Chapter 210: Shatter the Darkness with Thunder

Chapter 210: Shatter the Darkness with Thunder

"I will create a land of freedom. In pain and fear, Zeref whispered to me. I am the chosen one, destined to create a land of freedom with Zeref.

Why can't you people understand? In the face of my great ideals, all sacrifices are worth it!"

Jellal crazily unleashed his magic, drawing one magic circle after another. Starlight, like missiles sweeping the earth, turned all of Erza and the others' resistance into bubbles.

Erza's magical sword broke, Natsu and Gray were covered in wounds and could barely stand.

Lucy's Aquarius was also forced back to the Celestial Spirit World. Juvia, thanks to her water body, fared slightly better. Simon and the others, however, lay on the ground severely injured.

"Jellal, your so-called ideal will never come true, because we still have George!"

Looking at Jellal in the sky, whose face was already twisted, Erza gritted her teeth and stood up, shouting loudly.

At that moment, seven minutes had passed. She had already seen the thunderclouds filling the sky and the thunder giant gradually taking form behind Jellal.

Boom!

Just as Erza finished speaking, countless lightning bolts, under the control of George's staff, struck at Jellal in the sky.

Jellal waved his hand to draw a magic circle, condensing starlight into a shield in front of him to protect himself, then turned with some surprise to look at George standing atop the thunder giant.

"I thought the most troublesome one would be Erza. I didn't expect it to be you, this cat!"

Erza and the others were somewhat stronger than the information suggested, but still within his expectations. The only one that exceeded his expectations was this cat named George.

The initial intel was that it could use a type of time arc-like restoration magic. Later, it seemed to have gained some fire magic and attack spells. But even then, its power was at best that of an average S-class.

That's why, when the cat secretly left the battlefield, he didn't pay it much attention.

As long as Erza and the others were dealt with, a mere cat couldn't make any waves.

But now it seemed, this cat's strength was not so simple. The lightning strikes raining down on him were already comparable in power to that of an ordinary S-class lightning mage.

And the key was, they weren't one-time attacks—they were continuous.

"There's a lot more you didn't expect."

Seeing Jellal blocking the lightning strikes, George controlled the thirty-meter-tall thunder giant to raise its right hand.

"Go!"

Immense electricity, wrapped with iron sand and earth, fired like a giant electromagnetic cannon.

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"Looks like it's stronger than the previous one, but you're still far from defeating me."

Jellal maintained his starlight magic with his left hand to defend against the lightning while forming a golden magic circle with his right.

"Astral Magic: Sixfold Stars!"

Six golden stars appeared in the magic circle, shooting out in a chain barrage toward the giant electromagnetic cannon.

After a loud explosion, the stars and the electromagnetic cannon both vanished.

"As expected, still not enough. Then let's do this."

Seeing that even the thunder giant's electromagnetic cannon couldn't harm Jellal, George knew he had to use his final move.

A fusion of ancient thunderstorm magic and lightning superpower—his newly created ultimate electromagnetic cannon.

He closed his eyes and once again entered a state of ancient magic perception, sensing heaven and earth. Then, with a wave of his staff, all the lightning that had originally been aimed at Jellal was redirected above his own head and injected into the thunder giant's body.

With the influx of countless lightning bolts, the thunder giant's body began to expand rapidly. More and more sand, rock, and iron sand were drawn in by the electricity. Eventually, even seawater from outside the small island was sucked in and fused into the thunder giant.

In just a few seconds, the thirty-meter thunder giant formed by a level four esper had far surpassed the hundred-meter-tall thunder giant of level five esper Misaka Mikoto, finally stopping at a towering two hundred meters.

"Looks like this is the limit!"

Two hundred meters was the maximum he could control by combining magic with level four abilities. Injecting any more lightning would cause him to lose control of the massive electricity within the thunder giant.

To break through further, his superpower would have to advance from level four to level five.

"What kind of magic is this?"

Even the always composed Jellal was startled by the thunder giant that now towered twice as tall as the magic crystal tower.

He knew Fairy Tail's master Makarov was skilled in giant magic, and this cat had previously used the same type of magic to enlarge its body. But among all the giant magic he knew, there was nothing like this.

"So this is the trump card George mentioned?"

Lucy and the others barely sat up, stunned as they looked at the two-hundred-meter thunder giant.

"Even Laxus couldn't do something like this!"

Gray murmured.

Who was the strongest lightning mage in the guild?

Of course, it was the master's grandson, S-class mage Laxus, who once knocked Natsu unconscious with a single blow.

But now, he felt that the title of strongest lightning mage in the guild should go to George.

"George, give him a good beating for us! Let him know the power of Fairy Tail's mages! Let him understand that freedom stolen from others is not true freedom!"

The rapidly recovering Natsu shouted excitedly, breathing out a flame into the sky.

"Only the unyielding will to change the world can push history forward.

Since it's come to this, then all of you must die!"

Blood filled Jellal's eyes as he swiftly drew a massive black magic circle in the air.

"It's Purgatory Shatter! Jellal, you bastard, are you trying to destroy the magic crystal tower too?!"

Seeing the magic circle Jellal cast, Erza was shocked.

Purgatory Shatter was a forbidden magic that combined the elements of wind, water, fire, and earth to condense dark energy.

Previously, when they captured the Phantom Lord's mobile fortress, the strongest magic wasn't the magical crystal cannon, but the forbidden spell Purgatory Shatter. It was formed by the four elementals channeling their power, guided by Jose.

But back then, Aria, who represented wind, had already been decapitated by George in advance, so the spell couldn't be used.

Now, Jellal had actually cast the forbidden spell using his power alone, proving that his strength truly surpassed Jose.

"Destroy it then! In another five years, I can build a new one."

Jellal poured all his strength into the black magic circle.

Facing the two-hundred-meter thunder giant and having consumed much of his magic, he was feeling immense pressure.

At this point, even if the magic crystal tower got caught in the crossfire, he no longer cared.

"Forbidden Magic: Purgatory Shatter!"

A massive burst of black energy erupted from the magic circle, heading straight for George.

"Shatter the darkness with thunder—Ultimate Electromagnetic Cannon!"

Facing Jellal's forbidden magic, George didn't dare hold back. He gathered all the electricity in the thunder giant's body into its right hand and unleashed the ultimate version of the super electromagnetic cannon.

(End of Chapter)