In the air, the orbs of Blue and Red began to slowly merge, coalescing into a single violet sphere.
BOOM——————!!
Hollow Purple.
By causing the Lapse and Reversal techniques to collide, the resulting imaginary mass was launched forward with violent force.
A magnificent purple light expanded and surged outward with extreme speed. Everywhere the light touched, everything was utterly dismantled.
"Aaaaauuughhhh!!"
"Waaaaahhhh!!" ...
The light swallowed the Legion corps whole.
The powerful impact relentlessly shredded the Royal Palace buildings; those structures, once thought to be indestructible, were now crumbling.
Even those on the ground were pinned down by the terrifying pressure of the shockwaves, unable to even lift their heads as they let out screams of pure terror.
The horrific impact radiated outward from the palace as its center, affecting nearly half the entire city.
After a long time, everything finally began to settle.
Crash!
Natsu tunneled his way out from the rubble. Looking at the scene of total destruction before him, he was left speechless, his mind blank with shock.
Clang!
Gajeel also hauled himself out. When he saw the scene before him, the expression on his face completely froze.
"This... this monster!!"
Gajeel knew Kael was a monster; he had known that since the day they fought. Even later, when Kael defeated the Wizard Saint Jose, he hadn't been that surprised.
But this guy just kept shattering his understanding over and over again. Just when you thought you'd seen his limit, it turned out that it was just a casual attack for him.
Lucy and Wendy also climbed out, staring at the devastation with equal shock.
"Didn't he say he wouldn't use any ultimate moves?!!"
Earlier, she had heard Kael jokingly mention using a Lightning Spear to wipe out the Edolas Capital in one shot.
During the battle against the Oración Seis, she had witnessed Kael's Lightning Spear. That single move had completely destroyed Nirvana.
Nirvana was nowhere near as large as the Edolas Capital, but that terrifying impact was definitely enough to erase the entire city from the map.
"I... I knew it..."
Back when Kael first said those words, Carla had caught a fleeting, blurry vision of the Edolas Royal Palace being wiped out.
When she saw Kael going on a rampage in the palace earlier, she thought that was how it would be destroyed.
But the scene before her now was identical to the one she had seen in her vision.
This guy, Kael, wasn't joking at all. He really intended to completely annihilate the Edolas Capital.
Panther Lily, Erza Knightwalker, Sugarboy—the division captains—were all paralyzed with fear after witnessing this.
Erza Knightwalker's eyes widened in disbelief: "No... this... how is this possible?! Is this really something a human can do?"
She had barely managed to dodge Kael's attack at the critical moment, but she was still caught in the shockwave and sustained some injuries. She had been planning to find a way to get back at Kael, only to witness what just happened.
Kael's attack had shattered her understanding of magic. Destruction on this scale was something no magical tool, regardless of material, could ever hope to contain.
"Is this the magic of Earthland..."
Panther Lily stared at the scene in shock. His weapon had been shattered by Kael in a single blow, and he had been heavily injured in just one exchange.
He knew clearly how terrifying that man's strength was, but he realized he had still underestimated him. That last attack had exploded in the sky; he didn't dare imagine the scene if it had detonated near the ground.
"...A monster, huh..."
Sugarboy looked at Kael's figure in the distance and reached a conclusion.
"No... not just a monster... he's on a completely different level!!"
Hughes, the Captain of the Third Magic War Division, spoke with an exaggerated look of terror. His magic involved a Command Wand, which could grant simple souls and the ability to think to inanimate objects.
"Aaaaauuughhhh!!"
"Monster!!"
"Run away————!!" ...
Many of the surviving soldiers scattered in all directions, consumed by panic. Previously, although they feared Kael, they still felt they had an absolute advantage in numbers.
The mages of Earthland had a finite amount of mana in their bodies. As long as the enemy's mana was depleted, they would be no different from ordinary people.
But after Kael's last attack, their fear was completely ignited.
Are you kidding me?! Fight a monster like that?!
This monster could completely destroy the capital with a single hit.
Numbers?
Numbers meant absolutely nothing in the face of such power. If he wanted to, he could easily erase every single one of them along with the capital in one move.
Right at that moment.
Salvo after salvo of missiles were fired toward Kael's position.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!
Explosions completely enveloped the area around Kael.
"Kael!!"
"Kael!!"
Lucy and Wendy couldn't help but feel incredibly worried. Using a move like that must have drained a lot of Kael's mana. If he was attacked now, he might not be able to hold out.
"No one is allowed to flee!!"
A majestic, commanding voice rang out.
"That voice... it's His Majesty!!"
Erza Knightwalker looked toward the source of the voice and saw a machine shaped like a dragon appearing on top of the palace ruins.
Panther Lily recognized it: "That's... the Dorma Anim..."
"...His Majesty even brought out that weapon?!"
Sugarboy was surprised. That thing consumed an enormous amount of mana and even absorbed the mana from the atmosphere. Because mana was limited in this world, it was considered a forbidden weapon.
"My soldiers! Your King is right here!!"
"Ahahahaha!! The King's power is limitless!! The King's power is absolute!!!"
"My soldiers! There are only a few invaders. Their mana is finite! That last move must have drained most of his energy; he won't be able to use it again! As long as we keep attacking, we can finish these invaders for good! We are the great Kingdom of Edolas; we cannot allow these invaders to act so brazenly in our world!!!"
King Faust's voice echoed throughout the capital.
"That's right! That move just now must have cost that guy a lot of mana!"
"His Majesty has deployed the Dorma Anim! Under His Majesty's leadership, we will definitely win!"
"Kill them! Kill the invaders!!" ...
The fleeing soldiers regained their courage and began to regroup, preparing to launch an attack on Natsu and the others.
Suddenly!
Kael's voice rang out from the sky.
"I knew it! Some people are just beyond saving!"
Everyone looked up toward the sound and saw Kael. He was currently floating upside down in the sky above the capital, his hands casually shoved in his pockets.
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