"Fire Dragon's Blazing Flame!"
"Purple Flame: Purple Rain!"
"Smoke Assault: Heavy Punch!"
Before the main force had even arrived, the long-range magical attacks from Natsu, Macao, and Wakaba had already torn through the air.
A massive, blazing fireball led the way, while countless fists, condensed from smoke and wrapped in purple flames, came from all directions, radiating intense heat.
Macao and Wakaba, those two slackers who usually lazed around the guild waiting to die, had actually unleashed a passionate combination attack right from the start!
Facing the onslaught, Chase remained calm. He raised his hand and snapped his fingers, erecting a lightning barrier around himself.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
The magical attacks slammed straight into the lightning barrier, exploding in a sky full of sparks and dancing golden arcs of electricity.
Almost simultaneously, thunderclouds appeared overhead. Three bolts of Demon Descending Thunder struck down, precisely hitting Natsu and the other two, leaving them twitching on the ground, smoking from the electric shock!
While easily holding back Taurus Lucy's heavy axe, Chase looked at Mira and smiled, saying calmly, "The Demon King's ability can indeed dominate the spectators, but if they're too weak, it won't have much impact on the battle."
"Is that so? That's not necessarily true~" Mira said, propping her chin on one hand and tilting her head in response with a smile.
If she had struck this signature pose in her normal form, it would have been the perfect interpretation of beauty and sexiness. But now, her pitch-black Demon King armor made her look as dangerous as a rose with thorns.
That was the influence of a full-body demon Take Over!
No sooner had Demon King Mira finished speaking than a magical array blossomed behind them again.
"Keheh! You're wide open, Chase!"
Gajeel, letting out an arrogant, maniacal laugh, leaped down from the air. His right arm, enhanced by Dragon Slayer Magic, transformed into a serrated greatsword. "Demon: Iron Dragon Sword!"
Wide open? Interesting...
Chase suddenly rose to his feet. The domineering force he exploded with sent Taurus Lucy, who possessed monstrous strength, flying backward. At the same time, he instantly followed up with a kick that sent Lucy flying, then smoothly caught the spinning Taurus heavy axe in midair and swung it upward.
CLANG!
The Iron Dragon Sword and the heavy axe clashed, sending sparks flying.
Gajeel's pupils contracted. He was about to change his technique, but Chase's movements were faster.
With a slight twist of his wrist holding the axe, Chase guided the Iron Dragon Sword outward along the axe's body at a precise angle. Then, with a heavy punch, he sent Gajeel, whose defenses were now wide open, flying. As an afterthought, he hurled the heavy axe with tremendous force.
BAM!
The flying Gajeel was struck by the axe and slammed into the distant spectator stands, shattering rock and kicking up clouds of dust.
The entire sequence happened in an extremely short time. Lucy had barely been sent flying when Gajeel followed right behind her!
"Water Flow Rising Mist: Water Geyser!"
Before Chase could strike a cool pose, a blue magical array lit up beneath his feet.
A surging, turbulent pillar of water erupted from it, completely engulfing him.
This was Juvia's magic, and—
"Ice-Make: Lancers!"
Gray slapped his fists together and unleashed a dense mass of ice-made lances, all aimed at Chase, who was trapped inside the water pillar.
WHOOSH!
In an instant, a bitter cold spread out. The towering pillar of water immediately turned into a pillar of ice, freezing Chase solid along with it!
But the next second, the ice pillar was evaporated by the suddenly flaring crimson demon fire.
Amidst the sky full of water vapor, Chase, now equipped with the Archfiend of Gilfer Armor, stood proudly, having easily broken free from Gray and Juvia's magical combo!
"I'm sorry, Chase-nii! My body is out of control too~"
A delicate figure suddenly burst into view. The demonized Wendy, with the help of a gentle breeze to leap high, contracted her abdomen and took a deep breath. "Sky Dragon's—ROAR!!"
WHOOSH!!
A gale-force wind, like an air cannon, erupted from the Dragon Slayer magical array. Its power was so great that it tore up the surface of the dueling platform along its entire path!
Where did this little girl get so much energy?
I don't think I did anything to provoke her...
Just as Chase was briefly confused by Wendy's enthusiasm, which far exceeded what a "controlled" state should have, the gale-force wind was already upon him, messing up his cool bangs.
With no other choice, Chase set aside his confusion, clenched his right fist, and took a step forward.
A furious, crimson fist wind, like the roar of a ferocious beast, erupted. In an instant, it completely dispersed Wendy's all-out Roar!
"Now, Elfman-nii!"
Feathers fluttered. Lisanna, having taken in an Animal Soul to transform into a harpy, raised her sharp claws and dove at high speed from the air.
"Ooh! Take Over: Beast King Soul!"
At the same time, Beast King Elfman charged in from another direction.
Chase remained calm. He reached out and precisely grabbed Lisanna's claws, spun her around in the air two and a half times, then hurled her with tremendous force toward Elfman.
The two siblings were sent flying backward, crashing into a pile of rubble with stars in their eyes.
"Good timing, but both of your attack patterns—"
"Waaah! Die already! MAX Speed: Cat-Man Headbutt!!"
The sound of something tearing through the air from above interrupted Chase. He glanced up, and with just a slight shift of his feet, dodged the collision that was like a blue meteor.
At MAX speed, Happy couldn't adjust his attack direction in time. He plunged headfirst into the ground nearby, leaving only his two cat legs kicking in the air. "Oww, oww, oww! My... my eggs..."
Yeah, he was going too fast and had strained the most precious thing a manly cat possesses.
Such a comical scene made Carla in the stands cover her face with darkness. This idiot... what the hell is he so fired up about?
You're just here to take a dump, aren't you!
"By the way, aren't you going to charge in with them?" Carla turned to look at Panther Lily, who was standing nearby with his arms crossed.
"Even though I'm in a controlled state, I haven't received any signal to attack," Lily said, shaking his head slightly.
Only an idiot would offer his face up to be hit.
"Come to think of it, Lily really doesn't show any signs of demonization," Erza said as she walked over slowly, her expression serious. "As expected of the captain of the Edolas Magic Warfare Unit!"
She hadn't expected that besides herself and the master, there was someone else present—or rather, somecat—who could resist the influence of Mira's Demon King power.
Hearing this, Lily was momentarily stunned. Then he looked at the small demon wings on his back and sank into deep contemplation and depression, his paws planted on the ground.
Am I so black that Erza can't even tell the difference between my normal state and my demonized state anymore...
"Come to think of it, Chase really did give Mira something quite remarkable," Makarov said, his gaze fixed on the battlefield.
Down there, Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and the others, who had received full-attribute enchantments from Wendy, were launching a new wave of fierce charges against Chase. Dazzling spells exploded one after another.
The first time Mira had taken in the Demon King (Egg), Makarov had happened to be away at a meeting regarding the subjugation of Oración Seis. Although he had heard about the whole thing afterward, this was his first time seeing it in person.
With his sharp eye, he had long noticed that Mira's biggest flaw after two and a half years of inactivity was her low magic power. She would often tire out after just one or two Take Overs.
And the Demon King's "absorption" and "domination" abilities seemed tailor-made for her, perfectly making up for that flaw!
"Th-though it wasn't given to me personally by Chase, b-but as you flick, Master, I also have the Exodia Armor!" Erza spoke up, her eyesering with a stubborn, unyielding
"Ahem."
Having seen through it all long ago, Makarov coughed lightly, nodded, and sighed with a double meaning, "That brat Chase..."
"He really is quite the genius!"
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