Chapter 69 Lucy's brilliant plan: Shifting the blame eastward!
Chapter 69 Lucy's brilliant plan: Shifting the blame eastward!
Three mages stood atop the giant rat; they were the original mages of Boa Hanja Scale: Yuuka Hado, the pink-haired beauty Sherry, and the kobold Toby!
"What?! They're attacking from the air?!"
Lucy followed Natsu's gaze and spotted him, then covered her head with her hands and exclaimed in surprise, "Then my trap is completely useless?!"
The villagers panicked and scattered in all directions.
They were all ordinary people who couldn't even kill a chicken, and they had no courage to face the menacing magicians!
At the same time, the flying giant rats had arrived directly above the village.
"Preparing the poisonous jelly took a little time, but the Fairy Tail mages were all there, which saved us the trouble of searching for it."
Sherry looked down at the panicked crowd, a smug smile playing on her lips, which were painted with bright lipstick. "As expected, this is my love for Lord Zero~" she said narcissistically.
"These two things are completely unrelated..."
Knowing Sherry's personality well, Yuka didn't bother with words and coldly said to Toby beside her, "Toby, come with me and throw the poisonous jelly down. Let's end this boring farce quickly, we..."
"I still have to go back and witness Deliora's death."
"Damn it! Don't order me around!!" Toby roared angrily.
This guy seems to have a rather irritable personality.
Even so, the three of them still lifted the container containing the highly poisonous jelly high into the air.
Tick.
A drop of green venom spilled out and dripped from the air to Lucy's feet.
White smoke billowed out, and the ground was instantly corroded into a small, charred hole!
Before Lucy, whose pupils had contracted, could react, a massive shadow covered the purple moonlight.
It was a giant, highly poisonous pudding, big enough to cover half the village!
"Damn it, don't even think about succeeding!"
Natsu roared, flames erupting from his body. "Happy, you can still fly, right?"
"like!"
Happy immediately understood his meaning. White wings sprouted from his back, and he grabbed Natsu, who was poised to take off, and flew towards the rapidly falling giant pudding.
Boom!!
A bright burst of light exploded in the night sky, and the scorching heat evaporated most of the giant pudding's green venom.
The remaining remnants scattered and flew everywhere, turning into a fine rain that quickly corroded the entire village, leaving it devastated.
Fortunately, all the villagers were evacuated to a safe area and suffered no fatal injuries.
Amidst the billowing white smoke, several figures leaped from the sky and landed on the ground.
Natsu, wielding his fiery fist, confronts Yuuka, who is writhing in mid-air, and Toby, the kobold, from a distance.
Lucy, holding a whip, stood in front of Sherry, who was preparing to carry out Zero Emperor's order to eliminate the villagers who were in the way.
"Your blazing flames, capable of burning everything to ashes, you must be the legendary fire dragon of Fairy Tail?"
Yuuka stood with her hands behind her back, calmly observing Natsu. "Speaking of which, we used to be mages in the legitimate guild, Boa Hancock Scale. I wonder if you ever..."
Before he could finish speaking, his vision was filled with raging flames—Natsu had already launched an attack.
Yuka remained calm, raising her right hand, which was covered by a white halo, and gently flicked it, easily deflecting the oncoming pillar of flames.
"At least let people finish speaking first."
He continued his previous statement with an air of superiority, "My magic is a wave that can neutralize all magic. Back in the Snake Princess Scale, I specialized in dealing with mages."
"I don't care about any of that, all I need to do is send you flying!"
Natsu, his body engulfed in flames, charged straight at them.
Clearly, he wouldn't be deterred by such a "trivial matter".
The two quickly engaged in combat.
On the other side, Lucy was being crushed and forced to flee by the rock monster controlled by Sherry.
Sherry's magic is called "Puppet Strike," which allows her to freely manipulate creatures and objects other than humans, including celestial spirits.
Faced with this absolutely restrained relationship, Lucy was completely helpless, and was even almost cleaved in two by the Taurus Talos she had summoned with an axe!
"What should I do? What should I do? I don't have any Protoss to deal with those giant monsters. Even if I did, they'd be controlled!"
As Lucy pondered a solution, she twisted her waist, using a flexibility that was difficult for humans to achieve, and barely managed to dodge the heavy blows from the rock monster.
then……
They continued their desperate escape.
"Hey, why are you running? Weren't we supposed to protect the villagers?"
Sherry stood atop the rock monster, pointing at the villagers hiding in the distance and taunting them, "No wonder your celestial spirit would say such lewd things as 'Master has the best body.'"
"Compared to Sherry's passionate love for Lord Leon, your love is utterly pathetic!"
"I already said that those words were said by that perverted bull Talos himself!!" Lucy retorted as she fled.
It was at that moment that, out of the corner of her eye, she unexpectedly caught a glimpse of Chess and the Dark Magician Girl standing calmly at the front of the villagers' group.
Oh right, I almost forgot about Chesgo!
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through the girl's mind. She stopped abruptly, and the panic on her face vanished instantly.
"Hmm? Why aren't you running away anymore? Are you planning to face your own incompetent love?" Shirley said condescendingly.
"You said your magic can control all living beings except humans, right?" Lucy smiled.
"Of course, Sherry's love for Lord Zero is all-powerful!"
"Since that's the case..."
Seeing that the other party had taken the bait, Lucy took a deep breath, raised her pale finger and pointed at the Dark Magician Girl, "That blonde girl isn't human, she's a card monster. If you're so capable, show me how to control one!"
Chesgo did say he wouldn't get involved in any trouble that might arise from this commission, but what if the enemy got upset and went looking for trouble with him?
Then there must be a reason to take action!
Lucy thought to herself with a sinister look on her face.
"She certainly doesn't possess any scent unique to humans..."
"Very well, then I'll mercifully show you what true love is!"
Just as Lucy expected, the simple-minded and extremely narcissistic Sherry had no suspicions whatsoever and turned to walk towards Dark Magician Girl.
The rock monster's stomping caused the ground to tremble, and the villagers fled in panic.
In the blink of an eye, the empty area was left with only Chase and the Dark Magician Girl.
"Although it has a bit of an opportunistic element to it, making reasonable and full use of any resources around you that are advantageous to you is a basic quality that an excellent mage should possess."
Chase completely disregarded the behemoth in front of him, resting his chin on his hand and muttering to himself, "Well done, Lucy."
"You're a mage too? What are you whispering about over there?!"
Sherry was furious at being ignored and immediately controlled the rock monster to attack Chase.
Boom!
The rock slammed down like a heavy punch, sending up a cloud of thick smoke!
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