Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 36 The Mage of the Moon Breaker
"Hurry up and find a way to destroy the moon!" Natsu greeted, he was still thinking about his first S-rank mission.

Lucy waved her hand helplessly: "No, no, it was impossible at that time... It's not about the moon."

"Since Daliola's problem is solved, the ceremony will also stop." Gray said, "Then the curse will be eliminated naturally, right?"

Leo said suddenly: "Although I don't know the specific situation, it seems that it is not your task to destroy our resurrection of Daliola?"

Erza said: "That's right! Our task is to unravel the curse on the island."

Lucy clapped her hands: "That's right, now that the war between us has ceased, we can ask Leo and you. Were you responsible for the curses of the villagers on the island?"

Leo shook his head: "No, we don't know."

Yuka added: "We have been on this island for three years and have never had contact with the local villagers. We have been staying in the temple area to prepare for the ceremony. The villagers have never come to disturb us, so we live in peace."

Gray retorted: "How is it possible? It was three years ago that the curse appeared in the village! It must be related to your ceremony! Isn't the Moon Drop possessing extremely powerful magic power?"

Leo asked back: "Don't be stupid, you have to know that we have been shining under this purple moonlight for three years. If there is a so-called curse, why don't we have any problems at all?"

Gray was stunned for a moment, indeed.

"So hurry up and find a way to destroy the moon!" Natsu shouted impatiently beside him.

Happy said, "Naz, you are really persistent!"

"Okay, let's go." Erza nodded and walked towards the village.

"Eh? Erza, what are you doing?" Lucy asked.

"Although it is a mission accepted in violation of the regulations, since you have accepted the mission, you must do your best to complete it!" The fairy queen looked serious, "Although the problem of Deliola has been solved, the mission cannot be considered solved. Let's take a look in the village."

So the two groups of people separated—Leo and the others, who had caused a lot of trouble on the island, thought it was better not to meet the villagers.

Back in the village, Naz and the others were surprised to find that the village that had been destroyed had become intact!It is the real recovery, not reconstruction and repair, but it looks as if the damage yesterday did not exist!
...like stepping back in time!

But before being happy for too long, everyone soon discovered that the villagers were still in the form of demons.

After confirmation, Lucy and Gray had to admit that the curse issue itself wasn't resolved.

Could it be...is it really necessary to destroy the moon?The two looked at each other and turned to Natsu at the same time.Sure enough, he was looking at the moon in the sky with a thoughtful look.It seems to be thinking of ways to destroy the moon.

The villagers also panicked, thinking that their curse seemed hopelessly broken.

Erza remained calm and calm, she stood aside and closed her eyes in thought for a moment, then opened her eyes and came out more and more.

"Everyone, please rest assured, since Fairy Tail has accepted this task, we will definitely complete it!" Erza's firm tone calmed down the villagers, "Okay, since I was not in charge of this task at the beginning. Yes, so I need to confirm some information now."

Erza, who became serious, has sharp eyes, making people afraid to look at her.

"Mr. Village Chief, you started to experience the curse three years ago, right?" she asked the village chief.

"That's right!"

"It happened to be the time when Leo and the others came to the island to start the ceremony, so this curse must be related to them." Erza asked again, "For such a group of people who came to the island and stayed for such a long time, Haven't you investigated it?"

The villagers hesitated and hesitated for a while before the village chief told the truth with a sigh.Indeed, after discovering the problem, the village also suspected those outsiders, and organized manpower to search the island more than once.However, the villagers have never been able to approach the temple area in the center of the island. No matter who it is, as long as they want to approach there, they will become in a trance, and when they regain consciousness, they find that they have returned to the same way.Therefore, no one has ever been able to reach the destination, let alone search; and the outsiders have never had contact with the villagers, so the matter has been dragged on and on until now.

"Because such a thing is too incredible, I'm afraid no one will believe it, so we didn't tell you before." A villager said.

Natsu was puzzled: "No, it was easy to get there, right? There is no strange magic, right?"

Lucy speculated: "Is this also the reason for the curse?"

Gray also frowned: "Sure enough, it's a bit strange, but for mages, this is not too strange a situation, there must be some reason."

Erza showed a "really so" expression: "That is to say, people in the village can't get close to the temple area, right? Is this phenomenon also caused after the curse started?"

"No..." the village chief hesitated, "It seems that there was a similar saying in the village legend a long time ago, people can't get close to that area..."

"I understand." Erza nodded.

"Have you figured out a solution? Erza!" Gray asked.

The village head urged impatiently: "So when did you start destroying the moon!"

"This is impossible!" Even the villagers complained in unison.

Erza looked at the purple moon in the sky with confidence, and greeted: "Natsu, come with me to destroy this moon!"

"Huh?!!" Lucy Gray looked at Erza dumbfounded. Could it be that Erza is the same as Natsu?
The villagers other than the village head were also shocked.

Natsu didn't hesitate at all, and readily agreed, as if what he and Erza were going to destroy was just an ordinary stone.

But even Natsu still understood the fact that "I can't hit the moon", so he was eager to try, and asked Erza: "How can I destroy the moon?"

As Erza walked steadily, her magic power was slowly released, and the crimson magic circle that belonged to her soaked her body; after the light dimmed, she had already changed her attire.

It was the first time for Lucy to see Erza's costume change in a non-combat state, and she naturally didn't recognize the armor she changed; but this different form of costume still made her feel Erza's unique charm : Although the speed is neither fast nor slow, it looks extraordinarily solid and stable, showing the majestic atmosphere of an S-class mage.

Erza was now wearing a set of rare heavy armor, her whole body was covered with thick brass armor, even her hands were wearing gauntlets.Against the backdrop of this set of armor, the limbs appear extraordinarily thick and powerful, and the appearance alone gives people a strong sense of strength.

Stretching out her right hand, Erza pulled out a thick throwing spear out of thin air.Standing with a gun in one hand, he is majestic.

Except for Nazgray and Happy, the three people who are very familiar with Erza, everyone was impressed by Erza's magic show.However, even Natsu and the others have never seen this set of armor - after all, Erza has too many armors.

"This is the 'Giant Armor' that can greatly increase the throwing power." Erza explained to everyone, "And this..." She turned her head to look at the long spear in her right hand, "This is the spear that destroys evil, and it is a combination." The weapon used by Armor of Giants."

Seeing Ersha's serious look, Gray couldn't help but said: "Hey, hello, hello, are you mistaken? Erza looks very serious. Could it be that she is really going to destroy the moon?"

Happy spread his hands and said, "This is Erza!"

Lucy complained: "Even if it's Erza, it's impossible to destroy the moon!"

Erza looked at Naz again: "But the strength of me and the armor alone is still not enough, so I need your help, Naz, to bombard the end of the gun with all my strength when I throw it to increase the power."

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Natsu said excitedly, hitting his chest with both fists, shooting out several sparks.

Then the two climbed to the highest point of the village - the observation deck.

Lucy shouted from below: "If you want to find a high place, wouldn't it be better to go to that pyramid?"

"It doesn't need to be that high, and the villagers can't go there, right?" Erza replied.

After finishing speaking, Erza moved her right foot back and raised the javelin in a projectile shape.Everyone below fell silent, holding their breath and looking up.

"Naz! Get ready!" Erza yelled loudly, twisted her feet, raised her throwing gun, and leaned back with all her strength from her waist. Her whole body was like a fully drawn bow, ready to go!
"Go!" Erza ordered, and at the same time threw the evil spear with all her strength.

Hearing the order, Natsu, who had already accumulated firepower, punched the rear of the gun without hesitation.Although there is no prior rehearsal, Natsu, who has always been nervous and rough, has far superior intuition in combat.So Natsu grasped this blow just right, and the full "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist" was injected into the gun without any waste.Under the inhuman strength of the two, the thatched roof of the observation deck and the surrounding railings were crushed by the air turbulence caused by the throw.

After the evil-slaying spear was shot, the golden-red dragon flames sprayed backward from the gun body, forming a powerful reverse thrust. The huge evil-slaying spear seemed to be pushed again by an invisible hand, and the speed became even faster .After a shock wave was stirred up, the evil-breaking gun flew higher and higher with a huge roar, gradually shrinking in people's eyes until it became a small black spot against the backdrop of the purple moon.

People's eyes followed the black spot farther and farther, almost creating the illusion of "maybe we can really reach the moon".

Just when people couldn't see the black spot, they suddenly saw a little light flashing in the center of the moon. After that, with it as the center, several cracks spread out, just like the scene when the glass was broken!
The eyes of the people watching below almost popped out, staring dumbfounded at the situation in the sky that was completely beyond their cognition.

"It... actually broke the moon...!"

However, before everyone recovered from the shock, the cracks on the moon continued to expand, even beyond the scope of the moon.

Lucy and Gray were taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized - this is by no means breaking the moon!It's something else that is transparent under the moon!
The crack expanded faster and faster, quickly occupying half of the sky, and with a crisp cracking sound, the "sky" burst.

The shattered sky turned into a cloud of purple crystals and fell down one after another.

Afterwards, everyone felt that the atmosphere on the island was much fresher, as if they had been breathing some kind of thick and dense gas, and now they suddenly returned to the normal air, which was refreshing.

Looking up at the sky again, the moon is still there, but it has returned to its normal silvery white color.

Erza then showed a satisfied smile and explained: "You see, the problem is not the moon, in fact there is no magic effect that has the power to change the moon; in fact, this is just a by-product of the process of condensing the moon drop. ——A kind of evil crystallization condensed into a purple transparent cover over the island, making the moon look purple. The curse here is also caused by this evil crystallization.”

"That's how it is!" Lucy suddenly realized, "No wonder Erza has the confidence to destroy the moon. It turns out that she just smashed the crystal cover!"

Shining in the normal moonlight, the villagers cheered and jumped for joy.

But Lucy still found something wrong: "Why haven't everyone changed back?" She looked around at the villagers and found that they still kept the appearance of demons.

The villagers also discovered this, but this time they didn't panic. Instead, they all held their heads and thought about something as if they were having a headache.

"I think everyone should remember something by now?" Erza remained calm, without the slightest worry that the mission might fail.

"... Indeed... Sure enough, I remembered..." A villager replied.

"It turns out...it's like this..." Another villager also said.

"What's going on?" Lucy suddenly felt a little creepy.

"The curse has been lifted." Erza said affirmatively.

Gray asked: "But they still..." He pointed to the villagers.

"Because this is what they are like!" Erza said, "The evil curse didn't change the villagers' bodies, but tampered with their memories, making them think they were originally human."

Lucy left in a cold sweat: "So...they..."

"It's the demon family." Erza nodded.

Lucy trembled all over, she actually spent a whole day with a group of real demons!

"That's right..." the village head also said, "We are a rare group of demons living in the human world. We are very troubled by this terrifying appearance and are feared by people outside..."

"Is that why people call this island 'Alcatraz Island'?" Erza said.

"Because of the appearance of inferiority, we will think that the appearance of human beings is the original appearance under the influence of the curse."

"By the way, Erza, you have already expected the situation of the villagers on the island, right?" Lucy asked on the way back.

Erza said: "Indeed, I've heard the president mention the legend about Alcatraz, but I've never been sure whether they are real demons."

"Unfortunately, the moon hasn't really been destroyed yet!" Natsu still couldn't forget the destruction of the moon.

But the other three, even Happy, stopped talking to the saboteur.

(End of this chapter)