Chapter 398

However, even so, Auguste did not believe he could kill the other party.

The previous battle had made Auguste very clearly aware of how troublesome the man before him was—Leigles, who existed within the cracks of time and space, could not be harmed at all.

Thus, in the instant the flames spread and exploded, Auguste used the airwave from the spreading fire to put distance between himself and Leigles, stepping on the magic power of wind, and at an extremely swift speed, headed toward a third direction.

Although their positions and directions were each different, it could be discerned that the three of them were not fleeing out of the forest, but rather heading toward the deeper depths of the forest!

Clearly, Auguste and the others had not given up their plan to seize the 'Great Will' fragment because of the Dazuisi Sect's obstruction.

On the contrary, their curiosity about the existence of the 'Great Will' fragment only grew!

And just as Auguste and the others headed toward the deeper depths of the forest, on the other side, Leigles's figure slowly walked out from within the blazing, burning flame tornado.

Looking in the direction Auguste and the others had departed, at this moment, Lin Cheng, who was controlling the Leigles puppet, also revealed a faint smile.

"Mm, using the force generated by the battle's aftershocks, huh? Still pretty clever."

And following Timaria and Val's movements, Lin Cheng also clearly understood Auguste's plan.

"But do you really think you can escape from the palm of my hand like this?"

Auguste had no idea that he himself had merely leapt from one trap into another.

The result hadn't changed in the slightest.

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The blaze Auguste had created was extremely large, and was still continuously spreading.

Even Erza and the others in another part of the Misty Forest could feel it very clearly, but at this moment, they no longer had the time to pay attention to these matters.

Because right now, the enemy standing before their eyes was enough to make them completely unable to divert their attention.

The combined strength of Hades and Zeref far exceeded their imagination.

But compared to all this, what they could not accept was that both Hades and Zeref were people from their original world, yet they were aiding outsiders in invading their own world.

What they found even more unacceptable was that the white-haired old man Hades before their eyes was actually the previous Guild Master of Fairy Tail, Precht Gaebolg!

"Why!"

"Why, as the former Guild Master, would you betray us!"

Boom—!

Natsu threw a punch toward Hades's magic and asked in a low voice, his gaze toward Hades filled with an unprecedented fury.

Zeref could be let off, after all, although he had been 【targeted】 by the Fapingyi Society, he ultimately was not a member of Fairy Tail........

But Hades... no, he should now be called Precht, was truly a genuine member of Fairy Tail, and moreover the former Guild Master of the Fairy Tail Guild.

In Natsu's view, Precht had undoubtedly betrayed Fairy Tail, and moreover brought a heavy burden of shame upon Fairy Tail.

This point, Natsu—who already regarded the Guild as the most important existence in his own world—would Duanranbu Society accept.

However, Precht's expression at this was very calm; he did not feel any regret because of Natsu's anger, and instead revealed a mocking look.

"Why?"

"Of course it's to obtain power!"

"Power?!"

Hearing this, Erza, who held a long sword in her hand, said in a low voice.

"Just for power, you cast aside everything you experienced in the past, cast aside the companions you shared life and death with, cast aside the glory of being a Fairy Tail wizard?!"

"Companions? Glory?"

"Sure enough, what a bunch of naive brats, with the same temperament as that kid Makarov."

Precht sneered, his eyes filled with thick contempt.

"The times have already changed now; the weak no longer have any chance of survival. Continuing to cling to the past is nothing more than seeking death."

"Judging from the way you all look now, I'm afraid you're still being kept in the dark by those Reapers, huh? Those guys are the same, all of them harboring ill……"

"It's useless."

The words had barely fallen when, without waiting for Precht to continue, Gray, who stood at the side, immediately said.

"Your attempts at sowing discord are useless against us."

At the same time Gray stepped forward, Lucy, Happy, Wendy, and the others also stepped forward to retort.

"Yes, Gray is right; we won't believe a single word you say."

Not to mention that previously, when they went to subdue the Akatsuki organization, they were seriously injured for their sake; just this one time, they told them the news of the overlap of otherworldly fragments, saving tens of thousands of Ishgar people from death—this kindness could not be easily summarized in words.

At the same time, this operation itself was something they had actively requested, and had absolutely nothing to do with Aizen and the others.

The above is already enough to prove that Aizen and the others are not the same as the otherworldly people they had previously encountered!