Chapter 406

Elsewhere,

having broken free from battle, with no one holding them in check.

Erza and the others' rate of magical output instantly surged more than tenfold!

Their figures were like an unstoppable arrow, piercing through everything, cutting straight across the forest.

At the same time, along the path forward, they could feel the surrounding mist growing ever thicker.

Until the moment when only white fog remained before their eyes, Erza and the group likewise stepped out of the forest and arrived at an empty, flat grassland.

And, beneath a pitch-black moon.

Through the successive battles, they had unknowingly reached the dead of night.

At this moment, night had already fallen; the clear, bright moonlight shone down, casting into the mist, giving one a sense of an eerie atmosphere.

"There really is a plain."

Gazing at the scene before them, Lucy and the others were likewise taken aback.

At first they had taken it as a lie—Precht deliberately luring them with talk of the Misty 147 Plain—but unexpectedly it turned out to be true.

Behind the woods, there really was a plain.

If what the other party said was true, then the rest of the intelligence was very likely true as well.

The mere thought of the 'Great Will's' power left them shocked, and the hearts of everyone sank.

However, Erza and the others did not stop on account of this. Although they had now broken free from battle, no one could guarantee that the Monu Sect or members of the Yijieren Society behind them wouldn't catch up.

Given their strength, if they encountered people from other otherworlds, there would basically be no chance of surviving.

At this moment, Erza could only hope as much as possible that they wouldn't run into them,

Moreover, according to the intelligence they had, the so-called fragment of the 'Great Will' lay deep within the forest. Although it was unclear what exact power it possessed, this did not stop Erza from wanting to obtain it.

After all, something capable of driving these people from other otherworlds mad couldn't be bad no matter what.

"Stop!"

Just as everyone was charging forward at full speed, Erza, who had been leading the way up ahead, suddenly shouted and came to a halt.

Seeing this, Natsu and Gray likewise stopped one after another, and looked toward Erza, only to see her observing what lay ahead, an expression of astonishment on her face.

Seeing this, Lucy asked: "What is it, Erza—did you discover something?"

Erza said: "I'm not sure, but I can sense that there seems to be something within this mist."

Although the presence of the mist blocked her magical perception, by relying on other magic, Erza was still able to sense that some object existed within the fog.

However,

"From now on, be careful…"

Just as Erza was saying this, suddenly a mournful, drawn-out sound came from within the mist, and the next second, a massive light source appeared in the fog before Erza and the others.

And this light source kept drawing closer, the mist scattering, and once it had fully drawn near, Lucy and Wendy were already utterly stupefied.