Chapter 218

【The group was scattered.】

【Each of them faced their own enemies.】

【Natsu's side quite smoothly dealt with his opponent.】

【And chased all the way in the direction of the ruins.】

【As for the other side, Lucy and Happy finally managed to deal with that woman named Sherry.】

【But they immediately encountered an attack from Sherry's pet, that giant rat from before.】

【At the critical moment, Erza appeared and killed the giant rat with one sword strike.】

【And directly grabbed Lucy and Happy.】

【There was no helping it; an angry Erza is just that terrifying.】

【The spineless Happy immediately knelt on the ground to beg for mercy and gave up Gray's location.】

【Soon, Erza's group found the battered Gray.】

【Erza, who had intended to wait for Natsu to return and then take this group away, encountered Gray's resistance.】

【That determination to stop Lyon even if it meant death made Erza finally compromise, and she decided to complete this mission together with everyone.】

【And immediately set off in the direction of the ruins.】

【At the same time, Natsu was causing destruction everywhere in the ruins.】

【It must be said that in this regard, Natsu could proudly say he was a professional.】

【Relying on a series of destructive means, he even caused the ruins to tilt, resulting in the moonlight no longer being able to shine on Deliora.】

【This action naturally attracted Lyon's attention.】

【Thus, the battle between Natsu and Lyon unfolded once again.】

【Just at this moment, Gray, under the cover of Erza and the others, broke through the heavy encirclement and returned to the battlefield, intending to have a real showdown with Lyon.】

【At the same time, the ruins that had originally tilted strangely restored themselves.】

【The moonlight once again shone on Deliora.】

【Noticing this, Natsu quickly locked his gaze on the inconspicuous little old man beside Lyon.】

【From his conversation with Lyon, it could be known that the restoration of the ruins was this guy's masterpiece.】

【Moreover, he was also responsible for carrying out the Moon Drip ritual, so Natsu unhesitatingly aimed his spearhead at this strange old man.】

【The two fought again during the chase.】

【The scene was extremely chaotic.】

【But in the end, they both won this time.】

【Whether it was Gray or Natsu, both achieved victory.】

【But the Moon Drip ritual had already reached its end.】

【Deliora was completely unsealed at this moment.】

【A deafening roar resounded throughout the island.】

【Looking at the resurrected terrifying monster, Gray could not help but recall the fear he had once faced.】

【Thus, he made the same decision as his Master.】

【He intended to use Absolute Ice to completely seal Deliora.】

【But Natsu, who valued his companions immensely, did not intend to let Gray die.】

【Thus, he actively rushed toward Deliora.】

【One punch!】

【Deliora directly shattered!】

【Until this moment, everyone knew that Deliora's life had long since been worn away inside the ice, and what was displayed now was merely its final appearance before death.】

【The darkness in Gray's heart was completely eliminated.】

【Eliminated by Ur with her life.】

【Watching this scene, Gray wept bitterly, but regardless, the Deliora matter had finally come to an end.】

【However, the curse had not been lifted.】

【Natsu and the others were dumbfounded by this, unable to understand why the curse still existed even though Deliora was already dead.】

【Fortunately, Erza arrived this time.】

【After briefly understanding the island, Erza immediately proved to Natsu, Gray, and the others what an S-Class mission really was.】

【Powerful reasoning and analytical abilities allowed Erza to find the true cause of the curse in a short time.】

【In reality, there were no people on the island at all!】

【They were all demons; it was just that the membrane of evil energy produced by the Moon Drip affected the memories of all the demons present, which led to the situation where they mistakenly believed they were human.】

【Moreover, unexpectedly, these demons were not evil, but kind.】

【When the membrane of evil energy was shattered, the memories of all the demons were restored, and everything settled down.】

【That night, Natsu and the others held a joyful banquet together with the demons.】

【The next day, Erza was going to take the few of them back to the guild to accept punishment.】

【Just after returning to Magnolia.】

【They immediately discovered that the guild had been destroyed?】

The scene with the white border ends here.

In contrast, the scene with the black border gradually lights up.

Ulu: "At that time, was the man named Zalty you, Ultear?"

Ultear: "Yes... Mother."

"Back then, I seemed to still be harboring immense hatred, so I accepted this mission."

"I don't even know what my state of mind was like at that time."

"Looking at the ice melted by the Moon Drip, my heart felt neither joy nor sorrow... just like a robot."

Meredy: "Ulu, don't blame Ultear. Back then, Hades and Jellal both took a fancy to Deliora and wanted to seize control of it, so Ultear was forced to take the mission."

"And only Ultear could have completed that mission."

Ulu: "What are you talking about? How could I possibly blame Ultear?"

"After all, even if I just put myself in her shoes, I know exactly how painful Ultear's heart must have been at the time."

"Besides, melted is melted, it's nothing."

"On the contrary, I should be even more grateful for this melting, which allowed my body to flow into the ocean."

"And it was precisely because of this that I was able to instill my memories into Ultear at the final moment, wasn't it?"

Ultear pursed her lips: "That's true. Thanks to this, otherwise, the misunderstanding between us might never have been resolved, right?"

Meredy: "So that's how it is. You scared me; I thought Ulu was going to blame Ultear for melting your ice."

Ulu smiled and shook her head: "I just wanted to say."

"The guy Ultear turned into was truly ugly! Her aesthetic sense is lagging behind!"

Ultear: "After all that... you were concerned about this..."

Ulu: "Yes, just thinking that my beautiful daughter had a dark history of turning into an old geezer makes me feel uncomfortable all over!"

"Also, actually, I had thought that a day like this might come."

"After all, no one knows the personalities of my two disciples better than I do."

"Therefore, I won't blame anyone."

Gray: "Master!!!"

Lyon: "Master... I'm really... sorry. Back then, I was the one who fell into paranoia."

Ulu: "Alright, alright, aren't you all living well now?"

"Let the past be the past. Anyway, I'm resurrected now, aren't I?"

While the group was conversing.

The black-bordered screen in the sky also finished loading completely.

The imagery emerged accordingly.

[At the beginning of the scene, there is a tall, magnificent building, with a giant lacrima embedded in its center.]

[Figures dressed in white robes flash across the screen, coming and going.]