Chapter 89: Natsu Attacks

"You bastard! That wasn't dandy at all. Polygon Rifle: Guns Magic!" Wally was the first to react and turned his arms into a rifle, firing multiple bullets in his direction. Natsu swiftly dodged his attacks and teleported in front of him.

"Take my dandy punch then." Natsu gave him a powerful punch in the guts, making him cough out some spittle before being knocked unconscious due to the powerful punch.

"Meow! That was a despicable attack! Take this, Binding Magic: Nekōsoku Tube!" Millianna hissed like an angry kitten and conjured up magical tubes that had the ability to bind people and restrain their magic, which she flung toward Natsu.

Natsu didn't want to waste his time playing with a stray cat, so he bent his back and jumped away from the oncoming tubes, but the direction he jumped in turned out to be where Simon was located, looking ready to fire his magic.

"You must be the infamous 'Salamander'. Jellal did warm us to avoid you if possible, but if the one seeking trouble is yourself, then don't blame me for hurting you. Take my attack, Darkness Magic: Dark Burst!" Simon said while finishing the preparation for his spell. He summoned forth a magic spell from his right eye and triggered a small explosion made of darkness toward the incoming Natsu.

"Heh… Some low-level grunt like you thinks that he can battle the final boss? Don't you know that darkness is one of my affinities?" Natsu easily ate his attack, making Simon wide-eyed. He'd never heard of Natsu having a secondary element.

Natsu didn't give Simon any time to ponder as he swiftly reached in front of him and knocked him out with a strike of his elbow. He didn't put much strength into the hit, but it was just enough to knock him out.

"'Salamander'… Please save Erza…" Simon fainted, but not before telling him his wish. Millianna was too enraged after seeing all her friends being defeated so soon.

"Don't worry about her. Nobody can harm her with me around. You should be glad that I promised your sister to save you, otherwise, I'd have beaten you into a pulp." Natsu mumbled while looking at his defeated figure. Simon unconsciously smiled after hearing his words, as if they gave him peace of mind.

"Damn you, mustard! I'll make you pay for beating my friends. Take this, Kitten Blast!" Millianna angrily shouted, releasing several restraining tubes in a spiral motion toward Natsu, who just sighed and teleported behind her.

"Where did he…" Millianna couldn't finish her words before Natsu karate chopped her neck and knocked her out. The last thing he wanted to see was an angry kitten.

"And that's done. Now, how do I tell Erza and Kagura about this?" Natsu muttered while thinking of how to break the ice to the duo, but he couldn't those thoughts for long.

He found that Erza, Lucy, Kagura, and Gray were quickly approaching him with worried expressions. It looked like the battle wasn't as discreet as he had wished. Now he had another set of troubles incoming.

"Speak of the devil, they're here. Now I can't even hide these fellows." Natsu mumbled with an annoyed tone of voice. He wanted to go to the tower of heaven alone if possible. He wanted to use them as guides since it wasn't possible to find Jellal's location without one.

"Natsu!! What happened here? We heard some loud noises coming from here. Was there a terrorist attack?" Erza asked him worriedly, but she soon became shocked after seeing the unconscious figures laying on the ground. All of them were her childhood friends that she'd failed to rescue.

"N-Natsu, they were the intruders?" Erza asked for confirmation, to which Natsu nodded with a despondent sigh. Kagura also found her unconscious brother, making her stunned, but she hurriedly regained her faculties and called out to him with a tearful smile.

"B-Brother! I finally found you, Simon-nii!" Kagura tearfully hugged his unconscious figure. She relaxed a lot after finding that he wasn't injured, but just knocked out.

"Natsu-sama, what is my brother doing here?" Kagura asked Natsu, finding this scene quite suspicious. She knew her brother was taken as a slave by Zeref's cultists. So, how come he was here?

"Tch… You've solved everything yourself. I've got nothing else to do now." Gray clicked his tongue in annoyance. He wanted to fight the intruders as well, but it looked like Natsu dealt with all of them by himself.

"So, he's your brother huh… Well, they were sneaking around here so I just knocked them out for questioning later." Natsu answered her while faking a surprised look. He couldn't just say that he already knew about their arrival.

Erza looked at Natsu suspiciously. She felt as if Natsu already knew about their arrival and was just acting oblivious, but she didn't have much time to mull over it. She needed to find out why they were here.

'I guess Jellal's behind their actions, but why would they come here? Unless it's for me?' Erza had a horrified expression, seemingly realizing something.

Suddenly, Simon's body glowed and a lacrima activated itself. All of them were alerted by the suddenness of the situation.

"If you're hearing this then that means my pawns failed their task…. Not that I had any hope of their success with the 'Salamander' there. Well, first of all, congratulations on stopping them, and second, you're still trapped no matter what hahaha…" Jellal's voice sounded out of the lacrima.

Erza had an expression filled with hatred and anger after hearing his voice while the others didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Erza! I've put a self-destruction lacrima inside each of them. If you don't bring them to my location within 10 hours, then boom! Your dear friends will explode just like watermelons hahaha…" Jellal laughed creepily, making all of them horrified. Erza and Kagura were the ones most affected by his words.

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~Edited by Nyanodesu

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