Chapter 577: Zeref, should I eat a child?

【Inside a room at the base of the Tower of Heaven, filled with birdcages.】

【The situation is exceptionally grave.】

【Facing Fukuro, one of the Trinity Raven assassins, Natsu and Simon are completely at a loss.】

【First, there is Simon's Dark Instant.】

【However, Fukuro's essence is that of an owl; darkness is simply not worth mentioning.】

【On the contrary, because of Dark Instant, Natsu's vision was obscured, and he was directly struck by a heavy blow from Owl.】

【Furthermore, there is Natsu, whose weakness—a fear of transportation—is known to Fukuro.】

【Using the rocket boosters on his back, he directly knocks Natsu unconscious.】

【And, in Simon's horrified gaze, he swallows Natsu whole.】

【Seeing this, Happy immediately rushes up, wanting to save Natsu.】

【But he is shot down by the Fire Dragon's Roar released by Fukuro, who has just swallowed Natsu.】

【This scene is witnessed by Gray, who has just arrived.】

【He rushes up in a hurry to save the downed Happy.】

【Immediately following that, he charges toward Fukuro without a moment's delay.】

【Without even time to say a word, the two begin their battle in the next second.】

【Having eaten Natsu, Fukuro possesses Natsu's Dragon Slayer Magic.】

【Moreover, as time passes, Natsu will gradually be digested; by that time, Natsu will have truly vanished from this world.】

【There is not much time left for Gray.】

【However, even though he can use Natsu's magic, the Dragon Slayer Magic Fukuro uses does not have the same intensity as Natsu's.】

【In front of Gray, who is exceptionally familiar with Natsu's flames, he cannot gain any advantage at all.】

【And the rocket boosters he is so proud of are completely turned into ice under Gray's freezing.】

【The situation takes a sharp turn, and the disadvantage is successfully reversed by Gray.】

【Fukuro, who does not know Gray's weakness, is no match for him at all; in the end, under Gray's Seven Ice Blade Dance, Fukuro is defeated.】

【Natsu is also successfully spat out.】

【Good news arrives one after another; on the other side, under the joint attack of Lucy and Juvia, who even used the legendary Union Magic, Vidaldus is also defeated.】

【But, on Erza's side, she has encountered an unprecedentedly formidable enemy.】

【The strongest existence among the Trinity Raven, Ikaruga!】

【This is a master of the sword, a master who has taken swordsmanship to the extreme!】

【With just a casual slash, she can easily cut through space and easily shred Erza's armor.】

【Even the dozens or hundreds of blades summoned by Erza's commonly used Heaven's Wheel Armor are shattered one by one by her.】

【Furthermore, the slash extends, once again shattering Erza's Heaven's Wheel Armor.】

【Ikaruga presses her advantage, using the Mutsuki-ryu: Garuda Flame to attack Erza.】

【The scorching flames force Erza to instinctively summon the Flame Empress Armor for defense.】

【But, while the flames are blocked, the armor on Erza's body is shattered in the process.】

【Looking at the fragments scattered on the ground, Erza is enraged.】

【She immediately uses her strongest armor, the Purgatory Armor, and charges at Ikaruga.】

【Ikaruga returns the favor, swinging her blade.】

【In an instant, the wooden bridge beneath their feet breaks, and the entire space is filled with dust.】

【The wanton slashes once again shatter Erza's Purgatory Armor.】

【The continuous defeats begin to make Erza doubt her life.】 ===== CHAPTER 578 =====