Bluenote's face instantly turned deathly pale, and his back was instantly soaked through with cold sweat.
The moment Hope reached out his dark hand behind him, the agonizing Memory of having his body punched through and his kidney ripped out and crushed alive surged through his nerves like a tidal wave.
"Gwah!"
"Don't touch me!"
Before Bluenote could even turn around, the fear in his heart spurred his body's instincts to react before his conscious mind could.
'Gravity' magic erupted violently with him at the center. Black magical ripples spread out spherically, and the formless, shapeless gravity instantly compressed the ground within a ten-meter radius, sinking it half a meter.
Cana and Lucy were once again suppressed by this sudden and terrifying gravity.
However, Lucy had learned her lesson this time. She had summoned virgo ahead of time, who used earth magic to pull them underground and back near the tombstone, escaping the range of the gravity burst.
Compared to the two girls' slight disarray, the gravity magic had no effect on Hope.
He stood firm like a rock in a Storm, his hand resting on Bluenote's shoulder not moving an inch, not even the hem of his clothes rustling.
"Quick reaction."
Hope laughed, a sound that to Bluenote was even more terrifying than Guild Master Hades.
No... He had been highly praised by the Guild Master, who said he had the potential to become the strongest Mage in the future. How could he let the trauma of a past defeat disturb his mind?
"Ha!"
Roaring, Bluenote threw himself forward with all his might.
His tactic was clear: create distance, steady himself, and then—
Mana Burst!
Super·Gravity Strike!
The powerful gravity magic from above instantly smashed a ten-zhang-wide crater into the ground. The crater, unable to bear any more gravity, then cracked, destroying the earth.
Rocks exploded, sand and dirt flew wildly.
Terrifying fissures spread for dozens of meters.
Unconvinced after one attack, Bluenote unleashed another. The relentless torrent of magic, sweeping up the dust and sand all around, immediately formed violent, chaotic streams of gravity-laden sand.
The sky-obscuring streams were like Storms, even briefly blocking out the sunlight.
Gravity itself is invisible and intangible, but once it carries other matter, its destructive power becomes even greater.
Any Mage with slightly inferior defensive power standing within these gravity streams would, at best, be battered and bruised by the swirling debris, and at worst, be torn apart on the spot by the gravitational force field.
This was the terrifying aspect of 'Gravity' magic.
But unfortunately, the 'Magnetic Field' is above 'Gravity'.
Within the multiple gravity streams attempting to shred him, Hope simply rotated his magnetic field. The aura emanating from his body instantly calmed these magical attacks, which could be called minor natural disasters.
"This is impossible..."
Seeing Hope completely unharmed, Bluenote uttered the words with difficulty. He had been training hard all this time, yet the gap between him and this Fairy Tail Mage had only grown larger.
But Bluenote had overlooked one thing.
He wasn't the only one who had grown.
Hope, who had only unlocked 'Magnetic Field Power' three months ago, could already beat him senseless. Now, with his power level increased, there was even less reason for Bluenote's magic to harm him.
"Are you done with your turn?"
"Now it's my turn."
Arriving with his words, Hope crouched and charged in front of Bluenote. His fist, coiled with 20,000 Horsepowers of power, was fast as lightning, arcing upward towards Bluenote's chin.
In less than a second, Bluenote couldn't even perceive Hope's movement. By the time he fully registered the uppercut, it was too late to react.
"Ugh—!"
With a muffled groan, Bluenote was sent flying into the air by Hope's punch. The powerful force made him flip over a dozen times mid-air before crashing to the ground.
Hope had deliberately controlled his strength; otherwise, this 20,000 Horsepower punch would have taken the unprepared Bluenote's head clean off.
Getting up, Bluenote felt like his jaw was dislocated. He glared at Hope with bloodshot eyes, yet fear held him back from attacking.
"Cana, are you two hurt?"
Ignoring Bluenote, Hope tilted his head to look at Cana and Lucy.
"We're fine."
Cana clenched her right fist, revealing the 'Fairy Glitter' magic pattern on her arm, and reported to Hope, "He came for the Super Magic left by the First Master, and he also wanted to take Lucy's Celestial Spirit Super Magic..."
"Understood."
Hope withdrew his gaze and looked at Bluenote.
Despair flashed in Bluenote's eyes, quickly turning to madness. He was no match for Hope, but he would never live in humiliation. "Then let's die together—!"
Bluenote wanted to detonate all the mana within his body, creating a massive gravity explosion through self-destruction.
But Hope's finger was already pressed against his forehead.
Magnetic Field Rotation·50,000 Horsepowers.
Hokuto's Ice Seal!
Bluenote's eyes widened. He suddenly realized his body was covered in frost, completely losing all sensation and control.
He had become a prisoner trapped within his own shell.
Hope grabbed Bluenote by the collar. His other hand, like a red-hot iron clamp, dug its fingers into Bluenote's lower back, accurately seizing the alchemically created artificial kidney.
The next second, under Bluenote's horrified gaze, that artificial magic kidney was violently shattered inside his body by a powerful force.
Since there were two girls present, Hope refrained from creating any gory scenes in front of Cana and Lucy. It was just unfortunate for Bluenote.
A tearing pain instantly swept through his entire body, hurting so much that even physiological tears streamed from his eyes.
Taking advantage of Bluenote's severely traumatized spirit and mental collapse, Hope seized the opportunity to violently read his memories using 'Memory' magic and 'Telepathy·Mind Reading'.
It turned out that after the Tower of Paradise explosion, Bluenote was found by a Necromancy Demon who had come to collect bodies. Unlike Jellal, who died from 'Self-Destruct', the magically powerful Bluenote still had a breath of life left.
Bluenote was the vice-chairman of "Demon Heart". Due to this status, the Necromancy Demon proactively returned him to "Demon Heart's" chairman, Hades.
Hades's mana was unfathomably deep, and his knowledge of magic was vast. That very day, he revived the severely wounded, dying Bluenote.
Having lost a kidney, Hades worried it would limit the growth potential of his favored vice-chairman. So, he personally traveled to the Northern Continent and commissioned the Alchemy Guild "Golden Owl" to custom-make an artificial magic kidney for Bluenote.
This magic kidney perfectly integrated into Bluenote's body and even had a once-per-day magic interruption function, making it well worth the price.
Hope tossed the completely limp gravity-user into a blank card for imprisonment like trash. "Alchemy? This world actually has that kind of magic."
Currently, it seemed 'Alchemy' could perfectly create human organs. He decided that after this incident, he would go to the Northern Continent to obtain 'Alchemy'.
By then, perhaps he could forge a real physical body for Ur, and Silver wouldn't have to remain in that decade-dead, lifeless vessel.
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