Facing the sudden arrival of Faust and that big black cat, the atmosphere in the guild instantly became tense.
Cana from this world was a lady; she held onto the agitated Levy No. 2 tightly, "Levy, Faust and we are currently in the same boat, so don't argue at a time like this!"
"Faust, say what you have to say quickly! Get out as soon as you're done."
Levy calmed down and spoke coldly, "I am not that idiot Lucy, who would put aside grudges and give you a friendly face."
Faust, having been retorted, was not angry. After all, during his reign, the persecution of this guild, which dared to oppose his monopoly on magic, had never stopped.
Faust stroked his beard, his gaze pausing slightly on the two Natsus, "While you were heading to the Exceed kingdom for reinforcements, I discovered important information in the books left behind by my ancestors."
"What kind of information would make you come here in person?" Levy frowned.
Faust said slowly, "The source of power that Hopeless claims to have, that ancient magic crystal that can turn despair into power, has an origin that is not simple."
"It might be an artifact left behind by the gods in legends."
"Gods? Old man, stop joking."
Levy scoffed and retorted unhappily, "It's better to believe in me than to believe in gods. At least the Teleportation device I made can transfer everyone to another floating island when the Despair Emperor's army arrives."
The big black cat behind Faust immediately retorted, "When I was in Extalia before, I once heard the Exceed elder say that the Exceed race might have been created by gods."
"Tch, so you call yourselves angels, then?"
Before Levy's words had finished, a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.
A guild member rushed in and shouted, "Not good! Kingdom troops are coming this way!"
"Damn it, how did they find us so quickly again!"
Levy immediately grabbed her large wrench, "My Teleportation device needs at least another half an hour to finish cooling down. Now we really have to fight for our lives."
Hearing Levy say this, the other members of the guild, knowing there was no retreat, also took out their own weapons—swords, spears, and clubs, everything was ready.
Because the world's magic was on the verge of exhaustion, regardless of whether it was the army or the guild, basically only the top warriors were qualified to use magic items for combat.
"It's too late."
Faust walked to the window and narrowed his eyes, "The ones coming this time are not ordinary pursuers... they are the Despair Emperor's personal guard."
Everyone looked outside, only to see three strangely shaped black airships slowly descending, surrounding this floating island. On the side of each airship was a very eye-catching pattern of an eye wrapped in chains.
That was the symbol of the Despair Emperor.
Looking at the army descending from the airships, these were the Despair Emperor's true elite soldiers, and the leader was the former general under Faust, Shugboy.
Shugboy used a magic sword capable of softening any non-living matter it touched.
And there were so many well-equipped soldiers.
Unable to escape, and with numbers far inferior to the enemy army, the current situation for the resistance, whose main combat force had been captured, was undoubtedly at a life-or-death juncture.
But everyone from Fairy Tail still walked out of the guild without hesitation; rather than constantly running away, it was better to fight a glorious battle.
Shugboy looked at the ragtag group united in purpose before him and smiled disdainfully, focusing his gaze on the black cat in armor within the crowd.
"Isn't this Panther Lilly? We meet again."
"I, the captain of the Third Magic Combat Unit, am now the Despair Emperor's personal guard, while you, the former captain of the First Magic Combat Unit, can only follow Faust and hide like a rat."
"It really makes one sigh."
Shugboy continued with emotion, "Surrender. The Despair Emperor has promised me that he will not kill you. All of you who were captured previously were only locked up."
Lilly did not respond, only drawing the great sword from his back. He was the only high-level combatant currently in the resistance, and only he could oppose Shugboy.
Watching his former colleague refuse him with actions, Shugboy actually felt a bit uncomfortable. Although Lilly was an Exceed, he didn't have any of the airs of an Exceed; he was a very easy-going big cat.
Shugboy sighed and gave the order to attack.
The swarming soldiers immediately rushed forward.
Just as a clash of overwhelming numbers was about to erupt, a scorching flame stood across the center of the battlefield. The high-temperature flames that distorted the air forced both sides to stop.
Shugboy frowned deeply. Such powerful magic; could it be that the resistance still had some powerful magic items? But why didn't the resistance take them out before?
Surrounded by flames, the Cherry-Haired Youth slowly appeared.
Shugboy immediately recognized who it was, "So it's you, Fairy Tail member 'Fireball' Natsu! When did a coward like you become so brave?"
"Eh? Um... you seem to have recognized the wrong person..."
Watching Natsu No. 2 pop up in the crowd, Shugboy was stunned. How could there be two Natsus? Wait, could this guy covered in flames be...
"The other me is not a coward; he is very brave."
The white scarf fluttered with the high-temperature airflow. Natsu slowly raised his head, a flash of brilliance in his eyes, "Also, I am not 'Fireball', I am the 'Fire Dragon'!"
The next second, a crimson light surged instantly.
By the time Shugboy regained his senses, the dozens of soldiers in front of him had already been easily knocked down like cutting melons and vegetables, and the Cherry-Haired Youth had already arrived in his line of sight.
Natsu swung his fist without hesitation.
Fire Dragons Iron Fist!
Unable to react in time, Shugboy could only hurriedly draw his magic sword to defend. However, this magic weapon that had followed him into battle for many years was blasted into two pieces the very next moment.
The fist wrapped in magic flames shattered the magic sword and landed straight on Shugboy's chest.
Immediately after... a shooting star appeared in the Sky.
Watching Shugboy fall from high in the Sky and vomit blood from the impact, Natsu scratched his face in confusion.
"So you were this weak; I thought you were much stronger."
"If I had known, I would have used thirty percent less power."
Shugboy, who was struggling to get up, felt humiliated upon hearing this. He immediately spat out another mouthful of blood, and then everything went black before he collapsed to the ground and passed out.
Watching Natsu easily defeat Shugboy with just one move, both the kingdom army and the resistance fell into silence at the same time.
One must know that Shugboy was a top-tier existence in this current world where magic was about to be exhausted; otherwise, he would not have been reused by Faust and the Despair Emperor successively.
Yet he was casually one-shotted by a young punk.
This was undoubtedly too terrifying...
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