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Chapter 384 Overestimating One's Abilities
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"I'll take you on!"
Gray clapped his hands together, freezing the swamp on the ground with ice, and Leo also used the surrounding ice to jump out of the swamp.
"Ice-Shaping Magic? That's a bit troublesome."
Seeing Gray freeze the swamp he created, Hote's expression turned serious. This meant that the other party's magic power was quite excellent, at least not much worse than his own, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to freeze the swamp he created so easily.
"These guys are stronger than I thought..."
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Looking at Natsu, Gray, Erza, Mirajane, and Moen with a smile on his face, Lisa felt a little sweat on his forehead.
The situation outside seemed to be somewhat different from what the "Oración Seis" knew. No, it should be said that "Fairy Tail" and the world they knew seemed somewhat different.
The members of "Oración Seis" had never had any dealings with the members of "Fairy Tail" before, and they didn't often operate around the Kingdom of Fiore, which is why they developed the bad habit of looking down on regular mages.
Throughout history, the members of the "Six Seals" have been able to easily wreak havoc when facing regular mages, and no mage has been able to cause them any significant trouble.
Even though the Kingdom of Fiore is rife with magic and has numerous mage guilds, and is rumored to have many powerful mages, they have no worries. Wasn't that Karen Lilica easily dealt with by Angel before?
But as it turns out, the Kingdom of Fiore is indeed quite different. There are many strong people here, and the most special one is, of course, the guild called "Fairy Tail". There are too many powerful mages in "Fairy Tail".
At this moment, Lisa, Hotei, Angel, and Kebra couldn't help but look at Dark Night with anticipation in their eyes.
Among the "Six Demon Generals," Dark Night is undoubtedly the most unique one. He is usually sleeping, and he rarely participates in missions or group activities. Even "Chief" Brian usually doesn't wake him up.
However, if anything tricky happens, "the boss" Brian will wake him up and give him instructions.
Dark Night has never failed when it comes to problems that can be solved by fighting or killing.
Although Lisa, Hotei, Angel, and Cobra had never seen how Night Elf solved the problem, they could guess just by thinking about it.
Dark Night has a volatile temper, especially when he's woken up. He won't get angry at Brian, the "leader," but he won't show any mercy when facing enemies, and may even become more irritable because of it.
In reality, although Dark Night may seem irritable on the surface, he will not refuse to help any of the Oración Seis if they are in trouble and are asked to do so. He still cares about this bond.
"This farce is over."
Dark Night spoke, his gaze fixed on Moen, for his intuition told him that this smiling man was far more dangerous than he appeared, not as sunny and harmless as he seemed.
"Well said, it's time for this farce to end."
Moen laughed and responded in kind, his gaze also fixed on Dark Night. Moen could also tell that among these people, the real trump card was Dark Night, who looked a bit "effeminate".
"Then let's give it a try!"
Dark Night laughed too, a very sinister laugh.
"The speed is incredible!"
The moment the darkness spoke, Lisa unleashed magic, igniting a chaotic battle where everyone attacked together.
Liza's magic enveloped all the mages in the surrounding area, except for those from the Oración Seis.
"Buzz!"
As soon as the magic was released, Liza's figure rushed towards Natsu like a blur, and everything around seemed to slow down, except for Liza, who remained completely unaffected.
"Good...fast..."
Erza, standing next to Moen, slowly opened her mouth, her expression gradually turning to surprise. The scene seemed to be sped up, making it quite comical. Erza herself was completely unaware, genuinely believing that Liza was moving incredibly fast.
"Is it... speed-type... magic?"
Mirajane was equally surprised, her voice echoing Erza's, as both of them had their speed increased, albeit at a slower pace.
"It's slow magic."
Moen immediately understood that this was not some kind of "speed magic," and the name "Speed Enhancement" was just a smokescreen.
Or, multiplying by a negative number also results in a "times," which would make the name more apt. Speed doesn't necessarily mean acceleration; it could also mean slowing down the enemy. However, people's first thought is that the opponent is fast, rather than realizing that their own side has slowed down.
"Mo... En... You..."
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However, as soon as Moen spoke, Erza and Mirajane realized that Moen's normal speed was also very fast in their eyes!
The concept of speed depends on the control group. If only Lisa is fast, everyone will naturally assume that he is indeed fast. But with a control group in place, and since Moen hasn't used any magic, the problem becomes obvious: they must have been under some kind of spell.
"He slowed you all down."
Moen spoke up and told the truth.
If Moen were actually fast, Erza and Mirajane could completely understand it, and they believed that Moen could be faster than Lisa. But Moen was actually standing still, only speaking faster than them. This strange feeling immediately made them realize that they were speaking slower.
"This guy should have only slowed you down, not slowed you all down, or maybe he just couldn't control it that precisely?"
As Moen spoke, his eyes gleamed with curiosity. He had to admit, the abilities of these "Oracles" were quite interesting.
The Gemini Celestial's transformation ability, and Liza's "Slow Magic," are quite interesting, much more so than Cobra's "Poison Dragon Slayer Magic" and Hotei's "Earth Element Magic."
"Purify...!"
Fried, who was listening nearby, immediately wrote the word "purify" on himself, and then he immediately got rid of the effects of the "slow spell". This was the effect of his magic "dark script".
"Slow spells are prohibited here!"
After returning to normal, Fried drew a circle around Erza, Mirajane, Lucy, and Emerald. As his spell was completed, the "slow magic" on the four of them disappeared, and they returned to their normal state.
"Ah...ah...ah..."
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On the other side, Natsu, whose speed had slowed down, was unable to dodge in time and was punched in the face by Liza, sending him flying backward in an exaggerated manner.
"Natsu!"
Gray looked at Natsu, opened his mouth and shouted worriedly, but he did so slowly, making the shout sound very exaggerated.
Liza didn't care about that and charged towards Gray, which shocked Gray. In his sight, Liza was incredibly fast and sent Natsu flying in the blink of an eye.
Lisa charged at him, and Gray was about to use his Ice Shield to defend himself, but that "immediately" was a bit too slow. Before he could even put his hands up, Lisa was already in front of him, and it looked like her fist was about to hit his face.
"Clang! Buzz!"
A sharp blade slashed down, forcing Lisa to retract his arm. He couldn't take the blow head-on, especially since he wasn't wearing armor.
"You... you actually broke free from my magical influence!"
Seeing Erza standing deftly in front of Gray with her sword, Liza was shocked. He hadn't noticed Freed's actions, as he was only focused on dealing with Natsu and Gray.
"Purify!"
Freed had already written something on Gray, and Gray had returned to normal. Freed then went to pull Natsu back.
"Our Fairy Tail mages have diverse abilities, so what's so strange about them being able to break your magic?"
Seeing Liza's utterly shocked expression, Erza rushed forward without hesitation, her longsword flashing with a cold light.
Erza wasn't actually very familiar with these "Oracles Seis". After all, there were so many slaves in the Tower of Paradise that Erza couldn't possibly know everyone. She had her own social circle.
She might know of these people's existence and have some impression of them, but she certainly wouldn't have the same deep feelings for them as she did for her former companions.
Of course, Erza's feelings for these people were also somewhat complicated. They were all victims in the past, but they were chosen and trained to become perpetrators, and their hands were stained with countless sins.
Erza knew that everything was beyond repair. All she could do now was stop these people and prevent them from doing evil again. That was the only thing she could do.
"Buzz!!!"
Just as Erza rushed in front of Liza and slashed at him with her sword, her sword and armor changed their appearance. Her sword curled up, and her armor rolled up around her body, becoming like ropes that bound her directly.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
The sudden contraction of the armor caused Erza great pain, but the feeling of being strangled by the armor disappeared the next second, because Mirajane had already launched a barrage of magic bullets at Dark Night.
Hotai burrowed underground and used "Earth Escape" to escape the range of the Demon Missiles. Angel used the Sculpture to create a shield in front of her. The Gemini Celestial Spirit had already been "sent" back to the Celestial Spirit Realm by Lucy, and she could only use the Sculpture and Aries now.
As for "Poison Dragon" Kebra, his giant purple snake, Chuberios, protected him. Chuberios used his scales to withstand the demon missiles, but was severely injured after being bombarded by Mirajane.
The one who was most relaxed was undoubtedly Dark Night, because Mirajane's magic missiles would automatically bounce off when they hit him, just like there was a defensive wall that no magic could penetrate. However, this defense only protected his own body.
"What is this? Vector manipulation? No, it's warping space."
Moen narrowed his eyes and immediately saw through Dark Night's magic, after all, he had used quite a few spatial skills himself.
Dark Night's ability is to distort space. He distorted the space around him, preventing attacks from hitting him and causing them to bounce off in the direction of his distortion.
It's not that you bounce off, but rather that the space there is meant to be followed in that direction. When you slash with your sword, it will also slash in that direction.
"However, he can precisely distort Erza's armor. This magic seems to involve more of the concept of distortion? So it's distortion magic? A distortion with some spatial magic concepts?"
Moen realized the problem: Dark Night's magic wasn't just about "distorting space," otherwise he wouldn't have been able to distort Erza's armor just now. He could distort specific objects, not just manipulate space.
Dark Night doesn't seem like the type to show mercy to women, and the way they looked at Erza wasn't friendly either, so it's impossible that he would go easy on Erza.
Therefore, the ability of the Dark Night's distortion magic is most likely unable to directly distort the human body, or perhaps it cannot directly distort living things.
"Interesting, no wonder this guy was our trump card."
Moen's eyes lit up. The Dark Night Twisting Magic was also very powerful. Of course, it would be even more powerful if it could directly twist the human body, snapping an enemy's neck with a single thought.
"His magic cannot distort the human body."
Moen shared his deduction, offering Erza a reminder.
"Change clothes!"
Erza immediately changed her clothes, picked up the "Demon Sword Benizakura", and put on the "Cleansing Robe".
Since armor restricts one's movement, it's better to switch to something that doesn't restrict movement and can't contort the body. The "Clothes of Purity" would be the perfect choice.
"Buzz!"
Erza rushed to Dark Night's side and slashed out with her demon sword. As Moen had expected, the slash missed its mark and landed on the ground right in front of Dark Night, as if Erza had intended to strike there.
Dark Night stood with his hands in his pockets, looking nonchalant, but the look in his eyes as he gazed at Moen was incredibly dangerous.
"Buzz!"
Dark Night's figure vanished from Erza's sight and reappeared not far from Moen. This guy twisted space, directly achieving an ability similar to teleportation.
"distortion!"
Dark Night finally stretched out his hands towards Moen, unleashing his full power to twist the Aries Gold Cloth on Moen's body. Erza had already changed out of her armor, but Moen was still wearing it, which Dark Night felt was very disrespectful.
"Ha...that's a great idea."
Feeling the subtle pressure emanating from the Aries Gold Cloth, Moen couldn't help but complain.
"Unfortunately, you're showing a bit of disrespect to the Gold Cloth. How could you possibly twist or move it? You're really overestimating yourself."
Looking at the astonished Dark Night, Moen spoke, and then his figure vanished instantly, as if no one could teleport.
"Buzz!"
Moen appeared directly behind Dark Night, already striking out with a palm, his arm straight as a sharp holy sword.