While everyone did their fight, at least for those who found anyone. Cynthia and Wendy was against Veronica. Despite being a 2 vs 1, having to fight someone who could basically end any of them in one touch proved to be quite difficult. The use of telekinesy didn't help ether.
"What are you waiting for? You don't want to see me again?" Veronica said in a false sad voice. Clearly she enjoyed tormented the two little girls.
"Did she always be that hard to approach?" Cynthia asked, annoyed to not be able to launch a hit .
"Last time I was... upset by what she did to Carla. I ended being reckless".
"You? Angry? Is that possible?" Cynthia lifted a brow.
"Of course I can be angry. Who you think I am?" Wendy pouted while flailing her arms.
"Stop arguing and do your fight!" Carla shouted at them... from behind a tree. Cynthia and Wendy looked at her, deadpanned.
"But she's right" Wendy focused on the fight again, wind surrounding her "We must take defeat her cautionly"
"Then..." Cynthia crouched herself, a magic seal forming under herself "We must attacked in the same time. You're with me?"
"Of course!" Wendy extended her arms, the wind concentrated there
"Sky Dragon's Wind attack!" With a motion, Wendy send the winds toward Veronica, who used her telekinesy to lift a rock, protecting her successfully
"Hmpf! It will not be-" She looked down, noticing a orange light. It was a magic circle, the same as Cynthia's, who grinned.
"Omega Fira Dragon's Eruption!" Cynthia transmitted her magic on the first circle, which was released in the form of towering fire, engulfring the dark mage.
"AAAAH" She screamed in pain, but it was muffled by the uprising flames. Once it stopped, there was a cloud smoke, but Wendy and Cynthia ermained focused.
And they were right, since from the cloud, rocks were threw at great speed
"!?"Wendy struggled to ducked the rocks. It was however easier for Cynthia who could just punched them with her fist soaked in flames.
From the clearing dust, Veronica had two other rocks floating beside her, but this time, a purple list surrounded it.
"Now, if we get to the next level?" She said, grimacing.
The fight between Surge and Zalen ended for being, well, ended. Surge was trapped by various material: wood, steel, ect... unable to move or using magic at all.
"Grrr!"
"Growling served you nothing" Zalen explain casually, cleaning his glasses "Just wait here peacefully, I have other peoples to find. Speaking of that..."
"Hey Zalen!" Luke cheered while approaching him, until he saw the state of his adversary
"Man, you could at least leave a bit for me" Luke scratched his head
"I could, but you know I don't like long fight. And I don't think leaving you a half dead ennemy would be enough for you."
"Haha, you know me well. Now, next one!"
"I've heard gunfire in this direction, but it didn't sound like Reve. Let's see what's up there"
For some reason,Luke felt a shiver when he had an idea of who it might be.
Oh no! It must be her.
Melody has been overconfident about taking two mages by herself, and not anyone! If she recognised Erza's strenght, she was surprised by the gunslinger who supported her. Her shot are dangerous, but mostly, very precise. Too precise, almost if she could read her movement. Who she though being a newbie became as dangerous as Titania. She quickly summoned a protection from one of the shots, but it allowed Erza to slashed her with her blade
"Gah!" She spat."Silver Make: Spikes!" Spiked rose from the ground, not to empaled Erza, but to repelled her. She catched her breath, a thing she didn't have time to do.
They are very coordonate. If I want to have a chance, I must take care of the one at the back. Fir you, Erza, I prepare something for you. She grinned internally.
Erza transformed into her Heaven's Wheel Armor, dozens of swords appeared around her.
"Dance my sword!" The swords now pointed toward Melody, who must act quickly.
"Silver Make: Armor!" Silver surrounded Melody's body. It won't allow movement, but it was not important. The swords percutted the armor, again and again. Cracks bagan to appeared as the number of swords lessened.
When the armor dissapeared completely, the few swords remaining hit their mark. She had marks on her side, cheek, and her arms. But again, she didn't have time to recover when Shizu shoot at her with her neon sniper rifle.
Damn it! So annoying! "Greg! Let's tea-!"
When she turned her head, she saw Greg being against a tree, with Aura's hand gripping tightly on his neck.
W-Who is she? I didn't manage to land a single hit. When he looked at her eyes, he saw, boring. Like she didn't put any strengh on it, like she played with him
"I think I don't have much choice." He grabbed Aura's wrists, not allowing her to leaving him
"Discharge!" Electricity flew through his body. He focused it on his hand, which electrified Aura. He though it was working, but he didn't felt her grasp lessen, it didn't move. When the attack stopped, Aura still stood here, motionless, without a scratch
"W-What the-?"
"You're boring me" Aura said with a yawn, before tossing Greg backward, but before he could landing, Aura's whip circled his ankle. With one motion,she slammed him on trees multiples times, before tossing him away, who finished his track next to Melody.
"Greg! You're alright?" She asked, worried by the state of her comrade.
"This girl is a monster. I don't know what's her magic, but she don't seems to take damage at all. What about you?"
"Same here. Titania is a strong opponent herself, but the girl at the back cause more problem than intended."
"So, we are in trouble? We really don't have any luck to found such ennemies. Team?"
"Team." Melody agreed.
As both teams prepared to attack. Aura stretched her whip, Shizu loaded her rifle, Erza changed into her Black Wing armor.
When they were about to leap at each other, a light suddenly roared between the them. Unlike Greg's, which were bright yellow, this one was white blue-ish
"W-Who-?" Erza looked up, where she saw a black hair woman with a grumpy face, lightning still crackles in her palm. She didn't have time to wonder who it might be when she heard an overjoyed voice from behind, where a black skinned woman with red hair, walked while waving at them
"Hellooooo~"
Others ennemies? Erza though. These ones didn't inspired confidence. She wasn't the only one,since Shizu now pointed her sniper at the red hair woman, who raised her hands dramatically.
"Who are you?" Aura finally asked,preparing to attack anyone who dare make a move
Just in time
"Are you with them ?" Erza asked, feeling unsecured
"I'm reassuring you. We are not ennemies" A large figure in armor appeared just behind Aura, who jumped in surprise. "Whoa!"
"We're the members of the guild Darkness"
"Darkness ?" Erza repeated
Selene sweated. Aira was in a bad shape, but it was difficult to say since she could not check her up. Her adversary, Byron, now looking furious, summoned tiny pointed trails of water.
"Water Spikes!" One by one, he threw the spikes toward Selene.
"Diamond Wall!" She summoned a wall made of diamond, successfully protecting her from the attack. She sighted in relief, but her ears picked something
One, two, three, four... only four? Just there, Byron jumped over the wall, his right hand covered in water, forming a claw.
"Water Claw!" He swung the claw at Selene's head, who barely putted her arm covered in diamonds to protect herself. She strumbled, having on knee on the ground, but it was not finish. Byron coated his other hand in water, this time forming a fist. He did a uppercut at Selene's stomach. She gasped, her eyes wided, and flew backward.
Byron used his clawed hand to move the fifth spike, transpercing Selene.
"Geyser" From beneath Selene, the ground rumbled, until a geyser ascended, engulfing her. She let escape a pained scream until it stopped. She laided on the ground,coughing.
"Ugh..." She got up slowly, marks on her body
"I'm not finish." Byron leaped at her, both of his hands surrounded by water fists. Selene covered her body in diamonds,preparing to tank the blow. Byron swung punch after punch, making Selene recoiled. The more he hit, the more cracks appeared on the armor.
"You can only delay you're defeat. Since the beginning, you two doesn't have a chance" He said, lauching the final uppercut.
Selene was waiting a momnt like that. She ducked the punch and jumped at him. At his surprise, Byron remarked her mouth already full He reacted fast, but he's overconfident about his victory. All I must do is waiting for the good moment
"Diamond Dragon's...Roar!" She exhales, letting all her power being released. It consumed Byron's head as it travel far in the forest. Once it was finish, Byron fell on the grass, defeated.
Selene panted and fell on the fround as well, on her back "We...We did it, Aira". She looked at the blue sky, despite being covered by the leaf, it looked beautiful. But her eyes picked something strange. She narrowed her eyes, before they wided by what it was
Crap! I forgot about these! It was the remained spiked Byron didn't used. He kept this in case he would be beaten, dragging Selene with him. She tried to move, but it was a vain attempt. She looked hopelessly the spike which threated to impale her.
If I'm hit by these, I'm dead! She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact... which didn't came.
"Huh?" When she opened her eyes and looked around her, she saw thin black trail around her,as well as the water spikes.
I recognise those. "Taya, its you?"
She was right. Tayakata revealed herself with a proud smile on her lips. "I was first worried about your conditions, but after seeing that guy over there, I can say you've done a pretty good job"
Selene giggles a little "Thank you... It don't mind you if you can take us? I can't move"
Taya rolled her eyes, but accepted. "Alright, I take you off." She took Selene on her shoulder before coming toward Aira, who woke up. Taya took her like a potato bag.
"You were awesome, Selene" Aira said weakly.
"I could not make it without you" Selene replied kindly as Taya brough them toward their guildmates.
"Darkness? Don't know" Melody responded dryly. Despite that, she sweated mentally.
Another legal guild ? Shit! We must run now ! She stepped back, profiting of their discussion to leave unnoticed, but a voice stopped her
"Where are you going ?" Narbe asked with a sharp glare "We have a job, including you."
"Narbe-chan. Let a little for me~" Regina prepared her croiser as she flew past Shizu and Erza. She put her weapon high to crush her.
"Silver Make: Wall" A wall made of silver appeared, but it was not enough for the smiling freak. It broke easily.
"That's all ? I'm afraid you must try harder" Sshe said with a false disappointed voice.
Shit! This is bad! Gref panicked mentally, but just when he tried to flee, a cold hand landed on his shoulder. It was the figure in armor.
"You stay here sweetie" She said calmy, contrasting with her tighing grip. She lifted Greg, who could do nothing, baffled by her physical strengh.
"Now. Go to sleep" Elian rose her arm before slamming Greg on the ground. This caused the earth to tremble. Erza tighed her grip on her sword, managing to keep the balance.
Who are these people ? Why do I feel so stressed? The feeling was particulary intense for the armored one.
This one is strong
Melody, panicking, decided to try the all or nothing. With a scream, she let her magic explode around her. While Narbe was only annoyed by the wind it occured, Regina felt her skin burning.
Ouch! It hurt! She hissed while narrowing her eyes.
When the explosion went down, Melody was seen running away for her life.
"Oh no." Narbe exclaimes before pointing at her. [Thunder] From her fingertip, blue lightning travelled the air, finishing its track on Melody. With a pained scream, she fell on the ground with white eyes.
"Woooo, nice shot, Narbe-chan" Regina clapped.
Narbe onmy smile, proud of her finish "That was not complicated"
"Okay, now that it's finish, can we know who are you ?" Aura asked , arms crossed
"Like we said, we are Darkness" Regina replied, still smiling.
"I've heard of them a little. They are a new guild, but their strengh is already known" Erza explained. "But this is not a bit too soon for a mission like that ?"
"I think we have the strengh necessarry for that kind of mission" Elian affirmed, before a tiny spider put itself on her shoulder.
"My lady, two other people are getting closer. They don't belong to the dark mages, but nether to Fairy Tail" Elian nodded.
"Everything is alright?" Erza asked.
"Yes, it's nothing. Then, we should move now. The dark mages won't come on their own." Elian joked. The now biggest group parted away, Regina bring both of their victims.
Gray and Elfman were in a bad shape. The monsters the man created were wisely chosed to fight the two Fairy Tail mages. The polar bear brough its claw up, but Gray conjured a ice wall before evading it.
Elfman was in his WereTiger form. The wolf was focused on the speed, a domain Elfman struggled. But this transformation had a cost: less brute power. Now that he could match the wolf's speed, it was way harder to actually hurt it.
"This is not manly to use some trick like this!"
One for my ice, one for teh speed, but hard enough Gray though, a light bulb appeared over his head.
Of course! "Elfman, let's switch!"
"On it!" Evading another bite,Elfman leaped over Gray, who slided under him.
"Ice Make..." Two swords made of ice wer conjured in Gray's hands. He crossed them, slashing the wolf in a X-motion. "...Ice Bringer!".
The wolf whined in pain, a 'X' mark on its stomach. It fell with its tongue out.
"Take Over: Beast Soul!" Elfman transformed himself into a beast again. The polar bear threw a punch at him, but he smiled, catching the fist.
"Here I coooooooooooooome!" With pure force, he turned on himself, dragging the monstruosity with him. With a final roar, he hurled the bear toward the man, who had wided eyes "Oh...".
The impact definitely beat him, the two beasts disappeared in a bright light.
"Phew, finally" Gray exhaled.
"A chance for us he didn't controlled a wyvern like Aura." Elfman laughed.
On his last phrase, Gray just realised something.
Wait, so it mean Aura is stronger than me?
