Raizel did not immediately go after Mard Geer.
Since the Underworld King had yet to make a move, Raizel planned to search for the books first.
After all, Tartaros could also be called Zeref's bookshelf.
If he could find the books of the Nine Demon Gates, Mira would be able to absorb them directly, even if the Nine Demon Gates themselves were killed.
Ultear was facing the Dark Bishop Keyes, and for the moment, neither side could gain the upper hand.
Ur's opponent was Jackal. Thanks to Natsu's warning, Ur fought him entirely with ranged Magic.
In fact, she was suppressing Jackal one-sidedly.
The reason was simple: before Jackal's explosions could even fully activate, Ur froze them shut with ice.
Makarov had grown old.
His physical condition had declined, even though his Magic Power had continued to increase.
Ur, however, was different.
As a Mage, she was currently in the prime of her life, standing at the peak of her strength.
She had never neglected her training over the years. Even Laxus, after entering Lightning Fire Dragon Mode, could only fight her to a draw.
Most of the time, she simply did not like making enemies of others.
Every member of the Nine Demon Gates now had someone fighting them.
...
Raizel, still in his Omnimon X Take Over form, strode openly across the plain.
None of the small fry dared to attack him.
That would clearly be suicide.
The fate of Tartaros's demon fortress was still fresh before their eyes.
Raizel was somewhat surprised that Mard Geer remained so calm.
Logically speaking, after Raizel had cut down the demon fortress so directly, Mard Geer should have been furious.
Perhaps one reason was that he had lived for so many years and had cultivated a decent temperament.
Another reason might be that he was extremely confident in his own strength.
After all, he constantly styled himself as a rival of the Celestial Spirit King.
And the man truly was arrogant.
Even now, he was still dozing in the center of the battlefield as if nothing was happening.
Of course, Raizel understood very clearly that this so-called rivalry was pure empty reputation.
First, Mard Geer was taking advantage of the fact that the Celestial Spirit King was not in the Human World.
Second, he was taking advantage of the Celestial Spirit King's limited time when summoned.
As long as the Celestial Spirit King could not kill him within his summoning time, Mard Geer could claim they were evenly matched.
In reality, however, the Celestial Spirit King's power was far above Mard Geer's.
If Mard Geer dared to enter the Celestial Spirit King's home ground, the Celestial Spirit World, he would simply be delivering himself as food.
...
The air blades released by the flying demon, which contained Ethernano particles, were inhaled by Wendy in a single breath.
A violent gale erupted.
A tornado of wind surrounded Wendy, expanding outward before suddenly vanishing.
Then Wendy appeared in everyone's sight again.
She had entered Dragon Force!
Her blue hair had turned pink. Dragon-like wings had appeared on her back, and feathers had grown around her wrists and ankles.
Wendy slowly rose to her feet.
With her at the center, a violent storm immediately burst outward.
Both Fairy Tail's members and Tartaros's soldiers instinctively moved away from the area, because it was impossible to stay balanced there.
This was especially true for the Tartaros soldiers flying in the air.
The gale slammed them straight down to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Wendy vanished from the flying demon's sight.
"She disappeared?!"
Wendy's wings gave her incredible acceleration. By the time the demon reacted in shock, she had already circled behind him.
"Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!"
Wendy's hand formed a claw and struck the flying demon's back.
The demon tried to turn around and grab her, but Wendy was faster. Once again, she moved behind him.
Her opponent was a demon, not a human.
Wendy showed no mercy.
She drove her knee into his back, grabbed both of his wings with her hands, and then—braced with her knee and pulled with all her strength.
The flying demon's wings were torn straight off by Wendy.
Two fountains of blood burst from his back, but Wendy's assault did not stop there.
She accelerated again and punched him directly in his blood-soaked back.
The demon was driven into the ground by Wendy's fist.
Even so, he still did not die.
He crawled out from the pile of broken stones and lunged at Wendy again.
"Too slow!"
In Wendy's eyes, the flying demon's movements were as sluggish as a crawling turtle.
Another Sky Dragon's Claw kicked him back into the air, but he endured the pain and swung his black claws, sending Wendy flying as well.
Wendy's palms were wrapped in raging wind.
The storm surrounded the flying demon.
He tried to escape, but the gale was like a ring of blades. The moment his claws touched the wind, they were shredded apart.
"What is this? Wind?" he cried, looking around in panic.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Shattering Light: Sky Drill!"
A roaring current of wind powerful enough to pierce the heavens surged toward the flying demon.
A massive hole was blasted through his chest.
His eyes went lifeless as he collapsed to the ground, and then his body slowly dispersed.
...
"Gravity suppression—full release!"
During Kagura's close-quarters battle with Ezel, she suddenly unleashed her gravity suppression, causing Ezel to lose his balance.
"Archenemy: Adamantine Form!"
Kagura seized the opening.
Gripping Archenemy with both hands, she brought the blade down heavily onto Ezel's head.
Under the force of gravity suppression, Ezel's movement became heavily restricted.
"My Curse can cut through all things in heaven and earth! Demon Blade... Mikazuki!"
"Slashing Mode!"
Ezel's four arms instantly transformed into four blades, and a layer of hard armor covered his body.
Those blades directly cut apart the gravity suppression.
Kagura could not help being surprised.
She had seen people who could ignore gravity suppression before, but this was the first time she had ever seen someone cut it apart.
"The sharpness of my Demon Blades has risen to another level!"
"Is that so? Then you are worth drawing my sword for."
Kagura's expression did not change as she began unwrapping the bandages around Archenemy's sheath.
Ever since the blade had absorbed the heavy resentment from Macao and Wakaba last time, this was the first time she had unsealed it.
The unsheathed Archenemy gleamed like new.
But the force it radiated was dazzlingly sharp.
Bathed in blood and wrapped in resentment, Archenemy possessed the overwhelming pressure of a blade capable of cutting all things in the world in two.
It was, in every sense of the word, a true cursed blade.
"With a sword like that... are you really human?!" Ezel was shaken by how dense the resentment surrounding Kagura's blade was.
The sword itself was terrifying, yes.
But what was even more terrifying was Kagura, who held that blade as if nothing were wrong.
An ordinary person, or anyone with a weak will, would have their mind corroded by the terrifying resentment the instant they touched it, losing their sanity on the spot.
"Genuine and unaltered," Kagura replied.
"What an incredible opponent..." Ezel praised her sincerely.
His movements, however, became even faster.
He leapt high into the air, his thrusts falling like a storm.
They tore through the air as they descended toward Kagura.
Yet Kagura blocked them with ease.
With just one sword, she wove an airtight defense!
"Impossible... absolutely impossible..." Ezel muttered, his eyes losing focus.
His Slashing Mode had failed to cut through her cursed blade.
What was even more horrifying was that he had four blades against her one, yet he had not managed to wound Kagura at all.
"Too slow."
For Kagura, who had trained against three sword spirits since childhood, this was child's play.
She could dodge and parry with the smallest possible movement.
"Now, it is my turn."
Kagura narrowed her eyes.
Her sword pressure climbed higher and higher.
The form of the blade was hidden within her sleeve and the intent of the blade was hidden within her body.
She stomped down hard with her right foot and vanished from Ezel's sight.
All Ezel saw was the illusion of an azure dragon flashing past.
In the next instant, Kagura had already appeared behind him.
Her slash came like a dragon rising from the sea!
"Pfft—!"
Blood burst from Ezel's chest.
Only then did he realize that he had been cut and his life force was draining rapidly.
A moment later, his body split cleanly in two.
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