Chapter 9

On the boundless sea.

A giant architectural fortress was moving clumsily, and this was the headquarters of Phantom Lord.

A war fortress transformed by consuming a huge amount of funds.

At this time, the guild master of Phantom Lord, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Jose Porla, was sitting in his best viewing spot, preparing to enjoy the destruction of his rival from a hundred years ago, Fairy Tail.

Since a hundred years ago, the founders of Fairy Tail and the founders of Phantom Lord had been mortal enemies.

In fact, the father of one of the founders of Fairy Tail was killed by the founder of Phantom Lord.

“Hehe, what an exciting moment.”

“It’s a pity that old thing Makarov has already lost consciousness.”

“Otherwise, letting him see this beautiful scene with his own eyes would also be a nice experience.”

Watching the panicked crowd at Fairy Tail, Jose sipped his red wine with a relaxed expression.

Although Phantom Lord provoking Fairy Tail could be considered a major taboo for the Magic Council.

But it didn’t matter.

Jose had already planned it: after completely destroying Fairy Tail, it wouldn't be bad to just take the entire Phantom Lord and become a dark Class Mage guild.

Tying up Lucy, the daughter of the Heartfilia family, could also net a large sum of money.

Simply delightful.

However, the next second, Jose felt the hair on his body stand up.

Because he didn’t know when, in the corner of his vision, there stood a guy with green hair who, no matter how you looked at him, didn’t seem like a normal person.

This was Lin Cheng’s other A-rank puppet, the Sin Archbishop of Sloth.

All puppets possess basic summoner skills; puppet summoning and retrieval within a 1,000-meter radius with Lin Cheng as the origin point have no cooldown time.

And this time, Lin Cheng used the long-distance puppet summoning function.

Through Ace’s vision, he directly deployed the Sloth Archbishop long-distance into the headquarters of Phantom Lord.

“How diligent.”

“Even when it’s time to sit back and reap the fruits of victory, you still don’t forget to think about the next step of the plan.”

Seeing Jose discover him, Sloth used that strange tone to say: “Guild Master Jose, you are truly too diligent; compared to you, I am simply so slothful that I am ashamed of ‘her’ love for me.”

“Ah, it’s too slothful, I forgot to introduce myself again.”

“I am the Witch Cult’s Sin Archbishop, in charge of Sloth, Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti!”

As he spoke, Sloth once again put his finger into his mouth and bit down.

Accompanied by the sound of skin and flesh tearing, bright red blood flowed down from Sloth’s cracked corners of the mouth.

Honestly, Lin Cheng didn’t really want to do such perverted things, but for the sake of the persona, he had to do it.

Of course, when biting his finger, Lin Cheng turned on the puppet intelligence Sage Mode, letting the puppet complete the finger-biting behavior itself.

“Interesting.”

“To be able to avoid everyone in my Phantom Lord and come here silently.”

“You must be a dark Class Mage.”

Jose looked at Sloth, who was in a madman’s posture, narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the wine glass containing high-quality red wine, and said lightly: “What is your purpose?”

At this time, don’t look at Jose’s nonchalant appearance; he was already completely vigilant.

It’s just a pity that if Lin Cheng really wanted to kill him, in the last instant, dozens of Unseen Hands could have killed Jose in a second; Jose’s so-called defense had no meaning.

However, once some information about Sloth is known, Sloth is not so unsolvable.

In Re:Zero, many characters indirectly cracked the hidden characteristics of the Unseen Hands through external forces, such as dust, ice chips, etc., which could make the Unseen Hands visible.

“The noble will guides me, who is deeply loved and cherished.”

“‘She’ just let me wait here for the final result.”

Sloth’s expression was somewhat manic, saying: “I, who bear so much love, at this very moment, only need to stay here, stand here, and do nothing, not even have to do anything.”

“This is truly shameful for diligence, too slothful.”

“My brain, under endless love, trembles.”

“…”

Even though Sloth honestly stated his purpose, Jose felt that he hadn’t gathered any information at all.

The only thing Jose could know was that this green-haired guy, who looked like he wasn’t a normal person, was probably a Class Mage from some dark Class Mage guild.

“Forget it.”

“I imagine you wouldn’t dare to be presumptuous in front of me, Jose Porla, one of the Ten Wizard Saints.”

Jose sat back down, picked up the red wine he had just put down, took a sip, and chuckled: “Then, I will make an exception and allow you to watch with me the scene of Fairy Tail being destroyed.”

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Under normal circumstances, Jose would definitely want to destroy Sloth.

But considering that after today, he wouldn’t be able to continue mixing in the Magic Council, keeping Sloth, who seemed to be a Class Mage from a dark Class Mage guild, might be useful.

Perhaps it could even serve as a bridge or something.

“Well, the preparations are almost done.”

“Let’s end it quickly; Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, fire.”

At this time, at the very front of the cliff.

The scarlet figure that looked like a Valkyrie before was standing there.

After seeing the Magic Convergence Cannon that Phantom Lord was preparing, the expression of this figure became unprecedentedly solemn, and she roared directly at everyone behind her: “Everyone, retreat!”

“Leave the rest to me!”

This was the S-rank Class Mage in Fairy Tail who held the title of Fairy Queen, Erza Scarlet.

And regarding the attack power of the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, Erza was truly as clear as could be.

The Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, possesses the attack power of a full-force blow from a regular Ten Wizard Saint, and can almost level a town of not-so-small scale in an instant.

Even if Erza is an S-rank Class Mage, wanting to block it is extremely difficult.

However, at this moment, behind her were all the companions she loved and cherished most, and a little further back were the residential areas of Magnolia.

Normally, Phantom Lord, as a light-aligned guild, would not dare to do this.

But Erza really couldn’t gamble on whether Phantom Lord dared to use the Magic Convergence Cannon.

“Erza!”

“Retreat quickly, Erza! Let’s run away!”

“This is the Magic Convergence Cannon, Erza; it’s not something one person can block!”

Other guild members in Fairy Tail also knew what kind of existence the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, was.

Erza actually wanted to try to face it alone at this time; even if Erza is an S-rank Class Mage, that is no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

Ignoring the partners who were in a mess behind her.

Watching the Magic Convergence Cannon that was ready to fire, Erza gritted her teeth and changed into her armor with the strongest defense, the Adamantine Armor.

‘I can only try my best.’

‘No matter what, I cannot let those disgusting guys from Phantom Lord succeed.’

‘Although it is the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, which possesses a full-force blow from a Ten Wizard Saint, with the Adamantine Armor on, it’s not impossible for me to block it.’

“I am Fairy Tail!”

After Erza changed into the Adamantine Armor, she roared at the headquarters of Phantom Lord.

“Hmph, overestimating yourself.”

“A mere S-rank Class Mage actually wants to try to block the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter.”

Watching the images and sounds coming from the monitor, Jose sneered and said: “However, if an S-rank Class Mage goes to block it desperately, the range of destruction will probably be much smaller.”

“It can be considered saving me some trouble.”

In any case, affecting ordinary people is a very serious negligence.

If the all-out war between Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail before could barely be called a mistake, then when Phantom Lord uses the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, and affects ordinary people, the nature of it completely changes.

Later, Phantom Lord will definitely face a full-scale arrest by the Magic Council.

By that time, even the arrogant Jose would actually have a headache.

Now that Erza has stepped forward to block it desperately, the destruction range of the Magic Convergence Cannon won’t be that wide.

“Huh?! How is this possible?!”

“The Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, this attack comparable to a full-force blow from a Ten Wizard Saint actually…”

Before Jose could continue to think leisurely, the scene in the next second made Jose stand up in disbelief.

That Magic Convergence Cannon, which symbolizes a full-force blow from a Ten Wizard Saint, was actually easily blocked by a man he had never seen before!?

‘What happened.’

Erza looked at the scene in front of her, somewhat dazed.

The only thing Erza remembered was that the beam of light symbolizing the aura of destruction was fired from Phantom Lord and flew toward her position.

Then Ace, the big spender who came to post the mission today, walked over.

Subsequently, rolling heat waves rushed toward her face.

The scorching aura was even stronger than Natsu at full power by more than one level.

Finally, the beam of light with the aura of destruction disappeared, and the rolling heat waves were also rapidly dissipating.

It was as if nothing had happened.

“You’re lying.”

“That is the Magic Convergence Cannon, Jupiter, which symbolizes a full-force blow from a Ten Wizard Saint.”

Mirajane, who was standing beside Ace before, was also looking at the scene in front of her in a daze.