Lucy had just placed Layla's hand against the Magic Analysis Board against her will, and her information was now revealed for all of the Members to see.


"Wha... what is this..." the group said in shock of the new numbers

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Mana Capacity 92160/92160
Reserve Capacity 30720/30720

Power 10/10
Speed 10/10
Endurance 10/10
Defense 10/10

Current Max Output 1479222
Currently Unlocked 100%
Current Rating: DESTROYER
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"1.4 MILLION!" Natsu Exclaimed.

"What the hell kind of attack would be 1.4 million?" Gray said in a panic.

Everyone else was in shock including Makarov.

Layla said nothing as a tear rolled down her cheek, she didn't want them to know the extent of her power, as it could only lead to fear with to the over-simplified information the board could display.

Mavis floated down beside Layla and placed her hand on her shoulder in support, she shook her head at group in disappointment as it was not the Fairy Tail way to ridicule comrades.

"Okay, well we had our fun with the board, and let's be honest people, you can't be surprised look around you, she MADE this place with her magic!" Makarov said calming the group down.

"Yes, that's enough of the board." Layla said as reset its display back to it's initial input.

"I believe Master Makarov has devised groups for you all to train in, it's probably easier to not have more than 2 groups here at a time and we don't want to leave Fairy Tail empty back in Earthland." Layla said as she left the group to Makarov.

"OK groups will be basically what you already trained in leading up to the games, the only variation is Gajeel, who will be grouped with the other slayers Natsu and Wendy. But for now we will all be returning to Earthland where we can organise a rotation, so please everyone follow me." Makarov announced before he turned to face back at the doorway.

Makarov lead the majority of Fairy Tail back to the portal the only exceptions were the key group of Erza, Gray, Lucy, Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel who stuck around with Layla.

"You ok Momma?" Lucy asked concerned for Layla who had gone quiet.
"Mmm, I'm fine, just bad memories" Layla said
"I'm sorry I asked Layla" Gray said
"No, it's ok Gray, you only said what everyone else was thinking" Layla said.

"Seriously though 1.4 million is insane" Erza said bluntly ignoring the mood.
"Well it definately wasn't used against a Dragon, that's way overkill" Natsu said

"Long ago, in my anger, I was no better than Obsidian. I used my power to destroy a God" Layla said as a tear ran down her face.

"God? like God Slaying Magic? Like Chelia?" Wendy said.

"Yes Obsidian and I created God Slaying magic, but what I used was not wind... it was... Death" Layla said in regret

"Natsu you have seen similar magic first hand, with Zeref" Layla said as she stared at Natsu

"Long ago before Obsidian became the embodiment of evil, he was caring but was picked on because of his colour, they would call him evil even though he was gentle, but eventually he started to believe it himself."

"I pleaded with the gods of the time to change his colour to prevent the ridicule he was receiving as it was starting to affect him, but they ignored us. Obsidian and I in our rage attacked them."

"Wow that's pretty full on, you had a wild streak in your teens" Gajeel said

Layla couldn't help but smile at Gajeels out of left field comment.

"There is nothing you can do about the past now, so no point dwelling on it. What's done is done." Erza said to add to Gajeel's stance.

"Oh yes Erza I almost forgot." Layla said as she stood up shaking off her worries.

"Hmm? Yes?" Erza replied.

"I had a chance to make the armor and weapons for you. Would you like to see them? I'll have to help you with them currently but with some training you will be able to use them on your own." Layla said

"I'd be honored to try them for you" Erza said

"I have to admit another reason I'm suggesting this is because everyone else has left, it's not something I'd like used out in the open so we can run an initial test in secret now."

As she said that Mavis floated down beside her and smiled.

"Mavis is fine she already knows" Layla added as the others were panicking thinking they had been sprung.

Layla clapped her hands revealing a stand with 2 swords 1 long 1 short and the armor itself mounted on the rack.

Erza with 0 modesty started taking her clothes off to try the armor on before Lucy stopped her. "What?" Erza said confused as Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray all had nosebleeds.

"Ok I can see where this is going" Layla clapped again creating a wall around Erza to conceal her.

After a couple of minutes Erza exited the concealment wall to reveal the full armor and Dual blades.

The 2 swords both designed like Gladius, however 1 was almost twice the length of the other, suggesting a finesse fighting style involving dual-wield with a parry and counter attack focus.

The armor itself didn't look very different from her Heart Kreuz Armor which was deliberate to conceal the power it possessed, the only noticeable change was that the armor was white. There was an odd golden square plate in the centre covering most of her chest area, and there were 2 gold crossed sword insignias on the shoulder-pads.

"Ok, how does the armor feel, keeping in mind it isnt activated yet so its more just the general fit you could answer for now" Layla asked to see if her assumed measurements were correct.

"The fit seems fine but despite its looks, it is significantly heavier then I'm used to, it's as heavy as my Adamantine Armor which causes issues for overall mobility" Erza responded.

"That's ok it will actually get lighter in a sec, I'm going to feed you the power you would require to wield it, which will activate the enchants I bestowed upon it."

Layla's eyes turned Blue as she placed her hand on Erza's back and released a stream of energy into her.

After a few seconds the Golden symbols on her shoulder-pads began to glow with a fiery yellow vapour rising from them. The general shape of the armor also tightened and expanded in areas, as it contoured itself to Erza's body shape resulting in a tailored fit. Eventually, the once odd square plate in the centre of her chest changed shape becoming a perfect Golden Fairy Tail insignia which also had fiery yellow vapour rising out of it.

Layla took her hand off Erza's back after seeing the insignia change as that signified its attunement to Erza. With the release of Layla's hand the armor became completely weightless much to Erza's surprise.

"This is quite odd, the armor is as light as my Robe of Yuen or Flight Armor but it is a full plate design... this feeling will take some getting used to" Erza said.

Layla giggled "Good that's how it should be, the metal is actually Maginium I took from the Eclipse Gate but I have reinforced it with powerful magic enchantments which will bolster your magical statistics, to best prove this point, try placing your hand on the Magic Analyser."

Erza walked over to the board and placed her hand on it but was shocked when the readout appeared.

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Mana Capacity 18429/2048
Reserve Capacity 5133/1024

Power 99/10
Speed 99/10
Endurance 99/10
Defense 99/10

Current Max Output 98172
Currently Unlocked 898%
Current Rating: Pandora
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"What?" Erza said in surprise as she looked at Layla

"Wait how is it over 100% and what the hell is with that max output" Gajeel exclaimed.

"What is this armor?" Erza asked.

"I call it... Pandora. Named after Pandora's box, because when it is unleashed it will have the power to change the world" Layla said with seriousness.

"This... This is too much, I'm not sure if I should have this" Erza said as it was beyond what she had imagined.

"It isn't all about power, in fact that is a small part of what it is capable of, It's primary function is defense and protection of those around you, let me demonstrate..." Layla said as she walked over and stood 10 meters to Erza's left.

Natsu could you please attack me with your Fire Roar. Erza you don't even need to move or react just watch so you can better understand.

"Are you sure about that? Do you need to release any seals or anything?" Natsu asked

"No it will be fine, it's just a demonstration."

"OK" Natsu took a deep breath... "FIRE DRAGONS ROAR!"

The pillar of fire flew towards Layla but when it was 10 meters out it sharply arced and instead struck Erza head on

"What?!" Natsu exclaimed

"How did it hit Erza?" Gray said in confusion

"That's just like when I redirected Laxus' lightning with my metal" Gajeel responded.

"But what of Erza?!" Lucy said worried for her friend.

"I'm fine, in fact I feel odd" Erza responded.

The group looked at Erza who was standing there completely unscathed, the only noticable difference was what looked like white embers floating around her.

"Gajeel and Wendy, could you also please attack Erza with your Roars, once again don't bother doing anything Erza" Layla said with a smile

Shortly there after both Gajeel and Wendy's Dragon Roars hit Erza's position and completely dissipated into a few more white embers.

"What is this? A shield barrier?" Erza said confused at how she is completely unscathed and the fact she didn't even feel the attacks at all.

"Everyone, please freely attack Erza with your magic a bit more, just stand there and let the shield do it's work Erza" Layla said with a grin as everyone started throwing attacks at Erza which all dissipated a meter from her as they struck an invisible shield

"OK, looks like she has gathered enough power to make this interesting... Erza with your short sword could you please point towards that mountain to your left, focus your mind on releasing your magic to attack it like shooting a magical arrow" Layla said with a mischeivous grin

"O..K" Erza said still slightly confused she raised her sword pointing it towards the nearby mountain and then said "Attack". As she said this all the white embers circling her body all converged on and entered the bottom of her short sword's hilt.

A thin yellow beam of light shot out from the sword's blade like a laser instantaneously striking the mountain. A massive shockwave of air flew back at the group of wizards, all of which except Erza and Layla had to brace themselves to not fly away.

When the smoke cleared on the mountain revealing the point of impact a gigantic chunk of it was missing and the attack had visibly passed through the mountain behind the one she was aiming at also, carving a circular hole through both.

"WOW" Wendy, Gray, Gajeel, and Natsu exclaimed their eyes wide in shock
"WHAT WAS THAT!" Lucy said angrily looking at her Mother

"Did... I just do that?" Erza said shocked at the devastation.

Layla gave a smile "Looks like ranged offense is working correctly"

"How did I do that?" Erza said looking at Layla.

"What that armor set does, is convert all offensive magic attacks regardless of type into raw energy and stores it in the armor, this is visibly seen by the white embers around you. So all the attacks everyone did to you the armor deconstructed them, converting the energy into a separate pool of mana than your own, which you can expend as desired."

"That's Amazing" Erza replied as she looked back at the hole created in the mountain.

"Using the swords you can choose to either enhance your attacks with the power gathered or release it all into a range attack like just seen. Alternatively, you even have the ability to release a wave of Earth Magic to heal nearby allies."

"The function is similarly to Wendy's Sky Healing but it is not channelled, instead it's a lump sum released over a wide area. Wendy's healing is still superior for individual cases, but this will allow you to bolster your nearby allies on the fly" Layla explained.

"Natsu can you attack Erza again" before Layla finished that statement the breath attack landed as he jumped the gun the second his name was said... "Thanks... Erza simply think of healing and tap the 2 swords together, either the blades or the hilts it shouldn't matter."

Erza tapped the 2 hilts of the swords together and a thin wave of green energy irradiated out of her in a circle travelling about 25 meters before it dissipated.

"Amazing" Wendy proclaimed as the wave shot out of Erza

Erza Smiled as she looked at the swords before asking "What's the range on the defense also? Where the attacks are redirected?" Erza asked.

"It should attract everything in a 20 meter radius around you, so all offensive magic cast on any ally in your vicinity will automatically redirect to you and break down for your use." Layla responded.

Erza smiled "An armor designed to protect others..."

"The Armor's primary purpose is to serve as a magnet catching all hostile magic in the area and to store energy, it grants decent protection to physical attacks but that's not its strength. There are 2 more aspects of the weapons to assist with that"

"Any parry or block of enemy physical attacks will reflect the force back at the attacker. Gajeel would you mind assisting with that demonstration, your Iron Sword should be suitable, Erza please simply parry or block his attack with your swords." Layla said with a nod

Gajeel changed his arm into his Iron Dragon Sword and swung at Erza who did a simple parry as suggested, however upon the contact of the 2 weapons, Gajeel abruptly flew backwards about 3 meters as he was blown away by his own force.

"A little warning next time!" Gajeel exclaimed

"But I did warn you. I knew you weren't you listening!" Layla said with a small grin.

"Natsu" Layla said and immediately Erza was struck by another roar "Thanks" Layla added

"The last aspect of the set is the weapon enhancements, this will amplify your parry's reflection power as well as increase your physical attacks adding elemental damage."

"Could you please just think about channeling your power into your swords." Layla said with a smile

Erza looked at her swords for a second and then a white flame erupted from both hilts covering the bladed sections of each.

"This fire will automatically change its element to what your opponent is most vulnerable to like lightning for a water creature, this will result in double the power of your strikes and reflection in your parries." Layla said concluding her tutorial.

"This armor set seems ridiculously overpowered, are you sure you want to give me this? I'm not sure if I'm even worthy of it myself" Erza said realising the power this set represented.

"It is because you think that despite your strength and heart that the armor is yours. Only someone who can respect the power and is pure of heart can wield it, the power to protect your comrades that is the Pandora Armor the embodiment of one-magic" Layla said.

"It is every bit as impressive as you said it would be Layla" Mavis said having remained quiet for the complete demonstration.

"As of now Erza, you lack the strength to equip it alone, however with this training space, you will be able to reach that requirement with my help. For now please feel free to change back into your regular attire... using the walled area provided of course" Layla quickly added as Erza was preparing to strip in public again.

"So if Erza has that armor can I beat her in a duel?" Natsu asked

"In that armor? No chance. But it's not something she will casually flaunt for a simple duel" Layla responded.

"What about when I get stronger? You said I had a lot of untapped potential" Natsu said as he tried to find a way to win in his mind.

"The fact that you would be stronger simply means the strength of your attacks will bolster Erza even more. You or anyone else for that matter can never win against that armor." Layla said before adding...

"Erza will be the first Generation of Magic Slayer and the Armor is now tied to her bloodline"

"Wait what?" Erza said in shock at the mention of bloodline.

"I enchanted the armor to attune itself to the first person to wear it, which is you Erza. So now the only people who will ever wear that armor will be your direct descendants and family line. They would still need to have your exceptional strength as well as the heart for the armor to function however."

"I had to obviously put safeguards in so that armor will not fall into the wrong hands, it will 'injure'... anyone not of your blood as well as anyone of darkness who tries to wear. It is now the Scarlet Family's Duty, to protect the Armor of Light 'Pandora'." Layla said smiling at Erza.

"What do you mean by 'injure'?" Erza couldn't help but ask

"In the event a descendant of yours tries to equip the armor with malicious intent, it will burn the sword symbols into their shoulder as a sign of rejection, this includes those of light but not related to you... In the unlikely event that a being of darkness who isn't related to you tried to equip it... the armor will kill them and release their essence as a healing pulse automatically."

"Scary" Everyone exclaimed except Erza

"Scarlet family..." as Erza said this she couldn't help but think of Jellal as she started to blush at the idea.

"I see this shouldn't be a problem" Layla said noticing Erza's obvious train of thought.

Even Mavis let out a small giggle as Erza became embarrassed by the attention.


Erza having changed out of the armor placed it back on the stand which Layla concealed again until she is ready.

"Ok, we should all head back to Earthland to see what master and the others have worked out for their training regiments, I will be assisting this group personally as I'll be unlocking your potential."

"Me included?" Gray said as he felt like the odd one out.

"Yes, your Ice Molding Magic has great potential I look forward to seeing what you can do with it" Layla said with a smile.

"Well lets head back shall we" Lucy said

The group looked at each other with a nod as they made their way back to the doorway and ultimately back to Earthland.