Chapter 573: Tower of Heaven, Domain of Death

【The sky screen footage continues.】

【Akane Resort Paradise.】

【Is the most popular seaside sightseeing resort in the kingdom.】

【On the beach, there is a vast amusement park where you can experience all kinds of projects.】

【This is a sanctuary for leisure, with the boundless ocean raising waves.】

【In the waves, Lucy is struggling to control the direction of surfing, letting out excited roars.】

【On the shore, Natsu and Gray are chasing each other, occasionally accompanied by angry curses.】

【Not far away, Erza is lying leisurely on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses, with juice placed beside her, leisurely enjoying the vacation time.】

【It seems, she hasn't been this relaxed for a long time.】

【Erza sighed with emotion for no reason.】

【Unaware that not far behind her, a pair of eyes is watching her quietly.】

【Time is passing.】

【Happy times are always short, in the blink of an eye, night has arrived.】

【The Fairy Tail group also came to the hotel's underground entertainment space to play.】

【As one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the Fiore Kingdom.】

【Even the underground space is decorated exceptionally dreamily.】

【Magic's 24 colors shine throughout the space.】

【Game machines, doll machines, board games, and even indoor roller coasters, all kinds of entertainment facilities are available here.】

【Shouts and screams came from Natsu and Happy beside the capsule machine.】

【Behind, Gray is competing with someone at chess, and in another hall, Lucy is looking at Erza gambling with admiration.】

【Everyone is playing to their heart's content.】

【No one noticed that the crisis... had already arrived quietly.】

【Not far from Natsu and Happy, who were shouting and screaming, appeared a figure made of square blocks piled up like building blocks.】

【Target! Pointed directly at Natsu and Happy!】

【At the same time, Gray behind him also met an acquaintance, Juvia from the Phantom Lord guild.】

【In the battle not long ago, the two had met.】

【This time, Juvia's arrival was mainly to express her intention to join Fairy Tail.】

【Just when the two were talking around this topic.】

【Behind them appeared a burly man wearing a headscarf, with an eye patch covering one eye.】

【Without any nonsense, the burly man launched an attack directly!】

【A huge explosion completely opened the prelude to chaos.】

【Natsu was directly controlled against the wall by the square-block man using his body turned into building blocks.】

【On the other side, Erza and Lucy also met a man with dark skin.】

【And, what surprised Lucy the most was that this man actually called Erza sister?】

【Erza also seemed to remember something, standing blankly on the spot.】

【Her expression... was actually a bit fearful?】

【Before Lucy could think carefully!】

【The entire view went completely dark.】

【As if the lights had been forcibly turned off, everything within sight fell into darkness.】

【That was the burly man's magic, Dark Setsuna!】

【The moment the darkness descended, he flashed behind Gray and Juvia, and knocked both of them down with one move.】

【The terror brought by the darkness was not just that; Natsu, who was pinned to the wall, also encountered the square-block man's shooting.】

【The muzzle spitting fire was aimed at Natsu's wide-open mouth.】

【Violent explosions mixed with Natsu's screams resounded throughout the hall.】

【When the darkness receded, Lucy was shocked to find that the entire space had suddenly become empty.】

【The crowd that had just gathered around had all disappeared, and in the entire room, only she and Erza remained!】

【Lucy was confused, Erza seemed to still be blank.】

【The next moment, the dark-skinned man appeared directly in front of Lucy.】

【His hands were fiddling with playing cards.】

【Inside each playing card, a person was sealed.】

【Obviously, everyone who had just been here had been shut into the playing cards by this dark-skinned man in a bizarre way.】

【Lucy's heart sank violently!】

【Things were not looking good...】

【Just when Lucy was thinking about a way to break it, a rope as agile as a snake climbed onto Lucy's body, and tied her hands above her head directly.】

【The next moment, a girl wearing a yellow coat with cat-ear decorations appeared in her sight.】

【Not only that, the burly man who had been raging on the other side, as well as the square-block man, also appeared in this room.】

【Erza was extremely shocked, and called out their names in disbelief.】

【Burly man, Simon! Square-block man, Wally! And the cat girl, Millianna! Of course, there was also the dark-skinned man using playing cards, Erza's younger brother, Sho!】

【A brief conversation made Lucy understand that these people were all Erza's former companions.】

【But they had parted ways for some reason, which was the reason why Erza was so shocked when they appeared.】

【She didn't even notice the magic circle flashing behind her, and the next moment, Erza was easily knocked unconscious.】

【Immediately after, in front of Lucy, she was taken away directly by that group of people.】

【Even Happy, who had been following Natsu, was hypnotized and taken away together.】

【Lucy was very panicked, but the rope on her body kept tightening. At the critical moment, Lucy discovered that the people trapped in the cards could actually affect reality.】

【After some tossing and turning, she finally untied the rope.】

【Lucy immediately went to find the other companions.】

【Fortunately, even in the state of a sudden attack, Gray, Natsu, and the others were still fine.】

【Especially Natsu, after being shot in the mouth, he only fainted for a while, then woke up completely unscathed.】

【Making people unable to stop calling him a monster or something.】

【Natsu, whose brain was flushed with anger, didn't have the thought of paying attention to anyone at all.】

【Relying on his super sense of smell, Natsu locked onto the position of the square-block man just now at the first moment, and rushed out howling.】

【With Natsu leading the way, things became much simpler. The group immediately followed Natsu's footsteps, preparing to find that group of people and save Erza back.】

【However, Erza had been taken onto a ship and had already moved away from the coast.】

【Although Natsu's sense of smell was sensitive, once he got on the ship, he fell down directly.】

【Dizzy, he could only rely on a trace of instinct to point out the direction.】

【Although everyone was very suspicious of whether the direction Natsu was pointing at this moment was correct.】

【But, other than that, there was no other way.】

【Therefore, they could only bite the bullet and believe in Natsu.】

【The ship was drifting on the boundless sea.】

【Time had passed for a long time, just when everyone was about to despair.】

【Lucy keenly noticed the sea level with floating bird corpses.】

【And, even the surrounding sea presented a creepy black color, as if it were a domain of death, making people look at it with awe.】

【Not far away, an island could already be seen, and a strange high tower towering into the clouds stood on top of the island.】

【Dizzy Natsu pointed his hand firmly at that high tower, which also made everyone clear about the direction.】

【They began to approach in the direction of the high tower.】 ===== CHAPTER 574 =====