Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 30 Another Ice Sorcerer

Natsu and Lucy followed Gray back to the upper building, and found that the hole seen from the ground was just in the center of the pyramid temple, and a purple magic circle was receiving the moonlight from above, and condensed it into the one seen just now. A "liquid state".Looking up, I found that there was the same magic circle on it. The main method of the ceremony seemed to be to summon these magic circles, and compress the magic power of the moonlight layer by layer to obtain the moon drops.Since there is still no human figure here, the guy who caused all this must be at the top zenith!Without saying a word, Gray ran to the top of the pyramid again.

The top of the tower is unexpectedly empty, and a beam of purple moonlight shoots straight down from the sky, which is extraordinarily magnificent.Looking up, only to find a total of eight magic arrays that compress the magic power of moonlight are lined up one by one, pointing to the high sky, guiding the light beams to gather.Directly below, at the center of the zenith, there is a large group of black people who are constantly performing big rituals around the beam of light, chanting unknown mantra songs in their mouths, which is obviously the scene of the ceremony.

Lucy was surprised: "There are so many people!"

This is, there are four people who clearly belong to the leadership position appearing on the zenith; the two men and one woman that Naz and the others saw just now are among them, and these three people are guarding the center in a respectful manner. A masked man.

"Isn't it finished yet?" the masked leader asked dissatisfied.Listening to the voice is still a very young man, but he is recognized by everyone here as the leader.The moment he heard this voice, Gray was suddenly stunned, frowning as if recalling something.

The thick eyebrow stepped forward and replied: "Soon, it should be today or tomorrow, and the seal will be lifted. But just now we found that there seems to be an intruder, Master Zero Emperor."

"Intruder?"

The woman said: "Yes, Angelinka was brought down, but time is limited, we haven't had time to search carefully."

The man known as Zero Emperor was very dissatisfied: "My plan is about to be completed, and no one is allowed to interfere now! Is the people in that village finally unable to hold back? Go and destroy it!"

"What, you bastards over there! What are you doing?" Hearing that the other party was going to destroy the village, Natsu couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped out first regardless of hiding.

"Ah, that's the only way to go, let's take one step at a time..." Lucy also sighed helplessly.

"Sure enough, there is a guy who sneaked in. Is he a lackey belonging to the guild?" Seeing the intruder appear, Zero Emperor didn't look surprised at all.

Thick eyebrows saw Naz's arm: "That badge is Fairy Tail!" The three of them stepped forward to stand in front of Zero Emperor.

"Did the village chief really send out the task letter?" Zero Emperor looked towards the direction of the village, "Shirley, Toby, Yuka, go and destroy it quickly, so as not to get in the way!"

This time, without waiting for Natsu to be impulsive, Gray rushed forward first: "This voice...is it really you!" Putting his hands together, the magic power was released, and a large amount of cold air gushed out from the magic circle in Gray's hand to the ground. Thick ice shoots continued to grow on the ground like mushrooms after a spring rain, rushing towards the four people on the opposite side.

The woman shouted: "My lord, be careful! What is ice magic?" After seeing clearly the type of magic that was attacking, Shirley showed a surprised look, and for a moment forgot to block Zero Emperor behind her.

Seeing Gray rushing forward, the corners of Zero Emperor's mouth curled up slightly, and he pulled away Shirley, who was blocking him, to meet him head-on!I saw him pressing down on the ground with one hand, and a lot of cold air gushed out, and then a thinner and sharper but equally majestic ice shoot spread out under his hands, hitting Gray's magic head-on.

The magic of the two collided fiercely, and after a moment of stalemate, there was a clear sound of glass shattering, and at the same time it shattered into ice crystals all over the sky.

This time it was indeed Natsu Lucy's turn to be surprised. It was not difficult to find that the magic of these two people was very similar, and it could even be said that they came from the same source.

That Zero Emperor turned out to be an Ice Sorcerer as well!
"Leo Bastia!" Gray raised his head and called out Zero Emperor's name.

The other party also took off his mask, revealing his true colors. He was a silver-haired boy of Gray's age, but his voice was unexpectedly mature: "It's been a long time, Gray."

Their mages came from the same family, and their talents were comparable; tonight, under the light of this purple moon, it was the first time the two met after ten years, but it was also the first confrontation between the brothers.

As Harbi said before, ice magic is an extremely rare magic, and the battle between the same ice magicians is unprecedented.Because shape magic is magic that gives shape to magic power and can take away shape, that is to say, in the case of similar magic power, the confrontation between two ice shape mages is likely to develop into a confrontation of their respective "shape".

Leo pointed to Gray: "The shape of ice, flying bird!" The cold air around him condensed in response, drawing several white lines and flying towards Gray, condensing into six vivid flying birds in the air, with sharp lights shining on the beaks and edges of the wings. cold light.

Gray pressed his hands together: "Ice shape, shield!" He made his own shape at a speed that was not inferior to the opponent's.

Shape magic is free magic, as long as you find your own "shape", you can become infinitely powerful!This is what their master, Ulu, said most often.The confrontation between modeling magic is also the confrontation of the magician's imagination.

Gray absolutely believed in the defensive power of the ice shield he made, but Leo's flying bird drew six perfect arcs in the air, directly bypassing his shield wall!

Gray's pupils shrank violently, and there was such an agile ice shape!It's not good to be hit by them!Those sharp edges are no joke.At the critical moment, Gray quickly seized the fluctuations in the magic power of the six birds, intervened with his own magic power, and eliminated their shapes—the so-called deprivation of shapes is just like this.

Gray's hasty actions are naturally not as good as Leo's deliberate actions, but fortunately at least the sharp parts of the flying birds have been eliminated, so when they hit the body, they are only equivalent to ordinary stones, and the lethality has been greatly reduced.

"I haven't seen you for ten years, and you still haven't changed at all." Leo mocked, "Still so ignorant! Is the time on you frozen? Gray!"

"Ice... sledgehammer!" Gray didn't reply, but chose to fight back, moving towards Leo, clenched his right fist and smashed it on the palm of his left hand. At the same time, echoing the movement of his hand, a huge hammer made of ice appeared on Leo. From above, it fell rapidly.

Leo showed no signs of panic, and swung the halberd with one hand to the top of his head. A light green magic circle suddenly appeared behind him, and a giant ape poked out its upper body from it, stretched out its arms and crossed to block the falling hammer.

"The shape of ice, the big ape." Leo said calmly, "Don't you understand? Your shape can't be better than mine! Gray, your shape is made of shields, hammers, spears and other materials, representing 'quietness' ;And my modeling is mainly a variety of animals, which is a 'moving' modeling. And I model with one hand, which is faster than your two-handed modeling, and you can't gain the upper hand in the battle with me!"

Gray gritted his teeth and said, "Master's teaching, one-handed modeling is imperfect and unstable, have you forgotten it?"

"Hmph, I've surpassed Uru's level! The mere skill of one-handed modeling is nothing to worry about!"

"Arrogance!" Gray yelled angrily, "How dare you belittle Master's teachings so much!"

"How dare you mention Master!" Leo, who had always been calm, suddenly burst into anger no less than Gray.

Instead, Gray was stunned. He suddenly discovered that the senior brother opposite him had as much affection for Master Ulu as he did for himself.

"Then why did you do this!" He pointed at the ceremony that was still going on next to him, "Why did you destroy the last trace left by Master! You should know the horror of Delioula."

Leo said: "Why? Why do you say? Of course it is to defeat that Daliola!"

"What's the point of this! It's worth breaking the seal that Master turned into!"

"I've said it before, in order to completely defeat Daliola, who even Ulu failed to defeat in the end!"

Gray suddenly understood, he knew that his brother's goal all along was to surpass his master Uru and become the strongest mage. This was his only motivation to become a mage; When he was young, Leo kept dreaming that he could defeat and surpass his master.

And before he could achieve that goal, Uru died.Leo has lost his greatest and only goal forward; he has no chance of defeating his master head-on!So, at the end of his rope, Leo took his last chance: Daliola.

As a high-level demon created by Zeref's magic book, Daliola has the characteristic of immortality, and "absolute freezing" is not a killing magic, but a sealing magic in essence, so Daliola is not dead!Therefore, as long as one completely defeats Daliola, the demon that even Master Ulu has never defeated, then it is equivalent to indirectly surpassing Ulu!
Gray didn't expect that Leo would still cling to the goal of the past ten years later, and he would do it to this extent!He can understand his brother's mood and behavior, but he will never accept it!
"Enough, Leo," Gray said, "You're the one who lives in the past! Wake up!"

"You have no right to say anything about me." Leo said, "Uru is my goal, and surpassing Uru is my dream. But that dream has been taken away by you! Now the only thing I can do is to defeat this Daliola. Only by finding a way out can my frozen dream continue!"

"The shape of ice, the snow dragon!" Leo attacked again, and the dragon shape filled with his magic power rose flatly, rolling Gray up.

"Deliola's horror, you should have a deep understanding!" Gray tried to persuade, "Stop it, that's impossible!"

Leo's pupils shrank instantly, and he squeezed his hand hard, and the ice dragon trapping Gray exploded, and Gray was severely injured and screamed.

"Ah~~~"

"Stop it? That's impossible?" Leo said fiercely, "At that time, we also told you the same thing, you won't forget it!"

Leo stretched out his hand and released a few ice birds to rush towards Gray: "Ulu died because you challenged Daliola! You have no right to put Ulu's name on your lips, go die Bar!"

Gray was thrown into the air by the powerful impact, and a slender ice dragon appeared behind him, grabbed him in one bite, and hit the ground hard.The violent impact knocked Gray unconscious and passed out.

Perhaps it was because he never thought of being an enemy of another ice-shape mage. Gray obviously lacked the experience of fighting with the same type of magician. Suddenly facing another ice-shape mage could be said to be an enemy. It is a serious incompatibility.But for Leo, who takes defeating his master Uru as his inevitable goal, the ice mage is an opponent that must be defeated. He has considerable awareness and coping methods.

Moreover, facing the accusations of his seniors, the intrusion of memories, Gray, who was shaken physically and mentally, was unable to display his due strength normally, so he was flatly defeated by Leo.

At the same time, in order to prevent Leo's men from destroying the village, Natsu Lucy also fought against them on the island.

That night, the village was destroyed, but fortunately, the villagers were rescued by Naz and were evacuated immediately without causing any loss of life.

Coming down to the island overnight can be described as a world turned upside down.

(End of this chapter)