Chapter 46. Tower of Heaven. Part 4. End of the Tower of Heaven.

"I'm sorry ..." - Eros looked with pity at Elsa in his arms and at Jellal's body, - "If only I would hurry, even for a minute ..."

- Jellal ... - whispered the girl, with tears at the edges of her eyes.

- Eh ... - sighing, he stroked her head with tenderness and headed for the exit from the room, but when Eros was about to cross the threshold, he froze ... He felt someone's gaze directed from the wall ... Or rather behind the wall ... - "I was found, which means ... - Eros and Elsa covered a white dome, - Come out, otherwise I myself will come to you ... - but silence was the answer to him, - If so ... - the white barrier transformed into a scarlet one and the titan went to the side of the wall ... And when it came into contact with the barrier, it simply began to dissolve until it completely disappeared, revealing a view of a small room 3 by 3 meters, in the corner of which was a teenage girl, 13-14 years old, with long dark purple hair tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. She was wearing a rather open sleeveless blouse that completely reveals her back, as well as tight breeches, - Suddenly ... Baby ...?

- Look who's Talking!

- Here you are right, but who are you and what are you doing here?

- I wanted to ask you the same thing," she said warily.

- Oh… there's no secret, I want to save everyone here and destroy this place, and now you.

- I… - At that moment, Eros noticed a slight surge of magical power behind his back and the next moment several stone blocks hit his barrier.

- Don't think that if I made my barrier invisible, then it is no longer there and ... This magic ... - he looked at her in surprise, - Magic of Time? - a green ball hovered to the right of it, which at the next moment multiplied and everyone flew towards Eros, but only when they came into contact with the barrier they dissolved, but after a moment they recovered and "swooped down" again ... Realizing that this was useless, the balls stopped abruptly and lit up from them white rays flew out, - It's useless, I'm the worst enemy for a time magician, because my element is Destruction, - for a moment Eros's eyes filled with a scarlet color and a terrifying pressure fell on the girl, pinning her to the floor, - You are too weak to somehow hurt me.

- M-monster… - she whispered, looking at the titan, eyes filled with fear and… regret.

Eros walked over to her and relieved the pressure.

- You have no chance against me, so just answer my questions and then you will stay alive.

- Why ... Why are you interfering in this matter ...? She whispered bitterly.

- My student asked to save her brother, I had no more reason, and now answer my questions, otherwise ... - a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his lips, making her shudder, - My first question, who are you? What is your name, who sent you here and why? - but she was silent, - If you don't want to talk, then ...

- I ... I am Ultear ... - the girl said quietly, clenching her hand into a fist, - I am in the guild "Heart of Grimoire", the master sent me here to oversee the construction of the tower.

- One of the three strongest dark guilds, - said Eros in surprise, looking into eyes filled with hatred directed at him, - Hey ... Don't look at me like that, I just asked ... - The next moment, the titan noticed a small bracelet on her arm, that suddenly lit up, and into the other a small dagger that was aimed ... At the second hand with the bracelet ... But the titan managed to intercept the hand with the dagger, - Do not do anything stupid.

- Let go, otherwise, I'll die! - but Eros did not listen to her and grabbed a bracelet that was quickly absorbed by the red magic power and destroyed, - How ...? She whispered in disbelief, looking at the titan.

- So that's why you didn't want to talk, didn't know, I'm sorry, but now, nothing bothers you.

- You…!

- Listen, - frowning, Eros began to peer into her face, forcing her to choke on the air, - Do you know Ur? - the girl's eyes filled with shock, - So, you know ... You just look like her ... Hair ... Eyes ... Nose ... Lips ... It feels like you are a mother and daughter ... - Eros looked at Ultear with shock, seeing the flashing surprise in her eyes, - I guessed?

- How ... How do you know her?

- I saw her six months ago.

- What?! - shocked, the girl exclaimed, - It can't be! She died two years ago!

- She died? Where did you get it?

- She sacrificed herself by sealing the demon!

- She didn't die, - Eros calmly shook his head, - You probably don't know how the Ice Coffin spell works, because it does not kill its wearer, but turns the body into ice at the same time, the soul remains unharmed, that is, until the ice melts, she will be alive.

Ultear laughed sadly in front of him.

- I knew it without you.

- Then?

- She is dead, because it is impossible to return ...

- I'm saying she's not dead! - Frowning, said Eros, grabbing Ultear by the chin and pulling him towards him, while looking straight into her eyes, - I will help her become a man again! - confidently said he, firmly looking into her eyes.

The girl's cheeks flushed a little as she looked into his eyes.

- It…

- Maybe!

She just couldn't say anything when she saw the confidence in his eyes. For a moment, she even thought that he really could do this.

- No ... - She threw his hand back, hiding her face.

- Tell me, why do you hate her?

Hearing this question, the girl shuddered.

- She betrayed me ... She left and exchanged me ...

- Ur? It can't be!

- I saw it myself!

- It can't be! - Frowning, exclaimed Eros, - Come with me and when I return Ur, you yourself will ask her what really happened!

- I'm not going anywhere with you!

- Ultear ... you still love her ...

- I hate her!

- Really, then why are you studying Time Magic? - her shoulders trembled, - Is it not to go back, to meet your mother again ... So stop playing the fool and come with me. And when I get Ur back, you can talk.

- Not!

- You have no choice ... - a cheerful grin appeared on Eros's face, - Do you think that after the failure of this mission, you will be spared? I found a lot of information about your guild and I know that your master is a ruthless person. Therefore, now you simply will not be able to return back to the guild, and you are unlikely to escape.

- Where are you leading ...? Ultear asked, narrowing her eyes.

- You have only one choice left, to go with me, only I can protect you from his anger.

- And if I refuse? - she herself understood that she no longer had a choice, because Haydes already knew that she had betrayed the guild, because the bracelet was activated for only one reason, if a guild member tried to disclose information about her. And Ultear was sure that he could easily understand if she was dead or not.

- Then ... - a wide grin appeared on his lips, when he threw it over his shoulder in one movement, - I will take you by force and will keep you with me until I return Ur.

- Let go! Let me go immediately! Ultear exclaimed shyly, trying to break free of her grip.

- No, really.

- Let go! - After trying another ten minutes, she gave up, - Let go ... I'll go ... just let me go.

- That's how, then it's good, - Eros let go of her and put a ring on her finger, making her embarrassed and pull out her hand.

- What… what are you doing ?!

- It's insurance.

- Insurance?

- Yes, whatever you try to betray me, because as soon as you want to do it, the ring will explode, it is also impossible to remove it until I want it.

- You!

- Yes, yes, and now follow me, - he threw her two more rings, and also put two more on Elsa, - Dress them.

- More "insurance"? Ultear asked mockingly.

- Fool.

- What you said?! - Eros ignored her and put on one, becoming invisible.

- One ring will make you invisible, and the second will drown out the sounds around you,- the titan chuckled, putting on the second.

Looking angrily at the place where Eros once stood, she put on both rings and Ultear could see the blurred figure of the titan again. He beckoned her to follow him and walked forward.

- Someday I will take revenge on you, I swear! - She thought angrily, following him.

***

They quickly reached the main building. Now it was deep night outside the windows, there were almost no cultists, only a few patrolling this place, and the slaves were herded into cells.

"Night ... the best time for ... Riot." - with a grin on his lips thought Eros, climbing to the highest point in the room and began to wait, while counting in his mind, - "10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... It's time" - he pointed his finger at the first overseer on the tower, and after a moment he fell with a hole in his head, Eros again pointed his finger at the other one that was standing on the next tower, which fell just as quietly without making a sound ...

This went on for about ten minutes, until all the cultists disappeared and only those who patrolled the first floor remained. Slaves also slowly began to get out of the cells, grabbing tools and slowly remove the patrols.

Eros has long given a signal to the pirates that they would prepare to meet the escaping cultists, there were twenty ships in total and each had 15 people, and he also called another guest, in the afternoon and about now he should cross the fog.

But nevertheless, it will not be possible to do everything imperceptibly forever, and after ten minutes the cultists discovered an uprising ...

- The uprising!

- The slaves got out of the cells!

- Call for reinforcements! - and a one-sided battle began, where the slaves completely suppressed the cultists and they simply could not resist them with anything and their number was rapidly decreasing.

Eros, however, has not yet decided to interfere in this matter, but only fired at them from afar while watching the upper space expecting "inanimate guests" because he found out that the cultists have more than a hundred Magic Soldiers. And he did not have to wait long, because two more cultists, who are B-rank magicians, entered the field.

- Rebellion, well, let's see how long you can hold out! Know your place! He shouted, and waved his staff. More than a hundred red magic circles appeared in the sky, from which the Magic Soldiers emerged, and behind him a small detachment of thirty C-rank magicians, who directed their staffs at the slaves.

- It's time ... - Eros stretched out his hand and created two small red balls in it and threw them in the center of the group of mages and Magic Soldiers.

- What is it?! - one of the C-rank mages exclaimed in surprise, noticing the approaching ball.

- Shoot him down!

- Yes! - one of them directed his staff at him and fired a small magic ball, but that one, hitting the ball, could not even damage it, and he calmly fell directly into the center of the group, where he hovered in the air.

- Uh… He's just hanging in the air… What is this useless magic ?! - laughing, exclaimed one of them, but after a moment froze, his eyes opened wide when he saw that the ball began to increase and draw in nearby objects and the force of attraction grew with every second.

The slaves had long fled to the second floor and locked themselves in cells while the cultists were distracted by the ball. And they did it just in time, because when they closed, the force of gravity became so strong that all the cultists and Magic Soldiers were already drawn into the ball ...

"Still, it was not a bad idea to make an analogue of a black hole ..." - clicking with your fingers, both balls, which had already become 1 by 1 meter in size, quickly disappeared.

The ball itself was a combination of the Power of Destruction and Gravity, and this spell was completely autonomous, because it absorbed magical power from the air and grew in size, and the force of attraction also increased. This spell Eros called the "Black Hole", simply and in fact. It worked in such a way that the titan created a small ball of the Power of Destruction and created a powerful gravitational field around it, which attracted both Ether from the air and objects in the vicinity, and when they came into contact with the ball, they instantly split.

The first floor became completely empty, because the Black Hole pulled in not only living magicians and Magic Soldiers, but also corpses lying on the ground. Slaves slowly began to get out of the cells and looked in shock at the completely empty first floor.

Ultear, who was also watching this, felt fear and even, frightened by her interest in such a powerful magician. And one thing shocked her very much, it was that he was only fifteen, but he already possesses such terrible strength and she was also sure that this was not the limit.

"Maybe it's true, it would be nice to follow him and if he didn't lie and resurrect her ..."

At that moment, Eros appeared next to Rob.

- As promised, now you are free, - said the titan with a slight smile on his lips, - Of course, there are still enemies, but the main forces were destroyed, and my people have already surrounded the island and no one will escape.

- I never thought that such a day would come ... - a happy smile appeared on the face of the old man, which nevertheless dropped slightly, - It's a pity that Jellal will not see this, he was so eager for it ...

- There is never without sacrifice, and the best always leave first ...

- You're right… - Both magicians looked up at the sky / ceiling.

-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

- What?! What's happening?! - people exclaimed in panic, looking around, because such sounds were coming from all directions.

A wide smile appeared on Eros's face.

- Old man, do you recognize this?

- Hoh ... I did not forget, because only one guild is capable of this ... - at that moment, the roof was blown off with a giant fist and a giant face with a large thick gray mustache looked into the resulting hole ...