144: Chapter 144 Erza! The Mysterious WomanHowever, Loki's gaze inadvertently swept over the golden keychain at Lucy's waist, and his expression instantly changed drastically.He took several steps back as if he had seen a ghost, exclaiming in shock:
".You, you're a Celestial Spirit Mage?"
He clutched his chest dramatically, as if he had suffered a tremendous shock:
"Fate.fate is so cruel!I'm sorry!Let's end this here!"
After saying that, he actually ran out in tears, leaving behind a dashing yet sorrowful silhouette.
Lucy stared speechlessly in the direction he had disappeared: ".When did we even begin?"
Mirajane chuckled and explained, "Loki.he's never seemed to be very good at dealing with Celestial Spirit Mages.Maybe he was hurt by one of them before?"
Just then, Happy seemed to be reminded by the word "Protoss," and suddenly slapped his head with both paws, shouting, "I remember now!"
Lucy was startled and asked, "What did you remember, Happy?"
Happy pulled a uniquely shaped gold key from its little backpack and held it up to Lucy: "This!"
Lucy's gaze was instantly drawn to the key, her eyes shining with surprise as she exclaimed, "This.isn't this the Virgo Celestial Key?Where did you get it?"
Harpy recalled, "Oh my!Wasn't that Duke Aibal arrested by the Royal Guard?It seems his contract with the Protoss was automatically dissolved."
Then the Virgo celestial spirit himself suddenly appeared and said he wanted to sign a contract with me and asked me to hand over the key to you.
I noticed you seemed a bit dizzy, so I forgot to mention it.
Lucy snatched the key, excitedly rubbing her face against the key she had been dreaming of: "You have great taste!Unlike that perverted Aibal!Oh, right."
She suddenly thought of a question, "Why haven't I seen Duke Aibar use her before?How did she inform you?"
Harpy gestured with his paws and said, "Ai~!She's actually been outside the whole time!She's the tallest of the four maids who were with Duke Abal before!"
Lucy: "."
Lucy recalled the splendor of the "beautiful maids" around Duke Abel, especially the tallest, most robust figure who resembled a gorilla incarnate.
Her initial excitement at receiving the new key froze instantly, and her face, which had been rubbing against the key, involuntarily moved away from the Virgo key, a forced smile appearing on her face.
"Heh, heh heh."
Although.although she really has good taste in choosing me.but today is really inconvenient.let's sign the contract another day!
As she spoke, she casually hung the hot potato-like Virgo key on the very edge of the keychain on her waist, intending to temporarily forget its existence.
Just then, Loki, who had suddenly burst into tears and rushed out earlier, flung open the guild door again, shouting frantically:
"Something terrible has happened—!"
Under the questioning gazes of the crowd, Loki, with a solemn expression, said, word by word:
"Ayrza is back!"
As if some terrifying switch had been flipped, the once noisy and bustling hall, which resembled a marketplace, instantly became deathly silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop!
All the members froze, their smiles frozen, replaced by expressions of shock, fear, and tension, as if they had heard some extremely terrible news.
Seeing the crowd suddenly fall silent, as if petrified, Lucy curiously looked at Mirajane, the only one still maintaining a calm smile, and whispered:
"What's going on?Who is Erza?Why is everyone reacting like this?"
Mirajane smiled gently and explained, "Miss Erza.you could say she's the strongest female mage in our guild, right?She's incredibly powerful."
Upon hearing this, Lucy immediately became interested and exclaimed with delight, "Really?The strongest female mage?I really want to see her!"
But it seems like the mage magazine has never published her picture.What kind of person is she?
Natsu chimed in, his voice trembling almost imperceptibly, "It's.terrifying."
Seeing Lucy's astonished expression, Gray added stiffly, ".Beast."
Gray seemed to think that wasn't quite right, so he added, ".a monster!"
Harpy hugged himself with his wings and said somberly, "It's.a magical beast, isn't it."
Seeing their tense expressions, Lucy immediately pictured a towering, muscular, ferocious-looking female giant wielding a massive spiked club.She forced a smile and said:
"No, it can't be that exaggerated."
Gray retorted, "No.in terms of sheer horror, it's even more outrageous than that."
Natsu seemed to be caught up in some unpleasant memory, describing, ".one kick could send a mountain flying."
Gray added, ".at least three!"
Harpy tried to compromise: ".Then how about two and a half?"
Lucy blushed: "One, a woman who kicks two hillsides away with one kick." She felt her imagination was running out.
Just then, heavy, rhythmic footsteps, seemingly pounding on everyone's heart, came from outside the guild gate, gradually approaching.
The atmosphere in the guild grew increasingly heavy, as if the air itself had frozen.
Natsu and Gray, who had been arguing, stopped bickering and nervously swallowed.
Lucy was also caught up in the atmosphere and became nervous, her palms even sweating a little.
Soon, a shadow stretched enormous by the sunlight was cast into the guild hall, covering an area near the entrance.
Lucy swallowed hard, her eyes fixed on the door.
Fortunately, as the figure fully entered the hall, carrying in one hand a gigantic magical beast nearly twice the height of a person and adorned with exquisite gemstones.After the horn landed on the ground with a thud, the enormous, inhuman-looking figure that had appeared due to the backlighting became clear.
The newcomer had long, bright crimson hair tied in a simple ponytail.
She wore fine silver armor on her upper body, but a pleated short skirt on her lower body and long boots on her feet.
She has a beautiful face, sharp eyes, and a serious expression; she is a dashing and powerful young woman.
She glanced around the unusually quiet guild and asked in a clear, penetrating voice, "I'm back.Is the guild leader here?"
Lucy's mouth dropped open in surprise, and she murmured unconsciously, ".So, so beautiful." This was completely different from what she had imagined!
Mirajane smiled gently and said, "Welcome back, Erza.Guild Master is at a routine meeting and isn't at the guild."
Erza nodded: "Is that so?"
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