Boom!
Under Gajeel's astonished gaze, the unbelievably cool racing car crashed down to the ground.
Crash—
Yet, rather anticlimactically, the pink-haired boy sitting in the back abruptly tumbled out of the vehicle.
He had stopped vomiting, but he seemed completely disoriented...
"So useless, Natsu. You really need to practice... gag—"
Right after him, a half-naked handsome youth leaped from the car, clearly intending to mock him.
But the moment his feet touched the solid ground, he too started heaving dryly.
"Damn it... I will settle this with you sooner or later..."
Then, to Edolas Gajeel's total bewilderment, an identical pair of golden-haired twin sisters emerged from the car, leaning against the wall to clear their stomachs.
'Since when are there so many twins roaming the streets?' Gajeel thought.
"So pathetic Lucys! The great 'Fireball' Natsu hasn't even pushed it to the limit yet!"
Edolas Natsu proudly pointed a thumb at himself, while Erza nimbly hopped out of the car, completely unaffected by the ride.
She sincerely praised him, "That was truly impressive, Natsu. It felt like my feet were floating, just like after riding an airship."
Ankh stepped out just as expressionlessly.
He eyed the massive city wall the sports car had just flown over, clicking his tongue in admiration.
"Incredible. Flying that far without slowing down and stopping so steadily..."
Gajeel's Adam's apple bobbed a few times as he stared stiffly at the dozen-meter-high wall, feeling a chill run down his spine.
'They flew in from that height? Is that a car or a missile?!'
Just as Edolas Natsu was basking in his pride, a merciless iron hand suddenly reached into the car and yanked him out.
Edolas Lucy grabbed Natsu and locked him in a ruthless cross-arm choke, roaring with killing intent.
"Bastard! Are you trying to kill us?!"
The others, having finally recovered from their motion sickness, immediately rushed over angrily to join in.
They relentlessly beat down the now-humbled Edolas Natsu, while Earthland Natsu still lay pitifully twitching on the ground.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
The moment he left the car, Edolas Natsu turned utterly meek, covering his head as he endured the kicks and punches from the carful of victims.
The scene instantly descended into total chaos.
"Who are you people?! Why are you trespassing through the city gate?"
"Get down on your knees with your hands behind your heads!"
"Who gave you permission to use Magic? Surrender immediately!"
Just as everyone was indiscriminately pummeling Edolas Natsu, a circle of fully armed soldiers had already surrounded them.
At their captain's signal, the soldiers menacingly raised their weapons and closed in on Ankh and the others.
Gray, having vented his anger by beating up the driver, was in high spirits as he grinned at the surrounding enemies.
"Is this all you've got? Not nearly enough."
Edolas Natsu cowered behind Gray, hurriedly trying to stop him. "Gray! These are the elite soldiers guarding the royal city!"
"I don't care who they are." Gray shook off the Natsu clinging to his leg, annoyed. "And stop clinging to me, you flame idiot! I've got a fight to finish!"
"Huh? But aren't we best buds? Besides, you're so weak…"
"I'm Gray from Earthland dumbass!"
While Earthland Gray roared at the bewildered Edolas Natsu, trying to explain the differences between their worlds, Erza was already the first to change her attire.
"Requip: Heaven's Wheel Armor!"
A blinding white light enveloped Erza as her battle armor materialized.
Her figure soared into the air, countless blades hovering around her before raining down upon the enemies below.
"They summoned swords out of thin air!"
"They're not from Edolas! They're Mages from that other world!"
"Isn't that Captain Erza?!"
After lying on the ground for quite some time, Natsu finally managed to stand up on his trembling legs. His eyes lit up as he shouted.
"I'm joining in too!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A scorching wave of fire erupted, accompanied by a massive explosion that rocked the city streets.
The destructive breath sent the surrounding soldiers flying, filling the area with cries of agony once more.
Gray casually flicked his hands, releasing his Ice-Make technique.
A bone-chilling cold swept through the streets, turning the city into a chaotic landscape of alternating ice and fire.
"Open, Gate of the Lion! Loke!"
Following Earthland Lucy's spirited cry, golden light burst forth from a shimmering gate in the air, revealing a handsome blond man in a sharp suit with blue sunglasses.
Leo the Lion, who went by the name Loke within the guild, was one of Lucy's strongest and most trusted Celestial Spirits.
However, since Ankh had been "recovering" and staying indoors after the Tower of Heaven incident, he hadn't witnessed Lucy forming her contract with Loke firsthand.
Besides... compared to Aquarius, Loke's combat presence seemed somewhat lacking, almost fading into the background.
Still, as the leader of the twelve Zodiac spirits, Loke made his entrance with a blinding Regulus Light attack that cleared out another large group of enemies.
He then rolled up his sleeves and said to Lucy with deep affection, "How was that, Lucy? This is the power of our love."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it..." Lucy waved him off dismissively.
Meanwhile, Ankh, glowing with a Divine Power, looked at the enemies ahead and suddenly laughed.
"You're in for a treat. Let me show you my new trick."
Ankh sprinted forward rapidly, his divine light now condensing inward.
The city defense troops panicked upon seeing him charge toward them, shouting at each other to maintain formation.
"Gomu Gomu no... Rocket!"
Ankh's arms stretched backward astonishingly, extending dozens of meters before snapping forward with tremendous force.
Like a siege air cannon, the dull thud of heavy palm pressure meeting human bodies echoed through the air.
The soldiers who had been desperately trying to hold their formation were instantly sent scattering in all directions.
"That's so satisfying!" Ankh sighed contentedly after his cosplay performance.
Upon arriving in Earthland, Ankh had discovered a peculiar insect-like monster with a rubber-like body that possessed incredible elasticity.
By replicating its life sequence using his Life God Power, he had successfully recreated moves exactly like Luffy's rubber-man techniques.
Stretching his arms, Ankh launched himself into the air and unleashed a machine-gun barrage of fists upon all the enemies below.
Edolas Lucy and Edolas Natsu stared dumbfounded at the wailing city gate guards being utterly demolished by their small group, muttering in horror:
"Are all mages from Earthland this powerful?"
"Mages from Earthland... they're strong like monsters..." Edolas Gajeel, who was hiding nearby while recording with his camera, couldn't help but murmur in awe.
"Hold the line! Reinforcements are coming! There's only a handful of them! Even if they can fight a hundred men each, they'll tire eventually!"
The captain, who had been running for cover, desperately tried to maintain morale.
But just then, the massive, sealed city gate suddenly flew past his eyes, taking numerous soldiers along with it.
The captain trembled as he turned his head, only to see a stunningly beautiful woman with long silver hair.
She was raising a hand that radiated dark energy, having just blasted the other gate into absolute oblivion.
Behind her stood a dense overwhelming crowd of armed mages, charging in with killing intent.
"Who says we don't have reinforcements?"
The last thing the captain heard before being knocked unconscious by the city gate flung by the She-Devil was this utterly mocking remark.