Chapter 473: Infinitely Long Passage? Temple? Or Demon's Den?

【Lucy's scream instantly draws Gray's attention.】

【The moment he turns around!】

【His eyes widen at the same time!】

【Horrified to the point of being unable to speak: "Where... where is Mira??"】

【Rapid footsteps ahead continue to echo, and they are getting closer.】

【Soon, three figures appear before Gray, Lucy, and Happy.】

【They are not strangers to those three.】

【Not long ago, Gray and the others had eavesdropped on their conversation.】

【They are the blue-haired man, Yuka; the woman with long red hair, Sherry; and a dog-headed man, Toby!】

【There is no time to entangle; the moment both sides meet, the battle begins.】

【Or rather, the prelude to Gray and the others being chased.】

【After all, this is still their territory; Gray doesn't know if starting a fight here will attract more people.】

【If that happens, they really won't be able to leave.】

【Therefore, in a very short time, Lucy and Gray reach a consensus, and both start running in opposite directions.】

【Happy spreads his wings and leaves with Lucy.】

【As for Black Natsu and the others, Gray is not worried that they will face an enemy encirclement when they come out.】

【After all, those three S-Class mages are in that bizarre passage; if they can really come out, these people won't be able to do anything to them.】

【What is most worrying right now is himself; the exposure of their whereabouts has undoubtedly caused the people on Reitei's side to hunt them down.】

【This is the truly terrifying part; who knows how many people Reitei has on his side??】

【Seeing the two running in different directions, Yuka frowns, then looks at his two companions: "You two split up to catch those two guys."】

【"I will go report the situation here to Lord Reitei."】

【The two on the side have no objections and immediately take action.】

【The chaotic scene outside is seen clearly by Black Natsu and the others in the passage.】

【"So... we really can't get out?"】

【In this short time, Mirajane has figured out the situation; she touches the invisible barrier in front of her with one hand and looks at Black Natsu in confusion.】

【"This... should be a barrier, similar to a spell... but it is much more advanced than a spell."】

【Black Natsu observes for a while.】

【"Much more advanced? Can't it be broken?"】

【Erza asks.】

【"Not sure; the energy structure of this thing seems completely different from the magic power we know. If we force a breakthrough, we must use magic power several times, or even ten times, larger to destroy the barrier here."】

【Black Natsu says this, turns his head to look at Erza and the others, and shakes his head helplessly.】

【"The terrain here is not large; such a massive output of magic power might cause the entire passage to collapse, and incidentally affect you."】

【"So... this won't work." Seilah's brows furrow.】

【"Right now, we might only be able to walk to the end; perhaps when we reach the end of the passage, we will understand what happened here."】

【Black Natsu's words also gain the approval of everyone; indeed, right now, besides continuing to explore.】 ===== CHAPTER 474 =====