Chapter 203: Eat My Electromagnetic Cannon (Part 1)

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"It's Natsu and Gray's magic."

As George approached the high tower's entrance, he noticed that all the guards had been knocked out. From the magical traces on their bodies, he could tell that Natsu's Dragon Slayer magic and Gray's Ice magic were involved.

"It seems Natsu and Gray have arrived too. Lucy and Happy must be here as well."

George didn't feel particularly pleased that Natsu and the others had reached the island before him. In fact, it made his head ache a little.

If it were just Erza, he could have used the tracking spell to locate her and then simply take her away with a Disapparation spell. The strength of those dark mages would have been of no concern to him, and the magical spirits would teach them a lesson.

But now, with Natsu and the others inside the tower, and probably not even all together, it would be a hassle to find each one of them and bring them out.

"There's no helping it. After all, I'm supposed to be the next Guild Master's cat. I can't just ignore my own guild members, can I?"

Shaking his head, George flapped his wings and flew into the tower.

However, as soon as he entered, he heard a voice emanating from every corner of the tower where sound spells had been inscribed.

"Welcome to the Tower of Paradise. I am Ultear, the master of this tower. All the pieces are in place. Let the game of Paradise begin!"

"The Tower of Paradise? The Game of Paradise?"

Listening to the announcement that sounded like a magical broadcast, George began to wonder what kind of trick this "Ultear" wanted to play.

"The rules of the game are simple. I will use Erza as a living sacrifice to perform a ritual and revive the first dark wizard, Zeref.

In other words, as soon as the door to Paradise opens, I win.

However, if you can stop me, then you win."

The voice paused for a moment before continuing with a sinister laugh:

"Of course, if it were just that simple, it would be a bit too boring.

So, I've arranged for three S-Class mages from the Skeleton Guild to hunt you down.

You'll have to defeat them to reach me and stop me from reviving Zeref.

By the way, a little reminder: The Council is already preparing the ultimate destructive magic, Magic Spirit Power.

So, you'd better hurry up.

Otherwise, everyone will turn to ash under the power of Magic Spirit Power and disappear from this world."

"Wait a minute, how does he know the Council is about to unleash Magic Spirit Power?"

After hearing Ultear's broadcast throughout the tower, George furrowed his brow.

He had just caught something important.

Ultear knew about the Council's preparations for Magic Spirit Power because of a notice from the Azjma Council member.

But how did this Ultear in the tower know about the Council's plans?

Could it be that he had spies within the Council?

If that was the case, why would he go through all this trouble when he already knew the Council would unleash the Magic Spirit Power? It was almost like he was inviting his own destruction.

And the final, most critical point:

After hiding for so many years and never being discovered while establishing the R system, why did he suddenly cause such a commotion at the resort? It felt too deliberate, as if it was meant to be exposed.

There had to be a conspiracy here, something much deeper than it appeared on the surface.

"First, find the others!"

No matter what kind of conspiracy they were dealing with, the priority was to rescue everyone first.

Following the trail left by the tracking spell, George flapped his wings and flew towards Erza's location.

If he was lucky and they were all together, he could take them all at once. If not, he'd first send Erza to safety and then use the tracking spell to find the others one by one.

As he made his way through the tower, stepping over the bodies of fallen guards, he reached the sixth floor. Suddenly, he stopped.

He recognized the familiar sound of screams.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"It's Lucy."

Following the source of the screams, George flew toward the central hall of the sixth floor. There, he found the first member of Fairy Tail, Lucy.

However, Lucy was in a poor state.

Her top was nearly torn off, leaving her kneeling on the floor, covering herself with her hands to prevent exposure. Behind her stood Juvia, once one of the four Ghost Elements.

Juvia, holding a water whip, was mercilessly whipping Lucy's back as though she had lost control.

Behind Juvia, a punk-style mage was furiously strumming a magical guitar.

"It's a type of mind control magic," George muttered to himself.

As a psychic, George was particularly sensitive to mental magic. He could clearly feel that the mage playing the guitar was using the sound of the guitar to control Juvia, forcing her to attack Lucy.

"So, this must be one of the three S-Class mages Gerard mentioned. Seems they've got some real power."

George quietly took a copper coin from his magic pouch.

Even though Juvia was an S-Class mage herself, she was being controlled like a puppet. The strength of the S-Class mages in the Tower of Paradise clearly surpassed that of typical S-Class mages, so he couldn't afford to be careless.

To save time, he decided to use stealth and launch a surprise attack.

"Eat my Electromagnetic Cannon!"

He flicked the copper coin into the air. With a surge of two hundred million volts, the coin shot forward like a supersonic electromagnetic cannon, aiming straight for the guitarist's head.

Since this was an enemy, there was no reason to hold back. He aimed directly for a fatal strike.

"What?!"

The guitarist, who had been controlling Juvia with sound magic, was startled by the sudden surge of electricity from the other side of the hall.

But the attack was too fast. He barely had time to order Juvia to defend with water magic. Instead, he whipped his head around and used his hair magic to create a defensive barrier in front of him.

"Boom!"

The supersonic electromagnetic cannon collided with the magic-charged hair. After a brief pause of less than a second, the hair was pierced through, and the cannon shot straight into the guitarist's forehead.

The guitarist was instantly sent flying, crashing hard into the wall, which crumbled under the impact.

The sound magic was interrupted, and Juvia, now freed from the control, regained her senses.

"Lucy, I'm so sorry, I couldn't control my body. Are you okay?"

Now back to normal, Juvia rushed to Lucy's side and helped her up.

At the same time, the guitarist, clutching his forehead, stood up. There was now a large, swollen bump on his forehead.

"Despicable! You hid in the shadows and attacked!"

If it weren't for the fact that his hair had blocked the attack, the blow would have smashed his skull.

"My beautiful hair! Damn it, I'll kill you!"

Noticing that a chunk of his long, beautiful hair had been torn off, looking like it had been chewed by a dog, the guitarist was furious. He grabbed his guitar, ready to unleash a powerful move, intending to use his voice to control all the mages in the hall.

The mage who had attacked earlier was nowhere to be seen, but as long as anyone heard the sound of his guitar, they would be unable to escape his control.

(End of Chapter)