"Gray-sama!" Jubia was the first to run over to greet him, then she was immediately captivated by the scene in front of her.
The Gate of the Underworld's castle was like a fireworks tube of 'iron tree silver flowers,' with a splendid golden fountain erupting upwards.
The roof and walls naturally got blown away, shattered, as the thorns Maldo previously set up were devastated, blowing up into pieces along with them.
The screams of Kuanghua were drowned out by the explosion, no one cared.
Rhode, holding Mira, landed on the ground and felt somewhat romantic as he looked back at the grand fireworks behind him.
However, Gray, carrying Crawford, probably didn't think the same.
Neither did Natsu, Lucy, and Hapi, who thought they had stealthily snuck onto the top floor.
"Wow ah ah..."
The three unlucky ones were lying on a large piece of the floor flying out, quickly entering a free-fall stage.
Fortunately, Hapi hadn't forgotten he could fly, and he decisively grabbed Natsu.
Lucy also decisively clutched Natsu's leg, half of her body hanging in the air.
"So heavy! I'm gonna fall!" Hapi strained to look up, but this couldn't improve his flying power, "Lucy, let go!"
Natsu also said, "It's really uncomfortable like this, Lucy, we might as well jump down."
Lucy held on tighter: "I don't want to!"
Hapi immediately suggested, "Then… Natsu, use your feet to spew fire!"
"No way! It'll burn me!"
"Lucy, you're such a nuisance!"
"Quit whining and fly harder!"
The three of them were squabbling, yet still continuously falling down.
Luckily, Hapi's effort had some effect, and when they finally landed, it wasn't a hard landing.
Seeing the several faces full of gloom, Mira asked with concern, "Are you guys okay?"
Natsu sulkily replied, "Not okay! I was so close to finding their president's room!"
Hapi added, "I told you we should inform Rhode before taking action."
Lucy, feeling guilty, changed the subject, "That magic just now seemed like Fairy Radiance, did you encounter a powerful enemy?"
"Kind of, anyway, it's troublesome." Rhode felt a lingering pain in his foot, strengthening the pain sensation was too annoying.
"So it was you!" Natsu wore an expression of solving the case, "I knew you'd quietly take out the strong opponents!"
Before Rhode could speak, the countdown on the display maintained by Crawford had already reached zero.
Just as the fireworks of the Gate of the Underworld extinguished, over 3,000 Feis across the Ishujal Continent became the new fireworks.
A rumbling sound resonated around the world, these enormous crystal pillars carved with giant human faces shattered and disintegrated amid brilliant sound and light, turning into dust.
At this moment, Stinger, lying in a hospital, suddenly jumped out of bed with a shiver: "There are explosion sounds outside the city!"
"Mr. Stinger, your wounds shouldn't be moved yet." The doctor tried to persuade him back, saying honestly, "It seems to be that giant Magic Crystal outside the city."
"Magic Crystal?" Stinger didn't remember there being any Magic Crystal outside the city.
"It's just appeared recently, suddenly exploded." The doctor didn't know what it was, "I heard people went nearby to investigate, hopefully, no one got hurt."
Near Mermaid Bay, Kagura and Mirena quickly retreated, watching the suddenly exploding Magic Crystal with caution.
Kagura frowned: "It's an Autonomous Destruction Magic Array, what on earth is going on?"
"At least it wasn't a direct explosion, meow!" Mirena sighed in relief.
Such a huge Magic Crystal, an explosion and self-destruction are entirely different concepts.
At former councilor Mr. Reggie's home, the Blue Pegasus members just heard him finish explaining the origins of that strange Magic Crystal.
Reggie found it odd: "Did the Council finally decide to destroy Feis?"
One Night said, "But wasn't the Council bombed? I heard only Mr. Org survived among the nine evaluators."
"Org..." Reggie frowned, could he have had the courage to give such an order?
Outside a small unknown 'broken' village.
Kildas was nervously watching the traces left by the self-destruction of Feis.
Facing the suspicious and angry looks from the villagers, he hastily explained:
"It wasn't me, I really didn't do it! I didn't even touch it! I don't even know what it is!"
The village chief sighed: "We won't talk about this thing that came from who knows where, but Mage, what about our village?"
"This, this... Ah hahaha..."
...
Most people had no idea what crisis the continent just faced, but Marlo Jil knew, and he was already feeling furious.
As a Demon who took pride in being a strategist, he always believed everything was under his control.
As long as he implemented his strategy step by step, he was sure to achieve his ultimate goal.
However, starting from who knows when, it seemed like some unexpected occurrences happened at each crucial point.
The assassination of current evaluators missed one, and the former evaluators' assassination missed a bunch.
The first Feis that was unlocked was directly destroyed.
When 3,000 Feis were unlocked, the activation process was interrupted.
Ordered Kisu to kill Crawford and used the corpse to activate Feis, but then someone seized control.
Originally wanting to conveniently remove the obstacle of Fairy Tail, not only did the Feis plan fail, but this obstacle was about to remove him...
Thinking about his 'side show' comments before coming here, Marlo couldn't help but burn with anger.
Especially when he came out of the ruined castle full of rage and a Dragon Breath blew Jia Ka'er and Dempsey Tower, the two surviving Nine Ghosts Sect, in front of him.
"Refreshing!" The Purgatory Sub-Dragon was very satisfied with today's game of catching mice, and after spewing the breath, it emitted hearty laughter in the sky.
"Humans... and the races forgotten by history..." Marlo felt his emotions interrupted for a moment, adjusted, then glared at Rhode again, "Such a nuisance!"
"Are you the president of the Gate of the Underworld?!" Natsu shouted as he charged, "Once I defeat you, it's over, take this!"
Gray, equally anxious, rushed up: "Wait, Natsu, he's my prey!"
"Insolent!" Marlo, holding the Book of END in his left hand, lightly flicked his right hand making a sword gesture, "Bramble!"
A thorny vine as thick as two people's embrace burst from beneath Gray and Natsu's feet, as if a giant python turning over, slapping them heavily.
"Ugh ah!" Caught off guard, Natsu and Gray were knocked flying in opposite directions, with wounds slashed by the sharp thorns on their bodies.
But they didn't give up, and before landing, they adjusted their postures, hanging upside down in mid-air and opening their mouths:
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Ice Devil's Fury!"
A breath of ice and fire attacked Marlo from both sides.
Marlo calmly flicked his finger, forming a rose-shaped shield with his purple-black magic power, completely blocking the fierce ice and fire.