The cat that had just walked in was naturally another Exceed who had come to this world alongside Happy from another world.
Carla.
Although both cats belonged to the Exceed race, the Exceeds were not actually as impressive as one might imagine.
As everyone knew, in the parallel world known as Edolas,
the people there possessed no magical energy of their own and could not use magic. They had to rely on tools containing magical power to cast spells.
However, Carla and Happy's race possessed magical energy and could use magic themselves. That was why they were called Exceeds and had attained a transcendent status in Edolas.
But were they truly powerful?
Not particularly.
Carla was already considered a princess among the Exceeds, yet any experienced mage could defeat her.
This clearly showed that the Exceeds were not powerful at all.
The only reason they enjoyed such an exalted position in Edolas was because they pretended to be divine beings and deceived everyone.
It had to be said that the Exceeds' leaders were quite capable in that regard.
Ah, he had gotten off-topic.
Rowan pulled back his wandering thoughts and looked at Carla.
Faced with Happy's attempts to approach and flatter her, the white cat who had just entered reacted by completely ignoring him.
Although she also felt that Happy resembled her, the overwhelming aura of a hopeless loser around him made her instinctively take a step back.
She walked around Happy, who was trying to strike up a conversation, ignored him entirely, and headed toward Wendy.
Happy immediately turned to stone.
Nothing could have been more heartbreaking.
He had finally encountered a girl who made his heart race, only to be completely ignored by her.
Well…
"Hahahahaha! Happy, that was pathetic! Absolutely pathetic!"
While Happy was heartbroken, Natsu burst into unprecedented laughter and mercilessly mocked him.
This immediately infuriated Happy.
"That's too cruel, Natsu! Take this!"
The two instantly began fighting and fooling around.
Carla looked disdainfully at the two idiots wrestling with each other.
These fools were supposed to subjugate Oración Seis?
Would this really be alright?
At the same time, Erza saw that everyone had arrived and clapped her hands, calling them over for a meeting.
Rowan looked around, searching for signs of the enemy.
In the original story, while the members of Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Cait Shelter were gathered to discuss how to defeat Oración Seis, Jura was first ambushed.
Then everyone was caught off guard by Oración Seis, leaving them in a miserable state and suffering a major loss.
Fortunately, they were all extremely tenacious. They quickly launched a counterattack and ultimately defeated Oración Seis.
Therefore, Rowan intended to locate Oración Seis in advance.
However, after using farsight magic to scan the surrounding area several times, he failed to find any trace of them.
It was almost as though they had no idea they were about to be subjugated.
Had the plot changed?
While Rowan curiously considered this question, Erza had already assigned everyone their tasks.
They all nodded.
Ichiya spoke in an exceptionally gentlemanly manner.
"Do not worry, Erza. For your sake, I would brave fire and water. Such a trivial matter is hardly worth mentioning."
The three handsome men from Blue Pegasus looked at him with admiration.
"As expected of Master Ichiya."
Natsu and Gray immediately felt a chill run through their bodies.
Lucy was completely speechless.
If those words had been spoken by an extraordinarily handsome man, they would have sounded like beautiful words of love.
But coming from Ichiya, they were enough to make someone shudder.
Erza, however, remained expressionless, which only made Lucy admire her even more.
As expected of Erza. She could remain calm even in a situation like this.
Lucy still had much to learn.
Afterward, everyone boarded Blue Pegasus's Magic Bomber Christina and headed toward Oración Seis's stronghold.
The so-called Magic Bomber was essentially a flying airship.
It was a vehicle unique to Blue Pegasus.
Fairy Tail did not possess anything nearly as impressive.
Under the control of the Blue Pegasus members, the Magic Bomber sped through the sky and soon arrived at Oración Seis's stronghold.
Rumble! Rumble!
When they reached the area, they unexpectedly heard the sounds of battle.
Thunderous explosions echoed without end.
Rowan lowered his head and saw blocks of ice and frozen sculptures wildly destroying the surrounding environment.
At that moment, Rowan finally understood why Oración Seis had not gone to ambush Natsu's group.
They had already been intercepted.
Or more accurately, they were being hunted down.
And the one hunting them was none other than—
Ur, whom Rowan had resurrected.
The leader of Oración Seis, Brain, was the same man who had deceived Ur all those years ago, causing her to mistakenly believe her daughter had died.
He was also the main culprit responsible for the tragic lives of both Ur and Ultear.
Now that Ur had returned to life, how could she possibly let Brain go?
"What's happening?"
Meanwhile, everyone aboard the Magic Bomber still had no idea what was going on.
"It looks like someone is fighting Oración Seis."
"Huh? Did the Magic Council send someone else to support us?" Natsu asked in confusion.
"I don't know."
Hibiki shook his head and moved the Magic Bomber closer, allowing them to see the woman fighting Oración Seis.
Gray and Lyon were instantly struck as though by lightning.
"N-No way…"
"Ur… How is this possible?"
Both of them recognised the woman battling Oración Seis.
She was their teacher—
the Ice Mage Ur.
But Ur should already have been dead.
Lyon seemed to realise something and abruptly turned toward Rowan and Erza.
"It was you?"
Back when he had attempted to unseal Deliora, Rowan and Erza had arrived and taught him a lesson. Then the two had broken the seal and left.
At the time, Lyon had been completely confused and had no idea what they had come there to do.
But now, after seeing Ur, Lyon finally understood.
The problem was—
how was this possible?
They had actually resurrected Ur?
The idea that the dead could return to life was simply unbelievable.
Hearing his senior brother direct the question toward Rowan and Erza, Gray looked confused.
"What exactly happened?"
Rowan interrupted them with a faint smile.
"Are you going to stand here searching for an explanation, or are you going down to help your teacher?"
Lyon's heart tightened.
That was right. This was not the time to worry about how it had happened.
He needed to support his teacher.
He hurriedly asked Hibiki to open the Magic Bomber's door and leapt out.
"Ice-Make Magic: Ice Bird!"
A large bird of ice appeared, grabbed Lyon by the collar, and carried him toward Ur and Oración Seis.
Seeing this, Gray refused to fall behind and jumped as well.
"Ice-Make Magic: Slide!"
An icy slide extended from beneath Gray's feet all the way down to the ground.
Natsu saw this and slammed his fists together.
"I'm all fired up! Happy, let's go!"
Happy cried, "Aye!" before flying over, grabbing Natsu by the collar, and carrying him toward the battlefield.
Happy did not possess much combat power, but he was proficient in Aera and could carry others through the air.
Although he could only carry one person at a time.
Seeing everyone spring into action, Erza smiled faintly and said to Rowan,
"Let's go as well."
"Sure."
Rowan nodded.
Lucy suddenly lunged over and grabbed him.
"Take me with you."
Rowan smiled, grabbed Lucy, and teleported away from the Magic Bomber.
The next second, the two appeared on the ground.
"Among Oración Seis, there's a woman called Angel. Like you, she's a Celestial Spirit Mage. You should be able to handle her, right?"
"Huh? You're leaving her to me?"
Lucy pointed at herself, looking completely confused.
Although both she and the woman nicknamed Angel were Celestial Spirit Mages, they were not remotely on the same level.
"Don't worry. With me here, there won't be any problems."
Rowan patted Lucy's shoulder and placed a protective barrier around her.
The barrier clung closely to her body and emitted a faint glow.
"This barrier will protect you. Unless you're caught in an explosion powerful enough to split the heavens and shatter the earth, you won't be harmed in the slightest."
"Go ahead without worrying."
Seeing the barrier wrapped around her, Lucy's previous nervousness immediately transformed into confidence.
After all, Rowan was the strongest mage in Fairy Tail.
A barrier cast by him had to be incredibly powerful.
"Leave it to me!"
Lucy patted her ample chest and charged toward Angel.
At the same time, Erza locked onto Midnight of Oración Seis.
Like Erza, Midnight had once been a slave in the Tower of Heaven. However, because he possessed immense magical power, Brain had taken him away.
In fact, aside from their leader Brain, most members of Oración Seis had originally been slaves in the Tower of Heaven.
Brain had taken them away and raised them because of their powerful magic.
Erza was fortunate that she had not displayed her tremendous magical power back then. Otherwise, Brain might also have taken her away and raised her as a member of Oración Seis.
However, even though Midnight had also been a child of the Tower of Heaven, Erza showed him no mercy.
She unleashed one deadly attack after another.
In the original story, Erza had already defeated Midnight.
The current Erza was even stronger after Rowan enhanced her with Devil Fruits.
Defeating Midnight required almost no effort at all.
Of course, Midnight was not weak in the slightest.
He specialised in spatial Reflector Magic.
It allowed him to bend and reflect light or any physical object.
Although he could not directly twist living creatures and could only distort one area of space at a time, those limitations did not diminish the magic's excellence.
After all, space and time were both extremely high-level forms of magic.
Any magic connected to such concepts could never be simple.
Midnight's Reflector Magic could distort space and repel any attack launched by an opponent.
It could also twist the clothing or armour on someone's body to torture them.
He could violently tear and compress the surrounding space to crush his enemies.
He could bend the light within an area to create illusions.
He could even distort space to achieve instantaneous movement.
Offence, defence, and evasion—
the magic was exceptionally comprehensive.
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