20demayo Chapter 138 Chase vs. Gerald, the power of the Sky Dragon's phantom!
Chapter 138 Chase vs. Gerald, the power of the Sky Dragon's phantom!
Chapter 138 Chase vs. Gerald, the power of the Sky Dragon's phantom!
The middle level of the Tower of Paradise, the area where the prison cells are located.
Hugh used his card magic to pack up and take away the last batch of laborers and guards.
"In that case, there's no one else in the tower."
Hugh handed all the cards to Wally, his eyes still flashing with madness and hatred.
However, the target of this resentment changed from Erza to Jellal: "You guys go first."
I'm going to kill Geralt!
After Simon's heartfelt explanation, who had experienced the same thing as him, he finally came to his senses, believed the truth in Chase's words, and realized that all his misfortunes came from Gerald.
Erza, the gentle yet strong older sister, has been silently bearing the pain of all of them, which Hugh finds hard to accept and makes him want to tear the culprit, Jellal, to pieces!
Compared to his anger, or rather, his foolishness, Miriam and Wally hung their heads, their expressions somber, and remained silent.
Erza was clearly the least likely person to betray him, and Simon was clearly so steadfast.
But they...
"Wait a minute!"
Finally, Simon, the most rational person in the room, reached out and grabbed Hugh. "Trust Mr. Chase, we must evacuate the Tower of Paradise now."
What ultimately led him to step forward and reveal the truth of what happened back then was the formidable fighting prowess displayed by Chase and Mira.
Those two, Erza's current allies, might actually be able to defeat Jellal!
"What a joke! This is our own business, I have to—"
"Enough, Shut up! How much more of an idiot do you want to be?!"
Simon roared in rare anger, "You still refuse to trust the comrades Erza approves of? Our presence here will only cause trouble for Mr. Chase and the others!!"
Hugh, even Miriam and Wally, were stunned into place by the sudden shout.
Having spent so many years together at the Tower of Paradise, this was the first time they had ever seen Simon, who was usually so good-tempered, show such anger.
"If, if I had the ability, why would I want to leave like this? More than any of you, I want to kill that damned Jellal with my own hands for Erza!"
Simon looked up at the ceiling, his single eye bloodshot, his fist clenched tightly. "But I'm so useless. Countless nights I've hated my own weakness!"
"Can you understand this excruciating pain and torment? Hush!!"
"Hey Xiu, let's... let's get everyone away from here first—." Miliana weakly advised.
"Although it's very frustrating, this is indeed the most help we can offer," Wally sighed deeply.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!" Hugh knelt on the ground, frantically pounding the ground.
Only after his hands were raw and bleeding did he regain some composure and accept reality.
And so, the group quickly retreated to the lower levels, preparing to board a boat and leave the Tower of Paradise, which was about to become a battlefield for the strong.
In the command hall at the top, the faint light emitted by the blue magic crystal brought some brightness to the dim environment.
Kakakami.
The steady, powerful footsteps approached from afar, echoing in the spacious and quiet space.
Gerald sat in a high position, crossed his legs, and rested one hand on his cheek, which was marked with bright red lines.
His casual, unfocused gaze looked down and landed on the man who slowly walked to the center of the hall.
"Welcome to my paradise. I wonder if you're having fun, Mr. Chase?" Gerald sat up a little straighter.
"It's too ordinary, it doesn't even qualify as a warm-up exercise."
Chase stopped and stretched. "If you're at that level, I'll be very disappointed."
"Ha, just as arrogant as the rumors say."
Gerald's pupils shifted slightly as he looked at the empty space behind Chase, and he asked curiously, "Where's Mirajane, the demon who came with you?"
There are surveillance cameras everywhere inside the Tower of Paradise.
But not long after Chase and Mira separated from Hugh and the others, when they passed through a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, Mira disappeared as if she had vanished into thin air.
"Who knows? Why don't you take a guess?" Chase smiled mysteriously and spread his arms nonchalantly.
Gerald remained unmoved. He hadn't intended to be told anything anyway, and wasn't particularly concerned about it. His gaze gradually turned cold, and he went straight to the point:
"Now that the spell on Ultear has been lifted, I can pretend nothing happened."
As expected, it was Ultear's sudden change that led them to target me. As early as when the Three Crows appeared in Magnolia, Chess had already guessed the reason, so he was not surprised by Gerald's words.
However, from this perspective, haven't I been unfairly blamed for something?
"What if I don't untie it?" Chase asked, picking up the thread.
Having received the other party's "personal admission," Jellal's gaze turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "I will kill you, and then make Fairy Tail disappear from Fiore!"
"To be honest, I prefer your current personality to the insincerity you showed back in the Council branch."
"Zekrein, no, Gerald!" Chase laughed.
Upon hearing this, Gerald was startled and could no longer remain calm.
His disguise as a thought form went unnoticed even by those old fogies in the Council, yet the man before him saw through it after only one meeting?!
"I really underestimated you before." Gerald's eyes flashed with killing intent as he regained his composure.
He didn't know how much more information that woman, Ultia, had revealed, but in any case, he absolutely could not let Chess leave the Tower of Paradise alive.
For his supreme ideal of resurrecting Zeref!
Thinking of this, Gerald slowly stood up from his high position, surrounded by surging golden magic.
Chase, naturally fearless, took a step forward and unleashed his own magic.
A dark golden storm roared out, rivaling Gerald and bringing a chilling sense of oppression to the entire command hall.
The two immense magical forces collided, and the resulting energy fluctuations stirred up the scattered rocks and debris, creating an anti-gravity state where they hovered in mid-air and trembled continuously.
The moment the magical forces reach a certain balance, the rubble falls back to the ground.
"meteor!"
Gerald made the first move, transforming into a golden streak that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, and rushed straight towards Chase.
Despite appearing confident, he was still wary of Chase's card magic and wanted to end the battle as quickly as possible.
However, what he didn't know was that Chase was also familiar with the celestial magic he used and had already made preparations!
The magic circle on his right arm lit up, and Chase steadied himself, forcefully swinging the sealed man's right wrist at the golden light that suddenly attacked him.
boom!!
He successfully tracked Gerald's attack trajectory, and the two fists collided in mid-air, creating a chaotic and raging hurricane!
Almost at the same time, Chase lost his balance and fell forward uncontrollably—Geralt, who had been exchanging punches with him, suddenly vanished into thin air.
"Too slow."
Gerald's low, mocking voice came from behind.
Chase turned around, and the golden light of the magic circle drawn by Gerald filled his entire field of vision!
"Who is slower, really?"
hum!
As soon as Chess finished speaking, the card flipped under Gerald's feet, and the trap card Hexagram's Curse was activated instantly!
Golden rays traced a six-pointed star shape on Geralt's body, and the binding force was released, forcibly interrupting the light magic he was preparing!
A spell similar to my Binding Serpent?
As Gerald made his mistake, the ground behind him cracked inch by inch, and a giant rock soldier emerged from the falling rubble, its massive form swirling in its twin rock swords as it stabbed down heavily!
Whoosh!
The heavy force pierced the ground, but Gerald, who was stabbed, remained unfazed, turning into specks of golden light that quickly coalesced in mid-air.
As he regained his form, Gerald cleanly and efficiently unleashed several beams of light magic, shattering the giant rock soldier before sending it hurtling toward Chase.
Boom boom boom!
A meteor streak fell from the sky, triggering a series of explosions in the area where Chase was located!
Just as Gerald, hovering in mid-air, revealed a triumphant smile, his pupils suddenly contracted.
From within the thick smoke of the explosion, flames erupted, and the cursed dragon, bathed in raging flames, soared through the air.
It rushed towards me, carrying a wave of scorching heat!
As one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Jellal reacted swiftly, channeling his light magic into his clenched right fist and forcefully confronting the cursed dragon, shattering it and its flames into countless flying monster fragments!
The next second, Chase, who was hiding in the back and using the flames to conceal his tracks, suddenly threw a punch, which slammed heavily into Gerald's side.
That's right, the Cursed Dragon is just a supporting attacker!
This guy?!
Gerald was sent flying by the unexpected punch, plummeting from mid-air and crashing back down onto the high spot where he had been sitting, scattering rubble everywhere.
Chase, who successfully landed a punch, was also hit by a streak of light that shot from the ground—Geralt had been holding back a move in his previous meteor attack!
Boom!!
The two explosions rang out almost simultaneously, and the smoke and dust they kicked up lasted for several seconds before gradually dissipating.
In this first encounter, neither Chase nor Gerald gained much advantage over the other.
"I see. Not only is his card magic far superior to that useless Hugh's, but he also possesses remarkable reflexes and combat skills—."
Gerald emerged from the smoke and dust, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and sighed, "No wonder the Three Crows failed in their assassination attempt."
After a brief exchange, he roughly figured out Chess's skill level, which was much more troublesome than the intelligence he had gathered.
"You're not bad either; you're worthy of the badge of the Ten Wizard Saints hanging on your chest."
Chess glanced casually at the superficial wound on his arm.
Putting aside the question of who is stronger or weaker, Gerald, a speed-type fighter, does indeed exert much more pressure on himself than Jose, who is also one of the Ten Wizard Saints!
During the earlier probing, he tried several times to create a more perfect card combination, but he never found the opportunity.
Gerald's speed is just too fast, and his attack power is ridiculously high!
"That concludes the warm-up exercises. Let's move on to the second part, Gerald."
Chase grabbed the collar of his cape at his chest and yanked it open, revealing his muscular upper body.
"Hehe, it's been a long time since I've met an opponent like you."
Gerald chuckled, then violently ripped off his cloak as well. "Chase, you should be able to please me, right?"
Unlike Chase, he was also wearing a black tight-fitting short-sleeved undershirt, but his muscle definition was still very clear.
The strong need no words, nor do they need so-called fame and rumors to enhance their reputation—the previous exchange had already made them acknowledge each other.
Therefore, the battle that follows is destined to be exceptionally fierce!
Unfortunately, the strongest team that managed to extract the truth from Makarov is still on their way by ship, otherwise Lucy would have complained:
But why do I have to take off my clothes on both sides?
boom!!
Chase activated his God-Slaying Magic state, standing in the raging field, his entire body, including his face, was covered in faint dragon scales.
Dark red magic erupted like a surging tide, condensing around him into a majestic, imposing phantom of a sky dragon.
"Ancient lost magic like Natsu's Fire Dragon? No, what exactly is this mysterious and ancient aura?"
Gerald was startled, and deep within his wide pupils, the majestic phantom of the Sky Dragon was reflected.
The unprecedented visual impact made his nerves tense, and he unleashed all his magical power to resist the invisible sense of oppression.
Amidst the golden light, he launched the first attack, his arms crossed above his head, continuously channeling magic into his palms.
Whoosh whoosh!
A fierce wind raged, the void trembled, and a pitch-black sphere with stars flowing across its surface continued to expand, as if it wanted to suck everything around it into it.
Even the shadows cast on the ground are affected, stretching out in the opposite direction!
That was one of Geralt's ultimate moves, the celestial magic that killed Simon in the original story: Dark Paradise!
"Playing tricks won't work. If you're so capable, try taking this move, Chess!"
Gerald roared, shaking his body and forcefully hurling the nearly three-meter-diameter black hole towards Chase, "Devour all matter, including the enemy, Dark Paradise!!"
Whoosh!
The jet-black sphere flew close to the ground, its passage affecting everything from paved tiles to deeper layers of concrete and steel reinforcement.
Everything turned to dust in an instant!
A tearing gale swept in.
Chase stood motionless, his black magic staff spinning rapidly, pointing at the oncoming dark sphere.
While Gerald was preparing his killing move, he was naturally not idle.
Sky Dragon's God-Slaying Magic is meant for the upcoming melee combat. To deal with Jellal's Dark Paradise, it's simpler and more brutal to use magic to defeat magic!
"Dark Magician!!"
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Dark and profound energy accumulated at the tip of the staff, accompanied by surging and leaping arcs of electricity, and was launched into a dark purple sphere with a shape similar to the black hole in the Dark Paradise.
Wherever it goes, it ruthlessly destroys and ravages everything in its path!
This is the Dark Magician's signature spell. With the added power of his exclusive spell card and God Destroyer state, its power becomes incredibly terrifying!
The two spheres, hurtling towards each other, increased in speed until they collided with a deafening roar.
Boom!
The wind howled, lightning roared, and an extremely violent energy shockwave shattered the entire area.
A dark purple beam of light shot up from the ground, pulverizing the top floor of the Tower of Paradise and soaring straight into the sky!
Under the impact of this magical collision, the entire Tower of Paradise trembled violently, and countless rubble mixed with discarded steel pipes fell into the sea!