Three Minutes Later
General POV
Luciana crossed her arms and stared at the pile of groaning bodies before her. The Light Team had been easily defeated, and she was pleased and surprised by her friend's performance today. Not that she would tell them. Their heads did not need to get any bigger. So, when the last person arrived, dragging a limp body behind them, all she said was: "Took you long enough."
And all Adrian said was: "That was the signal? Really?"
A voice interrupted her thoughts, as it always had so long ago.
"Hey! Let us go! We need to defeat you guys!" the aforementioned fire mage proceeded to light his body on fire. Luciana released a large amount of her magic energy, extinguishing the flames and sending both friend and foe alike to the ground, unable to move.
"What are you?" Gray gritted out from between his teeth as he struggled to breathe.
"What spell was that?" Erza demanded to know.
Pointedly ignoring Gray's insult, I replied to Erza. "That, my dear, was the result of being trained by Acnologia and Celaeste, to be the strongest Dragon Slayer this world will ever know."
Everyone around me gasped in shock.
"Erm… L-Luce…? C-co-could you p-pl-please let up a bi-bit on the ma-ma-magic-magical en-energy? I can't bre-brea-breathe!" Adrian gasped for air.
"Sorry!" I apologised profusely, rubbing his back as he struggled to return air to his lungs. "Are you guys okay?" they all reassured me they were fine, while behind my back the Light Team, with the exception of the unconscious members, struggled to free themselves. I raised my arm and lowered it swiftly, smashing them all back to the ground.
"You guys ready?" I asked my friends, grinning.
"Yep!" Rose cheered.
"I can't wait to see our new place!" Yuki announced.
"You'll love it! It's beautiful!" I said proudly.
"Lead the way!" Konran bowed with a flourish and, giggling, I led the way into the cave, through the portal and to our new home.