star Spirit is allowed to substitute the summoned Star Spirit's position."
This privilege actually touched a memory Loki didn't want to bring up, as he once substituted Alyes' position to contend with his former contractor, Kallen...
Strictly speaking, that was also a rule-breaking behavior.
But now, for the safety of Star Spirit Mages, the Star Spirit King has temporarily legalized this behavior.
The Star Spirit King is even considering allotting more power to the Horologium Constellation so that this constellation can have more Star Spirit units for widespread emergency support.
This level of protection, although not comparable to Lucy and Yukino's, is the limit the Star Spirit Realm can currently achieve.
Even though this protection is limited to encountering those abandoned Star Spirits — or rebellious Star Spirits, as long as the Mages don't act foolishly, security is still assured.
Lucy breathed a sigh of relief: "I feel much more at ease now."
"We will endeavor to find their traces but if everyone encounters them…" Loki felt uncomfortable saying this, asking the Human Realm to help settle Star Spirit Realm troubles.
Erza slapped Loki on the back heavily: "Don't say things like that, aren't you also a part of the Guild?"
"Cough…" Loki should be quite moved, but he was almost slapped into spitting blood, so he tried hard to force a smile.
However, Mira blinked and slapped Loki on the shoulder too: "Exactly, helping comrades is only natural."
Loki closed one eye, covering his shoulder and grimacing in pain: "The bones… the bones are going to break!"
Natsu casually punched him on the back: "Ahhaha, saying stuff like that makes you sound so distant!"
Now Loki was lying on the ground directly: "Natsu, you bastard!"
Rhode squatted down, smiling as he patted the Lion's head: "If the one asking was Leo, we might help a little for Lucy's sake. But since it's Loki, there's nothing to discuss. Hmm… You get up first, let me give you a pat too."
"I refuse!" Loki decided to lie down.
Lucy couldn't help but laugh. She squatted down and reached a hand to Loki:
"Our President always teaches us that a companion's troubles are everybody's troubles. So don't worry, everyone will work together to solve it."
"Lucy…" Loki held her hand and stood up, looking at her emotionally.
But he suddenly gave a thumbs up: "Though simple white, it looks quite sexy!"
"?" Lucy was stunned for a moment.
Realizing the angle when she squatted down just now, Lucy's face turned red: "That's too vulgar! Get lost!"
Lucy kicked over, only to see him smile and vanish into a shower of stardust.
In the air was left a phrase: "I'll send over the list shortly~ Please remind other Star Spirit Mages to be careful~"