"Lucy, don't worry. With us here, no one can forcibly take you away from the guild!"
"Whether it's Phantom Lord or any other Mage guild, if they dare come, we'll knock them all down."
"We are the strongest Mage guild, after all!"
"Lucy, you are Fairy Tail's Lucy. You are our comrade, destined to fight and go on adventures with us."
Seeing Lucy's guilt, everyone chimed in to comfort her.
Hearing this, Lucy's face was filled with emotion. "I'm not worried, I just feel very sorry... but I still love Fairy Tail the most!"
"That Phantom Lord Guild Master from just now was only a Thought Projection, so I didn't even get to fight him. If he dares to come in person next time, I'll use my strongest Kamehameha to have a good match with him."
"I'll definitely make sure he doesn't dare come to capture you again!"
Goku couldn't speak, but he gestured the pose of the Kamehameha and pointed toward the sky.
This allowed everyone to roughly understand what he was trying to express.
Makarov, who was the quickest to understand Goku's meaning, had his expression change instantly. He immediately said to Goku, "That's really not necessary. Actually, Jose isn't as powerful as you think; there's no need to go that far."
"I should be able to reach the guild by tonight. If that fellow Jose doesn't give up, I'll give him a good lesson."
Are you kidding? Goku's most powerful Move had knocked away the moon.
If it were used against Jose, one slight slip-up might not only finish Jose off, but who knows how much destruction it would cause to the surroundings.
Rather than that, it would be safer to just use Super Magic himself when the time comes to deal with Jose and all the Phantom Lord Mages.
"Jose, you better wait until I return to the guild before you do something stupid, otherwise I can't guarantee you'll stay alive."
Based on his understanding of Jose, he felt that Jose wouldn't have made such a huge fuss to capture Lucy just because of the mission issued by Lucy's father.
No guild would violate the rules set by the Council just for one mission, let alone mobilize the Mages of the entire guild to complete it.
Even if the bounty for this mission was high, no matter how high it was, it shouldn't have reached this point.
Therefore, he guessed whether Jose wanted to use Lucy to settle other matters.
For example, plotting to seize the vast wealth of the Heartfilia Conglomerate?
If that were truly the case, he believed Jose would definitely not let it go and would launch another attack.
Fortunately, given his current situation, he should be able to rush back to the guild by tonight.
After experiencing this failure, even if Jose wanted to continue the attack, he would likely need a day or two to prepare.
Crucially, Oak Town is not close to Magnolia Town. Jose's Teleportation Magic is not as convenient as Goku's and has many restrictions.
"This is bad! Phantom Lord is attacking!"
Just as everyone was about to disperse, a startled cry suddenly came from below.
Hearing the scream from the first floor, everyone stood up immediately.
"Impossible, how can they be so fast?"
In the magic crystal ball, Makarov's face was full of disbelief.
He guessed that since Jose had suffered such a big loss and the mission wasn't completed yet, he wouldn't let it go.
But at the earliest, it should have been tomorrow. How long has it been? It's only been a few hours since Goku and the others wiped out the Phantom Lord headquarters; there wasn't even enough time for travel.
"It seems they haven't been hurt enough. Let's give them another good lesson!"
There wasn't a trace of fear on the faces of Natsu and the others, and Goku's face was entirely filled with excitement.
"Calm down, everyone calm down first. Let me talk to that old fellow Jose first and see what they actually want to do!"
Makarov hurried to soothe everyone, especially Goku, and then spoke to Mirajane.
With Phantom Lord attacking this time, the battlefield is in Magnolia Town. He didn't want to come back tonight to find the whole town gone.
"What on earth is that thing?"
Mirajane, holding the magic crystal ball, came down from the second floor with Goku and the others and went outside the guild.
When they saw the behemoth moving rapidly across the lake in the distance, they were also startled.
"How much money has this fellow Jose made over the years to actually build such a large magic war fortress!"
Makarov naturally recognized what that behemoth was. It was precisely because he recognized it that he was so surprised, and... also a bit envious.
But on second thought, it was normal.
Fairy Tail was so poor entirely because they had paid too much in compensation before; otherwise, given Fairy Tail's nearly 100% mission completion rate...
The guild's commission earnings wouldn't be small either.
However, Phantom Lord had branches in many cities, and the volume of missions they took far exceeded Fairy Tail's, so the money they made was naturally much more.
"I don't really want to talk to him anymore. Goku, if that old fellow wants to start a war in a moment, blast him directly for me."
"But, be careful not to use too much force, and aim accurately."
"Don't worry, Grandpa Makarov, I guarantee I won't hurt the nearby town."
Goku still had a lot of confidence in his own control.
As long as it wasn't a full-power Kamehameha, he could even manage to make the fired Kamehameha turn a corner midway.
Martial Artists value control over power the most. Goku felt that he was still different from Natsu and the others.
"Prepare the Magic Cannon!"
Inside the magic war fortress, Jose didn't even bother to speak. After coming to a steady halt, he directly had the Mages begin the attack operation.
He wanted to use the Magic Cannon to say hello to Fairy Tail first.
The eight-legged magic war fortress stopped steadily in the middle of the lake. A Giant cannon engraved with countless magic runes extended from the fortress, pointing toward the Fairy Tail Guild building.
Massive magical energy began to converge in the cannon, which even the Fairy Tail Mages standing at the guild entrance in the distance could clearly feel.
"Attack!"
With Jose's command, a pillar of black magical energy crashed toward the Fairy Tail Guild building.
"Oh no!"
The Fairy Tail Mages' expressions changed drastically. This strike was too terrifying; none of them could block it.
Except for one person, of course, and that was Goku.
The power of this Magic Cannon was indeed not small, but he felt it was about the same as the Kamehameha he used before he started his adventures in various Worlds.
And for an attack of this level, he didn't even need to counter it with a beam struggle.
He saw his body rapidly grow larger, and then he crossed his arms in a defensive stance, actually intending to tank the Magic Cannon's attack with his body.
"Arrogant! Then I'll just cripple you little thing first!"
Seeing Goku actually using Giant Magic to tank the Magic Cannon, a cold sneer immediately appeared on Jose's face.
If it were Makarov's hundred-meter Giant, then it could indeed tank the Magic Cannon.
But a mere beginner's Giant Magic, which could only reach seven or eight meters in height, and he wanted to tank the Magic Cannon?
Simply too naive!
Similarly, the Fairy Tail Mages were also full of worry when they saw Goku actually using his physical body to tank the Magic Cannon.