"Ankh, what are we waiting for?! Let me go punch those guys into the sky right now!"
Natsu, seeing the fleet of attacking airships filling the sky outside the window, could not help but plead with Ankh for battle orders.
Ankh glanced at him and asked, "Can you use your magic?"
Natsu laughed heartily. "Of course I can!"
Saying this, Natsu threw his head back to show off his dragon's fire breath to Ankh.
But then...
Nothing happened.
"Huh?" Natsu rubbed his stomach in confusion, muttering, "Is it because I am too hungry?"
Happy scratched his large head and said worriedly, "Natsu, I can't use mine either..."
Gray rolled his eyes hard and said irritably, "Idiot! Didn't Mystogan just explain? People from Earthland might not be able to use magic when they come to this world."
"Oh? You stripping bastard! What did you just say?"
"Squinty-eyed dimwit! Aren't you exactly the same?"
"Enough!"
An exasperated Erza delivered a Hulk-style double palm strike, smashing their heads together and ending the argument once again.
Ankh turned to Mystogan and asked, "How much medicine did you prepare earlier?"
Mystogan pulled a clear glass bottle from his pocket. It was about half full of small medicinal pellets.
He explained, "There are only these X-balls left. Since some ingredients came from Earthland to make them usable for Earthland people, we cannot produce more."
Ankh took the bottle, shook it to gauge the quantity and said, "About fifty-some pellets. That should be enough."
For Mystogan to become an S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail—and the only holder-type mage among the S-Class—he must have put in far more effort than ordinary people.
Even his pharmaceutical skills were reportedly learned in secret from Lady Porlyusica.
Ankh handed the bottle to Laxus and said, "Distribute these to everyone. This will allow us to use magic in Edolas, so we must ensure basic combat capability."
After swallowing one pill himself, Laxus turned to have the Thunder God Tribe distribute the X-balls.
He then asked curiously, "Why aren't you taking one?"
"Not using magic can be considered a form of training," Ankh replied with an unchanged expression.
In reality, Ankh had sensed his own condition upon arriving in Edolas.
While his Titan Gravity magic was indeed restricted and unusable, his Divine Power remained completely unaffected.
However, for some unknown reason, using his stronger Death God Power proved extremely difficult.
It felt as if the entire world was resisting it.
On the other hand, his Life God Power could be used freely.
Still, this was sufficient.
It was better to distribute the medicine to his weaker comrades for self-defense.
With enemies outside poised to attack, the guild members accelerated the distribution of the magic potion.
Gildarts reluctantly swallowed the medicine fed to him by Cana while muttering, "I actually feel like I could use magic if given more time..."
"There is no time to spare now!" Cana retorted bluntly, having grown much more comfortable since acknowledging him as her father.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several consecutive explosions rang out, causing the entire guild to tremble once more.
Freed drew his sword.
His gaze fixed on the fleet outside as he declared, "They have begun attacking the Magic Formula protecting the guild."
"Then we counterattack!" Ankh quickly calculated the enemy numbers and ordered, "Those who haven't taken X-balls will use the swords from the storage room to stay inside and protect the guild and the Master. Everyone else, follow me!"
Thus, the long-suppressed magic liberation squad surged out of the guild doors in one massive rush.
Swiftly leaving the protective zone of the Magic Formula, they opened fire on the airships.
"Ice-Make: Ice Cavalry!!" Gray slammed his fist into his palm, and icy air instantly erupted from his hands, coalescing into countless glacial lances that pierced through a massive airship.
"Fire Dragon's—Roar!!" Natsu puffed his cheeks and spewed thick flames from his mouth.
Unfortunately, due to combat allocation, no X-ball had been reserved for Happy—otherwise, Natsu would have made these aerial troops understand true cruelty.
Gajeel was crashing head-on into a flying monster charging toward him.
He then relentlessly beat it with his iron rods until it was knocked unconscious.
Levy and Cana dazzled the enemy with their combined script and card magic, while Freed's aerial writing inexplicably caused numerous airships to explode and crash.
Bickslow and Evergreen, who were far more agile than the monster-mounted cavalry, darted through the air like they were swatting flies, swiftly taking down countless enemies.
Elfman and Lisanna transformed into beasts and animals, leaping effortlessly onto airships and tossing soldiers overboard.
Lucy summoned Aquarius, while Juvia unleashed her Water Nebula. T
heir combined water attacks erupted like a massive waterfall, scattering the army in disarray.
"Are these otherworlders... using Magic?!"
"Help!! That nail-faced man's hand turned into a long iron saw!"
"How brutal... How can we possibly defeat this?!"
Facing the joint assault from the top fifty guild members, this reconnaissance troop was clearly outmatched.
In less than half an hour, they had already collapsed into a panicked mess.
The face beneath the lead soldier's helmet began to sweat heavily.
If they couldn't deal with these otherworldly Mages and let all the Magic Power they had gathered escape, the king would surely execute them all upon their return!
"Huh?"
The troop captain's eyes suddenly lit up as he spotted a sloppy middle-aged man closely following a young girl.
Why would this fierce girl bring her father to the battlefield?
However... The sharp-eyed captain noticed something protruding from beneath the man's cloak—it was a prosthetic limb!
He was disabled!
The captain was overjoyed, especially when he saw two delicate women following behind the man.
He quickly roared at the soldiers beside him.
"Charge that way! Capture the cripple first, then grab those two beauties!"
The well-trained soldiers quickly grouped up.
Riding their flying magical beasts in formation, they swooped down toward that direction.
At this moment, the 'delicate women' Erza and Mirajane had not made a move.
Just as the two women were admiring the highly developed technology of this other world, battle cries suddenly erupted.
Mirajane looked dazedly at the troops charging toward them, tilting her head in confusion.
"Ara? Seems like the firepower has shifted to us?"
Erza glanced around and nodded in understanding. "There is only us, Gildarts, Cana, and Levy here. We do appear more vulnerable than the other areas."
The two continued chatting without any intention of taking action.
Because when those troops gathered to launch their attack, a certain uncle who was acting as his daughter's shadow had already noticed.
Gildarts sighed quietly to himself, "I didn't want to make a move... the cleanup afterward is always hard to deal with..."
"But unfortunately... how dare you target Cana-chan?"
Cana: ... 'I don't think they were actually targeting me?'
Gildarts stepped steadily forward to meet the attacking army, constantly reminding himself in a low voice.
"Hold back... hold back... must hold back..."
Looking up at the fierce attack, Gildarts raised his hand.
Without any magic circle or leakage of Magic Power, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed.
"Crush!"