"I didn't expect you all to be this strong." Skullion's voice carried a hint of surprise.
"I'm going to cut every last one of them to pieces!"
Even wounded, Kiria had no intention of stopping. She gritted her teeth and shouted furiously.
"Next time, we will show you the true terror of Diabolos, the Dragon Eater guild..."
Under Erza and Mira's combined assault, Skullion was clearly struggling.
Ultear's Arc of Time also happened to be a bad match for him.
Unfortunately, when it came to cutting losses and running, Skullion's skill was already masterclass.
He fled so quickly that Un Pour Tous failed to hit them.
"A Mage guild made entirely of Dragon Slayer Mages?"
"Looks like there should be more members besides those three and their guild master."
Raizel did not chase after them. Right now, Kagura was the priority.
Because Kagura was still acting as if she could not stand the sight of swords.
Just now, when Happy tried to return her blade and sword to her, Kagura covered her ears and screamed like a steam whistle.
By the way, she had even thrown away the scabbards.
Kagura pointed at the crystal ball tucked between Ultear's arm and waist, her face full of fear.
"What are you holding?! Don't come near me!"
"And you have a whip at your waist! Stay away from me too!"
"???"
Ultear and Lucy froze where they stood, completely at a loss for words.
Everyone, including Mercphobia and Karameel, looked at one another in confusion.
Ultear stored the crystal ball back into her arm guard, then turned both hands over to show Kagura while lowering her voice.
"It's gone. See? I put it away."
Raizel did not dare approach either, because Kagura refused to let anyone near her.
Especially since Raizel had just Taken Over Jesmon, leaving his whole body covered in swords and sharp blades, which only made her resist even harder.
"Wendy, check on her."
Kagura raised a hand to stop Wendy from getting close.
"Don't come near me!"
Mira lowered her voice as much as possible.
"Wendy is just a harmless little girl, isn't she?"
Kagura looked at Wendy and finally calmed down a little.
Mira gently reminded her, "Wendy, go slowly. One step at a time."
"Okay."
Wendy nodded hard and approached with a smile, carefully watching Kagura's expression with every step.
Fortunately, Kagura did not resist again.
Wendy first used healing Magic that soothed the mind, helping Kagura relax before slowly checking her condition.
"Phew."
Wendy let out a relieved breath, then turned to explain to everyone.
"Kagura-nee is under hypnosis. It counts as a kind of abnormal status. I can remove it."
"Enchant: Status Removal!"
Wendy aimed her right palm at Kagura and swept it to the side.
Kagura closed her eyes, then opened them again a moment later.
Everyone knew from the look in her eyes that Kagura was back.
They all tacitly skipped over her embarrassing state from earlier.
"What... happened just now?"
Kagura first looked at everyone, then touched her waist and found nothing there.
Raizel kept it brief.
"You were hypnotized. We don't know the exact type of hypnosis yet."
"Here are your sword and katana."
Happy and Carla handed the weapons back to Kagura.
"Thank you."
Kagura calmly took them and fastened them at her waist.
She closed her eyes and recalled what had happened.
"In that instant, I suddenly lost all fighting spirit. I felt like swords and weapons were dangerous things."
Raizel nodded helplessly.
"For now, all we know is that it's hypnosis. Everyone needs to be careful."
The weakness of hypnosis-type Magic was understanding.
Although they did not know the name of Kiria's hypnosis, it was similar to the charm Bora had used on women back in Hargeon.
Once someone knew the truth, it would not work as easily.
Kagura narrowed her eyes and looked in the direction the three had fled.
"The next time I meet her, I will cut her down."
As everyone knew, Fairy Tail members could lose.
They just could not lose twice.
Well, except for Gajeel, who kept losing.
Raizel turned to Mercphobia, who was standing nearby.
"Can you continue explaining what happened?"
"I believe I can explain that more clearly."
A full moon hung high above, and a spatial passage opened inside the temple.
Selene stepped out first, dressed in loose, elegant robes.
Irene followed in her black leather clothing, holding her antler staff. Last to emerge was a blue-haired girl.
What made her unusual was the cat tail behind her.
Raizel was somewhat surprised by their sudden appearance.
"Selene? Irene? And this is?"
Karameel pointed at the blue-haired girl with visible excitement.
"It's her! She's the one who stole Lord Water Dragon's control over his power!"
Selene's face remained expressionless.
"Can you listen to me first?"
"Moon Dragon God?"
Mercphobia frowned.
Now that he had lost most of his power, he was no match for the Moon Dragon God Selene.
Worse, beside her stood a woman who did not seem any weaker than Selene, along with Touka, the White Wizard who had stolen his power.
"What exactly is going on?"
Facing Raizel's question, Selene answered unhurriedly, "The story begins before I met all of you."
Raizel turned to Mercphobia.
"She's one of us. Let's hear her out first."
After Mercphobia nodded, Selene began explaining with clear satisfaction.
"This started several years ago. At the time, I controlled Elentear, the world of spiritual arts. There, I took control of three women who used spiritual arts, close enough to Mages, and called them the Moonlit Beauty Gods."
"As for her, I threatened her with the safety of their world and made her work for me."
As she spoke, Selene pointed at Touka, the White Wizard.
Raizel raised an eyebrow.
"To kill the Five Dragon Gods?"
Selene nodded.
"That is correct. I prepared and planned many things in order to kill the Five Dragon Gods. Under my command, she used a magic water mirror to come to Earth Land, took control of the White Magic cult, and stole Mercphobia's control over his power. After that, her next target was Fairy Tail. She planned to use Whiteout to control the members."
"What?!"
Erza and Kagura immediately fixed their eyes on Touka.
The whole situation was actually more complicated than Selene's explanation.
While Raizel's group had come to the northern continent for the mission, Touka passed the guild's assessment and joined Fairy Tail.
Gray, Gajeel, and Juvia, who had stayed at the guild, all noticed something strange about her and started playing detective like a trio of Sherlock Holmes cosplayers.
At one point, they even saw Touka grow a tail, only for it to vanish the next second.
At the same time, Jellal was also investigating Touka, the White Wizard.
Through members of Sabertooth, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale, he eventually locked onto Touka's destination—Fairy Tail.
When Jellal caught up with Touka, he happened to run into Laxus on the road.
Naturally, Laxus was not about to let Jellal take one of his guild members away for no reason, so the three of them returned to the guild to confront her.
At that point, Gajeel and Gray looked as if they had finally caught Touka by the fox tail and were ready to arrest her.
Then, while everyone was off guard, Touka tried to use Whiteout...