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章節 278: Command Tact

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Royal Capital.

November, x784.

After being yanked away from Hughes, Coco, who was now being held in one of Elicia's arms, blinked her eyes in confusion.

At the same time, Hughes retracted his hand slowly while his ever present smile began to twitch in annoyance. Then, he raised his head to see the one who got in the way of him completing his king's orders.

But when he caught sight of the one who stopped him, Hughes could not help but open his eyes wide in surprise.

"Amazing!" Hughes exclaimed with an amused smile on his face. "Knightwalker was right. You really do look amazingly similar to the late Captain Phyllis."

Hearing Hughes' exclamation, Coco finally snapped out of her daze. Then, she looked at the person who was holding her. And like Hughes, she also opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"Miss Elicia..." Coco muttered with tears in her eyes.

Although the person Coco was closest to in the Royal Army at present is Panther Lily, that was not always the case. In fact, before she committed suicide, Elicia Phyllis was the one who raised her. In fact, Coco saw her more as a mother figure than anything else.

Hearing the longing in Coco's voice, Elicia looked at her with a complicated expression. Though it was not to the extent that most of her weird admirers, she could tell that the little girl in her arms was drawn to her.

"*Sigh* I know what you're thinking." Elicia said, smiling at Coco awkwardly. "But I'm not the Elicia you know. I'm her counterpart from the world you've been stealing magic from."

Although she already knew that, coco could not help but feel a bit disappointed. Still, the way she gazed at Elicia made the Fairy Tail wizard feel a bit uncomfortable.

'Stop looking at me like that." Elicia thought to herself as she averted her gaze from the big, tear-filled eyes that stared at her. 'You're making me feel like I'm about to abandon a puppy.'

"As heartwarming as this is, I have orders to fulfill." Hughes said as he pulled a cylindrical magic wand with a flat disc and a spherical lacrima near its center from the inside of his uniform jacket. "But before I take you to see His Majesty, allow me to show you an amazing time at the Royal Capital's amazing amusement park!"

With that said, Hughes raised his wand like a conductor who was about to start directing an orchestra. Before he could wave the wand, however, a thin thread wrapped around it.

"Huh?" Hughes exclaimed in confusion, staring at the thread wrapped around his magic weapon.

"I'm not really a fan of amusement parks." Elicia said, a thread extending from the tip of the index finger of her free hand. "So, I'll take that, too."

Like that, Elicia jerked her index finger. At the same time, she retracted the thread extending from it. A moment later, Hughes' magic wand was held securely in her hand.

"Hey, give that back!" Hughes shouted angrily.

"No, I think I'll hang on to it." Elicia replied with a smile. "Fonzie might find the sigils interesting, after all. As for you, I'd rather not have you telling the rest of the army what happened here. So..."

As she spoke, Elicia slowly lowered herself and Coco from the ceiling. Then, once she reached the floor, the first thing she did was put Coco down on the floor right next to her. After that, she used her threads to strap Hughes' magic wand to her back. Then, she pointed both her hands at Hughes, who had turned around to run away.

"Thread Magic: Thread Entanglement]." Elicia chanted as she jerked her arms backwards.

In the next instant, threads from all directions rushed towards Hughes. Then, they wrapped him tightly from just below his neck to the bottoms of his feet.

*Thud!*

And due to the momentum from his attempt to run away, Hughes ended up falling to the floor, face first.

"Ow... That hurt." Hughes muttered. "I think I might have broken my nose."

"Alright, that's done." Elicia said with a refreshed expression. Then, she looked down towards Coco. "Now, what do you think about giving me that key?"

"Miss Elicia, you're back!" Coco cried as the tears finally fell from her eyes. Then, she dropped the key in her arms and threw herself at Elicia. "I missed you so much."

Sighing in exasperation, Elicia could only smile wryly as she used her threads to catch the key to the Anima before it slammed into the floor as Coco wrapped herself around her torso like a koala. Unfortunately, Elicia knew that she had to break this little girl's illusion. Before she could, however, another voice spoke first.

"Pathetic." An elderly voice said from the top of the tracks of the roller coaster in the center of the amusement park. "I advised His Majesty from promoting you to the Captain of the Third Magic War Division. It seems he should have heeded my advice."

"Byro!" Hughes exclaimed as he raised his head, revealing his face that was covered in his own blood. "Your timing is amazing. Now that you're here, we can get the key back."

"What do you mean 'we'?" Byro asked in a disdainful tone. "The Royal Army has no place for such a failure."

As soon as he finished speaking, Byro reached into his robe and pulled out a pair of vials. Then, he threw one of them down at Hughes, intending to finish him off before taking care of Elicia and Coco.

"Wait, are you serious?" Hughes asked with disbelief in his tone.

Before the vial could land on him, however, Hughes was dragged away from where he lay by Elicia's threads.

*Shatter!*

A moment later, the vial shattered when it hit the floor. Then, as soon as the liquid in the vial made contact with the floor, it burst into a torrent of searing hot flames that began spreading towards Elicia, Hughes, and Coco.

"I really don't like this kingdom." Elicia said while shaking her head. "Everyone is so cut-throat."

"You actually saved me?" Hughes asked, disbelief still in his tone.

"Yeah, I think Mystogan will have a use for you when all this is over." Elicia replied. "For now, you should wait outside. You'll only be in the way here."

"Huh? What do you---" Hughes began to question. "Ahh~~~~~!"

Before he could finish, however, Elicia flicked her fingers and sent Hughes flying through the air towards the entrance to the amusement park. Then, she patted Coco on her head, drawing the little girl's attention.

"I need you to get out of here, too." Elicia said gently. "Protecting you while fighting this guy won't be easy."

Though reluctant, Coco nodded her head before she released Elicia. Then, Elicia used her threads to move Coco to the entrance. Though, she did it much more gently than she did with Hughes.

A moment later, just before the flames from Byro's vial could engulf the spot where she stood, Elicia leapt backwards. Then, she shot her threads towards the roller coaster tracks where Byro stood and pulled herself towards it.

"Thinking to face me in close quarters? A good plan, indeed." Byro said as he watched Elicia approach his position at high speed. "But it won't be that easy."

A moment later, Byro threw the second vial he had been holding towards the flames. Then, before it could shatter on the floor, the heat shattered it first.

As soon as the liquid in the vial came in contact with the air, several violently spinning cyclones were generated. Then, before long, the cyclones swept up the flames, creating several flaming cyclones that rampaged through the area.

With the changes in the situation, Elicia was forced to catapult herself in a different direction. But to counter Elicia's new path, Byro threw another pair of vials that resulted in several more flaming cyclones appearing between himself and Elicia.

Undeterred, Elicia changed directions once again, circling around the first set of flaming cyclones to try approaching from the other side. And just like before, Byro threw out another set of vials to block her path.

"It's useless." Byro said as he watched Elicia scurry around the rapidly burning amusement park. "You should just give up and bring Coco and the key to me. At least your punishment will be swifter if you were to do so."

Instead of responding, Elicia continued to move around, trying to find a way through the flaming cyclones to reach Byro. At least, that is what Byro thought.

In reality, Elicia had cast her [False Appearance]] spell before she had her illusion fire her threads at the roller coaster tracks. Then, while Byro was distracted, she began moving around the park in a wide arch, hoping to sneak up on Byro from behind.

Unfortunately, the flames were spreading much faster than she expected. So, she could not get too close to her target.

"Well, this sucks." Elicia said from atop the park's Ferris wheel. "Although my threads are flame resistant, winds like that make them a little hard to control. Not that I couldn't though."

Deciding that going into the flames herself would be her last resort, Elicia placed her right hand on her hip while she scanned the amusement park for another way to deal with Byro. And with that action, she felt something touch her forearm. Looking down, she saw the magic wand she had taken from Hughes was still strapped to the back of her waist.

"Oh, this could be fun." Elicia said as she grabbed the wand by its handle. "But how do I make this thing work?"

Then, for the next few minutes, Elicia split her attention between controlling her illusion and trying to figure out the mechanism behind Hughes' magic wand. Meanwhile, Byro was growing impatient with how slippery his prey seemed to be.

"I've had enough of this." Byro said as he reached into his robes to pull out a new vial. Before revealing the vial, however, he froze after hearing the sound of something moving at high speed. "What is that?"

Looking around for the source of the sound, Byro eventually noticed the cars of the roller coaster climbing the steep incline that led to his position. On top of that, they were moving much faster than they should have normally been.

"She's using Hughes's wand, the Command Tact... But how?" Byro asked himself. "When did she have the time to? She's been scurrying around the park to avoid my flaming twisters."

Just then, Byro glanced in the direction where Elicia should have been. And sure enough, he saw her dodging between two flaming twisters. At that moment, however, his eyes opened wide when he saw her figure vanish after grazing the flames.

"An illusion? But when?" Byro asked, looking around frantically.

*Bang!*

Before Byro could find where Elicia was hiding, however, the roller coaster's front car crashed into him while he was distracted. Naturally, the impact sent Byro flying off the top of the tracks and soaring through the air.

"Finally figured it out." Elicia said happily as she watched Byro fly through the air. "Now, let's try the other move... What was it called again? Oh yeah, now I remember. [Hell Tornado]."

With her chant, Elicia waved the wand, Command Tact in a circular motion. Then, the tracks of the roller coaster began to disassemble themselves and reassembled into a spiral aimed at Byro. ON top of that, the roller coaster cars moved along the new set of tracks at ten times their normal speed.

Seeing the roller coaster approaching once again, Byro frowned in anger. Then, he once again reached into his robe and pulled out another vial. Instead of throwing this vial, however, Byro used his free hand to remove its cork. Then, he put the vial to his lips and drank the vial's contents in one gulp.

"I've had enough!" Byro roared as his body began to expand. "I no longer care about dragging you before the king. Instead, I will destroy you myself!"

As Byro's body expanded, his voice took on a much deeper tone. And after a few seconds, he had turned into an enormous octopus.

As soon as his transformation was complete, Byro spun in midair, blowing away not only the roller coaster cars, but all the tracks, as well.

"Almost forgot about that potion." Elicia muttered while watching Byro rampage around in his new form. "Either way, he should be easier to catch now, right?"

With that, Elicia raised her hands, ejecting a large number of threads from her finger tips. A moment later, the threads were divided into eight groups, with each group moving to secure a tentacle.

"You think these flimsy threads will be enough to stop me?" Byro shouted as soon as he noticed the incoming threads. At the same time, he followed them back to their source with his eyes. "Finally! I found you!"

With that, Byro began spinning like atop, cutting apart Elicia's threads as he made his way over to the Ferris wheel. Unfortunately, he did not notice that he was moving over a large number of the threads that Elicia had laid down beforehand just in case Byro found her position and decided to attack at a closer distance.

Thanks to the trap Elicia laid, Byro's rotation speed slowed gradually as he made his way closer to the Ferris wheel. Then, just as one of his tentacles was about to strike, more than likely toppling it in the process, he came to a complete stop.

"What?" Byro cried in surprise. Then, he finally noticed that all his tentacles were tightly bound. "How? When?"

"And that's the end of that." Elicia said, hopping down from the top of the Ferris wheel with her right leg raised high. "I would say it was fun... But then I'd be lying."

*Bang!*

Just as her words fell, Elicia's right foot, charged to the limit with magic power, slammed down on the top of Byro's head. Luckily for him, he was in the form of a giant octopus. Otherwise, the force behind Elicia's kick would have been enough to splatter his head and split the rest of his body down the middle.

But because he was in the form of an octopus, he was simply knocked unconscious rather than meeting a rather gruesome end.


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章節 279: Mystogan Finally Makes His Move

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Floating Landmass.

November, x784.

"Well, no one could ever claim that either of these mother fuckers have a glass jaw." Alfonzo muttered to himself as he watched Gajeel and Panther Lily exchanging punches at high speed. "I mean, seriously, do either of these sons of bitches know the meaning of defense?"

Nearly half an hour has passed since Elicia ended her fight with Byro. In that time, Elicia and Marin met up, with Coco following Elicia around like a lost puppy, Byro returned to his human form, and the girls dragged their prisoners out of the castle's underground. Along the way, they had to knock out Hughes, as he kept trying to call for help, despite being under the effects of Elicia's [Hiding in Plain Sight] spell.

On top of that, Erza had also returned to the Royal capital. Then, with the Edolas Erza slung over her shoulder, she rushed to where she could feel Natsu's presence to lend her assistance. Though, it would be wholly inaccurate to say that Erza felt Natsu's presence. Instead, she ran towards the towering flames in the distance, expecting to find Natsu nearby.

Meanwhile, about five minutes ago, Gajeel and Panther Lily expended their magic power to a point that they could no longer maintain flight. In fact, Gajeel couldn't even maintain his transformation. So, they both landed on the landmass housing the giant lacrima and just... started throwing punches. And have been doing so until the present.

"If this is all you've got, you'll never defeat me!" Panther Lily shouted as he shrugged off a body shot.

"Oh, I'm definitely gonna... Ugh... beat you and make you my cat!" Gajeel shouted excitedly as he received a right hook to the chin.

"*Sigh* This isn't fun anymore." Alfonzo muttered as he looked away from the ongoing slugfest. "I wonder when Mystogan is gonna make his move."

As if waiting for Alfonzo to ask his question, a large, winged creature with dark grey fur flew up from just outside the city.

"Oh, there he is." Alfonzo said with a grin.

As the large creature approached the floating landmass, along the way, Alfonzo noticed that there were several people who leapt from its back into the city. And based on the magic power signatures he could feel from their weapons, those people were going to assist Erza, Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Wendy, and Carla. Meanwhile, the large creature, known as a Legion, continued on its flight path towards the floating landmass.

"Legions are just as ugly In real life as they were in the anime." Alfonzo muttered as he watched the Legion approach.

Eventually, when the Legion drew near enough to the landmass, even Gajeel and Panther Lily's focuses were drawn away from their brawl to the new arrival.

"What the hell is that thing?" Gajeel asked in shock. "There aren't too many animals uglier than that."

"It's called a Legion." Panther Lily replied. "But how could it have been able to fly all the way here without anyone stopping it?"

"Well, if you weren't so focused on your fight with Gajeel, you would have noticed that there is a rather big commotion in the city." Alfonzo said, standing up to meet the new arrivals. "I doubt they had the extra manpower to deal with the Legion."

"What?" Panther Lily exclaimed in disbelief.

A moment later, Panther Lily ran over to the edge of the landmass and looked down at the Royal Capital. Unfortunately, because the wizards from Fairy Tail were involved in the commotion and there was no chance of losing points thanks to their destruction of public property, a decent portion of the city had been completely leveled. On top of that, most of the leveled areas were currently burning, as well.

"How could this have happened?" Panther Lily asked, falling to his knees in despair.

*Whistle* Salamander is really doing a number on that city, isn't he?" Gajeel asked after making his way to the edge of the landmass as well.

Meanwhile, the Legion finally touched down on the landmass, not far away from Alfonzo.

"I thought you'd be here sooner after Natsu and the others started causing a fuss in the Royal Capital." Alfonzo said, looking up at the man standing on top of the Legion's head. "I mean, this is your hometown, right Mystogan... Or should I say, Prince Jellal."

"Just what don't you know, Alfonzo?" Mystogan asked as he hopped off the Legion's head. "I even made sure to leave that bit of information out when I told you about the situation in Edolas."

As he spoke, Mystogan removed his mask and bandana, revealing his face.

At the same time, Panther Lily's attention was drawn away from the burning Royal Capital when he heard Alfonzo mention Prince Jellal.

"Prince! Is it really you?" Panther Lily asked as he stood up and rushed over to Mystogan. Then, once he was in front of him, he dropped down to one knee while staring up into Mystogan's eyes. "Prince, where have you been? You've been gone for so long."

"Lily, it's good to see you again, my friend." Mystogan said with a smile while patting Panther Lily on his shoulder. "I've been trying to stop my father from causing things to escalate to this point. So, I've been roaming Earth Land closing all the Anima that opened up on that side. But as you can see, I've failed."

"Then, why didn't you tell me about your plan?" Panther Lily asked after taking a moment to digest what Mystogan had to say. "I would have been more than willing to support you in your endeavors."

"I know, old friend." Mystogan replied. "But because of my opposition to my father's plans, I was on the verge of being declared a traitor. And I did not want to drag you down with me."

Hearing that, Panther Lily could only lower his head.

Meanwhile, after getting his fill of seeing the city being ravage by Natsu's flames, Gajeel made his way over to Alfonzo.

"Think fast." Alfonzo said as he tossed something over his shoulder.

Catching the object on reflex, Gajeel looked at what he held in his hand. And when he saw it was a piece of magically charged black iron, his eyes lit up before he immediately bit into it. As a result, Gajeel wore a euphoric expression while his magic power was being recharged.

'I gave him that metal because I had a feeling that he was about to ask if Mystogan was trying to steal his cat.' Alfonzo thought to himself as he looked over his shoulder to see Gajeel eating the chunk of metal with glee. 'Part of me feels like I'm thinking too much. But the other part feels like it was the right move.'

"Not that I want to interrupt your reunion." Alfonzo said, trying to get the conversation rolling before Gajeel finished eating. "But what's your next move, Mystogan?"

With Alfonzo's question, Mystogan and Panther Lily stopped their conversation and looked in Alfonzo's direction. While Mystogan looked at his guild mate calmly, Panther Lily could not help but look at him with some apprehension. Especially after Alfonzo insulted his sword and swatted him away like a naughty child, not long ago.

"Before I answer your question, can you tell me what the others' situation looks like?" Mystogan asked.

"Well, let's see." Alfonzo said as he closed his eyes to focus more on what was going on in the Royal Capital. "Erza beat her counterpart. In fact, she's dragging her around while helping Natsu and the others deal with the Royal Army. Marin and Lici's battle is over, too. I don't know who they fought exactly, but they're just about to leave the castle with a few people in tow."

"Hmm…" Mystogan hummed in thought. "Well, I can't say that I know them very well."

"Maybe if you actually showed up at the guild hall every once in a while, instead of playing all mysterious, you would." Alfonzo muttered.

"But I'd guess they went to find the key to the Anima, right?" Mystogan asked, ignoring Alfonzo's jab. "Along the way, they probably fought the rest of the captains. Maybe even Byro and Coco, too."

"Do you really think Coco would have fought them, Prince?" Panther Lily asked. "From what I've heard, one of them looks like the late Captain Phyllis."

"Hmm…" Mystogan hummed in consideration once again. "You're probably right, Lily. I doubt Coco would have been able to fight Elicia. She was raised by Captain Phyllis, after all."

"Seriously?" Alfonzo asked with his eyes opened wide in surprise. "Does that mean Lici's gonna have another one added to her band of weirdo admirers?"

"I've heard about that." Mystogan said, not able to hide a smile. "And I must say, it's quite possible."

Knowing what Coco looked like from the anime in his past life, Alfonzo could only shake his head with a wry smile on his face while he imagined the little girl following Elicia around like a puppy.

"Anyway, if what you've said is true, they probably did defeat the rest of the captains." Mystogan continued from where he left off. "Meaning, my father's protection detail should be at its weakest. So, now is probably the perfect time to take him in to custody. He needs to pay for his crimes. Not just those against Earth Land, either. But for what he's done to all the people of Edolas not living in the Royal Capital, as well."

"*Gulp* Does that mean we're gonna go beat up the king?" Gajeel asked after swallowing the last bit of metal Alfonzo gave him. "I've never beat up a king before. This sounds like fun."

"Yeah." Alfonzo added. "I'm down, too."

"Good, then we should get going." Mystogan said with a nod. Then, he looked in Panther Lily's direction. "Lily, will you accompany me on this final step of our revolution?"

"Of course, my Prince." Panther Lily replied while thumping his fist against his cracked chest plate.

"Well, before we get going, let me deal with the uninvited guests." Alfonzo said, looking in the direction of the Royal Capital's airspace. "I really hope they don't die from the fall, though."

At the end of Alfonzo's line of sight, three Legions, each carrying a number of Royal Army soldiers on their backs was quickly approaching the floating landmass. More than likely, they were ordered to pursue Mystogan's Legion. Though, they were only now able to get a pursuit team ready.

"[Electromagnetism Magic: Thunder Clap and Flash]." Alfonzo chanted as he was covered in sparking, blue electricity.

In the next instant, Alfonzo dropped down into an iaido stance, even though he was not holding a katana. Then, he made the motion of drawing and sheathing a sword three times in quick succession. And with those motions, three condensed bolts of lightning were sent flying towards the three Legions.

"Ahh~~~~!" Panther Lily screamed in terror while falling to his knees and covering his head with his hands.

*Roar!* x 3

At the same time, the three Legions roared in pain as the lightning struck. A moment later, they fell from the sky, unable to maintain flight due to the pain.

"Okay, we can go---" Alfonzo said as he turned back towards the rest of the group. But when he saw Panther Lily's state, his words came to a halt.

'I knew he was afraid of lightning.' Alfonzo thought to himself. 'But you really only got to see his smaller form cower like this in the anime. Seeing the big, badass Panther Lily curled up in the fetal position like this is kinda…'

Not only Alfonzo was caught off guard by Panther Lily's display, however, Gajeel might have been in an even worse state of shock after seeing the cat he planned to adopt in this situation. Mystogan, on the other hand, could only shake his head.

"After all these ears, I would have expected you to overcome this fear, Lily." Mystogan said. "But I guess everyone has at least one weakness."

"Huh? What are you talking about, my Prince?" Panther Lily replied frantically as he stood up quickly. "I-I wasn't afraid. I was just caught off guard, that's all. I-I-I'm not afraid of thu-thu-thunder."

Once again, Mystogan could only shake his head. At the same time, Gajeel stepped forward and patted Panther Lily on his shoulder with a grin on his face.

"Ther's nothing wrong with being afraid of something, Lily." Gajeel said. "But you don't have to worry. Now that you're my cat, I'll help you overcome it."

Hearing Gajeel's conciliatory tone, Panther Lily wanted to slap his hand away. Unfortunately, he was still trembling too hard. So, he was unable to muster the proper strength to do so.

"Anyway…" Alfonzo said, breaking the current awkward atmosphere. "Lici and Marin are about to reach the castle's gates. "So, we should get going."

Hearing that, the other three nodded.

"But before we do…" Alfonzo said, grabbing Gajeel by the arm. "I'll send you down there, first."

"Huh?" Gajeel exclaimed in confusion.

Then, without explaining, Alfonzo threw Gajeel off the floating landmass towards the Royal Castle.

"Alfonzo~~~~~!" Gajeel shouted as he soared through the sky. "I'll make you pay for this, you bastard~~~~~!"

Meanwhile, Mystogan and Panther Lily only gawked at Alfonzo with their eyes and mouths open wide.

"Don't look at me like that." Alfonzo said after seeing the other two's expressions. "We're taking the Legion down to the castle, right? Then that was necessary. I doubt the Legion would have appreciated having someone puke on its back, after all?"

The Legion grunted in response. And from what Alfonzo could tell, it also nodded in satisfaction at his statement.

A moment later, Mystogan regained his senses.

"Alright, let's go." Mystogan said, shaking his head once again. "Now is the time to bring everything to an end."

With that, Alfonzo, Mystogan, and Panther Lily leapt onto the Legions back before Mystogan had it fly the three of them towards the Royal Capital.


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