Chapter 21: Iced Shell
So, how exactly did Erza defeat Midnight?
The answer was actually quite simple.
Heaven's Wheel Armor.
As mentioned before, the weakness of Reflector magic was that it couldn't distort living things, and at the same time, it could only distort one space at a time.
However, Erza's Heaven's Wheel Armor could control a vast number of swords, launching simultaneous attacks from all directions.
Faced with this situation, Midnight was forced to distort space to teleport away.
But the problem was, Erza could teleport too; she had eaten the Warp-Warp Fruit, allowing her to teleport to any place within her sight.
When Midnight teleported, Erza teleported right along with him.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared right in front of Midnight and swung her sword.
Seeing this, Midnight was instantly shocked. He quickly twisted the armor on Erza's body, intending to torture her and strip her of her combat power.
But the catch was, Erza hadn't just eaten the Warp-Warp Fruit; she had also eaten a modified Twinkle Twinkle Fruit, turning her into a diamond human.
This fruit allowed her to turn any part of her body into incredibly hard diamond.
The moment she felt her armor being twisted, Erza instantly transformed into diamond.
The twisted armor couldn't damage her in the slightest.
Erza swung her sword, sending Midnight flying through the air.
If she hadn't held back her strength, that single slash would have cut Midnight clean in two.
Even so, by the time Midnight crashed to the ground, he had already fallen into a deep state of unconsciousness.
Yumesaki casually walked over and copied Midnight's Reflector magic.
This stuff would be pretty useful to have around.
After that, he turned his gaze toward another part of the battlefield, where the Wizard Saint, Jura, was fighting Hoteye of the Oración Seis.
Hoteye was using Liquid Ground, which could soften hard dirt and stone into fluid sand.
In addition to that, he also possessed Heaven's Eye magic, allowing him to see and understand everything.
In the original storyline, relying on these two magics, Hoteye fought fiercely with Jura to a standstill.
But now, Jura already understood Hoteye's magic and had planned his strategy from the very beginning, so the battle was leaning heavily in Jura's favor.
Defeating Hoteye was only a matter of time.
Next, Yumesaki looked toward another battle.
Natsu was fighting Cobra of the Oración Seis.
Cobra and Natsu were both Dragon Slayer Wizards, except Cobra's Dragon Slayer magic wasn't taught to him by a giant dragon. Instead, just like Laxus, he had a Dragon Lacrima implanted inside his body, making him a Second Generation Dragon Slayer Wizard.
His magic was Poison Dragon Slayer magic, allowing him to control a toxic fluid with neurotoxic properties, and devouring poisonous substances could restore his physical condition.
This poison fluid could completely paralyze an opponent's body.
That alone wouldn't have been too much to handle.
While the poison fluid was a bit troublesome, as long as one was careful, it wouldn't cause too many issues.
The real problem was that aside from Poison Dragon Slayer magic, Cobra was also an expert in Sound Magic.
This magic allowed Cobra's ears to hear everything, including the information he wanted to know, and the inner voice and thoughts of anyone around him.
This was completely absurd, just like Observation Haki—no, it was even more ridiculous than Observation Haki.
Magic truly was something that defied logic.
To think that even thoughts could be heard.
Because of this, no matter what move Natsu tried to pull during the fight, the opponent would know it instantly and counter it with ease.
In the original storyline, he used this exact Sound Magic to intercept Natsu's thoughts, completely suppressing him.
Of course, this magic didn't mean it had no weaknesses.
The biggest weakness of this magic was that his ears were too sensitive, and in the end, he was brought down by a full-power roar from Natsu that mimicked a giant dragon.
But in this fight, the information regarding the Oración Seis had been completely leaked beforehand.
The battle between Natsu and Cobra, naturally, underwent an earth-shattering change.
The moment the battle began, Natsu immediately let out a full-power roar. Because of the massive sound, Cobra couldn't concentrate on fighting at all, repeatedly taking direct hits from Natsu and falling into a hopeless situation.
For him to be defeated was also just a matter of time.
Yumesaki made preparations to copy the opponent's magic. Although Sound Magic had its drawbacks, it was still an incredibly remarkable magic, well worth copying.
After that, Yumesaki's gaze shifted back to Lucy.
The battle between Lucy and Angel had also reached a fierce stage.
Since Yumesaki had given Lucy a protective Barrier to keep her from getting hurt, Lucy acted completely without restraint, pressing and striking Angel, without bothering to dodge any of Angel's attacks at all.
This, of course, made Angel utterly furious.
Her attacks couldn't hurt Lucy, while she had to dodge everything Lucy threw at her.
How was anyone supposed to fight like this?
At this point, Angel really wanted to shout out loud that her opponent was cheating.
Yumesaki took a brief glance and pulled his gaze back. If it were the Angel from seven years later, Yumesaki might still have an interest in copying her magic, but for the current Angel, he wouldn't bother.
The current Angel was a pure Celestial Spirit Wizard, whose entire combat strength relied completely on the Celestial Spirits she held contracts with.
But the Angel seven years later would be different.
In the original storyline, after losing to Lucy in this battle, all of Angel's Celestial Spirits became Lucy's spoils of war.
Losing her Celestial Spirits caused Angel to reflect deeply on her mistakes, abandoning the path of a Celestial Spirit Wizard to become a traditional Wizard.
She successfully learned Angel Magic.
A rare magic that could summon various angels to fight by using gold coins as a medium.
Using twenty gold coins, she could summon the Angel of Power, Raguel, whose strength was immense.
Using thirty gold coins, she could summon the Angel of Victory, Barakiel, who could use Darkness Magic.
Using forty gold coins, she could summon the Angel of Sunlight, Shamsiel, who could use light magic.
There was no doubt that this was a magic that literally consumed money, but it was also a powerful one.
Too bad the current Angel hadn't learned this magic yet.
Yumesaki naturally had no way to copy it here.
Right after that, he dropped his gaze onto Racer of the Oración Seis. This guy used Slowing Magic, a magic that lowered the speed perception of any target within a certain range of him.
To put it simply, it was a magic that made targets slow down.
Even though Racer didn't actually become faster because of this, in the eyes of his opponents, he appeared faster than ever before.
In the original storyline, he used this exact trick to deceive Gray, temporarily suppressing him for a while.
But this time, Gray already knew his information, so he naturally wouldn't let him succeed.
While Racer was running, Gray instantly created an ice mirror, making the ground slicker than it had ever been.
Racer had just started running when he stepped onto the ice mirror surface and began to slip.
He slid all the way right in front of Gray and was promptly frozen into an ice statue.
After dealing with this troublesome enemy, Gray quickly went to help his master, Ur.
Ur was currently chasing down and beating Brain.
Brain, the leader of the Oración Seis, had served as the Head of the Bureau of Magical Development under the Magic Council in his early years.
Before taking that position, Brain was actually a father with a child and family responsibilities. However, because bandits attacked the village where his late wife and children lived, his family was destroyed and his people killed.
By the time Brain rushed back, his children had long passed away. Feeling guilty for failing to fulfill his late wife's wishes and harboring deep regret in his heart, he split into an alternate personality that only knew destruction. That vengeful Brain devastated the surrounding area on a massive scale, causing the destruction of the village.
While serving as the Head of the Bureau of Magical Development, he secretly engaged in the kidnapping and trafficking of children.
Back then, Ur had trusted this man far too much, which was what led to the separation between her and Ultear, along with the series of tragedies that followed.
Now that Ur was brought back to life and understood everything, her hatred for Brain had not diminished in the slightest.
Therefore, after saying goodbye to Ultear, she set out on the path to hunt Brain down.
Brain was chased by the resurrected Ur until he was a complete mess, which was the exact reason why he had no spare time to cause trouble for Erza and the others.
Ice-Make: Ice Knight!!!
Under Ur's creation, one powerful ice statue after another became an ice knight, hunting Brain down.
Of course, Brain wasn't a weakling either. He was an expert in Darkness Magic, capable of controlling darkness freely.
Yet, facing Ur's ice knights, he was pushed back step by step.
Gray and Lyon, even though both had trained under Ur and were both Ice-Make Wizards, were different.
One could only create objects like ice walls, ice nets, ice spikes, ice hammers, and the like.
The other was slightly stronger, able to create objects like ice fists, as well as living creatures like giant eagles, white tigers, giant apes, and so on.
But compared to Ur, they were still a vast distance behind.
Ur was someone who played Ice-Make magic to its absolute maximum level.
With every casual wave of her hands or feet, she instantly created a massive number of ice knights, immediately forming an army of knights.
This was also the reason why Ur dared to single-handedly chase and beat the Oración Seis.
As great as the Oración Seis were, in front of Ur, who could become a whole army by herself, they really weren't enough to look at.
Before Gray, Erza, and the others arrived, Ur had relied on her own strength to suppress the Oración Seis, beating her opponents into utter disarray.
But after Erza and the others arrived, Ur immediately pulled back most of her strength according to the situation, handing over several of the others to Erza's group while she concentrated on dealing with Brain herself.
Brain instantly felt an immense amount of pressure.
Darkness Magic was utilized by him to its absolute limit.
Spells like Dark Capriccio, Dark Rondo, and Dark Hand were cast one after another, unleashing strange and rare techniques.
Yet Ur's ice knights seemed completely endless; one fell, and two more stood up.
Brain's head was spinning to the point of numbness.
But he didn't dare to stop, because the moment he stopped, there was a real possibility he would be finished off by Ur, whose eyes had turned red with intent to kill.
But right at this moment, the other members of the Oración Seis were defeated one by one.
Brain's alternate personality began to slowly awaken.
Brain's alternate personality was known as Zero. Because he loved total destruction—which meant turning anything with a physical form into nothingness—and because his magic power was too violent and powerful, Brain used the Organic Link Magic of Six Locks to seal Zero away.
And those six locks were precisely the Oración Seis.
As the Oración Seis were defeated one after another, the seal slowly began to shatter.
The alternate personality began to awaken, and a wild, terrifying magic power exploded completely from Brain's body.
Seeing this, the magic power inside Ur's body also began to slowly boil.
Wasn't it just a guy named Zero? What was so great about that?
She looked coldly at Brain's slowly awakening alternate personality and shouted out loud: "Iced Shell!!!"
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