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The larger team reached the castle gates where Laxus, Jellal, and Erza awaited them. "We took care of them Natsu," Laxus reported to Natsu.
Natsu gave a nod as Wendy's Vernier wore off all them. "Natsu-nii, don't tell me we're storming the castle," Romeo said in realization.
"We have no choice. We're here to take care of that fake king," Natsu told Romeo.
They all stood and looked at the large castle. "Natsu-san, what if we get stuck in the Hell's Palace again?" Wendy said, concerned.
Natsu turned away, but you could tell he was smiling. "There's no way we'll get stuck and die in there. No matter how strong the enemy is, there is no way we're going. Plus, there's more of us this time," Natsu told them.
Smiles cracked from some of the members. "We better go. The sooner we save the magic world, the better," Natsu told them.
Nods and smiles appeared on everyone's face. They stormed through the doors of the castle and jogged through. "We'll stick together unless we run into an enemy," Natsu told them.
Though, the moment Natsu said that was when knights came at them. "Halt! You will go no farther!" One yelled.
"Me and Romeo will take care of them, Natsu-san!" Wendy said, both running faster and Wendy began to enchant for speed and protection.
"Be careful, Wendy, Romeo!" Natsu called out before their assault began against the knights.
A path was cleared for them and they continued through. "Natsu-sama, is it okay to allow them to be left alone?" Yukino asked, concerned.
Natsu turned his head as he had a smile and said, "I'm sure they'll be okay. If they survived being in Fairy Tail and ninety years with hiding, then there's no way that knights will stop them."
Yukino said nothing after that, seeming to have confidence in Natsu's judgement. Though, what they ran into next was a lone man with his sword sheath. He stood tall and his eyes showed confidence. Natsu went in tried to hit the man with a fist. The man dodged the punch and unsheathed the sword, bringing it down on one of Natsu's arms. Though, to the man's dissatisfaction, Natsu snatched hand back before the sword could cut it. The sword then came swinging at Natsu's neck, but before Natsu could do anything; he was shoved to the side and stumbled a few steps back. "Natsu, get out of here. I'll take him on," Erik had his arms covered in scales, blocking the sword from cutting anything.
"Impossible! I should be able to cut through anything!" The knight was surprised.
"Are you sure? It seems you haven't tried taking a dragon on single-handedly," Erik grinned.
"You sure you want to take him?" Natsu asked, recovering.
Erik gave a grin. "I'll do it. I'll try to catch up when I finished this guy," Erik said.
"I could take him on. He won't have a chance in getting through metal scales and I'll just eat his sword and finally catch up," Gajeel offered.
"What fun is that? He should be poisoned and feel the agony of a slow death," Erik argued.
"I could just burn him into a crisp instead," Natsu suggested.
The knight began to slowly back away, muttering 'monsters'. "Eh, you got a problem with us?" Natsu asked, hearing what he said.
"Y-you're all monsters. All three of you," The man said.
"We ain't monsters. We're dragon slayers," Natsu told him.
Gajeel's skin turned to metal, the scales on Erik began to show poison seeping through the scales, and Natsu's hands turned to fire. "Lucy, take the others and go. We'll catch up in a moment," Natsu ordered.
"I really didn't want to see how this fight ended anyway," Lucy said and began to run.
"How this fight was going to end?" The knight questioned.
Smiles cracked from the three dragon slayers, showing their canine teeth. " What Lucy meant by that was..." Natsu began.
A serious expression dawned on all the dragon slayers' faces. "You'll die," All three began glowing.
Gajeel was glowing green, Erik redish-purple, and Natsu red. Fear sparked in the knight's eyes. In a flash and in sync, the three came at the knight with an unbelievable speed. Natsu and Erik slowed, allowing Gajeel to go in first. Gajeel reached the knight and the knight held his sword up to block Gajeel's arm from hitting his chest. Though, Gajeel yanked the sword out of his hand and back away quick, munching on the sword. "Thanks for the meal. I really needed it," Gajeel took a bite out of the sword.
Next, Natsu went in, throwing flaming punches, melting the metal that protected his chest. He left the knight on the floor, his armor melted and burn marks all over. Natsu flipped over Erik as he went in to rake his poisoned claws across the man's chest. The metal scales disappeared off of Gajeel, Natsu's flaming fists disappeared, and Erik's scales disappeared also. They stared at the knight and then turned and ran, following the others' scents.
They soon caught up and Natsu took the lead.