Luke was essentially on the end of his rope, but he still had some more fighting to do. Laxus Dreyar was his opponent now after he just beat Lucy yet again, and if he were to be honest with himself…chances of victory in his condition were incredibly slim, however this was no excuse for him to not give everything he had left. "Welp…" Luke let out a heavy, pained sigh before looking towards the youngest Dreyar. "Let's make this quick, shall we…?"

"Gladly." Laxus nodded before clenching his fist; on that silent cue lightning shot up from the ground to send Luke soaring into the air if it was a direct hit. Immediately after this, lightning surged around the dragon slayer's body before shooting towards Luke in a follow up attack.

"Gah!" Luke cried out before rolling quickly to the side as the ground exploded from under his feet. After coming to a stop in a crouched position, Luke placed his hands forward, creating a circular mirror before him. The bolt of lightning bounced off the mirror and shot back towards Laxus, though that was just the decoy since anyone should've known a dragon slayer's own element wouldn't work against them, but at the same time it was Laxus' own magic so consuming it was impossible. The mirror then shattered into hundreds of smaller shards of sharp glass, now all shooting towards Laxus at a rapid pace. "Mirror Shard!"

"Tch…!" Laxus stood in place, allowing his own rebounded bolt to strike him. He couldn't help but smirk at this; he gave himself a slight sting. But that grin faded and turned into a small scowl at the incoming shards coming his way. Laxus brought his arms to his sides while unleashing a massive discharge of lightning. This discharge took out a large majority of the shards, though some were able to pierce through and strike Laxus, drawing forth some blood.

"Not done yet!" Luke exclaimed while leaping forward with White God slaying wrapped around his leg. He swung his leg in a roundhouse kick motion, aiming for Laxus' temple, though the lightning dragon was able to block this hit with his bulky forearm. Despite his block, he was forced back a little bit from the opposing mage's strength.

"You're like an annoying little gnat that I can't hit for some reason…" Laxus grunted.

"What can I say?" Luke shrugged before placing his hands at his sides, creating a white sphere in the empty space between them. "White God's Holy Ray!" No time was wasted as Luke threw his hands forward, unleashing multiple piercing rays towards Laxus that aimed to strike him from every angle.

Laxus bent his knees, lightning beginning to surge around him once again. He took off, using his Lightning Body to appear as a bolt of lightning; he planned to finish this now while evading the incoming rays, but he wasn't entirely successful in doing so. The piercing rays held true to their effect and hit Laxus within his Lightning Body state, inflicting some damage on him, but the S class fairy persevered despite this and reared his fist back once nearing Luke and threw it at his fist at the mage's forehead…only to vanish in the instant just before impact.

"Wh…" Luke's eyes widened as what was about to be a painful blow just…didn't occur.

And that was because Laxus slipped behind Luke at the literal last second, hands raised and interlocked above his head, lightning sparking dangerously around his conjoined hands. "Jaw of the Lightning Dragon!" Laxus swung down in the instant Luke turned; the lightning hammer was brought down on Luke's skull, crushing the copycat into the ground with an explosion of lightning. When it all died down, Luke was lying face down in a small crater, sparks occasionally dancing around his body; the copycat was finally down.

"And at long last, Mr. Copycat goes down!" The Client was delighted at Luke's defeat. As the beam dropped down, he obtained several types of magic from Luke Cloud. "Thank you, Laxus Dreyar! I've been waiting all day for that one to lose!"

"Tch…frankly, it doesn't matter how much magic you've got under your belt. It's not going to stop me from smashing your face into the dirt." Laxus' lips curled into a frown. He was aware defeating Luke gave The Client more magic than he should've ever had, but that was a minor price to pay for having to defeat him in the long run. "Those two'll be fine." He was referring to the unconscious Luke and the nearby KO'ed Lucy. With his coat still wavering in the wind, Laxus turned and walked off while wincing, the damage he took in his bout with Luke and previous bouts was slowly starting to build up…but he planned on making it to the very end.

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On the other hand…Reve wasn't having so much luck. With only one working arm, that made it increasingly difficult to fight stronger opponents…such as the crazed Avani he happened to run into. Normally Reve wouldn't mind facing off against such threats, but with his broken arm you could imagine even he was cursing under his breath about his luck now of all times. Even so, he wasn't going to back down from this fight, he was already feeling lucky with Gildarts earlier! With a pistol in his hand, he was taking various shots at Avani from afar. "I already got an Ace, might as well put a Wizard Saint under my belt too!"

Avani still had the same look in her eyes from when she killed Cynthia in cold blood. Arms were crossed as Reve's bullets struck her body, a feral growl of pain passing through her lips before she brought forth a defensive wall of rock and earth to defend herself from the bullets. She then stepped on the ground, sending a series of sharp stalagmites racing towards Reve. "…"

Reve quickly rolled to the side as the incoming stalagmites grew near, but one scraped his side and nearly pierced him, resulting in a grunt of pain to escape as he winced from his injured arm. "Damn…" He grunted before looking up, only for his eyes to widen briefly as his attention was mistakenly divided between his injuries and his opponent. Avani slammed her fist into Reve's chest with enough power to send him tumbling violently along the ground before coming to a halt; the S class was now gasping for air while using one good arm to push himself back up. "Alright…" He groaned before dropping his pistol, now bringing forth his trusty six chambered magnum, but he wasn't planning on wasting all six of those bullets on Avani. Click. Bang. The first bullet was released from the magnum, covering an incredible wide radius while flying towards Avani at a breakneck pace.

The first bullet was far too fast for Avani to react to. The Wizard Saint crossed her arms as the large bullet collided with her, throwing her off her feet after the massive explosion that followed. "AGH!" Avani gripped the ground roughly to force her momentum to a stop, just in time as Reve fired off the second bullet, the one he believed would finish this bout. Avani inhaled before throwing her head forward, releasing an Earth Dragon's roar to collide with the bullet; the two blasts collided before ending in a large explosion that shook everything within a few kilometers.

There was a smoke cloud that lingered, but Reve's eyes shifted to his Thermal Eyes, allowing him to see through smoke clouds and detect people based on their heat. He could see Avani clearly though the smoke, but there was one thing he couldn't see: the incoming javelin made of earth soaring right towards him. Reve already took aim, but before he could fire the javelin pierced right through his side; eyes widened and returned to normal as he slowly fell over, blood spurting from his mouth as he dropped to the ground, dropping his magnum. Reve was defeated.

"And Reve Volver goes down!" The Client exclaimed before the beam dropped down to take his magic. "Yet another falls to the crazed Wizard Saint. I certainly hope you keep this attitude all the way through, otherwise it would all be for naught…"

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Roxanne was facing off against Kagura, the both of them pretty injured from fighting all day thus far. Kagura kimono was tattered and ripped in various places and there were bruises along her fair skin. Roxanne wore a tattered white dress with a large gauntlet on her fist; the ravenette leapt forward while throwing said gauntlet forward at Kagura; the ace mermaid brought Archenemy up to defend against the hit but she underestimated its power and she ended up tumbling backwards before catching herself. "Ugh…"

"I'm ending this…" As for Roxanne, her appearance then altered due to her Phantom Soul takeover; he skin darkened and red pentagonal shapes adorned her skin in random spots. Roxanne held a blood red sword that shifted between tangibility. "I don't have plans to lose to you." Was all Roxanne had to say on the matter. Who knows how long they'd been fighting but it was soon to come to an end.

Kagura kept Archenemy held up, eyes narrowing at the female Eclipse mage before her. "I didn't come this far just to lose. So I will make this one quick for you." Knees bent, and she rushed forward along with Roxanne, the two swinging their blades at each other in unison while sliding past each other. There was a long pause before Roxy was the first to fall, reverting back to her normal appearance…it looked like Roxy missed Kagura completely, but that was not the case in the slightest. The strongest mermaid paused, eyes widening in sheer pain as the blade from the spectral mage didn't inflict any physical wounds, but instead tore apart several muscles inside. A choked grunt of pain escaped Kagura as she collapsed to the ground on her knees. "Ngh..."

"Well, well!" The Client chuckled as the runes faded. "It looks like Kagura is the victor here!"

Kagura had an eye clenched shut. Roxanne dealt plenty of damage to her. Fighting in her condition was unwise. She had defeated numerous foes so far. and she knew the timing. Right as the beam of magic came down, Kagura grabbed the unconscious Roxanne out of the way, and darted elsewhere. "I don't think so."

"What!? AGAIN!?" Hosonaga snarled as Kagura made off with Roxanne. This kept happening, but his plan was supposed to be perfect! How did they keep finding flaws in it!? "Tch!" This was the last thing he needed! "People keep slipping through my fingers, and now the amount of people fighting has slowed considerably! What's going on here!?"

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Bacchus was slamming his palms down on a defending Takeru, keeping the Shadow Dragon of White Eclipse pinned down to one location. There was that wide drunken grin plastered on Bacchus' lips as he kept hammering down on Takeru. "What's wrong? This too wild for you Eclipse mages too!?"

Takeru grunted in pain, keeping his arms crossed over his head to soften the relentless blows from Bacchus. He wasn't going to be able to keep this position for much longer and he planned on finishing this quickly, but he just needed the perfect opening. "Come on…be drunk and slip up…"

"Time to finish this!" Bacchus put all his strength into one final palm strike, and this was the opening Takeru was searching for.

"Finally…!" The shadow dragon entered his Shadow Drive in the moment Bacchus drew his arm back, now easily evading the strike the Drunken Falcon put his all in. Due to missing, Bacchus ended up losing his balance and nearly fell over; this was Takeru's chance. "Shadow Dragon's Roar!" From Takeru's mouth, a funnel of shadows shot out and struck Bacchus' side, pushing him into a boulder that shattered.

"Gwah…!" Bacchus cried out; it was the last noise he made until Takeru's Roar faded away; when it was over Bacchus was out cold. He was going to have one hell of a hangover later, that was for sure.

"And Takeru is the winner!" That said, the beam dropped down to take away Bacchus' Palm Magic, though The Client wasn't entirely sure what he was going to do with it considering the other types of magic he had at his disposal at the moment. "This is some rather low tier magic. I guess I can make use of it..." Compared to everything else, it felt very lacking.

"I can tell we're getting close to the end…" Takeru grumbled to himself before pinching his nose. "Ugh…I hate the scent of alcohol, how do people drink that stuff willingly…?" He began to walk away, resisting the urge to gag due to the strong smell.

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"Come on, wake up…" Lucy huffed while gently kicking Luke's side. She didn't even know who handed his ass to him but clearly she missed it and was a little upset after the fact. "You couldn't have been hit that hard…"

"Ngh…" Luke slowly came to, feeling a migraine in his head after that last strike. "Shit…..can you please be quiet? My head is killing me…"

"I'm not even speaking that loud…" With a sigh, Lucy knelt over to extend her hand. "Here, let me help you up."

Luke took Lucy's hand and stood up, only to wince after. "We both look pretty horrible…ha…" He gave a pained chuckle before crossing his arms. "Not even a trace of magic left…funny…"

"It sucks." Lucy stated bluntly before dusting her hands off and turning around. "Now I'm back to feeling like I can't do anything…"

"Yeah…" Luke let out a heavy sigh before glancing at Lucy, eyes narrowing upon noticing the black line running up along her neck. He assumed it was just a bruise, but it was far too dark for that. "Uh…you got a little something…?"

Blinking, Lucy turned around to stare at Luke confusedly. "What?"

"Wait…hold on…" He was gonna bring out a mirror but duh, he had no magic! So instead he grabbed one of the shards on the ground and held it up to Lucy's face. "Turn a little bit and you'll see it."

She found this strange, but she complied nonetheless. Turning slightly, Lucy then looked over her shoulder only to notice the black line running up it. Eyes widened and she let out a shriek while comically leaping away. "W-WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?! GET IT OFF ME!"

"Yikes." Luke then dropped the shard. "You might wanna get that looked at…how long as that been on there…?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Lucy flailed about. How was she supposed to know what this was, or how long it'd been there!

"C-Calm down…! It'll probably go away soon…!" This was his attempt at reassuring Lucy it would be fine, but for some reason deep in his gut, he felt it wasn't going to be. "It doesn't even look that bad…it's not that noticeable. Just wear a scarf or something…"

Lucy's eyes then narrowed, giving Luke a slight death glare. "In the middle of spring!?"

"…Yeah. I'm just limp back to my guild now…" Luke said with a nervous grin before making his exit.

"Idiot…" Lucy huffed. Arms crossed for a brief second before there was a pulse in her head resulting in a slight headache. She'd been getting a lot of those as of late… "O-Ow…I guess I should be heading back too…" She placed a hand on her chest, breathing heavily. "My chest feels like it's on fire..."

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"Guys, guys…!" Levy burst into the Fairy Tail, panting heavily, but she had a grin on her lips. It looked like she finally came across that breakthrough.

"Levy!?"

The bookworm was panting heavily, but she didn't even take a moment to rest and sit down.

"Wait, why isn't Gajeel with you? Did something happen to him?" Lily questioned.

Levy shook her head rapidly. "He's fine, he just went on ahead. But there's no time to explain right now, so I need Warren to contact the other guilds…!" She then pulled up a lacrima map of Fiore, pointing to the glowing locations scattered in various sections of the country. "We need everyone to attack these spots!"

"But…my telepathy can only go but so far…" Warren said with a heavy sigh. "I don't think I can contact everyone at once."

"Uh…" Levy glanced around before pointing at Jet. "Jet! Take Warren around so he can contact everyone, and make it snappy! I know the Council is going around and doing their part as well, I ran into Fulbright and he gave me the rundown. And in turn, I told him what to do as well. Between our efforts, the Princess, and the Council's we're really going to nip this situation in the bud!"

"R-Right…!" Jet wasn't going to question whatever it was Levy had in mind, he was just going to trust her. "Warren, let's get going!"

"Levy, what's all this about…?" Makarov asked. She was moving a mile a minute without any real explanation as to what was going on.

"I didn't say it?" Blinking, the bluenette took it all back a step. "I said I figured it out! The way to stop this Client guy, and for everyone to get their magic back!"

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Next Time: Fight With All Your Might!